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Spruce Lake/ Spruce Bluff District
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ROBERT BELL’S
FAMILY STORY
(Robert Bell, 1888 -1968)
This is a story about a English family that came to Canada in 1907/08 from a well established life in the clock making and repairing business in Leeds England to homestead in the Saskatchewan parkland, in the Spruce Lake and Turtleford area. Robert’s wife, Annie Maude, nee Howard, came from a lace maker family in Nottingham England to exchange teach in North Battleford. They loved this land. Their determination in dealing with tough times was characteristic of the many pioneers who settled here.
Robert Bell, (Sept.4,1888-Aug.10,1968) left England on ...more Story
Related Links:
Western Development Museum
Contact:
Joan Bell
1347 Kingsmere Blvd.
Saskatoon SK S7J 5C4
Canada
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