Major General John Wimburn LAURIE - Travelled with the British Association in 1884

Major General Laurie attended the Montreal meeting of the British Association and presented a paper on the agricultural resources of Nova Scotia. During the North-West Rebellion of 1885, Laurie was put in charge of the government's transportation forces stationed at Swift Current.

SOURCES:
https://archive.org/stream/reportofbritisha85brit#page/848/mode/2up

https://archive.org/stream/cihm_05877#page/n21/mode/2up/search/Laurie

http://books.google.ca/books?id=dOx0vxlvtvQC&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=Major+General+John+Wimburn+Laurie&source=bl&ots=cEdHD6LEje&sig=bQMZfhS55F1qWZgDT0-E6ha-S2Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lhiMUsCBA4LFigLB8oGADQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Major%20General%20John%20Wimburn%20Laurie&f=false

Photo:
http://www.accesswave.ca/~bleslie/Laurie.jpg

Research by: Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon and Frank Korvemaker, regina