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1912: Jan 14 Letter fm Eva Perrault

3/31/2014

 
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1913 - Winter in Pense, Sask. Courtesy of University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
The postcard above shows the grain elevators of Pense, Saskatchewan - the community to the immediate west of Grand Coulee. However, in 1905, it could have been taken of any town on the Canadian prairies depending on the amount of farmers in the area which would have influenced the number of grain elevators.

Author of Letter:  Eva Amelia Draper Perrault b 1876, North Gwillimbury, Ont
Dated:  Jan 14, 1912
Addressed to: Dear Brother
Mailed  from:  Grand Coulee (Saskatchewan)
Relationship: Oldest Sister of Noah Draper
Profession:  Farmer's wife
Writing  instrument: Black ink 
Written on: Linen-like cream-colored folded notepaper. Eva hasn't numbered the pages, but if she had, they would read 1, 3, 2, 4 with the third page turned sideways much like her daughter Veda did last week. 

*Last week's letter shows the history of Eva and Joe until these letters of Jan 1912.

People/places mentioned in this letter:

- *Noah Draper, age 23 (b 1887, North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario)
- *Ethel Nelson, age 21 (b 1890, North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario)
- **Louie & *Fred - Noah's sister Louie (Sarah Louisa) and her husband, Fred Coventry
- Mrs Coventry - Fred's mother, Eliza Grogan Stevenson, lives south of Grand Coulee
- **Veda - Eva's 16 yr old daughter who is studying at Brandon College
- Mother - *Sarah Sophia Deverell Draper
- *Joe Perrault - husband of Eva (author of this letter)
- **Uncle Frank's - Frank Matt married Joe's sister, "Nettie" Josephine Jeanette
- *Edyth Draper - Noah's 1st cousin (their fathers, Stephen and David, are brothers)

**Mr. Wright - A.D. Wright -store owner in Grand Coulee who is selling out
Sample - new store owner in Grand Coulee


Places/things mentioned in this letter or in the Genealogy Notes:
Pense - shown in top postcard


Legend: 
* Look under the Categories/Labels in the right side column for more posts on this 
  person/place/thing. If you don't see a label, use the search box at the top of page.
** see Genealogy Notes below


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Grand Coulee  Jan th 
14 
1912
Mr N. C. Draper
                    Belhaven. Ont.
Dear Brother ---
                                   I dont know
weather you think you have
wrote me or not But I did
not count a postcard, a letter
However it may be as well
not to wait for a letter as
I might not write at all if
I did.  Well Noah how are
you and Mother getting


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along? and does mother keep 
well.  It is very cold here
since the 20 of Dec. What
is the weather like down 
there?  it is any place from
20 to 56 below zero since
Christmas. Louie and Fred
was here to day  Louies eyes
are much better again.
Mr Wright has sold out
to a man by the name
of Sample and they are
selling out the old stock
now.  You aught to be here


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So you could get some thing cheap
in Grand Coulee  Mrs Coventry got a pair
of boots for 25 cents and it might be
a good time to lay in a suply I told
Veda I thought I had better go over
and get her suplyed for the summer.
Veda was home for 12 days  She likes
it fine down there now and is looking
forward to your return home.  Well
Noah have you got that little business
setteled up yet.  people are asking


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and we just have to tell
them we dont know. However
Noah we wish you all happyness
and a prosperous married life
when the time comes. I have
not heard from Ethel just
lately but they were all well
the last we heard. How are
Uncle Franks and all 
the rest down there? Is Edyth 
Draper married yet? Write
me a good longletter and
tell me all the news.
From your Loving Sister Eva.



Genealogy Notes

Genealogy Notes # 1 - Veda's Opinion of College

I think it's quite hilarious that Eva would say about Veda, "She likes it fine down there now..."

Wasn't it just last week that Veda wrote a very different view of being back in Brandon College? Read Veda's letter here.  

The amazing part is that both mother and daughter wrote the letters within days of each other and here it is - 102 yrs later - and we have both of them. :)


Genealogy Notes # 2 - Louie's Eyes

This is the first time Louie's eye problems have been mentioned in these letters. A search of the local Newmarket Era found these snippets with the dates of 1897-98. Louie was born in March 1879, so she would have been 18 yrs old when she had her operation, and since Eva's letter is dated 1912, Louie at 32 seems to still be having problems. 

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Genealogy Notes # 3 - Uncle Frank's 

Uncle Frank's is the family of Frank Matt and Josephine Jeanette Perrault (Joe's sister).  This family is special to me because of Melissa Matt, the Cultural Services Representative of the Georgina Pioneer Village and Archives.

I first heard of Melissa when she emailed me through my website's Contact page about a pleasant surprise...she enjoyed reading my Author Memories blog and thought it might be of interest to people who were interested in the local history of Georgina, and what used to be called North Gwillimbury.

As an aside, she mentioned that we might be related because Jeanette Josephine Perrault was her great-grandmother. And she's right. The connection is the marriage of Jeanette's brother, Joe, to Eva Amelia Draper. 


