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Swift Current Museum Persona

Robinson, Dora

  • SCAA-SCM-0134
  • Persona
  • 20th/21st cent.

Currie, Bonnie

  • SCAA-SCM-0142
  • Persona
  • 1944 - July 24, 2009

Eidsness, Ruth

  • SCAA-SCM-0148
  • Persona
  • [19--] - [20--]

Tisdale, Marg

  • SCAA-SCM-0149
  • Persona
  • [19--] - [20--]

Kelly, Arthur

  • SCAA-SCM-0164
  • Persona
  • d. 1936

Dr. Arthur Kelly, a physician in Swift Current ca. 1910s to his death in 1936, was the first medical officer for the town of Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

Swanson, Florence Viola

  • SCN00113
  • Persona
  • 1917-?

Florence Viola Swanson was born July 5, 1917, on the homestead south of Cadillac, Saskatchewan. Florence and her mother settled in Swift Current sometime after 1922, and Florence attended school there. She married Gordon O. Johnson on October 26, 1937, and lived on the Johnson homestead in Waldeck, Saskatchewan. In 1966, her mother moved in and remained there until her death in 1969.

Swanson, Julia

  • SCN00109
  • Persona
  • 1881-1969

Gae Gunilla (Julia) Johanneson was born June 30, 1881, in Tännäs, Sweden. She immigrated to the United States in 1900. She married Christian Swanson in South Dakota in 1901. Their eldest daughter, Ida, moved to Swift Current, Saskatchewan, in 1922. Julia and her youngest daughter, Florence, eventually settled in Swift Current as well, and Florence attended school there. Julia lived in Swift Current until 1966, when she went to live with Florence in Waldeck, Saskatchewan. She died on September 20, 1969, and is buried at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Swift Current.

Cooper, William W.

  • SCAA-SCM-0011
  • Persona
  • fl. 1919-1950

William Wesley Cooper is well known in the commercial circles of Swift Current as an upright and reliable business man, interested in everything conducive to the progress and improvement of the city and district. He has been prominent in the mercantile business since 1903 and since 1912 has conducted business under the name of The W. W. Cooper Company, Departmental Store. He was born in Victoria county, Ontario, on the 31st of August, l873, a son of John and Ellen (McNeely) Cooper.
William Wesley Cooper was educated in a public school in Victoria County, which afforded him his early education, and in due time he was graduated from high school at Medicine Hat. He located in Medicine Hat in April, 189O. In June, 1903, he came to Swift Current and engaged in the mercantile business under the name of Argue & Cooper. In 1912 he purchased his partner's interest and the firm name was changed to The W. W. Cooper Company, Departmental Store. The W. W. Cooper Company Departmental Store is one of the representative enterprises of its kind in the west, and Mr. Cooper has built up an extensive and ever-increasing patronage. He carries a complete and high-grade line of goods and employs efficient and courteous clerks. Aside from the store in Swift Current, he operates branch stores in Cabri and Vanguard. He is managing director of the Ben Allan Portland Cement Company, Limited, at Owen Sound, Ontario, and is proprietor of the Swift Current Co-operative Agencies. His interests are wide and varied and the story of his career is the story of well earned success, which is the natural resuIt of hard work and ability.
Fraternally Mr. Cooper is identified with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and he has attained the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He was the first president of the Swift Current Rotary Club and an active member of the local Board of Trade. He is a member of the executive committee of the Old Timers Association and is Boy Scouts Commissioner of the Swift Current District. For recreation Mr. Cooper turns to the great outdoors and he is fond of fishing, golf, motoring and shooting. His religious faith is manifest in his attendance at the Methodist church. Since attaining his majority Mr. Cooper has been a stanch supporter of the Liberal party and he is active in any movement for the progress and improvement of his city.

http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansk/SaskatchewanAndItsPeople/VolumeIII/CooperWilliamWesley.html

Spence, George

  • SCAA-SCM-0025
  • Persona
  • fl. 1926-1952

George Spence, C.B.E. (October 25, 1880 – March 4, 1975) was a Canadian provincial and federal politician. Born in Birsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland, he studied electrical engineering at the Leith Academy Technical College and emigrated to Canada in 1900 to pan for gold in the Yukon. In 1903, he moved to Austin, Manitoba where he was a farmer. In 1912, he moved to Monchy, Saskatchewan. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1917 for the riding of Notukeu. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1921 and 1925. He resigned his provincial seat in 1925 and was elected in the 1925 federal election in the riding of Maple Creek. A Liberal, he was re-elected in the 1926 federal election. He resigned his seat in 1927 to re-enter provincial politics, where he was appointed Minister of Railways. He was also Minister of Highways, Minister of Railways, Labour and Industries, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Public Works. He would serve until 1938 when he was appointed Director of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. From 1947 to 1957, he was a member of the International Joint Commission, an independent binational organization established by the United States and Canada under the International Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. In 1946 he was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1948. In 1974, he was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame.

Schofield, Fay

  • SCAA-SCM-0065
  • Persona
  • 1919-2013

Brunsdon, Al

  • SCAA-SCM-0076
  • Persona
  • November 29, 1927 - July 19, 2009

John Alvin (Al) Brunsdon was born on November 29, 1927 in Hawarden, SK and passed away in Swift Current on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 81 years of age. He is predeceased by his older brother Bert and younger brother, Doug.
He is survived by his wife Claire; 3 children, Wayne, Laurie and Pat (Karen); 2 grandchildren, Denise and Clark, and his sister Marion of Victoria, B.C. He was born into a Canadian Pacific Railway family. His many locations include: Glenside, Tugaskie, Wadena and Assiniboia where he graduated High School. He followed the family footsteps into the CPR and became a Telegrapher in 1948. Three years later he met his wife in Wilkie, SK and married Claire on May 23, 1951. They remained in Wilkie until moving to Tuberose in late 1952. From Tuberose to Cadogan, AB in 1955 and to Kisbey, SK in 1963. In 1967 Al left Kisbey and the CPR. After he retired he was an active member of his community, volunteering in many ways: Kiwanis and the Archaeological Society. Al with Claire were well know in the church community, attending Bronco games and Indian Baseball games. Al loved to travel and had seen: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China and Australia. Al will be missed by all his family, his extended family and friends. He was a very nice man. A great guy with a good sense of humor. Loved to go fishing, searching for treasures or just getting to know his beloved Saskatchewan. He enjoyed sharing time with his family no matter where in the world they were. https://parksidefuneralhome.com/tribute/details/550/Al-Brunsdon/obituary.html

Warren, Dick

  • SCAA-SCM-0079
  • Persona
  • October 4, 1935 - November 24, 2016

Waters, Kae

  • SCAA-SCM-0084
  • Persona
  • [19--] - [20--]
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