Dillon, James - Bell Farm employee
James Dillon (1858-1939) was born in Greenville County, Ontario. He moved to Winnipeg in 1879, and later to Indian Head, where he worked as a Bell Farm employee from 1883 to 1885. Mr. Dillon's obituary doesn't mention what he did on the Bell Farm but the 1880 Winnipeg census lists his occupation as being a tinsmith. He was therefore likely employed in that capacity during construction of and repairs to the various Bell Farm buildings.
In 1885, James Dillon moved to Fort Qu'Appelle, where he married Annie McLay (born 1871) and operated a Hardware Store until his retirement in 1929. James and Annie then moved to Regina to live with his family.
Dillon was an avid curler, and represented Fort Qu'Appelle on many occasions.
Annie died in 1936 and James in 1939; they are both buried in Regina's Pioneer Cemetery at the NW corner of Broad Street and 4th Avenue.
SOURCES:
bio and photo "Regina Leader-Post" June 9, 1939 - pg 2 - https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=w9EjUEod0xMC&dat=19390609&printsec=frontpage&hl=en (Note: Dillon's son Thomas was not killed in 1916 but instead on 2nd April 1918. https://cgwp.uvic.ca/detail.php?pid=1181938 )
Tinsmith - 1880 census - https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=&img&id=e008209702
Advertisement - Qu'Appelle Progress Dec. 24, 1897/ - Dillon / Company Ave, Fort Qu'Appelle
James Dillon, curler - “Annual of the Manitoba Branch Royal Caledonian Club of Scotland , Vol. 9, 1897-98” -
https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/pdfs/37131055280747d.pdf pg. 54, 124-125, 147 - Fort Qu'Appelle Curling Club
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.; and Bill Pinfold, Sharnbrook, England.