Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Halbrite Halbrite, Saskatchewan, Canada Incorporated as a Village 1904 Between Midale and Weyburn SK, on Highway 39, on the CPR “Soo” line In RM Cymri #36 Located at NE Section 21, Township 6, Range 12, W2 Latitude- 49º 29' 17“ N Longitude- 103º 33' 33” W Elevation 1905 ft. Population 200 in 1920 Part of My Dad's 1927 Map of this area Elevator, Post Office, Telegraph office, and Gas Station in 1927 The Village name is formed from the combined names of 3 CPR Soo Line rail surveyors: Hall, Bruce, and White. A Mr. Hall was a surveyor with Lachlan Hamilton when Estevan was surveyed. No first name or initial known by myself. Robert Randolph Bruce b- July 16, 1861 (1863?), in St. Andrews, Lhanbryde, Scotland d- Feb 21, 1942 in Montreal Became 13th Lieutenant Governor of BC in 1926 Ambassador to Japan 1936-38 He married Lady Elizabeth Northcote He was the son of a Scottish Presbyterian Minister Immigrated in 1887 to US, then later to Canada Mr. White, no first name or initial known by myself Grain Elevators Sept 1903 Halbrite had 3 Elevators West Elevator Co. William Robb Canadian North West Co. capacity 25,000 bushels each Post Office History Halbrite S0C 1H0 Federal Electoral District: Moose Mountain (SK) Office Opened Apr 1, 1903 Section 21, Township 6, Range 12, W2 Postmaster Information: Name of Postmaster Military Status Date of Birth Date of Appointment Date of Vacancy Cause of Vacancy George Hanson (see below) 1903-04-01 1903-11-28 Resignation Frederick “Fred” Clarence Litschke (see below) 1904-03-01 1911-04-11 Resignation Frederick “Fred” Nordquist 1911-05-19 1912-10-26 Resignation Benjamin W. Gerow (see below) 1913-01-11 1927-02-01 Dismissal, Political Partisanship Charles Henry “Charlie” Barlow (see below) OAS Dec 4, 1874 1927-12-01 1945-10-23 Resignation Lloyd George Towne OAS 1945-11-15 Acting “ 1946-05-23 1952-12-12 Resignation Mrs. Marie Bobier 1953-04-16 Acting ” 1953-07-02 1976-05-08 Retirement Mrs. Doreen I. Tracey 1976-05-08 Additional Information: SE 1/4 Sec.21, Twp.6, R.12, W2 Separate Building 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-George Hanson b- d- Oct 26, 1917 buried in Halbrite Cemetery Frederick Clarence “Fred” Litschke b- Jan 13, 1874 at Lester Prairie, Minnesota d- immigrated to Canada 1903/04 married Anna Maria Ebert b- Mar 1883, Graseville, Minnesota d- Frederick “Fred” Nordquist b- Oct 1855, in Sweden Fred in Halbrite cemetery shows different birth year b- Oct, 1877, d- Feb 21, 1955 1855 from 1911 census so could easily be wrong. Lutheran immigrated in 1903, naturalized in 1906 sold furniture in 1911 in Halbrite Nordquist Bros and Anderson, Hardware and furniture dealers in 1920 wife- Mathilda “Matilda” Dahlstrom b- Dec 1871 in Sweden died age 47, 7 mo, buried in Halbrite Cemetery daughter- Pearl Nordquist, b- Nov 1890 in USA married Max Ewers, b- LeMars, d- Oct 15, 1945 in LA, CA, USA son- Roy Nordquist, b- July 1893 in USA daughter Viola Nordquist, b- July 1895 in USA son- Cecil Nordquist, b- Apr 1896 in USA son, Noel Nordquist, b- May 1900 in USA son, Vern Nordquist, b- Oct 1902 in USA son- Erwin “Irvin?” Maxwil Nordquist, b- Feb 18, 1905 in Halbrite SK daughter- Gladas “Gladys?” Mathilda Nordquist, b- Dec 31, 1907 in Halbrite SK don- Stanley Nordquist, b- Nov 1910 in SK Benjamin W. Gerow b- Aug 1876 in PEI d- English, Presbyterian, in Halbrite 1911 Census wife- Maggie Gerow b- Aug 1876 in ON Scotch, Presbyterian Jeweller, Grocer, plus Post Master ca 1920 Charles Henry “Charlie” Barlow b- Dec 4, 1874 Croydon England d- wife- Alice Barlow next of kin in 1916 enlisted in WWI, Apr 4, 1916 at Weyburn living in Halbrite at the time. Reg # 925595 Ext Links Note- NOT my pages, links may or may not work in the future Halbrite Cemetery NW Section 15, Township 6, Range 12, W2 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cansacem/halbrite.html History Book Plowshares to Pumpjacks R.M. of Cymri - Macoun, Midale, Halbrite http://www.ourroots.ca © Last modified: 2019/10/27 17:18by dlgent Log In