Member Biography


Guy Lorne Williams

(1879.03.03 – 1954.11.24)
SLS, DLS
Commission #080
(1930.03.17)

  • Born and educated in Meaford, Ontario, March 3, 1879.

  • Taught school for a year or two at Rainy River, Ontario.

  • Worked with a logging crew in the Kenora area for a short period.

  • Moved to Vancouver, where he articled with a licensed land surveyor, and obtained his D.L.S. and B.C.L.S. commissions.

  • Started his own survey business at Enderby, B.C. about 1910 and was married there.

  • Moved to Pittsburgh, U.S.A. in 1916, on munitions inspection work.

  • After the war, went farming at Englefeld, east of Humboldt.

  • Gave up farming in 1928, and moved to Saskatoon to work for Underwood & McLellan.

  • Switched to Department of Highways in 1930, worked with them for 2 years.

  • Started working for City of Saskatoon in 1939.

  • With Department of Transport in 1940.

  • Moved back with Underwood & McLellan in 1941.

  • Started surveying on his own in 1949.

  • Died November 24, 1954, at age of 75, after several paralytic strokes suffered in the fall.

(Any additional information would be appreciated)