Elizabeth ? Tully was born on November 5, 1873 in Bruce County, ON to John Patrick Tully and Mary Anne Doran. She married William Kenneth MacKenzie (1872-1935) on July 4, 1900 in Strathclair, MB. Together they had at least four children: Kenneth, John, Gladys and Ellenore. Elizabeth MacKenzie died on November 5, 1968 in Los Angeles, California. She is buried at Rapid City Cemtery.
Ellenore Kathleen (Nora) MacKenzie was born on September 13, 1908 on 36-13-19W in the RM of Saskatchewan to Willam MacKenzie and Elizabeth Tully. She was a school teacher at Glanton School Division, Brandon Hills and Riverview School Division between 1928-1935. She returned to the classroom in Brandon in 1953, retiring in 1972. Nora MacKenzie married John (Jack) Lane (1903-1975) on March 14, 1936 in Brandon, MB. Together they had two children: Robert and Anne. Nora and Jack Lane were pioneers in bluebird conservation in the Westman region. Their work began in the 1950s when the birds were approaching endangered species status. In 1975, following Jack's death, Nora helped organize a society in Brandon called 'Friends of the Bluebirds,' a group of citizen volunteers dedicated to the ongoing survival of bluebirds. In 1982, the society established the John and Nora Lane Award, presented annually to those members who have distinguished themselves in the preservation of the bluebird species. In 1984, Nora moved to Toronto to be closer to family. Nora Lane died on July 19, 2004 in Toronto, ON. She is buried at Brandon Municipal Cemetery.
Robert Kenneth Lane was born on February 7, 1937 to Jack Lane and Nora MacKenzie. Bob grew up in Brandon. Early in his career he worked as a meteorologist in Churchill, MB. He completed his PhD in Oceanography at Oregon State University in 1965, and then spent his entire career with the Canadian federal government, retiring as the Western Regional Environmental Protection Director. Bob married Gail Ann Christianson in Vancouver in 1961, and together they had a son, Chris. Robert Lane died on May 5, 2021 in Edmonton, AB.
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 audiocasette tape that contains excerpts from a recording conducted in 1963 with Mrs. W.K. MacKenzie and her grandson Robert Lane. Norah Lane, Mrs. MacKenzie's daugheter, provides comments to clarify some of the excerpts. Interviewer is Marjorie Lange.
Notes
History/bio information from the records, articles about John and Nora Lane in The Brandon Sun, the Find A Grave website, the Manitoba Vital Stats website and Bob Lane's obituary. Manitoba Vital Stats and Find A Grave has the family's last name spelt "McKenzie," while the records spell it "MacKenzie." Description by Christy Henry.
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The English reader : or, Pieces in prose and poetry, selected from the best writers, designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect, to improve their language and sentiments, and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue, with a few preliminary observations on the principles of good reading
A high-school astronomy : in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined with special reference to the wants of academies and seminaries of learning
Warren Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 16 April 1948 - volume 3, 17 February 1973 Correspondence Book of agents letters, 1948 -1959 Miscellaneous Directors' attendance lists, 1973 - 1975 (3 reports) Four pages of miscellaneous information, no date Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Woodlands
Eleanor Fison Warren (nee Brayshay) was born on April 30, 1902 in Laughrne, Wales. Although her father had come to Canada in 1891, and her parents were married in the RM of Shoal Lake, her mother returned to Wales for Eleanor's birth. Eleanor attended high school in Birtle, MB. In 1929, Eleanor married Major Oliver Quin "OQ" Warren (1884-1949) and together they had four daughters: Phoebe, Diana, Cynthia and Penelope. Following her marriage, Eleanor was a farm housewife. After her husband died she stayed on the farm but hired help, while also working as a post office clerk and then a part-time municipal clerk. She retired in 1968. For many years Eleanor played the organ for St. Alban's Anglican Church and supported the Blenheim Remebrance Club, whose members sewed comfortors for soldiers overseas. She was a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Birtle branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, served the local school board and drove many seniors to events in surrounding communities. Eleanor was awarded the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers and the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award (posthumous). Eleanor Warren died on April 30, 2003 in Winnipeg, MB. She is buried at Birtle 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 Elizabeth Warren about her life story. Interviewer is Marge Deschambault.
Notes
History/bio information from the records and the Find a Grave website. Description by Christy Henry.
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English
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The death of Robin Hood -- The escape of Robin Hood -- Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale -- Robin Hood and Little John -- Robin Hood and Sir Guy of Gisborne -- Robin Hood and the butcher -- Robin Hood and the fighting friar -- Robin Hood and the king -- Robin Hood and the poor knight -- Robin Hood and the widow's three sons -- Robin Hood goes fishing -- The sheriff among the outlaws
These are authentic Eskimo stories selected from Memoir 91, Anthropological Series 14 of the Geological Survey of Canada, "The Labrador Eskimo" by E.W. Hawkes
