Poyser Family Reunion Reveals 595 Years Combined
Eight Poyser family members and descendants gathered in Austin marking 595 total years of age. Albert Poyser born in Rosehill is 82 next birthday. Edith died 1908. Attendees include Albert, Reuben, Trevor, Arthur Baxter, Clara McEachern, Betsy Goodridge, Annie Morris and others from Austin Vancouver Ottawa and Rosehill.
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Percival Poyser
Canada
England
Joe Morris
Austin
Albert Poyser
Rosehill
Harold Poyser
Vancouver
Reuben Poyser
Trevor Poyser
Dr. George Camsell An Austin Institution For 33 Years
Dr. George Camsell served 33 years in Austin as a trusted physician after arriving in April 1900. Born in the Northwest Territories to Julian Camsell, he trained at St John’s College and the University of Manitoba, later serving at Stony Mountain penitentiary before retiring to Winnipeg where he died January 21 1958 at 85.
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Austin
George Camsell
Camsell
Peg General Hospital
Gothic Lodge No. 75
Anglican Church
Stony Mountain Penitentiary
Winnipeg
Pioneer Lady to Celebrate 97th Birthday in Austin
Mrs. Peck a longtime Austin resident born Margaret Mackay of Port Hope Ontario will mark her 97th birthday on July 10 1960. She arrived in Sidney in 1893 with her husband and the couple later traveled west via CPR. They first lived in a one room log house with sod roof and made many home items themselves. The family now includes six children: Alice Duncan Mabel Bertha Shea Jennie McIntyre Douglas and Fred with descendants across Melvin Calgary Arizona and elsewhere.
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Marry Reex
Austin
Peck
Margaret Mackay
Port Hope
Ont
CPR
Sidney
A. Michie
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Reuben
Harold
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Manitoba
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Wawanesa
Vern McKelvy
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Hazel
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Bruce Hay
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