Judi Duncan - I have two books about Stonewall, neither of them indexed. "ROCKWOOD ECHOES, 90 Years of Progress, 1870-1960" printed by Derksen Printers, Steinbach, Manitoba in 1960. We have it because my Great-grandfather was the founder of Stonewall; in 1876 began to give free lots to those who would build a house at least 18' X 24', and 1 ½ storeys. Unfortunately someone has dropped this book in the bathtub, and in separating the pages I've mutilated a few, but a quick scan gives the following bits of information: Mitchell, Irwin L., born in Stonewall in 1882, son of Andrew R. Mitchell, a contractor and occasional Trade Instructor at Stony Mountain penitentiary, and wife Jane; arrived in Manitoba in 1871. Stonewall Masonic Lodge, Number 12 G.R.M.: "the first meeting was held on April 29, 1880. On the Charter, which now hangs in the Stonewall Masonic Temple, appears the following names: Angus Fraser, Worshipful Master; A.R. Mitchell, Senior Warden; ...." Growth: "Early carpenters were ... Mitchell & Sutherland ..." Fire Protection: Purchased its first equipment (torn bit) .. Andrew Mitchell, Fire Chief .(torn bit) ...several spectacular blazes ... And in the note under early schools (Stonewall School District #108): "School registers are available from 1885 and the notations on them reveal items of interest." >From the other book, "Stonewall, Turning a Century" 1978, Interlake Publishing Ltd., Stonewall, Manitoba: "The Stonewall Masonic Lodge #12 .... listed on its original charter .. and among the early Masters of this Lodge were A.R.Mitchell .." "Early Carpenters: ... Andrew Mitchell.." "The two-storey [wooden] building known as the Masonic Hall was built by Andrew Mitchell in the 1880's. The ground floor of the building served as a junior school in 1888. In later years the building was used as a residence." There's a photo of the building. P.38: photo of the Gunn quarry kiln, first fired in May 1900. "The trestle for the cars to draw up rock was built by Andrew Mitchell." P.10 has a photo of a turn-of-the-century Stonewall Bicycle Club, and Irwin Mitchell is one of the members shown. A Ruth Mitchell appears in the photo of the 1923 Grade Two class. A short extra note: my father's sister, Margo Ross, was recalling stories about her widowed grandmother who always, in Margo's memory, wore full mourning outfits - black dresses that scraped the ground, black caps. During the early 1900's the Ross family had a summer cottage on Lake Winnipeg and Mrs McClung, Nellie's widowed mother-in-law, summered in the cottage next door. She also wore full mourning. Little Margo thought that was a uniform signifying grandmotherhood. Maude Bowen Island, BC