John Gibson Barclay(1878-1915): John Barclay- Postmaster

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

John Barclay- Postmaster

In this article Rising Sun Post Office said John died in 1918 but our records show 1915. William Douglas's Journal talks about E.H. Austin, who was a friend of John's. The Rising Sun Post Office also speaks of John's friend Edgar Austin.

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Brief History

JOHN GIBSON BARCLAY, Born 27, July 1878 in Greenock. By profession he was a pursor [a bookkeeper] on board ships. When he was about age thirteen he fell through the ice and got pneumonia, and was sickly form then on. As he got older he went to Southern England to a place that was supposed to be good for his health. Here he stayed and worked for a man of the ministry. [Papa Barclay remembers his brother as quite a religious man]
John [Jack] emigrated to Canada about 1905, and settled near Lloydminister, a farming town that is located on the boundaries of the Provinces of Alberta and Sasatchewan. He homesteaded; TOWNSHIP 48, RANGE WEST OF THE FOURTH: filed on his land (section 28, S.E.) 26, September 1905, and he obtained the patent, 'prove up' on 29, October 1908. Uncle Jack was a school board member of the Golden Valley school district, also served as the secretary. When he emigrated from Scotland, a dear friend of the family, Edgar H. Austin emigrated at the same time. His homestead was TOWNSHIP 48, RANGE 1, WEST OF THE FOURTH:(section 22 N.W.) 26, September 1905, and he obtained the patent, 01, December 1908. The Rising Sun Post Office was located on 28-48-1-4, and this was not only the Barclay's home but Jack was the postmaster from 1908 until his death. His mother Janet Barclay emigrated to Canada probably about 1909. The book WEST OF THE FOURTH pp 173, reads ' Although John Barclay is named as postmaster, his mother was the one generally in charge". There is a gap between 1918 and 1925 in the museum record. Service was continued by Mrs. Barclay and Edgar Austin. John Gibson Barclay never married. He was to marry a girl, before he decided to come to Canada, and had even purchased a wide gold band, with a diamond centered in a shoe buckle design, that ring was found amongst his belongings when he died, of pneumonia on 15 Feb. 1915.

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

John Barclay- Postmaster

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