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Howard Biography: d. 2006 Claims: Arrived in 1900 at age 10. Fought in both World Wars. Probable Significance: Modest Source: Trails & Crossroads to Killarney p. / Reflections p. 203 Highlights from Local Histories When it came time for Mrs. Bedford and the rest of the family to come west, things were not all that good in Manitoba. The three older boys John, Albert and Ed drew lots for who would go west and who stay in Ontario. The result was that Eliza arrived in Killarney August 28, 1900 with Mary (13) and Howard (10) along with Albert who had won the draw. Howard returned in 1919 and married Elinborg Einarson. They took over the farm and his mother lived with them until her death in 1933. Then came the "dirty thirties". Dust and wind seemed to be the order of the day but they always had a garden, and most times wild fruit - saskatoons and cranberries. Elinborg preserved quantities of fruit and vegetables, and made and repaired most of the family's clothing. In August of 1940 Howard again enlisted, this time in the Veterans Guard of Canada. With the help of the neighbors, Ed took the crop off and then the family moved to town. Bell, William & Doris Biography: Claims: Probable Significance: Modest Source: Trails & Crossroads to Killarney p. / Reflections p. 205 William and Doris Bell Family  Back Row, Left to Right: Lynn Bell, Neil Bell, Garry Struth, Wilma Struth Front Row: Doris Bell, Nadine Bell, Jay Struth, Curtis Struth, William Bell. The Bell family came to Canada from Scotland in July 1890. The family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Bell Sr. (Kit Bell), two sons, George and his wife Isabella The family bought 3/4 sections of CPR land south of Ninga N. 112 and S.W. 114 of section 19-2-18. Highlights from Local Histories The first buildings were on the N.E. quarter on the banks of a creek. George Bell later put his buildings on the N.W. quarter. In the early 1900's John Bell and his family moved to northern Saskatchewan. George Bell had five sons and three daughters: Christopher, John, William, Stanley and Gordon, (Mrs. T.A. Mitchell), Jean (Mrs. Tom Chester), Georgina (Mrs. H. Brown). Only William still survives. Christopher Bell was born in Desford, May 2, 1891 attended Maple Grove School. He and Ruby Dagg eloped with the horse and buggy and were married in Boissevain Nov. 1917. When it came time for Mrs Bedford and the rest of the family to come west, things were not all that good in Manitoba. The three older boys John, Albert and Ed drew lots for who would go west and who stay in Ontario. The result was that Eliza arrived in Killarney August 28, 1900 with Mary (13) and Howard (10) along with Albert who had won the draw. Howard returned in 1919 and married Elinborg Einarson. They took over the farm and his mother lived with them until her death in 1933. Then came the "dirty thirties". Dust and wind seemed to be the order of the day but they always had a garden, and most times wild fruit - saskatoons and cranberries. Elinborg preserved quantities of fruit and vegetables, and made and repaired most of the family's clothing. In August of 1940 Howard again enlisted, this time in the Veterans Guard of Canada. With the help of the neighbors, Ed took the crop off and then the family moved to town. Bridges, Winnie (Campbell)  Biography: Turns 101 in 2019. Claims: Reginald Wesley Bridges attended school at Northcote and Killarney. He left school at age 13 to work out for wages. In 1928 he began farming on his own first at NW 29-3-17 and later at SE 32-3-17. He married Winnie Campbell in 1939 and continued farming in that district until taking up residence in Killarney. Reg and Winnie raised a family of four children. Probable Significance: Source: Trails & Crossroads to Killarney p. / Reflections p. 218 Clarke, Violet Biography: Died at 106 yrs. Claims: Probable Significance: Modest Source: Trails & Crossroads to Killarney p. / Reflections p. Laird. Mrs. David Biography: Claims: W.1. president - organized in 1915 Probable Significance: Source: Trails to Killarney p / Reflections p. Highlights from Local Histories Tayler, Edward Biography: D. 1978. M. Constance Rose Hill in 1926. D. 1968 Claims: Youngest of 10 children born to Augustus Tayler and Sarah Blackwell who had homesteaded on W 22-2-16 in 1881. Alfred and Constance Rose had four children: Vera Rose, Muriel Grace, Ernest Edward and Ronald Gordon. Constance Tayler died in Winnipeg in 1968. Edward's second wife, Mary Catherine (Cathy) cared for him through many illnesses. Edward died in 1978. Probable Significance: Modest Source: Trails & Crossroads to Killarney p. / Reflections p. 544 Profiled Elsewhere: David Hysop J.A.V, David |