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Cameron family

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Alexander Cameron (Sr.) was born in 1887 in Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, one of fifteen children. In 1909 Alex arrived in the U.S.A. and in 1912 two brothers, Ed and Bob and a sister, Aggie, also immigrated. The brothers started work at a ranch in Idaho. They learned from a neighbor, Harry Ayres, of the opportunities in Canada and eventually working their way through British Columbia, they arrived in the Peace country. Liking what he saw, Alex filed on the homestead NE 31-70-6-W6 and they returned to BC and loaded their animals on the train, finally arriving in July, 1915. They built a log cabin and weathered their first very cold winters in it. In 1918, the flu epidemic hit and Aex helped tend the sick and took care of a number of graves for neighbors, He met Margaret Stewart Watson when he went to get the doctor for her family. Margaret survived but her sister died of the flu. In 1921, Margaret and Alex were married. Alex ran cattle and worked all his land with horses. Alex and Margaret had two boys, Alex Jr. (b. 1930) and Ted,(b. 1932). Both boys attended Flying Shot Lake School and later Grande Prairie High School. The brothers cut down trees and sold firewood and vegetables in town to raise enough money for bicycles. They were active members of Scouts and Cadets. As a high school student Alex boarded at the County Dorm, which at that time was in the old H-huts at the World War II Training Centre. Alex went on to fall trees across the Wapiti in the winter and worked in the planer mill in Dimsdale. Ted took a job as elevator manager at Sexsmith and later in Dawson Creek. Ted married Anne Wood in 1954 and they had two children, Cutis and Dianne. Anne contracted polio and passed away in 1956. In 1958, Ted married Claris Johnson and they had a girl, Candis. Ted and Claris lost their lives in a boating accident on Lake Saskatoon May 20, 1960. Alex married Jean Scorgie in 1954 and they have three children: Terry, Shelley and Sandee. Alex worked for J.B. Tissington Construction for 18 years and then moved to his parents’ farm in Flying Shot Lake to operate a mixed grain and beef farm. Alex Sr. passed away in 1980.

Jean (Scorgie) Cameron (b. 1935) is the youngest of six children of William and Violette Scorgie of the Hinton Trail district.The Scorgie children included Ellen, Elmer, Alta, Leonard, La Vern, and Jean. In 1922-23, Bill, Archie McEacheran, and Stan Ronksley built the Craigellachie School where the Scorgie children received their early schooling. Bill operated Frontier Lumber for several years on the corner of his farm and was always active in community affairs. For many years theirs was a gathering place for young people and a boarding place for the teacher. The Scorgies were great gardeners and Violette loved flowers, especially roses. Bill died in 1963 and Violette in 1964.

Campbell family

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  • unknown

Clyde and Myrle Campbell settled in the Peace Country with their 12 year old daughter Isabel in 1919. The move to the Halcourt area, south of Beaverlodge in the Peace River Country, was made after Clyde needed a less stressfull environment after a bout with the Spanish Influenza in 1918.

Clyde Edridge Campbell was born May 18, 1885 in Toledo, Ohio. He had the ability to become a concert pianist but instead studied to be a pharmacist. He graduated from Ohio Northern University and ran a drugstore in Sundance, Wyoming. In 1906 he married Myrtle (Myrle) McGuire, who was born January 10, 1885. Their only child, Isabel May Campbell, was born March 18, 1907 in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

When Isabel was five years of age, Clyde returned to university to study metallurgy. After the completion of this course, he moved the family to Louisville Kentucky where he worked as a research engineer, then back to Toledo in 1916 when he took a position with the Overland Auto Company in metallurgy.

In 1918 Clyde joined the Ordnance Division of the American War Department as a travelling supervisor of ammunition manufacturing sites, often travelling into Canada to do his job. After being very sick with the flu, Clyde was forced to give up this career and began to look towards Canada as a future with less stress on his nervous system. In 1919 he made a visit to the Peace Country and was so impressed by the quiet beauty and the potential of the land, that he decided to stake a homestead claim in the Elmworth area. Isabel and her mother came to join him later that year. For nine years the family homesteaded in Halcourt, but in 1928 they were forced to return to Toledo, Ohio, because of Clyde’s ill health. He died in 1930 and was buried in the Toledo Cemetery.

Myrle Campbell remained in the U.S. until she married Franklin T. Brewer, a one-time neighbour on the homestead, on July 8, 1945. She returned to the Elmworth area and lived there until her death on October 9, 1964. She was buried in the Halcourt Cemetery.

