The Bell Farm was a corporate venture, officially known as the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company, and included a number of investors and employed many people, both for farm purposes and for construction and maintenance. Major Bell also employed a large number of First Nation people to help operate his farm. The images in this Album focus on the Investors - while Album 750 deals with the people who worked and lived on the Farm. Images of people who have been identified are presented in alphabetical order, after the general farming photos and sketches.
Among those who are known to be Investors and Directors are the following:
Investors in 1884:
William R. Bell, Brockville, Ontario - 1100 shares
John Northwood, Chatham, Ontario - 1000 shares
Hermann J. Eberts, Chatham, Ontario - Trustee - 500 shares
William Northwood, Chatham, Ontario - 275 shares
William J. Howard, Chatham, Ontario - 275 shares
Andrew Northwood, Chatham, Ontario - 250 shares
Joseph Northwood sr, Chatham, Ontario - 250 shares
Henry Smyth, M.P., Chatham, Ontario - 200 shares
Robert Crawford, Brockville, Ontario - 100 shares
Thomas C. Elwood, Toronto, Ontario - 100 shares
Edmond Burritt, Easton’s Corners, Ontario - 100 shares
William R. Thistle, Ottawa, Ontario - 100 shares
Charles F. Haughton, Winnipeg, Manitoba - 100 shares
Maria L. Jackson, Chatham, Ontario - 100 shares
Edgar Dewdney, Qu’Appelle, Lieut. Gov of NWT - 100 shares
Salter M. Jarvis, Qu’Appelle, NWT - 60 shares
Michael Houston, Chatham, Ontario - 50 shares
Hugh Malcolmson, Chatham, Ontario - 50 shares
George K. Atkinson, Chatham, Ontario - 50 shares
Harriet Northwood, Chatham, Ontario - 50 shares
James B. Todd, Chatham, Ontario - 50 shares
Arthur W. Vowell, Cassiar, British Columbia - 50 shares
J. Burwell, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA - 50 shares
Robert Z. Rogers, Milford, Manitoba - Trustee - 50 shares
Herman Eberts & Robert Rogers - 40 shares
Directors in 1882:
John Northwood, Chatham, Ontario - Farmer
Hugh Malcolmson, Chatham, Ontario - Grocer
Wm. R. Bell, Qu'Appelle, NWT - Farmer
H.J. Eberts, Chatham, Ontario - Gentleman
Andrew Northwood, Chatham, Ontario - Merchant
Wm. J. Howard, Chatham, Ontario - Maltster
Thomas C. Elwood, Toronto, Ontario - Electrician
H.J. Eberts - Secretary-Treasurer
W.R. Bell - General Manager
John Northwood - President
Hugh Malcolmson - Vice-President
Directors in 1884:(alternate address)
Major W. R. Bell, Manager (Indian Head)
Duncan McArthur, President (Winnipeg)
Hermann J. Eberts, Chatham, Ontario – Sec and Treas. ((Winnipeg)
William J. Howard, Chatham, Ontario, Vice President (Winnipeg)
William R. Thistle, Ottawa, Ontario
Edgar Dewdney, Qu’Appelle, Lieut. Gov of NWT (Regina)
Arthur F. Eden (Winnipeg)
W.L. Boyle (Winnipeg)
George Towner, Toronto
Charles G.L. Kelso, Toronto and Minnesota
Robert Crawford (Indian Head)
New Director in 1885:
William Lewis Boyle - President of Company
New Director in 1887:
William Rae Allan - Bell Farm Director
SOURCES:
Prospectus for the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company, May 12, 1882
Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company Ltd, proprietors of the Bell Farm: President's Report - 9 Jan. 1884 (held at Winnipeg)
Saskatchewan Archives Board: Court Records – Bell Farm 1885 - 02 - R-1266-file 1085 - Box 10
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana , Saskatoon, Sask. and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.
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ALLAN, William Rae - Bell Farm Directror 1887
William Rae Allan (1864-1926) was a Winnipeg-based businessman (primarily insurance) and Director of the newly-established Bell Farm Company (1886), as well as a member of the firm of McArthur, Boyle and Allan (formerly McArthur, Boyle and Campbell). He visited the Bell Farm in April 1887. W.R. Allen was the son of Andrew Allan and nephew of Sir Hugh Allan owners of the Allan Steamship Line.
SOURCES:
photo source: - click here good biographical data 1893 - firm of Allan, Killam and McKay - good information on Allan's business career "Winnipeg Free Press" - April 18 1887 – Allan listed as a Bell Farm Director; also reference to Professor Tanner building a house west of Indian Head "Winnipeg Free Press" - Sept 9 1885 – reference to the firm of McArthur, Boyle, Allan & Buxton (two streets in Indian Head were named after Boyle and Buxton)
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BRUCE, Francis Carmichael - Bell Farm Investor
Francis Carmichael Bruce was one of the original Investors in the Bell Farm. The "Canada Gazette" for March 1882 (p. 1615), lists the men involved with incorporating the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company. F.C. Bruce is one of the provisional directors. However, his name is absent from the subsequent 1884 list of elected Directors, which could mean that he lost heart or was unable to come up with the financial resources needed to remain with the Company. His occupation as a seedsman in Hamilton would have been particularly appropriate in light of the proposed agricultural business of the new Company.
SOURCES:
photo: "Men of Canada: A portrait Gallery" https://archive.org/stream/menofcanadaportr00coopuoft#page/250/mode/2up Hamilton, the Birmingham of Canada - https://archive.org/stream/hamiltonbirmingh00hamiuoft#page/n97/mode/2up Ontario Mutual Life/ Board of Directors - https://archive.org/stream/cihm_41374#page/n25/mode/2up "Canada Gazette", 1882: http://books.google.ca/books?id=8Bc-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1615&dq=%22+qu'appelle+valley%22+%22+engineer%22+%221882%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EVPcU8S1HsjZoATIoYDIDw&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=carmichael&f=false http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Carmichael_Bruce
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Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask. -
BURWELL, Julius H. - Bell Farm Investor
In 1884, Jule H. BURWELL (1846-1927) owned an agricultural firm in St Paul, Minnesota that specialized in farm machinery, implements and carriages. In 1886 he is listed as a vice-president for the Rabbit Mountain silver mine, near Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, in which Major Bell was also owned shares. Burwell was deemed to be a prominent St. Paul businessman, and in 1892 he was elected president of the State Agricultural Society. However, a year later he was also involved with a $50,000 embezzlement scandal, which resulted in his resignation from the firm of Mast, Buford and Burwell Carriage Company. There is no indication on the outcome of this charge. However, Burwell moved out of his brand new luxury house in St. Paul in 1894.
SOURCES:
Photo: "St. Paul Daily Globe", Oct. 2, 1892, p. 12 – http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1892-10-02/ed-1/seq-13/%3Bwords%3D/?date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&state=Minnesota&date2=1922&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=jh+burwell&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0 Burwell’s house on Summet Avenue, in St. Paul, 1904 - http://www.angelfire.com/mn/thursdaynighthikes/summiteast4.html "History of St. Paul and Vicinity", by Henry A. Castle, 1912, p. 428 - http://archive.org/stream/historyofstpaulv01cast#page/428/mode/2up "History of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society", by Darwin S. Hall and R.I. Holcombe, 1910, p. 244 - http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu50589806;view=image;q1=Burwell;start=1;size=100;page=root;seq=252;num=244 "Grand Opening of the Northern Pacific Railway celebration at St. Paul, Minnesota, the Eastern Terminus - Sept. 3, 1883", compiled by J.H. Hanson, p. 30 - http://archive.org/stream/grandopeningofno00nortrich#page/n37/mode/2up/search/burwell "Indianapolis News", Sept. 23, 1893, p. 8 – Burwell embezzlement charge details - https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INN18930922-01.1.8 - Rabbit Mountain Silver Mine - https://books.google.ca/books?id=aH9OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA374&dq=%22port+arthur%22+%22JH+burwell%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiw65mMl_7LAhXozoMKHZcjDRQQ6AEIGzAA#v=snippet&q=rabbit%20mountain&f=false http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1892-10-02/ed-1/seq-13/%3Bwords%3D/?date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&state=Minnesota&date2=1922&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=jh+burwell&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burwell-668
