Adventurer
Born at Montreal, Quebec on 7 April 1861, as a child he moved with his family to Rhode Island, USA where, within a short time, smallpox killed both parents. At the age of nine years, he went to work in a cotton mill. After teaching himself to read, he moved west, arriving at Moorhead, Minnesota where he found work on ranches, railway track-laying crews, and lumber camps. During the 1898 Spanish American War, he joined the American cavalry and was sent to the Philippines, where he was captured at Manila. He returned to the USA in 1899, met and married his 17-year-old bride, and they had twelve children, ten of whom survived to maturity. He retired in 1934 and lived with his children in Manitoba. He died at Woodridge on 22 June 1964, at the age of 103 years, and was buried in the Badger Cemetery.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 23 June 1964, page 23.
“Last of the plainsmen,” Beausejour Beaver, 1964.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Bobbi Jo Panciera for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 December 2017
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