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1955 Sask. Golden Jubilee Celebration
The June 23, 1955 copy of the Estevan Mercury
Microfilm researched by Cheryl (nee Mitchell) Andrist
Has a story of the Assiniboine Indians,
led by Chief Ochankugahe (see below)
(Mr Dan Kennedy from Montmartre, Sask)
attended a large Pow-Wow, in celebration
 of the 50th Golden Jubilee Celebration.
A pageant of Indian dances was performed,
which Cheryl remembered as a child.
The Pioneers of the village were honoured
in a parade, carried on one float,
and a group of Assiniboine were on another.
They erected a Red River Cart,
 which was on one float, in a covered shelter
on the old Highway 39, south of Roche Percee
at the point where the old trail
 used in the first half of the 19th Century
was used by fur traders and hunting groups
moving through this part of the Western Plains.
Other floats depicted mining themes, past and present.
Sold during the day was a booklet on the history of Roche Percee, 
which can be read below
 

In 1955 all School Districts in Saskatchewan
 were asked to record their Local History,
to Celebrate Saskatchewan's Golden Jubilee.

Table of Contents,
see pages referred to below

Mr. Daniel "Dan" Kennedy (Ochankugahe)
b- Jan 1877 in the Cypress Hills, SK
d- 1973
 Assiniboine Chief, from the Carry the Kettle Reserve,
located between Sintaluta and Montmarte SK

Wife- Julia Kennedy
b- May 1879
daughter- Lenna Kennedy
b- Dec 1902
son- Daniel Kennedy
b- Oct 1903
daughter- Agnes Kennedy
b- June 1906
daughter- Isabel Kennedy
b-  Mar 1911 (3 mo old in 1911 census)
1911 census reports them as all Cree, Roman Catholic religion.

His book "Recollections of an Assiniboine Chief" 1972,
Published by McClelland and Stewart, Toronto
(ISBN: 0771045107 / 0-7710-4510-7)
His name translated into English, means "Pathmaker"
June 1882 the Assiniboine were moved from the Cypress Hills
to the Reserve area allocated in their Treaty.
He walked every one of the 500 miles.
Educated first at the school in the Qu'Appelle Valley, at Lebret,
conducted by Father Hugonard, a famous Indian Missionary.
Here he was given the name Dan Kennedy.
In 1893 he completed his education at St. Boniface College in Winnipeg.
He had great respect for the Men in Scarlet, "Oknay-Sha"
He wanted a cairn or memorial on the reserve,
at the location of the Pemmican Trail,
used by the RCMP to get to Winnipeg.
I love his one statement of his, dated 1950
"The White Man in the West has spent 40 years,
learning a lesson in Conservation,
that a little animal, the Beaver,
has always known by instinct."
He promoted farming the idle lands on the reserve.

This whole area was known as "Assiniboine Country"
The Assiniboine were Nomadic, but thanks to
Mr. Dan Kennedy, stories of their travels to this area,
have been recorded.  He remembered coming to the area,
to pick Wild Plums, and to partake in religious rites,
conducted in the valley, at the Indian shrine, at La Roche Percee.

Mr. and Mrs. Lachlan McQuarrie
(MacQuarrie in Obituary, but McQuarrie in Birth registration)
Lachlan Walker McQuarrie
b- Oct 3, 1886, South Shields Reg District, Durham Co. England
d- July 18, 1971, age 84
buried in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan
Came to Canada and Roche Percee in 1904
He worked at many of the mines in the District
Railway Labourer in 1911
Served on Village Council for 15 years.
Also Bienfait Hospital Board, and Roche Percee School Board.
Mother- Jessie McQuarrie,
b- Oct, age 54 in 1911, born in Scotland, widow.
Family living on Lot 11,12,13 and 14 in Block 1, in 1911.
1906 shown as a widow as well.
sister - Flora McQuarrie
b- May 1879 in Scotland
brother- William Forrest McQuarrie
b- Dec 1888, South Shields Reg District, Durham Co. England
Store Salesman in 1911
brother- Archibald "Archie" McQuarrie
b- Apr 1891, South Shields Reg District, Durham Co. England
Railway Labourer in 1911
Archie living in Bienfait in 1971
Lachlan had a sister Mrs. Jean Kerr in Edmonton in 1971.

