Who's Who at Courtright Meeting Room, ON

Courtright Meeting Room, St. Clair Twp., Lambton, ON (TW-Lowe) +1881-1894+

Families

Bunn family

The family registered as Protestant in 1871 while living in Charlottenburg, Glengarry, ON, and Bible Christian by 1881.

• Thomas Bunn +1881-1894+ (b. 1819 Eng.)
• Sarah O'Neill Bunn +1881-1894+ (b. 1834 Ireland)
  • Charlotte Bunn Ross +1881+ (b. 1855 QC - d. 1940 Innisfail, Red Deer, AB). Husband: Barnas Seers Ross (b. 1857 ON - d. 1943 Innisfail, AB), son of Matthias Ross (b. 1811 Thurlow, Hastings, ON - d. 1889 Wyoming, Lambton, ON) & Samantha Jane Waite Ross (b. 1821 ON), m. 1844 @ Cavan, New Castle, ON. Barnas & Charlotte were credited as pioneer settlers (1882) of Grassmere district of Qu'Appelle, SK, and as a boy in Courtright, Barnas was said to be a "sailor on the river St. Clair". When in Qu'Appelle, he was "engaged in construction work by the C.P.R. and participated in the erection of many of the first buildings built along the main line." He was also "on the crew that built the first railway buildings" in Chaplin, AB settling there about 1918. He was "staunch" Presbyterian, although raised "Baptist", and in 1881, he and Charlotte were registered "Free Church".
  • Thomas Charles Bunn +1881+ (b. 1857 Valcartier, QC). Wife (1887 @ Qu'Appelle): Mary Jane Dundas Bunn (b. 1864 Scot. - d. 1912 Sedley, SK) In 1891, both were "Free Church". In 1901, Presbyterian. Thomas was credited as a pioneer, having built the first C.P.R. stations in 1882 at Broadview, Grenfell, Regina and Moose Jaw. In 1885, when the Riel Rebellion started, he was "the second man at Qu'Appelle to join for service in the transport section of the Middleton forces", freighting "supplies up to Clark's Crossing". 1907 settled in Sedley, and Thomas "operated a livery barn, and imported horses for farmers of the district." After his wife's death in 1912, he returned to Qu'Appelle in 1914.
  • William Henry Bunn +1881+ (b. 1858). Wife (1889 @ Detroit, MI): Susan Ray Johnson Bunn (b. 1860 ON). Later Presbyterian.
  • John Robinson Bunn +1881+ (b. 1860 - d. 1939 Victoria, B.C.). Wife: Anna Sophia Rich Bunn (b. 1860 - d. 1954 Victoria, B.C.). John served as chairman of the local government board of SK, director of the Leader Publishing Co.

• • Annie Olive Bunn Dunn +1881-1892+ (b. 1864; m. 1892; d. 1955). Husband: William Burton Dunn (b. 1870 Sandwich East, Essex, ON - d. 1969 Windsor, ON), son of John Dunn (b. 1835 Ireland) & Annie Dunn (b. 1834 Ireland), in fellowship with Brantford Meeting Room, then Rodney, Mount Brydges, then establishing Leamington Meeting Room (TW-Lowe EB) in 1905 which meets thru present day.