CAMPKIN, Harry H. - Bell Farm employee
Harry Herbert Campkin (1869-1941) came to Indian Head in 1885 and started the first school in the community.
According to a 1905 Des Moines newspaper article, he also worked at the Bell Farm for a while shortly after he arrived here. In 1892 he married Ida Lee, and in 1903 Harry and Roger Lee (Ida's father) bought the half section of farm land that included the Bell Farmhouse, round stone barn and other buildings.
From about 1903 until 1910 Harry, Ida and their three children (Wilbert, Kathleen and Frances) lived in the stone farmhouse and made a number of improvements, including installation of electricity, hot water piping and (again) a telephone.
The Campkins sold their interest in the farms, and moved to Regina in 1912, where Harry worked in general insurance and hail insurance. A member of the Indian Head Masonic Lodge since 1890, Harry Campkin was elected Worshipful Master of the Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan in 1906 and 1907.
During the time that the Campkins owned the Bell Farmhouse, they also added a tennis court and enhanced the horticultural aspect of the property.
SOURCES:
"History of Indian Head and District", 1984, p. 310
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=546366) Campkin photo: 1906 Compliments of: Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Regina, Sask.
Bell - Campkin Farmhouse photo - http://www.gallery.ca/sva/sk/ind_01/pg_14e.htm
Indian Head school - http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=546130
"Des Moines Register" (Newspaper) July 5, 1905
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask.and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.