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Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask. and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask. -
CRAWFORD, Robert - Bell Farm Investor
Robert Crawford (1834-1897), was known as 'the Laird of Indian Head' and was an original investor in the Bell Farm who helped in selecting its location. He was among some of the earliest people to sign the Bell Farm Visitors Register: signing on Sept. 14, 1884 - entry # 028. A former Hudson's Bay Company officer, Crawford named Indian Head, became the Postmaster, was owner of the general store, and sat as a member of the 1886/1887 North-West Territorial Council. In 1863 he married Elizabeth Miles, daughter of Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) Chief Factor Robert S. Miles. Crawford's two adopted children (his niece and nephew - Margaret and William) were well known in Indian Head. Margaret was the Sunday school teacher and Willie (HBC) took over the general store, which burnt down in the early 1900's along with it's $25,000 worth of uninsured stock. William then moved to Kelowna, B.C. where he was known as 'the man in the white stetson hat'; so it seems he had his father's outgoing personality.
SOURCES:
Photo: McCord Museum, Montreal / William Notman Collection Known as 'the Laird of Indian Head' Robert Crawford was an investor in the Bell Farm and selected it's location.A former HBC officer , Crawford named Indian Head, became the Postmaster and owner of the general store and sat as a member of the 1886/1887 North-West Council. photo source: McCord Museum/William Notman Canadian Parliamentary Companion: http://books.google.ca/books?id=VWUSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA377&dq=%22Capt.+Andrew+Crawford%22&hl=en&ei=rSNvTe3LM8O2tgfgtuTuDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Capt.%20Andrew%20Crawford%22&f=false Death Notice for Robert Crawford (died Sept 22 1897) Leader Post (middle page of front page~ zoom twice): http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=IjbvboqL_eAC&dat=18970923&printsec=frontpage Death Notice for Robert Crawford Qu'Appelle Progress(bottom right hand corner of front page): http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=HOg0WoviCygC&dat=18970923&printsec=frontpage 'Morning Leader' (Crawford named Indian Head reference ) http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MwZTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0DcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5006,2266106&dq=robt+crawford+indian-head&hl=en "The Laird" of Indian Head: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5XhTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ODgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4711,3977647&dq=robt+crawford+indian-head&hl=en Letter referring to "The Laird" of Indian Head: http://dev.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/macleod/scan_1890_01.htm
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Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask. -
Dewdney, Edgar - Bell Farm Investor
Edgar Dewdney, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories, bought shares in the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company (also known as the Bell Farm), and served as both a Director of the Company and as its President in 1884. However, he did not realize immediate profits and left the Company within a year or two, apparently quite disillusioned by Major Bell's venture. The North-West Rebellion of 1885 might also have had an affect on his decision to withdraw, especially as the Rebellion Losses / Claims Commission investigated Major Bell's financial dealings while he served as the Transport Officer at Qu'Appelle. SOURCES: RESEARCH BY: Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask. -
EBERTS, Hermann Joseph - Bell Farm investor
Hermann Joseph Eberts (1842-1906) was a McGill educated lawyer and a descendant of Austrian nobility. (At one point the family name was recorded as "von Eberts".) Eberts had business interests in both Chatham, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was one of the original investors in the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company in 1884. The Eberts family lived in Indian Head from 1882 to 1883 and again from 1885 to 1887, when they moved back to Winnipeg. Hermann died in Victoria, British Columbia in 1906.
