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Originally Posted by Andy6
Another great source is the Free Press Archives ... Type in your address or street name and you could find all sorts of information, including (perhaps) the originals 'for sale' or 'for rent' notice. I did that once for 1ajs' house in Point Douglas and we found tons of stuff, including a photo from the 1910s. |
i tried my place in river heights.....it was built for william mckay omand, born in winnipeg in 1860, winnipeg pioneer and prairie missionary....graduated (theology) in the first class of the manitoba college (u of m) in 1887....he was one of dr. james roberton's 'sky pilots'.
the son of the omand of omand's creek fame and died in 1946 when he got hit by a car in the street out front of the house.
born in 1860, he had to be one of the first people born in winnipeg....