Charles William Cuthbert, was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1850. After the American Civil War, of 1861 to 1865, the young Charles went down to Missouri, U.S.A, about 1868. He was employed as a overseer on a southern Missouri estate or plantation for a few years. That is where he met and married his first wife, Margaret Mitchell. Their oldest daughter, Nellie Mae, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 2, 1871.
While in the south, Charles had known Jesse James, a famous bank and train robber who had been raised on a farm in Missouri. On one occasion while Charles was driving his wagon, Jesse caught up with him, tied his horse to the wagon and rode with Charles for a spell.
The family returned to Woodstock and from there decided to go out to Manitoba and did so in the fall of 1876. Emma and Sterling were born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and John and Margaret were born at Old High Bluff.
The Cuthbert family traveled by train to Minneapolis-St. Paul and Moorhead, Minniesota, then by stage coach to Fort Garry, and finally by covered wagon to settle at Old High Bluff--not too far from the Assiniboine River. There they lived in a log cabin.
In 1876, the Custer Massacre had taken place at Little Big Horn in Montana Territory. After the battle, Sitting Bull and his followers were driven into Canada. On this particular occasion a group of Indians arrived at the Cuthbert family cabin demanding food. Margaret was alone with her young family as Charles Cuthbert had taken his grain by wagon to Winnipeg to get flour milled, a three day trip. She immediately hid the children in the dugout under the cabin and gave the Indians all the food she had. The Indians were on their way to Flee Island to get to Lake Manitoba to escape the American authorities.
Margaret Ann (Mitchell) Cuthbert died August 2, 1882 at age twenty-nine years, seven months, ten days, of appendicitis. She left a young family, the oldest being Nellie, who was only eleven years. After the death of his young wife, Charles and family moved to Portage Creek.
Charlie served on the Rural Municipal Council under John Wilton for one term in 1882. He also petitioned for the forming of the Portage Creek School and the first meeting was held in his home April 15, 1886. The school opened in the fall of 1887 for 98 days with an enrollment of 14 children. The first teacher hired was a Miss Lowella Wainde (the late Mrs. Matthew Hourie) with a salary of $33.33 1/2 per month. A government grant in the fall amounted to $50.00. Charles was a trustee for many years.
Charles Cuthbert later married Catherine Laycock of Rosebank and there were five more children in the second marriage--William, Beatrice, Annie, Alice and Norman. Norman died at seventeen years of age. Catherine later moved to Miami in southern Manitoba. Charles remained at Portage Creek until his death on October 6, 1941. Charles is buried beside his first wife Margaret (Mitchell) Cuthbert, at the Old High Bluff Cemetery.
REFLECTIONS FROM THE CREEK was compiled by Georgina Cuthbert in 1992.
From pages A-xiv, A-xv and A-xix of REFLECTIONS FROM THE CREEK.
Transcribed by Glenna Cuthbert.
While in the south, Charles had known Jesse James, a famous bank and train robber who had been raised on a farm in Missouri. On one occasion while Charles was driving his wagon, Jesse caught up with him, tied his horse to the wagon and rode with Charles for a spell.
The family returned to Woodstock and from there decided to go out to Manitoba and did so in the fall of 1876. Emma and Sterling were born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and John and Margaret were born at Old High Bluff.
The Cuthbert family traveled by train to Minneapolis-St. Paul and Moorhead, Minniesota, then by stage coach to Fort Garry, and finally by covered wagon to settle at Old High Bluff--not too far from the Assiniboine River. There they lived in a log cabin.
In 1876, the Custer Massacre had taken place at Little Big Horn in Montana Territory. After the battle, Sitting Bull and his followers were driven into Canada. On this particular occasion a group of Indians arrived at the Cuthbert family cabin demanding food. Margaret was alone with her young family as Charles Cuthbert had taken his grain by wagon to Winnipeg to get flour milled, a three day trip. She immediately hid the children in the dugout under the cabin and gave the Indians all the food she had. The Indians were on their way to Flee Island to get to Lake Manitoba to escape the American authorities.
Margaret Ann (Mitchell) Cuthbert died August 2, 1882 at age twenty-nine years, seven months, ten days, of appendicitis. She left a young family, the oldest being Nellie, who was only eleven years. After the death of his young wife, Charles and family moved to Portage Creek.
Charlie served on the Rural Municipal Council under John Wilton for one term in 1882. He also petitioned for the forming of the Portage Creek School and the first meeting was held in his home April 15, 1886. The school opened in the fall of 1887 for 98 days with an enrollment of 14 children. The first teacher hired was a Miss Lowella Wainde (the late Mrs. Matthew Hourie) with a salary of $33.33 1/2 per month. A government grant in the fall amounted to $50.00. Charles was a trustee for many years.
Charles Cuthbert later married Catherine Laycock of Rosebank and there were five more children in the second marriage--William, Beatrice, Annie, Alice and Norman. Norman died at seventeen years of age. Catherine later moved to Miami in southern Manitoba. Charles remained at Portage Creek until his death on October 6, 1941. Charles is buried beside his first wife Margaret (Mitchell) Cuthbert, at the Old High Bluff Cemetery.
REFLECTIONS FROM THE CREEK was compiled by Georgina Cuthbert in 1992.
From pages A-xiv, A-xv and A-xix of REFLECTIONS FROM THE CREEK.
Transcribed by Glenna Cuthbert.
