Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 21:42:56 -0600 (MDT)

From: "mtheimer@imt.net" <mtheimer@imt.net>

To: "BOB TRIPP, LOGAN HS - (BOBT@SEOVEC.OECN.OHIO.GOV)"

<bobt@SEOVCA.SEOVEC.OHIO.GOV>

Subject: Re: The Asquith Record

Informtion from the Asquith Record. There is no publication date on the

title page that I have copied.

DANIEL WESLEY TRIPP

Daniel Wesley Tripp was born April 26, 1874 in Haliburton County,

Ont. He was one of eleven children born to Daniel Tripp and Anna McMillan.

Daniel left home at an young age to seek employment. He headed to the United

States where he got a job driving logs near the Great Lakes. Upon coming to

Western Canada about 1905, he got a job running the Queen's Hotel in

Saskatoon for Duncan Kennedy. It was there he met Sarah Ann Catherwood who

was working there at the time. They were married in December, 1907 in

Saskatoon.

Sarah Catherwood was born Aug 26, 1876 near Grand Valley, Ont. She

came west with her family to Plenty, Sask. then moved to Saskatoon to work.

Which was located near Dunfermline in May 1907. Beside being a farmer, he

was a lover of Standard-bred horses. <this is a bit confusing mjt> Dan

brought some Standard bred-stallions into the Grandora area, the first

being Lord Baden (Baden or Powell) Lord Baden was later traded for King

Extella

Their homestead had no house, so they spent their first winter on

the NW 2-37-8 in a sod shack. The sod shack was built by John Grim. The next

spring they moved to their homestead. Daniel and his father-in-law had sent

to Ontario for a carload of lumber for the construction of a house and barn.

Shortly after the construction of the baarn a cyclone tore it down. A new one

was constructed with the remaining lumber. There they lived until 1916. By

that time there were six children Edna-1908, Pearl-1909, Daniel-1911,

Herb-1912, Bruce-1914 and Hazel-1915. A bigger house was needed.

The SE 43-36-8-W3 was purchased because of the larger house that was already

there. This house burned before they moved in. Another home was moved and is

now sitting in Herb Tripp's yard. They remained on this site until 1948. They

last two children were born here Bill-1917 and David-1918. They last move

they made was to SE2-37-8-W3. This farm was purchased from Doc Millar.

Sarah did not recover from being badly burned when the sleeve of her dress

caught fire from a coal oil lamp. She died May 15, 1952. Danile lived in

Asquith for a short while, then spent his remaining years with Herb and Bruce.

He died 1957.

Edna learned the trades of seamstress and hairdressing. She operated a

beauty shop in Kindersley, Sask. and Edmonton for over 40 years. She married

Charles Duke in Jan 1938. They had one daughter Mytrice. Edna recently

purchased a home in Egerton. Alta.

Pearl attended school in Bridgeford and Asquith. She married Umphray Rae in

July 1930. They lived in the Hawoods district ten years, operating the

elevator there. They had one daughter, Joyce. Pearl worked as a clerk cashier

in Saskatoon until her retirement.

Daniel II worked for his uncle, Willie Catherwood at Plenty, where he met

Elizabeth Sperling. They were married and Daniel filed for his first

homestead in 1905. Near Clark's crossing but gave it up and filed on the NE

34-36-8-W3. married in July, 1914 at her home in Boda, Atla. <you may want to

put this in its proper palce> They farmed north of Provost where Dan worked

for the town and later as night clerk for the Provost Hotel until his

retirement in 1976. They had three children, Dianne, Larry and Jerry.

Herb farms in the Grandora area. He married Vera Sinclair of McDowell in

November 1947. They had two children Raymond and Eileen.

Bruce farmed near Grandora at first, with his brother Herb, later went on

his own. Along with farming he raises Appaloosa horses and beef cattle.

