Richard (Dick) Kinley and his brother Frank, sons of a
Manchester weaver who had become a schoolteacher in West Cape, Prince
Edward Island, came west with the Elliott brothers in 1879. He was,
along with the Cory and Elliott brothers on of the first settlers in
the region. He settled in Souris City.
He was a man of many skills. He worked as a blacksmith , first on the
Elliott farm and later at Souris City. He soon sold out to a new
arrival, Harry Goodman. He also was a carpenter, who was called upon to
build the coffin for the first person to die in the new town of Souris
City.
He took an interest in political affairs, serving as a delegate to the
second conference of the Manitoba and North West Farmer's Cooperative
and Protective Union in March of 1884. He was a candidate for Chief
Magistrate and active in advocating a branch railway line for the
region.
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