Harold Bayley's Obituary in 1940 Prince Albert Herald, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
The funeral of Harold Bayley, 73, of Russellville who died Sunday was held yesterday afternoon from MacKenzie's Funeral home to the family plot in St. Mary's Cemetery. Rev. R.M. Luckraft officiated. Pallbearers were Robert Morton, A.D. McKeen, A. Walker, William Apps, R.R. Neilson and J. Lang.
Mr. Bayley, son of Dr. Joseph Bayley, was born in Northampton, England, in 1867. He received the traditional education of the English gentleman, tutors, Public School in Northampton, Eton University and two years of study and travel in Germany.
He came to Canada in 1883 and took up farming at Emerson, Manitoba, returning in 1888 to England and then going to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he spent three and a half years in the Mounted Police. From South Africa he again journeyed to Canada, returning to England in 1899.
A civil engineer and surveyor by profession, Mr. Bayley was surveying in Wales when he met Martha Owen, whom he married in 1899. They lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales until 1903 when they came to Canada, taking up land in what is now the Russellville district adjacent to the land which is now the Bayley home. He engaged in farming there until his death. Mrs. Bayley died April 3, 1923.
Mr. Bayley was active in organizing the first school and was the first secretary of the school district. In 1926 he married Mrs. Rose Tomlin of Huntingdon, England who died April 3, 1935, while on a visit to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England.
Surviving are three sons, Cecil and Jack at Buckland and Leslie at home; three daughters, Mrs. John Norman of South Prince Albert, Mrs. Peter Nikolaison of Russellville , and Mary at home; one stepson, Arthur Tomlin of the Royal Navy; two sisters, Mrs. Archdall and Mrs. Norman of England, and two brothers, Dr. Joseph Bayley, London, England and Claude Bayley, Hobart, Tasmania.
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Harold & Martha Bayley Family History write-up in 'Settlers Between The Mighty Saskatchewans - Stanleyville & Russellville' (1st printing, 1980)
Bayley - Harold and Martha
Harold Bayley, son of Dr. Joseph Bayley and Mrs. Sarah Jane Bayley of Northhampton, England, was born April 5, 1867. He was educated in England and Germany and spoke fluent English, German and Latin. He also could speak sign language.
At the age of sixteen, he came to Canada with a friend. Bill Coyer, and took up a Homestead at Emerson, Manitoba, 1883. Later he bought another quarter of land. Each winter he returned to England, but after eight years, he sold his land in Manitoba and went to South Africa, where he joined the South African Mounted Police, which he served for three years. He did not re-enlist, but went back to England and took up civil Engineering. He worked at water reservoirs and projects in England and Wales. In 1898 he met Martha Owen in Fishguard, Wales. They were married and lived in Wales for three years.
In April of 1903, with their son Cecil, and Martha expecting her second child in July, they came to Canada and came to the Prince Albert area.
They rented the NW1/4 of Section 34 for five years. After this time, they bought the East 1/2 of Section 34 and continued renting the NW1/4. He built a new home and yard on this NW1/4 and donated an acre and half of land for a school to be built . This school was named Russellville in 1914 and opened October, 1914.
The Bayley's had seven children:
Cecil- Born in Wales. 1900. did not marry
Jack - Born 1903. married Marie Graffe in 1931.
Jack was killed in a car accident at Kelowna, B.C. in September, 1972.
Thomas - born 1905 . Died at the age of six months.
Leslie - born in 1908. Married Hettie Symes in 1943 . They had one daughter Hettie. Leslie's wife Hettie died during childbirth.
Leslie died in 1957 .
Beatrice - born 1910 - married Jack Norman in 1934. They had a family of five. Peggy, Billy, Anne, twin girls - Beatrice and Florence.
Mary - born 1912 . Married Oliver Lee. They had three sons. Arnold, Mervyn and Wally.
Maude - born 1915. Married Peter Nikolaisen in 1935. They had seven children. Kirstine, Beatrice, Neil, Hans, Anne, Cherry, and Billy.
Harold Bayley served on the jury many times and would walk ten miles from the farm to Prince Albert to be on time for jury duty. He also worked on survey lines between the rivers.
