Robert
Frederick Murray
(Angus1,
John2)
Bob was born on the 9th February
1884
at Mount Thom, Pictou County, Nova Scotia where he grew up and attended
school.
He
was listed on the 1901 Census
in Mount Thom, but on the 1906 Census he was
living in Brandon Hills, Manitoba where his McPherson and
Sillers
cousins had settled.
He
applied for a homestead in Saskatchewan on the NW ¼ of
Section 6,
Township 23, Range 23 West of the 3rd Meridian on the 24 June 1909.
He went back to Brandon Hills
and
worked until the harvest was over and then with his brother John Martin
Murray
(Jack) he went to the homestead in the Municipality of Clinworth near
Sceptre,
Saskatchewan.
Over
the next three years Bob
farmed, worked in Moose Jaw as a labourer, built a frame
house that was 12 x 20 worth $400 and a sod stable 18 x 26 that was
worth
$50. He applied for
patent at Swift
Current, Saskatchewan on the 26 April 1912 and it was accepted by Ottawa on 2 May 1918.
Bob
remained single and continued
to farm until his death on the 16 July 1954 in the hospital at Empress, Alberta.
The above was a postcard
addressed
to Mrs. A. H. Murray, Box 215, Rosthern, Sask. with one cent postage. The
message was: Clinworth, Dec. 29.
Dear Annie.
How is the world using you these times.
How is curly? The turkey arrived
O.K. Thank you very much. Had a swell
dinner. How is
everybody up there? We are having lots of snow. How
is it
up there? Wishing you and family a Happy New Year.
Remember
me to everybody be sure. (Mr. Murray).
I remain, Bob
This
must have been the house that
Bob and Jack built when they first went to the homestead
A Pioneer Hauling Wood from the Banks of the South Saskatchewan River
Along the Sask. river:
We took seven loads of wood out of here. This is
H.R.H.
himself pulling the wood off with the ox.
(written
on back of photo)
Homestead Application