Charles William Cuthbert, was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1850. After the American Civil War, of 1861 to 1865, the young Charles went down to Missouri, U.S.A, about 1868. He was employed as a overseer on a southern Missouri estate or plantation for a few years. That is where he met and married his first wife, Margaret Mitchell. Their oldest daughter, Nellie Mae, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 2, 1871.
While in the south, Charles had known Jesse James, a famous bank and train robber who had been raised on a farm in Missouri. On one occasion while Charles was driving his wagon, Jesse caught up with him, tied his horse to the wagon and rode with Charles for a spell.
The family returned to Woodstock and from there decided to go out to Manitoba and did so in the fall of 1876. Emma and Sterling were born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and John and Margaret were born at Old High Bluff.
The Cuthbert family traveled by train to Minneapolis-St. Paul and Moorhead, Minniesota, then by stage coach to Fort Garry, and finally by covered wagon to settle at Old High Bluff--not too far from the Assiniboine River. There they lived in a log cabin.
In 1876, the Custer Massacre had taken place at Little Big Horn in Montana Territory. After the battle, Sitting Bull and his followers were driven into Canada. On this particular occasion a group of Indians arrived at the Cuthbert family cabin demanding food. Margaret was alone with her young family as Charles Cuthbert had taken his grain by wagon to Winnipeg to get flour milled, a three day trip. She immediately hid the children in the dugout under the cabin and gave the Indians all the food she had. The Indians were on their way to Flee Island to get to Lake Manitoba to escape the American authorities.
Margaret Ann (Mitchell) Cuthbert died August 2, 1882 at age twenty-nine years, seven months, ten days, of appendicitis. She left a young family, the oldest being Nellie, who was only eleven years. After the death of his young wife, Charles and family moved to Portage Creek.
Charlie served on the Rural Municipal Council under John Wilton for one term in 1882. He also petitioned for the forming of the Portage Creek School and the first meeting was held in his home April 15, 1886. The school opened in the fall of 1887 for 98 days with an enrollment of 14 children. The first teacher hired was a Miss Lowella Wainde (the late Mrs. Matthew Hourie) with a salary of $33.33 1/2 per month. A government grant in the fall amounted to $50.00. Charles was a trustee for many years.
Charles Cuthbert later married Catherine Laycock of Rosebank and there were five more children in the second marriage--William, Beatrice, Annie, Alice and Norman. Norman died at seventeen years of age. Catherine later moved to Miami in southern Manitoba. Charles remained at Portage Creek until his death on October 6, 1941. Charles is buried beside his first wife Margaret (Mitchell) Cuthbert, at the Old High Bluff Cemetery.
REFLECTIONS FROM THE CREEK was compiled by Georgina Cuthbert in 1992.
From pages A-xiv, A-xv and A-xix of REFLECTIONS FROM THE CREEK.
Transcribed by Glenna Cuthbert.
While in the south, Charles had known Jesse James, a famous bank and train robber who had been raised on a farm in Missouri. On one occasion while Charles was driving his wagon, Jesse caught up with him, tied his horse to the wagon and rode with Charles for a spell.
The family returned to Woodstock and from there decided to go out to Manitoba and did so in the fall of 1876. Emma and Sterling were born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and John and Margaret were born at Old High Bluff.
The Cuthbert family traveled by train to Minneapolis-St. Paul and Moorhead, Minniesota, then by stage coach to Fort Garry, and finally by covered wagon to settle at Old High Bluff--not too far from the Assiniboine River. There they lived in a log cabin.
In 1876, the Custer Massacre had taken place at Little Big Horn in Montana Territory. After the battle, Sitting Bull and his followers were driven into Canada. On this particular occasion a group of Indians arrived at the Cuthbert family cabin demanding food. Margaret was alone with her young family as Charles Cuthbert had taken his grain by wagon to Winnipeg to get flour milled, a three day trip. She immediately hid the children in the dugout under the cabin and gave the Indians all the food she had. The Indians were on their way to Flee Island to get to Lake Manitoba to escape the American authorities.
Margaret Ann (Mitchell) Cuthbert died August 2, 1882 at age twenty-nine years, seven months, ten days, of appendicitis. She left a young family, the oldest being Nellie, who was only eleven years. After the death of his young wife, Charles and family moved to Portage Creek.
Charlie served on the Rural Municipal Council under John Wilton for one term in 1882. He also petitioned for the forming of the Portage Creek School and the first meeting was held in his home April 15, 1886. The school opened in the fall of 1887 for 98 days with an enrollment of 14 children. The first teacher hired was a Miss Lowella Wainde (the late Mrs. Matthew Hourie) with a salary of $33.33 1/2 per month. A government grant in the fall amounted to $50.00. Charles was a trustee for many years.
Charles Cuthbert later married Catherine Laycock of Rosebank and there were five more children in the second marriage--William, Beatrice, Annie, Alice and Norman. Norman died at seventeen years of age. Catherine later moved to Miami in southern Manitoba. Charles remained at Portage Creek until his death on October 6, 1941. Charles is buried beside his first wife Margaret (Mitchell) Cuthbert, at the Old High Bluff Cemetery.
REFLECTIONS FROM THE CREEK was compiled by Georgina Cuthbert in 1992.
From pages A-xiv, A-xv and A-xix of REFLECTIONS FROM THE CREEK.
Transcribed by Glenna Cuthbert.
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