Martha Bayley died April 3, 1923, at the age of forty-six.
Harold Bayley died in August 1940, at the age of seventy - three.
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The detailed sequence of young Harold Bayley worldly wanderings were gleaned from his mother Sarah Jane (Oliver) Bayley's birthday book in which she lays out his multiple ocean voyages back and forth between England, Canada, and South Africa, complete with detailed dates, for the period in Harold's life from 1883 till 1903:
"... my second son's birthday, Harold, born April 5, 1867.
He went to Manitoba, Canada in May 1883. He returned home in September of 1887. He went back to Manitoba in March of 1888. He returned home a second time from Canada on the 19th of December 1892. He went back to Manitoba in the spring on April 6th, 1893. He came back home again a few months later in June 9th 7th 1893 and remained with us till February 22, 1894, when he sailed for the Natal (South Africa).
He came home for two months January 1897 returning to South Africa on March 6th, 1897 the return to England and was articled to engineering for three years he went to Canada with his wife and son Cecil in March of 1903 "
The funeral of Harold Bayley, 73, of Russellville who died Sunday was held yesterday afternoon from MacKenzie's Funeral home to the family plot in St. Mary's Cemetery. Rev. R.M. Luckraft officiated. Pallbearers were Robert Morton, A.D. McKeen, A. Walker, William Apps, R.R. Neilson and J. Lang.
Mr. Bayley, son of Dr. Joseph Bayley, was born in Northampton, England, in 1867. He received the traditional education of the English gentleman, tutors, Public School in Northampton, Eton University and two years of study and travel in Germany.
He came to Canada in 1883 and took up farming at Emerson, Manitoba, returning in 1888 to England and then going to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he spent three and a half years in the Mounted Police. From South Africa he again journeyed to Canada, returning to England in 1899.
A civil engineer and surveyor by profession, Mr. Bayley was surveying in Wales when he met Martha Owen, whom he married in 1899. They lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales until 1903 when they came to Canada, taking up land in what is now the Russellville district adjacent to the land which is now the Bayley home. He engaged in farming there until his death. Mrs. Bayley died April 3, 1923.
Mr. Bayley was active in organizing the first school and was the first secretary of the school district. In 1926 he married Mrs. Rose Tomlin of Huntingdon, England who died April 3, 1935, while on a visit to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England.
Surviving are three sons, Cecil and Jack at Buckland and Leslie at home; three daughters, Mrs. John Norman of South Prince Albert, Mrs. Peter Nikolaison of Russellville , and Mary at home; one stepson, Arthur Tomlin of the Royal Navy; two sisters, Mrs. Archdall and Mrs. Norman of England, and two brothers, Dr. Joseph Bayley, London, England and Claude Bayley, Hobart, Tasmania.
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Harold & Martha Bayley Family History write-up in 'Settlers Between The Mighty Saskatchewans - Stanleyville & Russellville' (1st printing, 1980)
Bayley - Harold and Martha
Harold Bayley, son of Dr. Joseph Bayley and Mrs. Sarah Jane Bayley of Northhampton, England, was born April 5, 1867. He was educated in England and Germany and spoke fluent English, German and Latin. He also could speak sign language.
At the age of sixteen, he came to Canada with a friend. Bill Coyer, and took up a Homestead at Emerson, Manitoba, 1883. Later he bought another quarter of land. Each winter he returned to England, but after eight years, he sold his land in Manitoba and went to South Africa, where he joined the South African Mounted Police, which he served for three years. He did not re-enlist, but went back to England and took up civil Engineering. He worked at water reservoirs and projects in England and Wales. In 1898 he met Martha Owen in Fishguard, Wales. They were married and lived in Wales for three years.
In April of 1903, with their son Cecil, and Martha expecting her second child in July, they came to Canada and came to the Prince Albert area.
They rented the NW1/4 of Section 34 for five years. After this time, they bought the East 1/2 of Section 34 and continued renting the NW1/4. He built a new home and yard on this NW1/4 and donated an acre and half of land for a school to be built . This school was named Russellville in 1914 and opened October, 1914.
