Hello A couple of years ago I was in Winnipeg and managed to find the Obit of my Great Grandfather, Joseph Sinclair ORR. The obit was in the Winnipeg Free Press on March 30, 1912 and there was a picture of him with it. We tried every which way when we photocopied the obit to get a decent copy of the photo as we have no photos of this Great Grandfather. It just would not produce a decent copy. Would anybody have a clue as to whether or not there is any archives kept for the WINNIPEG FREE PRESS as I would like to try & get a copy of this photo. Also could somebody please tell me where I might access information regarding CUSTOMS HOUSE in Winnipeg. According to his obit Joseph Sinclair ORR worked there for 29 years. He also was a member of GRACE METHODIST CHURCH and was a member of the Royal Temple of Temperance and of the Court Garry or Fort Garry No 2 CANADIAN ORDER OF FORESTERS for 25 years. Any idea how I might contact these organizations in Winnipeg. I imagine the Royal Temple of Temperance has gone by the wayside but the others may still be around. Can anybody help with any or all of these. Thanks for any help. Judy Woodley British Columbia, Canada judywood@netcom.ca Researching, CRAIG, ORR, FERGUSON, BAILLIE, GAVIN, OGILVIE, WOODLEY, LANGFORD in Ontario and Manitoba

Someone sent me the addresses and phone number for the cemetaries in Winnipeg. I printed it and now it has disappeared. could some kind soul send these to me again. I have no idea how anything could disappear in this sea of paper. Thanks Coralynn at teic@uniserve.com

Hello all! I am just starting on my geneological search. I have my dob, my fathers (still living) and my grandfather's. This is where it starts to get tricking. Grandfather: George Fenton McLean b. Dundee, Scotland 01/27 or 29, 1909 d. Winnipeg 03/21 or 24, 1974. Greatgrandmother: ???(don't have 1st name) McLean b. Scotland (I think) don't know when. Died Winnipeg 10/10, 12 or 14, 1970 or 1972. Please help with whatever and any information you may have. Regards, Darcy McLean (radna@aol.com) San Diego, CA

Coralynn: I'd appreciate a copy of that when you get it (if you don't mind). Trying to search for info in Winnipeg is a little difficult from San Diego. Regards, Darcy McLean (radna@aol.com) San Diego, CA

I was just searching the net today and found www.winnipegfreepress.com. They have a web site. Failing that you might call/write them (1355 Mountain Avenue, Wpg., MB R2X 3B6 -- 204-697-7000). (Unless of course you find some local kind soul in this motley group to go look it up for you.) }:-) Good Luck, Darcy McLean (radna@aol.com) San Diego, CA (formerly of Wpg.)

I am looking for any infomation on Christian SCHACK, b 1835, in Germany, d.14,Oct 1909 in Winnipeg Canada. In his obituary he was listed as being "formerly interested in the wholesale hotel and bar fixture trade." Does anyone know of him, or his son, Charles Christian SCHACK b.25, Oct 1872. I do have obits on Charles, his wife Sarah and on Christian's wife Annie, but no other information. Thank you, Sue Jensen

is there SKS who could lookup in the Brandon papers for Vina COOK died 1962. she is buried in Brandon Cemetery. looking for the obiturary. any help appreciated. failing that could someone please tell me where to look in Brandon, where the records might be found to look up this obit. thanks. larry dodds, searching DODDS, ADAIR BELL, BROWN, HALL, LAWRENCE, MCMASTER, WATSON, call 1-204-785-2531, e-mail - ldodds@mb.sympatico.ca

My thanks to everyone who responded to my query regarding early records of the Selkirk Settlement. I will follow up on every lead you've sent my way. Wish me luck guys, Joan Wilton