SOURCES:
Photo: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/I-49183.1 http://aldis-day.name/node/189 http://books.google.ca/books?id=9_8uAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA79&dq=%22Hermann+J.+Eberts%22&hl=en&ei=r4qhTPb3CIOTnQefmpyIBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Hermann%20J.%20Eberts%22&f=false Obituary: Manitoba Morning Free Press, January 19, 1906. Indian Head: History of Indian Head and District, 1984; p. 360-361 http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/guide/update/guideupdate.htm#EBERTS%20FAMILY%20FONDS
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Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask; John Sled, North Vancouver, B.C.; and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask. -
EDEN, Arthur Francis Eden - Bell Farm Investor
Arthur F. Eden (b. 1852), was an investor in the Bell Farm and also the Land Commissioner for the Manitoba and North Western Railway. He visited the Bell Farm around June 11, 1885 and signed the Visitors Register: # 174. In 1887 Major Bell, Eden and others including John Norquay (the premier of Manitoba) went into business together under the name The North West Buffalo Breeding Company. Eden returned to England in 1894.
SOURCES:
Photo: - "Winnipeg Daily Tribune" ~ Souvenir Publication (1891) http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_30638#page/n47/mode/2up Library and Archives Canada Other Sources: http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/eden_af.shtml Sessional Paper # 5 - 1887 The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal - 1911 http://thepeerage.com/p39579.htm http://books.google.ca/books?id=Y6tRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA6&dq=%22arthur+francis+eden%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sT_0TpfsD47hsQKZj_2xAQ&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22arthur%20francis%20eden%22&f=false Northwester Trust Company ~ Arthur F Eden "St. Paul Daily Globe" - 1884
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Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask. -
ELWOOD, Thomas Caldwell - Bell Farm investor
Thomas Caldwell Elwood (1853-1886) was a Superintendent with the Dominion Telegraph Company. The brother of Mrs. Catherine A. Bell, and hence Major Bell's brother-in-law, he was one of the original investors in the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company, buying 100 shares. He lived in Toronto at that time (1882). In 1880 he married Catherine Worthington. Thomas Elwood was also a well known figure skater, and partnered with his sister, Margaret [Elwood] McCrady in various competitions between 1868 and 1870, including one in New York. Mrs Bell's father, James Galt, sued the Frank Leslie newspaper over an "indecent" illustration of Margaret costumed as Mercury during a skating event. The newspapers reported that he was asking for $50,000 in damages - almost a million dollars in today's money.
SOURCES:
E-Mail from Michelle to Frank Korvemaker, 24 April 2019 Montreal Gazette Feb 3 1886 (Toronto news) - announces death of Thomas Elwood Bith and Mariage - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Elwood-392 List of Provisional Directors for the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company, submitted from Chatham, Ontario – 24 March 1882. Photo source: Canada Science Technology Museum Room TK 51233 R44 1879 https://ingeniumcanada.org/channel/articles/enhanced-reading-john-horns-volume-telegraph-america-1879
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Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask. and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask. -
HOUGHTON, Charles F. - Bell Farm investor
Lt. Col. Charles F. Houghton was an Irishman who served with both the British and Canadian military. After retiring from farming in British Columbia, Houghton was elected to the House of Commons. He later was transferred by his military unit to Winnipeg, Manitoba and participated in the North-West Rebellion of 1885, but apparently did not get along with General Middleton. In 1884 Houghton was listed as one of the 20 initial investors in the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company.
SOURCES:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Q8wdA_mUjl0J:www.library.ubc.ca/archives/pdfs/bchf/bchq_1954_1.pdf+%22+charles+F+houghton%22+%22riel%22&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=safari http://books.google.ca/books?id=dOx0vxlvtvQC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=%22charles+F+houghton%22+%22winnipeg%22&source=bl&ots=cDdIAaQHl9&sig=w7aGa4VQHnQuKyunPtIpQxx40Nw&hl=en&ei=-ZahTPjjG4v_nAeWvMSIBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22charles%20F%20houghton%22%20%22winnipeg%22&f=false http://archivescanada.ca/english/search/RouteRqst.asp?sessionKey=1285658703009_206_191_57_212
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HOUSTON, Michael - Bell Farm Investor
Michael Houston, a Bell Farm investor, was a lawyer and police magistrate in Chatham, Ontario. His wife, Harriet Northwood and father-in-law William Northwood were also investors. Houston served on Chatham's municipal council, and made headlines in 1913 when he accused the mayor of trying to bribe him off council and out of the city.
