Hi all - Portage La Prairie has an excellent public library and is very approachable for information. They have a genealogy department whose staff is most helpful. I have not attempted to e-mail but the following is their address: Portage La Prairie, MB Street Address 40B Royal Road N. Mailing Address Same as above Postal Code R1N 1V1 Phone Numbers Main (204) 857-4271 Toll Free ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Swank" <mc.reswank@pe.net> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] LEESON- Portage La Prairie > Hello, > > I , too, have a relative William Patterson Smith, who was > superintendent of the "Home for Incurables" inPortage. I would also > like information on this hospital. William Patterson Smith was > superintendent until 1915. > > Thank you, > Mary Swank > California > > Joan Kirkbride wrote: > > >My grandfather, James Leeson, worked at the "Home for Incurables" as a night > >watchman in the late 1890s and early 1900's. Does anyone know anything about > >this hospital? Is there somewhere in PLP to get information about it's > >history or the history of the town?? > >Thanks- > >Joan in Kelowna, BC > > > > > >==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > >For list information, subscribing, unsubscribing and archives visit: > >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-MANITOBA.html > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > For list information, subscribing, unsubscribing and archives visit: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-MANITOBA.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >