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| 1910-Jun-13: Homestead Entry Application Zachariah Leach applied for Homestead Entry as a proxy for his son Ambrose Leach, who was 21 years old, single, a blacksmith, with post office address Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. |
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| 1910-Dec-16: Homestead Entry Cancelled Ambrose Leach did not appear at the office within six months of entry and declare that he was in residence on the property. |
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| 1911-Aug-30: Homestead Entry Application, then Cancelled Steward Fallis of Newbridge, Ontario applied for Entry for a Pre-emption for the quarter-section, on the basis that he was simultaneously obtaining Homestead Entry for the southeast quarter-section (SE-21-24-29-W3). There is no other paperwork with his name, but the application was stamped as Entry Cancelled, 1912-Jul-08 . |
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| 1912-Jun-25: Homestead Entry Application Zachariah Leach applied for Homestead Entry for himself. The family consisted of 6 adult males, 3 adult females, and 9 children under the age of 12. He stated that he had previously obtained Homestead Entry on 1910-Jun-03 for NW-27-24-29-W3. |
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| 1913-Feb-01: Glevennah Post Office opens nearby on 2-25-1-W4 in Alberta |
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| 1913-May-01: First burial in Mayfield Cemetery Zachariah Leach's 16 year-old daughter Martha MAY Leach died from tuberculosis, and Zachariah buried her on his Homestead, at the northern end of NE-21-24-29-W3. Zach & his neighbours then decided to create a cemetery there. |
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| 1913-May-14: How do I give 2 acres for a cemetery? Zachariah Leach wrote to the Department of Interior saying he has a homestead that is the E½-21-24-29-W3, and he wants to donate two acres for a burial ground. He asks how to do that, since he has not proved up the homestead yet. They reply saying how. |
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| 1913-Jul-05: Applying for a grant for 2 acres for a cemetery The Board of Trustees of the Mantario circuit of the Methodist Church, Saskatchewan Conference, wrote to the Department of the Interior requesting the grant of the two acres to be used by the church for cemetery purposes. Described as: Beginning from a point (68) sixty-eight rods due west of the north-east corner stake of sec. 21 TP. 24. R.29. W.3rd.M. proceeding from thence, twenty (20) rods due south, from thence sixteen (16) rods due west; from thence twenty (20) rods due north; from thence sixteen (16) rods due east to arrive there at the original starting point - such boundaries enclosing two (2) acres in extent. Accompanying the letter was a form from Zachariah Leach requesting that the two acres described be withdrawn from his Homestead so that it may be granted to the Church for cemetery purposes. |
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| 1913-Aug-14: No problem, just send us a $10.00 fee |  |
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| 1914-Feb-27: OK, here's the $10.00 ... late. Trustees of Cemetery Property, of the Mantario Circuit, of the Saskatchewan Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada. Zachariah Leach Allan J. McCurdy Burt E. Nichols John H. Dickin Warren E. Risley James Harnett Alexander Spinks William Rowles John Chapman |
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| 1914-Spring: Mayfield School opens on 27-24-29-W3 |
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| 1914-Apr-24: Here's your receipt for the $10, please wait for awhile. |  |
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| 1914-Jul-01: Josephine Post Office opens on SE-34-24-29-W3 |
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| 1915-Jan-21: Methodist Church granted land patent for the cemetery ... but because of the War, the letter doesn't go out for 2 months. The World War clearly left the Department of the Interior with few people to do filing and correspondence. |
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| 1915-Feb-22: What's the delay? Zachariah Leach wrote to the Department of the Interior to say that the Secretary of the Board of Trustees was no longer there and no one knows if he paid the $10 asked for. They want to know what's going on, since they've buried 3 people already and we want to fence the area and plant trees. The Department of the Interior replied that they did receive the $10 and the patent for the land is in course of preparation. Actually, the patent had been granted a month prior, but the paperwork is slow in filing, probabably because of the World War. |
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| 1915-Feb-26: First mention of the Mayfield Cemetery in The Empress Express Newspaper. The Empress Express, February 26, 1915, Page 6 Joslings From Josephine The funeral took place at Mayfield cemetery, Wednesday, Feb. 17th, of the four and a half year's old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Davidson, Crescent Hill. |
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| 1916-Apr-17: Zachariah Leach applied for land patent for the quarter-section |  |
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| 1916-Apr-20: Build a fence. The Empress Express, April 20, 1916, Page 1 MAYFIELD --- A congregational meeting mest last Sunday week at Mr. Norris's house to appoint a committee for the oversight of the cemetery. The committee formed were Messrs. Leach, Archie Mitchell and Alex. Mitchell. J. W. Waggett presided. It was decided that the Josephine cemetery should be surveyed and fenced immediately. |
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| 1917-May-16: Zachariah Leach Land Patent Granted |  |
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| 1917-Nov-01: Find out the cost to get it surveyed. The Empress Express, November 1, 1917, Page 6 R. M. of Mantario, No. 262 --- The Council met at Patrick Shea's, 13-26-29, w3rd, on Oct. 6th, with Reeve Ardell and Councillors Bell, McWhinney, Batty, Johnston, Scott and Harnet present. ... McWhinney - That Sec.-Treas. be instructed to communicate with firms of surveyors with a view to finding out the cost of surveying the Mayfield cemetery. Carried. |
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| 1918-Jan-24: Let's get it surveyed. The Empress Express, January 24, 1918, Page 1 R. M. of Mantario, No. 262 --- The Council met at Patrick Shea's, 13-26-29, w3rd, on Wednesday, January 2nd, with with Reeve Ardell and Councillors Baynon, McWhinney, Batty, Jones and Scott present. ... Jones - That the Reeve and Councillor Batty and McWhinney be, and are hereby appointed a committee to determine the plan to be adopted for surveying the Mayfield cemetery, and to arrange for having the survey made. Carried. |
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| 1918-Aug-24: Official Map Examined & Approved The Official Map is signed by "Helsara J. Adell", Reeve, and "R. Stanley Bong", Secy-Treas. |
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| 1918-Sep-12: Let's pay the survey bill. The Empress Express, September 12, 1918, Page 4 R. M. of Mantario, No. 262 --- The Council met at Patrick Shea's, 12-26-29 W3, on Aug. 24. Members present: Reeve Ardell, Councillors McWhinney, Batty, Jones, Scott and Harnett. ... Moved by Batty that the fallowing (sic) accounts be paid: ... Phillips, Stewart & Lee, surveying cemetery at Mayfield $175.00. Carried. |
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