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Person
Authorized form of name
LeMarquand, Bill
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- William LeMarquand
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Dates of existence
1908-1992
History
William LeMarquand was born in 1908 on Honeymoon Island (Jersey Islands) in the English Channel, the seventh child in a large family. Because of the paucity of land on Jersey, Bill was attracted to the idea of homesteading in Canada where 160 acres of land could be purchased for $10.00, the equivalent of two English pounds at the time. He emigrated to Canada in 1926, sailing on the Alaunia on June 26, and was met by his brother George who had been clerking in Edmonton since 1921. The two brothers homesteaded at Thorhill, north of Edmonton. In 1949, they were attracted by the Lassiter Project north of Wanham when it was opened up to non-soldiers. Here Bill bought a half section of land for the $10.00 homesteading fee. In an area where many farmers had failed, he worked two farms into production. His farming guide was the Llewellan Moon Sign Book and Planetary Guide for "farming with the moon." He respected the earth and was willing to work with the land and not against it. Bill retired from farming in 1965, and turned his profit into rental properties. He loved carpentry work and renovating old houses. Bill moved to Sexsmith with his brother George and, after George's death in 1972, traveled back to Jersey to see the family he had not seen for 47 years. In 1976 he moved to Pioneer Lodge in Grande Prairie where he became active as a volunteer with the Golden Age Center and the Queen Elizabeth II hospital. In one of his peak years he logged 1,500 hours of volunteer work at the QE II, and in 1981 he was awarded Volunteer of the Year. Bill passed away in 1992, at the age of 84, while he was still a resident of Pioneer Lodge.
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Jersey Islands
England
Edmonton, Alberta
Sexsmith, Alberta
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South Peace Regional Archives
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Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised by TD on July 27, 2015.
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- English