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Carievale
Carievale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Official Status- Village
Origin of the Name
Named by John Young, the word is of Scottish origin and means “Lovely Valley”.
Location
- Sec 31, Township 2, Range 31, W
- Latitude- 49º 10' 24“ N
- Longitude- 101º 37' 32” W
- located intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 8, on the CPR
Post Office History
- Name of Office: Carievale
- Federal Electoral District: Moose Mountain (SK)
- Office opened Feb 1, 1891 on Sec.2, Twp.3, R.32, W1
- moved to Sec.31, Twp.2, R.31, WPM
- Postal code- S0C 0P0
Postmaster Information:
| Name of Postmaster | Military Status | Date of Birth | Date of Appointment | Date of Vacancy | Cause of Vacancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen “Steve” Bishop | 1891-02-01 | 1899-08-19 | Resignation | ||
| Joseph B. Gosnell | 1899-11-01 | 1903-03-18 | Resignation | ||
| Edward Bowers | 1903-05-01 | 1918-10-16 | Resignation | ||
| Miss May Bayliss | 1919-03-21 | 1933-10-29 | Resignation | ||
| James Eldon Sutherby | OAS | 1898-01-18 | 1934-04-01 | 1962-05-31 | Resignation |
| Charles Elmer Jackson | 1962-08-31 | 1984-08-31 | Retirement | ||
| Elaine C. Hill | 1985-02-18 |
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Postmaster Bios
Stephen "Steve" Bishop
- First Postmaster
- b- Dec 7, 1848 in Kent, Grey, ON
- 1926
- Came west in 1884 from Palmyra, ON area.
- His brother George Bishop came earlier in 1882
- Steve Bishop homesteaded SE Sec 2, Tsp 3, Rge 32, W1.
- wife- Annie Bishop, nee Woods
- b- Nov 20, 1849 in ON
- son- George Bishop
- b- Sept 22, 1879 in ON
- son- Edgar Bishop
- b- June 15, 1882 in ON
- daughter- Maud Bishop
- b- Aug 22, 1886 in Assa, NWT (SK)
- son- Delmar Stephen Bishop
- b- June 11, 1889 in Carievale, NWT (SK)
Joseph B. Gosnell
- b- Feb 8, 1949 Lac-Beauport, La Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada
- d- 1947 Carievale SK
- homesteaded NE Sec 20, Tsp 2, Rge 26, W1
- son of John Gosnell and Margaret Fachney (Fachnie) (Fachnee)
- married- Martha M. Gosnell May 31, 1876
- b- May 3, 1855 in ON
- daughter of Henry and Margaret Gosnell
- daughter- Maggie M. Gosnell
- b- Jan 21, 1879 in ON
- Son- Edward Gosnell
- b- Feb 23, 1882 in ON
- daughter- Hattie Corah Clow Gosnell
- b- Feb 27, 1889 in RM of Medora, MB
- son- John Henry Gosnell
- b- Mar 6, 1891 in RM of Arthur, MB
- son- R. E. Gosnell- Editor of the Victoria Colonist Newspaper
Edward Bowers
- b- Aug 1846 in ON
- d- Possibly- Feb 18, 1931 in General Hospital, Vancouver BC, age 84
- possibly buried in Ocean View Burial Park
- If I have the right guy he lived in Vancouver for 10 years before he died
- Homesteaded E Sec 3, Tsp 3, Rge 31, W1
- wife- Annie Robinson Bowers
- b- June 1851 in ON
- they had 3 sons; E.L. Bowers of Streamtown, AB; W.M.Bowers of North Battleford; and Harvey Robinson Bowers of Vancouver BC
James Eldon Sutherby
- b- Jan 18, 1897, Hensell, Huron Co. ON
- d- Jan 1975
- Enlisted in WWI, reg # 727368 at Staffa ON, Jan 19, 1916
- 1st wife- Lula Gladys Burke
- b- Aug 26, 1902 in Carievale SK
- d- June 1941
- daughter of Joseph S. Burke and Anne Ramsey
- they had 3 children
- 2nd wife- Irene Willson
Carievale 1920-21
- Telephone, CP Telegraph, and Dominion Express
- Anglican and Methodist Churches
- Population 200, with 300 farmers
4 Grain Elevators
- Canadian Elevator Co. Ltd.
- Dominion Elevator Co. Ltd.
- Interior Elevator Co. Ltd.
- Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Ltd.
Bank
- Bank of Hamilton- A. T. Taylor, Manager
- I think this was Arthur Thomas Taylor,
- b- Oct 1887 in England
Blacksmiths
- Joseph Gosnell, Blacksmith
- Albert E. Pym, Blacksmith
- b- June 1876 in ON
- living in Carievale as early as 1911 as a Blacksmith
- wife- Lora Mary Pym
- b- May 1876 in ON
- son- Albert Lloyd Pym
- b- Jan 1905 in ON
Newspaper
- Unordered List ItemThe News, Publisher- F. E. Martin, weekly paper
Liquor Export Houses
- Carievale Export Co. Liquors
- North Star Liquor Co., Liquor Exporter.
Misc Businesses and People
- Anderson Brothers- Meat Market
- Mary Bayliss, Post Mistress (see above)
- Joseph Blake , Building Contractor
- J. Brounlow, Machinist
- Carievale Rural Tel Co., Sask Govt Tels
- Clark & Haywood, Harness and Shoes
- Robert Cochlan, Wire and Fencing
- Jim Foi, Restaurant
- A. W. Fuller, Lumber and Coal
- Frank McMillan, Garage
- R. H. Mains, Farm Implements
- Muldoon Brothers, Livery and Transfer
- John Thomas Croft, Machinist
- b- Apr 1869 in England
- Immigrated in 1890
- Living in Carievale as early as 1911, shown as a farmer
- wife- Ida Annie Croft
- b- Nov 1872 in ON
- Hugh C. Darroch, Flour and Feed
- b- Aug 1876 in ON
- wife- Gertrude May Darroch
- b- July 1887 in ON
- Robert George Gilliland, General Store
- b- Feb 1875 in ON
- wife- Carrie Jillian (Zillah?) Gilliland, nee Birch
- b- July 1877 in ON
- 4 children in 1911 census, born in SK
- Thomas Henry McGregor, Farm Implements
- b- Jan 1874 in ON
- Implement Dealer in Carievale as early as 1911
- wife- Gertrude McGregor
- b- June 1884 in ON
- son- Henry Francis McGregor
- b- Mar 1909 in SK
- Edward Alex Roberts, Barber and Billiards
- b- Oct 1884 in ON
- Barber in Carievale as early as 1911
- Solomon Shannon, Hardware
- b- Mar 1875 in ON
- Operating a Hardware in Carievale as early as 1911
- wife- Mabelle B. Shannon, nee Kellough
- b- Mar 1883
- daughter- Grace Eileen Shannon
- b- July 8, 1907 in Carievale SK
External Links- Note- NOT my sites
History Book- Autumn leaves, gilded sheaves : a legacy, Carievale & District
1920 era map showing land owners
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmaps/Cummins/Map1/Map-1-East.html
Great story about this area here, note- NOT my site
excerpt- Built first store in Carievale for Sam Colquhoun. That was in 1891.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cansk/SaskatchewanAndItsPeople/Volume2/HenryHutchinson.html
Facebook site- https://www.facebook.com/Village-of-Carievale-120735434676827/
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