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LOBBAN HISTORY submitted by James Lobban (1980) Mr. William Lobban left Aberdeen, Scotland as a young man and landed in Chicago in the year 1880. He worked in a factory where they built railway coaches for two years, then came to Winnipeg in 1882 and took up a homestead at Midway, Manitoba (now Keyes), and while proving his homestead worked on the C.P.R. that was under construction between Portage la Prairie and Minnedosa, putting in a ten hour day at twenty-five cents an hour. He married Emma Oakes who had come out from England to join her brother Jim at Midway, Manitoba. They were blessed with three sons: James, William, and Frederick. Mrs. Lobban passed away when Frederick was born. Mr. Lobban remarried later to Mrs. Maria Diehl who had one daughter, Ella, and one son, Milford. James went to university in Quebec and was killed in action in France in June, 1916. Mr. and Mrs. William Lobban came to Gladstone with their son Frederick in 1911 when son William took over the home place. Mr. Lobban bought the McQueen farm north of town, then moved to the McKeIvy farm along the Whitemud River west of town, then bought the east half of 26-13-11 in the Golden Stream district which had been the John Switzer homestead, farmed there till 1918. Then Mr. and Mrs. Lobban moved to Gladstone and son Frederick married Laurena Chapman of Golden Stream and took over the farm that their son James and wife Mabel still operate.  Carry, Mabel, James, Kelvin. Also born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lobban was son Harold, who married Alma Wallace, and two daughters: Pearl (Mrs. Art Dumas) and Doreen (Mrs. Joe Yewchan) who both reside at Summerland, B.C. This happens to be the same town where Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lobban live. On June 28, 1947, James married Mabel Erven of Clanwilliam, Manitoba. Two sons were born to them, Gary who lives at Fernie, B.C. and Kelvin of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Andrew Burnside had accompanied William Lobban from Scotland and took up homesteads side by side. There was so much water they had to climb a tree to view the land. They built a log cabin and it was so cold they froze their nose in bed, and also they did not have enough money to buy a postage stamp  Laurena and Fred Lobban. THE HAROLD LOBBAN HISTORY submitted by Harold and Alma Lobban Harold Lobban and Alma Wallace were married March 23, 1946, and farmed at Arden till April, 1950. Our son Walter was born May 1, 1948. We moved to the former Charlie Rosling farm, and farmed there till Sept., 1958. Joan, our first daughter, was born Sept. 5, 1950, and she and Walter both attended Golden Stream School. Ruth, our second daughter, was born April 11, 1954. We moved to Gladstone in Sept., 1958 where Harold was employed at the Gladstone Garage. In 1961 we moved to Neepawa, to Calgarv in 1971, and to Airdrie, Alta. in 1978. |