FOURTH GENERATION

14. George Adolphus LEBAR* was born on 18 Dec 1860 in Whitby Twp, Ontario. ⁽¹⁴⁾ He was a Farmer in 1889 in beaverton & the Manitoulin Island, Ontario.. He appeared on the census in 1891 in Barrie Island, near Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island Ontario.⁽¹⁵⁾ 1891 Barrie Island, near Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario

The spelling on this Census was Lebar. the children are Christina 4, Frank 2, & Norman 7. George was recorded as 30 & Fanny 29. He appeared on the census in 1901 in Allan Township, Algoma District. ⁽¹⁶⁾ 1901 - Allan Township, Algoma District

The spelling was LABARRE. The children names are Annie May 6, Christena 14, Frank 11, James 0, Minerva 10, Norman 17 & Oliver 3. Frank was age 40 & Francis (Fanny) Fogal 39.

This is recorded on Page 13, House 128, Ontario Region, Canadian, French, Methodist.
George was listed as a farmer, Norman, farmers son. He died on 19 Feb 1930 in Manitoulin Island, Ontario. He was buried in Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

Notes from Elinore Copeland

George and Fanny (Fogal) Lebar lived for a period of time on Thorah Island, Near Beaverton. Some of their childrens births were recorded in the registers at Beaverton, Town Hall, County of Ontario, Ontario. This family moved on the Manitoulin Island, and farmed near Kagawong, Ontario. The farm area is known locally as LeBar's Hill. The house burned. After the death of George, Fanny married Jacob McPherson, a widower with children

He was married to Francis (Fanny) FOGAL*.

15. Francis (Fanny) FOGAL* was born on 8 Mar 1861. She died on 15 Feb 1934 in Manitoulin Island, Ontario. After George died, Fanny married Jake McPherson, a widower with children. His daughter Alpina McPherson, in turn married my grandfathers (Levi Van Horn) brother Luke Van Horn. Fannys daughter Christina LeBar married Levi. Children were:

i. Francis LEBAR⁽¹⁷⁾ was born on 23 May 1889 in Thorah Island, Lake Simcoe. LDS shows May 23, 1889, Kagawong, Ontario. Father George Lebar, Mother Fanny Fogal, Film Number 471907 Reference Number 59222 He died on 28 Apr 1966 in Iron Springs Cemetery. Frank & Lida did not have any children. Frank Lebar came from Manitoulin Island in 1905. During the trip he looked after the horses and cattle in the stock cars of the other settlers coming at the same time. He homesteaded the S.E. 19-11-20-4. At this time the prairie landscape was unobstructed by trees or fences. He later worked at Pincher Creek where he met Lida Pierson, a native of Magrath. She was the second baby born in Magrath.
Frank Lebar and Lida Pierson were married in the Iron Springs parsonage by Rev. C. R. Corcoran and they took up residence on the farm, the N.E. 8-11-20-4. The Lebar home became the half-way house for C.S. Noble's hired men when they were travelling between Nobleford and the Cameron Ranch which was the site of the Noble Foundation. The men often stayed overnight. They would have from six to ten horse teams with wagons, machinery, cook cars, supplies, and seed grain. There would be anywhere from two to six teams in the string.
Mr. Lebar, along with other farmers, hauled grain to Coaldale, Nobleford, or Diamond City for a number of years, using four or six horse teams for the job. In 1929 he got first prize for his sugar beets, a sum of one hundred dollars. He had sixty acres of land seeded to beets that year. Later the Lebars lived on the S.W. 17-11-20-4 which was where they lived before retiring to Lethbridge.
Among the recollections of Mrs. Lebar are the changes in farming techniques, along with the landscape changes brought about by irrigation. Also vivid in her mind is the arrival of the first train. She remembers, too, the terrible dust storms and black clouds that would roll across the sky when these storms occurred.


7 ii. Christina (Teeny) LEBAR*.
iii. Norman LEBAR was born on 18 Jul 1894 in Thorah Island, Lake Simcoe.
iv. Annie May LEBAR was born on 17 Dec 1894. She died on 1 Mar 1926 in Lethbridge, Alberta. She was buried in Iron Springs Cemetery. Frank Lebar went to eastern Canada to visit his relatives in 1917 and when he returned his sister Annie came with him. She cooked for him on his farm until he married Lida Pierson in 1922.
Annie Lebar married Richard Sonnenberg in Lethbridge in 1923. They worked on Tom Wright's threshing outfit that fall. She cooked for the sixteen-man crew and he drove one of the bundle teams. They also worked for Tom Wright in 1924 and their daughter Mary was born. They moved to the New Dayton area that fall and started farming. Mrs. Sonneberg and an infant died on March 1, 1928, and are buried in the Huntsville cemetery. The daughter Mary (Mrs. Victor Robinson) now lives in the Grande Prairie area.
v. Minerva (Minnie) LEBAR was born on 23 Mar 1891 in Kagawong, Manitoulin Island. She died on 7 Feb 1926 in Alberta. She Moved to to Iron Springs, Alberta. After Minnie & George married they moved to Alberta.
vi. Oliver LEBAR was born on 12 Aug 1898 in Kagawong, Billings, Manitoulin Island, Ontario.⁽¹⁸⁾ Moved West and then moved back to Marathon, Ontario
vii. James LEBAR was born on 20 Mar 1901 in Kagawong, Manitoulin Island. He died in 1983 in Calgary, Alterta. Moved West.

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