FIRST GENERATION

1. Jaakko Maunu was born on 9 May 1847 in Lumijoki Parish, Oulu, Finland. He died on 5 Jan 1932 in Dunblane SK. He was in Luthern. He was a in Farmer. He was buried in Dunblane Finish Cemetery SK. Homesteaded NE sect. Twp 26 Range 6 W3

He was married to Karoliina Antintytär Häli (daughter of Antti Juhonpoika Häli and Kaisa Juhontytär Kuusikko) in Haukipudas Finland. Karoliina Antintytär Häli was born on 4 Jan 1861 in Kello, Oulu, Finland. She died on 20 Sep 1932 in Dunblane SK. She was buried in Dunblane Finish Cemetery SK. Jaakko Maunu and Karoliina Antintytär Häli had the following children:

+2 i. Alexander Jacob Maunu.
+3 ii. Arvid Maunu.
+4 iii. Charles Maunu.
+5 iv. John Henry Maunu.
+6 v. Emma Lydia Maunu.
7 vi. Gideon Maunu was born in 1895 in Estelline, SD, USA. He died in 1954 in Dunblane SK. He was buried in 1954 in Dunblane Finish Cemtery SK. He was a in Farmer. Homestead NW Sect 18 Township 26 Range 7 W3
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The following from Ernest and Terry Mannu.

Gideon Maunu

Gideon was the sixth child born to Jaakko and Karoliina Maunu. In 1910 when he was about 15 years old he emigrated with his parents to the Loreburn district of Saskatchewan. On August 5, 1912 he filed his own homestead at NW 18-26-7 W3rd on the West side of the South Saskatchewan River. It was situated 3-1/2 miles west of Dunblane on the west bank of the CNR Dam Reservoir, which had been built to provide a constant supply of water by underground pipeline to the CNR roundhouse in Dunblane.

"Paksi" - The White Finn Hall

In 1914 a group of "Red" Finns with a socialistic inclination who ran the Lake Coteau Social Organization, built the East Finn Hall located on Kotila's land (SW 14-26-8 W3rd) 4 miles west of Dunblane. In 1915 some of their neighbouring Finns who were opposed to the socialistic preaching of the "Reds" created their own social organization. They decided to build their own community hall. Gideon Maunu built the hall on his land where it operated as the "White" Finn hall for a few years. The Finns called the hall "paksi", the "box".

Gideon's nephew, Ernest Maunu, recalls as a youngster seeing his first silent movie, "Uncle Tom's Cabin", in that hall. He was too young to read the English subtitles so his mother read them and explained the movie to him. The generator that powered the projector was driven by a belt run from the jacked-up rear drive wheel of a Model-T Ford. He remembers that, since the Model T had no water pump and the coolant circulated within the engine by gravity and siphon action, it would often overheat and stop thus disrupting the movie. The hall was later moved to a new location on Hudson Bay Company land, NW 8-26-7 W3rd, south of Simon Rapakko's homestead, 2-1/2 miles west of Dunblane.

The number of Finn's to support this hall was limited and the organization could not keep it going. Gideon's oldest brother Sander decided to purchase the hall and move it to Dunblane to serve the community at large. In the winter of 1921 they sawed it in half by hand, and with two teams of four horses, moved the hall in sections on sleighs to its final location in Dunblane (lot 3 block 2) on Main Street. They added a front extension to the hall containing a front entrance and cloakroom, with a projection room and apartment upstairs. Sander and Reimari Jussi (John Ray) jointly owned the hall until 1925 when Sander sold his share to Reimari for $1000 and from that time on the hall was referred to as "John Ray's Hall". John Ray lived in the small apartment upstairs. The hall served the Town of Dunblane and surrounding rural area as a popular dance and community hall through the "boom" years which lasted until the early 1940's, and then again from 1959 to 1969 when the Gardiner Dam was built. In the years of decline that followed, it was used very little and in 1980 a grass fire, started by a fallen electrical line, engulfed the hall and it burned to the ground.

Later Gideon moved into Dunblane where he lived until his death in 1954.

Gideon Maunu Obituary


Obituary Information supplied by Edna (Lauttamus) Maunu
...Translated by Ernest Maunu

In loving memory of William Maunu
who passed away November 6, 1957.

Fall's cold has arrived
with whispered past memories.
The passing of the year was upon us
when Death's call for our brother came.
Your memory is cherished

Sisters Minnie and Emma
and the brothers.
8 vii. William Maunu was born in 1896 in Estelline, SD, USA. He died in 1957 in Ashcraft BC. He was buried in 1957 in Clinton BC. The following from Ernest and Terry Mannu

William Maunu

Bill Maunu farmed with his parents Jacob and Karoliina and brother Emil. After both parents died in 1932 he moved to British Columbia where he worked as a carpenter. He died in the Ashcroft, B.C. Hospital in 1957 and is buried in the cemetery in Clinton, B.C.
9 viii. Eemeli Maunu was born in 1897 in Estelline, SD, USA. He died on 18 Nov 1958 in Gibson's Landing BC. He was buried on 22 Nov 1958 in Haney BC. The following from Ernest and Terry Mannu

Eemeli Maunu

Emil Maunu farmed with his parents Jacob and Karoliina and brother Bill until his parents died in 1932. He then moved to the West Coast where he worked as a carpenter. He died in Gibson's Landing, B.C. on November 18, 1958 and was buried in Haney B.C. on November 22, 1958.
Emil Maunu Obituary

Obituary Information supplied by Edna (Lauttamus) Maunu
...Translated by Ernest Maunu and Terry Maunu

Emil Maunu passed away at Gibson's Landing,
British Columbia on November 18, 1958.
Internment was held on November 22, 1958
in Haney British Columbia.
He is missed by two sisters and three brothers and other relatives.

When you arrived brother,
Smiling thankfully,
Not realizing then of
Death's early separation.
In your memory
Sister Minnie.

When death's call came
From distant journeys past:
On bended knees bringing flowers
and eternal gratitude to you.
In loving memory
Sister Emma.

Rest peacefully loving brother
With our wishes
The Brothers.

Heartfelt thank you for the flowers
from all friends. Thanks to all
of the pallbearers.
Yours: Minnie Nissila
Emma Perala and brothers
+10 ix. Lydia Wilhemina Maunu.