Isabel remained in the U.S. until 1951, when she returned to the Peace River Country. She worked first at the Beaverlodge research station, then as a reporter for the Daily Herald Tribune, writing regular history columns such as “What’s In A Name” and “This Was Yesterday”.

Miss Campbell has made numerous contributions to preserving the history of the Peace Country. She featured a daily radio program entitled “Heritage” on CJXX. She gathered archival material for preservation from organizations, government, social groups and individuals. Painstakingly, she indexed and cross-indexed all articles in Grande Prairie newspapers from 1913 to 1961 for research purposes. This information is preserved at the Grande Prairie Public Library.

Using her carefully amassed collection, Miss Campbell published Grande Prairie--Capitol of the Peace for the city’s 10th anniversary in 1968, edited Pioneers of the Peace which was published in 1975, and provided substantial information to historian J.G. MacGregor for the publication of Grande Prairie in 1983, the city’s 25th anniversary. In 1988, her father’s letters from the Peace Country to family in the USA were published in Challenge of the Homestead.

Miss Campbell has received recognition for her efforts to preserve the history of the Peace Region: In 1983, she received the Alberta Achievement Award for the preservation of history; in 1985 she was nominated for the Sir Frederick Haultain Prize which is presented to individuals who have attained exceptionally high standings in the arts, sciences and humanities; and in 1988, she received the George Repka Award for community contributions in arts, culture and social areas.

Isabel was also dedicated to establishing community facilities for the preservation of history. She was the first secretary for the Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District when it was formed in 1961. In 1988 she began to pursue the idea of having a replica of her family’s homesteading cabin built in the museum’s Pioneer Village. The cabin was built by volunteers using traditional skills (with some assistance from modern machinery) and the actual windows from the original cabin. The interior of the cabin was decorated by Isabel Campbell to duplicate her child-hood home.

Isabel Myrle Campbell passed away in 1998, and is buried in the Halcourt Cemetery. A portion of her estate was willed to the Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District, and many artefacts from her life can be found there.

Campbell (family)

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  • 1855-1983

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.

Cantalini family

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  • Family
  • 1904-1997

George Cantalini immigrated to Canada from Italy in 1904. He Settled in Lille Atla. and worked there as a coal miner. At the age of 21 he took a job in the Cross liquor store in Blairmore, Alta and later worked in the Fernie Brewery store in Frank.

In 1915 he became agent for Sick's Brewery. For a short time during this period, Mr. Cantalini operated a billiard room and hotel in Bellevue, and six years later, in 1922 he brought the SIck's Agencey to Medicine Hat. In that same year, Mr. Cantalini began his career in the hotel business by purchasing the Corona Hotel.

The firm expanded in 1931 taking over the old Assiniboia Hotel from the Joe Dagg estate and three years later, the Royal Hotel was added to the chain. In 1944 after the original Assiniboia was destroyed by fire, the Cosmopolitan Hotel was urchased and was made the firm's headquarters.

January 2, 1953 marked the opening of the newest Cantalini hotel in Medicine Hat, the Assiniboia Hotel.

George Canalini was married to Leona Cantalini, at the end of his life they resided at 318 11th St. SW. The Cantalinis had three daughters and six sons including: Mrs. Antonia Maramarco of Italy, Ms. Elisa Cantalini (MEdicine Hat), MRs Georgina Robinson (Vancouver), Alfred, Joe, Maurice, and Tony (all of Medicine Hat), Dr. Alfanso and Ray (Italy).

Alfred Cantalini, George's son, became the General Manager of the Assiniboia Hotel, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Royal Hotel, and Corona Hotel. Elisa was the book keeper for Cosmopolitan Hotel, Joseph acted as Manager for the Corona Hotel, and Maurice was the Manager for the Cosmopolitan Hotel. George died in 1962, Joesph in 1975, Maurice in 1985, and Alfred in 1997.

Carlyle (family)

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  • Family
  • 1870-1949

William Hyndman Carlyle, 1885-1949, and his brother Samuel Carlyle, ca. 1870-1936, were born in Morewood, Ontario. They moved to Calgary, Alberta about 1906 where they operated a livery stable. William joined the army in 1917 and served in the Forestry Company from southern Alberta in the Canadian Forestry Corps. After the war he established a ranch near Monarch, Alberta and later moved to the Crowsnest Pass area where he ranched and managed ponies for the coal mines. Samuel worked in the Maple Leaf coal mine. They were related to the Carlyle family who operated United Dairies in Calgary and the Maple Leaf (later Hillcrest-Mohawk) mine in the Pass.

