Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Order of the Crocus

In June 1967, the Manitoba Centennial Corporation commemorated the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation by issuing a ceremonial scroll to 500 selected citizens over the age of 75 years. Each scroll featured a coloured drawing of a prairie crocus and was signed by Premier Duff Roblin, Provincial Secretary Stewart E. McLean, Manitoba Centennial Corporation Chair Maitland Steinkopf, and a local community representative.

The following persons were inducted as members of the Order of the Crocus. This list is known to be incomplete and an ongoing, long-term effort will attempt to identify more members. If you are aware of an omission, please contact the webmaster@mhs.mb.ca.

Surname begins with the letter: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Member	Location
A
Alice Elizabeth Allen (1892-1987)	St. James
John Ammeter (1923-2010)	Starbuck
William Anderson	?
Frank Andreychuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Mrs. Frank Andreychuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Elena Andriosky (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Sydney M. Angus (c1878-?)	Humboldt (South Dakota)
B
Phoebe Bagley (1874-1972)	St. James
Alex Bain (?-?)	Sandy Lake
William George Ball (1884-1971)	Hamiota
Rachel H. Bateman (1865-1976)	Dauphin
Isabella Henderson Birse (1881-1970)	Fortier
Charles Montgomery Blair (1886-1977)	Oakville
Tom Bobiak (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Elsie Bushby Boulton (1884-1968)	Reston
Olga Brunkal (1890-1968)	Flin Flon
William Burrows (1888-1971)	Winnipeg
Emil Buss (1894-1976)	Gillam
Alfred Buzza (c1886-1979)	Winnipeg
Anna Byman (1880-1969)	Winnipeg
C
Sarah Annie Cameron (c1880-1969)	Winnipeg
W. D. “Bill” Campbell (1889-1984)	Kenton
Maria Sikanda Charaton (1898-1993)	St. Andrews
Gertrude Cook (?-?)	MacGregor
Mrs. Fred Cooper (c1881-?)	Uno
Richard Creber (1895-1968)	Strathclair
Joseph Czerniewcz (?-?)	Winnipeg
Veronica Czerniewcz (?-?)	Winnipeg
D
John Derhak (?-?)	Sandy Lake
D. O. Didyk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
John Domansky (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Mrs. Fedora Duchminsky (?-?)	Sandy Lake
James Joseph Dunn (1882-1975)	Russell
E
D. P. Elichuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Mrs. D. P. Elichuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Frederick George Ellis (1883-1975)	Roseland
Joseph Henry Ellis (1890-1973)	Fort Garry
Thomas Eyres (1872-1968)	Winnipeg
F
Sydney Annie Lillian Pritchard Fidler (1887-1977)	Oak Point
Miss Fisher (?-?)	?
Anice Mae Fitchett (1885-1968)	Winnipeg
Nancy Rhoda Flanigan (1875-1968)	Winnipeg
Caroline Frank (1877-1975)	Rivers
Henry George “Harry” Franklin (1892-1987)	Winnipeg
Agnes Fleming Stewart Freeman (1889-1981)	Elkhorn
G
Jack Garland (?-?)	Cleveland (Ohio)
Mathew Gregorash (1867-?)	Sandy Lake
Nick Gulchuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Mrs. Nick Gulchuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
H
Johanna Hallson (1884-1973)	Brandon
Anne Smith Henley (?-1972)	Winnipeg
John Thomas Henley (c1884-1975)	Winnipeg
Elmer Hornick (1892-1985)	Davis Point
Maria “Mary” Hryhorkiw (c1892-1974)	Gimli
Anna May Hunter (1886-1967)	Neepawa
I
J
Hannah M. “Molly” Johnston (c1909-2001)	Winnipeg
K
Victoria Kitler (1886-1973)	Grandview
Fred Klym (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Nicholas Kofluk (c1890-1969)	?
Mrs. Tekla Koroscil (?-?)	Sandy Lake
L
Sarah Ann Lambert (1885-1975)	Winnipeg
Anna Lashkowsky (1872-?)	Sandy Lake
Victor Alfred Joseph Leclerc (1891-1968)	St. Eustache
Alice Lee (1880-1967, wife of S. C. Lee)	Winnipeg
Simon “Sam” Lotecki (1887-1976)	Melrose
Anna Lywicki (Lewicki) (1887-1974)	Winnipeg
M
Wasyl Malech (1885-1972)	Dugald
Mrs. Edna Marcischuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Joseph Masinda (1890-1968)	Fraserwood
Marie Masinda (c1887-1972)	Fraserwood
Donald Gunn Matheson (1887-1972)	Winnipeg
Margaret Alzina Chisholm Matheson (1886-1982)	Winnipeg
William May (1892-1974)	Binscarth
Mable McDiarmid (?-1977)	Winnipeg
Agnes Louisa McDonnell (c1889-1968)	Winnipeg
Edward John McElroy (c1872-1969)	Winnipeg
John Cameron McIntyre (c1880-1975)	Culross
Robert A. “Bob” McQuarrie (1871-1971)	Minnedosa
Mrs. Anna Michalchuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Edward Henry Millis (1887-1972)	Manson
Jessie Morison (?-1968)	Winnipeg
Everette Dexter Morse (1886-1970)	Starbuck
N
Rose Nash (1882-1968)	Winnipeg
Mrs. John Norosky (?-?)	Sandy Lake
O
Frances Sophia Owens (1872-1972)	Winnipeg
P
Thomas Paisck (1869-?)	St. Boniface
John Pfiefer (c1875-1968)	Winnipeg
Mary Edna Lawrence Phillips (1893-1985)	Winnipeg
Anna Pochinko (1888-1971)	Parkdale
Mrs. Katherine Procyk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Harry J. Prosken (?-?)	Sandy Lake
William Prosken (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Q
R
Leslie Robert Ramsey (1889-1973)	Dominion City
Bertha Gertrude Rand (1895-1981)	St. James
Edward Clifford Rosborough (1895-1976)	Winnipeg
Myrtle A. Rose (1886-1971)	Ochre River
Grace Elizabeth Henry Ross (1900-1991)	Lavenham
Martha Ross (c1872-1969)	Tache
Robert Ross (c1890-1985)	Lavenham
Phyllis Rudiak (1874-?)	Sandy Lake
Gus Rystephanuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Mrs. Gus Rystephanuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Mac Rystephanuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Nick Rystephanuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
S
Frank Saggers (1883-1969)	Brandon
Herman Schalla (1892-1969)	Steinbach
Edward Schmidt (1875-1968)	Beausejour
Wilhelmina Schmidt (1882-1971)	Beausejour
Raymond Jesse Sellen (1883-1974)	Oakbank
Marie Payette “Mary” Sellers (1888-1976)	Lac du Bonnet
John Henry Shemilt (1881-1969)	St. Vital
Myrtle Webster Shemilt (1893-1987)	St. Vital
Jon Sigurdson (1885-?)	Gimli
Margaret Simon (c1881-1974)	Ostenfeld
Ellen “Nellie” Sinclair (1895-1988)	Oak River
Joseph Sneddon (1892-1970)	St. Vital
Nick Solonychney (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Johannes “Joseph” Sparman (1893-1977)	Lac du Bonnet
Blance Ethel Spear (?-?)	Winnipeg
Harry Spitula (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Mrs. Anastasia Stachiw (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Stefan Helgi Stefanson (1894-1974)	Riverton
T
John Taylor (?-?)	Daly
William J. Thompson (?-?)	Winnipeg
Mrs. William J. Thompson (?-?)	Winnipeg
Robert Edgar Tindall (1884-1972)	Dauphin
Emily Towle (1887-1970)	Lavenham
Alois “Alex” Trost (c1892-1973)	St. Ambroise
U
V
Emily “Amye” Verschoot (?-1981)	East St. Paul
Joseph Adelard Villebrun (1884-1980)	Winnipeg
W
Bertha Elisabeth Wade (1894-1979)	Brandon
Edith Salway Waldie (1886-1969)	Winnipeg
George Forbes Willett (1888-1976)	Treherne
Daniel John Howard Wood (1888-?)	Winnipeg
Victor Adwin Wilson Woods (1886-?)	Winnipeg
X
Y
Mrs. Mary Yakowenko (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Mike Yosenko (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Z
Catherina Zanewich (1890-1983)	Selkirk

