Maples (Virden) Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1928 - 1978 First General meeting, 16 August Memorandum of Association, 15 April 1929 Certificate of Incorporation, 16 April 1929 Meeting re: By-laws 1-7, 24 April 1929 Lease, 1 August 1929 Approval of By-laws no. 1 to 10, no date By-laws 12 and 13, 24 July 1931 Shareholders meeting, 24 July 1931 Directors meeting, 24 July 1931 Agreement between MCE and MPE, 1 August 1931 By-law no. 14, 12 November 1931 Agreement between MCE and MPE, 1 February 1933 Meeting re: By-law no. 15, 7 February 1933 Agreement between MCE and MPE, 15 October 1936 Resolution re: Supplementary agreement, 15 October 1936 By-law no. 16, 25 October 1939 By-law to authorize cancellation, 1 November 1940 By-law nos. 18, 19, 20, and General By-laws, 2 July 1941 By-laws 18, 19, 20, no date By-law no. 21, 28 October 1947 By-law no. 22, 19 September 1949 Agreement between MCE and MPE, 1 August 1951 By-law no. 23, 2 November 1951 Approval of financial statement, no date Agreement between MCE and MPE, 15 December 1966 Letter re: Closure, 13 March 1978 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 1 May 1929 - volume 6, 1 August 1968 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1930 - 1968 (24 reports) Financial records and statistics Statement of surplus, 1938 - 1955 (14 reports) Final statements, 1930 - 1948 (16 reports) Auditors' reports, 1930 - 1967 (29 reports) Analysis of Operating Results, 1956 - 1963 (3 reports) Detail of Grain earnings, 1964 - 1965 (1 report) Review of Operating result, 1963 - 1964 Working capital requirement, 17 April 1952 Tenders for purchase of buildings, screenings, etc., 1955 - 1964 Donations, 1963 - 1966 Correspondence, 1928 - 1978 Membership list, 1929 - 1966, 1978 Miscellaneous Directors' attendance lists, 1973 Records of crop improvement club, 1980 Directors' attendance lists, 1943 - 1967 (10 reports) Officers and Directors, 1947 - 1948 Moving permit, 6 June 1966 Hospital map showing location of district and cottage hospitals, no date Manitoba Free Press item - ``Pool delegates accept Bracken plan," 4 July 1931 The Manitoba co-operator, 14 February 1963 Sale notice - co-operator, 27 June 1964 Maples Pool Elevator moved into Virden co-operator, 23 July 1964 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Wallace
Mrs. Hilda Rosa Osmond (nee Bridgeman) was born in Hampshire, England in 1888 to parents Edwin Samuel Bridgeman (b.16 Jul 1852; d. 19 June 1922, Brandon) and Rosa Holkham (b. 26 Mar 1859; d. 27 May 1927, Brandon). Edwin was a sailor and Rosa was a dressmaker.
Following the death of her brother Edwin Frederick Bridgeman (1886-1890), the family immigrated to Canada in 1891. The Bridgeman's took the train to Griswold, Manitoba, and settled near Edwin's brother, Albert Bridgeman, and together they farmed the N 1/2 of 36-12-23. The Bridgeman's had three more children, Ellen Grace (b. 27 Jan 1893; d. 22 Feb 1893), Harry Volantine/Valentine (b. 14 Feb 1894), and Charlie Cuthbert (b. 03 Aug 1896; d. 25 Aug 1901). Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bridgeman retired in 1913 and moved to Brandon where they lived until their respective deaths. The couple are interred in the Brandon Municipal Cemetery.
Hilda married William Arthur Osmond (b. 1867; d. 26 Oct 1943) of Baisingstoke, England, on 31 Jan 1913. They had a daughter Nellie who later married Glen Mossey. The family continued to farm the property on section 36.
Hilda Rosa Osmond passed away in 1980 at the age of 91. She is interred in the Greenwood Cemetery near Harding, Manitoba, where her husband and siblings also rest.
(Sources: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013 [online]; Findagrave.com; Harding History Committee, Home to Harding 1879-1981 (Brandon: Leech Printing, 1981); Manitoba Vital Statistics Database)
Custodial History
Photograph given to Fred McGuinness by Burton Strange of Kenton, 25 Nov 1974
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a field stone house builty in 1901 by Edwin and Rosa Bridgeman near Harding, Manitoba. Edwin and Rosa Bridgeman are pictured on the right with Harry and Charlie, shortly before Charlie's death. Hilda sits atop the horse. Albert Bridgeman is pictured on the right with a horse team.
Notes
Photograph was published in the community history by Harding History Committee, Home to Harding 1879-1981 (Brandon: Leech Printing, 1981), 50
For biographical information onf Angus McPherson and Mrs. (Ella) Johnston McPherson see the description for Box 6 of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection. For biographical information on Thomas and Annie Pentland see the descrption for Box 10 of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection.
Scope and Content
Contains the following files:
14.1 Account books [1906-1916]
14.2 Farmers pocket ledger [1935]
14.3 Mrs. Johnston McPherson - field book [1921-1944]
14.4 Account day book 1913-1915
14.5 Annie I. Pentland - miscellaneous records and accounts 1916-1934
14.6 Thomas Pentland account book 1917-1932
14.7 Thomas Pentland blacksmith account book 1882-1883
14.8 Angus McPherson account book 1916-1941
Notes
Part of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection.
For biographical information on Hugh and Margaret McPherson see the description for Box 5 of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection.
For biographical information on Johnston and Angus McPherson see the descrption for Box 6 of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection.
For biographical information on Murray McPherson see the fonds level description for the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection.
Howard Johnston McPherson, the oldest son of Angus and Ethel (Pentland) McPherson, was born on July 6, 1920. He graduated from Brandon Collegiate in 1938 and joined his father on the farm. In 1941, he joined the R.C.A.F. and trained as an air engine mechanic. Returning from Europe in 1945, Howard continued to live with his parents until his marriage to Jessie Walsh (b. March 21, 1922) of Sceptre, SK on June 18, 1955. Together they had three children: Muriel Ruth (m. Cody Johnson); Nancy Carol (m. Dennis Mauthe); and Donald Howard (m. Ann). The family farmed in the Brandon Hills district. Howard died on May 2, 2005.
Scope and Content
Contains the following files:
16.1 Hugh and Margaret McPherson account book 1879
16.2 McPherson Farm cash book (Hugh, Johnston, Angus) 1906-1912
16.3 McPherson Farm account book 1890's
16.4 Cash book 1953
16.5 Cash book [1943-1949]
16.6 Angus McPherson - Canadian Wheat Board emergency cheque correspondence 1949
16.7 Angus McPherson - insurance documents 1948-1950
16.8 Murray McPherson - agreement between SC Area #1 and District Association 1951
16.9 Angus McPherson - Canadian Wheat Board permits (8) 1944-1954
16.10 Angus McPherson - cattle inventories 1951-1952
16.11 Howard and Angus McPherson miscellaneous farm correspondence 1950-1953
16.12 Documents re: Angus McPherson estate 1951-1954
16.13 Income tax forms and documents 1945-1953
Notes
Part of the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection.
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