Located on Section 5, Township 4, Range 6, West of 2nd Meridian
Lat- 49° 16' 00" N - Long- 102° 47' 02" W
Part of my dad's 1927 map showing Kingsford
In 1927 there
was at least one Elevator, a Gas
Station
and a Telegraph Office, besides the
Post Office
14km/9mi N, from Bienfait, 13km/8mi S, from Lampman
In RM of Browning #34
Altitude 1914 ft
Situated on the Canadian
National Railroad (CNR)
between Lampman and Bienfait
Origin of the name
From "A Tale That is Told", Estevan History
book-
"A loading platform was built beside the railway track
near the Duncan Gates farmstead. It was named Kingsford,
partly for Kingston, Ontario,
and partly for Kingsford, the poet,
since Lampman and Browning had each been named after poets.
The freight trains came through twice a week"
Opened Mar 1, 1917
Closed Aug 24, 1953
First located at
NW
1/4 Sec.32, Twp.3, R.6, W2
Second location
SE Sec.5, Twp.4, R.6, W2
| Name of Postmaster | Military Status |
Birth/Death Info |
Date of Appointment | Date of Vacancy | Cause of Vacancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George H. Gibson | - | unknown | 1917-03-01 | 1918-11-25 | Resignation |
|
Edward Chamney |
- |
b-June 1864 d- Jan 24, 1939 |
1919-01-27 | 1939-01-24 | Death |
|
John William Wilson |
- |
b-June 12, 1879 d- ? |
1939-02-15 | Acting | - |
|
Edward (Ed) George Hofley Father- George Hofley June 2, 1916 living in Lampman SK Mother- Franzisky (Frances)(Fanny) Pakorny (see note below) b- 1876 in Winkler MB m- Apr 25, 1893 in Rhineland MB Sister- Dorothy Hofley, b- Nov 7, 1895 in Plum Coulee MB Brother- Leo John Hofley- b- Sept 4, 1906 in Winkler |
Served in WWI Reg #925949 enlisted June 2, 1816 in Carnduff SK |
b-Nov 19,1897 in Winkler MB d- Feb 13, 1977 in Lampman SK |
1939-06-07 | 1943-05-24 | Resignation |
| John William Wilson | - | b-June 12,1879 | 1943-06-01 | Acting | - |
| John William Wilson | - | b-June 12,1879 | 1943-08-17 | 1946-11-19 | Resignation |
| Ian Maurice Gibson | - |
b- Aug 9,
1923 in Estevan d- Mar 23, 1985 on farm near Lampman SK |
1946-12-01 | Acting | - |
| Ian Maurice Gibson | - |
" |
1947-03-19 | 1953-07-27 | Resignation |
only reference info only
My grandfather
Percy Gent, grandmother Fanny, and
their family
lived on the John Neering farm,
4mi E and 1mi N of Kingsford
Frances Hofley- took out a US patent
on a new fly catching device
Patent number: 1387716
Sept 15, 1920
patented Aug 16, 1921
At that time she claimed she was a
citizen of Czecho-Slovakia
living in Lampman SK.
Ed
Hofley was a member of the Bienfait
Legion
before the Lampman branch was formed