Wife Martha Kaen McQuarrie, nee Larsen
b- Dec 8, 1901
d- Feb 21, 2000
daughter of Edward and Mary Ann Larsen.

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick (Fred) Cecil Wynne-Jones

Frederick (Fred) Cecil Wynne-Jones
b- Oct 6, 1877
d- Apr 24, 1941
buried in Estevan City Cemetery
Strange thing there is a F.C. Wynne-Jones
 buried in North Portal Cemetery also??
shown as a SGT.
wife- Mary Johanna Wynne-Jones, nee Adams
b- Apr 19, 1888, in ON Canada
d- July 13, 1972, in Victoria BC, age 84
buried in North Portal Cemetery
her father John Buckingham Adams
mother- Jane Down

Mr. and Mrs. A. R. McKersie

Albert Robert McKersie
b- Mar 1879 in ON (also seen 1877 as birth year)
d-
Mary Olivia McKersie, nee Ruttan
b- Jan 1885 in ON
d-

son- Albert Fredric "Gavin" McKersie
also seen name as "Frederick Albert Gavin McKersie"
b- Nov 23, 1902 in Coalfields NWT, (SK)
d- Jan 17, 1971 in Prince George BC
married Bertha Battersby, Dec 31, 1923
daughter of Charles Richard Battersby and Ellen Booth

daughter- Elma Annie McKersie
b- June 17, 1904 in North Portal, NWT, (SK)

son- Thomas Osweld Michal
b- Feb 21, 1906 in North Portal, SK

daughter- Fanny Louisa McKersie
b- Sept 07, 1907 in North Portal, SK

Albert Robert McKersie
took out western land grant
NW Section 24, Township 1, Range 6, W2
1891 census albert living in Broadview area.
1911 family living at Lot 6, Block 2
Albert R. McKersie, shown as a Steam Engineer in 1911

Mr. B. Gosselin

Bruno George Gosselin
b- May 19, 1902
d- Aug 20, 1968
buried in Estevan Souris Valley Memorial Gardens

Mr. Harry Banks

Harry Banks had a coal mine in Pinto area.

Mr. Bert Mann

 Albert "Bert" Mann
b- May 1892 in Scotland
d- ?
Immigrated in 1907
wife- Margret Mann, nee ?
b- Oct 1886 in Scotland
d- ?
Immigrated in 1908 with daughter
daughter- Margret Mann
b- July 1907 in Scotland
son- William Mann
b- 8 mo old when 1911 census was done, in SK
brother- William Mann
b- Sept 1883
His brother was in the CPR Section House in 1911
He immigrated in 1906
Bert was living on Lot 15, block 1 in 1911
shown as a Railway Labourer, and a Miner

Mrs. Ellen Bettersby?
 I think this should be Ellen Battersby, nee Booth,
b- June 4, 1876 in Rishton, Lancashire, England
d- Aug 2, 1961, Rocanville, SK
daughter of John Booth
and Mary Alice Woods
married Charles Richard Battersby,
Sept 21, 1895 in St. Peter and St Paul, Rishton, Lancashire
b- Feb 1, 1873, in Mission Nottinghamshire, England
d- Feb 19, 1947 in Estevan SK

Mr. Edward James Sinclair

Edward James Sinclair, in 1911, sold implements in Bienfait,
Edward is shown as a machine agent in 1906 census, age 31.
He was born Sept 1879, in Ontario. Scotch nationality
His wife Selina Sinclair, nee Drummond,
is buried in Bienfait, he is buried somewhere else, place unknown.

