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 …
Charles CAHILL (1857-1917) Charles was born on Calumet Island, Quebec on 13 June 1857. He was the son of John Cahill and Arthemise Ouellette and was educated at the University of Ottawa. He entered the novitiate of the Oblate Order at Lachine, Quebec in 1874, …
Wilhelm/William Friedrich BACHMAN (1851-1925) William was born 30 September 1851 in Germany. He served as an officer in the Prussian army and serving in the cavalry in the German War. His family consisted of his wife Mary Elizabeth Phillips (1851-1932) and daughter Emma Dorothy Bachman …
Solomon ABRAHAM (1872-1942) Solomon was born in Rumania [now Romania] on 21 October 1872, he graduated from the University of Bucharest with a BA (1897) and MSc degrees, from the University of Vienna with a PhD (Agriculture), and from the University of Manitoba with a …
Ignatius Joseph ZABORNIAK (1902-1989) Born at Cuszanow, Poland in 1902, Ignatius was one of twelve children born to John Zaborniak (1871-1937) and Mary Myszkowski (1879-1949). He immigrated to Canada in 1904 with his parents, grandparents and siblings. He grew up on the family farmstead in …
Gustave Bellegro “Gus” YAEGER (1877-1942) Born at Genoa, Italy on 15 August 1877, he was the son of Swiss parents, Carl YAEGER and Barbara LITSCHER. He emigrated to the United States in 1879 with his parents. On 25 September 1907 in Bangor, Wisconsin, he married …
Alan Christopher WADE (1923-2013) Allan was born at Weston, Winnipeg on 09 September 1923, he was the son of Ralph WADE (1894-1970) and Christian Mary HOSKING (1896-1977). He was educated at Cecil Rhodes School. On 09 January 1943, he married Margaret Thelma FARLEY (1924-2003) and …
Alexander VANCE (1866-1936) Alexander was a native of Bruce county, Ontario. He was born 20 October 1869 at in the Kincardine Township, the son of Irwin VANCE (1835-1912) and Hannah “Maria” HUDSON (1846-1926). On, 24 March 1893 he married Lydia Maria ANDREWS (1873-1954) and they …
James Wesley “Wes” UMPHREY (1864-1948) James, the son of Samuel Umphrey (1837-1919) and Elizabeth Moore (1838-1910), was born at Uxbridge, Ontario on 04 June 1864. He moved to the Miami area of Manitoba with his parents in 1881. On 20 February 1889, he married Susanna …
Jonathan TROOP (1851-1935) Born in Lincolnshire, England 14 August 1852, he arrived in Fort Garry in 1874. As a young man, he decided to go west and set out walking to High Bluff, which he reached in about a day. He stopped at the late …