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Polly Hutchison born
Polly Wilson, born Mary Hutchison was born to her loving parents William and Helen Hutchinson. She has four sisters and one brother. -
Jack Proposes to Polly
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After 2 years of knowing each other he proposes. -
John and Polly get married.
John and Polly get married, four years after they meet and three years of courting. -
Polly and Johns son is born
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George Wilson is born. He is the son of Polly and John Wilson. -
John Wilson leaves for Canada
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John leaves for Canada to get away from the scandal in Scotland of him stealing money from his brother-in-law. He wants to leave until the community has forgotten about it. He says that he will only be gone for about one year -
Britian declared war with Germany
Britain declared war with Germany. Canada was looking for recruits to train to fight in the war. John Wilson tried enlisting and was denied because of his lungs. His lungs weren’t healthy enough to withstand being through the training and war. -
John joins the RNWMP
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John joins the RNWMP in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. -
John joins the Blaine Lake RNWMP
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John transfers from the Prince Albert Department to the Blaine Lake department. -
John meets Jessie Patterson
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John goes over to the Patterson’s house for supper, which is where he meets Jessie. -
Polly and Johns second child is born
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Ella (Helen) Wilson is born to happy parents Polly and John Wilson. John isn’t there to see his daughter. He is in Canada. -
John get tuberculosis
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John Wilson gets tuberculosis and is sent home from work. He is very sick. Jessie takes care of him while he is sick. She risked her own health the take care of him. -
Polly decides that she wants to go see John
Polly tells her family on Hogmanay that if John doesn’t come home or contact her by April then she is going to Canada to find him. -
Jack asks Jessie to marry him
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He was so grateful of what Jessie did for him. He has fallen in love with her so he asks her to marry him. She accepts. -
Polly arives in Halifax, Canada
Polly arrives on the Mauretania at the Halifax Harbour at 11:28am.She then gets on a train to Regina. To find John -
Polly gets to Regina
Polly ended her train trip in the Regina train station. She was hoping that Jack would be here to meet her. She knew that he wouldn’t but it was still a hope. She then finds out that he is in Prince Albert instead of Regina. He tells he to go to Saskatoon, he will meet her there. He ends up taking her back to Regina. -
John moves to Saskatoon
John moves to Saskatoon where he is in the middle between Jessie and Polly. This is where he lures Polly. -
Polly Wilson is killed.
John is driving Polly in Jessie’s car. John has a gun and shovel in the backseat. It’s getting late so he changes his plans and decides that they are going to Blaine Lake instead, so that Polly can explain to Jessie that Polly and John are married and that she should back off. They go on a rural road and John stops to shoot some geese. Then he points the gun at Polly's head, and shoots the top of her head off. Then buries her body in a hole he dug under the culvert -
John got marriage license
John went to get the marriage license so that he and Jessie could be married. He went to get it right after he had burned the car that he murdered Polly in. -
John burns the car
John burns the car that he shot Polly in. He says the trunk started on fire and he lost control of the car. An excuse for them not to realize what he did. -
John Married Jessie
John and Jessie marry. She has been waiting for about eight months since he proposed to marry him.
