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The Cadenhead brothers, Douglas & Hasard, travelled from Wolf Creek, Alberta north to the Half Way Flats in Peace River Block in British Columbia in 1912.

Alfred (born 1888) and Harriet (born 1891) Childs were married 1913 in Brockley, London, England. They had seven children, born in England and Grande Prairie: Anne (born 1916), Alfred W. G. "Alfie" (born 1918 or 1919), Hilda (born 1922), Herbert James "Jim" (born 1926), Velma, Lawrence (born 1928), and Elizabeth "Nell" (born 1931).

The family immigrated to Canada in 1920, settling in Grande Prairie. By the mid-1930s, they were living in the Bear Creek flats. Alfred worked as a truant officer for the Grande Prairie School Board (resigned in 1926) and as a custodian for Montrose School. Alfred Sr. died in 1972 and Harriet in 1975.

Anne married Dan Willsey in 1939 and they had four children, Margaret, Jim, Jerry, and Marilyn. Anne died in 1994. Alfred was killed in 1943, while serving with the British 8th Army in Sicily during World War II. Hilda married Gilbert Popkey in 1940 and they had two children, Carol and Gib Jr. Hilda died in 1986. Velma married Adam Sask in 1949. They have a daughter, Noreen. Jim married Reta Anne Jones in 1949. He later married Barbara Norton (nee Starkey) in 1957 and they had four children, Vickie, Freda, Gerry, and Mayva. Jim died in 1986. Lawrence married Zona McArthur of Beaverlodge. Zona was one of the five children of Thomas Alexander McArthur and Myrtle Jane Davison, who had come to Beaverlodge from Ontario. Lawrence and Zona had three children, Alfred, Lawrence, and Marjorie, before divorcing. Around 1960 Zona married John Albert "Bert" Hockey. Lawrence died in 1976. Nell married George Clayton. She later married Ed Wilburn. Nell and Ed had two children, George and Jennie.

Sources: Beaverlodge to the Rockies, http://www.maher-esling.me.uk/esling/f307.htm, http://www.maher-esling.me.uk/esling/f312.htm, http://www.maher-esling.me.uk/esling/f317.htm, and various articles in the Grande Prairie Herald, Northern Tribune, and Grande Prairie Herald Tribune, including obituaries.

John A. Charyk, 1880-1978, and his wife Anna Dorosh Charyk, 1888-1962, moved to Calgary, Alberta from Ukraine about 1901. John worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in Calgary, Lake Louise, Canmore and finally Lethbridge. He and his wife had two daughters, Mary (Ferenz), 1911- , and Helen (Forrest), 1914- , and three sons John C., 1908-1996, Nicholas and Joseph. Helen worked for Eaton's in Lethbridge in the 1940s.

William Allen Hamilton, 1849-1941, was born at Princeton, Missouri, USA and after the Civil War moved to the American west. In 1874 he travelled to Fort Macleod, Alberta and remained in Canada for the rest of his life. He served in the Northwest Rebellion (1885 Riel Rebellion) as a Mounted Police scout. In 1888 he married Vernie Dumont, ?-1913, adopted daughter of Gabriel Dumont and they had six children, Clara, Lloyd, ?-1892, George Ray, 1891-1972, Allen James, Sadie Elizabeth (Brooks) and Myrtle Grace (Sounds). For several years the Hamiltons lived in Edmonton but in 1896 they established a ranch in the Porcupine Hills near Fort Macleod. After Vernie's death William retired first to Fort Macleod and then in 1919 to Calgary.
George was a long-time rodeo competitor and he worked on the David J. Bell farm near High River for several years. In 1914 he joined the Canadian Army. In the 1920s he worked for Peter Welsh's Alberta Stampede and Rodeo organization. George first married Doris Wright in 1918 (divorced 1925) and they had two daughters, Audrey and Clarice (Flemming). He then married Catherine "Tina" Epp and they had five sons and one daughter, Lloyd, Kenneth, Mildred (Sereda), Christopher, Robert and Vernon. For further information see the article by Lloyd Hamilton, "George Hamilton, A Pioneer" in Field, Horse and Rodeo, December 1963, p. 14.

Harry Goodsir Mackid, 1858-1916, was born in Goderich, Ontario. He was educated there and received his medical training at the University of Toronto, and in Vienna, Berlin, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow. He began his practice in Lucknow and Seaforth, Ontario before coming to Calgary, Alberta in 1889. He served as chief physician for many years for the western division of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). He was a member and president of the Canadian Medical Society, a member of the Calgary Medical Society, and he was an Oddfellow and a mason. Dr. Mackid served as a school trustee in 1892-1893. For further information see the article, "Harry Goodsir Mackid", in Alberta's Medical History : Young and Lusty, and Full of Life / Robert Lampard. -- Red Deer County, Robert Lampard, 2008, p. 132-142. He married Matilda Elizabeth Meyer, 1857-1939, in 1881 and they had one son, Ludwig Stewart Mackid, 1882-1975. Stewart was educated as a doctor at McGill, Vienna and Rochester, and began his practice in Calgary in 1906 as CPR physician, a position he held until 1958. He and his wife, Ada Eugina Hammond, had two sons, Benton Stewart, 1912-2010, and John.

Edward M.H. Parlby, 1865-1951, was born in England and trained as a surveyor. He came to Canada in 1885 and worked in Ontario before coming to Alberta in 1887. He settled in the Ponoka area for a short time. In 1890 he established the Long Valley Ranch with his brother, Walter, near present day Alix. The brothers dissolved their partnership and Edward kept the ranch when he married Anne Morison Wilkins in 1896. The Parlbys had three children, John, George and Jean. Edward served as a Justice of the Peace, and was active in many community organizations, including the Alix Agricultural Society and the local school board. Anne's brother, Francis E. Wilkins, ?-1908, came to Alberta in 1889 and bought land near Red Deer. He was Red Deer's first member in the North-West Territories Legislative Assembly. Another brother, George S. Wilkins, ?-1907, joined the Klondike gold rush and spent several years gold mining in Dawson City, Yukon before returning to the Red Deer area.

Duncan John D'Urban Campbell, 1855-1920, was born in St. Hilaire, Quebec and came west in the 1880s, finally settling in Fort Macleod, Alberta. In 1894 he married Eleanor McKubin Wood and had four children. Eleanor was the sister of Assistant Commissioner Zachary Taylor Wood of the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP). At various times Duncan was sheriff of the southern Alberta district, postmaster, insurance and real estate agent, auctioneer, commissioner for oaths and soldier. The Campbell's eldest son, Duncan John Macleod, 1894-1916, was promoted to Lieutenant during the First World War, but was killed in action in France. Another son, Archibald Bruce Duchesnay, 1899-1983, was born in Fort Macleod, educated at local schools and worked as a banker in Alberta and Manitoba. He served in the Royal Flying Corps in First World War and was a prisoner of war (POW) in Germany. After the war he worked for the Bank of Montreal and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). He married Miriam Harrop in 1930 and they had two sons. He retired to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1964.

Eneas McCormick, 1878-1956, was born at Deer Park, Glen Arm, Country Antrim, Ireland. He came to Canada about 1890 and worked as a leather craftsman in Peterborough, Sudbury, Port Arthur, New Westminster, and Vancouver before coming to Calgary, Alberta about 1897. He worked at Great West Saddlery and then opened a business briefly in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In 1901 he joined William James Riley in the firm Riley and McCormick. He was actively involved in the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, and was a Calgary alderman for three terms. He and his first wife, Mary Louise McGannon, ?-1925, had three children, Edward James, 1910-1997, Michael Joseph, 1922-1998, and Mary Isabelle (Guichon), 1924-2010. He later married Mary Veronica "Vern" Curley, ?-1967.

Lois and Ron Clarke of Calgary, Alberta belonged to a gourmet dinner group with several other couples, primarily Betty and Jim Bilsland, Lisette and Brian Wilcox, and Natalya and Ray Cottrell. The couples took turns hosting the others to theme dinners at their homes, and the recipes cooked were shared with those who attended.

Olive Ellen Burley, 1898-1982, was born in Leicester, England, the daughter of Albert Burley and Ellen Moore Burley, ?-1941. The family moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1907, where her father worked for Great West Saddlery. Olive attended McDougall School and Garbutt Business College, and then in 1918 married Peter Bertram. Peter, 1889-1979, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and came to Calgary in 1910. He was well known in the building trade. The Bertrams had two sons, Allan Bertram, 1919-?, and George Robert Bertram, 1920-1986. The family lived at 1839 Bowness Road, moving there in about 1924. Olive continued to live there until 1972. George Bertram, 1920-1986, attended Western Canada High School and Calgary Technical High School. He was a runner and as a teenager participated in the YMCA Boys’ Fair and School Exhibitions. He later worked for the Northwest Mortgage Company. He and his wife, Margaret Green, had four sons, including Ronald Bertram.