See also:

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of the British Empire

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Manitoba Recipients of Knighthoods

Manitoba Recipients of the Canadian Centennial Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation Medal

Manitoba Members of the Order of Canada

Manitoba Members of the Order of Military Merit

Members of the Order of Manitoba

Members of the Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt

Recipients of the Manitoba Centennial Medal

Members of the Manitoba Order of the Crocus

Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Historical Preservation and Promotion

Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame

Sources:

“Province fetes pioneers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 October 1967, page 2.

“Order of the Crocus for Rivers pioneers,” Rivers Gazette, 26 October 1967, page 1.

“Order of the Crocus for Rivers pioneers,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, Volume 60, Number 17, 26 October 1967, page 1.

“Dinner honors senior citizens,” Brandon Sun, 30 October 1967, page 9.

“100 pioneers are honoured,” Brandon Sun, 30 October 1967, page 9.

“Gimli pioneer recognition tea very successful,” Arborg Lake Centre News, Volume 7, Number 44, 3 November 1967, page 1.

“Sandy Lake pioneer citizens attend centennial banquet,” Rossburn Review, 7 December 1967, page 2.

Obituary [Thomas Eyres], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 June 1968, page 30.

Obituary [Anice Mae Fitchett], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 November 1968, page 42.

Obituary [Frank Saggers], MacGregor Herald, 13 march 1969, page 4.

Obituary [Emily Towle], MacGregor Herald, 9 April 1970, page 4.

Obituary [Wilhelmina Schmidt], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 January 1971, page 33.

Obituary [Anna Pochinko], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 March 1971, page 10.

Obituary [Donald Gunn Matheson], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 November 1972, page 41.

Obituary [Alois Trost], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 June 1973, page 16.

Obituary [George Willett], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 April 1976, page 37.

Obituary [Sydney Annie Fidler], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 July 1977, page 31.

Obituary [Bertha E. Wade], Brandon Sun, 17 January 1979, page 16.

Obituary [Margaret A. Matheson], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 June 1982, page 50.

Obituary [Mary Edna Lawrence Phillips], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 January 1985, page 39.

Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

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This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 July 2020

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