Harvey Wilfred Kindree was born on August 3, 1889 in Jarvis, ON. He came to the Glenboro, MB area in 1905 on a harvest excursion. During the next few years he worked in a variety of jobs, including as a hired man, in a lumber camp and as a cook in a railway camp. In 1910, he homesteaded north of the river on the NW1/4 of section 23-8-14 on what is now part of Sprucewoods Provincial Park. In 1912, Harvey moved to Alberta to take up a homestead near Rocky Mountain House. When the First World War began, he enlisted with the 50th Battalion in Calgary, serving in Belgium, France and England until the war ended. Harvey married Mary Wamsley (1889-1965) in January 1919 in London, England. They had one daughter, Daisy.
Upon returning to Canada, the couple settled on a farm north of Glenboro NE1/4 2-8-14, where they were chicken farmers. In 1944, they moved to a farm near Carberry, then retired to Glenboro in 1958. Precdeceased by his wife, Harvey moved to Glen Haven Manor in 1970, then the Baldur Personal Care Home in 1981, before returning to the Glenboro Care Home in 1984. Harvey enjoyed gardening and was a long time member and supporter of the Glenboro Library, donating four arm chairs that increased in-library use as a place to relax and read. In his later years, he took up painting and also wrote poetry. Harvey Wilfred Kindree died on October 5, 1984 at the Glenboro Personal Care Home. He is buried at Glenboro Cemetery.
Custodial History
As part of the Westman Oral History Collection, this collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1998. The original tapes from the Westman Oral History project were deposited in the Brandon Public Library. Copies of these originals were made by Margaret Pollex of the Brandon University Language Lab at the request of Eileen McFadden, University Archivist in the early 1990s. These copies compose the collection held in the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Item is an audiocassette tape containing an interview with Harvey Kindree about activities and conditions during his life. Interviewer is Irene Brown.
Notes
History/bio information from the records, "Library Notes" (Glenboro Gazette November 14, 1984) and Kindree's obituary. Description by Christy Henry.
Language Note
English
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