Edwin, the fifth son was born in 1905 and was
raised in Balmoral and Winnipeg. He became inter-
ested very early in radio and electronics, and soon
was in the electrical supply business. He married
Anne Snaith and had two children, Douglas and
Cathy and now have several grandchildren. They
moved to Montreal after the war and Ed set up his
own electronics company which he still operates. He
and Anne still live in Montreal.

Lillian, the only girl was born in 1907. Due to the
death of her mother at an early age she spent much of
her younger years with relatives in Ontario and Man-
itoba and later with her step-mother in Winnipeg.
She worked in Winnipeg after schooling for some
years and then married Eric Smeaton. They moved to
Victoria where their daughter Bonnie spent her child-
hood and is now married with two children. Liliian’s
husband Eric died a few years ago and her own health
has been somewhat of a hardship for her the past
couple of years.

Frederick Sager
submitted by L. T. McKnight Balmoral

Fred Sager was born in 1874 and came to the
Balmoral area from St. Catherines, Ont. in the early

 

Fred Sager. May, 1942.

1900’s. He purchased approximately nine acres in
Balmoral and in 1914, built the house that is presently
owned by Mr. Gib West.

Mr. Sager commuted to Winnipeg to work for an
automobile dealer owned by Joseph Maw. He did
clerical work and was later a timekeeper for various
companies. In 1942, Mr. Sager was accidentally
killed in an automobile accident in Estevan, Sas—
katchewan.

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Ed and Lois Sawyer
SE 16-13-113
submitted by Audrey Gibbons

The Sawyers moved from North Dakota US .A.
to the Grassmere district in 1899 and settled on SE
16-13-1E now known as the Charles Houghton farm.
Their family consisted of Blanche, (who was 16 yrs.
when she came to Manitoba), Raymond, George,
Leonard and Charlie. Blanche later became Mrs.
Thomhill Stewart. They were married on Dec. 7th,
1904 at home. Fifty years later on Dec. 7th, 1954
Vera Houghton’s mother and dad, Mr. and Mrs.
Becker celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in
that same house. Mrs. Sawyer and all their family
passed away in their early 60’s, except Mr. Sawyer
who lived to be 89. The Sawyers eventually settled at
Gilbert Plains, Manitoba where they farmed.

Hubert and Mary Schaeffer

Hubert J. Schaeffer was born at Humboldt, Sas~
katchewan on April 29, 1907 , the son of Godfrey and
Margaret Schaefer, who had a family of six boys and
five girls. They moved to Handel, Saskatchewan in
1912 where Hubert’s father operated a general store.
Hubert took his schooling at Gamble School in the
country and later at Handel School. His father had
accumulated farm land and when he died in 1924 he
left each son a quarter section of grain land. Their
mother carried on the store for a year and then did
part-time sewing.

Hubert did carpenter work at Handel and rented
out his quarter section. After that with his brothers
Joe, Fred and Frank, they operated a saw mill at
Prince Rupert, B.C. while their mother kept house
for them there.

In 1927 Hubert and Frank came back to Handel
and bought the pool room and dance hall which they
operated. Their brother John came to Rockwood
Municipality in 1932 to farm.

On Aprii 25, 1935 Hubert married Mary Scher-
man who was born at Handel July 21, 1913, the
daughter of John and Mary Scherrnan. The iatter's
family included one son and three daughters. Hubert
and Mary rented a farm with buildings and farmed it
along with his own quarter, but Saskatchewan was
one vast dust bowl at the time and there were no crops
in that area. He earlier had been offered $4,000 for
his quarter, but by now he would sell it for three
horses, however there were no buyers. Hubert finally
sold it for one horse, a rake, and wagon, valued in
total at $200.

Their first child, Jerome, was born on January 16,
1936 at Handel, followed by their son Ronald on
September 11, 1937, just three weeks before they
moved to Manitoba. The government gave assistance