Jones' Windstacker, manufactured by Jones and David Kerr, Carberry.
Buildings were on Toronto Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues.
Carberry was the home of the celebrated Jones Stacker and Blower, also
known as the Carberry Blower. It was an important labor saving
device for hay production, and used widely throughout the prairies
They built between 100 and 200 of them annually in Dave Kerr's shop on
Toronto Street at the turn of the century, and employed many people.
Originally named the Jones Stacker Company, it was reorganized and
renamed the Carberry Stacker Company in 1904 with Mr. E. Jones as
president and Kerr as master mechanic.
David Kerr
Mr. Kerr was born in Victoria County, Ontario on 19 July 1855, son of
William Kerr. He worked in the carriage making trade in Ontario and New
York before coming to Manitoba in 1879. He settled at Carberry in early
1880. He spent most of the next seven years working his farm, except
for a year spent building bridges in British Columbia for the Canadian
Pacific Railway. On his return to Carberry he started a carriage and
wagon repair shop until 1899 when he began manufacturing stackers. In
1887 Kerr married Victoria Alberta Goggin of Pleasant Point. He was a
member of the Maccabees, the Orange Society, and the Royal Black
Preceptory. He served as a councillor in 1910.
The first frame houses west of Portage, were built by David Kerr for
John and Billie Markle of the Linwood district.
He helped build the first school at De Winton around 1880.
Elias M. Jones
Mr. Jones was born August12, 1856 in Ontario. He was married to Martha.
He arrived in the region in 1880.
Ay one point, Mr. Jones rented the McNaughton store and used it as a
furniture and implement store.
He served on Council in 1905.
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