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We
Made The R.M. of Pipestone
Pioneers
Notable
Family: The Bullochs
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The Bulloch farm at
threshing time. T.A. Bulloch at the far left, then Robert Bulloch.
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Thomas Bulloch was born at Kirkintilloch, Scotland in
1814, and came with his parent to Canada in 1820. He married Ellen
Craig in 1838. Three of Thomas and Ellen’s son would come to the
Pipestone settlement in the 1880’s and the parents would join them in
1887.
William Bulloch
William Bulloch, born May 20, 1848 was the sixth child of Thomas and
Ellen Bulloch. He was married on May 30, 1877 at Hopetown, Ontario to
Christina Stewart, born December 23, 1855. He and his brothers, Thomas
and William, all settled in the Reston. When William and Christina
first came west in 1881, they settled at Brandon on a part of the
present Agricultural Research Station.
They settled on the northeast of 28-7-27 in June 1889, with his family.
It was on this quarter section that the first Reston post office was
established in 1890 and operated by William. The first library in
the settlement, organized by the Pipestone Mutual Improvement
Association, was kept at the Bulloch house. A second larger home
was built on the southeast of 28-7-27 where they resided until about
1910 when they retired to Reston.
The Bullochs had eleven children and the farm remained in the family
for three generations.
Robert Bulloch
Robert Bulloch married Margaret Caldwell in 1870. Robert came to the
Reston area in 1882, and brought the family in 1885.
Robert was present at the first meeting held to discuss erecting the
Lanark School. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1930.
Several of their children remained in the area.
Their son, Thomas A, married Ellen Guthie, daughter of pioneers Mr.
& Mrs. W.R. Guthrie.
Thomas Bulloch
Thomas Bulloch came to the Reston area, arriving with his wife Jane
(McIlrath) in 1883. Thomas was involved in the formation of a
Presbyterian congregation, helping to organize the first service in the
region, which were held in the loft of McKinnon’s barn on August 31,
1884. Services were held also in the Bulloch home.
When the time came to build a school in the area a spot on the Thomas
Bulloch farm was chosen.
Adapted from Trails Along the Pipestone, page
540, 297
Adapted from Pioneers of the Pipestone, page 21, 25, 41
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