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The Life of the Bergey Family in Manitoba

Jacob E. Bergey was born in 1862 and Lydia Bricker was born in 1869. They were married in Kitchener, Ontario in 1892. They came to Plum Coulee, Manitoba in 1896; then to Rosser, Manitoba in 1899 where they purchased a three quarter section farm from Mr. Farrel at 18-12-1E.
Mr. and Mrs. Bergey were active in [...]

The Whitewater Murder Mystery- Daw and Smith

For two years, he was the subject of an intensive police search encompassing Canada and the United States, but before that he was merely one of thousands of Ontarians coming to Manitoba to seek their fame and fortune. Over the course of just a couple of years, Walter Gordon earned a healthy dose of the [...]