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David “Dave” Mulberry

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David “Dave” Mulberry

Birth
Derry Cross Roads, County Kerry, Ireland
Death
7 Apr 1958 (aged 88)
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Burial
Spy Hill, Melville Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Row 3, Block 1, Plot #5
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David Mulberry was born in 230, Glendermott, Londonderry, Ireland on May 12, 1869.

IRISH MULBERRY SIBLINGS:

JANE MULBERRY Circa 1847 (Married William Johnston-Remained in U.K.)
JOHN MULBERRY Circa 1852(Dates unknown-Remained in U.K.)
THOMAS BARNETT MULBERRY (1858-1884)
ISABELLA MULBERRY 1860-1928(Married James Cody, Scranton,PA)
MARY MULBERRY (Circa 1861 - 1920)
JAMES THOMSON MULBERRY (1863-1938)
CHRISTIANA MULBERRY 1865-1895(Married Robert Johnston)
DAVID MULBERRY (1869-1958)
ELIZABETH MULBERRY (1871-1960) (Married Peter McIntosh)

His mother, ANN ELIZA 'Thomasina' BARNETT married his father
JAMES MULBERRY in Londonderry, Ireland. People called her "ANNIE". While awaiting immigration to Canada, James Mulberry became ill (believed to be dysentery) and died in England while awaiting the ship. Mrs. Mulberry accompanied her children on her own to Canada on the Allan Steamship Line, and arrived in Rapid City, Manitoba. They chose Rapid City as relatives had already settled there. (niece Jane Thompson; daughter to John Mulberry - the brother of James Mulberry). In 1883 they filed on homesteads near the Cut Arm Valley. N.W. 14-18-31, and 22-18-31. He lived several years with his mother and sister Mary. Following several years of crop disasters, the family decided to move west to Spy Hill, Saskatchewan. In 1887 the family moved to the Spy Hill area and settled one mile north of the Qu-Appelle Valley.

In 1890, David Mulberry and his brother James T. Mulberry bought a J.I. Case separator and a George White engine It took two team of oxen to pull the engine. They traveled many miles threshing, going as far as Foxwarren. Farmers stacked their grain and waited their turn. They moved the machine up and down the point, north of the Hamona school, carrying blocks with them to use to block the wheels on the hill. Coming home from Foxwarren one winter, the separator went through the ice on the Assiniboine River and they had to winch it out. The grain was hauled in bags to Moosomin and a grist was taken to Millwood to be ground for the year's flour. David built a large house on the southeast of 22.

In 1900 he took a steamship engineering course in London, Ontario. He received his Second Class Engineer's Certificate from the Government of the North-West Territories, Department of Public Works on the Thirteenth day of September 1901.

David Mulberry married Mary Mae Rhoades of Port Hope, Ontario on the 24th of February, 1904. According to the Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency Database, the couple married in Russell, Manitoba. The Rhoades' family bible has documented that the wedding was in Binscarth, Manitoba. There were four children born to David Mulberry and Mary Rhoades.

Children of David and Mary:
*VERNON BARNETT MULBERRY (1905-1983)
*ENA MAE MULBERRY (Hoffman, Hoese) (1906-2002)
*SYDNEY RHOADES MULBERRY (1908-1941)
*PHYLLIS ISABELL MULBERRY (Wiklund)(1910-1989)

David Mulberry and Mary Rhoades lived in Spy Hill, Saskatchewan for ten years. They lived on the land David homesteaded in the early 1880's. The couple's first three children were born in Spy Hill, Saskatchewan: VERNON BARNETT MULBERRY 1905; ENA MAE MULBERRY (1906, and SYDNEY RHOADES MULBERRY (1908).

After a hailstorm in 1909 David sold the farm and bought the hotel in Spy Hotel, which he ran for 1 year. Dave did carpentry and wood carving while living there, and built some early buildings in town, including the United Church. People often called on him to help them with their machinery, especially binders.

After the family sold the hotel, they moved to Brandon, Manitoba where David worked as a mechanic for Nichols and Shepard Company; traveling many years for them. It was in Brandon, Manitoba where their youngest child PHYLLIS ISABELL MULBERRY (1910) was born. He later moved to Winnipeg.

The couple did not get along and they separated as early as 1916. THE 1916 CANADA CENSUS records show that Mary was living in Winnipeg, Manitoba as the HEAD of the household, with 3 of her 4 children ... Vernon (11), Ena (10) and Phyllis (6). Their youngest son SYDNEY (7) is listed as living with his AUNT LIZ McINTOSH; (David Mulberry's sister), her husband Pete McIntosh and cousin David McIntosh, in the Qu'Appelle Valley of Saskatchewan. Later, family records from 1919 state that Ena lived with her Aunt Bessie Rhoades Pearson and her husband, Reverend Thomas B. Pearson. Bessie Rhoades Pearson was her mother's sister.

Mary Rhoades Mulberry died of cancer while visiting her daughter Ena Mulberry Hoffman Hoese, in 1932. She lived at Carter Lake Club. She was only 51 1/2 years old. She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

David spent his retirement years with his son Vernon in Winnipeg, his sister Liz Mulberry McIntosh in Rocanville; with daughter Ena Mulberry Hoffman Hoese in Omaha, Nebraska;and daughter Phyllis Mulberry Wiklund in Vancouver, B.C.

David passed away in 1958 in Vancouver, where his youngest daughter lived. His family had his body returned by train to Saskatchewan. He is buried in the Spy Hill, Cemetery, Saskatchewan.

David was a quiet, reserved man, who people remembered as a good neighbor.

(Information in part from: Edith & Mildred Mulberry entries in "The Spy Hill Story" Standard Book No. 0-919-212-13-1; 1977 edition; as well as records and research done by Maureen Mulberry.
David Mulberry was born in 230, Glendermott, Londonderry, Ireland on May 12, 1869.

