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Memories of Rose Noel before becoming Mrs. Stark

Two brothers, Gus and Richard Noel came from Volhynia, Poland to Canada around 1906. They stayed at the Gottlieb Bischke farm. Gottlieb and Augusta Bischke were the brothers’ aunt and uncle. Richard Noel met Ida Jobb when Ida was working in Whitemouth at Stillman’s store, or while she worked at Bayse’s store. They were married [...]

Construction of the Railway just before the Aqueduct

An experimental station was established at Reynolds by the Manitoba department of agriculture “with a view in helping the settlers already located and to demonstrate the possibilities of the district.”
The provincial government also established a prison farm, known as the- Provincial Gaol Farm, four kilometres west of East Braintree.
Building the railway was not an easy [...]