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Midale Saskatchewan

Incorporated as a Village in 1907,
Town status ca2011
located on Highway 39
between Weyburn and Estevan

in RM of Cymri #36

on the CPR "Soo" line

Located at NW Section 22, Township 5, Range 11, W2

Latitude- 49º 23' 47" N
Longitude- 103º 24' 39" W

Elevation 1906 ft.

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

1927 map shows Holloway 3 miles west
and almost 4 miles North of Midale Saskatchewan

Midale School #908 shown bottom right

Origin of Town Name

Midale named after Dr. Robert Menzies Mitchell,
and the first settler, Olaf "Ole" Dale

Dr. Robert Menzies Mitchell
b- Oct 28, 1865 in Pickering, Canada West (ON)
d- Feb 6, 1932
buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Weyburn
son of James Mitchell, and Elizabeth Rogers
MLA for Weyburn 1908-1919
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in SK

wife- Margaret Mitchell, nee Mckinnon
b- Jan 1, 1865 in ON
d- Mar 9, 1951 in Vancouver BC, age 86, as a widow
daughter of Donald McKinnon and Flora McIntyre

son- Robert Charles "Chester" Mitchell
b- July 11, 1893 in Dundalk, Grey Co., ON
d- Aug 1940 Hulott, BC, age 47
when he died he was married to Violet Isabell Mitchell, nee ?
married Jessie Ethel Clements, prior to 1920
b- 1892
d- Sept 13, 1934
buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Weyburn
Jessie and Chester had a son- Robert Donald Mitchell,
b- Jan 25, 1920 in Weyburn

son- Donald James Mitchell
son- Feb 15, 1895 in Dundalk, Grey Co., ON
d- Feb 24, 1973
buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Weyburn
enlisted in WWI, in Winnipeg, May 3, 1918
living at 309 2nd st, Weyburn SK
Reg # 2382817, Military Service #474511 LC
Presbyterian
became Barrister and Solicitor in Weyburn SK
married Margaret Marshall, June 20, 1918.
b- 1865
d- 1961

Post Office History