recorded already, but add to it.
Link below to a great book on the village history
author Alice Pawson.
Located
at NW Section 4 (and NE Section 3),
Township 2, Range 7, West of the 2nd Meridian
Lat 49° 06' 00" N - Long-102° 53' 02" W
Elevation 1850 ft
Located
on the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR)
Soo Line, between Estevan and Roche Percee
Located in School District # 2927
The Shand Coal and
Brick Company
used Lignite Coal in Updraft Kilns
for burning common brick
Origin
of the Name
It was named after
Percy
Duff Shand,
one time Chief Clerk to the Superintendent at
Moose Jaw.
He was of Welsh nationality,
Pearcey "Percy" Duff Shand
b- Mar 25, 1880 in Toronto, York, ON
also shown born in Ontario in 1878,
as age 28, in 1906 census.
1891 Ontario census living in London City,
Ontario, age 11,
which makes him born ca 1880.
Shown as a member of the Free Church
He was elected Grand Esquire,
in the Dominion Grand Lodge in 1914,
a Member of the Moose Jaw Elks Lodge.
His Father was James Shand,
b- ca 1856
Mother, Isabella Duff,
b- ca 1855
2
younger sisters;
Beatrice Annabell Shand,
b, Jan 20, 1885 in Toronto, York, ON
Lillian Elizabeth Sydney
Shand,
b, Nov 13, 1891, in Toronto, York, ON
Post Office History
Name of Office:
Located at
Sec.3, Twp.2, R.7, W2 - 1912-07-01
Office Opened
July 1, 1912
Office closed Apr 30, 1945
| Name of Postmaster |
Military Status |
Birth/Death Info |
Date of Appointment |
Date of Vacancy |
Cause of Vacancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jonas Gustaf
(J.G.) Peterson Director, Mine Operator, Sask. Coal, Brick and Power Co. Immigrated to USA from Sweden in 1889, and Canada in 1903 His wife was Lydia Campbell Peterson In 1908 he was on the first Estevan Library Board Bought the Eureka Coal and Brick Co. south of Estevan in 1910, changed the name to Estevan Brick and Coal Co., before he moved to Shand in 1913 to buy the Shand Mine and Brick yards. |
b- Aug 22,
1869 in Sweden d- Apr 14, 1948 |
1912-07-01 | 1916-03-14 | Resignation | |
|
Arthur George
Garrish worked in office of the Union Insurance Society of Canton, London, Eng immigrated to Canada in spring of 1902. Came to Saskatoon first. member of the Rev. Barr Colonists with his brother Julian. Came to Estevan in 1914 Became Secretary-Treasurer of, Sask. Coal, Brick and Power Co. He also was a chartered accountant, Secretary of RM of Estevan#5 ca 1922, Councillor, served 1 term as Mayor of Estevan, 1924-25. Stock holder and helped operate The Estevan Progress until it was sold. Moved to Vancouver, he owned shares in a shipyard there. Garrish Place in Estevan named after him Arthur married Violet Hilda Lancaster Ross end of June, 1907 in Reg. dist. of Camberwell, London, England. She died July 9, 1976 in Vancouver, age 92 |
-served in
the Army in the South African (2nd Boer)
War, discharged in June 1901
|
b-bet Jan-Mar
1879, King's Norton reg dist, England d- Sept 20, 1963 in Vancouver BC age 83 |
1916-05-18 | 1916-10-17 | Resignation |
|
James L.
Bolocan also Store Keeper Rumanian Nationality, Religion shown as Jewish Father Hyam, born Columbus OH, USA, died in Edmonton AB, Mar 10, 2006, Mother Effy, younger sister Ethel |
- |
b-Apr 1889 in
USA d- ? |
1916-11-30 | 1918-03-25 | Resignation |
|
John G.
Moffatt Managing Director of Sask. Coal, Brick and Power Co. |
- |
b- ? d- Dec 5, 1918 at Shand possibly poisoned |
Oct 2,1918 | Dec 5,1918 | Death |
| Robert MacDonald | - | - | 1919-03-21 | 1919-10-11 | Resignation |
|
Arthur C.
Phillips Book Keeper and Store Keeper of Sask. Coal, Brick and Power Co. His Family Story here |
OAS WWI |
b-Aug 12,
1892, South Wales UK d-1967, Kipling SK |
1919-12-09 | 1926-08-02 | Resignation |
|
Jonas Gustaf
Peterson Director, Mine Operator, Sask. Coal, Brick and Power Co. |
- |
b- Aug 22,
1869 d- Apr 14, 1948 |
1926-11-01 | 1945-03-06 | Resignation |
Info displayed is not construed to be 100% accurate
Do your own research to verify my additions
Jonas Gustav
Peterson home at Shand
Made from Bricks from his company
This brick house was still standing July 2000
built in 1925 across the road from the Shand School
Stone Powder House building at Shand
Sask. Coal, Brick and Power Co.
From my Lignite Coalmine page
| Saskatchewan
Coal, Brick and Power Company aka: Shand Coal and |
LSD 14, 15, 16 S OF CPR 4-2-7-W2 |
Opened
by Joel Bardsley, (born 1874 in England), in 1908, on the Soo (CPR) Line, Sold ca 1912, to Jonas Gustav Peterson, B- Aug 22, 1869, died Apr 14, 1948, buried in Estevan City Cemetery. The founder of the Hamlet of Shand. Deep Seam type Mine. The mine was open until 1938 Mr Peterson owned the Eureka Coal and Brick Company in Estevan prior to this. In 1916 this mine produced 23,755 tons of Lignite coal 4th highest in the District. This Mine was operating in 1917. |
| Shand | NW Section 3, Tsp 2, Rge 7, W2 | July 21, 1911 Jonas Gustaf Peterson and Shand School District no. 2927 bought 160 acres for $50/acre from the CPR, including Coal and Surface rights. One acre in NW corner was reserved for the school, and 6.8 acres reserved for the right of way and station. July 31, 1913 13.37 acres assigned back to CPR |
Shand Power Plant and Greenhouse
With strip mining all around Shand
I doubt if any trace of it is left.
The information above is an addition to this great record below
compiled by Alice May Pawson, nee Czoba, in 1992
My page is dedicated to her.
Alice May Pawson, nee Czoba
Husiatyn, Poland October 8, 1902 at Whitewater, MB
d- Oct 13, 1991 in Estevan SK.
the only daughter of William Ashenhurst,
and Letitia Ashenhurst, nee Woods.
Miner and Bunkhouse Operator at Shand.
Margaret Czoba, nee Ashenhurst, had 2 brothers,
William James Ashenhurst
and Reuben Ashenhurst.
Frank and Margaret were married
Feb 4, 1921 in United Church Manse, Estevan
Sister of Alice,
Helen Mariam (Marion?) Czoba,
b- July 8, 1926 in Shand
d- Jan 2, 2004
Brother of Alice,
Kenneth (Ken) Czoba,
b- in Shand
Alice was a Local School
Teacher,
and also worked at her Husband's Market Garden.
Sorry the links above to the
Estevan cap site are no longer working.
the Estevan Library has closed that history site
down,
not sure why, but it is dead, as of Sept 2011.
