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Scott, Lawson family fonds
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8 cm of textual records. -- ca. 84 photographs
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George Scott Sr. (1856-1929) was born in Auchterorchie, Scotland. He married Anne Elizabeth Burton (1864-1902), and the couple had five children: Grace (Ford), Annie (McInroy), George Jr., Florence (Lawson), and Gilbert. After serving in the British Army in England and India, he joined the Royal Canadian Artillery in Kingston, Ontario in 1894 where he served for several years. In 1900, George Sr. and his family settled on a farm in the Grassy Lake district near Red Deer, Alberta. Fred Lawson (1892-1962) was born in Northumberland, England to John and Mary Jane Lawson. He came to Canada in 1911, working in Lipton, Saskatchewan for a year, before settling in Red Deer. He served in Europe with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I. In 1919, Fred Lawson married Florence Scott (1898-1989). The couple had four children, Frances (Belich), Nellie (Hollman) Wilfred, and Pat (Blair). Fred and Florence Lawson farmed in the Grassy Lake district until 1940. At this time Fred found employment with the Federal Government in Red Deer. Both Fred and Florence Lawson are buried in Red Deer.
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The fonds consists of family and military photographs, published materials relating to Canada's involvement in World War I, and religious books.
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Donated in 1990 by Wilf Lawson, the son of Florence Lawson
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- The material is in English
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Record No. MG 495<br><br>
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- Lawson, Florence (Subject)
- Lawson, Fred (Subject)
- Scott, George, Sr. Scott, Anne Elizabeth (Subject)
- Scott, Sanderson (family) (Subject)
- Lawson (family) (Subject)