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Charles Carroll
General Merchant

Charles Carroll (Sr)
b- Oct 1873 in USA
Feb 4, 1938, age 66
Immigrated to Canada in 1907
Irish, Catholic, Occupation- Butcher
wife- Maye Jane (Jennie) (May) Carroll
b- Oct 1884 in USA
d- Apr 18, 1948
Immigrated with son, in 1908
English, Presbyterian
son- Charles (Allan) (Butch) Carroll
b- Feb 5, 1907 in USA
d- Feb 2, 1993
son- Willis Carroll
b- July 1909 in SK

1911 family living on Lot 12, Block 2 in Bienfait

Butch Carroll in his teen years was a Rum Runner.
Working for American Gangster, "Doc" Riley, for 50 cents/day
unable to pin down Doc Riley.
Capone had a lawyer, Bart Riley
There was a Michael Riley, known Chicago gangster
who was he?


Bienfait City Garage
Stewart Giem and Billington Proprietors.

Stewart Jesse Giem
b- Oct 31, 1922 in Bienfait
d- Jan 13, 2010 in Estevan, age 87
buried in Bienfait Cemetery
wife- Katie Giem

Father- Jesse Giem
b- May 27, 1887 in USA
d- May 2, 1949
Immigrated in 1906 to Canada
Mother- Ruth Elvira Giem, nee Elliott
b- Mar 1, 1890
d- Jan 15, 1984
both buried in Bienfait Cemetery
They had 6 sons

Jesse's father- Jacob Giem- b- Apr 1855 in USA
Immigrated in 1906
Jesse's mother- Amelia Giem, nee ?
Jesse's siblings, Lilian, Myrtle, Irvine?, Inas & Silas, born in USA
Della & Christian, both born in SK
1911 living at Tsp 2, Rge 5, W2
Silas married Annie Wiik, had a daughter
De Ella Hazel Giem, b- Apr 21, 1908 in Hirsch

Mr. Stewart (Stu) Giem used to do all the work on my dad's car.

Frederick B. Billington
b- Feb 2, 1870
d- Jan 20, 1958
wife- Ella Adeline Billington, nee Giem
b- Nov 19, 1876
d- Nov 8, 1951
both buried in Estevan City Cemetery
they had a daughter, Verna Billington, b- July 1899
son- Francis Billington, b- Aug 1902
son- S. Billington- b- Sept 1903

now I assume Ella was the sister of Stewart's dad
Fred Billington was councillor for Division 5 for RM of Coalfields, 1935-36
Lester H. Billington for 1937-47
Not sure which Billington Stewart was in business with
but assume it was Fred.


W. H. Rigate- CNR Agent
 also agent for Cunard, and White Star Steam Ship Lines

V. F. Doerr- Photo developing

William (Bill) Henry Rigate
b-
1877 in England
birth reg bet Jan-Mar 1878,
 Reg Dist of St. Olave Southwark, London/Surrey Co, UK

d- ? in ON
wife- Ellen Emma Rigate, nee Daines
b- Sept 10, 1879 in London, England.
d- Sept 11, 1929 in Bienfait SK
married bet July-Sept 1902, Reg dist West Ashford, Kent Co, UK
William Rigate moved to Ontario and is buried there
More family history here
http://gent-family.com/Bienfait/trainlastrun.html

Valentine Frederick Doerr
b- Oct 4, 1879 in Ontario
d- June 5, 1968
German Nationality, Presbyterian Religion

wife- Mary Jane Doerr, nee Golding
b- 1883
d- Apr 24, 1982
 buried in Bienfait Cemetery.

His father- John Doerr, b- Mar 15, 1835 in Germany
occupation- Shoemaker, Lutheran Religion
Mother- Elizabeth (Lizzie) Doerr, b- Aug 20, 1845 in Germany
All his family living at Easthope South, Perth South, Ontario in 1881
Valentine was the youngest of 7 children by 1901
Christoph, Annie, Henry, Jacob, Matilda, and John

Val Doerr was also Post Master in Bienfait



A. H. Cuddington
General Merchants

and Fred A. Cuddington
Insurance

Arthur Herbert Cuddington
b- Apr 18, 1884, in Brighton, England
d- Jan 30, 1961
Immigrated in 1892, Occupation- Baker
Arthur was in WWI, enlisting Apr 18, 1916, Reg #514905
His wife Ellen was next of kin, at Rocanville SK
wife- Ellen Mary Cuddington, nee Moorcock
b- Apr 1882 in England
d- May 13, 1945
Immigrated in 1904
both buried in Bienfait Cemetery
Married July 23, 1910, BDN, MB
1911 census shows they had a son
James Herbert Cuddington (Sr)

b- May 1911 in MB
d- Nov 20, 1978
He married Helen Roseanna Cuddington, nee Eppy
b- ca 1913
d- Sept 27, 1993, age 80
buried in Bienfait Cemetery as well
1911, family living at 125 Lorne Ave, in Portage La Prairie, MB

Fredrick Albert (Bert) Cuddington
b- ca 1913 (I bet MB)
d- June 5, 1982, age 69
wife- Florence Elizabeth Cuddington, nee Eppy
b- Jan 18, 1907
d- June 14, 1994
both Bert and Jim attended Bienfait School in 1920

I believe Arthur had at least 2 brothers:
William Cuddington, on Jan 1918 living in Oxbow SK

and Thomas Richard Cuddington,
b- Oct 19, 1893 in Brighton, England
living in Frobisher in 1918 when he enlisted in WWI
shown as a farm hand, Single.
Reg #258224

Father of Arthur, William and Thomas I believe
to be James Cuddington, b- 1854 in Brighton
who married Charlotte Amelia Ruth Langley
in 1872, at Saint Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England
daughter of Thomas Langley
James Cuddington's father when he married,
shown as William Cuddington
William's father, Henry Cuddington, b- 1802, d-1882
Henry's wife- Susan Muggridge
Henry's father- Henry (Harry) Cuddington
b- 1772, d- 1837
Harry's wife Elizabeth Johnson, b- 1779

Note my genealogy research might not be 100%, do your own research


 
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