Genealogy Notes # 4 - Grand Coulee store

I spent several hours researching Mr. Wright, Mr. Sample, and the Grand Coulee store, but the only written information I could find is a local history book published in 1955 for Saskatchewan's Golden Jubilee - its 50th anniversary as a province. This soft-covered book is held at the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society (SGS) but you must be a member to view it. And from extensive research, if anyone else has a copy, they're keeping it well hidden - as are anyone with other information and images of the village and surrounding area. 

According to Grand Coulee A Social History, A.D. Wright was the owner of a general store in the early days of the village until his store burned down. But it doesn't say when it burned down or how Sample plays into it. Did the store burn down before any papers were signed, or right after but no one remembers the new owner, etc. 

PictureBook: Grand Coulee A Social History, 1955



If anyone knows 

where there is a copy 
of this book for sale, 
please Contact me. 



1911 Courtship: Feb 19, Dear Noah

8/5/2012

 
After a 2 week hiatus while I travelled by plane and train to a writing conference in California,  I'm returning to the 1911 Courtship of Ethel Nelson and Noah Draper. This week's post follows the first letter posted on  1911 Courtship: Feb 4, Dear Ethel.

Author of Letter: Ethel Isabell Nelson b1890
Dated:  February 19, 1911
Addressed to: Mr. N. Clement Draper, Grand Coulee, Sask.
Mailed from:  Bellhaven, Ontario
Relationship: Courting
Profession:  Farmer's Daughter 
Writing  instrument: Fine point pen, Black ink, 
Written on: slightly thick, textured linen-like paper, 9 inches x 6.5 inches,  folded
Mentioned in the letter: 
- Noah's Uncle Frank (either Frances Deverell, or Franklin Terry)
- Mrs. Perrault, and later Mr. Perrault (Noah`s sister, Eva, married a Joseph Perrault)
- Veda (Veda Perrault, daughter of Eva & Joseph Perault)
- Sadie and Christie (Ethel's 2 younger sisters)
- Ma and Pa (James Henry Nelson & Ida Amelia Glover)
- Willie Sedore (working on the research)
- Mr Young (not sure, but suspect he's the local postmaster)

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Belhaven, Feb 19th, 1911.
Mr N. Clement Draper.
Grand Coulee, Sask.

My Dear Noah. ----
                    Well, I suppose you are
on your way home by this time.
and rejoicing to think you will soon
be home once more. Hope your mother
won't think we have made you
worse than you really were. ha ha.
Although I would'nt care if she
were to send you back East again.
                    Did you have to walk
all the way over to your Uncle
Frank's! I guess you would be ready
for your nights rest when you got there.
Suppose Mrs Perrault give you a
piece of her mind not going over
the night befor. 
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2.
Well I hope you got home safe,
and that you were not delayed
in anyway.
     Ma has not come home yet.
Sadie and Christie have gone to
Sunday School. I am staying
home to keep Pa company. (I'm not
much company Just now I guess)
To day is his birthday.
     I have'nt saw Mr Perraults
since you left. Suppose they
have left these parts too.
     Sadie said to tell you next
time you came, she wanted
to say good-bye when you
went away.
to teach. *
*to teach - continues a sentence from page 3  when the notepaper is fully opened.
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3.
     Sadie said she looked for
you on the car Friday morning.
Suppose while I am writing
you are riding on the train.
and I believe you have the
best to do. It would not be
so lonesome. Did you meet
with anyone on the train that
you were acquainted with?
     Willie Sedore is to be
married a week from next
Wednesday. What do you think
about it?
     I think we will be going
up to church tonight. I don't know
who will preach.
     Sadie had a card from
Veda. Veda says she is to go West
*to teach
*to teach is actually written on bottom of Page 2
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4.
     Well Noah you said you were
a poor letter writer, but I
think I am no better. anyway it
will let you know I am
thinking of you. My thots for
you are not only while I am
writing, but all the time.
     I'll be patient to write and to
wait until the time comes
when we won't have to
write. And now I think I will
have to say Good-Bye, and take
a walk down to Mr Young's after
S. School is out. And Noah you
write,
          Love from Ethel.

Ethel Nelson
          Belhaven,
                   
Ont.
XXXX                                               XXXXXXX
  x x                                                           x x
    x                                                              x
So, did you get that hint on page 3 when Ethel mentions that Willie Sedore is getting married and asks Noah what he thinks about it? If I didn't know they were courting already, that question would have shown her intentions, for sure. Ha ha. As it is, page 4 clearly shows her affection for Noah and her wish that they could be together. 

The next courtship letter between Ethel and Noah will be dated Feb 24th and will be posted in 2 weeks - after a post and giveaway by historical author, Ruth Axtell.

Genealogy notes:
Do you recall the letter to Ethel from the mysterious Norah Donalda in 1910: A Letter From Norah Donalda?  Well just a couple days ago - 4 wks after the post was published - I received a very brief comment from the grandson of Nora Donalda. Perhaps I'll discover who the people are in Nora's letter now. What a blessing!

 
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