We have three themed events for you to come out and learn more about your family history in Manitoba and beyond. Please know that young or old, individually or with a family member, you are welcome to visit on any of our three days. Genealogy …
How many times have you been at the MGS Resource Library and said to yourself, “Darn! I forgot my USB stick!” Starting next Thursday, September 1, 2022 the MGS will begin to sell USB sticks at the front counter to members of the public who …
James Quinn GALLAGHER (1863-1935) Born in New Brunswick on 31 October 1863, he was the son of Patrick Gallagher (c1827-1901) and Catherine Maher (c1833-1912). He came to Winnipeg with his father in 1889 where he was an early butcher. He was later head of the …
Eva (FINKELSTEIN) ABREMOVICH (1877-1953) Born at Radishevka, Volhynia Province, Russia on 10 June 1877, daughter of Tevel Finkelstein (1840-1929, one of the early Jewish arrivals in Winnipeg in 1882) and Rytsa Gold (1843-1919). She arrived in Canada in 1883 with her mother and sister. She …
George Alexander Eakins (1877-1957) Born in Strathroy, Ontario on 01 September 1877, he came to Manitoba and attended Manitoba College. He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1910 and moved to Minnedosa. In 1915, he was appointed a crown attorney for the northern judicial …
Born in Combermere, Ontario on 08 March 1866, he was the son of Calvin Wesley Dafoe (1842-1916) and Mary Anne Elcome (1840-1913), and brother of Rance G. Dafoe. In 1890, he married Alice Parmelee (1866-1961) of Ottawa, Ontario with whom he had seven children: Mary …