Not really related to the question but I used to live in Reston manitoba and grew up not very far from there. coralynn in B.C. -----Original Message----- From: Stine <sstine@escape.ca> To: CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 03, 2000 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] the M list >Hello Sandy, >Here they are: >McNeil: Captain George, Farmer. Born near Whitby, Yorkshire, Eng.m >1873. Son of Dixon and Anne (Green) McNeil. Married Miss M.L. Farrants, >Toronto. Was educated at Yorkshire Schools. Came to the Reston district >in 1892, worked at farming; in 1897 homesteaded and purchased land; now >farms three quarter-sections; in pre-war days was a member of the 12th >Manitoba Dragoons, Canadian Militia; afterwards Captain, Border Horse, >joined the C.E.F. and reverted; Lieutenant of 200th Battalion, 10th >Reserve, England; France, 107th Battalion, October, 1917; Passchendaele, >Arras, Amiens, Cambrai, Canal du Nord, Valenciennes, Mons; with German army >of occupation. President, Reston Agricultural Society. President, >Sinclair Local, U.F.M. Member, Masonic Fraternity. Anglican. >Progressive. On the reserve of the Canadian Militia with the rank of >captain. Address, Sinclair, Man. > >McNeill: Lachlan, Commissioner of the Manitoba Farm Lands Association, >Provincial Government of Manitoba. Son of John and Agnes (Thompson) >McNeill. Born in Bruce County, Ont., February 11, 1869. Married Miss R.L. >Lemox, June 10, 1908. Was educated at the public schools of Ontario. >Farmed in Ontario. Came to Manitoba, 1901.; engaged with Canadian Pacific >Railways Land's Department; in 1906 entered the firm of Osler, Hammond & >Nanton (Mortgage Dept.); remained until 1917 when he was offered and >accepted the position he now holds. Member, Elmhurst Golf Club, I.O.O.F. >Residence, 606 Gertrude Avenue, Winnipeg. > >Hope this helps. >Karen > >---------- >> From: ccullen <ccullen@hc.itas.net> >> To: CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] the M list >> Date: Friday, March 03, 2000 6:59 PM >> >> Karen, >> >> Could you tell me anything additional that might be recorded on these two >> persons. >> >> McNeil, Capt. G >> McNeil, Lachlan >> >> Thanks very much, >> >> Sandy in PEI >> >> >> >> ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== >> Manitoba Districts - Volunteer Opportunities >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/districts.htm > > >==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== >Visit the Canada GenWeb Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ >See the Resources and Projects > >