Daniel Mackenzie URE (1852-1925) Daniel was born on 25 November 1852 in the Woodville, Ontario, Canada. He was the son of James Ure (1788-1859) and Isabella Ross (1819-1908). In 1882 in Winnipeg, he married Annie Anger and they had 13 children: Alice Matilda (1881-1961, wife …
Harvey TALLMAN (1923-2023) Harvey was born at the family farm in Tyndall, Manitoba on 27 June 1923. He was the son of Alexander Michael Tallman (1890-1966) and Clara Solotrow (1890-1995). In 1947, he married Louise Lambert (1926-2020) and they had four children: Carol, Larry, Bob …
Alfred John Herbert SADLER (1894-1955) Herbert was born 06 September 1894 at Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of John Edward Sadler (1862-1938) and Francis Loious Gardiner (1862-1941). He began playing the organ at the age of four and was described as the world’s …
Edward Stanley RODZEN (1933-2022) Edward was born in the North End of Winnipeg on 05 November 1933. He was the son of Walenty “Valentine” Rodzen (c1906-1991) and Mary ? (c1910-1993). He loved the North End and was known to say ‘The North End is what …
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 …