Paul Peter BACCAERT (c1902-1949) Born in Belgium around 1902, he immigrated to England prior to the outbreak of the First World War, remaining there until moving to Canada in 1920. He settled in the Somerset district, teaching locally for several years. On 07 April 1931, …
Albert Clifford ABBOTT (1897-1983) Born at Stockton on 05 August 1897, he was the son of Albert E. Abbott (c1861-1950) and Annie Brown (c1870-1960), and brother of William Frederick Abbott. On 02 January 1925, he was married to Mary Eileen Bulman (1896-1980, daughter of William …
Dmytro YAKIMISCHAK (1888-1958) Born in Ukraine in 1888, he came to Manitoba in 1898 and was educated at the university of Manitoba (BA, LLB). He was director of the Ukrainian Publishing Company Limited, and was elected as a United Farmer to the Manitoba Legislature in …
William Bramwell WADDELL (1857-1942) Born in Harrow, Essex County, Ontario on 04 January 1857, he was the son of James Waddell (1818-1905) and Sarah Lockhart (1831-1915). He was educated at Harrow. On 12 March 1885, he married Agnes Elle Sanderson (1864-1942) and they had eight …
Joseph Gustave VAN BELLEGHEM (1901-1967) Born in St. Vital on 06 September 1901, he was the son of Desiderius “David” Van Belleghem (?-1936) and Louise Bossuyt. He attended Provencher School and St. Boniface College. After working railway construction with his father, he and his brother, …
George Walter ULLYOT (1850-1925) Born in East Whitby Township, Ontario on 01 February 1850, he was the son of Thomas Ulyot (1819-1880) and Mary Jane Elford (1822-1900). On 19 June 1870 in Oshawa, Ontario, he married Esther Ann Jackson (c1853-1925) and they had nine children: …
Robert TAIT (1830-1912) Born in the Red River settlement on 24 April 1830, the third son of William Tait (1793-1872) and Mary Auld, he received very little schooling and at the age of eleven was hired as a chore boy at the Hudson’s Bay Company …
Evelina (SINCLAIR) ADAMS (1898-1990) Born at Shoal Lake on 22 November 1898, daughter of John Sinclair (1871-1926) and Annie Brown (1876-1913), she took her early education there then, in February 1918, attended nurses training at the Neepawa General Hospital. Nursing duties at the time included …
Richard Wilfred QUEEN-HUGHES (1908-1970) Born in Penge, Surrey, England, he was the son of Richard William and Elizabeth Florence Hughes. He came to Manitoba in 1923 to farm in the Killarney area. Five years later, he moved to Winnipeg and spent 27 years as Director …
Maxwell S. “Max” RADY (1893-1964) Born in Russia on 21 November 1893, his name was Avraham Radishkevic. He immigrated to Manitoba from Russia in 1893 and changed his name to Maxwell Rady. He entered the Manitoba Medical College. After completing an internship at the Vancouver …