Edward James Sinclair
b- Sept 4, 1877 in Fenelon Fall Township, Victoria North, Ontario
d- ?
buried- ?
Father- Archibald (Arch) Sinclair, a Merchant
b-1846 in ON
Mother- Mary Ann Maunder
b- 1846, in ON
Sister- Ella Mabel Sinclair,
b- June 3, 1873 in Mariposa township, Victoria county ON
d- Oct 3, 1944 in Lampman SK
buried in Arcola Cemetery
Brother- William John Sinclair,
b- July 28,1875 (Feb 28, 1874?) in Fenelon Township, Victoria North, ON
d- June 2, 1956 in Lampman SK
buried in Arcola Cemetery
Sister- Mary E. Sinclair,
b- 1879 in Fenelon Township, Victoria North, ON
Brother- Herbert A. Sinclair,
b- Dec 1880 in Fenelon Township, Victoria North, ON
Ed also owned a Farm Implement dealership
in Bienfait ca 1911, and 1915
He owned the first garage in Bienfait
Ed Sinclair also opened up Victoria Park
near Roche Percee, per July 8, 1926 Mercury article
His wife was Selina Sinclair, nee Drummond,
b- Mar 24, 1885
d- Aug 17, 1941
buried in Bienfait Cemetery,
but where is Edward buried?
see his brother and at least one sister, died in Lampman.
Maybe he went there?
He was of Scotch nationality
2 locations of his sisters,
Mrs. E.A. Creighton of Creelman, SK
Miss Pearl Sinclair of Arcola SK

I found an Edward James Sinclair in 1881 Ontario census
age 4, born 1877, son of Arch Sinclair and Mary Ann, nee?
Methodist religion. They were all living in Fenelon Falls.
1911, Ed was living in Bienfait, Lot 7, Block 4,
with his wife Selina, no children shown.

in 1900 he was in Hamilton Village, Pembina, ND
Immigrated to US in 1892, single at this time.

Operated Blue Seam Mine Sec 29, Tsp 1, Rge 6, W2

Mr. L. Langen

Leander Langen
b- Mar 7, 1901 in MN USA
d- Feb 1, 1981
Buried in Bienfait Cemetery
married Flora Knight in 1924
brother to Julius below

Mr. J. Langen

Julius Langen
Reg # 3353263
b- Sept 18, 1891 in McIntosh, Polk County,
Lessor Township, Minnesota, USA
d- July 6, 1957
Buried in Bienfait Cemetery
Living in Taylorton Post Office area
when he enlisted in Regina, June 24, 1918
Single, Farmer, Lutheran
Next of Kin, Father- Jens Ole Langen, Roche Percee PO, SK,
b- Sept 1856 in Norway, d- Nov 30, 1926
(1900 US census says b- Sept 1854)
Immigrated to US in 1883
Mother- Maria (Mariah?) Langen,
b- Nov 1862 in Sweden, d- Oct 18, 1922
Immigrated to US in 1885
1911 family living in Township 2, Range 7, W2 at Roche Percee
1911 census says Julius was born in Norway immigrating in 1902
Attestation form says USA
1900 US census says he was born in Minnesota, which I believe is correct
family were living in Lessor Township, Polk County, Minnesota, in June 1900
Jens shown as a farmer

Mr. Ernest Hanson Sr.
I believe he served in WWI
Can't find any info on him

Mr. Ernest Leonard

Ernest Frank "Ernie" Leonard
b- Apr 1889 in Syston, Gloucestershire, England
d- Oct 3, 1961 in Estevan
came to Canada in April 1907
(1911 census says he came in 1897.)
Father-  George Leonard
b- bet Apr-June 1853 in Stroud Reg Dist., Gloucester, England
d- 1905 in England (Ernest was age 16 when his dad died)
also a George Leonard buried in Bienfait in 1902, relative?

