Some Newspaper Articles about Hubert Francis Jesmer  (1884 to 1964)

Link to Hubert Francis Jesmer and Shirley Jesmer’s main page

“H.F. Jesmer of Preston, Montana, who is here visiting his brothers and other relatives, will return to his home tomorrow. Mr. Jesmer arrived in Princeton last week.” – The Princeton Union Nov 24, 1910.

“A letter was received Wednesday by Ms Wm Kaliher from her brother, Hubert Jesmer. Mr. Jesmer was with the USA Army in England and will go to France in a couple of months. He was at one time reported to have been killed.”  – The Princeton Union August 9th, 1917. Page 5 Image 5.

January 8, 1918. (The Princeton Union)

“Mrs. Hubert Jesmer is here on a visit to Mr and Mr Louis Jesmer and Mr and Mrs William Kaliher. Hubert is now in France with the Canadian forces.”

“In a letter received by Mrs. Wm. Kaliher from her brother, Hubert Jesmer, who is in France, he says that, with eight other men, he was wounded by shrapnel on August 17. None of the men were killed. He had not slept in a bed for a year until incapacitated by shrapnel. He was in one of the big drives but did not receive a scratch.”

The Princeton Union September 19, 1918.

Hubert Jesmer on the Northern frontier. 1933

Living on River Island Near Hudson Bay; Served with Canadian troops.

In the magazine section of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune issued on April 29, there was a published story of a man who had gone into the Hudson Bay country and made a success of various enterprises established there. Among the men given prominent mention in that article was Hubert Jesmer, a former Greenbush boy and brother or Mrs. William Kaliher of this village.

Hubert was Joe Jesmer’s youngest son. He was born in Greenbush. Even as a young lad he had a taste for adventure and at one time was a member of the show troupe which Billy Bennet of Milaca organized.

Hubert went on from Princeton to Montana where he lived for a time on a ranch.

Before the World War he went to Canada. He enlisted in the Canadian Forces and served overseas. He was wounded once: a bullet passed through his neck but it happened to leave such a clean wound that there was little serious infection from it. After the armistice was declared while still on the battle field; he was wounded by a shell exploding.

When he returned to Canada, Jesmer, like so many of the Canadian soldiers, was given a homestead which, however did not prove to be of much value. He finally settled on an island in the Berens River near Hudson Bay. The article which appeared in the Winnipeg tribune stated:

“Hubert Jesmer was at one time a rancher in Montana. When he went north his first job was that of a cook in  fishing camp on Swampy, an Island in Lake Winnipeg. The following summer he freighted on the Berens River, and managed to get an outboard engine reducing the duration of his trips, and he was able to take several extra loads.

In the fall he bought a team of horses in Riverton. Later he drove them north over the frozen surface of the lake.  All winter he hauled wood for the trading posts and for the steamers which ply the lake in the summer.  “Now he has two teams and hired a teamster. He has the contract of the hauling the winter mail to nine separate outposts. As a sideline to the mail contract he hauls package freight as a rate of two dollars a hundred pounds.

“Jesmer is no sluggard. Not content with his other interests, he had made a paying business of conducting tourist parties on canoeing trips through the rugged grandeur of the lakes and rivers of the north.”

“He lives on a beautiful island at the mouth of the Berens River with his growing, happy family. He is a man who has faced the grim specter of dire need and has vanquished it, a man who has not only fought the inseparable  wild, but also bears the scares of war.

June 27^th 1946. The Princeton Union.

The Winnipeg Tribune from Winnipeg, · Page 33 Saturday, April 29, 1933

MAGAZINE” SECTION: MAGAZINE SECTION WINNIPEG, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1933 Modern Pioneers Sought to Establish Themselves in Manitoba’s North Country By A. C. STEEN

Hubert Jesmer visits Princeton

“Hubert Jesmer, of Winnipeg, arrived on Sunday and remained until Monday visiting Mr and Mrs Lewis Robideau.  Mr Jesmer was on his way home after attending a family party at the home of his sister Mrs Roy Bowen (Luella) of Wheatland Wyoming. The other member of the Jesmer family present was Joseph Jesmer of Seattle. Hubert was a son of Joseph Jesmer of Greenbush. He was a brother of Nels and Louis. Of the large family of boys and girls the only three remaining are those who met at Wheatland, Wyoming. Mr. Jesmer is employed at a ______(Canoe? Motor?)  factory in Winnipeg.” June 27, 1946. The Princeton Union

Info on Hubert’s burial place

I noticed on your site that you mentioned that Hubert was buried at Chapel Lawn Cemetery.  He is actually buried at Assumption Roman Catholic Cemetery in the Military section.  Assumption Cemetery (3990 Portage Ave.)  shares the street entrance  with Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens (4000 Portage Ave.)   Chapel Lawn does have a large sign right at the entrance and once inside it does appear to be one large cemetery, rather than two.

In Brookside cemetery in Winnipeg is Shirley jesmer 1974; Rose Jesmer 1981 and Gordon Joseph Jesmer 1986. 26-2177-0 all have this number.

Info on the Billie Bennett show that Hubert Jesmer was involved in as a teenager.

Billy Bennett will open his tent show this season by two performances at Milaca, May 25 and 26. “Panama” and “Ole, The Swede Spy” are the two new plays he will present. Between the acts there will be vaudeville by Professor York’s trained dogs, birds and roosters.  August 1894   http://millelacscountytimes.com/2015/10/31/times-past-15/

Belle Bennett (April 22, 1891 – November 4, 1932) was a stage and screen actress who started her professional career in vaudeville. She was born in Milaca, Minnesota.Bennett appeared in circus performances during her childhood. Her father was Billie Bennett, owner of a circus. He trained her to be a trapeze performer after she spent some years in the Sacred Heart Convent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By age thirteen she was appearing in public. Performances with stock companies led Bennett to Broadway, where she appeared in theatrical productions staged by David Belasco.

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Description: Belle Bennett (April 22, 1891 – November 4, 1932) was a stage and screen actress who started her professional career in vaudeville. She was born in Milaca, Minnesota.

Bennett appeared in circus performances during her childhood. Her father was Billie Bennett, owner of a circus. He trained her to be a trapeze performer after she spent some years in the Sacred Heart Convent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By age thirteen she was appearing in public. Performances with stock companies led Bennett to Broadway. There she appeared in theatrical productions staged by David Belasco.

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There were medicine shows such as “Uncle Toms Cabin” put on by Billy Bennett and his troupe of Milaca, Minnesota.  –  http://iagenweb.org/clarke/murrayhist/murrayhist44.html

Belle Bennett achieved stardom beginning with a girlhood career in the circus. She was born on April 22, 1892 in Milaca, Minnesota, the daughter of circus owners, William and Hazel Bennett. Her father, known as Billie, was one of the pioneer showmen of the circus, who arrived in the United States in 1898 and established himself in St. Paul, Minnesota. His wife, and later Belle, played with him in his stock company. Belle technically began her stage career when her mother carried her on the stage as the baby of The Fatal Wedding. Her mother recalled that she proved to be a good trouper and did not interrupt a single scene by crying.

Belle first appeared before the public at the age of 13 as a trapeze performer in her father’s circus. Later she became a member of a stock company, then went to Broadway and played in productions for David Belasco.

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