Hazel trained as a hairdresser. She worked at the profession in Kindersley

and Asquith. She married Sig Haroldson in 1946, who was a section forman

for the C.P.R. Sigretired in Nipawin. They had three children, Margaret, John

and Clifford. Hazel is employed at Newfeldt Seedin Nipawin.

William (Bill) trained as a barber and worked in a Kindersley shop. He had

two sons from a previous marriage, Brian and Miles. Bill is now married to

Lillian Volker, and has semi-retired on his farm in Sylvan Lake. Alta.

David married Velma Martin of Lacadena, Sack. in 1945. They had six

children, Shirley, Karin, Barrie, Robert, Stanley abd Lois.

HERB TRIPP

Herb tripp was born Nov. 24, 1912 in the Dunfermline area (NE 34-36-8-W3)

From an early age he was interested in horses and learned much from his

father, Daniel who was an avid horse dealer. He remained at home, helping

on the farm until the thirties when he and some others rode the train

looking for work. Upon returning, he remained at home with his parents.

Later, he and his brother Bruce, went into partnership in farming. At that

time he also showed Belgian horses for Bob Thomas. On Nov. 1, 1947 he

married Vera Sinclair from the McDowall area. They lived on the Howard

Thomas farm until 1951 when Herb purchased a house and barn to be moved

to SE 27/36/8/W3. By this time, Raymond was born (1948) and Eileen was

born 1952. Raymond went to school in Diova until the school closed,

then to Vanscoy. In high school he attended Delisle Composite.Raymond

became interested in the dairy operation while in high school and now

has a herd of registered Ayrshires. They also have a herd of registered

polled Herefords. Eileen attended Vanscoy Elementary and Delisle Composite.

She and her husband Brian Matheson, are now living on her grandfather's

homestead.

DAVID TRIPP

David Tripp, the eight child of Daniel Tripp and Sarah Ann (Catherwood)

Tripp, was born on their farm near Dumfermline, Sask, and attended Hawood

School. After ten years of school, he set out to help on various farms. In

1937, he and his brother Bill, rode the boxcars to Thunder Bay looking for

employment. The only work available was picking potatoes for a Ukranian

family. They enjoyed a warm bed and good food for six weeks and set out for

home $10.00 richer.

In 1942, David enlisted in the Air Froce and was discharged in 1945. That

fall, he and Velma Martin, of Lacadena, Sask. were married and spent the next

two winters operating the post office and store at Dumfermline. Mail was

dropped off twice a day. The two-room living quarters at the back were mighty

cold, freezing water on the stove at night. Shirley and Karin were born while

they lived there. They moved to Flewelling house that fall. This house was a

bit roomier but no warmer than the first. In September, 1948 they moved to

Edmontaon and David worked for the C.N.R. for the next ten years. While they

were at Edmonton, they had four more children: Barrie, Robert, Stanley and

Lois. In 1957 they bought a farm at Provost, Alta where the children grew up

and they still reside.

JOHN A. TRIPP

John A. Tripp (brother of Daniel W.) was born in 1884, one of 11 children

born to Daniel and Annie (McMillan) Tripp of Haliburton, Ont. He worked as

cook in McKinley silver mines. He married Margaret Frances Armitage in Oct.

1909 and came west to homestead on 20-37-8-W3 in the Asquit district. They

farmed for ten years in this district. Five children were born here:

Stephen, of Lindsay, Ont. Beatrice (Mrs. G. Johnston) of south Monaghan,

Jack of Whitby, Ont. and Martha (Mrs. J. Bremmer) of Whitby, Ont. Clifford

of Peterborough, Ont. The other four born in Ontario were, Robert of Toronto,

Bessie ( Mrs. G. Higgins), Hazel (Mrs. Howard Armstrong) and Melvin of

Linsay, Ont. The first four children attended Dunfermline school, the others

in Ontario. John and Margaret celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in

Oct. 1979. Margaret passed away May 29, 1980 in her 87th year. John was 97

on Feb. 5, 1981. He is in a nursing home in Linsay, Ont.