Fred was born in 1856 in Carthouse, Danzig, Germany to Auguste Liebrecht. In 1857, when Fred was about a year old, his mother remarried for a third time to Franz Schwartz, who became step-father to Fred and his older brother, Ernest as well as Rudulf August Korachnitzki, a son from Auguste's first marriage.
In 1862, along with their son William Frederick Schwartz, and the three sons from Auguste's previous marriages, the family set sail from Hamburg, Germany and six weeks later arrived in Ottawa. Franz was able to find work as a translator as he could speak German,French, English and Polish. After working eight years in Ottawa, the family moved to the Township of Thorne, to an area which became known as Schwartz PO in 1870.
Fred met and married Ruth Ocelia Hayes in 1883 and they had ten children while they lived in Pontiac County, Quebec.
In and around 1905, the decision was made to move the family to western Canada in hopes of obtaining new homestead lands made available by Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, under Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The idea was to induce a variety of agriculturally inclined emigrants to western Canada to settle prairie land around the transcontinental railway.
The family settled on land near Gap View, Saskatchewan in the south eastern corner of the province near Moose Mountain which would be designated first as a forest reseve in 1908 and then later as a provincial park in 1931. Construction within the park created 300 jobs during the 1930's when the area suffered greatly though drought and crop failures.
Some of the children choose to leave the area but there were also a number who stayed, married and raised children in and around Kipling, Saskatchewan.
Fred died in 1946 at age 90 and Ruth in 1952.
In 1862, along with their son William Frederick Schwartz, and the three sons from Auguste's previous marriages, the family set sail from Hamburg, Germany and six weeks later arrived in Ottawa. Franz was able to find work as a translator as he could speak German,French, English and Polish. After working eight years in Ottawa, the family moved to the Township of Thorne, to an area which became known as Schwartz PO in 1870.
Fred met and married Ruth Ocelia Hayes in 1883 and they had ten children while they lived in Pontiac County, Quebec.
In and around 1905, the decision was made to move the family to western Canada in hopes of obtaining new homestead lands made available by Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, under Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The idea was to induce a variety of agriculturally inclined emigrants to western Canada to settle prairie land around the transcontinental railway.
The family settled on land near Gap View, Saskatchewan in the south eastern corner of the province near Moose Mountain which would be designated first as a forest reseve in 1908 and then later as a provincial park in 1931. Construction within the park created 300 jobs during the 1930's when the area suffered greatly though drought and crop failures.
Some of the children choose to leave the area but there were also a number who stayed, married and raised children in and around Kipling, Saskatchewan.
Fred died in 1946 at age 90 and Ruth in 1952.
Fred was born in 1856 in Carthouse, Danzig, Germany to Auguste Liebrecht. In 1857, when Fred was about a year old, his mother remarried for a third time to Franz Schwartz, who became step-father to Fred and his older brother, Ernest as well as Rudulf August Korachnitzki, a son from Auguste's first marriage.
In 1862, along with their son William Frederick Schwartz, and the three sons from Auguste's previous marriages, the family set sail from Hamburg, Germany and six weeks later arrived in Ottawa. Franz was able to find work as a translator as he could speak German,French, English and Polish. After working eight years in Ottawa, the family moved to the Township of Thorne, to an area which became known as Schwartz PO in 1870.
Fred met and married Ruth Ocelia Hayes in 1883 and they had ten children while they lived in Pontiac County, Quebec.
In and around 1905, the decision was made to move the family to western Canada in hopes of obtaining new homestead lands made available by Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, under Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The idea was to induce a variety of agriculturally inclined emigrants to western Canada to settle prairie land around the transcontinental railway.
The family settled on land near Gap View, Saskatchewan in the south eastern corner of the province near Moose Mountain which would be designated first as a forest reseve in 1908 and then later as a provincial park in 1931. Construction within the park created 300 jobs during the 1930's when the area suffered greatly though drought and crop failures.
Some of the children choose to leave the area but there were also a number who stayed, married and raised children in and around Kipling, Saskatchewan.
Fred died in 1946 at age 90 and Ruth in 1952.
In 1862, along with their son William Frederick Schwartz, and the three sons from Auguste's previous marriages, the family set sail from Hamburg, Germany and six weeks later arrived in Ottawa. Franz was able to find work as a translator as he could speak German,French, English and Polish. After working eight years in Ottawa, the family moved to the Township of Thorne, to an area which became known as Schwartz PO in 1870.
Fred met and married Ruth Ocelia Hayes in 1883 and they had ten children while they lived in Pontiac County, Quebec.
In and around 1905, the decision was made to move the family to western Canada in hopes of obtaining new homestead lands made available by Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, under Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The idea was to induce a variety of agriculturally inclined emigrants to western Canada to settle prairie land around the transcontinental railway.
The family settled on land near Gap View, Saskatchewan in the south eastern corner of the province near Moose Mountain which would be designated first as a forest reseve in 1908 and then later as a provincial park in 1931. Construction within the park created 300 jobs during the 1930's when the area suffered greatly though drought and crop failures.
Some of the children choose to leave the area but there were also a number who stayed, married and raised children in and around Kipling, Saskatchewan.
Fred died in 1946 at age 90 and Ruth in 1952.
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