Manor
Manor, Saskatchewan, Canada
Village Status
Located at N Section 33, Township 7, Range 1, W2
Latitude- 49º 36' 9“ N
Longitude- 102º 5' 8” W
Elevation 2075 ft
Located in RM of Moose Mountain
Located on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, CPR, in 1927, between Carlyle and Manor
Red line in map below is now Highway 13
Part of My Dad's 1927 Map of this area.
Elevator, Post Office, Telegraph Office and Gas Station in 1927
Grain Elevators
Sept 1903 Grain Elevators in Manor
Western Elevator Co.-
J. Sharpe-
25,000 bushel capacity each
Street Names ca 2011
Cannington Ave.
Assinoboia Ave.
Mountain Ave.
Railway Ave.
Adelaide St.
Beckton St.
Newcombe St. (see below)
Main st.
Lumsden St.
Fraser St.
Manor School District #605
Portion of 1985 School District Map in Carlyle Rusty Relic Museum
Post Office History
Manor
Federal Electoral District: Moose Mountain (SK)
Office Opened- Apr 1, 1901
Section 33, Township 7, Range 1, W2
S0C 1R0
Postmaster Information:
| Name of Postmaster | Military Status | Date of Birth | Date of Appointment | Date of Vacancy | Cause of Vacancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Maltby (see below) | 1901-04-01 | 1909-09-18 | Resignation | ||
| A. H. de Tremauden | 1909-11-08 | 1912-05-28 | |||
| Ewan Cameron McDiarmid (see below) | 1912-07-08 | 1923-09 | |||
| Thomas Clarence Purse (see below) | OAS | 1924-07-31 | July 1928 | Death | |
| James Edward Stevens | OAS | Oct 28, 1897 | 1928-11-06 | 1935-05-25 | Resignation |
| Vacancy cancelled | 1944-04-21 | Resignation | |||
| Aubrey Beatty | OAS | Nov 5, 1899 | 1944-07-01 | Acting | |
| “ | 1946-01-24 | 1954-04-01 | Resignation | ||
| Wesley J. Moore | OAS | 1954-05-01 | Acting | ||
| ” | 1955-06-01 | ||||
| Ralph L. Clarkson | 1976-12-01 | 1983-01-17 | Promotion | ||
| Darlene Fisher | 1983-01-15 | Acting |
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First Postmaster- Ernest Newcombe Maltby
b- Oct 5, 1861 in Saint Thomas Mount, Madras, India
d- Sept 19, 1944 in Vancouver, BC age 82
immigrated in 1887
1921 he was a bookkeeper for a Power and Light Co. living in North Vancouver BC
wife- Mary Maltby, nee Humphrys
b- June 27, 1871, Hull, England,
d- May 11, 1961 in Vancouver BC, age 89
daughter of James Humphrys, and Jane Emma Pearson
Ernest and Mary had a daughter- Margorie Ellen Maltby
b- July 1, 1890 in Cannington Manor, SK
d-
married John Henry Brown, May 17, 1919, North Vancouver, BC
b- 1891, Booth, England
d-
son- Ronald Pennyquick Maltby
b- May 25, 1894 in NWT
d-
Father- Edward Maltby
mother- Jane Maria Pennycruik
see also Cannington Manor page, for Maltby Info
Newcombe street in Manor, named after his middle name
Ewan Cameron McDiarmid
b- 1856, Port Glasgow, ON
d- 1927
came west in May 1882
Father- Duncan McDiarmid, Mother- Janet McKinlay
married Mar 8, 1893 at Aldborough, Elgin Co., ON,
to Mary Kelly
b- 1866, d- 1937
Father- James Kelly, Mother, Mary Creach
both buried in Manor Cemetery
Thomas Clarence Purse
b- Sept 1895 in Quebec
d- July 1928
Corporal WWI
Reg # 260773
Sask Regiment, 15 CRB Regiment, Unit 1DBS
Presbyterian
left Southampton England, arrived at Halifax June 19, 1919
Father- John Wilson Purse
b- Oct 1872 in Quebec
Irish, Farmer, in 1911
mother- Annabella Purse
b- May 1873 in Quebec
more children:
Anna Gladys Purse
b- Sept 1896
Ina Isabel Purse
b- Dec 1897
George John Purse
b- Dec 1903
Frederick Samuel Purse
b- June 1905
family lived on Main St, Manor in 1911
History Book
Manor & District Historical Society's “Memories…Are Forever”
now available on “Our Roots”
http://www.ourroots.ca
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