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Schools shown on map:
School 1-
O'Brien School District # 2387
SW Section 35, Township 8, Range 9, W2
Charles Patrick O'Brien,
buried in Stoughton Cemetery,
and a Francis O'Brien,
homesteaded on Section 10.
This School would be named after that family I would guess.

School 3-
In Stoughton, Name ?
Central High School
in Arcola School Unit #10
Stoughton School District #691

St. Paul's Anglican Church in Stoughton in 1940
Grace United Church in Stoughton ca 1937
Presbyterian Church in 1939

Apr 5, 1913, tenders were sent out
by the CPR to build a 8in wooden pipe line
from Swan Lake to Stoughton,
approx. 9 miles.

George Hadden Summers
appointed in Dec 1903,
Commissioner for Taking Affidavits,
for New Hope, Assiniboia, NWT area.

Street names in Stoughton, ca 2011:
Assiniboia Ave, Railway Ave., Prairie Ave.,
Elizabeth Ave., Jones Ave., A. Ave., Sidney Ave.
Main St., Stanley St., Walter St., Wilson St.
Heward St., Sullivan St., Donnelly St., Orval St.,
Forget St., Russell St., Lundy PL, New Hope Dr.

Postmaster History

Stoughton

Former Name- New Hope, District of Assiniboia, NWT
changed to Stoughton, July 1, 1904

Federal Electoral District: Moose Mountain (SK)

Office opened Dec 1, 1901 as New Hope
in a Private Building
Section 4, Township 9, Range 8, W2
2 miles North of present day Stoughton
when CPR went in south, the settlement was moved there.

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Postmaster Information:

Name of Postmaster	Military Status	Date of Birth	Date of Appointment	Date of Vacancy	Cause of Vacancy
William F. Carefoot (see below)	-	-	1901-12-01	1910-06-09	Resignation
James David Nicol (Nichol?) (see below)	-	-	1910-06-28	1925-02-03	Resignation
Ellis Sheppard Percival Wright (see below)	OAS	*	1925-11-30	1941-06-26	Resignation
William Gordon Cameron (see below)	OAS	Dec 5, 1894	1941-11-30	1958-06-14	Retirement
Kenneth Lyle Huff (see below)	OAS	*	1958-06-30	Acting	-
Kenneth Lyle Huff	OAS	*	1959-05-01	1975-12-05	Retirement
George W. Kibler	-	-	1975-10-09	1980-06-21	Retirement
Darwin H. Hoimyr	-	-	1980-06-21	1980-11-05	Transfer
Doreen Gilby	-	-	1980-12-10	1989-10-31	Retirement

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First Postmaster
William Foster Carefoot
b- Nov 14, 1858, ON, age 48 in 1906
d- Jan 31, 1923 in Vancouver BC, age 64
shown as a barber in Virden MB in 1891
son of William Carefoot, and Sarah Locke
wife- Mary Adelaide Carefoot, nee Lawson
b- Dec 1858, ON
d- Mar 18, 1935, in Vancouver BC, age 76

daughter- Nellie Carefoot
b- Mar 25, 1884 in ON
d- May 31, 1965 Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey BC, age 81
married George Joseph Marion Sept 20, 1901, Sifton, MB
daughter- Eva Blanche Carefoot,
b- Oct 16, 1893, Southwold Township, Elgin Co, ON
d- Feb 6, 1978, in Burnaby General Hospital, Burnaby BC, age 84
married a Hubert Victor Armson
son- George Foster Lorne Carefoot,
b- May 11, 1895, in Virden MB
d-
married Rachel Nelson Russell, July 3, 1918, South Vancouver
George enlisted in WWI, Jan 14, 1916 in Vancouver,
Occupation- Clerk,
Reg # 464613
son- Archibald "Archie" Carefoot,
b- Oct 24, 1896, in Virden MB
d- May 2, 1968, at 3027 2nd Ave., Squamish BC, age 71
Divorced when he died.
son- Melvin Ellsworth Carefoot,
b- Nov 29, 1901, in Virden MB
d- Nov 18, 1977 in Vancouver BC
married Regina Laliberte, Nov 12, 1928 in Vancouver BC
Divorced

