You might check ot these pages also
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/viewpage.asp?ID=776762&size=3http://www.ourroots.ca/e/viewpage.asp?ID=776754&size=3They are from:
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=3717Title: A history of Treherne and surrounding district
Author: Treherne Area History Committee,
Publisher: Treherne, Manitoba: Treherne Area History Committee, 1976
ooops - searach the book for "scammell" and you'll find several references. But don't miss this page where there's a write up about Frank Scammell.
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/viewpage.asp?ID=776944&size=3It appears the Scammels homesteaded parcels of land as follows:
These homestead records can be purchased (I think for the price of photocopying) from the Manitoba Archives using the references quoted.
SE 5 8 9 W1
Reference:
Liber: 39
Folio: 408
File reel number: C-5971
Names: Catherine Scammel
SE 14 8 9 W1
Reference:
Cross-Reference RG: 68
Liber: 100
Folio: 449
Date of document: 1883/03/12
Names: FRANK SCAMMELL
Remarks: 160 ACRES SALE SECRETARY OF STATE
SW 14 8 9 W1
Reference:
Cross-Reference RG: 68
Liber: 100
Folio: 450
Date of document: 1883/03/12
Names: FRANK SCAMMELL
Remarks: HOMESTEAD 160 ACRES SECRETARY OF STATE
However, I wonder if this is right because if they homesteaded as early as 1883 then they ought to be in the 1901 census but I can't find them. Did they return to England or go to the USA during that time period?
Mother is Catharine/Catherine Blake
LAST NAME: SCAMMEL
FIRST NAME: MARIA GERTRUDE
DATE OF BIRTH: 12/28/1883
PLACE OF BIRTH: R.M. OF SOUTH NORFOLK
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1884,002696
LAST NAME: SCAMMEL
FIRST NAME: FLORENCE
DATE OF BIRTH: 07/24/1889
PLACE OF BIRTH: R.M. OF SOUTH NORFOLK
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1889,002289
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GROOM'S LAST NAME: SCAMMELL
GROOM'S GIVEN NAMES: JOHN BLAKE
BRIDE'S LAST NAME: DUPASQUIER
BRIDE'S GIVEN NAMES: ANNIE GERMAINE
DATE OF MARRIAGE: 06/24/1920
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: WPG
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1920,031329
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LAST NAME: SCAMMELL
GIVEN NAMES: CATHERINE
DATE OF DEATH: 09/06/1925
AGE: 69
UNITS OF AGE: YEARS
SEX: F
PLACE OF DEATH: S NORFOLK
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1925,039380
I see that Florence Scammell was a school teacher at Treherne in the early 1900's. The Manitoba Archives might have these school records, or a record of her employment.