1882 - Boyd, John - Bell Farm Squatter's surveyed land
John Boyd married Eliza Jane Thompson in Brandon, Manitoba in 1881. The couple moved to Indian Head in 1882, where John was first a squatter, and later an employee at the Bell Farm Bell.
After the Bell Farm purchased their farm in 1885, they moved to the Abernethy area, where they farmed for many years.
Later they returned to Indian Head, and lived on the Sunbeam Farm established by Lord Brassey in the 1890s. Their only daughter, Annie, was drowned in an accident in 1908.
SOURCES:
"Regina Leader" May 8, 1930, pg. 13/E.John Boyd/obituary
"First White Woman to Reach Indian Head Dies" - "Regina Leader" May 8, 1930, pg 13
"Regina Leader" May 5, 1908, pg 1 Margaret Ann "Annie"/obituary born May 13, 1884
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148228-00261 - 1891 Census/John, Eliza Jane and Margaret Ann
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask.