Referred to as Homestead #3136, A.J.W was born on September 28, 1840 near Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario. A.J.W graduated from a military school and later became a Captain of the 16th Battalion during the Fenian Raids. When he wasn’t serving he was a woodworker who specialized in making cases for organs and pianos.
It is said that A.J.W married his wife in Ontario in 1863 or 1864.
A.J.W and his wife raised four sons in Ontario and then decided to move to Manitoba through Emerson. They settled first in Rapid City.
In 1885 after snowshoeing to the area, he found this property. A.J.W moved his family to the land and there, they wintered, in a tent, on the property. The following summer, this house was built.
A.J.W passed away in 1909. His wife died in 1933.
While we were able to get right up to this home, I didn’t go inside or even look inside.
This house for me will always be known as the Coyote House. While making our trek down the road, along the field line, there was a dead coyote.
CRUMBLING MEMORIES 