Fonds 1992.39, 1994.114 - ROLAND NICHOLSON fonds

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ROLAND NICHOLSON fonds

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CA CPA 1992.39, 1994.114

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  • 1918-1970 (Creation)

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9 cm of textual records. – 1 photograph

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Roland de Fergus Nicholson (1892-1986) was instrumental in the development of the Beautiful Hills Memorial Park, created to commemorate European settlement and to provide recreational opportunities in the area. He was born in Minto township, Ontario and died in Saanichton, British Columbia.In [1918] Nicholson married Beatrice Turner and they had children Beverley, Marjorie, and Ronald. Prior to that, in 1912 his family had moved to Manitoba. He and his wife farmed in the Lyleton and Oakville areas of Manitoba moving to farm at Firdale, Manitoba in 1952. In 1975 they retired to Vancouver Island. As a young man, Nicholson attended Wingham Business College in Ontario. He served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. In addition to farming, he was a beekeeper (a founding member of the Manitoba Honey Co-Op) and an orchardist. During [World War II] he taught Air Frame Mechanics at the Manitoba Institute of Technology. Nicholson also volunteered with school and church boards, and the Royal Canadian Legion.

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Records have been presented to the Carberry Plains Archives in 1992 by John Pool of the Firdale, Manitoba area.

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Fonds consists of news clippings on Canada's Centennial Year events, the book Carberry Plains: 75 Years of Progress, information on the Beautiful Hills Memorial Park, World War I and II honour rolls for several south-west Manitoba areas (1918-1945), homestead survey maps, correspondence on the Firdale Post Office. Colour photograph shows Nicholson (1967).

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