SOURCES:
photo source and bribry article: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5Ac_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Dk4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2190,2718603&dq=michael-houston+chatham&hl=en Biography: ttp://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/kent/houston_michael.htm
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Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan -
HOWARD, Thomas - Bell Farm investor
Hon. Thomas Howard (1845-1903) was a Riel veteran, a member of the first Manitoba Legislature, and Director and investor in the Bell Farm in 1884. His investments faltered, and when he was murdered or committed suicide in 1903 in California, Howard left his family penniless.
SOURCES:
https://archive.org/stream/cihm_92682#page/n307/mode/2up stockholder and director (Major Bell's testimony) – p. 230 http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19030725.2.2# photo source and article Howard/suicide.jpg July 30 1903 Oakland Tribune Memorable Manitobans, with good biographical summery: http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/howard_t.shtml http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2048&dat=19030725&id=VzJKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ah8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6285,511759 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=27&dat=19030808&id=He85AAAAIBAJ&sjid=vSkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=373,13234845 http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19030724.2.41# https://archive.org/stream/tragedyofklondik00dayluoft#page/134/mode/2up pg 135-136 http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19030730.2.93 suicide http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19030725.2.147 Jan 10 1884 "Manitoba Daily Press": "At the annual meeting of the Bell Farming Company, held yesterday morning the following directors were elected, Messrs AF Eden,WR Bell,John Northwood, Duncan MacArthur ,WL Boyle,HJ Edwards, Governor Dewdney,Thomas Howard and CG Kelso" Jan 11 1884 "Winnipeg Free Press": "The following were elected the new directors of the big Bell Farm at the Winnipeg meeting of the Qu'Appelle Farming Company owners of the Farm: Hon Edgar Dewdney ,Regina,Hon Thomas Howard,AF Eden Duncan MacArthur,WL Boyle,and HJ Eberts Winnipeg,John Northwood Chatham Ont, CGL Kelso Hallock Minn and Robert Crawford and WR Bell,Indian Head." This newspaper article "Gallant Old Officer" which reports that Howard's dreams of gold and death left his family penniless: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1903-07-29/ed-1/seq-16/
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Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask. -
KELSO, Charles G. - Bell Farm Investor
Charles G. Kelso (1852-1923) - one of the early Bell Farm Investors - was born at Sterling, about 14 miles NW of Belleville, Major Bell's home town. He was married to Helen Booth [Willson] Kelso (1861-1929). At some point they formed a partnership and established the Bell-Kelso Farm in NW Minnesota, near the town of Hallock. (In Hallock, the farm is called the Kelso-Bell Farm.) The Bell-Kelso Farm was large by standards of the day (about 5,000 acres) and was referred to as a "Bonanza Farm" in the American mid-west. It appears that Major Bell conceived the idea for his much larger farm while living in Hallock, and when he returned to Canada around 1881 to establish the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company, Charles Kelso took over Bell's share of the Hallock operations, but also became an investor in the new Bell Farm. SOURCES: Personal Communication: Frank Korvemaker and Glenn Browne, Hallock, Minnesota, 2011 Personal Communication: Michelle Cabana and Mary Hirsch, descendant of Charles Kelso, 2011 Kelso Burial - Belleville, Ontario - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123892992/charles-george_l-kelso Illinois Statewide Death Index 1916-1950 Major Bell at shooting match - "Kane Weekly Blade, Pennsylvania" - Aug 21, 1879 "St. Paul Daily Globe", June 1881 - https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025287/1881-06-21/ed-1/seq-2/#words=Kelso St. Paul Daily Globe, Nov. 1881 - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=&dateFilterType=year&year=&date1=01%2F01%2F1860&date2=12%2F31%2F1922&ortext=&andtext=&phrasetext=C.G.L.