Austin Thomas Ellis was born September 24, 1913 in High River, Alberta. He came to Moose Jaw in 1932 when he took a job at Wimpster’s Hardware. Ellis later purchased the hardware store and renamed it Turner & Ellis Hardware. He married Kathleen “Kay” Jane Clarke on September 19, 1939. Kay was born May 20, 1917 in Moose Jaw. She attended King George and Central Collegiate and received her associate Degree from the Toronto Conservatory of Music. She taught piano and organ in Moose Jaw. Austin and Ellis had six children: Ronald, Ruth, Margot, Lucille, Ross, and Jim. The couple spent a lot of time sailing Buffalo Pound Lake. Austin was a member of the Lions Club and director of the Moose Jaw Art Museum. Kay was a member of the Zion United Church and past-president of the Canadian Club of Moose Jaw and the Music Teacher’s Association of Saskatchewan. Austin died May 28, 1998 and Kay died on January 15, 2002. They are both buried at Sunset Resthaven Cemetery in Moose Jaw.

Perley James Fennell was born March 20, 1907. Over the course of his life, Perley was a member of the elementary school board, a member of the Lady Minto Hospital board, a member of the Melfort Board of Trade, charter member of Rotary Club, a Mason, and a Shriner. He played professional hockey in Parkland, California. Perley was inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in North Battleford in 1987. He lived most of his life in Melfort, and retired with his wife, Anna, to White Rock, British columbia in 1968. He died on April 10, 1996.

Robert Barrett Green and Sarah Anne Elson married in Rippingale, England and immigrated to Canada in 1874. They had eight children: Frederick William (F. W), Annie Lizzie, Caroline, Harry, John Robert (John R.), George, Emily Mae and Alice.

John R. Green, was born in Rippingale, England in 1870. His family moved to Canada after spending some time in the United States. Green attended the Victoria School in Moose Jaw and started his teaching career in 1895 in the Boharm district. He later taught in the Pioneer and Marlborough districts before entering the real estate and insurance business. Green and his first wife, Annie Busley, had four sons: Wilbert, Alan, John and Arthur. He later married Alida Blakely in 1920 and they had four children: Robert, Harry, David and Mary. Green is well known for his advanced farming methods and donating 480 acres to establish the Moose Jaw Wild Animal Park. He died in July of 1938.

F. W. Green (1859-1915), came to Moose Jaw in 1882 and is considered one of Moose Jaw’s pioneers. He was a farmer. Green was extremely involved with the Saskatchewan Agricultural Society and the Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association. He also acted as the agricultural representative of the University Advisory Board for Saskatchewan. Suffering from anemia, Green travelled with his wife and brother John to Montreal to seek medical care from hematology experts. He died in Montreal in 1915. Margaret Green died November 8, 1951 at age 93.

Margaret “Eva” Green was born in Moose Jaw in 1900 to F. W. and Margaret Green, one of nine children. She was educated at the Victoria School, Central Collegiate, the Margaret Eaton School in Toronto, and the Normal School in Regina. Eva taught kindergarten in Moose Jaw from 1935-1963. She was very involved with the Zion United Church. She died December 26, 1989 in Moose Jaw, predeceased by all but one (Sara Hunter) of her siblings.

Frances Green was born in 1900. Frances attended Moose Jaw Collegiate and was a member of the basketball team. She became the librarian at the Moose Jaw Normal School and coached the school’s girls basketball team. She eventually moved to Saskatoon where she became a staff member of the department of hygiene and physical training in 1931. There, she coached the girls baseball team. She married James Ernest Pascoe in 1943. Frances died in 1987.

William Robert (W.R.) Green was born on October 12, 1889. He trained as a lawyer, and enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Winnipeg on March 1, 1916. Eventually promoted to rank of major, W.R. was killed in action on the Vimy-Lens front on June 3, 1917 in France. He was buried in the Villers Station Cemetery in France.

Thomas Gutteridge was born in England in 1886. He was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. George Gutteridge. The family came to Drinkwater when the village was being built. Thomas's father was a section foreman with the railroad, and his mother was a cook for the section men. Later, Tommy as he was known rented land ( S 15 14 25) west of Briercrest from Dr. Wardell. In 1911, Tommy married Eliza Oakley, a widow, ten years his senior. There were no children. Eliza died in 1937. After her death, the R.M. of Baildon asked Mrs. Judith Huntley to look after Tommy, which she did for many years. Tommy died in 1967. He is buried in Hillsdale (Baildon) Cemetery. It is said that Tommy stuttered badly, but sang beautifully, and also played the fiddle and helped out at dances.

Judith (Bowkett) Huntley was born in 1882 in Gloucestershire England. She married Sidney Huntley in 1905 and they immigrated to Winona, ON. In 1909 they came west to the Murray Ranch south of Crestwynd. The same year they moved onto their homestead on SE-14-14-27 W/2 where they lived for fourteen years. In 1923 they moved back to Winona, but in 1929 returned to the Buttress, SK district to the NW-24-14-27 W/2.
Judith and Sidney had five children, Stanley, Miles, Norah, Cecil and Jennie. Judith liked to knit. She loved to sing and dance and play the pump organ. She sang at community dances, was active in the Red Lake Ladies’ Aid, and attended the church that was held in the school.
After Sidney’s passing in 1936, the municipality approached Judith if she would take care of Thomas (Tommy) Gutteridge from Hearne who was widowed and ill. She looked after Tommy in the Huntley home until 1945. They then moved to NW-14-14-27 W/2. In 1949 they again moved to SW-13-14-27 W/2. In 1960 they moved to Moose Jaw. Judith passed away in 1965 and is buried in Hillsdale Cemetery.

Thomas Gutteridge was born in England in 1886. He was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. George Gutteridge. The family came to Drinkwater when the village was being built. Thomas's father was a section foreman with the railroad, and his mother was a cook for the section men. Later, Tommy as he was known rented land ( S 15 14 25) west of Briercrest from Dr. Wardell. In 1911, Tommy married Eliza Oakley, a widow, ten years his senior. There were no children. Eliza died in 1937. After her death, the R.M. of Baildon asked Mrs. Judith Huntley to look after Tommy, which she did for many years. Tommy died in 1967. He is buried in Hillsdale (Baildon) Cemetery. It is said that Tommy stuttered badly, but sang beautifully, and also played the fiddle and helped out at dances.

Judith (Bowkett) Huntley was born in 1882 in Gloucestershire England. She married Sidney Huntley in 1905 and they immigrated to Winona, ON. In 1909 they came west to the Murray Ranch south of Crestwynd. The same year they moved onto their homestead on SE-14-14-27 W/2 where they lived for fourteen years. In 1923 they moved back to Winona, but in 1929 returned to the Buttress, SK district to the NW-24-14-27 W/2.
Judith and Sidney had five children, Stanley, Miles, Norah, Cecil and Jennie. Judith liked to knit. She loved to sing and dance and play the pump organ. She sang at community dances, was active in the Red Lake Ladies’ Aid, and attended the church that was held in the school.
After Sidney’s passing in 1936, the municipality approached Judith if she would take care of Thomas (Tommy) Gutteridge from Hearne who was widowed and ill. She looked after Tommy in the Huntley home until 1945. They then moved to NW-14-14-27 W/2. In 1949 they again moved to SW-13-14-27 W/2. In 1960 they moved to Moose Jaw. Judith passed away in 1965 and is buried in Hillsdale Cemetery.