Barager, Charles Inkerman

  • From “The Loyalists – Pioneers and Settlers of the West”: See full biography at: https://www.uelac.org/education/WesternResource/401-Baragars.pdf
  • Wiki Biography:
    • Charles Arthur (1885-1936), Henry William (1887-1976), Francis Bell (1889-1943), Ernest Albert (1890-1960), Frederick Drury (1891-1964) and Sophia Jane (1883-1972) were the great, great, great grandchildren of Heinrick Berger of Churchtown, Columbia County, New York. Heinrick’s son Jacob married Elizabeth Finkle in St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Fredericksburg in Canada West. Elizabeth’s father George Finkle had enlisted in the Royal Regiment of New York. It was through her that a land grant was applied for in that area. Jacob’s son Henry Berger became *Henry Baragar, married Catherine Rose, and along with his brothers served in the War of 1812 under Ketcheson. Henry’s son Charles Baragar married Jane Ward and settled in Rawdon Township, Hastings County.
    • It was Charles Baragar’s son Charles Inkerman Baragar who came to Manitoba in 1892. He bought land at Elm Creek in 1895, and was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1899. He won the first prize in all of North America for his alfalfa seed at the Dry Land Exhibition in Kansas City, Missouri in 1917. He was Secretary Treasurer of the Wingham School Board from 1905 to 1917 and Secretary Treasurer for the Quarterly Board of the Methodist Church from 1898 to 1917. Willingly he shared his great knowledge of nature with school students in the area and taught them how to prepare projects for school fairs.
  • Fourth Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=2796
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