Frederick Wilbur JACKSON (1888-1958) Frederick was born in Stonewall, Manitoba on 25 October 1888. He was the son of Samuel Jackson and Ida Isabella Clark. He received his education in Stonewall and Winnipeg, graduated in 1912 from the University of Manitoba with a Doctor of …
John INGLIS (1858-1941) John was born at Dunfermaline, Scotland 15 March 1858. He was the son of James Inglis and Catherine Scotland. He came to Canada in 1882 and joined the staff of the Merchants Bank in Montreal. He was transferred to Brandon on 01 …
Gilbert Spence HACKLAND (1828-1901) Captain Gilbert Spence Hackland was born at the Orkney Islands on 31 January 1828. He was the son of William Hackland and Catharine Firth. On 20 September 1856 at St Anne, Limehouse, England, he married Ann Sharp (1836-1902) and they had …
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 …