Clarke - Lester Families
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| 101 | Oral story told to Kay Clarke by Roy G. Lester is that his great grandfather was injured butchering an animal for food while on board ship coming to Canada. He later died and was buried on land. RG thought it was Halifax (but it could have been St. John) The wife was left with 3 small children. info (which may or may not be related) from Vital Statistics N.B. from newspapers 1824-1828 #238 16 September 1824, died in Saint John City, Sunday, William Lester, cartman e-mail from Jeanine Grant Lister April 2003 with information about William. Her source - letter from Ida Medora Lister (grandaughter of William) written 11 Aug 1999 in which she stated her father James Albert Lister told her that William was an officer with the Royal British Navy. This is yet to be verified but would be in the time period 1805-1815, or about the time that the British Navy was blockading the Atlantic. Many Navy personnel jumped ship because of dreadful conditions. Could it be that William was one of these? O'Byrne's Naval Biographical Dictionary of 1849 NAVAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of 1849 Name Rank/Seniority Born On. Entered On. Spouse's Name LESTER William Cdr 1846 20Apr1800 Possibles William LESTER (AFN: 21SN-Q7L) Event(s) Birth: 1794 Christening: 2 Apr 1794 Misterton, Leicester, England Parents Father: William LESTER Mother: Elizabeth SMITH Submitter(s) Family Group Record Husband's Name William LESTER, SR. Born: Abt 1769 Place: Sheepshed, Leicester, England Died: 23 Jun 1850 Place: Britannia Street, Sheepshed, England Married: Abt 1795 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England Father: Mother: Wife's Name Elizabeth (Wm Sr.) LESTE Born: Abt. 1774 Place: Mother: Children 1. Sex Name M William LESTER Born: Abt 1801 Place: Sheepshed, Leicester, England Christened: 10 May 1801 Place: Shepshed, Leicester, England Died: Aft 1871 Place: Nottingham, England 2. Sex Name M Henry LESTER Born: 1798 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England Christened: 2 Jul 1798 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England 3. Sex Name F Mary LESTER Born: Oct 1799 Place: Shepshead, Elicester, England Christened: 14 Oct 1799 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England 4. Sex Name F Elizabeth LESTER Born: Apr 1797 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England Christened: 16 Apr 1797 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England 5. Sex Name F Sarah LESTER Born: Jun 1804 Place: Shepshead. Leicester, England Christened: 2 Jul 1804 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England IGI WILLIAM LESTER Event(s): Birth: 20 JAN 1789 Norwich Twp, New London, Connecticut Parents: Father: WILLIAM LESTER < Mother: LYDIA BAILEY< WILLIAM LESTER Marriages: Spouse: ELIZABETH BURGESS Marriage: 26 JAN 1793 Norwich, New London, Connecticut War of 1812 Service Records - about William Lester Name: William Lester COMPANY: CAPTAIN BOOTHS CO., DELAWARE MILITIA. Rank - Induction: FIFER Rank - Discharge: FIFER Roll Box: 125 Roll Exct: 602 U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 - about William Lester Name: William Lester Birthyear: abt 1792 Birthplace: New York, United States Enlistment Date: 13 Jan 1819 Enlistment Age: 27 War of 1812 Service Records - about William Lester Name: William Lester COMPANY: CAPTAIN DAVIS' CO., VIRGINIA MILITIA. Rank - Induction: PRIVATE Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE Roll Box: 125 Roll Exct: 602 War of 1812 Service Records - about William Lester Name: William Lester COMPANY: 1 REG'T (DAVIS') NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLS. Rank - Induction: CORPORAL Rank - Discharge: CORPORAL Roll Box: 125 Roll Exct: 602 Ido not know if this connectts · Name: William Lester · Surname: Lester · Given Name: William · Sex: M · Birth: 1793 in Hillsdale,Columbia,New York Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900 Name: William Lester Age: 19 Birth Date: abt 1784 Birth Place: Flokton, York Military Date: 15 Aug 1803 Unit: 84th Foot Soldiers, 2nd Battalion Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900 Name: William Lister Age: 25 Birth Date: abt 1781 Birth Place: Halifax, York Military Date: 16 Oct 1806 Unit: 18th Dragoon Guards 2013 World Connect William Edward Lister Given Name: William Edward Surname: Lister Sex: M Birth: in St. John,New Brunswick,Canada 1 Reference Number: 2222 Note: According to a letter by Ida Medora Lister McLaughlin to Joan Beasley Robinson [now Christensen], James Albert Lister told Ida that William was an officer with the Royal British Navy, that a cousin, Theodore Summel Clarke, of Warwick, Rhode Island got this information from Utah & Gagetown, NB and/or St. John, NB. 1 Change Date: 29 MAY 2002 at 09:38:54 | Lester, William Edward -Lister-Leister (I16)
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| 102 | Ornal information indicates 1880/1930 | Croxford, Elizabeth Matilda (I285)
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| 103 | Our great-great grandmother was not well known to her descendants as she died when she was quite young. Research has not proved the following but there is a very good probability that this is her story. Margaret was born at or near Mallow, County Cork, Ireland the daughter of Patrick Donahue and Anne (surname unknown). She had two sisters Katherine who was older and Mary who was younger. The family was not well off in Ireland and in fact was probably considered paupers. When Margaret was born, Ireland was experiencing a depression, the value of Irish goods was low, potato crops were meager (though the Potato Famine was still decades away), the country’s population was increasing dramatically and Irish farmers were subject to rack rents and evictions as land owners felt economic pressure. Further, the British Parliament was also intent on increasing the number of settlers available to defend the border of British North America (Canada) from the United States. Men in Irish families could help form the basis of a militia if border disputes flared up, so Peter Robinson was commissioned to select Irish paupers to immigrate to Canada. He selected 568 people (182 families) in 1823 to come to Canada on 2 ships, the Stakesby and the Hebe. The Donahue family was one of these and came on the Stakesby. The ship landed at Quebec City on the 2nd of September 1823, after a passage of eight weeks having left on the 2nd of July. After arriving at Quebec City, the immigration port, the passengers first boarded steamships and were transported to Montréal. This is as far as the steamships could go owing to the presence of rapids on the St. Lawrence which in much later years was opened up by the construction of the Seaway. Then they went in barges to Lachine and then to Prescott on the St Lawrence River. From Prescott they went overland to the Mississippi River (Ontario not U.S.) a distance of about 60 miles by wagon. Settlers were given free provisions, tools and farmland mostly in Lanark County. This is how Peter Robinson describes the outfitting of the ships; - these vessels were amply supplied with provisions, and every comfort in case of sickness that could be imagined; two medical officers of experience, one for each ship, were employed. The vessels and stores were strictly inspected, and they were in every respect as well found as if they had been fitted out by a company of passengers for their own convenience, safety and comfort. And this is what Peter Robinson says happened when they got to their destination; As there were no barracks or Government buildings in the neighbourhood, and the whole party without shelter, my first care was to provide log-houses for them, and that on their respective lots: fortunately the autumn was unusually dry and warm, and I completed this object by the 1st of November. To do this, I was obliged to go to some additional expense, as the settlers were not sufficiently acquainted with the use of the axe to put up log buildings themselves. However, I feel well assured nothing tends so much to fix the attention of the emigrant to his newly-acquired property, and to ensure his becoming a permanent settler, as a little care and attention in placing him on his land. This is the published list of the Stakesby Passengers. The ages are suspect as children were often deliberately listed as younger than they actually were. Names Former residence Age passenger No. Pat Donoghue Mallow 44 211 Anne Donoghue " 40 212 Katharine Donoghue " 7 213 Margaret Donoghue " 4 214 Mary Donoghue " 2 215 The Parish priest of the area reported that Pat Donoghue died shortly after arriving in Canada. There may have been a son born posthumously to Pat and also called Pat. This may be why Margaret at age 16 would be working away from home. Not much can even be guessed at as to the hardships of a mother with three or four small children and no husband in a place far from family. Margaret’s life between 1823 and 1827 or so was probably very difficult and there are almost no records available for this time. In the late 1820’s she was in Streetsville, Peel County, Ontario probably working in a carding mill. Streetsville was formed in 1819 by Timothy Street, a man who had financed the survey of the area in return for land. In 1825 he built a house which still stands. He built several mills, one of which was a carding mill. As the raising of sheep increased, the process of handling the wool by hand became too lengthy, so carding mills were built to handle the bulk wool. Settlers could bring their fleece to be processed, carded, and rolled in bundles for use on their spinning wheels and looms. Carding mills were the forerunners of commercial textile and woolen industries. These mills employed a number of workers, usually unmarried women, to operate the machinery. The mills in Streetsville were powered by waterwheels using the water of the Credit River. Since John Lindsay was a Miller, having learned the trade from his father in Scotland, it is likely that that is where they met. There was also a strong Irish population in Streetsville very early in its existence. This again would be another reason that Margaret was in the area. Margaret married John Lindsay in Streetsville. The marriage bonds were written 13 November 1834. Margaret would have been about 15 or 16 years old. They likely would have been married in St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. The original church was a wooden structure built in 1824, rebuilt in 1867 of red brick well after the Lindsays had moved. The children followed; Isabella 13th April 1836 probably named for John’s mother, Margaret 1st April of 1840, and Adam probably named after John’s father, in 1842. They may have been baptized or christened in St. Andrews Church. Streetsville at that point was in a decline as the rail-lines that were being developed in Ontario had to that point by-passed the town. It is possible John was laid off as work on the mill was not then available. At that time the Lindsay family found another mill at St. George, Brant County and moved there. Two more children were born; John born in 1st October 1843 and likely named after his father and George born in 20th September 1846 and who could have been named after an uncle, his father’s brother. Tragedy struck in about 1847 as the oldest son Adam died. He had started to school as a note book with his name in it survived. He is likely buried in the St. George Pioneer Cemetery. John and Margaret saved money and planned to buy their own mill and by 1850 that became a reality. Margaret however was not well and just before the move she died. The cause of her death has been a subject for discussion. We know that she had been in a decline for some time as John bought her a rocking chair (which is still in the family) as she did not want to be bed-ridden. Some of her descendants have had diabetes which could have been the cause, diabetes at that time being untreatable. Others have had serious blood diseases which also could have caused her death at an early age. She also is likely buried at St. George Pioneer Cemetery. The headstones at that Cemetery have been laid down to facilitate mowing and therefore some have been lost entirely so it is not clear that this is the cemetery where Margaret and her son Adam are buried. | Donahue, Margaret (I29)
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| 104 | possible children CARVELL, FLORENCE MARION - FAIRWEATHER, WALTER HENRY CARVELL, LEWIS ALLEN - RANDLES, HATTIE MAY CARVELL, LAVINIA LILY - DARLING, WILLIAM J. = DARLING, CLARENCE LEBERT 1892-06-28 CARVELL, JESSE MINA - WILLIAMS, GILBERT MERRITT = WILLIAMS, CLIFFORD BRUCE 1899-11-19 = WILLIAMS, GLADYS MABEL 1895-10-25 | Saunders, Emma Isabella (I140)
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| 105 | possibly born in East River NS Christina McQuarrie McKenzie Birth:1792 Pictou County Nova Scotia, Canada Death:Apr. 30, 1858 Pictou County Nova Scotia, Canada Christina was the daughter of Neil and Flora McQuarrie. She married Alexander McKenzie about 1812. They had 12 children. Written on her headstone is "In Memory of Alexander McKenzie -Elder- A Native Of Assynt, Scotland- Emmigrated to this country in 1803- Died Feb 7, 1871- Aged 87 years. - Also - Christina - His wife- A native of East River, Pictou - Died April 30, 1858 - Aged 65 years Burial: Waterside Cemetery Pictou County Nova Scotia, Canada | MacQuarrie, Christina (I27)
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| 106 | quote from Harold Lester "He was kind of strange. He spelled his name Lister." quote from Marilyn "He had a little house in Nauwidgewauk and right next to it his wife Emma had a little house. They each lived in their own place." occupation; listed as blacksmith on 1901 census GGrandaughter re[orts that he was later a bus driver Kings County News - Mar 11 1897 Nauwidgewauk Notes Mr. John Lister, our champion skater has challenged Haggan Clark of Model Farm to skate him a race for money." Family legend: * John changed the spelling of his surname due to an agrument with his father 1901 Census 38 39 Lester John M Head M Oct 31 1875 25 39 39 Lester Emma F Wife M Jun 7 1880 20 40 39 Lester Edna B. F Daughter S Nov 24 1899 1 41 39 Pierce William M Lodger S Feb 29 1880 21 1901 Census of Canada Page Information District: NB KINGS (#18) Subdistrict: Hampton D-2 Page 4 Microfilm T-6441 1911 / New Brunswick / Kings and Albert Hampton / page 7 66 Lester Peter M Head S Feb 1866 45 10 66 Lester John O M Brother M Oct 1875 35 11 66 Lester Emma H F Sister-in-law M May 1879 32 12 66 Lester Edna B F Niece S Sep 1899 11 13 66 Lester Rebbecca F Niece S Sep 1808 2 | Lister, John McGill Otty (I75)
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| 107 | Re: Cemetery off of VanWart Rd. in Kars Suzanne Lisson Posted: 1 Jun 2004 1:31AM GMT Classification: Query Surnames: In John Elliott's book, "Gone but Not Forgotten - Cemetery Inscriptions of Kings Co.,NB - Parishes of Norton, Springfield and Kars", he calls the cemetery the "Briggs Cemetery" with the following description..... "This small cemetery is located at the edge of a field and gravel pit along an old stone fence on a knoll just off the driveway to the site of the former Willard VanWART home. This road or driveway turns of route # 703 toward the river between Beulah and the Elms Road. The Burial Ground is overgrown with bushes. Row 1 - fieldstone Row 2 - James H. BRIGGS / 1843 - 1917 his wife / Alice M. / 1845 - 1917 Row 3 - George F. WOOD / 1875 - 1942 his wife / Minnie L. / 1871 - 1944 also 2 footstones - Mother , Father Birth Index PANB Child WOOD, GEORGE FREDERIC Sex M Date of Birth 1873 | 02 | 12 (Y-M-D) Place BARNESVILLE County KINGS Father WOOD, CHARLES Mother KNIGHT, ESTER Code 1873-W-31 Microfilm F18762 RS141C5 - Index to Death Certificates Name WOOD, GEORGE FREDERICK Sex M Date 1942 | 08 | 11 (Y-M-D) County SAINT JOHN Registration 38538 Volume 147 Microfilm F19376 Brennan Funeral Home Records Date 1942.08.11 Name of deceased Wood, George Frederick Age 70 Sex M Marital status Married Spouse Wood, Minnie Residence Kars, Kings Co., NB Place of Death Hospital Place of Birth Saint John, NB Date of Birth Occupation Teamster Mother McKnight, Esther Place of Birth Queens County, NB Father Wood, Charles Place of Birth Queens County, NB Interred Kars, Kings Co., NB Physician Length Notice Telegraph & Times Clergy Chisholm, Rev. Comment P of d 70 yrs., hospital 2 1901 Census Wood George M Head M Feb 10 1874 27 Wood Minnie F Wife M Nov 6 1872 28 Briggs George M Boarder S Sep 10 1882 18 ( brother-in-law) 1911 Census Wood George Sewell 23 M Head M Feb 1873 38 Wood Minnie F Wife M Nov 1873 38 Wood Hayward M Son S Feb 1904 7 Wood Donald M Son S Sep 1905 6 1921 Census of Canada Name: George Wood Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 48 Birth Year: abt 1873 Birth Place: New Brunswick Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Minnie Wood Father Birth Place: New Brunswick Mother Birth Place: New Brunswick Racial or Tribal Origin: English Province or Territory: New Brunswick District: St John and Albert District Number: 47 Sub-District: Saint John (City) - Dufferin Ward Sub-District Number: 29 Street or Township: 57 Lombard Occupation: Teamster Income: 1000 Household Members: Name Age George Wood 48 Minnie Wood 48 Hayward Wood 17 Donald Wood 15 | Wood, George Fredrick (I67)
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| 108 | Reason for death after 1943 - he made application for birth certificate on 17th Feb 1943. 2008 phone book Alan K Lester 330 Washington Walpole, MA 02081 (508) 668-0857 | Lester, Allan Freeman Woodman (I74)
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| 109 | Robert and his wife had no family of their own but they were foster parents to the whole neighborhood. He taught school all the years and they called him the master. When the young people were having some doings it was held at their place, it was open house to all the children. Index to 1871 Census MCQUEEN , ROBERT Stray: Individual bears a different surname than the head of the family Sex: Male Age: 35 Birthplace: SCOTLAND Religion: Canada Presbyterian/C. Presb. Origin: SCOTTISH Occupation: SCHOOL TEACHER District: WENTWORTH NORTH ( 023 ) Sub-district: Beverley ( A ) Division: 4 Page: 35 Microfilm reel: C-9925 Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada | McQueen, Robert (I111)
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| 110 | RS141B7 Index to New Brunswick Marriages Name CALLAHAN, CLEMENT Married WOOD, KATHLEEN MYRTLE Date 1920 | 04 | 07 (Y-M-D) County SAINT JOHN Parish SAINT JOHN Number 2995 Reference B4/1920 Microfilm F19676 | Wood, Kate (Kathleen) Myrtle (I260)
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| 111 | RS141B7 Index to New Brunswick Marriages Name SHEFFORTH, PHYLLIS DOROTHY Married LESTER, ALLAN RICHARD Date 1948 | 04 | 12 (Y-M-D) County SAINT JOHN Parish SAINT JOHN Number 1748 Reference B4/1948 Microfilm F20049 | Lester, Allen Richard (I45)
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| 112 | She died young, age 39 - might have been of TB Friday Dec 26th (Kate's Diary - 1902) We had a heavy rain through and in the morning the sun shone, the trees looked fresh and green as they do in early spring. The rain had washed off the heavy snow that has loaded them down so long. Jim and John cleaned the ice and snow off the roof and platform in front of the house where John had the misfortune to cut his hand with the axe. We got a good mail letters from all the girls and parcels. We were much surprised to hear that Maggie is to be married in June as we had always thought her to bashful to marry any man but it is the unexpected that happened. e-mail from Linda P - 7 May 2004 Robert Wales was the son of Robert Wales and his second wife Annie Ross. HE was one of eight sons born to Robert Wales. He married, had two children, and was widowed in 1897. On June 3, 1903 he married Margaret Lindsay who died a short 4 years later in 1907. I still do not know what became of Robert Ross Wales after this second widowhood. | Lindsay, Margaret (I104)
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| 113 | She was 18 when she got married. By the time she was 36 she had had 6/7 children. Information from Beechwood cemetary Ottawa - she is buried there but not in a family plot. Listed as Section R9 Lot G3 on burial record and as A-9-3 on cemetery plan - No headstone 1851 census - Brit, Wallingford John Weston, head, age 34, b.Benson Martha Weston, wife, age 34, b. Wallingford Mary Ann, daur, age 15, b. Wallingford (born 1836/37) Martha , daur, age 7, b. Wallingford Jonathan, daur, age 5, b. Wallingford Eliza, daur, age 2, b. Wallingford | Weston, Mary Ann (I9)
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| 114 | She was buried in the family plot in Beechwood Cemetary, Ottawa. Index 1881 Census Household: Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion Duncan MCGREGOR M Male Scottish 57 Scotland Farmer Presbyterian Catherine MCGREGOR Female Scottish 19 O Catherine MCGREGOR Female Scottish 19 O Alexander MCGREGOR Male Scottish 18 O Isabella MCGREGOR Female Scottish 16 O Sarah MCGREGOR Female Scottish 14 O Donald MCGREGOR Male Scottish 12 O Elen MCGREGOR Female Scottish 9 O Jessie MCGREGOR Female Scottish 6 O Cristina MCGREGOR Female Scottish 5 O Peter M. MCGREGOR Male Scottish <1 Born: Source Information: Census Place Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375862 NA Film Number C-13226 District 99 Sub-district C Division 3 Page Number 44 Household Number 170 | McGregor, Sarah (I5)
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| 115 | She was called Maggie by the family. In a letter of 1944, Harriet Lester wrote to RG that Aunt Maggie planned to be married again at the age of 78. Death certificate - obtained June 26, 2002 - cause of death, myocardia Nov 9 1945 - informant= Lloyd E Carpenter, son - father = William B Lister, birthplace = England - mother = Edna Ann Saunders, birthplace = Kings Co NB She married her 2nd cousin. 1891 Census of Canada From Gail Slade Mar 2009 3 Evlyne Carpenter b 16 May 1885 4.Emma Carpenter b 11 Aug 1886 5 James Wendall Carpenter b 1887 married Hazel Lydia Sherwood 10 Feb 1915 she born 11 Feb 1895 Hammond River, Kings Co., NB, Canada, the daughter of Charles H Sherwood and Amy Caroline Saunders (daughter of Susanne Caroline Worden and Isaias Saunders, son of George and Amy!) 6 Blanche L Carpenter b 12 Oct 1889 married Anthony Theodore Scribner, son of Albert Scribner and Almaretta Saunders 7 Howard Carpenter b 27 Apr 1891 05 Jan 1915 married Lillian M Currie at St John d 10 Dec 1961 8 Stanley Carpenter (spelled anyway you can think) b 27 Jun 1896 9 Gordon B Carpenter b 10 Mar 1899 d 1903 1911 / New Brunswick / Kings and Albert / 13 Rothesay Parish / page 17 World Connect July 2013 - marriage 30 DEC 1860 in of Rothesay, Kings, NB, Canada | Lester, Margaret Catherine (I72)
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| 116 | She was talented in the art of rug making according to son R G | Wood, Harriet Isabella (I5)
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| 117 | shows Robert Marin Clarke Civil Parish Crowmarch Gilfford | Source (S53)
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| 118 | Source of birth Index of births for NB RS 141 A2-2 Brennan Funeral Home Records Date 1906.05.23 Name of deceased Wood, Bertha Age 15 years 5 m. Sex F Marital status Single Spouse Residence 23 White St. Place of Death 23 White St. Place of Birth Saint John, N.B. Date of Birth Occupation Mother Place of Birth Saint John, N.B. Father Wood, Charles J. Place of Birth Saint John, N.B. Interred Interred in country Physician Skamel Length 5'-6" Notice Clergy Kuring, Rev. Mr. Comment Cause of death | Wood, Bertha (Berty) (I49)
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| 119 | The marriage was held in Knox United Church, Calgary with Stan and Mabel Bowers as witnesses. Info from conversation with WCD aprox. 1972: WCD went to Earl Grey, Sask. in 1911 to work for people from St. Elmo at $20 month and $5 month during the winter. He got a homestead in 1913 and moved the family out in 1914 to Tompkins, Sask (east of Maple Creek) It was very dry and he had crop failures to 1920. He went to work for the Ogilvy Flour Mill at Craddock, Alberta. In 1921 he became a buyer for Ogilvy at Hatton Sask. to 1924 then to Taber to 1926. Then he went to Jasper to work for the CNR to retirement in 1960. His brother Gerald went to Edson in 21 or 22 and to Jasper in 23. Eric and mother left the homestead in 1923 for Jasper. WCD notes date unkown: was late in enlisting and was told to go home and grow. got out because of rhematic fever, a medical discharge and end of war. | Clarke, Wilfred Charles Duncan (I2)
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| 120 | The Morning Albertan newspaper of Wed. Mar 20 1901 reports the following: - death of Mrs. L. Landymore on Saturday last. She had only been married a few months when she developed pneumonia. | Croxford, Emily Eliza (I284)
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| 121 | The name was Bowser in England. His occupation is listed as painter. His marriage took place at the Register Office at St. Giles. The wittness were William Clarke and Mary Ann June Clarke He remarried in the summer of 1888. July 16, 2001 - Madeline has picture of Henry | Bowser, Henry (I12)
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| 122 | This may or may not be a brother. More research needed e-mail information from Jeanine Grant Lister indicates that this probably is William's brother. His occupation was a wood boatman. and he had been born in NB | Lister, Samuel Benjamin Brian (I856)
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| 123 | Uncle Bill was a blacksmith at Kirkwall When the railway was built from the mainline down into the Okanogan, he was put in charge of sharpening the steel. He moved his wife and family there also. His nephew, John Lindsay went to work for him showing horses, after the railway was finished. Name: William McQueen Spouse Name: Alice Mulholland Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1870 Marriage Place: Wentworth County Registration Number: 8-307 Note: By matching sources, marriage locations, and marriage dates, we have determined that Alice Mulholland is the potential spouse of William McQueen Info 1901 Census McQueen William M Head M May 1 1847 McQueen Alice F Wife M Apr 3 1848 McQueen Thomas M Son S Mar 17 1881 McQueen Minnie F Daughter S Feb 12 1883 Name: William McQueen Birth Place: Beverly Ont Canda Age: 24 Father Name: James McQueen Mother Name: Catharine McQueen Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Spouse Name: Alice Mulholland Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse Birth Place: Flamboro Ont Canada Spouse Father Name: William Mulholland Spouse Mother Name : Sarah J Mulholland Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1870 Marriage Place: Wentworth Marriage County: Wentworth McQueen, ? William, no dates, Sec A, [SW] Hi Kay, I found them! The lady at the cemetery office was very helpful. She printed off colour maps and used highlighter to show the best way to find the plots and even found out the names of the people in adjacent plots. I took photos which I will get to you when I'm home. Warren got the GPS co-ordinates for you, too. One plot has William and his wife Alice and his son Thomas. ERECTED BY CANADIAN ORDER WOODMEN OF THE WORLD [logo] In memory of SOV. WILLIAM McQUEEN BORN 1849 - DIED 1904 MRS. ALICE McQUEEN BORN APRIL 15TH 1847 DIED SEPT. 4TH 1901 THOMAS HEWITSON MacQUEEN (sic) 1881-1977 (Section A B/3 R6, L22; notes in their computer said WILLIAM WORKED AS A BLACKSMITH ON RAILWAY IN ONT, MARRIED TO ALICE, CAME TO BC APROX 1888 WITH SONS JAMES & WILLIAM JR. BUILDING IN THE SHUSWAP & OK RAILWAY, HAD BLACKSMITH SHOP IN KELOWNA 1893. 1899 THOMAS WORKED IN 1ST TOBACCO FACTORY. OWNED 1ST BICYCLE & GRAMMOPHONE IN KELOWNA AND HELPED PICK 1ST FRUIT EXPORTED OUT OF VALLEY. ALSO DGHT SARAH JANE. ORIGINAL RESV#/RECEIPTSNOT ENTERED DURING DATA ENTRY.) (GPS N49.8896 W119.44568) Another plot was for a child named Billy. BILLY McQUEEN OUR DARLING 1950-1952 (Section B B/6 R60 L79; notes said William Michael McQueen 1 yr 11 m 15 d) (GPS N49.8879 W119.4496) I did an internet search and think this is probably his mother: I stopped in the library briefly. The microfilm of the Kelowna paper starts in July 1904. I found some information about them in a couple of local history books. Would you like me to copy these or would you already have found them? I didn't have time to note their titles as I had to run to meet Warren for coffee. I will go back tomorrow when he is in meetings. Our hotel is just up the street from where their blacksmith shop originally stood. Marion | McQueen, William (I115)
