Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Mark McGARVEY (1874-1911)

In
Memory Of
Mark
McGarvey
Died
Sep. 23, 1911
Age 37 Yrs.
At Rest1

Mark McGarvey has a story for "Mathew [sic] was killed in Shellbrook crossing the railway with team and sleigh."2 And I would love to read more, especially a newspaper report, but of course 1911 is the year before the town of Shellbrook's newspaper was established in 1912!

Sources:
1. Wild Rose North Cemetery (Wild Rose, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 14, Township 50, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Mark McGarvey grave marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, July 2011.
2. Footprints of Our Pioneers: Briarlea, Crutwell, Holbein, Nisbet, Rozilee, Wild Rose. Shellbrook: Wild Rose and Area History Book Committee, 1990. p. 555. Print.

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