The spelling is GANANOQUE, LEEDS ----- Original Message ----- From: Stine <sstine@escape.ca> To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] the M list > Hello Judi, > Mitchell: Hon. Brigadier-General, Colonel, J.B., Architect, Commissioner of > School Buildings, Public School Board, Winnipeg. Born at Gananocque, Leeds > county, Ontario. Son of George and Jane (Brown) Mitchell. Married Helen > Richmond Brough, of Gananocque, 1878 (deceased); Margaret Booth of > Scotland. Has one son and two daughters. Was educated at Gananocque High > School, Montreal Art School. Family came to Canada from Edinburgh, > Scotland; settled at Gananocque, Ont. Colonel Mitchell came to Manitoba in > 1874, served with the North West Mounted Police, 1874-77; Fenian Raid, > 1866, 1870 (Medal and two Clasps); signed as witness with Govenor Morris' > Treaty with the Wood and Plain Cree Indians, Fort Carleton and Fort Pitt, > August 23 and September 9, 1876; lieutenant-colonel of the 100th > Grenadiers, 1912-20; took 100th Grenadiers to Valcartier in August, 1914 > (11th Battalion, C.E.F.); raised 100th Battalion and took same overseas in > 1916. Was appointed to present position, 1893, in this capacity was > responsible for the many splendid school buildings of the city. Clubs: > Canadian, Western Canadian Military Institute. Societies: Masonic, > I.O.O.F., A.O.U.W. Recreations: Reading, rifle-shooting, amateur > photography. Is a staunch Imperialist. Residence, 74 Furby St., Winnipeg. > > Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba > Canadian Publicity Co. > 1925 > pp 260-261 > > Karen > > ---------- > > From: Judi Duncan <judiduncan@connected.bc.ca> > > To: CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] the M list > > Date: Monday, March 06, 2000 2:51 PM > > > > Hello Karen: > > It's wonderful to see that you are helping so many as you helped me > > previously with my MCINNIS families in Winnipeg. Kudos to you and your > > kind heart. > > I am very interested in what is written about the following "M" people, > > who are definitely mine. > > > > > > > McClung, Mrs. Nellie > > > Mitchell, Alice L > > > Mitchell, I.L. > > > Mitchell, Col. J.B. > > > Mitchell, Col. J.F. > > > > I would be so grateful for your help. It's nice "talking" with you > > again. > > Warm Regards, > > Judi Duncan > > Campbell River BC > > > > Stine wrote: > > > > > M > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > > Visit Winnipeg District, Manitoba GenWeb Project > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mbwinnip/ > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > Protect Canadian Census Records From Destruction > http://globalgenealogy.com/census/index.htm > POST 1901 CENSUS PROJECT >