- 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.