Albany School #1929

Part of my Dad's 1927 Map

Albany School located at SE Section 4, Township 4, Range 7, W2
North of Estevan and Bienfait, and west of Kingsford SK

July 27, 1904- They legally established the Albany School District #1929 here.
Senior Trustee- Ernest Walter, address- Estevan, Assiniboia

Dec 24, 1904- Authorized to borrow $1,000 to build and furnish a School House.
Treasurer Address- Ernest Walter

1945- 25 pupils, Board was available 1 mile from school for $25, transportation was provided

Ernest Walter
b- Sept 8, 1879 in St. John Wood, Islington Reg. Dist, London, England
d- July 26, 1947 in Vancouver age 67
Received Land Grant for SW Section 34, Township 3, Range 7, W2, located just south of this School
He was living on valley St. in Estevan in 1916, shown as a Journalist for a printing office.
When he died he was a journalist for the Province newspaper in Vancouver.
son of Edwin Walter and Charlotte Doyle
Married to Martha Jane Wilson - with a son

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