PETER CHARLES "PEACH ASS" FIDLER (1850-1941) MARGARET SWAIN (1860-1943)
Peter Charles Fidler (1850-1941)
Peter Charles “Peach Ass” FIDLER was born Jul 12, 1850 in the Pembina district, son of Jane LAMBERT and Peter P FIDLER (1824-1901); grandson of Charles FIDLER (1798-1886) and great-grandson of Peter FIDLER of Bolsover (1769-1822).
Not long after Peter was born his family settled along the Assiniboine River in the Headingly-St James area where his 74 year old grandfather (Charles FIDLER) and his Uncle Edward FIDLER (1826-1913) lived.
Canadian Confederation
On July 1, 1867 the British colonies in North America were united under the British North American Act to become the Dominion of Canada. Sir John A MACDONALD (1815-1891) was appointed as Canada’s first Prime Minister.
Peter’s mother (Jane) died in 1867 and his father (Peter Sr.) remarried to Therese SWAIN, daughter of Mary & John Jacques SWAIN (1813-1855).
On Oct 11, 1869, Louis RIEL (1844-1885) placed his foot on the surveyors’ chain to tell them their work was finished! This marked the beginning of another Red River Métis Rebellion. When it was all over, RIEL’s Provisional Government accepted the terms of the Manitoba Act and on July 15,1870 Manitoba became the fifth province of Canada, the Canadian Government having acquired the territory previously governed by the HBC. RIEL fled to the USA, taking refuge south of the border in Dakota Territory.
Peter was about 20 years old when the Rebellion occurred in 1870.
In 1875 Peter married in Headingly to Margaret SWAIN, daughter of Ellen BREMNER & Thomas SWAIN (1835-1940).
Peter Moves to Saskatchewan
In 1879 Peter, Margaret and their two children (Charles & Mary) travelled by ox-cart from their home in Headingly, Manitoba to the St Catherine’s district of Saskatchewan (west of Prince Albert) where they built a log home. In 1895, this house was replaced by their second, larger home, in which they lived the rest of their lives.
In 1882 many of Peter’s FIDLER and BREMNER cousins moved to the Bresaylor area west of North Battleford. The settlement was named BRESAYLOR, using three letters from each of the founding families (BREMNER, SAYER & TAYLOR).
The Riel Rebellion
Much has been written about LOUIS RIEL and The Battle of Batoche.
Peter died in 1941 in the St Catherine's District.
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Children: 1. Jan 1, 1877 CHARLES THOMAS FIDLER (m. Florence "Flossy" HALCRO) 2. Oct 4, 1878 MARY MARGARET FIDLER (m. Charles Thomas "Long Tom" ADAMS) 3. Sep 17, 1880 ALEXANDER PETER "SANDY" FIDLER (m. Flora Mabel ADAMS) 4. Nov 18, 1882 ANNA BELLA FIDLER (m. William John MILLER) 5. Nov 28, 1884 LEONORAH (LAURA) FIDLER (m. William Thomas "Billy" BROWN) 6. Dec 4, 1886 SARAH ELLEN FIDLER 7. Oct 24, 1888 EMMA JANE “JENNY” FIDLER (m. Rudolph Ouellette SCOTT) 8. Aug 29, 1890 JAMES FLETT FIDLER (m. Mary Louise McDONALD) 9. Sep 12, 1892 WILLIAM ALFRED FIDLER 10. Sep 16, 1895 SOPHIA CATHERINE "KATE" FIDLER (m. Henry Richard "Hillyard" McKAY) 11. Feb 19, 1898 SAMUEL DAVID FIDLER 12. Aug 19, 1900 FLORENCE JESSIE FIDLER (m. COULDWELL) 13. Mar, 1904 MABEL MAUDE FIDLER (m. Charles SMITH)
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