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Halbrite Saskatchewan

Incorporated as a Village 1904

Between Midale and Weyburn SK
on Highway 39
on the CPR "Soo" line

In RM Cymri #36

Located at NE Section 21, Township 6, Range 12, W2

Latitude- 49º 29' 17" N
Longitude- 103º 33' 33" W

Elevation 1905 ft.

Population 200 in 1920

Elevator, Post Office, Telegraph office, and Gas Station in 1927

The Village name is formed from the combined names
 of 3 CPR Soo Line rail surveyors:
Hall, Bruce, and White.

Sept 1903 Halbrite had 3 Elevators
West Elevator Co.-
William Robb-
Canadian North West Co.-
capacity 25,000 bushels each


Post Office History

Halbrite

S0C 1H0

Federal Electoral District: Moose Mountain (SK)

Office Opened Apr 1, 1903
Section 21, Township 6, Range 12, W2
 

Postmaster Information:

Name of Postmaster Military
 Status
Date
 of Birth
Date
 of Appointment
Date
 of Vacancy
Cause of Vacancy

George Hanson
(see below)

   

1903-04-01

1903-11-28

Resignation

Frederick "Fred" Clarence Litschke
(see below)

   

1904-03-01

1911-04-11

Resignation

Frederick "Fred"  Nordquist

   

1911-05-19

1912-10-26

Resignation

Benjamin W. Gerow
(see below)

   

1913-01-11

1927-02-01

Dismissal,
Political Partisanship

Charles Henry "Charlie" Barlow
(see below)

OAS

Dec 4, 1874

1927-12-01

1945-10-23

Resignation

Lloyd George Towne

OAS

 

1945-11-15

Acting

-

"

"

 

1946-05-23

1952-12-12

Resignation

Mrs. Marie Bobier

   

1953-04-16

Acting

-

"

   

1953-07-02

1976-05-08

Retirement

Mrs. Doreen I. Tracey

   

1976-05-08

-

-

Additional Information:

SE 1/4 Sec.21, Twp.6, R.12, W2

Separate Building

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

George Hanson
b-
d- Oct 26, 1917
buried in Halbrite Cemetery

Frederick Clarence "Fred" Litschke
b- Jan 13, 1874 at Lester Prairie, Minnesota
d-
immigrated to Canada 1903/04
married Anna Maria Ebert
b- Mar 1883, Graseville, Minnesota
d-

Frederick "Fred" Nordquist
b- Oct 1855, in Sweden
Fred in Halbrite cemetery shows different birth year
 b- Oct, 1877, d- Feb 21, 1955
1855 from 1911 census so could easily be wrong.
Lutheran
immigrated in 1903, naturalized in 1906
sold furniture in 1911 in Halbrite
Nordquist Bros and Anderson, Hardware and furniture dealers in 1920
wife-  Mathilda "Matilda" Dahlstrom
b- Dec 1871 in Sweden
died age 47, 7 mo, buried in Halbrite Cemetery
daughter- Pearl Nordquist, b- Nov 1890 in USA
married Max Ewers, b- LeMars, d- Oct 15, 1945 in LA, CA, USA
son- Roy Nordquist, b- July 1893 in USA
daughter Viola Nordquist, b- July 1895 in USA
son- Cecil Nordquist, b- Apr 1896 in USA
son, Noel Nordquist, b- May 1900 in USA
son, Vern Nordquist, b- Oct 1902 in USA
son- Erwin "Irvin?" Maxwil Nordquist, b- Feb  18, 1905 in Halbrite SK
daughter- Gladas "Gladys?" Mathilda Nordquist, b- Dec 31, 1907 in Halbrite SK
don- Stanley Nordquist, b- Nov 1910 in SK
 

Benjamin W. Gerow
b- Aug 1876 in PEI
d-
English, Presbyterian, in Halbrite 1911 Census
wife- Maggie Gerow
b- Aug 1876 in ON
Scotch, Presbyterian
Jeweller, Grocer, plus Post Master ca 1920

Charles Henry "Charlie" Barlow
b- Dec 4, 1874 Croydon England
d-
wife- Alice Barlow next of kin in 1916
enlisted in WWI, Apr 4, 1916 at Weyburn
living in Halbrite at the time.
Reg # 925595

 


Ext Links

Halbrite Cemetery
NW Section 15, Township 6, Range 12, W2
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cansacem/halbrite.html

History Book
Plowshares to Pumpjacks
R.M. of Cymri - Macoun, Midale, Halbrite

http://www.ourroots.ca/toc.aspx?id=6142

 

 

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