ELKINGTON, William M.


Crossed the Bell Farm on July 1, 1892.

William M. Elkington bought a homestead 20 miles north of Fort Qu'Appelle, and moved there from England in April 1889. He worked his farm ,and did other manual labour in the region until he returned permanently to England in 1893. Meanwhile, he helped to construct the Brassey stone barn SW of Indian Head in the summer of 1892, serving as a stonemason's helper.


SOURCES:

  • https://archive.org/stream/cihm_30169#page/n5/mode/2up "Five Years in Canada" (Bell farm references from pg 91, 92, 99, and 121) (1892-1893) – published in 1895

  • https://archive.org/stream/wideworldmagazin01lond#page/424/mode/2up photo source for Elkington (born c.1871)

  • https://archive.org/details/cu31924003044173 Elkington and Long

RESEARCH BY:

Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.


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