Paul Snowden QUINTON (1926-2013) Paul was born in Winnipeg on 20 April 1926. He was the son of Sidney Quinton (1888-1963) and Ellen Snowden (1898-1945). In Winnipeg on 16 February 1951, Paul married Hazel Pearl Cooper (1929-2022) and they had four children: Jeffrey Quinton, Janet …
Ludwig “Louis” PACHAL (1871-1925) Louis was born in Russia in 15 September 1871. He was the son of William Frederick Pachal (1831-1918) and Amelie (Sonntag (1832-1922). He arrived in 1887 with his mother and siblings destined for Winnipeg. He and his brother, Daniel, stayed in …
Claude Wearing NASH (1879-1961) Claude was born on 12 May 1879 at Emerson, Manitoba. He was the son of William Hill Nash (1846-1917) and Katherine Margaret Armstrong (1858-1891). On 08 January 1908 at Winnipeg, he married Edna Mary Carley (1879-1944) and they had one child: …
William Elliott MACARA (1859-1929) William was born at London, Ontario on 16 February 1859. He was the son of John Macara (c1813-1882), barrister, and Catherine Hodge (c1824-1917). On 17 November 1887, he married Mary Alicia Macdermott (1860-1946). They had no children. William was educated in …
Miroslawa “Maara/Myra” (LAZECZKO) HAAS (c1920-2012) Miroslawa “Maara/Myra’ was born at Winnipeg on 12 February 1920. She was the daughter of Michael Lazeczko and Maria Chornobei. As a teenager she worked, with her sister, in her father’s drugstore. On 20 June 1942 in Winnipeg, she married …
Israel Isaac KAHANOVITCH (1872-1945) Israel was born at Wolpa Grodna Governorate, Russian Empire (Poland) on 08 October 1872. He was the son of Rabbi Yehoshua Falk Kahanovitch and Chana Minces Goldin. He was of the priestly family of ‘Cohanim’, descendants of the high priests of …
Frederick Wilbur JACKSON (1888-1958) Frederick was born in Stonewall, Manitoba on 25 October 1888. He was the son of Samuel Jackson and Ida Isabella Clark. He received his education in Stonewall and Winnipeg, graduated in 1912 from the University of Manitoba with a Doctor of …
John INGLIS (1858-1941) John was born at Dunfermaline, Scotland 15 March 1858. He was the son of James Inglis and Catherine Scotland. He came to Canada in 1882 and joined the staff of the Merchants Bank in Montreal. He was transferred to Brandon on 01 …
Gilbert Spence HACKLAND (1828-1901) Captain Gilbert Spence Hackland was born at the Orkney Islands on 31 January 1828. He was the son of William Hackland and Catharine Firth. On 20 September 1856 at St Anne, Limehouse, England, he married Ann Sharp (1836-1902) and they had …
Étienne-Joseph “Steve” GABOURY (1930-2022) Étienne was born at Bruxelles, Manitoba on 24 April 1930. He was the son of Napoléon Gaboury and Valentine Lafrenière. He grew up just outside of Swan Lake, Manitoba. He married Claire Breton and they had four children: Lisa, Pierre, Jacques …