Thank you very much for copying this for me. It is indeed helpful. One more source accounted for. Regards, Maralyn Wellauer -----Original Message----- From: Jim & Marla <manson@junction.net> To: CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:07 PM Subject: [MBWINNIPEG-L] de Meurons in Red River >In the book (The Selkirk Settlers of Red River & Their Descendents 1812 - >1997) there is a list of Meuron Settlers as of Aug 1818. They all list one >person as the number in their family except Herman March (2) and John Willin (2) > > > 1. Mr. Joseph Storg > 2. Antoine Archette > 3. Peter Brussels > 4. Jean Louis Bender > 5. Charles Bouche > 6. Jacque Boirir > 7. Antoine Bricklerr > 8. Michel Bardorritz > 9. Aimable Bayard Cann (second n in Cann is smaller) >10. Jean Dom Caurene >11. Simon Dazio >12. Thomas Dyma Cann (second n in Cann is smaller) >13. Peter Friedman >14. Paul Gerber >15. Joseph Gregoritz >16. Martin Gregoritz >17. Martin Garlic >18. Henry Heckenberger >19. John Jauch >20. Martin Jsak >21. Andreas Viorglo >22. Ulrich Kauffman >23. Peter Komdrofsky >24. Antoine Luttman >25. Woidzech Lassota >26. John Meyer >27. Antoine Morell >28. Herman March >29. Joseph Potender >30. Laurent Quilisky >31. Bernard Ree (accent above first e ) >32. Michel Regnier >33. Francois Sahys >34. George Simon >35. Jean Bt Sappiero >36. Michel Schiller >37. Mathias Schmit >38. Bernard Schmit >39. Frederick Schneider >40. Antoine Sabatsky >41. Valentine Streiffle >42. John Veiring >43. John Wachler >44. John Wasilofsky >45. John Willin >46. Felix Muller Wt Matthay Sept 13 > Ehler Wt Matthay Sept 13 > Wohllebeu Wt Matthay Sept 13 > Nordt Wt Matthay Sept 13 > Yankofsky Wt Matthay Sept 13 > Caminsky Wt Matthay Sept 13 > >"Prior to Selkirk's death in 1820 his agent had recruited close to 200 Swiss >immigrants who arrived in the fall of 1821. They were given land on the west >bank of the Seine River. Craftsmen, bred in Swiss towns and unable to >adjust to the harsh climate and meagre food supplies, they were finally >driven south to Missouri by the flood of 1826. They left a legacy to the >settlement in the forty - odd period paintings by 16 year old artist Peter >Rindisbacher." > >Hope this helps some. > > > >==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== >Canada GenWeb Awards >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6625/cgwaward.html >Vote for your favourite CanadaGenWeb site >

In the book (The Selkirk Settlers of Red River & Their Descendents 1812 - 1997) there is a list of Meuron Settlers as of Aug 1818. They all list one person as the number in their family except Herman March (2) and John Willin (2) 1. Mr. Joseph Storg 2. Antoine Archette 3. Peter Brussels 4. Jean Louis Bender 5. Charles Bouche 6. Jacque Boirir 7. Antoine Bricklerr 8. Michel Bardorritz 9. Aimable Bayard Cann (second n in Cann is smaller) 10. Jean Dom Caurene 11. Simon Dazio 12. Thomas Dyma Cann (second n in Cann is smaller) 13. Peter Friedman 14. Paul Gerber 15. Joseph Gregoritz 16. Martin Gregoritz 17. Martin Garlic 18. Henry Heckenberger 19. John Jauch 20. Martin Jsak 21. Andreas Viorglo 22. Ulrich Kauffman 23. Peter Komdrofsky 24. Antoine Luttman 25. Woidzech Lassota 26. John Meyer 27. Antoine Morell 28. Herman March 29. Joseph Potender 30. Laurent Quilisky 31. Bernard Ree (accent above first e ) 32. Michel Regnier 33. Francois Sahys 34. George Simon 35. Jean Bt Sappiero 36. Michel Schiller 37. Mathias Schmit 38. Bernard Schmit 39. Frederick Schneider 40. Antoine Sabatsky 41. Valentine Streiffle 42. John Veiring 43. John Wachler 44. John Wasilofsky 45. John Willin 46. Felix Muller Wt Matthay Sept 13 Ehler Wt Matthay Sept 13 Wohllebeu Wt Matthay Sept 13 Nordt Wt Matthay Sept 13 Yankofsky Wt Matthay Sept 13 Caminsky Wt Matthay Sept 13 "Prior to Selkirk's death in 1820 his agent had recruited close to 200 Swiss immigrants who arrived in the fall of 1821. They were given land on the west bank of the Seine River. Craftsmen, bred in Swiss towns and unable to adjust to the harsh climate and meagre food supplies, they were finally driven south to Missouri by the flood of 1826. They left a legacy to the settlement in the forty - odd period paintings by 16 year old artist Peter Rindisbacher." Hope this helps some.

My father is sure that he has seen the name Sarah Mcvicar She may have married and taken on a new name right? If so then I may still be able to find her for you. I will get back to you. cross your fingers... Toni

Thanks for the info Toni! To determine if John Alexander McVicar is Sarah Ann McVicar's brother, I could use his birthdate and place of birth. Have you ever seen a list of his brothers and sisters? I am still waiting for Manitoba Stats to send me her birth certificate. Meanwhile, I will save your e-mail. Rick Miner At 11:03 00-01-17 -0600, you wrote: >Mcvicar > >I have more about this family but I will give you the basics to see if this >is the bunch you are looking for. > >I will tell you how I have a connection. >Henry and Ellen (Ferguson) Timlick (this is my ggaunt) came from Ontario >to the RRS they dug a hole in the side of a river bank and that is were they >lived for 3 years. > >Elizabeth > was the daughter of the two of them. >Elizabeth died 1949 at 64 years >she married > JOHN ALEXANDER MCVICAR lots of pictures >he died 1955 at 74 >they had four children Donald, Jean, John, Marjorie > >Jean Mcvicar married Oscar Paulin in 1933 and moved to Port Moody Bc in 1957 >he died in 1973 >They had three children Roberta Doreen Walter >The above may give you a name that you could contact for more info. I can >get more on this and the relatives that are still around if you need. > >I will forward an email about this connection if you would like more info on >this family or on Elizabeth if you want me to. You can mail away to the >family and they will send you what they have on the Timlick family I guess >that it would give you more. I will take a look and see if I can find >anymore in the Franklin book, they may have married into another family. >But this is the first I saw with this name. >Hope this helps. > >Toni > > > > >==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== >Visit Winnipeg District, Manitoba GenWeb Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mbwinnip/ > >