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| 124 | Volume 4 Number 411 Date November 28 1829 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper New Brunswick Courier The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate. m. 8th, by Rev. Abraham Wood, James WOOD, Surveyor / Fanny FORSTER only d/o Joshua FORSTER, Grand Lake (Queens Co.) Brennan Funeral Home Records Date 1949.12.12 Name of deceased Wood, Samuel Knight Age 81 Sex M Marital status Married Spouse Wood, Hulda Residence 197 Princess St. Place of Death Place of Birth Queens Co., N.B. Date of Birth Occupation Grocer Mother Knight, Esther Place of Birth U.S.A. Father Wood, Charles Place of Birth U.S.A. Interred Fernhill Physician Flemming, Dr. Length Notice Times & Telegraph Clergy Young,Rev.Can. J.V. Comment b. July 28 Cause of death 1901 Census Wood Samuel M Head M Jul 27 1868 33 Wood Hulda F Wife M Oct 28 1869 32 Wood Hulda May F Daughter S Sep 13 1894 7 1911 Census Wood Samuel K. 37 Paradise Row M Head M Jul 1868 43 Wood Hullab (?) F Wife M Oct 1869 42 Wood Hilda f. [?] F Daughter S Sep 1892 18 1921 Census of Canada Name: Samuel Woods Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 52 Birth Year: abt 1869 Birth Place: New Brunswick Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Huldeh Woods Father Birth Place: New Brunswick Mother Birth Place: New Brunswick Province or Territory: New Brunswick District: St John and Albert District Number: 47 Sub-District: Saint John (City) - Victoria Ward Sub-District Number: 35 City, Town or Village: St John City Victoria Ward Street or Township: 61 Summer St Occupation: Grocer Household Members: Name Age Samuel Woods 52 Huldeh Woods 52 Hilda Woods 28 | Wood, Samuel Knight (I66)
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| 125 | Was a twin - other baby unnamed | Robertson, Ivan John (I188)
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| 126 | WCD notes date unkown: She left home and was not heard from again Info about birth place 24/01/00 - FHC Calgary. birth - Wallingford 2 c 298 - 2nd quarter 1857 possible marriage - Fulham 1 a 453 3rd quarter 1876 1871 Canadian Census MCGILTON, THOMAS Male 45 place of Birth: AT SEA Religion: Church of England, Anglican Origin: IRISH Occupation: BOOT MAKER District: OTTAWA (077) Sub-district: St. George's Ward (C) Division: 1 Page: 42 Microfilm reel number: C-10013 - C-10014 Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada Vital Records Office Birth - The Register Office, 1 Tidmarsh Lane, Oxford, OX1 1NS. Marriage - Ontario - | Clarke, Fanny Adelia (I270)
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| 127 | When she died in 1962, she was survived by 3 children, 5 grand children, 6 great grand children. She had a parrot. | McGregor, Jennie (I279)
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| 128 | William Boyd Lester was born on Monday, 29 March 1824. The census report of 1901 was the only source for the date of his birth. The census reports of 1871, 1881, 1891and 1901 listed him as born in New Brunswick but many of the sons and daughters death records indicate that their father was born in England. A family story is that William’s father (also a William) was injured butchering an animal for food while on board ship coming to Canada. The father later died and was buried on land. William’s grandson Roy thought it was Halifax but it was probably Saint John since there is a port with lots of ships coming from various places and this is where the family lived in later years. There is a newspaper record of a William Lester, cartman, dying in September of 1824 in St. John, N.B. The family story said that the wife/mother was left with three small children, and there is a further record from the Saint John County Marriage Register of an Elizabeth Lester, widow, marrying a William McCarter in 16 February, 1826 These folks could be William’s parents. It may be that if this is the case much of our William’s early history is lost since he would only have been five months old when his father died. We are therefore left with the questions about who his father was and perhaps how the father came to be in Canada. There is also some question as to the spelling of the name. We know that the Elizabeth Lester mentioned was not literate as she signed the marriage record with an x, so she may not have been certain how the name was spelled. Another researcher feels that it could have been Leister or Lister. In the death record of his son Peter, the informant was his daughter Emma Carson. She lists her father as William B Leister. His son John and family always went by Lister. In an e-mail in April 2003 researcher Jeanine Grant Lister gave information about William’s possible parents. Her source was a letter from Ida Medora Lister (her grandmother) written 11 August 1999 in which she (Ida) stated her father James Albert Lister told her that his grandfather Samuel’s (and possibly William’s) father was an officer with the Royal British Navy. This is yet to be verified but would be in the time period 1805-1815, or about the time that the British Navy was blockading the Atlantic. Many Navy personnel jumped ship because of dreadful conditions. Could it be that William Sr. was one of these? William married Edna Ann Saunders of Kings County N.B. the daughter of George Saunders and Amy Keirstead on Thursday 22 March 1855 in Trinity Anglican Church Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick by the Reverend Wm E. Scovil. Trinity is the oldest Anglican Church in New Brunswick. William Lester indicated that he was from Saint John and Edna indicated that she was from Hampton so why they decided to marry in Kingston is some what curious, although the first child William Edward was baptized there also. Saunders and Keirsteads were both Loyalist families. The witnesses to the marriage were Harmonius Saunders, a brother of the bride and Sarah Ann Hampton (later to be Harmonius wife). William was a few days short of 31 when he married Edna. They started their married life in Kings County, residing on a farm across the Gondola Point Road from Harmonius Saunders and just down the road from Edna’s father George Saunders. The piece of land now situated on what is now called Meenans Cove Rd. contained about 40 acres and had been given to Edna by her father George Saunders by will when he died in 1857. They sold it in 1887 to Edna’s nephew George T. Saunders. They may have moved by 1871 since the address given to the Lovell Directories that year is Hammond River, Hampton, Kings County a distance of perhaps 3 miles. William and Edna had ten children, five sons and five daughters. The first son, William Edward, died when he was only twenty-three of pneumonia. The family story is that the oldest son was always named William and that seems to be the case in many of the families. Information from the 1871 Census Schedules 2-9 indicates that William Lester owned Lot 2 at Hampton, Kings County consisting of 30 acres of which 10 were improved and 20 were in pasture. He had 1 house, 1 barn, 2 carriages or sleighs, 2 wagons or sleds and 1 boat. He had no animals that year. He had 2 plows, and 1 horse rake. He had harvested 230 bushels oats, 15 bushels peas, 1 1/2 bushels beans, 100 bushels buckwheat, 1 1/2 acres of potatoes, 20 bushels turnips and 10 bushels beets. He had 40 acres of hay and 1 fathom of nets. He had cut 7 cords of firewood. By 1884 William was supplementing his farm and fishing income by employment as a railway section man. From the Kings County Record Newspaper of July 23 1896, Nauwidgewauk Notes we read the following: "On Monday night, the 13th, we had an unwelcome visitor in the shape of a miniature cyclone which caused great damaged to crops and property. Thunder and lightening, rain and hail as well as a strong wind were features, but the leading one was the hail storm, the hail stones being as large as hen's eggs (fact). In some houses as many as sixty window panes were broken, cut down potatoes, corn, peas, oats and even grass was destroyed; trees were stripped of their branches and H. Hill lost a 30x40 barn which was carried from the foundation and scattered over the field. The track of the cyclone was a quarter of a mile in width and in it very little crop remains to pay the farmer for his springs work." There is no family story of this event but was William's home or farm in the path of this storm? | O'Dell, Charles Gilbert (I8)