IRISH MULBERRY SIBLINGS:

JANE MULBERRY Circa 1847 (Married William Johnston-Remained in U.K.)
JOHN MULBERRY Circa 1852(Dates unknown-Remained in U.K.)
THOMAS BARNETT MULBERRY (1858-1884)
ISABELLA MULBERRY 1860-1928(Married James Cody, Scranton,PA)
MARY MULBERRY (Circa 1861 - 1920)
JAMES THOMSON MULBERRY (1863-1938)
CHRISTIANA MULBERRY 1865-1895(Married Robert Johnston)
DAVID MULBERRY (1869-1958)
ELIZABETH MULBERRY (1871-1960) (Married Peter McIntosh)

His mother, ANN ELIZA 'Thomasina' BARNETT married his father
JAMES MULBERRY in Londonderry, Ireland. People called her "ANNIE". While awaiting immigration to Canada, James Mulberry became ill (believed to be dysentery) and died in England while awaiting the ship. Mrs. Mulberry accompanied her children on her own to Canada on the Allan Steamship Line, and arrived in Rapid City, Manitoba. They chose Rapid City as relatives had already settled there. (niece Jane Thompson; daughter to John Mulberry - the brother of James Mulberry). In 1883 they filed on homesteads near the Cut Arm Valley. N.W. 14-18-31, and 22-18-31. He lived several years with his mother and sister Mary. Following several years of crop disasters, the family decided to move west to Spy Hill, Saskatchewan. In 1887 the family moved to the Spy Hill area and settled one mile north of the Qu-Appelle Valley.

In 1890, David Mulberry and his brother James T. Mulberry bought a J.I. Case separator and a George White engine It took two team of oxen to pull the engine. They traveled many miles threshing, going as far as Foxwarren. Farmers stacked their grain and waited their turn. They moved the machine up and down the point, north of the Hamona school, carrying blocks with them to use to block the wheels on the hill. Coming home from Foxwarren one winter, the separator went through the ice on the Assiniboine River and they had to winch it out. The grain was hauled in bags to Moosomin and a grist was taken to Millwood to be ground for the year's flour. David built a large house on the southeast of 22.

In 1900 he took a steamship engineering course in London, Ontario. He received his Second Class Engineer's Certificate from the Government of the North-West Territories, Department of Public Works on the Thirteenth day of September 1901.

David Mulberry married Mary Mae Rhoades of Port Hope, Ontario on the 24th of February, 1904. According to the Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency Database, the couple married in Russell, Manitoba. The Rhoades' family bible has documented that the wedding was in Binscarth, Manitoba. There were four children born to David Mulberry and Mary Rhoades.

Children of David and Mary:
*VERNON BARNETT MULBERRY (1905-1983)
*ENA MAE MULBERRY (Hoffman, Hoese) (1906-2002)
*SYDNEY RHOADES MULBERRY (1908-1941)
*PHYLLIS ISABELL MULBERRY (Wiklund)(1910-1989)

David Mulberry and Mary Rhoades lived in Spy Hill, Saskatchewan for ten years. They lived on the land David homesteaded in the early 1880's. The couple's first three children were born in Spy Hill, Saskatchewan: VERNON BARNETT MULBERRY 1905; ENA MAE MULBERRY (1906, and SYDNEY RHOADES MULBERRY (1908).

After a hailstorm in 1909 David sold the farm and bought the hotel in Spy Hotel, which he ran for 1 year. Dave did carpentry and wood carving while living there, and built some early buildings in town, including the United Church. People often called on him to help them with their machinery, especially binders.

After the family sold the hotel, they moved to Brandon, Manitoba where David worked as a mechanic for Nichols and Shepard Company; traveling many years for them. It was in Brandon, Manitoba where their youngest child PHYLLIS ISABELL MULBERRY (1910) was born. He later moved to Winnipeg.

The couple did not get along and they separated as early as 1916. THE 1916 CANADA CENSUS records show that Mary was living in Winnipeg, Manitoba as the HEAD of the household, with 3 of her 4 children ... Vernon (11), Ena (10) and Phyllis (6). Their youngest son SYDNEY (7) is listed as living with his AUNT LIZ McINTOSH; (David Mulberry's sister), her husband Pete McIntosh and cousin David McIntosh, in the Qu'Appelle Valley of Saskatchewan. Later, family records from 1919 state that Ena lived with her Aunt Bessie Rhoades Pearson and her husband, Reverend Thomas B. Pearson. Bessie Rhoades Pearson was her mother's sister.

Mary Rhoades Mulberry died of cancer while visiting her daughter Ena Mulberry Hoffman Hoese, in 1932. She lived at Carter Lake Club. She was only 51 1/2 years old. She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

David spent his retirement years with his son Vernon in Winnipeg, his sister Liz Mulberry McIntosh in Rocanville; with daughter Ena Mulberry Hoffman Hoese in Omaha, Nebraska;and daughter Phyllis Mulberry Wiklund in Vancouver, B.C.

David passed away in 1958 in Vancouver, where his youngest daughter lived. His family had his body returned by train to Saskatchewan. He is buried in the Spy Hill, Cemetery, Saskatchewan.

David was a quiet, reserved man, who people remembered as a good neighbor.

(Information in part from: Edith & Mildred Mulberry entries in "The Spy Hill Story" Standard Book No. 0-919-212-13-1; 1977 edition; as well as records and research done by Maureen Mulberry.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95777999/david-mulberry: accessed ), memorial page for David “Dave” Mulberry (12 May 1869–7 Apr 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95777999, citing Spy Hill Cemetery, Spy Hill, Melville Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Maintained by Maureen Davis (contributor 47531447).