+Kelso&proxtext=&proxdistance=5&submit=SEARCH Minneapolis, St. Paul - Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company annual report, 1888 - http://books.google.ca/books?id=UZcbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA36&dq=%22kelso+%22+%22Hallock+minnesota%22&hl=en&ei=Fe5YTfXqFYGCtge5md2hDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22kelso%20%22%20%22Hallock%20minnesota%22&f=false "The Chose Minnesota" by J.D. Holmquist, 1981 - https://books.google.ca/books?id=QWBhzg7AQPwC&pg=PA260&dq=%22kelso+brothers+%22+Hallock+minnesota&hl=en&ei=jvBZTeWpGoLGlQf8ptWVDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Kelso&f=false Photo - "Curling in Canada and the United States", 1902-03 - http://www.archive.org/stream/curlingincanadau00kerrrich#page/648/mode/2up/search/kelso "The Chicago Blue Book" - 1902" - https://archive.org/details/chicagobluebooko1902chic/page/13 Colonel Calvin S Uline bio - https://archive.org/stream/northdakotahisto03loun#page/476/mode/2up Col Uline photo - http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/largerimage.php?irn=10134830&catirn=10766920 Minnesota State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1880-1881 Kelso & Bell (not in the 1878-1879 directory) - https://archive.org/stream/minnesotanorthso21unse#page/n629/mode/2up Minnesota State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1882- 1883 Kelso & Bell - https://archive.org/stream/minnesotanorthso31unse#page/n647/mode/2up Col. Uline's report on the Kelso-Bell Farm - "St Paul Daily Globe" June 21, 1881. http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagobluebooko1902chic#page/104/mode/2up/search/club RESEARCH BY: Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask.; and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask. -
NORTHWOOD, Joseph - Bell Farm investor
Joseph Northwood, one of the original Bell Farm Investors, was a lumber merchant and ran a distillery in Chatham. He was elected to the town's first council and appointed in 1880 to the Senate by Sir John A. MacDonald. He died in 1886.
SOURCES:
http://books.google.ca/books?id=z6wOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA98&dq=%22+Chatham%22+%22Kent+Mills%22&hl=en&ei=hLmjTIyOH8agnAe68Y2JBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22%20Chatham%22%20%22Kent%20Mills%22&f=false photo : Illustrated Guide to the House of Commons and Senate of Canada.Ottawa,1885 http://www.cktimes.ca/archives/column/86/9547.html http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:A1PcxjWCYP0J:www.royaltavern.ca/history.php+%22joe+northwood%22+%22Chatham%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=safari http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073590899#page/n735/mode/2up/search/Northwood
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Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask. -
ROGERS, Robert Zacheus - Bell Farm investor
Robert Zacheus Rogers (1842-1911) was involved in real estate development in what would later become Manitoba. He established the community of Milford which failed when it was bypassed by the railway in 1881. Rogers also participated in the Fenian Raids and in 1885 became the Lt. Colonel of the 40th Northumberland Battalion Infantry Regiment. In 1884 he is listed as being one of the minor investors in the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company, holding only 40 shares, compared with Bell's 1100 shares.
SOURCES:
http://www.montalona.com/robert-z-rogers.jpg http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/32/1/1?RECLIST
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Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask. -
SMYTH, Henry - Bell Farm investor
Henry Smyth (1841-1929), a Bell Farm Investor, was a lawyer, Mayor of Chatham, and a Conservative MP for West Kent Ontario. Smyth is listed in the Bell Farm's 1884 Annual Report as being one of the original investors in the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company. He died in 1929.
SOURCES:
photo: Illustrated Guide to the House of Commons and Senate of Canada.Ottawa, 1885 http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32957 https://www.myheritage.com/names/henry_smyth
RESEAECH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.