Browsing all posts in January, 2010.
Noel Farm at Seven Sisters
Bill Noel on four horse plow on Noel farm at Seven Sisters, now under water.
Memories of Rose Noel before becoming Mrs. Stark
Two brothers, Gus and Richard Noel came from Volhynia, Poland to Canada around 1906. They stayed at the Gottlieb Bischke farm. Gottlieb and Augusta Bischke were the brothers’ aunt and uncle. Richard Noel met Ida Jobb when Ida was working in Whitemouth at Stillman’s store, or while she worked at Bayse’s store. They were married [...]
Bischke's Usual Sunday
This is an old photo showing a usual Sunday get-together at Mr. and Mrs. Bischke’s. Starting from the left, there is Rudolph Beeskau, Mrs. Augusta Bischke, Lydia Davenport (Schultz), Flora Hastings (Schultz) and Gus Noel, 1918.
Bischke’s Usual Sunday taken in 1918
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Louis Kessler’s Jewish Winnipeg Links
The Campus is home to many Jewish Winnipeg organizations including the [...]
A Brief Story about Jane Tait
July 14, 1901 marks the date of Jane Tait’s birth at River Hills close to Seven Sisters. Her mother was a Canadian from Ontario and her father was an Englishman from England. Coming from the west, Mr. Tait immigrated to Canada when he was 18 years old. At a very young age he sought for [...]
Walter Steiner
Walter Steiner’s grandparents arrived to Canada because it was not easy to make money in Europe. They purchased a homestead where Walter Steiner resides today and cleared it. Mr. Steiner’s grandpa travelled to Saskatchewan to assist with the harvest to earn some extra money.
Mr. Steiner attended Oldenburg School where he finished grade 7. His father [...]
Hannah Steiner
Hannah was born on February 7, 1923 in Whitemouth. Hannah settled in this area with her parents in 1946. Her father, Ferdinand Kuhn was born on March 2, 1893, and her mother was born on March 7, 1904.
Mrs. Steiner’s father settled at Lonely Dale where his family farmed. Hannah’s mother came to Whitemouth in 1922 [...]
The Old Winnipeg City Hall
The very first Winnipeg City Hall was constructed through the concert aid of the Winnipeg General Hospital in 1876. It was built at a cost of almost $40,000.
The plan for second City Hall appeared in the daily papers on June 16, 1883.However; the whole construction process was surrounded by lots of controversies. Nevertheless, [...]
