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Eskbank Saskatchewan

Hamlet Status

Located on Section 1, Township 20, Range 2, W3

Lat- 50º 40' N
Long- 106º 9' W

in RM of Eyebrow #193

50km NW of Moose Jaw

originally located on an old CPR line.

2012 nothing but a Ghost Town now

Last remaining building a Sask. Pool elevator
was burnt down in 2010

there is an Eskbank in Scotland, named after that?


Post Office History

Office Opened- June 1, 1904
First Name- Eyebrow Hill
Section 12, Township 20, Range 2, W3

Office name changed to Eskbank- June 1, 1908

Location moved Jan 1, 1947
to- NE 1/4 Section 1, Township 20, Range 2, W3

Office closed June 30, 1964

Postmaster Information:

Name of Postmaster Military
 Status
Date of
 Appointment
Date of
Vacancy
Cause of Vacancy
John W. Hudson
 (see below)
- 1904-06-01 1907-07-01 Resignation
Uriah Gettins
 (see below)
- 1907-09-01 1915-01-01 Resignation
F. M. Richards - 1915-03-01 1917-06-30 Resignation
J. L. Gibson - 1918-01-02 1958-12-20 Resignation
Earl Francis Johnson OAS 1959-01-06 Acting (Postmaster General)
                  "   " 1959-06-25 1964-03-28 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

John William Hudson
b- 1936 census age 37, born in ON

wife- Maggie Hudson, nee ?
b- age 34 born in ON

son- Winnard Hudson
b- age 10, born in ON

son- Earle Hudson
b- age 9, born in ON

son- Clifford Hudson
b- age 7, born in ON

son- Geoffrey Hudson
b- age 4, born in ON

daughter- Joy Hudson
b- ca 1905 in SK

1906 all living at Eyebrow Hill SK

John William Hudson took out land grant
SE Section 12, Township 20, Range 2, W3


Uriah Gettins
b- Feb 24, 1859, Troedyrhiw, Glamorganshire, Wales
d- Aug 26, 1930, Eskbank SK

1906 census, age 47, born in England
Immigrating in 1879

Married Jan 3, 1888 to Sophia McMillan
at Chalk River, Renfrew, ON

wife- Sophia E. Gettins, nee McMillan
b-Aug 20, 1870, Camden Township, Lennox & Addington Co., ON
shown  age 35, born in ON in 1906 census
d- May 18, 1956, Central Butte, SK

son- Robert J. Gettins
b- age 17, born in ON

daughter- Olive Gettins
b- age 10, in ON

daughter- Violette Gettins
b- age 8, in ON

son- Cecil Gettins
b- age 5, in ON

daughter- Reta Gettins
b- 1903, age 2 in 1906, in ON
d- 2002

son- Trevor Gettins
b- Dec 15, 1905 in ON

son- Ross Gettins
b-

daughter- Lovey Pearl Gettins
b- June 23, 1908 in Eskbank SK

Uriah Gettins took out western Land grant
NE Section 12, Township 20, Range 2, W3

 


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