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Mills (family)

  • ATH
  • Family

Mr. and Mrs. Oran Mills moved to Athabasca in 1913, where Oran Mills served as the first station agent for the Canadian Northern Railway. While living in Athabasca, their fourth son, Donald, and their only daughter, Eva, were born. Two other sons were named Lawrence and Wellington.

In 1914, Oran Mills was manager of the Northern Transportation Company, Limited at Athabasca Landing. In about 1915 the family moved to a farm near Westlock where they lived until about 1937. Mr. Mills died in a road accident near Perryvale, AB in Sept., 1946. Eva married Bill Forsyth from Pibroch, AB in June, 1940. Later they moved to Mission, BC.

Panisiak, Sophie and Wasyl

  • ATH
  • Family
  • 1899-1988

Sophie Panisiak (May 4, 1900 – March 22, 1982) immigrated from Poland to Athabasca in 1930 with her first husband, Mike Struski (1890 – January 8, 1963) and their four children: Berny from Mike’s earlier marriage, Jessie born October 1922, Joe born March 1924, and John born April 1926. They arrived Sept 10, 1930 and spent ten days at the Immigration Hall in Athabasca. Mike purchased S-30-67-23W4, and farmed there until his retirement in 1958. Two more children were born; Sophia in 1932 and Walter in 1934. After Mike’s death, Stophie stayed on the farm until she married Wasyl Panisiak in 1964.

Wasyl Panisiak (October 23, 1899 – January 18, 1988) was born in Ukraine and arrived in Canada on April 1, 1928. He was employed on a farm for a year until his wife Aksana arrived in March 1929. They worked on farms in Manitoba and Saskatchewan until they heard of good land in the Athabasca area and moved there, arriving April 10, 1930. They stayed at the Immigration Hall until Wasyl acquired a quarter section in the Larvert School District, SW 20-68-23W4. They had no children. Wasyl farmed for 34 years until Aksana passed away. Wasyl married Sophie Struski in June, 1964 and the Panisiak farm was sold to Ed Chouinard. Wasyl and Sophie lived on an acreage in the South Athabasca area until they moved to Little Manor in Athabasca in 1976.

Krawec, Peter and Mildred fonds

  • Ath 19.24
  • Family
  • 1970s to 1990s

Peter Krawec was born in Richmond Park, Alberta, north of Athabasca, on July 11, 1936 to Paul and Eva Krawec. He married Mildred Koehler on June 15, 1963. Peter took over as owner-operator of Bob's Photo Shop on July 1, 1965, Bob Preece being forced to retire due to ill health (see Robert David Preece fonds). Peter ran the business for thirteen years and continued as a photographer from a home studio until the summer of 1990.

Eliasson, Emil and Karin

  • Ath 20.15
  • Family
  • 1930 - 1959

Emil and Karin (Karen, nee Johnson) Eliasson, with their daughter Ruth, came from Mellerud, Sweden in 1923 and settled in McGregor, North Dakota where they farmed until 1928. During this time, children Lillian, Myrtle and Gerald were born. The Eliassons moved to Athabasca, Alberta in 1928 where they rented a farm. Their youngest daughter Margaret was born in Athabasca. In 1930 they filed on a homestead NE 7-66-23 W4 one mile from the rented farm, moving in when the house and farm buildings were built. The children attended Baptiste Lake School. In 1937 the family moved to Athabasca where they took care of the Immigration Hall, residing in the living quarters. Emil had worked on steamships and the railroad in Sweden so he got a job as steam engineer at the Athabasca Creamery which also supplied power to the town. When WWII broke out, Emil and Karin became caretakers Athabasca Public School. in 1950 they moved to Edmonton, Alberta and were employed as caretakers at Salisbury High School in the County of Strathcona. After Emil's death in 1959, Karen continued to work at the school with Gerald's help. She retired in 1965 at the age of 71 and lived with her widowed daughter Myrtle. Three years later she went to live with Ruth until her death in 1979 at the age of 86.

