JEFFERSON, Francis George - Bell Farm employee
Deaf mute who worked on the Bell Farm in 1886 - Francis George Jefferson was among 38 deaf mutes who migrated from England to Canada in the mid 1880s. They were encouraged to go by Miss Jane Elizabeth Groom, and settle in Manitoba. Miss Groom was an instructor at the "Morley Hall Mission to the Deaf and Dumb", in Hackney, London, England. After settling in Manitoba, Jefferson moved to Indian Head, where he was employed on the Bell Farm. Jefferson was one of five Hackney residents employed by Major Bell and paid the same monthly wage as other settlers. The arrival of the deaf mutes caused some controversy - suggesting that England was relocating her "burden" here. The Major and Mrs Bell did, however, welcome them. SOURCES: http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayEcopies&lang=eng&rec_nbr=535177&title=[Correspondence].&ecopy=e008598886&back_url=() http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayEcopies&lang=eng&rec_nbr=535177&title=[Correspondence].&ecopy=e008598886&back_url=() A future for the deaf and dumb in the Canadian North-West: Being an account of a first attempt at colonisation in the Canadian North-West by Miss Jane Elizabeth Groom, and a plan of her future operations. London: Potter Bros, 1884. http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/1240/16.html?qid=peelbib%7CBell%7C%28peelnum%3A001240%29%7Cscore The Toronto Daily Mail Oct 8 1887 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LuNMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZzYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4337,1651740&dq=deaf+mutes+winnipeg&hl=en http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WCT18840512.2.16&l=mi&e=-------10--1----2-- http://www.deafculturecentre.ca/Public/Place/Item_Details.aspx?ID=57 http://books.google.ca/books?id=sbRKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=%22jane+elizabeth+groom%22&source=bl&ots=nxfEQ41pO4&sig=ocZjrysoeUedbmsa_GQATse-49I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4twLT56TMYvhggeOnf2wBw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22jane%20elizabeth%20groom%22&f=false http://books.google.ca/books?id=eP-nI-saITYC&pg=PA69&dq=%22jane+elizabeth+groom%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Y-ILT5bFDuzLsQKkj52dBg&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22jane%20elizabeth%20groom%22&f=false http://books.google.ca/books?id=qtoUAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA221&dq=%22EMIGRATION+OF+DEAF+MUTES%22+%22manitoba%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=f8cMT4MKx_jSAaO2xJsG&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22EMIGRATION%20OF%20DEAF%20MUTES%22%20%22manitoba%22&f=false Research by: Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Bill Pinfold, England