Eliza's parents, Charlton and Eliza Wykes were among the colonists from England who arrived in Moosomin, Saskatchewan in the summer of 1884. They were each given a quarter section of unbroken farm land on which to build their homesteads. Many of the quarter sections were unfortunately not good land.
In October of 1884 he was working on his homestead. He was considered a successful colonist at that time and had broken 12 acres of land. He was also working at Portage la Prairie which is a town/small city in Manitoba (Moosomin, Saskatchewan is very close to the Manitoba border). This would have been quite normal as it would have been impossible to draw any money from the land that first year. Many of the 19 families left some time after 1891 but Charlton's family left sometime before 1888 according to records from the national archives of Canada. In 1888 Charlton and his family went to Winnipeg.
Whilst in Winnipeg, they lost two of their three children to a fever which was quite possibly measles. Charlton, his wife and remaining son, returned to England in around 1899.
Information contributed by Don Knibbs.
In October of 1884 he was working on his homestead. He was considered a successful colonist at that time and had broken 12 acres of land. He was also working at Portage la Prairie which is a town/small city in Manitoba (Moosomin, Saskatchewan is very close to the Manitoba border). This would have been quite normal as it would have been impossible to draw any money from the land that first year. Many of the 19 families left some time after 1891 but Charlton's family left sometime before 1888 according to records from the national archives of Canada. In 1888 Charlton and his family went to Winnipeg.
Whilst in Winnipeg, they lost two of their three children to a fever which was quite possibly measles. Charlton, his wife and remaining son, returned to England in around 1899.
Information contributed by Don Knibbs.
Eliza's parents, Charlton and Eliza Wykes were among the colonists from England who arrived in Moosomin, Saskatchewan in the summer of 1884. They were each given a quarter section of unbroken farm land on which to build their homesteads. Many of the quarter sections were unfortunately not good land.
In October of 1884 he was working on his homestead. He was considered a successful colonist at that time and had broken 12 acres of land. He was also working at Portage la Prairie which is a town/small city in Manitoba (Moosomin, Saskatchewan is very close to the Manitoba border). This would have been quite normal as it would have been impossible to draw any money from the land that first year. Many of the 19 families left some time after 1891 but Charlton's family left sometime before 1888 according to records from the national archives of Canada. In 1888 Charlton and his family went to Winnipeg.
Whilst in Winnipeg, they lost two of their three children to a fever which was quite possibly measles. Charlton, his wife and remaining son, returned to England in around 1899.
Information contributed by Don Knibbs.
In October of 1884 he was working on his homestead. He was considered a successful colonist at that time and had broken 12 acres of land. He was also working at Portage la Prairie which is a town/small city in Manitoba (Moosomin, Saskatchewan is very close to the Manitoba border). This would have been quite normal as it would have been impossible to draw any money from the land that first year. Many of the 19 families left some time after 1891 but Charlton's family left sometime before 1888 according to records from the national archives of Canada. In 1888 Charlton and his family went to Winnipeg.
Whilst in Winnipeg, they lost two of their three children to a fever which was quite possibly measles. Charlton, his wife and remaining son, returned to England in around 1899.
Information contributed by Don Knibbs.
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