Fonds MG 28 - Brumpton family fonds

Robert Cutsworth Brumpton, 1861-1917, a farmer's son, entered the retail trade in his home province of Ontario at a young age. He married Hannah Drusilla Husband, 1865-1955. The family moved to Red Deer, Alberta in 1892, where Robert opened a general store on the south side of Ross Street to the west of the later Holmes Drugs store building at Ross Street and Gaetz Avenue. He was active in the promotion and development of Red Deer as a town. After working in partnership with R. L. Gaetz, he moved to Toronto in 1896. He and his family were back in Red Deer a year later. He sold out his general store operation in 1902 to Oumoitte and Wallace, then became a principal executive in the Red Deer Brick and Lumber Company. In 1901 he built a large house on 54 Street and 49 Avenue. In that same year he served as a councillor on the newly incorporated Town of Red Deer council. And in 1905 he became a partner of T. A. Gaetz in the store in the Gaetz block. He sold out his interests in the Gaetz general store in 1907, and repurchased his old store. In 1912 he sold his property in Red Deer and moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where he worked as the president of the Dominion Brick and Shale Company. In 1917, he moved back to Red Deer in order to invest in another business scheme with his former partner, R. L. Gaetz. He took ill and died that same year. He and his wife Drusilla had 3 children: Joseph Carlisle Brumpton, 1890-1955, Eleanor Lenore Brumpton, 1893-ca. 1985, and Harriet Evellyn Brumpton, 1894-ca. 1990