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Ancestors of Cedric and Brendan
Lawrence William Herchmer [Parents] 1 was born in 1840. He died 2 in 1915. He married 3 Mary Helen Sherwood on 8 Nov 1866. Lawrence was born 4 on 25 Apr 1840 in Shipton on Cherwell, Oxford, England. He was employed as Commissioner North West Mounted Police - 31 Jul 1900. He was employed 5 as Commissioner NWMP. He was employed 6 as Appointed Inspector Indian Agencies in 1878. He served in the military 7 Gazetted HM's 46th Foot on 12 Nov 1858. He resided 8 in 1898 in Police Barracks, Regina, NWT.
Forts and posts were built as the force spread across the west. A post was built in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1882. It became the headquarters of the NWMP. The RCMP chapel is located on the RCMP grounds. It is the oldest and most historic building still standing in Regina. The chapel is located on the RCMP ground at 6101 Dewdney Avenue.
The Regina Barracks Chapel was built as a mess hall, and then later on it was used as a bar for the police force to go have fun and have some beer with their friends. The materials were cut and partially assembled in eastern Canada and transported to Regina in 1883 by steamer and ox team. It was partially destroyed by fire in 1895. In 1889, an l-shaped addition was built to serve as a canteen.
Mrs. Herchmer, wife of the RCMP commissioner, recommended the building be used a chapel for the force members since they lived two miles from the town. Commissioner Herchmer thought it was a good idea and made it into a chapel on December 8, 1895.
The North-West Mounted Police, with some 750 personnel, could field more trained mounted men than the regular army. L.W. Herchmer, commissioner of the force, offered to raise a unit of ‘picked police, ex-police and cowboys’ to fight in South Africa. Ottawa accepted his offer when it decided to raise a second contingent for overseas service. The new unit recruited at North-West Mounted Police posts across the western territories in what are now the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. Members of the police filled thirteen of the twenty officer positions, and made up roughly forty percent of the other ranks.
The battalion was originally named the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles (CMR), but this was later changed to the 1st Battalion, CMR. The unit arrived at Cape Town on 27 February 1900, the day that the Boers surrendered at Paardeberg. Despite concerns that the war would end before the unit saw action, in March and April, it took part in the expedition to suppress a rebellion by Boers in the western Cape Colony before joining the march to Pretoria and beyond. While the battalion did well, it was hampered to a certain extent by changes in the ranks of its senior officers caused by battle casualties and the departure of the commanding officer, North-West Mounted Police Commissioner Herchmer, whose health broke down. He was replaced by Lieutenant-Colonel T.D.B. Evans, an officer from the Royal Canadian Dragoons. The battalion nonetheless distinguished itself on a number of occasions, and earned a reputation for aggressive scouting.
Red Coats on the Prairies, written by William Beahen and Stan Horrall, documents NWMP activities during the time Commissioner of L. W. Herchmer. The first half of the book offers a thorough overview of NWMP activities, including the deterrence of both prostitution and liquor consumption, the regulation of Aboriginal peoples, and the pursuit of criminals guilty of (among other crimes) horse and cattle theft, fraud, infanticide, homosexuality, and murder. Central here is the notion that the Mounties did not always get their man, cow, or horse. In fact, when confronted with the responsibility for policing moral issues such as alcohol consumption and prostitution, the NWMP considered an outright ban on such activities to be futile. They were more interested instead in maintaining an orderly society and directed their limited resources against high-profile transgressions of the law. If the NWMP was unsuccessful in completely eradicating the Prairies of crime, they succeeded in easing the transition from a frontier to a settler society. Pragmatism rather than unbridled zeal marked the NWMP's approach to law enforcement during the final two decades of the nineteenth century.
Moreover according to Behan and Horrall, Herchmer's administrative successes were offset, at times, by his tempestuous working relationship with his senior officers. They document incidents of public drunkenness, moral laxity, dereliction of duty, and blatant political patronage. Beahen and Horrall conclude their examination of the Herchmer years with the observation that 'the roots of the modern Royal Canadian Mounted Police are firmly embedded in the prairie frontier.'
Mary Helen Sherwood 1 died on 23 Nov 1899 in NWMP Barracks, Regina, Saskatechewan, Canada. She married 2 Lawrence William Herchmer on 8 Nov 1866.
They had the following children:
F i Birdie Herchmer.
Samuel Short [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 1 May 1767 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. He married 3 Martha Miller in 1793 in Hinton St. mary, Dorset, England.
Other marriages:Kenningston, Maria
Martha Miller 1.Martha married 2 Samuel Short in 1793 in Hinton St. mary, Dorset, England.
They had the following children:
M i Charles Short M ii George Short 1 was born 2 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. M iii Reuben Short M iv Aron Short F v Ann Short 1 was born 2 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. F vi Leah Short 1 was born 2 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. F vii Maria Short 1 was born 2 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England.
Samuel Short [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 1 May 1767 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. He married 3 Maria Kenningston on 2 Mar 1840.
Other marriages:Miller, Martha
Maria Kenningston 1.Maria married 2 Samuel Short on 2 Mar 1840.
Robert Short [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1736 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. He married 3 Mary Terry in 1760.
Other marriages:Boyt, Mary
Mary Terry 1 died 2 in 1794. She married 3 Robert Short in 1760.
They had the following children:
M i Samuel Short M ii George Short
John Francis [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1826 in Stalbridge, Dorset, England. He died 3 in 1891 in Jersey, Channel Islands. He married 4 Louisa Short in 1847 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England.
Louisa Short [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1824 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. She died 3 in Jersey, Channel Islands. She married 4 John Francis in 1847 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England.
They had the following children:
F i Martha Francis 1 was born 2 in 1848 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. F ii Elizabeth Francis 1 was born 2 in 1850 in Jersey, Channel Islands. M iii Henry Francis F iv Maria Francis 1 was born 2 in 1856 in St Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands. Maria was employed 3 as working for John Brideaux in 1881 in St. Ouen, Jersey Channel Islands. F v Clara Francis F vi Ellen Francis 1 was born 2 in 1860 in Jersey, Channel Islands. Ellen was employed 3 as working for the Gibaut family in 1881. M vii John Francis
Emanuel James Short [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 14 Jul 1822 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. He married Mary Lamb Willis.
Mary Lamb Willis [Parents] 1.Mary married Emanuel James Short.
John Short [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 12 Jul 1830 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. He married Ann.
Ann 1. married John Short.
Henry Francis [Parents] 1 was born 2 in Stalbridge, Dorset, England. He married Ann Poole.
Ann Poole 1 was born 2 in Poole, Dorset, England. She married Henry Francis.
They had the following children:
M i John Francis
They had the following children:
F i Mary Lamb Willis
Reuben Short [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1830 in Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, England. He married Mary Reeves. Reuben was employed 3 as Grocer in 1851 in Sturminister Marshall.
Mary Reeves 1.Mary married Reuben Short.
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