Monson, George Thomas

  • Ath 94.09
  • Family
  • 1880 - 1987

George (Mickey) Thomas Monson was born September 4m 1880 in Killarney, Ireland. He immigrated to Canada in 1899 and joined the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) in Regina, Saskatchewan. From 1909 - 1914 he was a prospector and also worked for Dayton Hydraulic Co. In 1915 he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, returning to Canada in 1919. He then returned to the RNWMP for two years. In 1924 he became a telegraph operator working at House River, and later, Calling River, Alberta, from which he retired in 1945.
In 1925 he married Julia Powder who died in 1928. They had three daughters. In 1935 he married Salome (Sally) Marquette who was born in Edmonton in 1908. They had two daughters. The family moved to Athabasca in 1945 where Mickey Monson worked for Imperial Lumber and Plains Western Gas until 1957. He was a member of the BPOE (Elks) and the Royal Canadian Legion. At the time of his death in 1976 he was the oldest RCMP member in Canada.
Salome Monson worked for the Athabasca District Agricultural office until 1973. She was a member of the Anglican Church and the Royal Canadian Legion. She died in 1987.

Mahood, Robert and Florence

  • Ath 95.15
  • Family
  • 1917

Robert Fisher Mahood served with the Ambulance Corps in France during WWI. His sister Elizabeth was married to William Dent who owned a sawmill in Athabasca, Alberta. This may be why Robert sought work in Athabasca and became the engineer at the waterworks plant. Robert married Florence Martin, a native of PEI, who was a nurse at the Athabasca hospital. When their son Alexander Martin Fisher Mahood was three, the family moved to Anioch, BC, a mining community in northern BC.

Baker, Margaret K. (Peggy)

  • Ath Baker
  • Family
  • Present

Margaret K. Baker (Peggy) is a resident of the Town of Athabasca, Alberta.

Ellis (family)

  • MED
  • Family

Graham Alan Ellis was born January 7, 1918, the second eldest son of Alan and Florence Ellis. His grandfather, John Ellis was founder of the Glenmar Ranch northeast of Medicine Hat. Graham attended school at Terra Nova, Box Springs and Redcliff. He married Rosalie (nee Kuffner), daughter of Adolf and Pauline Kuffner on August 31, 1940. The couple had 2 children: Terry Alan (1941) and Douglas Graham (1945). Graham and his brother Lynn took over the ranch from their father in 1945. The brothers began with forty head of cattle and eventually acheived a sizable herd. With funding from Ducks Unlimited, Graham turned a portion of the ranch into a goose reserve. He revived the old Channel Lake which had dried up over the years, and pumped water into it making it into a marsh land for ducks, geese and other water birds. The Ellis Ranch and Ducks Unlimited Canada erected a bronze plaque on a large boulder overlooking the flat in honor of Alan Ellis' belief in conservation.

LeGrandeur (family)

  • MED
  • Family
  • 1882-1934

Violet Pearl LeGrandeur (nee Sykes), was born in Montana in 1892. When she was 4 years of age, her family moved north to the Lesser Slave Lake area by pack train. The family resided there for some time and Violet and her brother learned to speak Cree. The family returned to Helena, and a few years later, Violet joined her cousin Nettie Taylor and her new husband at the Spencer Ranch in Milk River, Alberta. While there, she met her future husband, Emery LeGrandeur. Emery LeGrandeur was born near Pendelton, Oregon, in 1882. As a small child, he came with his parents to Pincher Creek. He worked around horses all of his life and from an early age, acquired a reputation as a fine bronco rider. In 1911, Violet and Emery were married in Taber, Alberta. Violet, having also grown up on a ranch, was a great help to Emery, as she would often train horses and break colts alongside her husband. The couple had four children: Gordon, Margaret, Nettie and Dorothy. In 1913, after taking the World's Champion Bronco title in Winnipeg, Emery took the crown in New York. He won the Northwest Bronco Championship at Gleichen, in 1914, 1915 and 1916, as well as the 1916 World's Bucking Horse Riding Championship in New York. He became Canadian Champion at Medicine Hat in 1917, and again in 1919, at Saskatoon. He was however, not just a skilled rider, but a fine all-around cowboy and judge of cowboy and rodeo events. Emery also served in the arena of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede as an Official for many years. The LeGrandeur family moved to the Peace River area for a short time and then resettled at Hussar in 1925. Emery operated a trucking line between Calgary and Hussar and Violet operated the telephone station and Post Office there. Emery LeGrandeur passed away in the Bassano Hospital on September 19, 1934. He is also an inductee in the Cowboy Hall of Fame.

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