The Bayley's had seven children:
Cecil- Born in Wales. 1900. did not marry
Jack - Born 1903. married Marie Graffe in 1931.
Jack was killed in a car accident at Kelowna, B.C. in September, 1972.
Thomas - born 1905 . Died at the age of six months.
Leslie - born in 1908. Married Hettie Symes in 1943 . They had one daughter Hettie. Leslie's wife Hettie died during childbirth.
Leslie died in 1957 .
Beatrice - born 1910 - married Jack Norman in 1934. They had a family of five. Peggy, Billy, Anne, twin girls - Beatrice and Florence.
Mary - born 1912 . Married Oliver Lee. They had three sons. Arnold, Mervyn and Wally.
Maude - born 1915. Married Peter Nikolaisen in 1935. They had seven children. Kirstine, Beatrice, Neil, Hans, Anne, Cherry, and Billy.
Harold Bayley served on the jury many times and would walk ten miles from the farm to Prince Albert to be on time for jury duty. He also worked on survey lines between the rivers.
Martha Bayley died April 3, 1923, at the age of forty-six.
Harold Bayley died in August 1940, at the age of seventy - three.
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The detailed sequence of young Harold Bayley worldly wanderings were gleaned from his mother Sarah Jane (Oliver) Bayley's birthday book in which she lays out his multiple ocean voyages back and forth between England, Canada, and South Africa, complete with detailed dates, for the period in Harold's life from 1883 till 1903:
"... my second son's birthday, Harold, born April 5, 1867.
He went to Manitoba, Canada in May 1883. He returned home in September of 1887. He went back to Manitoba in March of 1888. He returned home a second time from Canada on the 19th of December 1892. He went back to Manitoba in the spring on April 6th, 1893. He came back home again a few months later in June 9th 7th 1893 and remained with us till February 22, 1894, when he sailed for the Natal (South Africa).
He came home for two months January 1897 returning to South Africa on March 6th, 1897 the return to England and was articled to engineering for three years he went to Canada with his wife and son Cecil in March of 1903 "
Harold Bayley's Obituary in 1940 Prince Albert Herald, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
The funeral of Harold Bayley, 73, of Russellville who died Sunday was held yesterday afternoon from MacKenzie's Funeral home to the family plot in St. Mary's Cemetery. Rev. R.M. Luckraft officiated. Pallbearers were Robert Morton, A.D. McKeen, A. Walker, William Apps, R.R. Neilson and J. Lang.
Mr. Bayley, son of Dr. Joseph Bayley, was born in Northampton, England, in 1867. He received the traditional education of the English gentleman, tutors, Public School in Northampton, Eton University and two years of study and travel in Germany.
He came to Canada in 1883 and took up farming at Emerson, Manitoba, returning in 1888 to England and then going to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he spent three and a half years in the Mounted Police. From South Africa he again journeyed to Canada, returning to England in 1899.
A civil engineer and surveyor by profession, Mr. Bayley was surveying in Wales when he met Martha Owen, whom he married in 1899. They lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales until 1903 when they came to Canada, taking up land in what is now the Russellville district adjacent to the land which is now the Bayley home. He engaged in farming there until his death. Mrs. Bayley died April 3, 1923.
Mr. Bayley was active in organizing the first school and was the first secretary of the school district. In 1926 he married Mrs. Rose Tomlin of Huntingdon, England who died April 3, 1935, while on a visit to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England.
Surviving are three sons, Cecil and Jack at Buckland and Leslie at home; three daughters, Mrs. John Norman of South Prince Albert, Mrs. Peter Nikolaison of Russellville , and Mary at home; one stepson, Arthur Tomlin of the Royal Navy; two sisters, Mrs. Archdall and Mrs. Norman of England, and two brothers, Dr. Joseph Bayley, London, England and Claude Bayley, Hobart, Tasmania.
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Harold & Martha Bayley Family History write-up in 'Settlers Between The Mighty Saskatchewans - Stanleyville & Russellville' (1st printing, 1980)
Bayley - Harold and Martha
Harold Bayley, son of Dr. Joseph Bayley and Mrs. Sarah Jane Bayley of Northhampton, England, was born April 5, 1867. He was educated in England and Germany and spoke fluent English, German and Latin. He also could speak sign language.
