Making a start in Canada: Letters from two young emigrants

Making a start in Canada: Letters from two young emigrants

Author: Church, Herbert E., b.1868. (author)

Year: 1889

Church, Herbert E.: b.1868. From England with his brother, 1886; spent a year as apprentice farmer near Owen Sound, Ontario; settled on Sheep Creek, 27 miles from Calgary, 1888, where he farmed and ranched until moving to British Columbia, 1897. // Church, Richard: 1869-1897. Younger brother of Herbert E. Church; lost his life crossing the Athabasca River while on a prospecting trip. // Church, Alfred John: 1829-1912. Father of Richard Church and Herbert E. Church. // The brothers spent a year on a farm in Ontario before settling near Calgary on Sheep Creek. See also Peel 5320.