Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Fort Qu'Appelle Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada Town Designation Located at Section 7, Township 21, Range 13, W2 Latitude- 50° 45' 56“ N Longitude- 103° 47' 25” W Nose Hill, Qu'Appelle Valley, ca 1954 Photo courtesy Grant Walker, CA Post Office History Office Opened - July 1, 1880 Section 7, Township 21, Range 13, W2 Postmaster History: Name of Postmaster Military Status Date of Birth Date of Appointment Date of Vacancy Cause of Vacancy C. J. Jaffrey 1880-07-01 1883 Left the area William Sutherland (see below) 1883-10-01 1892-09-12 Frederick Stanley Proctor (see below) 1892-10-01 1901-04-20 Resignation William Murray Thomson (see below) 1901-06-01 1915-02-09 John Rowland Hamilton (see below) 1915-03-02 1918-01-07 Resignation James Strathern Harrison (see below) OAS 1918-08-10 1942-01-06 Death Mrs. Gertrude Kathleen Chaster Harrison 1942-01-07 Acting “ ” (see below) 1942-05-18 1950-02-28 Retirement Derek Graham Sumpter Harrison 1950-03-01 Acting Alfonso Keith McNeill OAS 1951-02-01 Acting “ 1952-02-01 1959-01-23 Mrs. Evelyn Mae Purves 1959-03-31 Acting John Maddia OAS 1959-07-29 Acting ” OAS 1960-08-05 1973-03-31 John Lennox 1973-03-31 Acting Maurice B. Lindgren 1973-06-07 1989-03-24 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 Postmasters Bios C. J. Jaffrey b- d- Can't find anything on this fellow, not in 1881 Canada census which is weird William Sutherland b- ON, age 37 in 1891 d- Father born in Scotland, mother in ON wife Henrietta A. Sutherland b- ON, age 30 in 1891 Both of her parents born in ON Frederick Stanley (or Stephen?) Proctor birth registered as- Frederick Stephen Proctor Death Certificate- Frederick Stanley Proctor b- bet July-Sept 1844, Reg Dist, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, age 47 in 1891 d- Jan 11, 1926 in Victoria BC, age 82 Immigrated in 1870 to Canada 1881- Frederick and his brother Thomas were living in Drayton, ON, both working as printers. 1891- Living in Fort Qu'Appelle 1921- Living in Victoria BC, retired. Brother- George Proctor b- Hackney, Middlesex, England, age 18, in 1861 Brother- Thomas Proctor, b- Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, age 46 in 1891, living with him shown as a Printer in Fort Qu'Appelle in 1891 Brother- Edwin Proctor b- Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, age 13 in 1861 Brother- Septimus Proctor (never seen this name before?) b- Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, age 11 in 1861 Sister- Emma Proctor b- Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, age 9, in 1861 Sister- Hannah Proctor b- Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, age 67 in 1921, age 7 in 1861 Immigrated in 1870 She was living with Frederick in 1921 in Victoria BC Father- William Proctor b- Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, age 43, in 1861 His father was also a printer Mother- Elizabeth Proctor b- Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, age 46, in 1861 William Murray Thomson b- Mar 1859, Scotland Immigrated in 1884 d- 1898- Living at Fort Qu'Appelle 1921- Living in Fort Qu'Appelle 1935- Station Agent at Hodgeville, Wood Mountain, SK wife- Grace Jeanie Thomson, nee White b- Jan 1876 in Scotland, immigrated in 1889 3 sons and 2 daughters all born in SK Gertrude M. Thomson b- ca 1901 in SK Murray Gladstone Thomson b- Abt 1897, in Fort Qu'Appelle, SK, (age 8 in 1906) d- Jan 6, 1916, Carelton, ON, age 19 Arthur D. Thomson b- ca 1903, in SK Harold W. Thomson b- Apr 21, 1906 Grace Rose Thomson b- Oct 18, 1908 in Fort Qu'Appelle John Rowland Hamilton b- 1865 in ON d- 1952 in Fort Qu'Appelle Father- James Hamilton, Mother- Sarah Taylor parents born in Quebec married Elizabeth Lil Hamilton nee Leach, July 15, 1908, Simcoe, ON b- in ON (age 32 in 1908 when she married) Father- James Leach, Mother- Ellen Home Wanless Leach Father born in USA, Mother in Scotland daughter- Ellen H. Hamilton b- ca 1911 in SK James Strathern Harrison b- Apr 14, 1881 in England d- Jan 7, 1942 buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Fort Qu'Appelle SK Plot 10, Row 2, Block O Served in WWI, 1916 census shown in France rank- C.S.M 10th Battalion Service Number- 81359 father- James Harrison b- Apr 4, 1849 in England d- May 11, 1927 buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Fort Qu'Appelle SK Immigrated in 1908 mother- Anne Strathern “Annie” Harrison, b- Nov 12, 1850, in England d- Apr 26, 1931 buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Fort Qu'Appelle SK sister- Nellie Harrison b- Sept 1880, in England brother- Stanley Gordon Harrison, enlisted in WWI, Feb 7, 1916 in Winnipeg b- Mar 24, 1885 in Preston England d- 1980 buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Fort Qu'Appelle SK Sister- Annie Harrison b- Mar 1888, in England Sister- Kate Harrison b- Oct 1890 in England Brother- Thomas “Tom” Harrison b- Oct 1894 James S. Harrison married Gertrude K. Chaster, see below Mrs. Gertrude Kathleen Chaster Harrison b- May 31, 1882 in England d- Oct 25, 1951, age 69 buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Fort Qu'Appelle SK Rest are entering into Living, protected info. Fort San built in 1917 Located on Echo Lake, 3 km NW of Fort Qu'Appelle Built as a TB Sanatorium Ext Links note- not my pages http://www.fortquappelle.com/history.html Lakeview Cemetery Records http://www.fortquappelle.com/cemetery/ © Last modified: 2017/10/24 06:30by dlgent Log In