UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
Name:Leonard Frank Eastman
Birth Place: Southampton, Hants
Death Date: 25 Mar 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Bedford Sq., London, W.
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Battalion:(Territorial Force.)
Regimental Number: 508441
Type of Casualty:Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
28814. Frederick Charles Haskell
Fred and his family arrived in Canada in late 1905.
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Fred Haskell was born in 1881, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. His wife, Sarah, was from the same vicinity. Late in 1905, Fred brought his wife and baby daughter, Doris, to homestead in what is now the Galahad area. Their journey hadn't been too pleasant. In Alberta the weather had been mild but further east it was bitterly cold. The cars on the train were equipped with heaters and at intervals the train was stopped so that passengers and crew might gather wood and buffalo chips. Fred's money was stolen during the voyage and he was almost penniless when he arrived at Wetaskiwin. His father George Haskell, met them with a team and wagon and took them to his home at Grainland. Sarah was black and blue from the rough, jolting ride over the frozen ground.Mr and Mrs George Haskell, their son, Will and daughters, Edith, Jenny, and Beatrice, had arrived in May 1905. Mr Haskell and Will had taken homesteads in the Grainland area, and also filed on one for Fred. However, he hadn't arrived in time to comply with regulations and the claim was cancelled. Most of the homestead quarters had already been taken and Fred walked to Wetaskin three times before he was able to file on one, the S.W. of 18-14-13, That the original homesteader had failed to prove up. He wore out a pair of moccasins with each journey.
Fred was a blacksmith by trade, having served his seven year apprenticeship in England. He brought his tools with him and did blacksmith work for the neighbours, on the C.P.R line while it was being built between Sedgewick and Hardisty, and at the coal mines. Doris died during the winter of 1907-07. Another daughter, Elsie, was born later that year but did not survive infancy. Both children were buried near the sod church on the S.E. of 31-41-13. Two sons, Fred Jr. and Melvin, were born in 1909 and 1911.
By 1911, Fred and Sarah had become very discouraged. They had proved up the homestead, but crop after crop had been lost to hail or frost. Fred had been caught in a cave-in at one of the mines and had both ankles broken. Life was a constant struggle and when the other members of the Haskell family decided to leave Alberta they were ready to leave also.
In the spring of 1912 they moved to the Buffalo Head district in south western Saskatchewan. They homesteaded again but when the railway was built through Horsham, in 1925, Fred moved there and operated a store, post office, machine agency, and Inperial Oil Agency.
Four more children were born in Saskatchewan, but two didn't survive childhood. Fred passed away in 1944 and Sarah in 1952. Fred Jr. lives at Three Hills and the others at Medicine Hat.
Submitted Derelys Vincett
'Golden Echos a history of Galahad and Districts' by Melvin Haskell
Medicine Hat News - Medicine Hat, AB
HASKELL, ALICE August 20, 1914 - April 4, 2010
On Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, Alice passed away peacefully at the age of 95 years. She will be lovingly remembered by her son, Wayne (Doreen) Haskell and their children Allison (Shane) Breland and Jason Haskell of Edmonton Alberta; her daughter, Wendy (Norman) Hornung of Medicine Hat and their children Brad (Jennifer) Hornung of Clancy, Montana and Kristie (DJ) Standell of Calgary, four great grandchildren; Jacob, Jordyn, Logan and Kyra. Alice was predeceased by her husband Melvin in 1994; her son Howard in 2004; her parents Otto and Gulla Boen; one sister Gladys (Kinner) and her brother Wilbur (Bud) .
Alice was born on August 20, 1914 in Larson, North Dakota. She was raised and educated in the Horsham, Saskatchewan area. On December 24, 1935, Alice married Melvin Haskell in Hilda. They farmed in the Horsham district until they retired to Medicine Hat in 1973.
Medicine Hat News
November 18, 2013Ruth Florence Haskell (nee Tillemann) of Medicine Hat passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at the age of 87 years, beloved wife of the late Harold Haskell.
She leaves to cherish her memory her five children, Roger Haskell of Calgary, Joyce Ayers (Neville Plummer) of Parksville, B.C., Beverly (Peter) Rogers of Calgary, Karen (Wayne) Jackson of Regina and Doug (Jane) Haskell of Medicine Hat; her grandchildren, Patti (Scott) Hull, Cherylyn Ayers (Randy Simpson), Heidi Ayers, Salena Bernhardt (Ian Holmes), Nathan (Joanna) Bernhardt, Elizabeth (Nathan) Ebenal, Christie (Adam) Olson, Chris Haskell (Amy Kidner), Matt Haskell (Brittany Marshall), Josh Haskell and Tianna Haskell (Jeff Manley); her great grandchildren, Avery, Ben, Veronica, Noah, Zane, Seth, Kalob, Warner, Holden, Soren, Mazie and Jace; three sisters, Emma (Alvin) Manske of Calgary, Lenora (Bev) Woods and Pearl (Reginald) Atchison, all of Medicine Hat as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her parents, Gustave and Katherine Tillemann; her husband, Harold on October 4, 1989; her son-in-law, Ron Ayers; one grandson, Warren Ayers; four brothers, Paul Tilleman, Gustave Tillemann Jr. and twins, Alfred and Fredrick in infancy and three sisters, Ella Miller, Peggy Bennitz and Lena Dick.
Ruth was born and raised on the family farm, just south of Horsham, Saskatchewan on September 17, 1944, she married the love of her life, Harold. They lived in Horsham and together ran the family general store there until 1963. They moved to Medicine Hat and lived in the family home on 12 St NE. After living in several other residences, her last home was at Sunnyside, where she loved her friends and thoroughly enjoyed a variety of activities, including Remember When where she was able to tell all her tales of her life growing up on the farm, Newspaper Reading, Bible Study and various other recreational activities.