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Jessie Holmes's memoirs concerning the trip made from Liverpool to the mission on the shores of Lesser Slave Lake in 1902, of of their work and experiences at Slave Lake, Shaftesbury Trail, and Lake Saskatoon.

Robert Holmes’ memoirs concerning the trip made from Liverpool to the mission on the shores of Lesser Slave Lake in 1902

Holmes family letters

Knott Hothersal, carpenter, contractor and church lay reader was born March 30, 1841 in Lancaster, England. He died Feb. 18, 1916 in Lake Saskatoon, Alberta.

Mary Cheetham, wife of Knott Hothersal, was born May 24, 1837, and died of appendicitis December 21, 1899.

Robert Holmes of Harrow was a missionary. He was born around 1855, died July 20, 1916, and was buried in St. Luke's Cemetery, Lake Saskatoon, Alberta.

Jessie and May Hothersal, children of Knott and Mary Hothersal. Jessie was born in Manchester, England May 14, 1875 and died in Edmonton, Alberta May 28, 1971. Jessie and her husband Robert Holmes, immigrated to Saskatoon Lake, Alberta in the early 1900s where they worked as missionaries. Mary (May) Alice Cheetham Hothersal Smith was born June 15, 1878 and died June 6, 1968.

May and Jessie Hothersal, children of Knott and Mary Hothersal. Mary (May) Alice Cheetham Hothersal Smith (on the left) was born June 15, 1878 and died June 6, 1968. Jessie (on the right) was born in Manchester, England May 14, 1875 and died in Edmonton, Alberta May 28, 1971. Jessie and her husband Robert Holmes, immigrated to Saskatoon Lake, Alberta in the early 1900s where they worked as missionaries.

Knott and Mary Hothersal with their children May and Jessie.