History of Street Names

3rd Quadrant

Street Name: 1st Avenue South

Description:

Early street maps of Martensville indicate that 1st Avenue South was orginally named Turner Avenue. To this date, the significance of this name is...

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Street Name: Andrea Kaminskas Park

Description:

This park, located at the corner of 1st Ave S and 1st St S is named after young Andrea Kaminskas, who was tragically killed in June of 1997. The...

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Street Name: Fehr Court

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Fehr Court, Crescent and Terrace were named after Bill (William) Fehr, who served as mayor from November 1968-1976. He and Councillors Herman...

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Street Name: Fehr Terrace

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Fehr Court, Crescent and Terrace were named after Bill (William) Fehr, who served as mayor from November 1968-1976. He and Councillors Herman...

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Street Name: Gerbrandt Place

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Gerbrandt Place was named after Jacob (Jake) Gerbrandt Sr. (1905 – 1997) who owned farmland south of...

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Street Name: Stone Terrace

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Stone Terrace was named after Mayor Jim Stone, who served on Council from 1982-1994, and served as Mayor from 1994 until 2003. In 2018 Mayor Jim...

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Street Name: 1st Avenue South
Description

Early street maps of Martensville indicate that 1st Avenue South was orginally named Turner Avenue. To this date, the significance of this name is unknown or why it may have been chosen.

Street Name: Andrea Kaminskas Park
Description

This park, located at the corner of 1st Ave S and 1st St S is named after young Andrea Kaminskas, who was tragically killed in June of 1997. The Kaminskas family were residents of Martensville. 8 year old Andrea was a student at Valley Manor Elementary School.

The park, with slides, swings, sand, and other fun equipment for the enjoyment of children is surrounded by towering trees and benches to rest in the shade.

Street Name: Fehr Court
Description

Fehr Court, Crescent and Terrace were named after Bill (William) Fehr, who served as mayor from November 1968-1976. He and Councillors Herman Siemens, Gordon Unrau, Corney Derksen, Abe Neufeld, Art Letkeman, and Walter Enns formed the first Town Council after Premier Ross Thatcher declared Martensville a town on January 1, 1969.

Mayor Fehr made many trips to Regina while working to make his vision of bringing gas, sewer, and water to Martensville a reality. A gas line arrived in November of 1970 and sewer and water were hooked up to 220 of the 250 households in 1976.

In addition to the many hours he spent on council duties and his job at Sask Wheat Pool, where he worked for 41 years, Bill was also involved in the the Martensville Mission Church. He lived in Martensville from 1966 until his death at the age of 62 in 1997. His wife, Margaret, was a kindergarten teacher in Martensville for many years, and daughter, Delphine, also an elementary school teacher in Martensville.

 

Another prominent Fehr family in the community was Bill and Nellie Fehr.

Bill and Nellie Fehr lived at the same address on Main Street in Martensville from 1958 to 2017. They had two daughters.

Bill and Nellie met while working at a restaurant in Hague and were married in 1957.  In 1958, they moved to Martensville from Hague.   

Bill fondly remembers in Martensville's early days, Main Street used to be nicknamed Diaper Street because of all the young families moving to town.  Unfortunately the dust created by the gravel trucks ruined all the laundry hanging on the clotheslines. 

Bill worked for Robin Hood flour in Saskatoon for forty years.   At the same time he also did odd jobs and landscaping for many residents in Martensville.  Bill also served on the Bergthaler Church Committee.

 

 

Street Name: Fehr Terrace
Description

Fehr Court, Crescent and Terrace were named after Bill (William) Fehr, who served as mayor from November 1968-1976. He and Councillors Herman Siemens, Gordon Unrau, Corney Derksen, Abe Neufeld, Art Letkeman, and Walter Enns formed the first Town Council after Premier Ross Thatcher declared Martensville a town on January 1, 1969.

Mayor Fehr made many trips to Regina while working to make his vision of bringing gas, sewer, and water to Martensville a reality. A gas line arrived in November of 1970 and sewer and water were hooked up to 220 of the 250 households in 1976.

In addition to the many hours he spent on council duties and his job at Sask Wheat Pool, where he worked for 41 years, Bill was also involved in the the Martensville Mission Church. He lived in Martensville from 1966 until his death at the age of 62 in 1997. His wife, Margaret, was a kindergarten teacher in Martensville for many years, and daughter, Delphine, also an elementary school teacher in Martensville.

Another prominent Fehr family in the community was Bill and Nellie Fehr.

Bill and Nellie Fehr lived at the same address on Main Street in Martensville from 1958 to 2017. They had two daughters.

Bill and Nellie met while working at a restaurant in Hague and were married in 1957.  In 1958, they moved to Martensville from Hague.   

Bill fondly remembers in Martensville's early days, Main Street used to be nicknamed Diaper Street because of all the young families moving to town.  Unfortunately the dust created by the gravel trucks ruined all the laundry hanging on the clotheslines. 

Bill worked for Robin Hood flour in Saskatoon for forty years.   At the same time he also did odd jobs and landscaped individual properties in Martensville.  Bill also served on the Bergthaler Church Committee.

 

Street Name: Gerbrandt Place
Description

Gerbrandt Place was named after Jacob (Jake) Gerbrandt Sr. (1905 – 1997) who owned farmland south of present day Main Street. He, along with Dave Martens were the founding fathers of Martensville. Jake donated the land (present day Civic Centre and new City Hall site) and Dave did the groundwork to provide the school that encouraged people to settle here. Jake also donated the land for the Bergthaler Church.

He started as a dairy farmer, but soon discovered his land was more valuable for the gravel situated on it. Gerbrandt Sand and Gravel sold gravel to contractor Jim Patrick from Saskatoon for 10 cents a yard for many years. Eventually, he also divided his land to provide lots for Martensville.

Jake and his first wife, Justina Janzen had 13 children (five who died before the age of 3). Many of them married and grew their families within Martensville and the surrounding area.  After Justina’s death, Jake married Margaretha Wolf and had 2 more children. At the time of his death in 1997 at the age of 92, Jacob had 102 descendants.

Street Name: Stone Terrace
Description

Stone Terrace was named after Mayor Jim Stone, who served on Council from 1982-1994, and served as Mayor from 1994 until 2003. In 2018 Mayor Jim Stone was inducted into the 80+ Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame.

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