Charles Wilford Risteen

Victoria UELAC Founding Member: Charles Wilford Risteen, 1855-1944

  • Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • One of Canada’s best-known railwaymen. Moved to Manitoba when young and worked as a conductor and his three brothers were also on railway in Manitoba.
  • Likely Buried at Colwood as wife Annie buried there. But cannot find online. Need to  find grave take picture.
  • Loyalist Ancestor: descended from peter William Peter Sparling, proven, Sparling was from Palentine who went to Ireland then New York, schoolteacher, daughter Anne married Bartholomew Musgrave.
Early Manitoba Railway Yard