Isaac Beattie

ISAAC BEATTIE, the youngest child of John and Emma Beattie, was the only one of their children born at Makaroff. Known as “Ike”, he attended the Makaroff Consolidated School and remained on his parent’s farm NW 15-27-29. He married Muriel Boyce, the daughter of Russell and Catherine Boyce of Deepdale. Russell Boyce born 1884 in Ontario had moved with his family to the Neepawa district and later, in 1906 to the Silverwood district. Catherine Davies, born 1892 in Wales where she trained as a teacher, came to Canada in 1912 to join her parents J. D. and Margaret Davies who had emigrated earlier. Catherine taught school at Silverwood for two years before marrying Russell Boyce. Their daughter, Muriel, married Ike Beattie at Roblin in 1935 and moved into his parent’s farm home at Makaroff, where they remained until their retirement. They had two sons and one daughter: Earl, Yvonne and Lyle. Both Ike and Muriel were very involved in the Makaroff community and enjoyed curling. Ike, on occasion, also traveled to Clear Lake to golf with friends. On retirement from the farm, they moved into the new home they had built in Roblin - where they celebrated their 65th Anniversary in the year 2000. Muriel died on Christmas day, 2001and is resting in the Makaroff Cemetery. Their son Earl married Marlene Dobson in 1958, made their home in Flin Flon and had three children: Lori Ann, Clark and Diane. Marlene, daughter of R&M Dobson of Killarney, had come to Makaroff with Elsie and Dave Clark, agent for Manitoba Pool Elevators, when her mother was ill with tuberculosis. She attended Makaroff Consolidated School and later, Normal School in Winnipeg, teaching for a time at Grandview. Earl and Marlene returned from Flin Flon in 1973 to a farm at Roblin where they raised Herefords and Marlene resumed teaching. Yvonne married Thomas MacQuarrie of Winnipeg in 1970, resided in Regina and Winnipeg and had one daughter, Sabrina. Lyle, a graduate of University of Manitoba, married Marion Hamblin of Morris, MB in 1971. They had two daughters, Heather and Colleen, and made their home at Souris, MB where Lyle taught for many years at the Souris High School. Later, they moved into Brandon.