Thomas Fee (Abt 1808-)

Jane (Abt 1817-)

John Fee (Abt 1837-)

Sarah (Abt 1844-)

Cyrus J Fee (1875-1950)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Emma May Douglas Lillian May Fee+ Etta Lynn Fee+ Bernice Fee Cyrus Douglas Fee Cyrus J Fee 2 3 4 Born: 1875, Indiana 5 Marriage: Emma May Douglas on 28 Jan 1894 in Steuben County, Indiana 1 Died: 1950 at age 75 Buried: Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan   General Notes: "Pioneers and Followers of Idylwild and Witchekan Districts" compiled by the Witchekan Women's Institute. Turner- Warwick Printers, North Battleford, Sask. 1976 page 78, 79, 80 DOUGLAS FEE, SOUTH WEST OF FIFTY TWO "Section 3 range 11 West of the third Meridian." As his wife, I've hear him state it with quiet defiant pride, many times. "My Dad was the first white man with a family in there." Poppa came out and located in 1912. We shipped from Minnesota, U.S.A. in 1913. Up to Shellbrook, Saskatchewan as that was the end of the steel. No railroad past Shellbrook in those days. And that ginger sand was "something else." So, in 1914 we moved with horses up to the SW 1/4 of 3-52-11 West of 3rd. Goldings were the next "family." They had one wee girl about five years old at the time, and they were gone inside of three years. The other neighbors were bachelors. Dick Shano, Joe McKellop and Albert Garling. Came right after the Fee's (us). Wilfred Atkinson, Gordon Butler, Evert Halterman and Lester Bowman. Came in together. They walked in 130 miles from Battleford, with all their possessions in packs on their backs. It was not until 1917, some 4 years later, that we met the John Bellamy family. They lived near Belbutte some twenty odd miles away. Twenty miles with horses was a good days trip. But there was for the first time another boy to see and play with. Jim was 10 and Douglas was 10 four months later. The memory of their meeting is still vivid. Jim sat on the floor and Douglas eyed him from a big chair (just wishing they could be friends) but Jim's mischief save the day when he was sent to feed the pigs he leaned forward, caught hold of his toes and said "oink, oink, oink", both lads laughed and that friendship is still firm. It's withstood the hazards of time for 58 years. Now both men are Masseurs, Jim near Spiritwood and Douglas at White Fox, Sask. Their work bringing relief and health to vast numbers of people. Both farmed for years. Worked in lumber camps, rode cattle drives, etc. Jim ran a community pasture, Douglas a store at Meetoos. Douglas Fee filed on a homestead SW I-53-12 when he was 17 years old. Witchekan School, the first in the district was a frame building completed in 1923. The Post Office was built in 1916 and the mail hauled by team from Battleford. Idylwild Hall came next. The Twin Bay School in 1928 and Log Cabin School in the early thirties. Douglas helped in the building of these. Served on the board of trustees for Twin Bay in 1928. He also served as commissioner of oaths. Also, floating horses teeth, general veterinary work. Thanks to Mr. Ruldan Holm, another early settler, who gave him a vote of confidence when he needed it most. Mr. and Mrs Cyrus Jay Fee will still live in some memories. For blacksmith work was of vital importance in those days. While Mrs. Fee was mid-wife for the whole area. Once, when their oldest grandchild was born, Poppa got Jim Titsmarsh to come stay and do chores. Douglas was 10 then and could make a pan of biscuits and handle a team. Which for all the folks good intentions caused a minor catastrophe. As it turned out Mr. Titsmarsh got in such a muddle with the team, he gave the lines to Douglas who promptly set things right. Next time he tried the oxen, and again "the boy" had to set things right. Then when he turned out a pan of hot biscuits for supper, the result was, he found himself alone next morning. So for ten days he held the fort, when Poppa drove in late in the evening of the tenth day. He found a very lonesome little boy with the cat curled up in his lap, the old dog hugged tight to his leg, dozing in the rocking chair. But the stock was fed and watered, the cow milked, eggs gathered and the house tidy, with no dirty dishes. Yes, lively and varied, the life of the Cyrus Jay Fee family. Lilly, the oldest girl is now in B.C. (Mrs Soren Saulhague). She and her husband are enjoying retirement. She married the first time without changing her name, to a Mr. Charlie Fee. He was Irish, while the folks were Scotch. Her oldest boy Raymond Fee, is still on the old homestead. Etta, the second girl, now rests in Buffalo Narrows Cemetery. Her husband George Clark is still living at 104 years of age. Bernice, Mrs. Ralph Lavigne, is in Edmonton, Alberta, and has most of her family near her in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Jay Fee, are both at rest in Meadow Lake Cemetery and the epitaph is 'IN DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED" ___________________________________ Western Land Grants. National Archives of Canada. Part Section Township Range Meridian SW 3 52 11 W3 Reference: Liber: 899 Folio: 156 File reel number: C-6662 Names: Cyrus Fee ___________________________________________ Based upon the finding of 1880 census records for both a Cyrus J Fee , age 6 in Steuben County, Indiana and also an Emma Douglas, age 5, in Steuben County, it would seem reasonable that these two should prove out to be the parents of Etta Lynn Fee, born 1899... Now to prove it...jca Dec 25, 2002 Later found the marriage record of Cyrus J Fee and Emma Douglass in Steuben County, Indiana, 28 January, 1894... jca   Research Notes: As of Oct 2004, unable to locate Cyrus Fee with wife Emma and daughters on the 1900 census, but Ancestry.com has to add the indexes for some of the states including that of Minnesota. But more are being added all the time... jca.. will search further later .. Nov 2004, The census index on Ancestry.com is now complete and still cant locate this family on the 1900 US census.. a different spelling perhaps?? __________________________________________ Two 1880 census records for Cyrus J Fee, age 6 in Pleasant, Steuben, Indiana while the other Cyrus J Fee was age 4 in Smithfield, De Kalb, Indiana. If the birth date of 1875 as supplied by Len Kilbreath proves to be correct , then the weight shifts to the 6 year old in Pleasant, Steuben, Indiana. Note the daughter Lillie Fee, here age 14 in 1880. Cyrus J Fee later names one of his daughters Lillian Fee as well. notes by jca, Dec 25, 2002. ______________________________________________ 1880 Census Place: Pleasant, Steuben County, Indiana Source: FHL Film 1254312 National Archives Film T9-0312 Page 322C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace John FEE Self M M W 43 OH Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: OH Sarah FEE Wife F M W 35 OH Occ: Housework Fa: OH Mo: OH Lillie FEE Dau F S W 14 IN Fa: OH Mo: OH Ada FEE Dau F S W 11 IN Fa: OH Mo: OH Cyrus J. FEE Son M S W 6 IN Fa: OH Mo: OH Tillie J. FEE Dau F S W 2 IN Fa: OH Mo: OH Jacob SHULTZ BroL M M W 40 OH Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: OH _________________________________________________ Cyrus married Emma May Douglas, daughter of Stephen Douglas and Lucy, on 28 Jan 1894 in Steuben County, Indiana.7 (Emma May Douglas was born about 1874 in Indiana,5 died in 1956 and was buried in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.)

