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Manitoba Business: Gilbert Plains Maple Leaf

This weekly newspaper was established in April 1901 by Angus Gareboldi Stewart.

Publishers

Period

Publisher

1901-?

Angus Gareboldi Stewart (1860-1924)

?-1926

Basil Roy Whelon (1887-1964)

1926-1945

Everett Percival Brown (1904-?)

1945-1977

Ernest Oscar “Ernie” Brown (1918-1983)

1977-?

Terry Brown

Editors

Period

Editor

1901-1945

?

1945-1977

Olive Eleanor Alberta “Ollie” Brown (1917-1980)

1977-?

Terry Brown

Sources:

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Death registration [Angus Gareboldi Stewart], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Gilbert Plains pioneer passes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 May 1924, page 26.

Obituary [Ernest Oscar Brown], Dauphin Herald, 8 March 1983, page 14.

Settlers of the Plains by Olive Eleanor Alberta “Ollie” Brown, 1953, pages 85-86.

Obituary [B. Roy Whelon], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 November 1964, page 22.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 September 2020
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