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Home Town or Home Community:
Valley Park
Our Story:
Newman Family in Valley Park, Saskatchewan 1912-1953
The promise of adventure and prosperity lured many young men to Saskatchewan in the heart of Canada. The Newman brothers were two of these adventurers. In 1912, Jack Harold Percival Newman, then 23 years of age, and his brother Arthur, aged 21, left their home in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England in search of a new life in Canada.
Percy and Arthur boarded a ship to begin the first leg of their journey. The crossing took ten days. Following their arrival in Canada, they had a five-day train ride to the heart of the ...more Story
Related Links:
Western Development Museum
Contact:
Shirley Newman
56 Moxon Crescent
Saskatoon SK S7H 3B9
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