Gunns My Ferguson Roe moore connection is in the RRS and they had good friends the Gunn family there is information about this family in Domminion City They came from Ontario the same time my family came over here. let me know if I can help. Toni

Mcvicar I have more about this family but I will give you the basics to see if this is the bunch you are looking for. I will tell you how I have a connection. Henry and Ellen (Ferguson) Timlick (this is my ggaunt) came from Ontario to the RRS they dug a hole in the side of a river bank and that is were they lived for 3 years. Elizabeth was the daughter of the two of them. Elizabeth died 1949 at 64 years she married JOHN ALEXANDER MCVICAR lots of pictures he died 1955 at 74 they had four children Donald, Jean, John, Marjorie Jean Mcvicar married Oscar Paulin in 1933 and moved to Port Moody Bc in 1957 he died in 1973 They had three children Roberta Doreen Walter The above may give you a name that you could contact for more info. I can get more on this and the relatives that are still around if you need. I will forward an email about this connection if you would like more info on this family or on Elizabeth if you want me to. You can mail away to the family and they will send you what they have on the Timlick family I guess that it would give you more. I will take a look and see if I can find anymore in the Franklin book, they may have married into another family. But this is the first I saw with this name. Hope this helps. Toni

I've been working on this study for 16 years. Is there anything about the Swiss or de Meurons in your book? (The release seems to have lost its formatting when I pasted it.) Thanks for checking. Best, Maralyn Wellauer For Immediate Release January 2000 SELKIRK PROJECT UNDERWAY I am still actively collecting data pertaining to a select group of early Swiss emigrants who left Europe in 1821 and traveled together to Lord Selkirk’s colony on the Red River of the North in Western Canada. Presently, the location is near present-day Winnipeg, Manitoba. Beginning in 1823, entire families relocated to areas in the Minnesota and Wisconsin territories, Illinois, and Missouri. Others remained in the colony until 1826, when they too left for the United States. I am most interested in evaluating the extant primary source material relating to the migration, to identify the individual members of the group by name, age, occupation, and social status; and to determine the fate of the families. Of particular interest are personal accounts contained in contemporary letters, diaries, and colonial papers. The majority of the first group of Swiss in Wisconsin originated in cantons Bern and Neuchatel. Other cantons are represented as well. Approximately 44 families participated in this emigration, including Abram Perret (a.k.a. Abraham Perry,) and Benjamin Gervais, founders of St. Paul, Minnesota, the renowned artist, Peter Rindisbacher, and father of the famed Civil War General Augustus Louis (A.L.) Chetlain of Galena, Illinois. The project focuses around a core group of 10 Swiss families with the following surnames: Aeberli, Aebersold, Chatelain, Hofmann, Marchand, Monnier, Quinche, Rindisbacher, Scheidegger, Schirmer, and Stramm. The emigrant party also included a number of professional soldiers, of German, Swiss, and French origins, who were formerly attached to the de Meuron and de Watteville regiments. The names of primary interest are: Bain (Bane, Bayne,) Bruechler (Brickler,) Ehrler (Erler,) Fournier, Gerber, Langet, Ostertag (Osterday,) Paquet (Paquette,) Polander (Bollender,) Schmid (Schmidt,) and Verring (Varing). Correspondence relating to this group is welcomed. Please contact: Maralyn A. Wellauer, MA, Editor, The Swiss Connection 2845 North 72nd Street, Milwaukee, WI 53210 USA Tel: 414.778.1224 Fax: 414.778.2109 e-mail: swissmiss@execpc.com -----Original Message----- From: Jim & Marla <manson@junction.net> To: CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 17, 2000 9:27 AM Subject: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Red river Settlement >Hi Joan >You can get info from the Hudson Bay Company Archives in Manitoba. >200 Vaughan Street >Winnipeg, MB >R3C1T5 >There is an site online that you can send your messages to as well. I have >received a great deal from them. You could also write to the The Lord >Selkirk of Rupert's Land Association in Winnipeg. They have their own >archives about the Red River Settlement.. You can also join this group of >Selkirk descendents by proving your line back to the origional Selkirk >Settler. It has a $5 a year membership. They send all sorts of info out >quartly. Send a letter to >The Lord Selkirk Association of Rupert's Land >c/o A.B. Campbell >902-277 Wellington Crescent >Winnipeg, MB >R3M 3V7 > >I am also related to the Gunn's/McBeth's of Red River. Email me privately >with the names you are searching for and I can look them up in the Lord >Selkirk Family Book. > >Good Luck >Marla > > >==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== >CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L Mailing List >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mbwinnip/canmbwinnipeg.htm >

