Federal Electoral District:
Moose Mountain (Saskatchewan)
This Post Office was
established August 1, 1890
Closed Feb 6, 1897
Reopened Mar 1, 1905, and closed April 13, 1970
Name was changed to Coalfields
Apr 1, 1896
Locations-
First Location-
Sec. 34, Twp. 1, Rge. 6, W2 - 1890-08-01
Sec. 30, Twp.
1, Rge. 6, W2 - 1905-03-01
In The Town Store
|
Postmaster |
Appointment
date |
Vacancy
date |
Cause of
Vacancy |
First Postmaster-
Hilliard Edwin Price, b- Mar 26, 1861,
Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
Father -Donald Price
Mother- Mary Beckton
Wife- Margaret Gow,
b- Apr 11, 1870, Ontario
Daughter- Elizabeth (Bessie) May Price,
b- July 10, 1894 at Coalfields SK
(in BC Vital records her name is Elizabeth Mary Clare,
born in Estevan SK, died Jan 31, 1955 in Prince George
BC.
her spouse was Stephen Joseph Clare)
Son- Malcolm (Mack) Price,
b- Aug 3, 1896 in USA
Son- Russell Aubrey Price,
b-July 15, 1898 in Estevan SK
Daughter- Zena (Ena) Price,
b- 1902 in Alberta
Daughter- Edna Price,
b- 1904 in Alberta
Daughter- Millie Price,
b- 1906 in Alberta
Daughter- Elna Price,
b- 1909 in Alberta
another Daughter Alice Eleanor Price, b- 1911 in Irvine
AB,
married Adam Ramsey, who was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland,
married June 4, 1932 in Vancouver BC
Hilliard was single in 1891 census
Age 28, born in 1863 in USA,
Free Church religion,
living in Broadview Assiniboia.
1901 census shown born Mar 26, 1862 in USA
living in NW Medicine Hat, Assiniboia West (AB)
Occupation shown as restaurant
1906 census, age 41, living in Irving AB
at Section 30, Township 11, Range 3, W4,
Shown immigrated from US in 1867
1911 Census, age 46,
SE Section 26, Township 11, Range 3, W4
Scotch nationality, Anglican religion
Alberta homestead records say
Section 36, township 11, Range 3, W4 |
1890-08-01 |
1893-01 |
* |
Neil Gow
b- July 1867 in ON
Gow family came from Morris MB
I believe he married Ida Mary Hulse in Winnipeg Oct 29,
1890
in 1911 living on Woodlawn St in Winnipeg
shown as a well driller |
1893-05-01 |
1894-04-02 |
Resignation |
George Frederick Gow,
b- July 10, 1835 at Portsmouth England,
baptized July 19, 1835 at Saint
Thomas, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
d- Apr 15, 1911 in Winnipeg MB, age 75
Father- John Gow
Mother- Margaret Paterson
I believe he had a sister named Ann Gow
Married and had 6 children
Wife- Elizabeth Gow, b- 1833 or 1834 in Ontario
son- Frederick (Fred) George Gow,
b-1858 or 1859 in Ontario, died July 17, 1937 in
Winnipeg
who married Isabella (Bella) Brown
1871 census living in Macaulay, Muskoka, Ontario
1891 census living in Subdistrict of Youville,
district of Provencher, MB
He was a Businessman, Farmer, Hotelier, and Indian
agent. At the age of seventeen he accompanied his family
to Canada West from Ireland, where he had spent his
childhood. In 1878 the Conservative Government
appointed him Indian Agent at Winnipeg but he resigned
the position within a few months to become proprietor of
the Morris House, Morris, Manitoba, where he combined
farming with his hotel business for fifteen years. He
moved to Estevan and was in the
coal business there for twelve years. He then returned
to Winnipeg, operating a real estate and insurance
business until his retirement.
He was on the committee of the St George's Society in
Winnipeg MB, ca 1879 |
1894-07-01 |
1897-01-29 |
Resignation, Closed |
Matthew (Matt) T. Knight
(Died Nov 1913)
wife- Francis Townsend |
1905-03-01 |
1909-08-30 |
Resignation |
|
Joseph Taylor |
1909-12-01 |
1911-04-07 |
Resignation |
|
O. Chesworth |
1911-05-26 |
1916-02-29 |
Resignation |
|
Archibald D. Rose |
1916-05-22 |
1923-04-14 |
Resignation |
William H. Duncan
b- 1877, died June 30, 1926,
buried in Estevan City Cemetery |
1923-06-30 |
1926-06-30 |
Death |
|
Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan |
1926-12-14 |
1944-04-04 |
Resignation |
Mrs. Hazel Girtus Nash, nee Vaughn
b- Nov 16, 1906 on Sec 6-Tsp 7-Rge
8- W2nd, SK,
d- Nov 10, 1994
daughter of Charles (Charlie) Thomas Vaughn
and Ethel Bruce Vaughn,
Charles Thomas Vaughan
b- July 1878, in Ontario,
d- May 8, 1946
buried in Estevan City Cemetery.
His wife was Ethel Bruce VanStyck. (VanSlyck)
Ethel is buried in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens,
Estevan.
The Vaughn's moved from Stoughton
to Estevan in 1909.
Lived on a farm south of the City, by the Souris River |
1944-04-05 |
Acting |
- |
|
Mrs. Hazel Girtus Nash, nee
Vaughn |
1944-05-10 |
1945-11 |
Resignation |
|
Anson Dwight Stoner |
1945-12-01 |
Acting |
- |
|
Anson Dwight Stoner |
1946-07-18 |
1946-07-26 |
Resignation |
|
George Nicholas Vetter |
1946-09-01 |
Acting |
- |
|
George Nicholas Vetter |
1946-12-23 |
1948-11-11 |
Resignation |
|
Peter Olsen |
1948-11-16 |
Acting |
- |
|
Peter Olsen |
1949-02-28 |
1953-04-29 |
Resignation |
|
Harold M. Babbings |
1953-05-09 |
Acting |
- |
|
Harold M. Babbings |
1953-09-09 |
1957-10-30 |
Resignation |
|
Harry Hiram Corneil |
1957-12-01 |
Acting |
- |
|
Miss Lois Alice Babbings |
1958-01-23 |
Acting |
(Postmaster General) |
|
Miss Lois Alice Babbings |
1959-02-03 |
- |
- |
Source:
PSFDS03-10889
National Archives of Canada
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