Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Order of the Crocus

In 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 Edgertson 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 MHS webmaster.

Surname begins: 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
Alice Elizabeth Allen (1892-1987)	St. James
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
Albert Beckett (1885-1970)	Winnipeg
Skuli Benjaminson (1879-1970)	Winnipeg
Isabella Henderson Birse (1881-1970)	Fortier
Charles Montgomery Blair (1886-1977)	Oakville
Tom Bobiak (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Bernadette Boivin (1889-1973)	Giroux
Elsie Bushby Boulton (1884-1968)	Reston
Anne Boyesko (?-?)	Dauphin
Joseph Henry “Harry” Bremner (1884-1969)	Headingley
Marino Pall Briem (1886-1970)	Riverton
Ada Adeline Brown (1890-1988)	Winnipeg
Charles Frederick Brown (1884-1976)	Winnipeg
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
Burnham Calvert (1877-1968)	Carberry
Mary Calvert (1882-1968)	Carberry
Sarah Annie Cameron (c1880-1969)	Winnipeg
Catherine Minnie Clinch Campbell (1878-1971)	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
Étienne Dheilly (1875-1967)	Laurier
D. O. Didyk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Leone Rosetta Stubbs Dixon (1892-1986)	Elkhorn
John Domansky (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Mrs. Fedora Duchminsky (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Anna Dueck (1892-1982)	Springsteen
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
Jean-Léon Gagné (1881-1970)	St-Pierre-Jolys
Adelina Gagné (1886-1970)	St-Pierre-Jolys
Jack Garland (?-?)	Cleveland (Ohio)
Donald “Dan” Gillies (1883-1977)	Lenore
Mathew Gregorash (1867-?)	Sandy Lake
Nick Gulchuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Mrs. Nick Gulchuk (?-?)	Sandy Lake
H
Francis Joseph “Frank” Hadfield (1884-1972)	Souris
Johanna Hallson (1884-1973)	Brandon
Anne Smith Henley (?-1972)	Winnipeg
John Thomas Henley (c1884-1975)	Winnipeg
Anne Marie Horn (1880-1972)	Oak Bluff
Elmer Hornick (1892-1985)	Davis Point
Maria “Mary” Hryhorkiw (c1892-1974)	Gimli
Anna May Hunter (1886-1967)	Neepawa
I
J
Jane Mann “Jean” Johnson (1889-1976)	Winnipeg
Hannah M. “Molly” Johnston (c1909-2001)	Winnipeg
Annie Margaret Grace Jones (1897-1988)	Warren
K
Victoria Kitler (1886-1973)	Grandview
Fred Klym (?-?)	Sandy Lake
Sydney John Knights (1892-1977)	?
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
Eva Lieberman (1876-1968)	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
Harry Thomson Mayor (1880-1968)	Amaranth
Mable McDiarmid (?-1977)	Winnipeg
Agnes Louisa McDonnell (c1889-1968)	Winnipeg
Edward John McElroy (c1872-1969)	Winnipeg
John Cameron McIntyre (c1880-1975)	Culross
Frank Arnold McKenzie (1883-1980)	Burnside
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
Flora Muir (1881-1973)	Winnipeg
N
Rose Nash (1882-1968)	Winnipeg
Mrs. John Norosky (?-?)	Sandy Lake
O
Clifton Howard Orr (1892-1972)	Anola
Frances Sophia Owens (1872-1972)	Winnipeg
P
Thomas Paisck (1869-?)	St. Boniface
Jean Burnett Penny (1889-1978)	Argyle
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
Matilda Schultz (1887-1972)	Winnipeg
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 Clifton “Cliff” Wall (1889-1976)	Cartwright / Winnipeg
Annie Watson	Gladstone
Frederick Ernest Watson (1882-1972)	Winnipeg
Harold White (c1890-1973)	Winnipeg
George Forbes Willett (1888-1976)	Treherne
George Leith Wilton (1890-1970)	Winnipeg
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
Adolf Zimmerman (1887-1974)	Whitemouth

See also:

Manitoba Recipients of the King George V Jubilee Medal

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 Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award / Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers

Manitoba Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division)

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of the British Empire

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of the Falcon

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 Order of the Metis Nation

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

Recipients of Manitoba 150 Honours

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Order of Manitoba Monument (Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg)

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 [Jean Leon Gagne], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 February 1970, page 34.

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

Obituary [Albert Beckett], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 July 1970, page 34.

Obituary [Marino Pall Briem], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 October 1970, page 42.

Obituary [Adelina Gagne], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 December 1970, page 34.

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

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

Obituary [Francis Joseph Hadfield], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 October 1972, page 36.

Obituary [Anna Marie Horn], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 November 1972, page 13.

Obituary [Clifton Orr], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 November 1972, page 27.

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

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

Obituary [Bernadette Boivin], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 June 1973, page 29.

Obituary [Harold White], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 July 1973, page 35.

Obituary [George Clifton Wall], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 March 1976, page 36.

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

Obituary [Jane Johnson], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1976, page 39.

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

Obituary [Jean Burnett Penny], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 September 1978, page 185.

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.

Obituary [Leone R. Dixon], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 April 1986, page 33.

Obituary [Annie Margaret Grace Jones], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 May 1988, page 46.

History of Lenore and Districts by Lenore History Committee, 2011, page 270.

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: 20 July 2023

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