Hitchcock

Hamlet, began in 1893

Located at NW Section 23, Township 3, Range 9, West of the 2nd Meridian

Lat- 49° 13' 40“ N
Long- 103° 07' 20” W

Part of My Dad's 1927 Road Map showing Hitchcock
Note at that time the highway to Weyburn did not follow the railroad

Elevation 1910 ft

Part of RM of Estevan #5

Located on the Canadian Pacific Rail line (CPR) between Macoun and Estevan, SK. on the Soo Rail Line
Estevan is 14km/ 8mi SE, Halkett was 7km/ 4mi SE

Origin of the name Hitchcock

Named after Arthur H. Hitchcock

He was from Moose Jaw SK., who came to the Hitchcock area, looking at a new Bank location, which actually did not materialize.
He was born May 30, 1862 (1861?), in Leicester, England
d- Sept 10, 1932, buried in Moose Jaw City Cemetery, located at 1005 Caribou Street East.
Immigrated to Canada in 1866, at the age of 4.
married first to Mary Elizabeth (Mamie) (nee?) Hitchcock
b- Feb 24, 1864 in USA
d- July 25, 1908

1911 census shows him as a widow at 28 River in Moose Jaw
He then remarried, after 1911 obviously, Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Abiel Smith, the Manager of the CPR Dining Hall in Moose Jaw.
She was the ex wife of Arthur's banking partner, Henry Hamilton McCulloch.
Elizabeth Smith
b- Jan 1857 in ON
d- June 12, 1939 (June 9 in one record) in Moose Jaw SK
Funeral was held for Elizabeth June 14, 1939 in Moose Jaw.
She is buried in Moose Jaw City Cemetery
Immigrated in 1892

Abiel Smith was an English Innkeeper that came to Canada in 1855 and was an innkeeper at Stratford ON as well as many other places.

Arthur was a Developer, Land Speculator, and the First Banker in Moose Jaw SK. received training in banking in New York City, and reached Moose jaw as a young man.

Weird part of this story is Henry Hamilton McCulloch first married a Charlotte Elizabeth Hitchcock, June 11, 1877 in Stratford, Perth, ON
the daughter of a Henry Maulte Hitchcock, and Elizabeth Hitchcock.
they had 5 children.
So looks like he was possibly married into the Hitchcock family when Arthur and him became partners.
Then Henry must have remarried Elizabeth Smith, who then divorced him, and she remarried Arthur, so quite confusing.

He built the 105-year-old + mansion, at 112 First Ave, N.E.,
Hitchcock co-founded the first bank in Moose Jaw, the Prairie Bank of Hitchcock and McCulloch, in 1891 at Moose Jaw with a silent partner from Calgary,
Henry Hamilton McCulloch. (see above)
In 1892 it was sold to the Royal Bank of Canada

He owned a cottage at Buffalo Lake

1901 census says he was born in 1861, cemetery headstone records say 1862

Mar 12, 1910 travelled back from Liverpool, England to US
arrived in New York, Mar 18, 1910, on SS Mauretania, age 46, shown as a Banker, Moose Jaw SK.,
Went to England to possibly visit his brother A. E. Hitchcock living at Brown's Hotel, Doxer S. London W.
shown born ca 1864 here.

Mar 1, 1894, arrived in New York traveled age 33, shown as a Banker, citizen of England.
left from Queenstown Ireland, / Liverpool arriving in New York on the SS Tuetonic, birth here abt 1861
I would bet this is his first trip to US/Canada

May 10, 1899 travelled from New York, to Liverpool England, shown as a Banker, age 37, male, single, on SS Germanic

Oct 28, 1912, went from New York, via Port of Fishguard, to Liverpool England, on Cunard Line, SS Maurentania, age 44, this time with his wife Mary, age 41,
shown as both from Canada, travelling First Class

Saskatchewan Government appointed him to a Commission Jan, 1927, to inquire into the feasibility of erecting Power Plants throughout the Province.
One of 4 men on the Commision:
L. A. Thornton, Regina,
Prof. A. R. Greig, Saskatoon,
R. N. Blackburn, Chief Mechanical Superintendent for SK.

One of 5 Shareholders of the Saskatchewan and Alberta Railway Co., It was to build a Railway from Moose Jaw to the US Boundary,
then back up to Swift Current, to form a “V”. Headquarters of the Company was in Moose Jaw. All shareholders were from Moose Jaw.

President of the Children's Aid Society in Moose Jaw.

Member of the Masons.

Post Office History

Located in the Store

Federal Electoral District: Moose Mountain (Saskatchewan)

Opened June 1, 1904
Closed July 27, 1957

Postmaster Information:

School

Reddemann School
Opened March 1904
A Tale That Is Told, Estevan History book, Chapter 11

Grain Elevators

Pool Elevator
Pool Elevator closed it's doors at midnight, July 31, 1979. It was built in 1927. Rebuilt in 1969.
It held 45,000 bushels.
Tracy Muth was the last Elevator Agent.
He was transferred to Macoun as Assistant Agent.
A Hitchcock area farmer was the last delivery.
It closed with 19,000 bushels of grain in storage.
Hec Lavoy was Pool's Area Superintendent in Estevan. More elevators below in 1920-21

History of the Hamlet in the Estevan Tale That is Told book
Note 1- A Narcine Dupuis was married to Alphebie Duchesneau, on May 20, 1904 when a son was born to them

My Uncle William (Bill) Fiest's family lived on a farm just south of Hitchcock where he was born and raised on

Hitchcock ca 1920-21

Population= 10, +75 farmers in the District

CPR Telegraph, and Dominion Express and Long Distance Telephones

F. Duchesneau- Barber and billiards

Joseph E. Duchesneau- Postmaster and Government Telephones Agent

Joseph Duchesneau & Co. General Store

Pacific Hotel- Phillip Dupuis Proprietor

Hitchcock Motor Co.

H. H. Tilley- Blacksmith

Elevators
International Elevator Co. Ltd.
Western Elevator Co. Ltd.

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