John Heber Morris Haslam
b- Apr 20, 1863 in Prince Edward Island
Baptized -17 July 1863
d- Jan 10, 1924 in Regina SK
buried- ?
Married aft July 5, 1886, in PEI,
Elizabeth Dede Smart
b- Apr 18, 1866 (1867? in 1901 census and LDS records) in PEI
(alt b- Apr 10, 1867 in Milton PEI?)
(baptized July 14, 1867, St. John's Anglican, Milton, PEI)
d- Feb 16, 1946, Regina SK
buried- ?
Her father- James W. Smart, mother, Adelaide
Had 6 Children:
4 children born in PEI
1. Thomas Edwin (Edward?)
(Courtney) Haslam
b-
Apr 11, 1889, Springfield, Queens, PEI
d- Mar 1919, Regina SK
2. David (Horace) Haslam
b- May 6,1891, Springfield, Queens, PEI
d- 1945, Boston, Suffolk, Mass, USA
3. Dorothy Mildred
Haslam
b- Mar 19, 1893, Springfield, Queens, PEI
d- Nov 9, 1974, Ile De Montreal, Quebec
married July 1916,to Russell Henry Taber
4. James Chester Arthur
Haslam
b- Nov 5, 1894, Springfield, Queens, PEI
d- 1922, St. Paul Minnesota, USA
all above baptized at St. John's Anglican Church, Crapaud
including John Heber Morris Haslam
Crapaud- A village in township No. 29,
parish of Hillsboro, and county of Queen's.
Population about 300 in 1871
2 more born in St.
Paul, Minnesota, USA
5. Edith Haslam- b- Nov
1903
6. John Haslam Jr.- b-
May 1906
Father- Thomas Jr. Haslam-
b-1818
christened- Apr 12, 1818, St Brigid, Rosenallis, Laoighis, Ireland
d- July 31, 1898- St. Francois Xavier, Headingly, MB, Canada
married - Jan 3, 1862, Canada
Mother- Esther Morris
b- Nov 26, 1824, Lot 14, North Grandville, PEI
d- June 1888, Springfield, Queens, PEI
Father- John Morris, Mother- Maria Young
1861 PEI Census
Township / Lot 67, Queens, Prince Edward Island
Note- when children
were baptized in PEI
father was shown as Heber Haslam
Online records state the Haslam
family was at Springfield,
so not sure why these were at Crapaud,
unless that was the area his wife was from.
Haslam's in PEI
1889-1890
SPRINGFIELD, a farming settlement
located in Lot 67,
Queen's County
Haslam, George, farmer
Haslam, Stephen, farmer
Haslam, Heber, farmer
Haslam, Wellington, farmer
Haslam, Miss Emma teacher
Haslam, Benjamin, farmer and P M
Haslam, Thomas sr, farmer
Haslam, Bertram, farmer
Haslam, Louis, farmer
Haslam, Thomas jr, farmer
Haslam, Robert, farmer
Haslam, Joseph, farmer
Haslam, Daniel, farmer
Haslam, Thomas, farmer
EMERALD JUNCTION, (formerly County
Line)
a village situated on the P. E. I. Railway.
Township No. 67,
Queen's County
Craig (Albert) & Haslam, merchants
Haslam, John Heber,
farmer and dealer,
of the firm of Craig & Haslam
Haslam, John, clerk
Now who the heck was he?, you ask.
Well he is one of many, Land Speculators
that roamed throughout Saskatchewan
looking for an opening to make some money.
Not everyone that came through Estevan,
had completely honourable intentions!
The few land speculators, that bought and sold land
to drive the price up for the incoming settlers,
can be added to this short list in my eyes.
He was a Canadian, who lived for a time
in the States,
who bought and sold land,
mostly south of Weyburn. But his holdings
stretched in the Estevan area as well, as you will see below.
Resided at Headingly MB
in 1896
where he started his banking and real estate business.
Served as immigration agent for the CPR.
Haslam Land and Investment Co.,
1902-1904.
ca 1902 took out land grant
concessions
SE 2-10-11-W2
SE 18-10-11-W2
SW 28-10-11-W2
Haslam had an office at 312 Jackson St.
in Minneapolis, MN, USA.
His Office was In the same block
as the Saskatchewan Valley Land Company.
It's claimed he wrote to Clifford Sifton in 1905
with a request to buy odd numbered sections,
so he could establish whole communities.
He probably was also asking Sifton for Investment money.
The Sask. Valley Land Co. was incorporated Jan 1913.
He bought and sold CPR land after 1901.
primarily in Assiniboia South of Weyburn.
Dec 1901 contracted to purchase at $2.50/acre
82,584 acres of Railway land adjacent to Halbrite.
He had established extensive connections with other Agents,
in the US. And He built up a far reaching organization
in the middle western states, especially Iowa and Illinois.
He controlled most of the land there,
and was able to set his price on any sales.
There was no competition, he had it all.
I really think these guys made deals,
so one would own it all, in certain places,
so these types of deals could be set up.
I stay out of North Dakota, you stay out of Sask.
Little under the table swaps were made.
I'm not an auditor, so can't prove anything,
but I can see what possibly was going on.
All the while the governments were allowing it.
Ran for the Conservative Party in Selkirk in
1900
In 1904, Mr & Mrs Haslam lived at 5 Crocus
Hill,
former 538 Goodrich Ave, St Albans.
Returned to Canada in
1908 living in Winnipeg, MB
He was involved in many organizations:
Royal Commission on Agriculture
President Saskatchewan Land Settlement Assoc. in Regina
On the Regina Board of Trade
1911 Canada census shows him in Halbrite SK
occupation Real estate.
by 1911 he owned the Haslam Land Company in Saskatchewan.
In 1906 census it shows him born in PEI.
Now the main reason I list him at all, is for
one reason.
He actually managed to get over to England,
and somehow, made a $5,000,000 dollar investment deal,
and yes that is Million's of dollars.
Who were the Directors of this new Company?
Well number one, was the 1st Viscount Haldane,
Sanderson Haldane, b- July 30, 1856, d- Aug 19, 1928.
He sounds pretty important, and imagine he was.
Number 2 is the one I want to really mention,
and really the whole reason this page exists.
Now Bienfait, Estevan and Roche Percee,
can all say that Winston
Churchill invested in these towns.
Yes, "The" Winston Churchill, invested in Mr. Haslam's
new "Concern", and he made these 2 guys Directors.
Imagine $5,000,000 in 1912!
Here it is in print, in case no one believes me
May 14, 1912
Don't you just love,
for the "Exploitation of the Estevan Coalfields"
That kind of says it all!
What happened after that, I have not been able
to find out.
What happened to Haslam, I don't know.
What land he bought up, I don't know.
Was his money used to start up a power plant
there?
What mines were they involved in?
Silent partners with who?
He obviously made his millions, and was gone.
If you read about these land companies,
between them and the CPR it was fair game,
to sell to each other over and over to drive the prices up.
The word Speculator says it all in my mind.
I assume the worst, and I am usually right,
when it comes to them.
Look at the recession we are in today (2009)
Where did it start? Land speculators.
Now they want the tax payer to bail them out
when the going all of a sudden gets tough.
As long as the prices keep climbing,
these characters are smiling.
Sorry I have got no use for any of them.
They steal from the working poor.
They are the biggest reason we have homelessness.
And still nothing is written to stop them.
I imagine 100 years from now
someone will be writing a story like this about
some land speculator from 2009.
It will never change!
Articles from the Estevan
Mercury,
announcing his death in Regina,
sorry quality on these is poor at best.
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