Write-up on my 3x great grandparents James Parke and Jane Elliot excerpted from the R.M. of Ellice Centennial Book printed in 1983, p. 434.
Parke, James
James was born Dec. 1, 1838 in Leeds, Quebec and died Feb. 8, 1925 in McAuley. He married Jane Elliot Jan. 12, 1863 in Leeds. Jane was born June 22, 1837 at Leeds and died Oct. 12, 1909 at McAuley. They came west with their family looking for land similar to the good farm land he had left in Quebec and thought he had found just that on the sand plains so he settled on the SW1/4 18-16-28, but soon discovered it to be unproductive, and re-established on a homestead near McAuley. James was expert with a broad axe and many logs were squared up by him for building houses and barns.
They had four children: Martha married Thomas Selby. Robert married Rhoda Thomas. Elizabeth married Frances McAuley. Sara married Dave Smith.