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| 129 | ~Nov 16, 2002 Conversation with Gordon Barker " I knew your Dad before your Mom did. He worked for my Uncle, James Belyea when he first came to this part of the country" (uncle of the Jamie Belyea that I knew) This story was pieced together from records of various forms. Stories, pictures, letters, legal documents and receipts that R.G. kept, were some of the material. There were boxes of items necessary for income tax purposes! Roy Gilbert Lester was born Tuesday, 23 October 1906 at Nauwidgewauk, New Brunswick the son of Humphrey Lester and Harriet Wood. He had a sister Mary who was just under 3 and a brother William who was 1 ½ when he was born. Not much is known about his early life although in a letter to Agnes, Grandmother Harriet said that he liked to climb trees and the higher the better. He later had 2 younger sisters, Laura 1 ½ years younger, Mildred 3 years younger and 2 younger brothers, Harold 8 years younger and Allen 11 years younger. He went to elementary school in Nauwidgewauk which was about 2 miles away. He told us that when he was in school the Canadian school year was finished at the end of June but in the U.S. the school year finished at the end of May. Very annoyingly the American cousins used to come to visit before he was finished the year. These cousins would likely have been the Carson family, Millie who was 9 years older, Walter who was about 6 years older and Lester who was about 4 years older or any of his Uncle Allen Lester’s family of 9 children ages 9 years older to 11 years younger. The U.S. cousins all lived in or near Boston, USA. Roy went to Hampton Consolidated High School a distance of about 6 miles away where he did very well academically, competing in math with Mabel Bannerman who sometimes had just as good marks. His interests at that time were in sports, especially track and football. He won a mile race in a provincial meet and was given a medal for a record time. This record stood for many years. While he was going to school he was also working for Harry Henderson, who had a dairy farm on Darlings Island. At this time he developed a life long friendship with Barney Henderson, Harry’s son. He graduated in 1925 from Hampton Consolidated High School. He then went on to Wolfville, Nova Scotia to Acadia University where he had a scholarship in the year 1925-1926. He could not afford to remain there so he left for the west, probably in the fall of 1926. His nick-name in the west was Pete and the story is that when he came west he was with someone from N.B. who knew his family and thought the Roy reminded him of Uncle Peter and so called Roy “Pete”. It stuck. He told us that he came to the Saskatchewan town of Unity to work on a Power installation and was there for some time as he played ball with the Unity Cardinals. We have not been able to document this. By 1930 he was in Calgary working near Shepard, possibly for Bill Sutherland. He went to the Provincial Institute of Technology in 1931 through 1933, taking two years of a three year Electrical Engineering program where again he did very well academically. He was living at 101 5th Ave E in Calgary and later at 911 16th Ave N W. During this time he became interested in Social Credit politics and in Winnie Christofferson who was from Milo. In about 1934 he went to work for John MacKenzie where he met Agnes Mackenzie. Exit any interest in Winnie. He purchased a car in 1935 for $90, a 1927 Chev Serial Number 184751 which was licensed for the following three years. Also in 1935 he finally wrote to his parents to let them know where he was. Letters were exchanged and he decided to go home in the fall of 1937 for a month. He and Agnes were an “item” at that time and were waiting till they had money enough to get married. They were married December 14, 1938 and began farming the N.E. quarter of section 26 township 23 range 28 west of the 4th . This section had been homesteaded by Robinson Laycock and later purchased by John and Kate MacKenzie. It had a few buildings on it. There was a one-room shack later to become a garage, a good well and a barn. In order to farm he needed a tractor. He bought an Allis Chalmers Rumley for $1350 on September 18, 1939. He was share cropping the land with John and Kate MacKenzie, his in-laws. He sold his first crop October 6 1939. The shack needed to be heated and so he bought 9600 Lbs. of coal in November 1939. In December 1939 exactly one year to the day after they were married, Katherine Harriet Lester arrived. The Grace Maternity Hospital received $35 for this delivery. The doctor and the Associate Clinic also received $35. One of father’s priorities as the family expanded was a house, which he built himself with the help of Wilson Glover. He bought the material from Revelstoke Sawmill company. R.G. and Agnes started farming with a pig operation but in 1940 one of the carcasses was condemned for T.B. He decided a gradual change to dairy was in order. At first they shipped cream only, milking the ten cows by hand. The cream separator was kept in the well-house where it was cool in the summer and could be kept warm enough in the winter. Agnes had chickens and shipped eggs. They built a large hen house to accommodate the flock. On March 29, 1940 they shipped 5 ½ dozen eggs ranging from grade A large to eggs with cracks. At this time refrigeration was a problem and there were no freezers so meat was kept in a commercial food locker. One of these was Merchants Cold Storage Co. at 348 11th Avenue W. where the Roy and Agnes had their meat. Other places that they shopped were MacLeods and Ashdown’s Hardware. Calgary was close enough that they went in once a week. It was an all day affair with lunch (dinner as it was usually referred to) at a restaurant on 8th avenue at about 2nd street east. R.G. liked to order breaded veal cutlets. Most people also shopped the Eaton’s catalogue and Agnes was no different. You had to apply each year to renew your drivers licence. There were numerous questions about your physical ability to drive and the fee was $1.00 in 1940. In February 1941 R.G. started to think about building a new barn. He drew up plans and wrote to various lumber companies for prices. R.G. was still raising registered hogs and shipped ten of them March 27th 1941. They were also still shipping eggs to Swifts. They had started grocery shopping at William’s Brothers, a department store that they patronized for many years. The grocery department was not self- serve. You took your list up to a counter and told the clerk what you wanted. He would then gather the items and pack them in a box. String and paper were used to tie up some items. You would then stop at the butcher shop and let the butcher know what you wanted and he would cut it right there on the spot. In the fall of 1941 R.G. received a licence to operate a threshing machine from the Department of Agriculture. 