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From: J & S Horwat <>
Subject: Re: [OSTROM] OSTROMS IN SPRAGUE, MB CEMETERY
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:12:06 -0400
References: <5.2.1.1.2.20070327172220.00d11630@pop.can.rogers.com>
In-Reply-To: <460BD68C.F4E7CEEB@mts.net>


Hello Garth and all other listers:

Great to see some activity on this list and maybe we can solve a few more
"strays".

My to be young again - tell young Megan that the "characters", etc. in a
family tree are usually the most interesting. We have to take bad apples
with the good - ha! ha!

When I lived in Ottawa (1991 - 2000), two Stewart boys (Brent & Neil) who
lived on Calumet Island, were charged with killing their father. They
were the sons of Barbara Ostrom & Lindsay Stewart. She had at least one
brother Brian Ostrom. There was some dispute in the family about gold in
the Harry Ostrom mine that caused the killing. I must re-read the story to
try and figure out a descendancy chart. One son Neil was convicted and is
serving life - not a great Ostrom story!

I tried to find a listing for Sprague resources on Google to see if that
cemetery is indexed but only found that Steinbach would come into the
picture and nothing on Sprague. I can't seem to find a place on the map
either, so am assuming that it is only a cemetery in that area and not a
town. That would be super if you could note the information on all of the
Ostroms/Ostrums there. I have lots of unconnected names to fit into the
Ostrom family.

The last e-mail I had from Kelly Harrison (2006), she said that she had
moved to Stirling and her email was . She
certainly has done the most work on Drick and can recite that
information. While living in Ottawa, I observed a number of Ostroms on the
Quebec side of the river and paid a visit to the Dunraven cemetery, Ile de
Calumet, near Bryson, QC. That small cemetery is half full of Ostroms and
their descendants - all belonging to this line. I took pictures of the
tombstones and notations.

Here is a brief line that includes Drick:

Descendants of Xxx OSTROM



1 Xxx OSTROM
........ 2 William OSTROM 1816 - 1895
............ +Isabella THOMPSON 1818 - 1899
................... 3 William Jr. OSTROM 1841 -
....................... +Annie TWA
................... 3 Elsie (Elsa?) OSTROM 1842 -
................... 3 Elizabeth OSTROM 1844 - 1910
....................... +Malcolm LeROY
................... 3 James OSTROM 1847 - 1930
....................... +Mary LETTS 1848 - 1941
................... 3 Matilda OSTROM 1848 - 1918
....................... +William FLETCHER
................... 3 John OSTROM 1850 - 1916
....................... +Elizabeth (Lizzie) JULIAN 1864 - 1908
................... 3 Ellen OSTROM 1852 -
................... 3 Jane Anne OSTROM 1853 - 1924
....................... +Thomas CREIGHTON 1849 - 1917
................... 3 Margaret Isabella OSTROM 1858 - 1865
........ 2 Derrik (Drick) OSTROM 1819 -
............ +Jane NICHOLS 1821 - 1898
................... 3 Sarah OSTROM
................... 3 Timothy OSTROM
................... 3 Jane Ann OSTROM 1845 -
................... 3 John T.? OSTROM 1848 - 1924
................... 3 Elsie (Elsa?) Jane OSTROM 1850 -
....................... +Thomas John CREIGHTON
................... 3 Derrick Jr. OSTROM 1851 -
................... 3 Christina OSTROM 1853 -
................... 3 Mary Ann OSTROM 1855 -
................... 3 William Ambrose OSTROM 1857 -
................... 3 Charles OSTROM 1859 -
................... 3 James Thomas OSTROM 1865 - 1939

I have more on the Wm. Ostrom line if you care to receive it.

.........til later................

Sandra





At 09:09 AM 29/03/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>I am aware of these Ostroms in Sprague. Our daughter Meghan was in the
>same class at the U of M with an Ostrom from Sprague who insisted he was
>related and she hoped he
>wasn't. Sprague is about 2 hours south east of Winnipeg near the US
>border and we plan to check out the cemetery as soon as the snow is
>gone. It is still a bit deep in
>places. I will get back to you on this.
>
>Recently, I found the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Records for Ontario on
>the net and a listing for a Derick Ostrom, son of Derrick and Jane Ostrom,
>born 1849-09-12, baptised
>1850-03-05, residing in Calumet, birthplace Calumet Island,
>District/County Can East/Quebec and the area listed as St. Andrews Circuit.
>
>Does anyone have info on this family? I know Kelly Brennan-Harrison was
>researching the family from Calumet Island but I have not been able to
>contact her.
>
>There were a total of 24 Ostroms listed on this site.
>
>Garth
>
>J & S Horwat wrote:
>
> > Hello Listers:
> >
> > I have found out that there are a number of Ostroms buried in a cemetery in
> > Sprague, MB. Any idea which family is there?
> >
> > Would anybody know if this cemetery is indexed or would Garth Ostrum know
> > who is buried in this cemetery.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Sandra
> >
> >
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