Anne Amelia (McLEAN) PAGET (1867-1922) Born in Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie River on 15 July 1867, she was the eldest daughter of William J. McLean (1841-1929) and Helen Hunter Murray (1847-1899). She spent her earliest years at Fort Liard, Northwest Territory and then the …
Hazel Christina (LAMB) ALLAN (1916-2004) Born at MacGregor on 25 December 1916, daughter of Mabel Elizabeth Hotell (1895-1948) and Thomas Dryden Lamb (1878-1947), she spent her childhood at MacGregor and on 18 January 1936 married David Walter Allan (1908-1965) and they had five children: Robert …
Ursula Martha (Koons) Dalhgren (1905-2001) Born in Douglas, Ontario on 21 August 1905, she was the daughter of James Koons (1863-1948) and Minnie Wickwire (1868-1951). She moved with her parents to Minitonas in 1913. She started her musical training with piano classes (Clarence was one …
Alfred Jackson (1858-1935) Born at Clinton, Ontario on 19 July 1858, he was the son of English immigrant Isaac Jackson (c1830-1925) and Sara ? (c1835-?). He quit school at the ate of 15 to apprentice for four years with contractor John Snell at Wingham, Ontario. …
Ingimar Ingaldson (1888-1934) Born at Akra, North Dakota on 04 April 1888, he was the son of Tryggvi Ingaldson (1863-1938) and Holfriður Andrésdóttir ((1857-1946). He was educated at the Home Rural School then came to Canada with his family in 1901. He attended the Manitoba Agricultural College. He was manager …
John Alan HACKETT (1920-2009) Born in Langruth on 26 April 1920, he was the son of Henrietta Knapp and John Hackett. The family moved to Winnipeg in 1922. During the Second World War, he enlisted in the Third Battalion Royal Winnipeg Rifles, serving as a …
Marie-Anne (GABOURY) LAGIMODIÈRE (c1782-1875) Born at Maskinonge, in the Parish of Three Rivers, on 14 August 1780, she was the daughter of Charles Gaboury (?-?) and Marie Anne Tessier (?-?). At the age of fourteen she became an assistant housekeeper at the rectory at Maskinonge. …
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 …