Our Family's Journey Through Time
Notes:
Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is about 450 kilometres north-west of Winnipeg and 300 kilometres south-east of Saskatoon and is the sixth largest city in the province.
As of 2017 the census population of the city was 19,643. Yorkton has had a growth rate of 4.3% since 2011.[8]
Yorkton was founded in 1882 and incorporated as a city in 1928. The city is bordered by the rural municipalities of Orkney to the north, west, and south, and Wallace on the east.
History
In 1882 a group of businessmen and investors formed the York Farmers Colonization Company. Authorized to issue up to $300,000 in debentures and lenient government credit terms on land purchases encouraged company representatives to visit the District of Assiniboia of the North-West Territories with the intent to view some crown land available near the Manitoba border. They were impressed with what they saw and the group purchased portions of six townships near the Little Whitesand River (now Yorkton Creek) for the purpose of settlement and to establish a centre for trade there.[9] This centre would become known as York Colony.[10]
The company founded the settlers' colony on the banks of the Little Whitesand River where lots were given freely to settlers who purchased land from them. The colony remained at its site until 1889. It was originally located at PT SE 1/4 13-26-4 W2M.[11]
In 1889 the rail line was extended to the Yorkton area. It was at this time the colony townsite relocated alongside the new rail line.
Latitude: 51.208301, Longitude: -102.486Matches 1 to 5 of 5
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Callard, Laura Annabelle | 16 Jan 1920 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I55 |
| 2 | Dickson, Claude Hempton | 26 Mar 1914 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I13207 |
| 3 | Forsythe, William "Harold" | 13 Dec 1915 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I489 |
| 4 | Morrow, John Roe | 31 Oct 1931 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I26534 |
| 5 | Taylor, Ella Mabel | 23 Dec 1901 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I34198 |
Matches 1 to 11 of 11
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berglund, Winnifred "Winnie" | 2004 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I1626 |
| 2 | Burke, William Henry | 9 Sep 1934 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I34923 |
| 3 | Cotie, Lucy Ethel | 18 Apr 1952 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I12707 |
| 4 | Gibson, Ella Maria | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I6845 | |
| 5 | Hamilton, James | 1946 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I11260 |
| 6 | Little, Elizabeth Ellen | 19 Apr 1928 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I14468 |
| 7 | Lockhart, Clara May | 30 Jan 1997 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I6848 |
| 8 | Lockhart, David James | 19 Feb 1929 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I6835 |
| 9 | Lockhart, Hugh Samuel | 15 Mar 1893 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I6830 |
| 10 | Lockhart, Robert Ernest "Bob" | 22 Jan 1936 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I6843 |
| 11 | Pohlman, Rev. Carl Fredrick George | 14 Jul 1947 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | I7852 |
Matches 1 to 2 of 2
| Family |
Marriage |
Family ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morrow / Roe | 4 Aug 1928 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | F9158 |
| 2 | Thompson / Lasco | Aug 1964 | Yorkton, Yorkton Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada | F13075 |
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