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John marries Polly
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Son George is born
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Alcohol illegal in Blaine Lake
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Jack leaves for Canada
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Alcohol legal in Blaine Lake
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War Declared
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Jack joins RNWMP
Jack attempted to enlist in the army to return to Scottland but was regected because of his pour lungs. He then joins the Royal North West Mounted Police to try to earn a real wage. -
Jack positioned at Blaine Lake
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John Patterson Purchased Stable
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Jack meets Jessie Patterson
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Jack diagnosed with T.B.
In these days only 10% survived.
30 years before antibiotics there was not much to do but wait and get plenty of bedrest. -
Jessie nursed Jack
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Jack and Polly's 10th anniversary
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Jack proposes to Jessie
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Polly leaves for Canada
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Polly Arives in Canada
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Polly gets pregnant
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Jack recoves from T.B.
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Jack moves to Saskatoon with Polly
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Jack Kills Polly
Jack shoots his wife Polly in the head at close range with a shotgun. He then procedes to burry her under a culvert with the shovel he bought just for this occasion. -
Jack Marries Jessie
In a late night marraige Jack Wilson and the young Jessie Paterson are joined together in matrimony. The ring Jack give his new wife is the one off his first wife's dead finger.