Cause of death - Heart attack.
Occupation - Farmer.
Clyde and Viola married on 17 February 1917 at Elfros, Saskatchewan.
They were the parents of one son;
Brooks Ledgewood.
In 1927 Clyde and Viola separated. Viola moved to Ontario, where she taught school.
Brooks returned to Elfros with his father.
GOWEN GENEALOGY - by Brooks Gowen:
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Clyde moved to Saskatchewan, when 15 years old, with his father, to homestead and made his living during the next few years as a trapper; the main catch was muskrats, and
a good days catch would be 200 muskrats.
His education was about Grade 3; he spent most of his boyhood herding sheep and cattle. He father often sent he or his brother, Herman, alone to move a herd [several days journey] something that normally would take
a small crew to do.
He never filed for a homestead because he wished to maintain his U. S. citizenship. Instead, he bought land from men who could not or did not 'prove-up' on their homestead: he named his various quarters after them.
His main feat was to drive outfits of 16 or 20 horses hitched to a plough, which he sometimes pulled behind a binder. His use of such horses extended to 1940, after which the big outfit was not used much. Pictures of these teams appeared in many farm papers. Clyde was known for his love of horses and attention to them all his life; he still owned about 6 race horses at the time of his death.
Clyde was the founder and first director of the Elfros Co-Op; he also served one brief term as school trustee.
During the Great Depression of the 1930's, with the price of wheat so low, he learned that brome grass seed could be grown successfully in Elfros, so he turned his efforts to the production of grass-seed, much of which was sold into the U. S. A.
Occupation - Farmer.
Clyde and Viola married on 17 February 1917 at Elfros, Saskatchewan.
They were the parents of one son;
Brooks Ledgewood.
In 1927 Clyde and Viola separated. Viola moved to Ontario, where she taught school.
Brooks returned to Elfros with his father.
GOWEN GENEALOGY - by Brooks Gowen:
**********************************
Clyde moved to Saskatchewan, when 15 years old, with his father, to homestead and made his living during the next few years as a trapper; the main catch was muskrats, and
a good days catch would be 200 muskrats.
His education was about Grade 3; he spent most of his boyhood herding sheep and cattle. He father often sent he or his brother, Herman, alone to move a herd [several days journey] something that normally would take
a small crew to do.
He never filed for a homestead because he wished to maintain his U. S. citizenship. Instead, he bought land from men who could not or did not 'prove-up' on their homestead: he named his various quarters after them.
His main feat was to drive outfits of 16 or 20 horses hitched to a plough, which he sometimes pulled behind a binder. His use of such horses extended to 1940, after which the big outfit was not used much. Pictures of these teams appeared in many farm papers. Clyde was known for his love of horses and attention to them all his life; he still owned about 6 race horses at the time of his death.
Clyde was the founder and first director of the Elfros Co-Op; he also served one brief term as school trustee.
During the Great Depression of the 1930's, with the price of wheat so low, he learned that brome grass seed could be grown successfully in Elfros, so he turned his efforts to the production of grass-seed, much of which was sold into the U. S. A.
Cause of death - Heart attack.
Occupation - Farmer.
Clyde and Viola married on 17 February 1917 at Elfros, Saskatchewan.
They were the parents of one son;
Brooks Ledgewood.
In 1927 Clyde and Viola separated. Viola moved to Ontario, where she taught school.
Brooks returned to Elfros with his father.
GOWEN GENEALOGY - by Brooks Gowen:
**********************************
Clyde moved to Saskatchewan, when 15 years old, with his father, to homestead and made his living during the next few years as a trapper; the main catch was muskrats, and
a good days catch would be 200 muskrats.
His education was about Grade 3; he spent most of his boyhood herding sheep and cattle. He father often sent he or his brother, Herman, alone to move a herd [several days journey] something that normally would take
a small crew to do.
He never filed for a homestead because he wished to maintain his U. S. citizenship. Instead, he bought land from men who could not or did not 'prove-up' on their homestead: he named his various quarters after them.
His main feat was to drive outfits of 16 or 20 horses hitched to a plough, which he sometimes pulled behind a binder. His use of such horses extended to 1940, after which the big outfit was not used much. Pictures of these teams appeared in many farm papers. Clyde was known for his love of horses and attention to them all his life; he still owned about 6 race horses at the time of his death.
Clyde was the founder and first director of the Elfros Co-Op; he also served one brief term as school trustee.
During the Great Depression of the 1930's, with the price of wheat so low, he learned that brome grass seed could be grown successfully in Elfros, so he turned his efforts to the production of grass-seed, much of which was sold into the U. S. A.
Occupation - Farmer.
Clyde and Viola married on 17 February 1917 at Elfros, Saskatchewan.
They were the parents of one son;
Brooks Ledgewood.
In 1927 Clyde and Viola separated. Viola moved to Ontario, where she taught school.
Brooks returned to Elfros with his father.
GOWEN GENEALOGY - by Brooks Gowen:
**********************************
Clyde moved to Saskatchewan, when 15 years old, with his father, to homestead and made his living during the next few years as a trapper; the main catch was muskrats, and
a good days catch would be 200 muskrats.
His education was about Grade 3; he spent most of his boyhood herding sheep and cattle. He father often sent he or his brother, Herman, alone to move a herd [several days journey] something that normally would take
a small crew to do.
He never filed for a homestead because he wished to maintain his U. S. citizenship. Instead, he bought land from men who could not or did not 'prove-up' on their homestead: he named his various quarters after them.
His main feat was to drive outfits of 16 or 20 horses hitched to a plough, which he sometimes pulled behind a binder. His use of such horses extended to 1940, after which the big outfit was not used much. Pictures of these teams appeared in many farm papers. Clyde was known for his love of horses and attention to them all his life; he still owned about 6 race horses at the time of his death.
Clyde was the founder and first director of the Elfros Co-Op; he also served one brief term as school trustee.
During the Great Depression of the 1930's, with the price of wheat so low, he learned that brome grass seed could be grown successfully in Elfros, so he turned his efforts to the production of grass-seed, much of which was sold into the U. S. A.
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CLYDE HOWARD GOWEN
1888 - 1964
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