The English influx to the Prairies occurred in two phases. Ontario and Quebec migrants of English descent
travelled overland in carts from the 1870s long before the railways were constructed. Substantial numbers
also came at this time from the Eastern Townships of Quebec and from the Maritime Provinces. Go to Manitoba Censuses 1891-1926 ==> 1st. Manitoba Generation James Albert Mabley (2/1840 - 26/7/1902), Farmer, m. Mary Reid (28/11/1847 - 11/2/1932) in x From James Albert Mabley :-
James Albert Mabley (3/12/1871 - 11/9/1947) m. Elizabeth Annie Edwards (27/2/1877 - 13/9/1966) in 1895
S John Mabley (1872 - )Farmer from USA, m. Georgina (1872 - ) in x
From James Albert Mabley :-
Neepawa Cluster (mid 1910's)
Growing mechanization in England and rising imports of cheap food from abroad caused many English families
to look increasingly to Canada to better their prospects. However, while the prairies were crying out for
men with agricultural skills to operate ploughs and plant crops, the arrivals from England were destitute
urban workers. They generally headed for the towns and cities in the Prairie Provinces, leaving the labourers
of other nations to fill the region’s agricultural job vacancies.
The first Mableys settled in Marquette, just NW of Provincial capital Winnipeg. 5 households moved further
NW to Dauphin by 1911 to farm. With the prairie township of Neepawa, western Manitoba, incorporated in 1883,
and connected by railway, the Dauphin Mabley households moved further west and by 1921 the census shows
6 Mabley households there.
Expansion of prairie farming drew migrants further west to ==> Saskatchewan,
and the newly developed Canadian oil and gas industry drew migrants still further west, with Mableys moving onwards
to ==> Alberta
James Albert came from England in 1857. Mary ==> Dauphin. Their canadian-born Children :-
2nd. Manitoba Generation
Dauphin Cluster (early 1900's)
Migrated to Alberta
Migrated to Alberta
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