Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Eskbank Eskbank, Saskatchewan, Canada Hamlet Status Located on Section 1, Township 20, Range 2, W3 Lat- 50º 40' N Long- 106º 9' W in RM of Eyebrow #193 50km NW of Moose Jaw originally located on an old CPR line. 2012 nothing but a Ghost Town now Last remaining building a Sask. Pool elevator was burnt down in 2010 There is an Eskbank in Scotland, named after that? Post Office History Office Opened- June 1, 1904 First Name- Eyebrow Hill Section 12, Township 20, Range 2, W3 Office name changed to Eskbank- June 1, 1908 Location moved Jan 1, 1947 to- NE 1/4 Section 1, Township 20, Range 2, W3 Office closed June 30, 1964 Postmaster Information: Name of Postmaster Military Status Date of Birth Date of Appointment Date of Vacancy Cause of Vacancy John W. Hudson (see below) 1904-06-01 1907-07-01 1Resignation Uriah Gettins (see below) 1907-09-01 1915-01-01 Resignation F. M. Richards 1915-03-01 1917-06-30 Resignation J. L. Gibson 1918-01-02 1958-12-20 Resignation Earl Francis Johnson OAS 1959-01-06 Acting (Postmaster General) “ ” 1959-06-25 1964-03-28 Resignation Disclaimer- This reproduction is NOT represented as an official version of the materials reproduced, nor as having been made in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the National Archives of Canada. The source of this material is the National Archives of Canada John William Hudson b- 1936 census age 37, born in ON wife- Maggie Hudson, nee ? b- age 34 born in ON son- Winnard Hudson b- age 10, born in ON son- Earle Hudson b- age 9, born in ON son- Clifford Hudson b- age 7, born in ON son- Geoffrey Hudson b- age 4, born in ON daughter- Joy Hudson b- ca 1905 in SK 1906 all living at Eyebrow Hill SK John William Hudson took out land grant SE Section 12, Township 20, Range 2, W3 Uriah Gettins b- Feb 24, 1859, Troedyrhiw, Glamorganshire, Wales d- Aug 26, 1930, Eskbank SK 1906 census, age 47, born in England Immigrating in 1879 Married Jan 3, 1888 to Sophia McMillan at Chalk River, Renfrew, ON wife- Sophia E. Gettins, nee McMillan b-Aug 20, 1870, Camden Township, Lennox & Addington Co., ON shown age 35, born in ON in 1906 census d- May 18, 1956, Central Butte, SK son- Robert J. Gettins b- age 17, born in ON daughter- Olive Gettins b- age 10, in ON daughter- Violette Gettins b- age 8, in ON son- Cecil Gettins b- age 5, in ON daughter- Reta Gettins b- 1903, age 2 in 1906, in ON d- 2002 son- Trevor Gettins b- Dec 15, 1905 in ON son- Ross Gettins b- daughter- Lovey Pearl Gettins b- June 23, 1908 in Eskbank SK Uriah Gettins took out Western Land grant NE Section 12, Township 20, Range 2, W3 © Last modified: 2017/10/21 22:00by dlgent Log In