Richard Henry Gilhuly is best known by the community as the owner of Gilhuly’s Drug Store. He was born in Carleton Place, Ontario in 1857, and moved to Selkirk in his mid-twenties. To begin his career, he took a job in 1881 as an assistant in James Colcleugh’s store on Eveline Street. Shortly afterwards in…
William “Bill” Earl Gordon was born July 27th, 1890 in Drayton, Ontario. His father, William Henry Gordon was an analytical man and a lawyer, which set the foundation for William’s career as an accountant and financial advisor, as well as in politics. Early Life At the age of three, William’s family moved to Wiarton, Ontario…
Harold W. Newton immigrated to Selkirk from Lincolnshire where he took up work as the Farm Superintendent at the Manitoba Asylum (now Selkirk Mental Health Centre). He was one of six men who lived in a home called “Bachelor Hall” until he married Edith Hayward. The two met at Clandeboye but shared their British heritage. Together they…
William Gibbs is best known for being one of two bakers in Selkirk during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Gibbs name is remembered by the community for Gibbs’ Drug Store which William’s sons, Harry and Frederick started and continued in 1890. William was born to the town baker in Taunton, England in 1845.…