Bio of LABATT, George K. (b.1877), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 285-286
GEORGE K. LABATT
George K. Labatt, who has gained distinction in connection with the grain trade
at Minneapolis, having since 1899 been associated with the St. Anthony & Dakota
Elevator Company, is now the treasurer of the corporation. His business career
has been characterized by a steady progression that is at once indicative of the
sound judgment he has displayed in utilizing his opportunities in business life.
Mr. Labatt is a native of Prescott, Ontario, Canada, born December 21, 1877, and
is a son of George Thomas and Mary (Shaver) Labatt, the former of whom was
prominent as a brewer in that city. George K. Labatt is a nephew of John Labatt,
who was once well known as a brewer throughout the United States and Canada. The
family is of English lineage and traces its ancestral line back to the reign of
Queen Mary of England.
George K. Labatt was educated in the public schools and in Upper Canada College
at Toronto, there pursuing his studies from 1892 to 1894, inclusive. When his
collegiate work was completed he entered the Bank of Toronto, in which he was
employed for four years, thus gaining valuable business knowledge and
experience.
In 1899 Mr. Labatt removed to Minneapolis and in the same year joined the St.
Anthony & Dakota Elevator Company, with which he has since been associated. In
this connection he has figured prominently as a representative of the grain
trade of the Northwest and his increasing power and ability led to his selection
for the office of treasurer of the company in 1917. Through the intervening
period of five years he has continued to act in that capacity and he is regarded
as one of the foremost grain merchants of the city, thoroughly familiar with
every phase and opportunity of the business.
Mr. Labatt was united in marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Collins of Collingwood,
Ontario, on March 9, 1898, and they have four children: Allan M., Margaret
Elizabeth, George Thomas and Mary Elizabeth. The elder son was in the United
States army during the World war, being stationed at the Rock Island arsenal for
a year and a half. Fraternally Mr. Labatt is connected with the Royal Arcanum.
He belongs to the Minneapolis Automobile Club, the Curling Club and the
Minneapolis Athletic Club, of which he is a director. He is also a member of the
Interlachen Country Club, of which he was president in 1920 and 1921. A marked
geniality and unfeigned cordiality have made him popular in club circles and he
has many warm friends in Minneapolis, while as a business man his course has
been so directed as to win for him the respect and high esteem of all who know
him.