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Douglaston Saskatchewan
an Unincorporated Locality
Part of Rural
Municipality of Moose Creek # 33
Located at
NW Section 20, Township 5, Range 3, W2
Latitude- 49º
24' N
Longitude- 102º 24' W
17 km to Alameda
15 miles NW of Alameda
Settled before
1900 by people from Ontario
part of 1927 map of this area.
Douglaston
School shown.
Esme Joan McLean, nee Gadd
b- July 29, 1924 on farm North of Bienfait,
d- June 29, 2011 in St Joseph Hospital, Estevan,
taught at this school 1947-48.
Jean Young
taught here ca 1939
daughter of Albert Thomas Young,
brother Grant Young.
Church symbol
shown, name unknown.
Services were held in the school house
until 1914 when the Church was built,
and opened in 1916.
the Dougaston Church was closed in 1953.
It was either a Presbyterian or Union church.
United Church in 1943.
W. H. Chambers
was the first representative
from this district to the RM Council ca 1911
1943 the Ludtke,
Warriner, Smith, Linton, Knebush,
McLennan, Petzel, Johnston, and Griffin Families,
participated in a Red Cross 1500 bushels of barley donation.
There is a
Douglaston Cemetery
Mary McKenzie
Griffin, died age 83. Aug 1959
Pioneer of Douglaston area,
b- Lakeside ON, came west in 1904
to teach in Fairplain District.
She married William Griffin in 1906,
they lived there until 1948,
when they moved to Alameda.
She had a daughter and a son.
Origin of name
unknown
There was a Douglaston NY, at the time.
One of the few
localities not on a railroad.
Postmaster History
Name of Office:
Douglaston
located at Sec 20, Twp 5, Rge 3, W2
Moose Mountain (SK) Electoral
District
Office opened: June 1,
1902
Office closed Mar 29, 1958
| Name of
Postmaster |
Date of
Appointment |
Date of
Vacancy |
Cause of
Vacancy |
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William Richert |
1902-06-01 |
1904-04-20 |
Resignation |
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R. P. B. Schellin |
1904-07-01 |
1906-02-05 |
Resignation |
|
James Gordon |
1906-05-01 |
1911-05-06 |
Resignation |
|
R. J. Smith |
1912-04-01 |
1926-11-20 |
Death |
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Robert J. Smith |
1927-05-21 |
1957-10-22 |
Resignation |
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
William Richert took out western
land grant
on Section 20 where Douglaston was created
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