William Newton FAIRBANKS (1836-1919) Born 27 September 1885 in Nova Scotia, he was the son of Samuel Prescott Fairbanks (1795-1882) and Charlotte Ann Newton (?-?). He was a member of the same family as US Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks. On 15 June 1872, he married …
John EASTON (1874-1949) Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland 14 April 1874, he came to Winnipeg in 1904. On 24 July 1895, he married Isabella Robinson (1878-1944) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He had four children: Ivy Ethel Easton (1897-1973), Samuel Easton (1900-1987), John Easton (1910-1960), and …
James DOBSON (1847-1919) Born at Hallerton, Cheshire, England in November 1874. James retired from the CPR in 1913 as the oldest locomotive engineer in the Company. He was employed with the company since 1881. He had driven his engine over every Company section and, as …
Frederick Todd “Fred” CADHAM (1880-1961) Born in Winnipeg on 09 February 1880, son of James Henry Cadham (1850-1907) and Eliza Calanan (1855-1928), he graduated from the Manitoba Medical College in 1905, having been introduced to medicine as a surgeon’s assistant at the age of 12. …
Alfred “Fred” BABB (1869-1947) Born at Mitchell, Ontario on 17 February 1869, son of Thomas Babb (1827-1909) and Ellen Small (1831-1925), he was educated at Mitchell and London. He began working in the hardware business while at London, for the hardware firm of Hobbs and …
Yoshimaru ABE (1914-2006) Born at Fukuoka, Japan on 24 March 1914, he came to Canada 20 April 1927 and settled on Powell Street in Vancouver, before moving to Port Hammond. Yoshimaru left school after eighth grade and joined his father working at a lumber …