George Lindsay McFarlane - by Isabel (Campbell) McFarlane - 1967

George Lindsay McFarlane, better known in these parts as "Red George", emigrated to Canada from Ireland in the 1880's and came out from Ontario by ox-cart, having great difficulty getting through the mud on the main street of old Fort Garry.

Some of his companions from Ontario to Winnipeg were the parents of Thos. A. Crerar.   He was a small boy then who cried all the way so it was said.

Mr. McFarlane moved up on his homestead, his first quarter of land on section 16 in the Silver Creek Municipality in 1885, and the other west quarter in 1902. 

He married Jennie Arnott of the next district and they lived in a log house until their family began to arrive, then built a frame house a little to the north.  This house is still inhabited by a third generation.

This half section was farmed by the sons of George McFarlane until his demise in 1922, his wife having predeceased him in 1916 at the early age of 44.  She left a family of five boys and three girls, the youngest, Elsie, only five years of age.

Four of the sons sought a livelihood in parts of the country elsewhere and are married and settled in British Columbia.  Charlie, the second son, stayed on the farm.   In 1929 he married Isabel Campbell.  They had two girls, the eldest, Ada, lives in Edmonton and the younger, Edna, is married to Vern Dunn who lives on the next farm.

The youngest, a son, Robert Charles, was born in 1940 and is the third generation of McFarlane's.  He purchased the farm from his dad in 1965 to make it his future home, and is still living in the original house.  May it continue to provide a productive and pleasant location in the Sliver Creek Municipality!

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