October 16, 1952
Newspaper editors and reporters enjoy interviewing people who return to their old home district for a reunion. On this date, it was the four Morrison brothers, Rod, Donald, Finlay, and Ken who were in the lime light. Their parents Mr. and Mrs. Peter Morrison had come to Canada from the Hebrides –islands off the west coast of mainland Scotland in 1889. They had trekked to Dunleath after arriving by train at Saltcoats which was then the end of the railway. They settled in the Stornoway area, including Barvas. Of the four, Donald, Finlay and Ken enlisted for service in the Boer War in Africa in 1902. Finlay is great grandfather to Taylor Morrison who is Recreation Services Manager at the Gloria Hayden Community Centre in Yorkton. It is always enjoyable to get a visit at the City Archives of a descendant of area pioneers. Taylor shows a remarkable interest in his ancestors. One testimonial he showed us was his great-grandfather’s bayonet from the Boer War that Taylor has framed.
Contact Terri Lefebvre Prince,
Heritage Researcher,
City of Yorkton Archives,
Box 400, 37 Third Avenue North
Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2W3
306-786-1722
heritage@yorkton.ca