1942 saw the War progressing with both of Roy’s younger brothers overseas. As a farmer he was perhaps better off than some as he could buy some of the essential items such as fuel and tires. However all these things were rationed and ration books were issued to every person in a household even the babies. In April 1943 R.G. entered into an agreement with M.D Carlyle, a neighbor for crop share. Rationing was still in place. Since R.G. was not a drinker, and some of those he did business with were, he usually used his liquor coupons to buy liquor for others. At this time, he was dealing with Oughton Brothers, a fuel supplier. Gasoline cost $0.18 per gallon. Highways were being paved and tractors were being banned as many of them still had steel wheels and they would chew up pavement. You needed to get a permit to take a tractor on the highway which R.G did July 14th to allow him to haul home a combine. He was still shipping cream and Oct. 4 received $4.76 for 29 lbs of cream. Late in 1943 Fred Woods died. He was the Western Irrigation District agent at one time. He had retired from W.I.D. and had obtained land to farm just to the north of the ditch rider place. Mrs. Woods had an auction and it was held Nov 16 1943. The weather was nice and R.G. went, taking a couple of children ( I remember it!) who he left in the truck. The cars and trucks were lined up for quite a ways. After all the goods were sold off R. G. made an arrangement with Mrs. Woods to farm her land.. Mrs. Woods then moved to the city and lived just off 16th Ave. behind Balmoral School. After she died R.G. farmed it for the daughters. He farmed it for the next 30 or more years, finally purchasing it. Telephones were installed in the country side and R G’ s phone number was 91-3511. Grocery shopping in 1944 was still done at Williams Brothers where bread sold at 6 loaves for $0.54. Recreation in the summer time was a soft ball league. There were teams at Chestermere, which RG played for and Shepherd, Indus, Dalemead and Langdon. Games were very much a family affair and I am sure most people went for the socialization and friendly rivalry. The evening after a ball game always ended with an ice-cream cone or soft drink at the local store of the home team. RG was a catcher for the Chestermere team, and the fact that he had to squat while playing (as well as squatting to milk cows) meant that his knees bothered him a great deal in later years. He also had a finger tip which was permanently bent, probably broken, when he caught a ball the wrong way. He used to oil his catcher’s mitt with neats foot oil. As a child I always wondered what kind of animal had a neats foot was. Hand milking was not the most efficient way of producing milk and cream and a 32 volt electric system was put in. The house was wired for lights at the same time. A gasoline powered generator was the basis of the system. John R. Munro Oil & Refining was where RG was getting purple gasoline at $0.15 per gallon. This business later became Hub Oil Company. At the same time Oughton Brothers was selling regular bronze fuel also at $0.15 per gallon. In February of 1945, Roy got word of his Mother’s death. Although he would like to have gone home there was no question of this in the wartime travel conditions that existed. The same year in August the Dominion Bureau of Statistics conducted a survey of farming information. RG reported that he was milking 10 cows and had produced 6800 lbs. of milk of which 300 lbs. had been consumed at home. He had purchased purebred Jersey cows that produced very rich milk. Some jars were almost half cream when allowed to sit overnight. The dairy was paying a premium for this milk. In February 1946 he got word of the death of his father almost exactly a year after his mother. Again he could not, because of family responsibilities, go home. In the summer of 1948 RG was at the Holy Cross Hospital as he had emergency appendectomy. Agnes was very worried about this, as her best friend’s husband and witness at their wedding had died from a burst appendix only a year or so before. She was not only worried but had small children and cows which had to be milked each day. The hired man of the day, Allan Trout, was there and she helped out when she could. RG was in the hospital 10 days and then was cautioned not to do any heavy work for some time. This right in the middle of haying season. Regardless of the Dr.’s warning he was out doing the haying before long. As a result of the incident they decided that if his brother Allen would move west it would be a good thing as he had worked on a dairy farm and had some experience. RG sent the invitation and started to build a house for him. However it was Harold, his wife and baby daughter who came west. Renfrew Motors was charging $2.00 to change the oil in 1948 and the M.D. of Conrich #44 was requiring $68.00 in taxes. The years 1948 to 1952 were very wet years and sloughs never dried up. As a result there were hundreds of ducks in the area. They had water and grain from crops which could not be harvested because of wet conditions. If you wanted to eliminate them out of season you needed to get a permit from the Province, which RG did in the fall of 1948. The City of Calgary issued licences for milk producers and cost $1.00. The Income tax levy was based on an income of $1094.69 for 1948. R.G. paid $202.00 to the income Tax Department. Harold H Lester received $110 in wages for the month of October that year. J.E Love & Sons Feed Supplies sold R.G. 2 cans, probably 45 gallons each, of molasses for $39.00. This was used as a feed supplement with the chop. The cattle liked it and we would lick fingers also. As far as I could tell it was the same stuff that Agnes had in the house. George MacLean Auction was where RG purchased a weed sprayer for $132.50. Technology was changing and farming ideas of how to do things were changing as well. Weed spraying was becoming common practice. MacLean Auctions were also the place to dispose of bull calves. Bull calves can not make milk so there is no point in keeping them on a dairy farm. Ed Wenstrom’s Garage in Langdon was where R.G. purchased oil and baler twine. Langdon was getting to be much easier to get to than driving into Calgary. He sold oil for 7 qts oil for $2.45. R.G. sold 11320 lbs straw to Kelvin Grove Farms in 1950. (We are not sure why as this was a Land Developer and not a farm?) A Tax notice for $220.00 from the MD of Conrich was received. The MD was still in smaller units and had not yet formed the very large Rockyview MD. About that time R.G. had enough farm help that he could take some time away from the farm. He got together with a neighbor, George Rae and the two families traveled to B.C to Dutch Creek for a fishing holiday. Both families look back on this time with enjoyment. We lived in small cabins and everybody caught fish. R.G. had a pair of hip waders and could go out in the water. The water was swift running and the banks