The Hatch House in Birtle, in the Municipality of Prairie View, was built in 1896 by master mason Charles Dunham (1864-1943) for liveryman John George Hatch (1869-1943) and his family. His wife Margaret Lindsay Henderson (1877-1970) worked as a midwife and was said to have delivered 76 babies in the informal maternity hospital.
Hatch House (June 2018)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.42488, W101.05495
denoted by symbol on the map above
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
A View of the Birdtail: A History of the Municipality of Birtle, 1878-1974 by Municipality of Birtle History Committee, edited by Marion Abra, 1974, page 313.
Special Places - Birtle's Significant Heritage Buildings by Birtle Heritage Advisory Group, no date.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 April 2021
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