At the age of sixteen, he came to Canada with a friend. Bill Coyer, and took up a Homestead at Emerson, Manitoba, 1883. Later he bought another quarter of land. Each winter he returned to England, but after eight years, he sold his land in Manitoba and went to South Africa, where he joined the South African Mounted Police, which he served for three years. He did not re-enlist, but went back to England and took up civil Engineering. He worked at water reservoirs and projects in England and Wales. In 1898 he met Martha Owen in Fishguard, Wales. They were married and lived in Wales for three years.
In April of 1903, with their son Cecil, and Martha expecting her second child in July, they came to Canada and came to the Prince Albert area.
They rented the NW1/4 of Section 34 for five years. After this time, they bought the East 1/2 of Section 34 and continued renting the NW1/4. He built a new home and yard on this NW1/4 and donated an acre and half of land for a school to be built . This school was named Russellville in 1914 and opened October, 1914.
The Bayley's had seven children:
Cecil- Born in Wales. 1900. did not marry
Jack - Born 1903. married Marie Graffe in 1931.
Jack was killed in a car accident at Kelowna, B.C. in September, 1972.
Thomas - born 1905 . Died at the age of six months.
Leslie - born in 1908. Married Hettie Symes in 1943 . They had one daughter Hettie. Leslie's wife Hettie died during childbirth.
Leslie died in 1957 .
Beatrice - born 1910 - married Jack Norman in 1934. They had a family of five. Peggy, Billy, Anne, twin girls - Beatrice and Florence.
Mary - born 1912 . Married Oliver Lee. They had three sons. Arnold, Mervyn and Wally.
Maude - born 1915. Married Peter Nikolaisen in 1935. They had seven children. Kirstine, Beatrice, Neil, Hans, Anne, Cherry, and Billy.
Harold Bayley served on the jury many times and would walk ten miles from the farm to Prince Albert to be on time for jury duty. He also worked on survey lines between the rivers.
Martha Bayley died April 3, 1923, at the age of forty-six.
Harold Bayley died in August 1940, at the age of seventy - three.
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The detailed sequence of young Harold Bayley worldly wanderings were gleaned from his mother Sarah Jane (Oliver) Bayley's birthday book in which she lays out his multiple ocean voyages back and forth between England, Canada, and South Africa, complete with detailed dates, for the period in Harold's life from 1883 till 1903:
"... my second son's birthday, Harold, born April 5, 1867.
He went to Manitoba, Canada in May 1883. He returned home in September of 1887. He went back to Manitoba in March of 1888. He returned home a second time from Canada on the 19th of December 1892. He went back to Manitoba in the spring on April 6th, 1893. He came back home again a few months later in June 9th 7th 1893 and remained with us till February 22, 1894, when he sailed for the Natal (South Africa).
He came home for two months January 1897 returning to South Africa on March 6th, 1897 the return to England and was articled to engineering for three years he went to Canada with his wife and son Cecil in March of 1903 "
The funeral of Harold Bayley, 73, of Russellville who died Sunday was held yesterday afternoon from MacKenzie's Funeral home to the family plot in St. Mary's Cemetery. Rev. R.M. Luckraft officiated. Pallbearers were Robert Morton, A.D. McKeen, A. Walker, William Apps, R.R. Neilson and J. Lang.
Mr. Bayley, son of Dr. Joseph Bayley, was born in Northampton, England, in 1867. He received the traditional education of the English gentleman, tutors, Public School in Northampton, Eton University and two years of study and travel in Germany.
He came to Canada in 1883 and took up farming at Emerson, Manitoba, returning in 1888 to England and then going to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he spent three and a half years in the Mounted Police. From South Africa he again journeyed to Canada, returning to England in 1899.
A civil engineer and surveyor by profession, Mr. Bayley was surveying in Wales when he met Martha Owen, whom he married in 1899. They lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales until 1903 when they came to Canada, taking up land in what is now the Russellville district adjacent to the land which is now the Bayley home. He engaged in farming there until his death. Mrs. Bayley died April 3, 1923.
