NOTABLE PEOPLE

Potentially Significant People  / SERVICES AND PROFESSIONALS

Callander, James

Biography:
Claims: Businessman
Probable Significance: High
Source: The Mere Living/203
Images: N/A
Content: Some additional information
Source: A Century of Living/235
Images: As Above
Content: Some additional information

Galbraith, James

Biography:
Claims: bank manager – Merchants Bank
Probable Significance: High
Source: The Mere Living/206
Images: N/A
Content: No additional information

Hallen, G.S

Biography:
Claims: lawyer
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: The Mere Living/108
Images: N/A
Content: Some additional information

Hopkins, Tena



Biography: Died 1941
Claims: Boarding House for almost 40 years
Probable Significance: High
Source: The Mere Living/217
Images: Ken
Content: Good additional information
Source: A Century of Living/393
Images: As Above
Content: Some additional information

McArter. John



Biography: 1904 – 1915 (d)
Claims: Photographer; Hartney Photo Studio
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: A Century of Living/471
Images: As Above
Content: Some additional information

Murdoch, Walpole

Biography: N/A
Claims: Newspaper editor and manager; Hartney Star; community booster and observer of local scene; expressed modern views and reported controversial issues; attended all churches to observe; sold out to Annie Playfair in 1910
Probable Significance: Major
Source: The Mere Living/181, 182, 183
Images: N/A
Content: Good additional information

Playfair, Annie



Biography: Born Fallbrook Ontario; Died 1947 (Baldur Cemetery)
Claims: Newspaper editor; Belmont News also Hartney Star; 1913 – meeting to form Home Economics Society (later Women’s Institute); visited England on behalf of CNR to encourage immigration; sold newspaper in 1921; at Winnipeg teaching and wring Bible study textbook
Probable Significance: High
Source: The Mere Living/220
Images: N/A
Content: Good additional information
Source: A Century of Living/551
Images: As Above
Content: Good additional information


Sutherland, Alexander Hugh



Biography: Born 1872 Kildonan; Died 1952
Claims: banker for AW Lay Company – became Union bank– Union Bank; town council and mayor in 1911; moved to Winnipeg in 1912, poet; Pres of Canadian Authors Assoc
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: The Mere Living/107/204
Images: N/A
Content: Good additional information
Source: A Century of Living/620
Images: As Above
Content; Good additional information

Sutherland, Dan



Biography: N/A
Claims: Baker and confectioner
Probable Significance: Medium
Source: The Mere Living/185
Images: N/A
Content: No additional information