James David Nicol
b- 1869 in ON (46 in 1916)(age 36 when he married)
d-
surname shown as Nicol in 1911, 1916, and 1881 census
Surname shown as Nicol in birth registrations
Post Office records are only place showing Nichol
son of Alexander Nicol, and Ann Barr
family in District of Huron Centre, Sub Dist., No 3 Tuckersmith in 1881
siblings: (age in 1881 census)
brother- David Nicol (17)
sister- Lillie Nicol (16)
brother- Alexander Nicol (14)
brother- John Nicol (10)
sister- Rachel Nicol (6)

James married Ella Mary Nicol, nee Butler,
July 19, 1905, in Goulbourn Township, Carleton, ON
b- ON (38 in 1916)
d-
daughter of Fredrick Butler, and Eliza Smith

daughter- Clarabel Eliza Nicol
b- Sept 24, 1907, RM of Cameron, MB
d-
son- Frederick James Nicol
b- June 16, 1911, SK
d- Jan 18, 1988 in SK
buried in Stoughton Cemetery, link below
son- William Alexander Nicol
b- ca 1915, SK
d-

Ellis Sheppard Percival Burton Wright
b- Aug 21, 1897, in Virden MB
d- Nov 20, 1967, Langley BC, age 69
father- William Wright
mother- Lucetta Amelia Wright, nee Prosser
living in Stoughton when Ellis enlisted
farmer when he enlisted Mar 20, 1916 in Regina SK
Reg # 907445
married Myrtle Henrietta Mullin

William Gordon Cameron
b- Dec 5, 1894 in Hartney MB
d-
Farmer when he enlisted Mar 29, 1916 at Winnipeg MB
Reg #859891
He saw Service Overseas with
the 43rd Cameron Highlanders of Winnipeg.
He won the Military Medal
father- Alva Cameron
mother- Mary Ann Edwards
married Ethel Rose Cook, Jan 15, 1919,
in Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria BC

Cpl. Kenneth Lyle Huff
was wounded in Battle at Dieppe, in WWII
and returned safely to England, Aug 1942
father- Jack Huff

Malcolm Orr
worked in the Stoughton Post Office
b- Apr 4, 1858 in Argyllshire Scotland
d- Sept 12, 1939, in a Regina Hospital, age 81
Came to Canada in 1879, settled at Carman MB.
moved to Glenboro, MB later.
1901 he was Elevator Manager in South Cypress MB
came to Stoughton in 1902.
member of the Masonic Lodge, Wascana no 2, a Royal Arch,
member of the Odd Fellows at Glenboro, MB
wife- Edith A. Orr, nee McFadden,
married Jan 26, 1898, South Cypress, MB
b- Sept 8, 1868 in ON
buried in Stoughton Cemetery as well
Malcolm's Funeral at Presbyterian Church in Stoughton.
buried in Stoughton Cemetery.

Pioneers

Robert Tully
Pioneer of the district
b- Apr 4, 1854, at Florance ON
d- Aug 14, 1940, at his home in Stoughton, age 86
Mar 1878 he married Mary Ann Johnstone
He farmed in Florance, moved to Nesbitt MB in 1898.
Homesteaded in New Hope area 3 years later.
3 sons:
Clifford Tully, Wilbert Tully, and Emerson Tully

Mr. E. B. Bowes
married Mary Elizabeth Donnelly, Dec 24, 1902
at the home of her parents.
daughter of David Donnelly
she came from Millbrook ON in 1900 to New Hope area.
Mr Bowes came from Virden MB in 1901

Harold Phillips
b- ca 1899
age 76 in 1975
Came to Stoughton area, in July 1903
Deputy Mayor of Stoughton in 1975
CPR were trying to abandon the rail line at the time.

J. E. McFetridge
Station Agent in Stoughton, ca Jan 1922
married, Station Agent in Assiniboia
for many years prior to this

External Links
Please note- Not my sites

Town of Stoughton's Official Page
http://stoughtn.sasktelwebhosting.com/

History book- not online that I know of
Tecumseh on the Prairies, Volume 1,
Including Forget, Heward, Stoughton and area,
Tecumseh History Book Committee, 1985.
Note- I DO NOT HAVE this book, nor have I seen it.

Stoughton Cemetery
SW Section 33, Township 8, Range 8, W2
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cansacem/stoughton.html