Mr. Bayley was active in organizing the first school and was the first secretary of the school district. In 1926 he married Mrs. Rose Tomlin of Huntingdon, England who died April 3, 1935, while on a visit to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England.
Surviving are three sons, Cecil and Jack at Buckland and Leslie at home; three daughters, Mrs. John Norman of South Prince Albert, Mrs. Peter Nikolaison of Russellville , and Mary at home; one stepson, Arthur Tomlin of the Royal Navy; two sisters, Mrs. Archdall and Mrs. Norman of England, and two brothers, Dr. Joseph Bayley, London, England and Claude Bayley, Hobart, Tasmania.
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Harold & Martha Bayley Family History write-up in 'Settlers Between The Mighty Saskatchewans - Stanleyville & Russellville' (1st printing, 1980)
Bayley - Harold and Martha
Harold Bayley, son of Dr. Joseph Bayley and Mrs. Sarah Jane Bayley of Northhampton, England, was born April 5, 1867. He was educated in England and Germany and spoke fluent English, German and Latin. He also could speak sign language.
At the age of sixteen, he came to Canada with a friend. Bill Coyer, and took up a Homestead at Emerson, Manitoba, 1883. Later he bought another quarter of land. Each winter he returned to England, but after eight years, he sold his land in Manitoba and went to South Africa, where he joined the South African Mounted Police, which he served for three years. He did not re-enlist, but went back to England and took up civil Engineering. He worked at water reservoirs and projects in England and Wales. In 1898 he met Martha Owen in Fishguard, Wales. They were married and lived in Wales for three years.
In April of 1903, with their son Cecil, and Martha expecting her second child in July, they came to Canada and came to the Prince Albert area.
They rented the NW1/4 of Section 34 for five years. After this time, they bought the East 1/2 of Section 34 and continued renting the NW1/4. He built a new home and yard on this NW1/4 and donated an acre and half of land for a school to be built . This school was named Russellville in 1914 and opened October, 1914.
The Bayley's had seven children:
Cecil- Born in Wales. 1900. did not marry
Jack - Born 1903. married Marie Graffe in 1931.
Jack was killed in a car accident at Kelowna, B.C. in September, 1972.
Thomas - born 1905 . Died at the age of six months.
Leslie - born in 1908. Married Hettie Symes in 1943 . They had one daughter Hettie. Leslie's wife Hettie died during childbirth.
Leslie died in 1957 .
Beatrice - born 1910 - married Jack Norman in 1934. They had a family of five. Peggy, Billy, Anne, twin girls - Beatrice and Florence.
Mary - born 1912 . Married Oliver Lee. They had three sons. Arnold, Mervyn and Wally.
Maude - born 1915. Married Peter Nikolaisen in 1935. They had seven children. Kirstine, Beatrice, Neil, Hans, Anne, Cherry, and Billy.
Harold Bayley served on the jury many times and would walk ten miles from the farm to Prince Albert to be on time for jury duty. He also worked on survey lines between the rivers.
Martha Bayley died April 3, 1923, at the age of forty-six.
Harold Bayley died in August 1940, at the age of seventy - three.
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The detailed sequence of young Harold Bayley worldly wanderings were gleaned from his mother Sarah Jane (Oliver) Bayley's birthday book in which she lays out his multiple ocean voyages back and forth between England, Canada, and South Africa, complete with detailed dates, for the period in Harold's life from 1883 till 1903:
"... my second son's birthday, Harold, born April 5, 1867.
He went to Manitoba, Canada in May 1883. He returned home in September of 1887. He went back to Manitoba in March of 1888. He returned home a second time from Canada on the 19th of December 1892. He went back to Manitoba in the spring on April 6th, 1893. He came back home again a few months later in June 9th 7th 1893 and remained with us till February 22, 1894, when he sailed for the Natal (South Africa).
He came home for two months January 1897 returning to South Africa on March 6th, 1897 the return to England and was articled to engineering for three years he went to Canada with his wife and son Cecil in March of 1903 "
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