1943 at Okotoks. His wife Elizabeth Ellen was
born March 17, 1870, and died October 11, at
Innisfail.

They had nine children: Edna May (May),
born - October 17, 1890; Arthur Leslie (Leslie),
born — August 15, 1942; Violet Beatrice, born -
July 25, 1895, died - August 31, 1974; Lillian,
born - February 23, 1898; Kathleen, born -
October 26, 1900; Lizzie Blanch (Blanch), born -
October 7, 1903; Clayton Bruce (Bruce), born —
July 4, 1906; Maurice Henry, born June 10, 1909;
and Ethel Irene, born - November 11, 1913.

EDWARD JAMES HARDEN

Edward James Harden, son of George Harden
and his wife Jane (Sexey) Harden, was born in
Dresden, Ontario, on November 1, 1872.

He lived in Iowa and North Dakota for some
time before coming to Manitoba where he bought
the N.W. 1%; of 14-1-27 in 1900.

His mother kept house for him until her
passing July 31, 1903. Burial fOr her was in the
Coultervale Cemetery.

He married Margaret Jane Greenley from
Lakelet, Ontario, on October 19, 1904, and they
ran the boarding house in Coulter in 1906. They
moved to the Bigford district in Saskatchewan in
1907 where he homesteaded. They had six
children: Edgar, Harvey, Verol, Roy, Ina and
Kenneth.

While drilling a well near Braddock Sas-
katchewan, August 11, 1927, both Ed and his
oldest son Edgar were gassed. Edgar went down in
the well which was 45 feet deep to remove a stone
which had obstructed the drill. He got the stone
into the bucket and sent it up, while he remained
at the bottom. The stone was removed from the
bucket and lowered again for Edgar to come up.
When there was no response from him to the
shouts of his father at the top, it was immediately
surmised that there was gas in the well. Ed
prepared to go down after him, and would not
listen to the strong protests of another man at the
top of the well. He fastened a rope around himself
and went down. He was also gassed, as the man at
the top was unable to pull him up.

This was a tragic blow to the family and in
1932 their house burned. Harvey, the second boy,
died in 1909, and his wife Margaret passed away at
Swift Current, Saskatchewan, on December 1,
1962.

FRED HAWCUTT FAMILY

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hawcutt came from
England in 1906 with their three year old daughter

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Gwen. They settled in the town of Pilot Mound
where Mr. Hawcutt worked for the Canadian
Pacific Railway. Their daughter Beatrice was born
there.

In 1913 they moved to Mather, Manitoba,
where they resided for two years and had a son
Maurice. In 1915 they moved to Coulter Manitoba,
where Gladys was born. They resided in Coulter
from 1916-1926 when they moved to Waskada.
Mr. Hawcutt continued his work as a section
foreman there with the C.P.R. until his death at
the age of 62 years in July of 1940. Mrs. Hawcutt
passed away in November, 1951.

Gwen taught school for eight years and later
became Mrs. Earl Temple. They had three sons and
one daughter. Earl died in 1958 and Gwen passed
away in 1966.

Beatrice became Mrs. Herb Thomas and lived
at Goodlands, Regent and Boissevain. They had
four sons. Herb died in 1964 and Beatrice makes
her home in Boissevain, Manitoba.

Maurice married Alma Grimsrud from At-
water, Saskatchewan, and after serving four years
overseas, they took up farming in the Atwater,
Saskatchewan, district. They had one daughter and
one son and still make their home there.

Gladys became Mrs. Grant Milhausen and
they made their home in Waskada, Brandon and
Winnipeg. Grant died in 1972. Gladys continues to
make her home in Winnipeg. They had one son.

Our family all attended the one room school,
which was situated north of the Coulter store.

We still remember the field days held in
Melita, the thanksgiving dinners held in the church
basement, the annual Christmas concerts put on by
all the school children and skating on the river a
mile or more away.

Many of our old friends and neighbors are
gone, but I have many fond memories of our old
home in Coulter, Manitoba.

TOM HILL AND FAMILY

Tom and Lizzie Travis were married at
Wiarton, Ontario on October 4, 1891. They came
to the plains between Pierson and Broomhill from
Ontario in the year 1906. They moved to the
Coulter district around 1914. They lived for a
while on the land north of the Wren buildings
formerly known as the Henry Myles farm. They
lived for sometime in the house belonging to a Mr.
Shantz, west of Mr. Bert Andrews farmstead. Mr.
Hill died in 1927 while living with daughter Lizzie
at Goodlands and Mrs. Hill died in 1947, while
living with daughter Bella at the George Renwick
farm.

There were eight girls and one boy in this
family. (1) Ruby deceased; (2) Hazel (Mrs. Percy