Farmer.
Born at Kincardine, Ontario on 3 September 1871, he came to Manitoba in 1890 and settled in the Kingsley district. He farmed and raised Red Polled cattle. On 28 December 1910, he married schoolteacher Joanna McKay (1881-1974) of Prince Edward Island who came to Manitoba in 1907. They had four children: Melvin Robert Shewfelt (1910-1938), Minnie Maud Shewfelt (1912-?), Stanley Bruce Shewfelt (1915-1997), and Albert Lorne Shewfelt (1917-1976). He served on the Kingsley School Board, was Superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday School, and was on the Board of Managers of the Kingsley Presbyterian Church. He died in the Municipality of Pembina on 19 February 1944 and was buried in the Manitou Community Cemetery.
See also:
From Kincardine to Kingsley by Albert Lorne Shewfelt, self-published, 1968.
Birth registrations [Melvin Robert Shewfelt, Minnie Maud Shewfelt, Stanley Bruce Shewfelt, Albert Lorne Shewfelt], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Robert Baird Shewfelt, Joanna McKay], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Death registration [Robert Shewfelt], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Western Canadian [Manitou], 2 March 1944, page 2.
Obituary [Albert Lorne Shewfelt], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 January 1977, page 99.
Death registration [Stanley Bruce Shewfelt], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 August 2024
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