The Livingston Family History - Alive and Well

 Farming in the late 1800s Continued translation of Odile Marten's  Pionniers de la Montagne Pembina:  Saint-Leon 1877-2000  borrowed from the Manitoba Legislative Library. p. H-117 Ovide Lafreniere is one of the farmers among the pioneers of Saint-Leon. Arriving in 1878, the year after the first four settlers arrived, he took a homestead of 180 acres and a long preemption of the same and brought his family, already 11 children, including 2 boys aged 11 and 12. His fortune was not large since he had only his arms, but he also went to work despite the difficulties of the beginning. It was 75 miles away, without roads, that he had to fetch the instruments of work as well as the flour and other essential provisions. In addition, there was a lack of market for the products of his land. p. H-127-129 Despite all the progress made after 1900, the fact remains that the farmer did not have the easy work. His first concerns were his farm work. The quality of his harvest in the...

Translated from Odile Martel's book  Pionniers de la Montagne Pembina p. H-18 Manitoba becomes a province In 1870, Manitoba's entry into the Canadian confederation was the entry. From 1871 to 1876, a multitude of government surveyors marked Pembina Mountain in townships, in sections of one square mile and in quarter sections. At that time, Manitoba's population was made up of two linguistic groups in roughly equal numbers, English and French.   The Influence of Monsignor Taché  Following the Manitoba Act of 1870, a large wave of immigrants from Ontario threatened the Pembina Mountain area with being invaded by English and Protestant immigrants. To restore linguistic and religious balance in Manitoba, Bishop Taché of Saint-Boniface made numerous appeals to Quebec settlers through Quebec parish priests. In 1874 he organized a colonization society for French Canadians and sent Father Albert Lacombe, OMI, to Quebec and the United States in search of French-speaking settlers. ...