Hi Joan You can get info from the Hudson Bay Company Archives in Manitoba. 200 Vaughan Street Winnipeg, MB R3C1T5 There is an site online that you can send your messages to as well. I have received a great deal from them. You could also write to the The Lord Selkirk of Rupert's Land Association in Winnipeg. They have their own archives about the Red River Settlement.. You can also join this group of Selkirk descendents by proving your line back to the origional Selkirk Settler. It has a $5 a year membership. They send all sorts of info out quartly. Send a letter to The Lord Selkirk Association of Rupert's Land c/o A.B. Campbell 902-277 Wellington Crescent Winnipeg, MB R3M 3V7 I am also related to the Gunn's/McBeth's of Red River. Email me privately with the names you are searching for and I can look them up in the Lord Selkirk Family Book. Good Luck Marla

Garth, How to subscribe. Send a message to ICELAND-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the message) the command The owner is Irene her address is: coolturk@bigfoot.com (coolturk) Bette Garth Lane wrote: > Bette, many thanks for your response. > > How do I access the Icelandic list that you spoke of? > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > Take care. > > Garth > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bette Kosmolak <kosmo@pacificcoast.net> > To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 11:58 PM > Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Johnson > > > Garth, > > If you don't get a response to your query here, try the Icelandic list. I > also sent your query off to a > > few friends knowledgeable about certain Icelandic ancestry to see if they > could help. They may reply > > directly to you. > > Bette > > > > Garth Lane wrote: > > > > > My Grandmother came to Canada from Iceland and settled near Winnipeg in > a town called Piney, Manitoba. > > > > > > Her name was Thora Ann Johnson, born November 14, 1895. > > > > > > She married at James Percy Stringer and they lived in Winnipeg. > > > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > > Garth > > > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > > > Visit the Canada GenWeb Project > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ > > > See the Resources and Projects > > > > > > > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > > Canada GenWeb Archives Project > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html > > Primary Records for Canada > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > Canada GenWeb Archives Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html > Primary Records for Canada

Thanks Bette, I appreciate you efforts. Bye. Garth ----- Original Message ----- From: Bette Kosmolak <kosmo@pacificcoast.net> To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Johnson > I've lost my URL for it at the moment but have asked some friends who I know use > it. Will get back to you. Bette > > Garth Lane wrote: > > > Bette, many thanks for your response. > > > > How do I access the Icelandic list that you spoke of? > > > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > > > Take care. > > > > Garth > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Bette Kosmolak <kosmo@pacificcoast.net> > > To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 11:58 PM > > Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Johnson > > > > > Garth, > > > If you don't get a response to your query here, try the Icelandic list. I > > also sent your query off to a > > > few friends knowledgeable about certain Icelandic ancestry to see if they > > could help. They may reply > > > directly to you. > > > Bette > > > > > > Garth Lane wrote: > > > > > > > My Grandmother came to Canada from Iceland and settled near Winnipeg in > > a town called Piney, Manitoba. > > > > > > > > Her name was Thora Ann Johnson, born November 14, 1895. > > > > > > > > She married at James Percy Stringer and they lived in Winnipeg. > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > > > > Garth > > > > > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > > > > Visit the Canada GenWeb Project > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ > > > > See the Resources and Projects > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > > > Canada GenWeb Archives Project > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html > > > Primary Records for Canada > > > > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > > Canada GenWeb Archives Project > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html > > Primary Records for Canada > > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > Visit the Manitoba GenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/ >

Hi everyone: My Gunn people left Scotland for the Red River Settlement c 1812/13 and afterwards came east to the Col. Thomas Talbot settlement on Lake Erie in Ontario. Can anyone direct me to the proper place where I would find births, marriages and death records of the Selkirk people, if they even exist? Your help is most appreciated. Joan Wilton

Are there any of you folks out there researching the name Gillson/Gilson in Winnipeg, Ontario, California, Washington Territory, or Nevada? If so, please contact me. Searching for descendants of Hiram and Elizabeth Gillson, Ontario, Canada. Names searching for: John, John Herbert, William, George, Frances Gillson, Laura Frances Gillson..ANY connection to this line. Have much to share and would like to hear from any GILLSON/GILSON lines. Thank you. Mary Turvey marcat@ameritech.net Michigan, U.S.A.