Grubb Family Tree

Birth: Jul. 31, 1867
Rhyl
Denbighshire, Wales
Death: Nov. 2, 1948
British Columbia, Canada

HENRY WILFRED MAYNARD.

Henry Wilfred Maynard, district manager for the Canadian Explosives, Ltd., was born at Rhyl, Wales, July 31, 1867, his parents being Colonel Edmond Gilling and Gertrude (Trevor-Roper) Maynard. The father was colonel of the Eighty-eighth Connaught Rangers, an Irish regiment, which he commanded through the Crimean war and also in the Indian mutiny.

The family came to America during the childhood days of Henry W. Maynard and established their home at San Jose, California, where he attended the public schools. He started in the business world in connection with the lumber trade of Puget Sound, being employed for a number of years in various capacities as a representative of lumber interests. In 1891 he came to Vancouver to take charge of the business of the Hamilton Powder Company, which in 1911 was merged into the Canadian Explosives, Ltd., Mr. Maynard being retained as manager. The steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible. He has advanced steadily from one point to another and each point has had a broader outlook and wider opportunities. His worth and industry have constituted the rounds of the ladder on which he has climbed to his present enviable and responsible position. In addition to his connection with the Canadian Explosives, Ltd., he owns considerable real estate in Vancouver and is also a stockholder and one of the directors of the Vancouver & Nanaimo Coal Company, Ltd., of Vancouver.

On the 15th of May, 1894, in the city in which he makes his home, Mr. Maynard was married to Miss Emily Stewart, a daughter of Donald and Margaret Stewart, the former now deceased. As is indicated by the surname, she comes of an old Scotch family. By this marriage have been born three daughters, Gertrude Eva, Margaret Emily and Catherine Easterby.

In politics Mr. Maynard is a conservative, and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. He is a member of the Terminal City Club and is thus connected with various interests and activities which feature in the life of Vancouver and are forces in its development and expansion. Mr. Maynard has never sought to figure prominently in any public relation, but his life history is not without its lessons to all who recognize the true worth and value of character.

[Excerpt from BRITISH COLUMBIA FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT. BIOGRAPHICAL VOLUME III , p. 235-6, THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1914]

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