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 …
Théogéne FAFARD (1855-1890) Théogene was born 27 March 1855 in Pierrefonds, Quebec. He was the son of Norbert Fafard (1820-1902) and Hippolite “Apoline” Claude (1826-1905). On 28 November 1882 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, he married Anna Sephora Germain, (1863-1946) and they had three children: Anna …
Hugh Rotherham EADE(1882-1976) Born at Ipswich, England in August 1882. He was the son of William Eade (1841-1927) and Marguerite Wright Cotman (1842-1925). He emigrated to Canada in 1903. On 01 June 1918, he married teacher, Constance Aaron (1877-1949) at Winnipeg. They had no children. …
Julia Annette Elizabeth DAFOE (1900-1960) Elizabeth was born in Montreal, Quebec on 22 October 1900, she was the daughter of John Wesley Dafoe (1866-1944) and Alice Parmelee (1866-1961). In 1901, she moved to Winnipeg with her family. She graduated Kelvin High School in 1918, then …
Joseph Everett CAHILL (1899-1962) Joseph was born in Slocan City, British Columbia on 02 March 1899. He was the son of Phillip James Cahill (1861-1929) and Elizabeth Laura Ready (1871-1942). He moved to the Maritimes after receiving his early education in British Columbia. He received …
Nicolas Volodymir BACHYNSKY (1887-1969) Nicolas was born 16 September 1887 in Celo, Serafintsi, Eastern Ukraine. He was the son of William Bachynsky and Carolina Wysocka. He came to Canada about 1906 as a refugee, settling in the Coppercliff area of Ontario. He worked as a …
William Frederick ABBOTT (1890-1975) William was born at Stockton on 10 January 1890. He was the son of Albert E. Abbott (c1861-1950) and Annie Brown (1870-1960), and brother of Albert Clifford Albert. He moved to Winnipeg in 1907. On 10 June 1925, he married Olive …
Gerhard [Gerhardt] Otto “Jerry” ZADO (1913-1956) Jerry was born in Morden on 25 April 1913, he was the son of Hermann Zado (c1868-1947) and Katharina Eleanora Busch (c1877-1956), he grew up on the family homestead at SW-19-01-01-W1 near Brown. On 29 July 1939, he married …
William YAKIMISCHAK (1906-1988) William was born 23 March 1906 at Pleasant Home. He is the son of Jacob Yakimishchak (1857-1937) and Justine Zariche (1859-1940). On 28 June 1941 in Roland, he married Elizabeth Diaczuk (1913-1983) and they had three children: Myron, Donna Amelia (1946-2009) and …
Henry Gerald WADE (1875-1953) Gerald was born 19 August 1857 at Port Hope, Ontario. He was the son of Henry Wade (1837-1906) and Mary Helen Christie (1841-1913). In 01 June 1901, he married Mary Millicent Willson (1875-1963) and they had one child: Margaret Millicent (1907-1986, …