Notable People


Potentially Significant People  / MAJOR FAMILIES





MAJOR FAMILIES

Coates, William Sr.

Biography: 
Claims:  Homesteaded 1888
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: Our First Century / 476
Images: As Above
Content: Good additional information

Cocquyt, Paul



Biography:  Born Belgium, 1871
Claims:  Began farming in Melita area 1907
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: Our First Century / 484
Images: As Above
Content: Some additional information

 

Fletcher, George Sr.



Biography:   Born 1837, England
Claims:  Homesteaded 1886
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: Our First Century / 530
Images: N/A
Content: Some additional information

 

Grieg, John



Biography:  Born 1861, Scotland; Died 1937
Claims:  Came in 1910
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: Our First Century /557
Images: As Above
Content: Some additional information

 

Loucks, Thomas S.



Biography: 
Claims: From a UE Loyalist family. Came from Forestburg SD in  1900 by coverd wagon.
A Poet – See P 47
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: Our First Century / 616
Images: As Above
Content: Good additional information


Tilbury

Biography: 
Claims:  Large family came from England beginning in 1908
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: Our First Century / 757
Images: As Above
Content: Good additional information


Vanbeaselaere, Victor

Biography: Born 1871, Belgium
Claims:  Arrived in Dloraine in 1913. Melita in 1915.
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: Our First Century / 768
Images: As Above
Content: Some additional information