by lakecountry | Mar 11, 2024 | Lake country family history
This blog continues a story of the Bovee families that settled in Oyama in 1894 and then moved to the Commonage in 1898. Manfred pre-empted a half section of land in the northern Commonage, a dry grassland environment about 10 miles south of the Oyama...
by lakecountry | Mar 11, 2024 | Lake country family history
At least five families contributed to the development of the V Bar V ranch in Oyama.[1] The first were the Bovee brothers and their families. The original pre-emptors of the V Bar V were the Bovee brothers, Manfred Leroy Sanford (b. 19 Sept 1858) and Orbie...
by lakecountry | May 13, 2023 | History of Lake Country, Lake country family history, Manuscript
Download PDF My Family’s Arrival and Life in Canada – Alan Aldred This material may not be reproduced for commercial purposes, unless written permission is obtained from the Lake Country Museum and Archives. In all cases, when you reproduce this material we ask that...