1 Indiana vital statistics, Marriage Records Book A No. 1 - 6 1837 - 1899
Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County 1969. County: Steuben
Name: Cyrus J. Fee
Spouse: Emma Douglas
Marriage Date: 28 Jan 1894

State of Indiana, Steuben County
Cyrus J. Fee to Emma Douglas
Be it remembered that on this 27th day of January, 1894, the following marriage license was issued, to wit.

To all who shall see these presents, greeting;
Know Ye, that any person empowered by law to solemnize Marriage, is hereby authorized to join together as Husband and Wife, Cyrus J. Fee and Emma Douglas
and by so doing this shall be his sufficient authority.
In Testimony Whereof, I, Wm E Kinsey, Clerk of the Steuben Circuit Court, hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Angola, this 27th day of January, 1894, signed Wm E Kinsey, clerk

Be it futher remembered, that on this 29th day of January, 1894 the following certificate was filed in my office, to wit:
Indiana, to-wit, Steuben County:

This certifies , That I joined in Marriage as Husband and Wife, Cyrus J. Fee and Miss Emma Douglass on the 28th day of January, 1894, signed A Judson Embrie?, Justice of the Peace

. Steuben County, Indiana, marriage records : Book A, no. 1-6, 1837-1899
Kirk, Hazel.

Personal Author: Kirk, Hazel.
Title: Steuben County, Indiana, marriage records : Book A, no. 1-6, 1837-1899 / copied by Hazel Kirk Angola.
Publication info: [Fort Wayne, Ind.] : Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, 1969.
Physical descrip: 1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm.
General Note: Photocopy of the original.
Subject term: Marriage records--Indiana--Steuben County.
Local subject: Steuben County (Ind.)--Marriage records. >
OCLC Number: ocm08277518

2 Len Kilbreath, of Vernon B.C, Clarke gedcom as supplied by Len Kilbreath, Sept 11, 2002.

3 The Idylwild Women's Institute, Pioneers and Followers of Idylwild and Witchekan Districts (printed by Turner-Warwick Printers Ltd., North Battleford, SK).
"Pioneers and Followers of Idylwild and Witchekan Districts" compiled by the Witchekan Women's Institute. Turner- Warwick Printers, North Battleford, Sask. 1976
page 37, 78, 79, 80

DOUGLAS FEE, SOUTH WEST OF FIFTY TWO

"Section 3 range 11 West of the third Meridian." As his wife, I've hear him state it with quiet defiant pride, many times. "My Dad was the first white man with a family in there."
Poppa came out and located in 1912. We shipped from Minnesota, U.S.A. in 1913. Up to Shellbrook, Saskatchewan as that was the end of the steel. No railroad past Shellbrook in those days. And that ginger sand was "something else." So, in 1914 we moved with horses up to the SW 1/4 of 3-52-11 West of 3rd.
Goldings were the next "family." They had one wee girl about five years old at the time, and they were gone inside of three years.
The other neighbors were bachelors. Dick Shano, Joe McKellop and Albert Garling. Came right after the Fee's (us). Wilfred Atkinson, Gordon Butler, Evert Halterman and Lester Bowman. Came in together. They walked in 130 miles from Battleford, with all their possessions in packs on their backs.
It was not until 1917, some 4 years later, that we met the John Bellamy family. They lived near Belbutte some twenty odd miles away. Twenty miles with horses was a good days trip. But there was for the first time another boy to see and play with. Jim was 10 and Douglas was 10 four months later. The memory of their meeting is still vivid. Jim sat on the floor and Douglas eyed him from a big chair (just wishing they could be friends) but Jim's mischief save the day when he was sent to feed the pigs he leaned forward, caught hold of his toes and said "oink, oink, oink", both lads laughed and that friendship is still firm. It's withstood the hazards of time for 58 years. Now both men are Masseurs, Jim near Spiritwood and Douglas at White Fox, Sask. Their work bringing relief and health to vast numbers of people. Both farmed for years. Worked in lumber camps, rode cattle drives, etc. Jim ran a community pasture, Douglas a store at Meetoos.

Douglas Fee filed on a homestead SW I-53-12 when he was 17 years old. Witchekan School, the first in the district was a frame building completed in 1923. The Post Office was built in 1916 and the mail hauled by team from Battleford. Idylwild Hall came next. The Twin Bay School in 1928 and Log Cabin School in the early thirties. Douglas helped in the building of these. Served on the board of trustees for Twin Bay in 1928. He also served as commissioner of oaths. Also, floating horses teeth, general veterinary work. Thanks to Mr. Ruldan Holm, another early settler, who gave him a vote of confidence when he needed it most.

Mr. and Mrs Cyrus Jay Fee will still live in some memories. For blacksmith work was of vital importance in those days. While Mrs. Fee was mid-wife for the whole area.

