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In 1832 Mary and Thomas Sr. and Jr. Rix arrived in Ontario from England to begin homesteading. In 1845, John James Rix was born to Mary and Thomas. John James Rix married Theresa Beard in 1873. In 1877, Arthur was born to John James Rix and Theresa Beard. In 1893, John James Rix and his family arrived in Wetaskiwin, Alberta to begin homesteading. In 1896, Arthur Rix applied for a homestead application. After securing his homestead, Arthur sold his homestead, and bought two sections of land next to his father John James Rix. The land was located at SW-1-45-24-W4 and SW-2-24-45-W4, approximately eight miles from Wetaskiwin. The children of Arthur Rix attended the Bears Hill School District #352 NW-12-45-24-W4, and Arthur served as the First Chairman of the of the School District when it opened in 1895. In 1916, Arthur Rix married Minnie Ruth Lehbrass, and in1929, Hilton Rix was born to Arthur and Minnie. John James Rix died in 1932 in Wetaskiwin. In 1955, Hilton Rix married Wilma Reid. In 2004, Hilton Rix produced a family history entitled The Story of the John James Rix Family. To write his family history, Hilton drew on newspaper clippings from Wetaskiwin, legal records, and family memories.

Orlando J. Roberts was born in Scotland on July 16, 1859. His wife, Edith, was born June 6, 1868 in Northhamptonshire, England and they married in 1887. Together they had five children, Fredrick (Fred) William James, Edith, Alexander (Alex), Constance (Connie), and Malcolm. Orlando J. Roberts and his family emigrated from Sydenham, England in 1899 along with Orlando's brother Fred Roberts and his family, and they arrived in Edmonton, Alberta at the beginning of September of that year. The two families acquired homesteads in the vicinity of Millet, Alberta with the Orlando J. Roberts family homesteading at NW 10-47-25-W5. They remained there until 1905 when they travelled north by wagon and scow to Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. In 1906, O.J. Roberts was admitted into the Order of Deacons at St. Paul's Church, Fort Chipewyan and in 1909 he was admitted into the Order of Priests at St. Paul's Church. Later that year Edith Roberts married Richard Field, a Royal North West Mounted Police (R.N.W.M.P.) corporal, who had been placed in charge at Fort Chipewyan. Richard Field's family had moved from Cork, Ireland to land east of Gibbons, Alberta. Between 1911 and 1912, the Roberts family, with the exception of Edith and Richard Field, departed Fort Chipewyan due to the Reverend (Rev.) O.J. Roberts' ill health. They settled east of Gibbons at what was then known as Battenburg, Alberta. In 1912, Rev. O.J. Roberts was granted the office of priest in charge of the Battenburg mission and he ministered at the Emmanual Anglican Church in Battenburg, which was moved to Gibbons, Alberta in 1935. The Rev. Roberts served the Gibbons, Bon Accord and Redwater, Alberta districts for roughly 25 years. Fred Roberts worked as the first school teacher for Heathfield School District No. 3154 ca.1916 and then enlisted to serve in WWI where he died overseas in 1918. Alexander also served overseas during WWI, returning home safely, and Malcolm enlisted during WWII and served overseas, returning to Alberta after the Armistice was signed. Rev. O.J. Roberts died in 1938. His wife Edith, along with their son and daughter, Connie and Alex, remained on the family farm until Edith died in 1956. At that time Connie and Alex moved to Gibbons where they lived together until Constance died in 1977. Alexander moved to Edmonton, eventually ending up in the Norwood Extended Care Centre. Malcolm married a woman named Francis and moved to Creston, British Columbia where he died sometime after 1985.

Mark Wilbert Robertson was born in 1887 in Halls Mills, Lanark County, Ontario. He came to Alberta in 1907. He worked as a carpenter's helper at the Cardiff Mine near Morinville, Alberta before starting work with the Canadian National Railways in 1912. In 1935 he joined the provincial civil service, becoming Civil Service Commissioner for Alberta in 1941 and then Director of Civil Service Personnel in 1947; he retired in 1952. He was a candidate in two provincial elections, for the Conservative Party in 1926 and the Social Credit Party in 1935; he was defeated both times. He and his wife, Bessie Mae (born 1888), had two children: Wilbert J., born circa (ca.) 1919, and Jean Elizabeth, born ca. 1920. Wilbert was killed during the Second World War. Mark Wilbert died February 5, 1957; at that time, Jean was doing missionary work in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Bessie Mae died April 11, 1985.

Alexander Macdonald "Don" Robertson, 1900-1992, was born in Calgary, Alberta, the son of William and Nellie Robertson, who were originally from Ontario. His father owned the Calgary Clothing Company, and his mother was active in the Samaritan Club and the Calgary Women's Hostel (for immigrant women). Don studied mining engineering at McGill University. He married fellow student, Marion Yvonne Thompson, 1902-1980, and they returned to Calgary. They had eight children, Irene (Copithorne), 1924- , Adam, Donna (Taylor), Helen, Nora (Stackard), Muriel (Fenshaw), Margery and Gordon. He took over the family clothing business, renamed The English Shop, invested in real estate and the petroleum industry, and owned several White Spot restaurants. He was a charter member of the Calgary Downtown Lions Club and left it an endowment to support community projects.

