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The Auger family immigrated from Cork, Ireland, during the 1700s. They landed on the eastern coast of Maine where they entered into the milling and lumber trade. Trained as shipwrights and carpenters, they were successful there until their mill was destroyed in a fire around 1845-1847. Soon thereafter, the Samuel Auger family settled north of Detroit near the St. Clair River, across from Chatham, Ontario. There they farmed and may have operated a grist mill. Several Auger children born at "The Corners" were also added to the family roster. Sometime during the 1870s, some of the Auger sons including John Cotton Auger moved into Western Canada, specifically Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, following the construction trade associated with the CPR. John was involved in the construction business both in Maple Creek and at Medicine Hat. John Cotton Auger was marrried to Sara Jane (nee LaMinn) of the Ottawa Valley. Their 10 children included Arthur (born and died 1874);Annie (1875-1933) later Mrs. Sam Leach;William Emerson (1876-1955), married to Anna (nee Ludmiller);Arthur Ernest (May 3, 1878-May 28, 1948), married to Mary Magdalene (nee Fleming);Harriet "Hattie" Luella (1880-1927);Spencer Leroy (1881-1940), married to Elizabeth Wilde;Edna Mabel (1876-1932) who served as a Nursing Sister with the No. 1 Canada Field Hospital in France during WWI and was awarded the field decoration of RRC before returning to Canada to Medicine Hat and Grand Prairie where she helped set up the first hospital. She was also a member of the University of Alberta Senate for 15 years. In Medicine Hat, Edna Mabel Auger was the Superintendant of the Medicine Hat General Hospital School of Nursing. Edna also nursed in Victoria BC and New York NY;Laura (1886-1983), later Mrs. John Quail;Beatrice (1889-1961), later Mrs. William Ernest Hatcher;and Ethel (born 1890), later Mrs. William Farr. Sara Jane Auger passed away in the late 1890's at Maple Creek. John Cotton was later remarried to Margaret (nee Young) of the Cypress Hills, and three daughters were added to the family; Marjorie (born 1901), Florence (1903-1966), and Alma (1905-1946). Margaret Auger passed away due to scarlet fever in 1906. The three daughters were raised by various older step siblings and their families. For further particulars refer to below listed document.

Kathryn Evenrude was born in Grande Prairie in 1944 to parents Magnus Evenrude and Hazel (Medlock) and attended school in Grande Prairie. In 1963 she married Leo Auger and they had two children Kela and Arne. Kathryn worked with Leo in his office for several years and then in 1979 started working for Canada Post at the Wembly Post Office. In 1989 she transferred to the Canada Post Mail Plant in Grande Prairie and continued there until her retirement in March of 2005.

From 1967 until 1976 Kathryn was Statistician for the South Peace Hockey League, Secretary-Treasurer from 1973-1976 as well as Statistician for the Wheat Belt Baseball League and the Wapiti Men's Fastball League.

Leo Auger was born July 15, 1929 in the new brick hospital in Grande Prairie. From the mid 1940s on, Leo played hockey in Olds, Didsbury and Carstairs. He hauled water in Grande Prairie from about 1951 until the early 1970s then contracted to haul camp water for Canfor. When that job ended, he was a camp attendant for two years, then a delivery driver for Northern Metalic Sales.

He played and coached hockey and fastball for many years. After retiring from hockey in 1960 because of a back injury, he became a referee. In 2004 he was honoured amoung the first group of Grande Prairie Hockey Legends as a referee.

He married Anita Andrews of Didsbury, their children: Larry, Sherry, Terry, Lance, LeeAnn and Lori. In 1963 he married Kathryn Evenrude, they had two children, Kela and Arne. Leo died in 2008 and is buried in the Grande Prairie Cemetery.

Augustana University College began as Camrose Lutheran College in 1910. The College was founded by a voluntary association of Lutheran congregations in Alberta known as the Alberta Norwegian Lutheran College Association. Camrose Lutheran College began its operations in 1911, providing a quality academic secondary education program. In the fall of 1959, the College began offering university work as an affiliated college of the University of Alberta. In 1969 it progressed to a transfer college when it added a second year of the university transfer program. In 1985 it became the first private college in Alberta to receive degree-granting authority from the Government of Alberta. It granted its first Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1985, and later became a liberal arts and sciences university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Recognized as a member of the Canadian university community through its membership in the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the College strives to provide a quality university education in the context of the Christian tradition. For decades all classrooms, offices, dorm space, library, kitchen, and laundry facilities were located in one building known as Founders' Hall. This building was built over the summer of 1912 and was designed by the school's first principal, J.P. Tandberg. Over the years new buildings were constructed to meet the growing demands of the College. In 1983 to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the College, Founders' Hall, commonly known as "Old Main," was moved to the centre of campus. The building was designated an historic site and began housing the administration and faculty offices, the boardroom, and three classrooms. Augustana University College took its present name in 1991. The word Augustana refers to a declaration of faith as taught by the Lutheran Church. It was published in the year 1530 in Augsburg, Germany, and it came to be known as the Augsburg Confession. It was more commonly known by its Latin name, Augustana, in Scandinavia. The mission of Augustana University College is to prepare women and men intellectually, morally, and spiritually for leadership and service in church and society.

Monique Aultman served as centennial chairperson of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church of Villeneuve, Alberta in 1997.