Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Goodwater Goodwater, Saskatchewan, Canada Village Status Original name Juell named after John Juell Sr., an early settler, born in Norway Sept 1858. renamed by CNR surveyors, due to Good Water found at a depth of 12 ft. (per History book, link below) When the train was running here, it was 12 miles West of Elswick, 112 miles SW of Maryfield Originally on the Canadian Northern Line, completed thru Goodwater ca 1910 June 6, 1919 this became the Canadian National Railway Latitude- 49° 23' 40“ North Longitude- 103° 42' 18” West Located at SE Section 21, Township 5, Range 13, W2 Elevation 1896 ft. In RM Lomond # 37 Part of My Dad's 1927 Map 1927- Post Office, Elevator, Telegraph Office, and a Gas Station. School 1 -Shown on map- Hoium School District #1376 NE Section 5, Township 6, Range 13, W2 formed in 1905, closed in 1954 My Aunt Gudrun Gesell, nee Hoium, was born in Goodwater SK. in 1913. Her father- Botolf Hoium, born in Norway, mother- Sonneva Bothun School 2 - Shown on map- Sunnyside School #3644 SE Section 6, Township 6, Range 12, W2 Post Office History Goodwater Federal Electoral District: Moose Mountain (SK) Office Opened- Mar 1, 1911 in the store Sec.21, Twp.5, R.13, W2 Office Closed- Nov 22, 1985 Postmaster Information: Name of Postmaster Military Status Date of Birth Date of Appointment Date of Vacancy Cause of Vacancy Edward E. McIntyre (see below) 1911-03-01 1911-10-17 Resignation Edgar Austin (see below) 1912-04-01 1913-06-10 Resignation Robert B. “Bob” Peters (see below) 1913-07-23 1913-11-06 Resignation Joseph M. “Joe” Richardson 1913-12-15 1914-09-15 Resignation Thomas E. Shaw 1914-10-31 1915-01-26 Resignation James G. “Jim” Sanderson Sept 1885 1915-04-01 1953-03-16 Resignation Clair Archibald Kelly 1953-04-01 Acting “ 1953-06-01 1954-07-19 Resignation Norman Allan Lucas OAS 1954-08-18 Acting ” 1954-11-15 1960-10-11 Resignation Willard Hamann 1960-10-21 Acting “ 1961-01-25 1969-04-01 John Wanner 1969-04-01 1982-04-03 Retirement Mrs. Kathleen Ereth 1982-03-04 Acting ” 1982-03-17 1985-05-04 Resignation Heather Gillingwater 1985-05-06 1985-11-22 Closed (LDOL) 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 First Postmaster- Edward E. McIntryre b- Aug 1878 in USA d- owned the Hardware store in Goodwater Edgar Austin b- Aug 1870 in Cardiff registration district, Wales d- wife- Mamie Lizzie “Maud” “Maude” Austin, nee Smith b- Nov 1885 in England d- daughter- Maud Austin b- May 11, 1896 in RM of Wallace, MB son- Edgar Sydney Austin b- Apr 10, 1898 in RM of Saskatchewan, MB daughter- Marion Austin b- Feb 5, 1902 in Morden MB son- Walter Austin b- Feb 1905 in SK daughter- Eddith Austin b- Aug 1910 in SK Robert B. “Bob” Peters b- June 1882 in ON Irish Farmer in 1911 wife- Sarah Peters, nee ? b- Mar 1886 in ON brother- Alfred James “Alf” Peters b- Nov 2, 1885 in Spencerville, ON homesteaded Sec 10, Twp 6, Rge 13, W2 served in WWI, Hardware Merchant in Goodwater when he enlisted Feb 17, 1916 in Weyburn sister Sarah Addi Peters shown as next of kin. Reg # 925362 sister- Sarah Addie Peters b- Feb 1873 in ON 1911 all 4 above living on Sec 16, Twp 6, Rge 13, W2 Addie and Alfred lived above the store in Goodwater. Robert and Sarah sold their home to Henry Foss in Goodwater Robert and Sarah had a daughter Florence Harriet Peters b- ? d- May 18, 1914 plus another baby who died as an infant both children buried at Colgate SK They all moved to Radville, then Regina. Goodwater ca 1920-21 Population= 105, farmers in District= 150 Telephones, CNR Telegraph, CNR Express Rogers Lumber Yards Ltd.- Manager R. H. Brown Frank Croft- Barber and Billiards Kelly Hobbs Co, Central Merchants, General Store photo courtesy Howard Roehle, grandson of Arthur Kelly Sr. “My grandfather was Arthur Kelly Sr. who first built a hotel in Brandon, then one in Estevan . He went to Goodwater and started this store with Billy Hobbs. He also started the store at Hardy SK that my Uncle Archie Kelly operated” Cordelia Erickson- Clerk in the store T. Andrews- Employee in the store Kelly and Hobbs family history in my Estevan Pages Oswald Albert Evers- Blacksmith b- June 1886 in South Dakota, USA, d- ? 1900 living in Big Stone City, Grant, SD Immigrated in 1905 to Canada German, Lutheran married Olive Foss, age 25 in 1916, b- USA, Norwegian had at least one son Merlin Freemund Evers, b- SK, d- in BC father- Ferdinand Evers mother- Laura Evers 7 siblings for Oswald Alex McKenzie - Implements, Meat, Flour, Feed Lemon & Jordan Farm Implements Richardson and Sanderson General Store Stirton & McIntyre- Hardware & Garage Edward McIntyre above Edwin Stirton, b- Oct 1885 in ON, Tinsmith in 1911 Bank Weyburn Security Bank- R. J. Hunt Manager Elmer Fisher- Bank Clerk Elevators North Star Elevator Co. Sask Co-Op Elevator Co. Ltd. History Books of this area Note- external Links- NOT my pages, links may or may not work in the future Prairie Gold : R.M. of Lomond #37 http://ourroots.ca The Village appears in a few books on Our Roots Hoium School http://ourroots.ca Sunnyside School http://ourroots.ca Goodwater Cemetery NE Section 17, Township 5, Range 13, W2 SE of Goodwater http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cansacem/goodwater.html Lomond RM #37 Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cansacem/lomond.html © Last modified: 2019/10/27 17:04by dlgent Log In