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James Pulfer
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Farmer, municipal official, school trustee.
Born in Peel County, Canada West (now Ontario) on 22 February 1864, he was the son of John Pulfer (1823-1919) and Eliza Burrows (1830-1897). On 25 December 1889, he married Bertha Annie Coe (1868-1958) in the Township of Mulmur, Ontario. In 1899, he immigrated to Manitoba from Ontario with his wife and four children, including Lewis James Pulfer, settling soon afterward on a farm southeast of Balmoral, where additional children were born.
He served as the councillor for Ward 3 of the Rural Municipality of Rockwood for two terms, from 1917 to 1921, and was a trustee for many years for the Centre School District and Balmoral School District. He was an active member of the Manitoba Grain Growers' Association (President, Stonewall Local 186) and the United Farmers of Manitoba.
He died at Stonewall on 2 December 1943 and is buried in the Victoria United Cemetery.
“U.G.G. Meeting,” Stonewall Argus, 27 October 1937, page 4.
“Stonewall Local U.G.G. Annual Meeting,” Stonewall Argus, 26 October 1938, page 4.
Death registrations [James Pulfer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
100 Years of History: Rockwood Municipality by Rockwood Municipality History, 1982, pages 327-328.
This page was prepared by Milan Lukes.
Page revised: 3 November 2026
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