(In 1917, my grandfather, Abe Hanna, moved the homestead one mile across the section to just north of the village of Meyronne, SK. There, he built a new house and barn. Here’s how Abe recorded the move in his diary.)
June 27: Commenced digging new cellar
July 11: Dug out foundation for barn
July 18: Commenced putting in concrete for cellar wall
July 28: Put in cement foundation for barn
August 3: Put cement floor in cellar in pm
August 6: Messrs Leadly and Hisey with four men commenced building barn
August 7: Put curbing in well in am. Carpenters commenced raising framework of barn at 10:30
September 10: Put in [barn] cement floor in am [this went on for several days]
September 29: Carpenters arrived with tools at 9 pm
October 1: Carpenters commenced building kitchen
October 8: Norman Hisey finished putting up partitions in house
October 12: Mr. Elmore electric wired house
October 22: Messrs Bozzell and Sheffler arrived in pm to plaster house
October 23: Mr. Bozzell erected chimney at house
November 1: Fenced barn yard put in gate posts, digging cellar for old house
November 3: Jacked [old] house up in am. Moved house on cellar in pm. Cut door to new kitchen
November 15: Carpenters finished barn
November 19: Dug up plants and fruit bushes in old garden. Planted same in new garden in pm
November 27: made stand for chimney in bedroom
December 8: Put cattle in new barn and hens in old stable
December 24: Set up table and chairs, moved beds and dresser upstairs.
Addie’s version of the move is in Chapter 12, A New House, in “Our Bull’s Loose in Town!” Tales from the Homestead, published by Books We Love
#HannaFamilyHistory #RuralLife #OurBullsLooseInTown
A Prairie Perspective 
Thanks for sharing, Margaret I did enjoy it all. My Mom was born on the farm north of Norquay and lived in Hyas. So I ‘get’ the small town thing. Loved my years in S’toon. Miss the prairies.
LikeLike