Stephen Robinson sold out his holdings in Ontario in 1918 and traveled to the Peace country where he picked the quarter N 22-74-8-W6 in the La Glace district for settlement. On May 6,1919, he and his son, Roy, loaded settler's effects on the train, and enroute westward pickined up a carload of Angus cattle he had purchased in Manitoba. They arrived in Sexsmith May 31, 1919, unloaded the cattle and drove them to the farm in La Glace. His wife and two other children, May and Jack arrived several days later. They were late for spring seeding and their first crop of feed oats was unstacked when winter came so the first winter was long and difficult, shovelling snow to get at bundles for the cattle. Stephen later bought E. 20-74-8 W6 and later the SW 22-74-8-W6. He bought the grasslands on the east side of Rat Lake for pasture and hay. In the winter of 1919-1920, his wife and daughter May lived in Grande Prairie so May could finish high school. In 1929, May went to Normal School and received her teaching certiifcation and taught in the district for several years. While at Slave Lake, she met and married Bert Watkins. They moved to Kamloops where Bert passed away. They had no children. Roy married Cecil Webber in 1933, and they had four children: Elroy, Bryce, Wayne, and Cheryl. Cecil died in 1976. Jack married Louise Enns in 1940 and they had three children: Phyllis, Bob, and Sharon. Bryce bought the home place in 1974. He and his family, (children: Judy, Tracy and Ryan) own the original Robinson land. Elroy and Doreen (Sandboe) live in La Glace where Elroy has a trucking business. They have three boys: Dwayne and wife Cheryl (Sawchuck), Keven and wife Penny (Hennigar), and Wayne and wife Fay (Olson).

Richard G. Robinson, 1850-1935, was born in Cumberland, England. He and his wife Mary Ann, [ca. 1857]-1947, lived for a time in San Francisco before moving to the Chipman Ranch (Elbow Park Ranch) near Calgary, Alberta in 1888. He was first the manager and later the owner of the land, which he ranched until his retirement in 1924. He was well known as an excellent shot. The Robinsons' son Joseph Robinson, 1877-1953, was born in San Francisco, California, USA. He attended Catholic school in Calgary, before being sent back to San Francisco to complete high school. He homesteaded the “Milburn” place, proving up in 1895. In 1901 he served in the South African War. In 1907 he traded the Milburn with his father for the Moose Hill Ranch at Pirmez Creek (3-24-4-W5). The ranch was a popular stopping place for Bragg Creek homesteaders. That same year he married Hester Jane Harrison, ?-1979, who was born in Essex and came to Alberta from England in 1905. Joe ranched until 1919, moved to Cloverdale, British Columbia for several years, but by 1925 he was back at the Moose Hill where he raised cattle until his death in 1953. Joe and Hester had three children, Kathleen Mary Robinson, ?-1966, Richard George Robinson (who died as an infant in 1912), and Vincent Harrison Robinson, 1916-?. Kathleen, an artist, continued to live at the Moose Hill Ranch until her death. She was very interested in the genealogy of the Robinson and Ismay families, and she corresponded with relatives around the world during her research.

Charles Rodberg arrived in Canada from Belgium in about 1892; he had arrived with four others with the intention of raising horses. He filed for a homestead, the northwest quarter of section 24, Township 46, Range 23, West of the 4th Median (NW-24-46-23-W4) in 1895. Charles married Geraldine Roy in about 1897. The Rodbergs lived near Gwynne, North-West Territories (later Alberta). The home served as a store and the post office (initially named Diana in honour of their first daughter; this was changed to Gwynne in 1906). Charles and Geraldine had seven children: Diana (born 1898), Liliane (born 1900), Roxane (born 1901), Ruby Solange (born 1903), Charles Joseph (born 1904), Francis (Frank) (born 1910) and Leonie (born 1915). For a number of years, Belgium immigrant Emile Jacmard lived with the family and worked on the homestead. Charles Rodberg died in 1917 at the age of 50. The family then moved to Wetaskiwin, and later to Edmonton. Geraldine died in 1964. Geraldine Roy was born in 1874 in St. Boniface, Manitoba. She came to the North-West Territories with her father, George Roy, her mother Mathilda Langevin and her sisters Mary Mathilde Georgina (born 1873) and Marie Blanche Antoinette (born 1877) in 1887. George Roy was the first land registrar in Edmonton, and held this position for twenty-seven years. He built one of the first private residences in Edmonton, at 10007-105 Street, which he lived in until his death. Georgina married Antonio Prince in 1891 and Marie Antoinette married Jules A. Royal in 1894. Antonio died in 1906 and Marie Antoinette remarried. George Roy died November 27, 1932 in Edmonton.