Annie would have had a rough trip with her mom, grandmother, Brother Billy (William) coming from Ontario: News was spreading about cheap and abundant land in the West. Manitoba looked very appealing winters were described as brisk, invigorating So Ann and James decided to take a chance and move yet again. To pay for the trip James and his sons cut timber for ties and sold it to the CPR for the new railway that was being built to link the prairies to the East. As this line would not be built for another four years in MB (1882) James was 44 Harry 25 and Thomas 23. They set out in the spring of 1878. Traveled 1000 miles by train to St Paul Minnesota Via Detroit and Chicago and then wagon for the 14 mile trip to the Red River. The final 500 miles by paddle wheel to the Alexander Docks in Winnipeg at a cost of $15.00. Winnipeg a few wooden buildings built along dirt tracks in the midst of the prairies. James found work taking off a crop of barley from a 20 acre plot where St John's Park now stands on main Street. This they sold to Brewery's Brewery which had just started up the year before. Ann Roe Moore must have been fearless. Not only had she had 19 children but in the fall of 1878 this 42 year old woman packed up 13 of them with the youngest being 6 months. They boarded a train to follow her husband and two sons. Annie was three years old, Billy one. They went to Fishers Landing with all their Worldly belongings piled on the river bank awaiting the steamboat Manitoba to Winnipeg. That night a young member of the Moore family kept guard and although he tried to stay awake, most everything was stolen as he lay sleeping beside it. Ann met a kindhearted woman who allowed all of them to sleep on her kitchen floor overnight. They left at 8 am Monday morning. This leg of the journey wasn't as easy as it might sound as they had to get out and push the boat whenever it ran into shallow water. It was during a very cold and icy November and they finally arrived in Winnipeg on the 4th at 8pm. This trip up the river took five days. Today a quick two hour drive. In the boat Manitoba it was a 102 cabin passenger. 181 deck passengers; 365 tons of freight. First class cabin and meals was $24.00
In 1893 Annie went to visit Aunt Adeline Moody in Selkirk and was exposed to measles. When she returned home the whole family got sick including "Sweet little step brother 2 1/2 yr old Bruce. Theodore drove a team of horses adn wagon 8 miles to la Salle by the time they got back with the doc it was clear Bruce was dying. Pneumonia had developed. his father made his coffin and buried him by the ravine at the back of the house. A few years later Sanford Cemetery was established. Theodore and Sarah arranged to have Bruce moved to the family plot. Annie couldn't bear to part with his few belongings. She kept them in a trunk until she moved into a care home 70 years later.
In 1893 Annie went to visit Aunt Adeline Moody in Selkirk and was exposed to measles. When she returned home the whole family got sick including "Sweet little step brother 2 1/2 yr old Bruce. Theodore drove a team of horses adn wagon 8 miles to la Salle by the time they got back with the doc it was clear Bruce was dying. Pneumonia had developed. his father made his coffin and buried him by the ravine at the back of the house. A few years later Sanford Cemetery was established. Theodore and Sarah arranged to have Bruce moved to the family plot. Annie couldn't bear to part with his few belongings. She kept them in a trunk until she moved into a care home 70 years later.
Annie would have had a rough trip with her mom, grandmother, Brother Billy (William) coming from Ontario: News was spreading about cheap and abundant land in the West. Manitoba looked very appealing winters were described as brisk, invigorating So Ann and James decided to take a chance and move yet again. To pay for the trip James and his sons cut timber for ties and sold it to the CPR for the new railway that was being built to link the prairies to the East. As this line would not be built for another four years in MB (1882) James was 44 Harry 25 and Thomas 23. They set out in the spring of 1878. Traveled 1000 miles by train to St Paul Minnesota Via Detroit and Chicago and then wagon for the 14 mile trip to the Red River. The final 500 miles by paddle wheel to the Alexander Docks in Winnipeg at a cost of $15.00. Winnipeg a few wooden buildings built along dirt tracks in the midst of the prairies. James found work taking off a crop of barley from a 20 acre plot where St John's Park now stands on main Street. This they sold to Brewery's Brewery which had just started up the year before. Ann Roe Moore must have been fearless. Not only had she had 19 children but in the fall of 1878 this 42 year old woman packed up 13 of them with the youngest being 6 months. They boarded a train to follow her husband and two sons. Annie was three years old, Billy one. They went to Fishers Landing with all their Worldly belongings piled on the river bank awaiting the steamboat Manitoba to Winnipeg. That night a young member of the Moore family kept guard and although he tried to stay awake, most everything was stolen as he lay sleeping beside it. Ann met a kindhearted woman who allowed all of them to sleep on her kitchen floor overnight. They left at 8 am Monday morning. This leg of the journey wasn't as easy as it might sound as they had to get out and push the boat whenever it ran into shallow water. It was during a very cold and icy November and they finally arrived in Winnipeg on the 4th at 8pm. This trip up the river took five days. Today a quick two hour drive. In the boat Manitoba it was a 102 cabin passenger. 181 deck passengers; 365 tons of freight. First class cabin and meals was $24.00
In 1893 Annie went to visit Aunt Adeline Moody in Selkirk and was exposed to measles. When she returned home the whole family got sick including "Sweet little step brother 2 1/2 yr old Bruce. Theodore drove a team of horses adn wagon 8 miles to la Salle by the time they got back with the doc it was clear Bruce was dying. Pneumonia had developed. his father made his coffin and buried him by the ravine at the back of the house. A few years later Sanford Cemetery was established. Theodore and Sarah arranged to have Bruce moved to the family plot. Annie couldn't bear to part with his few belongings. She kept them in a trunk until she moved into a care home 70 years later.
In 1893 Annie went to visit Aunt Adeline Moody in Selkirk and was exposed to measles. When she returned home the whole family got sick including "Sweet little step brother 2 1/2 yr old Bruce. Theodore drove a team of horses adn wagon 8 miles to la Salle by the time they got back with the doc it was clear Bruce was dying. Pneumonia had developed. his father made his coffin and buried him by the ravine at the back of the house. A few years later Sanford Cemetery was established. Theodore and Sarah arranged to have Bruce moved to the family plot. Annie couldn't bear to part with his few belongings. She kept them in a trunk until she moved into a care home 70 years later.
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