Farmer, municipal official.
Born in Grey County, Ontario on 26 December 1867, son of Cornelius Wheatland and Sarah Jane Hoy, he came to Manitoba with his parents in 1880 and farmed in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald near Sanford.
He was married to Sarah Edith Skelton (1873-1935) and they had three children: Cornelius Hordle Wheatland (1898-1982), Lillian Rutherford Wheatland (1901-1981, wife of ? Robinson), and Sarah Eva Ruby Wheatland (1903-1980, wife of ? McAuslan). He served as a councillor for Macdonald, in which capacity he attended the 1905 founding meeting, in Brandon, of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities. He was Reeve of the Municipality in 1906.
He died in Saskatchewan in December 1954 and was buried in the cemetery at Adanac, Saskatchewan.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Sask. oldtimer dies at Adanac,” Regina Leader-Post, 10 October 1935, page 2.
“Burial at Unity for W. Wheatland,” Regina Leader-Post, 14 December 1954, page 5.
Hugging the Meridian, Macdonald: A Manitoba Municipal History, 1881-1981 by Betty Dyck.
Obituary [Cornelius Hordle Wheatland], Ottawa Citizen, 14 July 1982, page 46.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 11 March 2024
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