This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Rivers area historical notes through the decades
A survey of local obituaries anniversaries fire and civic events spans 1915 to 2005. It notes Pearl Woodley’s 1915 marriage to Harry Wareham, midcentury mayoral election in St Boniface, multiple Golden and 50th anniversaries, births and injuries, fires at Thompson’s Hardware and a seed plant, and municipal planning shifts in Rivers including a proposed office building and care home talks. It also covers wartime casualty Bert Shylega, and notable community happenings like Rex Turner’s hardware sale, a car raffle, and Hawaii trip rewards for Rivers Tennis Club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Woodley
Harry Wareham
Thompson's
George Barefoot
Rivers
St. Boniface
Farmers’ Co-op
Esso Service Centre
Taylor Farm Centre
Ian Westwood
Winnipeg
Calvin Slobodian
Ware
Orval Schwalm
Len Harvey
Schwalm
Mike Kunka
Lloyd Edwards
John Paddock
Bob Young
Jerry Heapy
Oak River
Yorkton
Jim Spring
Susan Carnegie
Eleanor Madden
Hawaii
Rivers Tennis Club
Shauna Smyth
Manitoba Women’s Institute
Isabel Hoffman
Georgina Bollman
Oak Dale
Alex Ross
Ken
Linda Black
Rapid City
MTS