Imigrants30Mar1925NCDP0678
Edmonton Bulletin
30 Mar 1925
NCDP0678
First Party Of British Settlers Reaches Halifax
Proceed by Special Train to Destination in Ontario and Western Canada.
157 ARE INCLUDED IN 31 FAMILIES
Are Fine Type of Settler and Have Had Previous Farm Experience.
HALIFAX, N.S., March 29.-- The first large party of British
farmer settlers to arrive in Canada under a joint arrangement between the
Canadian and British governments by which these families will be assisted to
settle on farms in Canada, reached Halifax today by the steamship Canopic. They
proceeded at once by special train to their destinations in Ontario and the
western provinces.
The parties consisted of 31 families, totalling 157 souls, and were an
exceptionally fine type of settler, especially selected by officials of the
Canadian government immigration department in Great Britain and Ireland. The
men have all had farming experience and they, their wives and children have
been selected with a view to securing settlers likely to prove successful in
Canada. Cash assistance to the extent of three hundred pounds to each family is
being provided as a loan, by the British government, to establish these
settlers on their land, buy equipment and supply necessaries until the farms
are productive. Assistance is also given jointly by the Canadian and British
governments towards the cost of transportation, as a loan to adults and a free
grant to children. In addition each family has some personal capital of its own
which will be used in making a start on the land.
Upon arrival here and after completion of the immigration formalities, the
party was turned over to the land settlement branch of the Canadian department
of immigration and colonization, the families will be immediately place in farm
homes which have been prepared and are ready for their reception, but no farms
will be actually sold to the newcomers until the men and older boys have worked
with neighboring farmers and have shown aptitude in Canadian methods likely to
assure their success.
The farms will be sold on 25-year terms with payments arranged in such a way as
to amount to little, if any, more than a rental of the land. All advances,
except the grant for the transportation of children, are to be ultimately
re-paid.
With the exception of one family for Nova Scotia, the present party is moving
entirely to Ontario and the western provinces, but subsequent parties are to be
distributed also in Quebec and the maritime provinces.
The settlers included:
T. G. Sloan, wife and three children, from County Down, Ireland, to Mannville,
Alta.
Harold Jackson, wife and two children, from Burnley, Lancashire, to Edmonton
district.
John Jones, wife and four children, from Dollgelley, Wales, to Edmonton
district.
A. F. Jones, wife and two children, from Birmingham district to Innisfree,
Alta.
Alex. Cairns, wife and four children, from County Down, to Mannville, Alta.
F. W. Fallowfield, wife and five children, from Liverpool district to
Innisfree.
R. C. Hopper, wife and five children, from Northpeth, England, to Sedgewick,
Alta.
William Walker, wife and Miss Finney, from Chester, England, to Edmonton
district.
Robert Boyd, wife and six children, from County Down, to Stettler, Alta.
William Bates, wife and child, from Chathill, England, to Morningside, Alta.
J. G. Davidson, wife and two children, from Stockton-on-Tees, to Solsgrith,
Man.
Weston Green, wife and three sons, from Tamworth, England, to Innisfail, Alta.
Edward Green, wife and four children, from Lurgan, Ireland, to Killarney, Man.
W. E. Harrison, wife and two children, from Birmingham district to Donald,
Alta.
H. S. Loten, wife and five children, from Hornsea, England, to Landis, Sask.
T. C. Parlson, wife and two children, from Kirby-on-Furness to Wolseley, Sask..
Robert Ratcliffe, wife and three children, from Skipton, England, to Calgary district.
F. F. Tilley, wife and two children, from Swindon to Vancouver.
J. W. Thompson, wife and five sons, from Sutton-on-Forest, York, to Coronation,
Alta.
James Wardston, wife and three children, from Worcester to?aluta, Sask.
Harry Lee, wife and two children, from near Birmingham, to Stoughton, Sask.
John Price, wife and four children, from near Birmingham to Somerset, Man.
Lester Smalley, wife and child, from Derby, to Swan River, Man.
Alfred Thompson, wife and four children, from Carlisle, to Manitou, Man.
John Thomas, wife and two children, from near Liverpool, to Lake Lenora, Sask.
W. J. Tithecott, wife and four children, from Wales, to Acme, Alta.