Once, when their oldest grandchild was born, Poppa got Jim Titsmarsh to come stay and do chores. Douglas was 10 then and could make a pan of biscuits and handle a team. Which for all the folks good intentions caused a minor catastrophe. As it turned out Mr. Titsmarsh got in such a muddle with the team, he gave the lines to Douglas who promptly set things right. Next time he tried the oxen, and again "the boy" had to set things right. Then when he turned out a pan of hot biscuits for supper, the result was, he found himself alone next morning. So for ten days he held the fort, when Poppa drove in late in the evening of the tenth day. He found a very lonesome little boy with the cat curled up in his lap, the old dog hugged tight to his leg, dozing in the rocking chair. But the stock was fed and watered, the cow milked, eggs gathered and the house tidy, with no dirty dishes.

Yes, lively and varied, the life of the Cyrus Jay Fee family.

Lilly, the oldest girl is now in B.C. (Mrs Soren Saulhague). She and her husband are enjoying retirement. She married the first time without changing her name, to a Mr. Charlie Fee. He was Irish, while the folks were Scotch. Her oldest boy Raymond Fee, is still on the old homestead.

Etta, the second girl, now rests in Buffalo Narrows Cemetery. Her husband George Clark is still living at 104 years of age. Bernice, Mrs. Ralph Lavigne, is in Edmonton, Alberta, and has most of her family near her in the city.

Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Jay Fee, are both at rest in Meadow Lake Cemetery and the epitaph is 'IN DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED"


______________________________________________
page 37

George Clark
Came West from Navan, Ontario in 1895. He homesteaded at Marcelin, SK in 1902. And my mother, the former Etta Fee was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and came to Canada with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus J. Fee either in 1912 or 1913 homesteading on the east side of Witchekan Lake. She went working out and ended up in Marcelin where she met George Clark and married in June 1918. We lived there until May, 1931 and moved to Twin Lakes for ten months, then sold out and moved to Ontario. We lived there until Sept 1933 and then we moved to Timberlost, west of Big River, SK. Then on to Buffalo Narrows, SK in 1942. Mom passed away Nov 17, 1966 age 67 years. Dad passed away Oct 1975, age 101 years.

4 FHL Film 1254312 National Archives Film T9-0312 Page 322C. :
1880, Census Place: Pleasant, Steuben, Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254312 National Archives Film T9-0312 Page 322C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace

John FEE Self M M W 43 OH
Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: OH
Sarah FEE Wife F M W 35 OH
Occ: Housework Fa: OH Mo: OH
Lillie FEE Dau F S W 14 IN
Fa: OH Mo: OH
Ada FEE Dau F S W 11 IN
Fa: OH Mo: OH
Cyrus J. FEE Son M S W 6 IN
Fa: OH Mo: OH
Tillie J. FEE Dau F S W 2 IN
Fa: OH Mo: OH
Jacob SHULTZ BroL M M W 40 OH
Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: OH
________________________________________________

1880, Census Place: Otsego, Steuben, Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254312 National Archives Film T9-0312 Page 386D
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace

Stephen DOUGLASS Self M M W 36 NY
Occ: Farmer Fa: NY Mo: NY
Lucy DOUGLASS Wife F M W 35 OH
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NY Mo: NY
William DOUGLAS Son M S W 13 IN
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: OH
Etta DOUGLAS Dau F S W 10 IN
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: OH
Adelia DOUGLAS Dau F S W 7 IN
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: OH
Emma DOUGLAS Dau F S W 5 IN
Fa: NY Mo: OH
Oscar DOUGLAS Son M S W 2 IN
Fa: NY Mo: OH

5 FHL Film 1254312 National Archives Film T9-0312 Page 322C.

6 The Idylwild Women's Institute, Pioneers and Followers of Idylwild and Witchekan Districts (printed by Turner-Warwick Printers Ltd., North Battleford, SK).

7 Indiana vital statistics, Marriage Records Book A No. 1 - 6 1837 - 1899
Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County 1969.

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