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List of Postmasters:
Logoch and Pope
Source:
National Archives of Canada, Archivia Net - Post Office DataBase, 2002

Logoch Post Office:
Mail was delivered to Logoch from 1884-1932.  In the 1885 Henderson Directory Logoch post office is listed as being on 2-13-24, W1, no county listed. ( 345).  The mail came from Bradwardine and deposited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Stevens from 1884-1890 and then Mr. and Mrs. William Angus from 1890-1932.  Logoch was named after Mr. Stevens home in Scotland.  The community then received their mail either from Pope or Oakner.  Prior to this families from the area were either getting their mail at Hamiota or Carlingville (1 mile south of present day Crandall).[Source 1886-87 Henderson Directory]

In the 1891 Henderson Directory: 'Logoche - a country post office on Sec.2, Tp. 13, Rg. 24, west of 1st Meridian, mail weekly.  Nearest railway station Griswold, dis. 35 miles.  Stevens, Jas., postmaster" [page 715]

Name of office: Logoch

Federal Electoral District:

Marquette (Manitoba )
Dates:
Establishment
re-openings
Closings
1884-11-01 1932-08-31
Postmaster Information:
Name of
postmaster
Military
status
Date of
birth
Date of
appointment
Date of
vacancy
Cause of
vacancy
James Stevens 1884-11-01 1890 Resignation
William Anguss 1854-03-17 1892-02-01 1932-08-31 Closed (limited usefulness)
Additional Information:
Sec. 2, Twp. 13, R. 24, W1 - 1884-11-01

Source: PSFDS03 - 8253


Pope

Name of office: Pope ( 5605 )

Federal Electoral District:

Marquette (Manitoba )
Dates:
Establishment
re-openings
Closings
1909-04-01 1975-11-03
Postmaster Information:
Name of
postmaster
Military
status
Date of
birth
Date of
appointment
Date of
vacancy
Cause of
vacancy
Robertson Ross 1909-04-01 1911-06-05 Resignation
H. R. Marvin 1912-01-01 1919-03-06 Resignation
E. E. Hardy 1919-04-08 1920-09-14 Resignation
John Allen OAS 1891-11 1920-11-01 1942-01-26 Resignation
Alfred Donald Robertson 1900-07-09 1942-03-16 Acting
Alfred Donald Robertson 1900-07-09 1942-05-14 1954-01-03 Deceased
Robert Gordon White * 1954-02-08 Acting
Robert Gordon White * 1954-04-23 1975-11-03 Closed
* In compliance with the Privacy Act (1983), certain personal information has been deleted from this file.
Additional Information:
Store
Sec. 20, Twp. 13, R. 24, WPM - 1909-04-01
Crandall - 5 miles
Oakner - 7 miles
Hamiota - 11 miles

Source: PSFDS03 - 8590

 



Community Histories:
MacKay, Mary, History of Scotia, 1882-1937. Hamiota, Manitoba: Echo Print, 1937. (out of print)


Sources for this page:
Hamiota Centennial History Committee. Hamiota, Grains of the Century, 1884-1984. Altona, Manitoba: Friesen Printers, 1984. 741 pages (available from R.M. of Hamiota, Hamiota, Manitoba, ROM OTO - $35 +postage), pages 108-111.

Hamiota Women's Institute. A History of Hamiota Village and Municipality. Hamiota, Manitoba: Hamiota Echo, 1956. (out of print)

"Our Municipality [Oak River]", [Hamiota: Hamiota Hustler], June 29, 1894, page 1 – ( Reel 1 (NH2), June 23, 1893 – August 8, 1899, Manitoba Legislative Library)

Reports on the Scotia School, [Hamiota: Hamiota Hustler], Feb. 23, 1894 and March 16, 1894 – ( Reel 1 (NH2), June 23, 1893 – August 8, 1899, Manitoba Legislative Library)

Henderson’s Directory of the City of Winnipeg and Town of St. Boniface, Winnipeg: Winnipeg Directory Publishing Co. 1884. (Manitoba Legislative Library – (dH) Reel #4)

Henderson’s Directory of the City of Winnipeg and Town of St. Boniface, Winnipeg: Winnipeg Directory Publishing Co. 1885. (Manitoba Legislative Library – (dH) Reel #4)

Henderson’s Manitoba and North-Western Ontario and Northwest Towns and City of Winnipeg Directory, Winnipeg: Winnipeg Directory Publishing Co. 1886-1887. (Manitoba Legislative Library – (dH) Reel #4) It is billed as "The Only Directory of the NorthWest published".

Henderson’s Manitoba and Northwest Territories and British Columbia Gazetteer and Directory, Winnipeg: The Henderson Directory. 1891. (Manitoba Legislative Library – (dH) Reel #9)

McMannis, A.P., L.V. Westwood,. 1980. Scotia Cemetery, SW 10-13-24, Rural Municpality Hamiota, Hamiota, Manitoba. (updated James W. Routledge. 1998),  The cemetery index was published in 1980 by Manitoba Genealogical Society

National Archives of Canada, Archivia Net - Post Office DataBase, 2001

James Anderson Jr. Photograph - Elaine Taylor, Olympia, WA collection.

Robertson, Gerald. Pioneer Experience [self-published] ca 1951 - school paper with input from Georgina (Anderson) Robertson, James Anderson Jr. daughter.