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Born at Acton, Ontario on March 23, 1853, Mann studied as a Methodist minister but worked in lumber camps in Ontario and Michigan before moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the 1880s he worked as a contractor building sections of the Canadian Pacific Railway across the prairies and through the Rocky Mountains.

Partnering with William Mackenzie, Mann built railway lines in western Canada, Maine, Brazil, and ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute. In 1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes, together with Mackenzie he began the process of purchasing and/or building the lines in western Canada which would later become the Canadian Northern RailwayCanadian Northern Railway logo or herald (used pre-1960 The Canadian Northern Railway CNoR is a historical Canadian railway. Manitoba beginnings CNoR had its start in the independent branchlines that were being constructed in Manitoba in the 1880s and 189 (CNoR), a system which would stretch from Vancouver IslandVancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada, off the Pacific coast. At 32,134 square kilometers (12,407 square miles), it is the largest island on the western side of the Americas. The island has been inhabited by humans for some eight to Cape Breton IslandCape Breton Island (French: le du Cap-Breton Irish/Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn Mi'kmaq: U'namakika is a large island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, although physically separated from and form Canada's second transcontinental railway system.

Both Mann and Mackenzie were knighted in 19111911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 Northern Territory is separated from South Australia January 3 In London, a shootout between Russian anarchists and the Scots Guard January 10 Major Jimmi for their efforts in the Canadian railway industry, however personal and company financial difficulties eventually resulted in the bankruptcy of the CNoR and it was nationalized by the federal government on September 6September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). There are 116 days remaining. Events 3761 BC The first day of the Hebrew Calendar. 394 Battle of Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugeniu, 1918.

Mann turned to mining and died in Toronto, Ontario on November 10, 1934.