Cavan (family)

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  • Family
  • [ca.1880-1970]

Daniel Negus Cavan was an early settler to Medicine Hat, and specifically the Dunmore area. He and his wife, Annie Cavan (nee Fox) immigrated from India to Canada in 1882, fist settling in Toronto, then to Winnipeg, and finally to Medicine Hat in 1884. Daniel and Annie had at least five children: Henry Negus Cavan, born in Dunmore on April 21, 1887; Daniel Cavan Jr., born in Dunmore February 3, 1889 and died young after being killed on the street in Medicine Hat on August 16, 1893; Robert Negus Cavan, born September 1896; Elizabeth Negus Cavan, born June 15, 1897 and died in infancy on July 10, 1897; and Emma Louise Cavan, born April, 1891. Daniel Cavan died in Medicine Hat in 1929, and Mrs. Annie Cavan died in Medicine Hat in 1932.
Henry Cavan went on to become a prominant ranching figure in Dunmore and area. He married Louise "Lulu" Evans Leppard on November 12, 1912, and they had two sons: Calvin Cavan, and Lionel Cavan. Henry Cavan inherited his father's ranch in Dunmore district: the Dunmore Ranch (also known as the Cavan Ranch), one of the orignal 76 Ranches established in Western Canada with English capital, and operated it--with the help of his sons--until his retirement. The Cavan Ranch specialized in raising Tennesee walking horses, a breed of high-class saddle horse. Henry's other occupations included being a chartered member of the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Company when it was formed in 1947; he served as president of the Ross Creek Irrigation District; a member of the Medicine Hat Agricultural Society and became second Vice President in August of 1922; and was sole founder and surveyor of the Cavan Lake Irrigation System--named after himself. Henry Cavan died June 5 1966, and is buried in Hillside Cemetery. Lulu Cavan died January 22, 1970 and is also buried in Hillside Cemetery.

Charyk (family)

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  • Family
  • 1880-1978

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.

Childs Family

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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.

Childs Family

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  • Unknown

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.

Chritchley (family)

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Ernest Thomas Chritchley, 1880-1963, was born in England. He taught high school there until 1903 when he travelled to Canada to look for his younger brother, Harry, who had left home at sixteen. The brothers were reunited in Calgary and together they hauled hay for Pat Burns. Harry went to the Peace River country in 1904 and worked as a trader. He served in First World War and died in Calgary in 1923 of wounds suffered in the war. Ernest boarded on a farm east of Olds, 1903-1904, and worked at various jobs. In 1905 he began working for the Crown Lumber Co. yard in Olds, and the following year he moved to the Calgary yard as yard foreman, bookkeeper and manager. He became managing director in 1915, a position he held until his retirement in 1950. He married Anna Ellithorpe, 1884-1981, in 1907. Anna was born in Illinois, USA and raised in Iowa. Her father was Nathaniel S. Ellithorpe, a farmer. Her mother was Annias E. Stirling (or Sterling), ca. 1869-1886, from New York, who was adopted and renamed Annie Rose Pearce. Anna moved to a homestead east of Olds with her father in 1904. She was a charter member and president of the American Woman's Club and active in their Domestic Science Department. They had one son, Harry F. Chritchley, 1908-1991. Harry F. received a degree in commerce from the University of Alberta in 1930, and worked until 1933 as a teller for the Bank of Commerce in Calgary. He married Marion Gwendolyn Hornibrook, 1910-1987, and they had one son, John H. Chritchley, 1937- . Gwen's parents were T.A. Hornibrook, a former Calgary alderman, and Hazel McKeown. Harry F. became hardware superintendent at Crown Lumber in Calgary in 1935. He served overseas in the Second World War as a lieutenant and captain in the 1st Battalion, Calgary Highlanders. He later became a lieutenant-colonel. In 1950 he was promoted to treasurer and assistant manager at Crown, and secretary and managing director in 1954. He resigned in 1956 and became vice-president of finance at Motor Car Supply Co. He worked for the Glenbow Foundation from 1967-1970, managed the Riveredge Foundation from 1970-1977, and until his retirement in 1979 was a consultant for the Devonian Group and Riveredge.

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