were rocky in some places. One needed to be careful. Helen Rae slipped one summer and R.G. filled his hip waders helping her out. We had to purchase a Non resident anglers licence at the Dutch Creek fishing camp operated by the Davis. Mrs. Davies was a likeable lady and sold milk and bread in her store as well and fishing gear including maggots for bait. The City of Calgary required that milk producers get Business licence each year which cost $10.00. In 1952, a particularly wet year, the Red River in Manitoba flooded, causing a great deal of damage. R.G. issued cheque to the Manitoba Flood Relief fund for $25.00. Since there was so much water around, In 1952 the Province started a program of hail suppression by cloud seeding and this seemed to cause more hail than it prevented. Agnes was heard to say that she hoped they would take their suppression somewhere else. There was also insurance for farmers against hail damage to their crops. By 1953, R.G. was shipping milk to the Union Dairy. Union Milk sent out slips with each cheque indicating quantity and quality of milk shipped. There were 10011 lbs. shipped in June with no bad quality milk. Agnes was still selling eggs to Swifts. She had the “help” of children to feed, water and gather the eggs. On the 30th of July 1954 she shipped 14 dozen eggs and received $3.18 At that time a Licence as a milk producer was required from the provincial government. In April 1954 Jack MacKenzie died very suddenly. R.G. took over farming the MacKenzie lands. He also made accommodation for Kate MacKenzie who was to live with her daughter Agnes in the summers. The W.I.D. was charging $13.25 per year for water rights. Now it is about $700 per year. Income Tax Assessed in 1954 was $145.20. In August of 1954 R.G. wrote a cheque to Renfrew motors for $2250. It was probably a new car or truck but we are not sure which one. The only “new” vehicle at that time was a ’55 International pickup. One of the men who worked for R.G was Joe Ashmore, first as a farm laborer and then renovating the house that had been Kate Mackenzie’s. He issued a Statement of hours, at $1.50 per hour. His trade was a carpenter and R.G and Agnes had decided to renovate Kate’s house as it was bigger and would be better for having Kate there in the summers. Another of the men who worked for R.G. was George Hennigar. He had worked for Hogsons dairy before coming to R.G. They had shown cattle at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, so George persuaded R.G. to do the same. Cattle were entered in the show in 1955. The entry fee for dairy cattle was $4.50 for class #0483. R.G. bought 3”x 6’ pine posts at $.49 each, 225 for $110.25 from Canada Creosoting. The pasture lands had been fenced many years before and although cedar posts last a long time they eventually do deteriorate and need to be replaced. In 1956 R.G. paid $201.39 to the Income Tax Department.. Business establishments each carried their own printed cheques and persons could use them to buy goods. You would have to put the bank name and numbers on them. This was the days before much fraud was done. R.G. wrote such a cheque to Williams Bros.for $10.36 on July 31 1956. Dr. Gorrell charged $2.00 for an eye test for Katherine that year. W.I.D. was still charging $13.25 for water rights. The MD was now Rockyview and the tax assessment for 1957 was $127.50. In the summer of 1957 R.G. went to a shoot at Kimberly B.C, leaving.the family at home. While he was away the train ran into a group of cows which had gone onto the right-of-way when fences had been left down. We have letters from lawyers and CNR regarding accident killing cattle Calgary Car Land sold R.G a new car in 1957. They offer a new car, a blue 1957 Chrysler Windsor, with all the bells and whistles for $3359.00 plus trade-in. The Animal Clinic was charging $15.00 to make a call to see a cow. In 1958 R.G’s cousin Edna Howe came from her home in Florida to visit. She really thought this was the wild west, especially after the very mild mannered horse she was given to ride actually bounced/bucked a couple of times. She then went to New Brunswick where her father was living and showed movies of her visit to the folks “back home”. John Lister wrote to R.G. “ Well Roy old dear, Edna was here and told me you had a lovely ranch. I would give a lot to see you… Edna showed me a lot of pictures of your Barn and house….you have a lovely lot of Jerseys cows.” RG’s cousin Hazel Wood came for a visit at this time and Agnes took her and the Teepee trailer to Banff on a short visit. At this time RG had run for public office and was a counselor in the MD of Rockyview. He over saw such things as road grading and snow removal. He was on call to his constituents at all times and received many such calls. He had never been particularly gracious on the phone but now he had to be. The common statement was “ It’s that Hamilton woman again!”. At about this time Union Milk would no longer pay a premium for Jersey milk so RG switched to Holsteins as they produced a good deal more milk per cow. About this time RG’s sister Mildred and Mary decided to come west to visit. They came by Greyhound bus, a trip of about 5 days. Aunt Mildred spent the time here sewing for RG’s granddaughters. Also about this time Agnes persuaded R.G to go to Hawaii. They flew Wardair, a charter company and toured around the islands of that state. They also visited Bessie Woods who had lived there for many years. The next year 1970 RG bought a 27’ 5th wheel holiday trailer and they spent the holidays in Arizona with their friends, the Daigs. On February 14th 1972, RG and Agnes lost son Roy in an airplane accident. This was devastating to them. RG decided that they could no longer farm the way they had and he sold a good portion of the land he had acquired as well as the diary business. RG continued to work for the MD as building inspector until about 1975. At that point he needed to get a birth certificate for Pension purposes. He sent to New Brunswick and received a surprise when it came back as he had thought the year of his birth was 1909 and it was actually 1906. That same year he traveled to Halifax for a Municipal Conference. He took time when he was there to go to New Brunswick and visited the places and people who were still there that he knew as a child. He combined all this with the Reunion of Hampton High School. He then retired from the MD. In April of 1989 Agnes was hospitalized with Alzheimer’s Disease. The family realized that RG was having some difficulty with memory as well after she went into the hospital. He had a heart problem requiring regular medication and was having some difficulty remembering to take it as it was directed. In March of 1991 RG had heart attack, and was directed by the doctor not to drive. This led to the need for different accommodation and he went briefly to Rockyview Lodge at Crossfield. He was not happy there and the family took him home. As he could not stay at home alone he agreed to go to Cedars Villa, a seniors lodge in Calgary. He was there about a year and a half when it was evident that he needed more care than they could give him. He then went to Bethany Care Nursing home where he passed away in June of 1994 at the age of 89. | Lester, Roy Gilbert (I2)
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