Researcher Jennifer S.H. Brown In May of 1868, Elizabeth Bingham Young and her husband of only five months, Egerton Ryerson Young, began a long journey from Hamilton, Ontario, to the Methodist mission of Rossville, at Norway House. Over the next eight years, Elizabeth supported her husband’s work at Rossville and then at the newly founded […]

Emily Martin (Garrett) was born to a pioneering farm family near Belmont, Manitoba July 7, 1902. Her early schooling took place in Belmont and nearby Baldur, and, she attended Normal School in Brandon. Emily took classes toward her B.A. at Wesley College, in Winnipeg, the former Methodist school but she graduated from the two year […]

Title: Emily (Martin) Garrett fonds Dates: 1920-2014 Extent: 1 folder of textual records and photographs Repository: The United Church of Canada Archives Manitoba Northwestern Ontario Conference and All Native Circle Conference Retrieval Information: 14 – 23 Historic Note: Emily was born to a pioneering farm family near Belmont, Manitoba July 7, 1902. Her early schooling took […]