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Owners of the V Bar V Ranch, Joseph Hayton

Owners of the V Bar V Ranch, Joseph Hayton

Joseph Hayton was the third owner of the V Bar V ranch in Oyama. Hayton Creek and Hayton Road are named after him. He was born near Ventnor, Isle of Wight to George Hayton, Rector of Niton, and his wife Ellen Louisa (Chadwick) Hayton. He immigrated to Canada from...
Owners of the V Bar V Ranch, Part Two

Owners of the V Bar V Ranch, Part Two

William Furniss, a 57-year old English-born farmer from Vernon was the second owner of the V Bar V.  He married a widow, Almira McCluskey on 30 November 1898 and acquired an instant family. Almira and her husband William McCluskey had been married in Argenteuil,...