mother- Sarah Elizabeth Leonard, nee Brinkworth
b-  Dec 12, 1865, Pen Lane, King Stanley, Stroud Reg Dist, Gloucester, England
d- June 5, 1950 in Bienfait SK
Buried in Bienfait Cemetery
mother, father married Jan-Mar in Stroud Reg Dist., Gloucester, England
daughter of Henry Brinkworth and Eliza Brinkworth, nee Iliffe
Sarah was one of 10 children
1881 she was a Woollen Cloth Burler, at King Stanley, Gloucester, England
Her Grandfather- Joseph Brinkworth, Grandmother- Elizabeth Cook

Ernest had 2 younger brothers I know of,
 Wilfred Leonard and Ralph Leonard,
that also came to Canada,
with his mother, later on after George died.
Ernest married Annie E. North, Nov 3, 1926
b- ?
d- May 5, 1975
daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur North
They had 2 sons and a daughter.

1911 Ernest was on Alex Dunbar's farm
 SE 1/4 Sec 12, Tsp 1, Rge 6, W2

in Apr 1918 Mr. Leonard bought some land from Mary Frayne
the widow of Sam Frayne.
His Uncles were Joseph and Ralph Brinkworth

John lived at 534 2nd st. Estevan,  Nov 1953

Mr. Munroe Dunbar
married Jean Douglas
1937 they lived at North Portal
Mr Dunbar worked on planting the trees
at the North Portal International Golf Course
when it was built in 1928.

I think this is Robert Munro Dunbar
b- Dec 1907
d- end of Dec 1966
buried in Portal Cemetery
son of Alexander Dunbar and Hannah Dunbar, nee Hopkins
His wife Jean Douglas, was Annie Jean Douglas, I think?
daughter of Robert and Cassie Douglas

Old Mac Coal Company

R.C.M.P. Museum in Regina

School Records

Western Coal Review (April-May Edition 1934)

The Development of Roche Percee, by Colin A. Manlove, Feb. 1913
this last entry really interests me,
number 1 I have never heard of it,
and number 2, does it still exist?
if you have a copy, please contact me.
Mr. Manlove was in partnership in Estevan
in the Insurance business, with Mayor David Bannatyne.
He was involved in the first air mail flight from Estevan.
In 1925 he was the owner of
the Mid-Canada Stamp Company in Estevan.
In 1958 he was a Vancouver BC Public Accountant,
at the firm Manlove and Company.

Colin Arthur Manlove
b- Sept 13, 1889, Battersea, London, England
d- July 2, 1963, New Westminster BC, age 73

Father- Arthur William Manlove
Mother- Tryphena Eliza M. Manlove, nee Brett
mother, father married Apr-June 1887,
marriage registered in St. George Hanover Square, London.
A Mary Vicars shows up as his mother in one record?

He was married to a Violet May Manlove, nee Whitman
b- Apr 8, 1895 in London England
d- Sept 25, 1954 in Vancouver BC, age 59
Colin and Violet had a daughter
 Irene Elaine Manlove
b- July 21, 1914
d- Sept 2, 1915
buried in Taylorton Cemetery

son- Arthur Edward Cavendish Manlove
b- July 19, 1922, in Estevan SK
d- Feb 6, 1986, Burns Lake BC, age 63
married to Penny Esme Glencairn

When Colin Arthur Manlove died,
 he was married to Barbara Ellen Mitchell
He married her before 1958

Edward Joseph "Ed" Hegel

b- July 1, 1927, born on the family farm south of Allan, SK
 d- January 9, 2009, St Paul's Hospital, Saskatoon SK
buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon SK

son of Frank Hegel
b- Oct 9, 1897, Bowdle, SD
d- Nov 17, 1970, Saskatoon SK
buried in Allan SK
and Frances Merck
b- Mar 23, 1905, Elsass, Ukraine, Russia
d- Feb 1, 2005, Saskatoon, SK

Grandfather- Joseph Hagel
Grandmother- Martha Senger

Great-Grandfather- Franz Joseph Hagel
Great-Grandmother- Elizabeth Schumacker

2 sisters-
Rose Marie Hegel
Florence Louise Hegel

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