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.

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.

George Benjamin Cubitt Sharpe was born in Ashmanhaugh, Norfolk, England on May 16, 1864 to Benjamin George and Naomi (Cooke) Sharpe. He had eight sisters and three brothers. Sharpe immigrated to Canada in 1886 and applied for a homestead on NE 20-17-25-W2, near Moose Jaw, North-West Territories (now known as Saskatchewan) on December 14, 1888. He was declared the legal owner of the land in 1893. Sharpe later moved into Moose Jaw, where he worked in various occupations, including as partner in a lumber business. Active in the local community, Sharpe served as a municipal official, was involved with the Methodist Church and was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 3, A.F. and A.M. and Independent Order of Foresters. Sharpe died in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 30, 1949.

Georgina Reynolds was born in Ontario on August 31, 1861. She married George B.C. Sharpe in Moose Jaw on December 31, 1888. The Sharpes had two children: Ernest Wesley Cubitt (born March 1, 1891) and Walter (1894-1901). Georgina Sharpe died in Markham, Ontario on October 12, 1945. Ernest W.C. Sharpe, often referred to as Cubitt, practiced law in Vancouver. He died on December 9, 1975. He and his wife, C. Jane Devitt, did not have any children.

Richard William Turner was born on October 13, 1926. He attended the Marlborough School, Northwest of Moose Jaw, in 1932. Richard joined the Canadian army during the Second World War. Richard married Ethel Terry in 1949. Ethel was born on January 4, 1923 in London, England. They had one daughter, Gloria, and one son, Dave.

Ethel died on April 25, 2011. Richard died on March 23, 2016.

Alexander Grant Zess was born in Wellington County, Province of Canada on May 3, 1853. Alexander married Christina Dalgarno in London, Ontario on December 1875. Christina Webster Dalgarno was born on December 13, 1857 in Arthur, Province of Canada.

They moved to Detroit and had their first son Robert Theodore on November 25, 1876. Their second son Alexander Grant was born on February 13, 1879 in Arthur, Ontario. The family returned to Detroit where Alexander Grant Zess worked as a teamster, and then as a labourer, teamster, and a merchant of beer and ice after their third son, John Andrew, was born on August 9, 1881. The couple had a daughter, Florence May, on May 21, 1884, and sons Elgin Gordon on June 25, 1886, and Bruce Irvin on August 20, 1889. After having their last Detroit born child, the family returned to Canada for good.

The Zess family moved west to the Moose Jaw area in 1890 to join Christina’s brother Andrew Dalgarno who had begun farming in the area after working for the CPR. The family first lived with Andrew Dalgarno, afterwards renting the Dalgarno farm, and eventually farming on land northeast of Moose Jaw.

It was around this time that Alexander Grant Zess spent approximately $5000 to develop and patent a cultivator for farming. The first 100 units were delivered in the Summer of 1898 and were mostly sold out. After some improvements, Zess sold the rights to his patent to Henry Kern and William Crosgrove in 1899.

The family then moved into Moose Jaw, living at 110 Fairford Street East. They again moved to 822 - 5 Avenue N.W., the house where Alexander Grant Zess would live out the rest of his days, some time later. Alexander Grant Zess first appears in the Henderson’s Directories in 1906 as having a meat market at 31 Main Street. He was to become a successful and well-known cattle and horse buyer, and also became involved in sheep ranching south of Assiniboia.

The couple had their last three children, William Garfield on January 24, 1893, Christopher Calder on August 22, 1895, and Wilfred Webster on September 19, 1899.

Alexander Grant Zess died at his home in Moose Jaw on May 30, 1937, the couple having celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary less than two years prior. Christina Zess died in Cranbrook, British Columbia on November 30, 1943.

Walter L. Joyner was born in Gloucestershire, England. He emigrated to Canada and spent a number of years in the retail industry in Quebec and Ontario. In 1911, he took a trip west to explore possible sites for a retail store. In his opinion, the best choices were Fort Edmonton and Moose Jaw. He chose Moose Jaw. He returned in 1912 and purchased the business of J.M. MacLeod (or M.J. MacLeod in some sources) on the west side of Main Street between Manitoba and River.
The building had been built by M. McBride in 1892 after the previous structure had been destroyed by fire. Another source says the building was constructed by William Chalmers (other sources refer to a James Chalmers) in the 1880's and it survived the fire of 1891. The date of purchase is unclear but at some point , a second floor was added to Chalmers’ building and both were joined to became what Moose Javians knew as Joyner’s - Chalmers’ half in the north and McBride’s half was the south portion. A third, one story section south of McBride’s portion was also incorporated into the business at some point.
Walter Joyner reopened the store on June 13, 1912 and during the next few days sold much of the existing stock of merchandise at sale prices. After using these funds to pay MacLeod, he had little left for operational or personal expenses. His personal contacts with eastern suppliers allowed him to obtain merchandise on credit until his cash flow improved. It was one of the largest family owned and operated department stores in Western Canada. The store was nicknamed “The People’s Popular Purchasing Place”.
His wife, Ellis Virginia Joyner arrived in late June 1912 with their four children. Two daughters, Maude and Alice and two sons, Charles and Frank both served overseas during the First World War, but Charles was killed. Frank returned and later took over the store from his father. Walter died in 1944, followed by his wife in 1948.
Frank Edward Joyner was born in Ottawa in 1897. He took over the family business from his father and operated it for many years. He served on the Moose Jaw City Council and was involved with numerous charitable, sports, business and veterans organizations including the Boy Scouts and St. John Ambulance. He and his wife Lillian had two daughters and a son, Ted, who took over the business from Frank. Frank Joyner died in 1983.
Ted Joyner operated the business until ca. May 1994 when he sold the stock and fixtures (with the exception of the cash cable car mentioned below). His wife Kathy and daughter Kelly were also involved in the family business. Their son Jay studied law and engineering.

In the days of malls and retail franchises, Joyner’s Department Store was one of the largest remaining family department stores in Canada. Joyner’s also became one of the largest Canadian distributors of blue jeans, selling in smaller quantities to smaller stores who could not afford the bulk purchases of major chains.
Joyner’s became a tourist attraction in later years as it had one of only two working electric cable cash carrier systems in Canada. Small metal boxes would be attached to a cable by floor staff to carry cash and sales receipts from each department to a central counter. Change and customers receipts would return the same way. Installed by Walter Joyner ca. 1915, it continued to operate while other businesses switched to pneumatic systems and later to cash registers.
Joyner recognized the importance of the cable cash carrier system to Moose Jaw heritage so it was not sold and remained in the building and was used by later occupants.
The building and contents were among the businesses destroyed in the January 1, 2004 fire that burned the southwest corner of Main and River Streets.

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.

A detailed scrapbook/history of the Hovdestad Family in the Stewart Valley/Swift Current area of Saskatchewan can be found at: https://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/family/hovdestad-family-history-6144489

James Lorne Connell (1894-1965) was born in Manitoba; he enlisted in the CEF on 24 November 1915 (he was a dental student at the time). He married fellow dental student Mabel Gertrude Killins (1894-1963); they settled in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Both continued to practice dentistry; and they had two children, a son, George Edward Connell (1930-2015); and a daughter, Mary Louise Hose (d. 2 July 2001). Mabel Connell served for a time on the Board of Broadcast Governors.

Stella Curror (nee MacDougall) was born in Battleford, NWT, in 1898 and died in Regina on Feb 4, 1988. She was predeceased by her husband, William L (Bill) Curror (1897-1973).