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Fennell, Anna & Perley

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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.

Beveridge, Thomas and May

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Thomas Beveridge (1826-1895) and Margaret Kennedy McLeish (1838-1918) emigrated from Scotland to Middlesex County, Ontario. They moved to Little Mountain, Manitoba as part of the Red River Settlement. Their descendants settled in Maple Creek, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver.

Wilson Family

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  • 1866-1957

Richard Wilson was born on August 6, 1866. Mary Caroline Wilson was born in Cotswold, Ontario in 1871. They were married on November 29, 1893 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. They had one son, Francis St. Clair Wilson, who died around 1969.

Richard Wilson died on March 6, 1944. Mary Caroline Wilson died on June 5, 1957.

Gutteridge-Huntley Family

  • Family
  • 1882-1967

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.

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