Foothills - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Looking for Rosemary Pettet

elisecscott — 16 Sep 2008 10:10:59 GMT

I am Anita Scott's grandchild and wanted to express my gratitude for a painting that she gave Anita when I was young.

Justin Edwards family between 1907 and 1914

rechmbrs — 18 Sep 2007 8:25:20 GMT

I'm looking for any info on the Justin and Etta Edwards family that settled in Blackie around 1907. They came from Iowa in 1907 with 7 children and had I think 2 more in Canada. They later moved to somewhere east of there in Alberta. Specifically looking for son Carl and the lady he married, Martha.

Thanks,
RON C

Wilson Headstone in Okotoks

DForderer — 11 Oct 2007 5:45:05 GMT

What board should I post a query about the Okotoks cemetery?

Macleod to Foothills district

rechmbrs — 20 Sep 2007 1:32:59 GMT

The name was changed for this district at some time. I'm looking at the 1911 census hoping to find the Blackie area. Was it in Macleod then?

Thanks,
RON C

Highwood, Alberta/Highwood Cemetery?

Wendi_Wandler — 20 Oct 2005 1:03:06 GMT

Hi,
Can anyone tell me where Highwood, Alberta or Highwood Cemetery is? And, also if someone died there and is buried there, what local News Paper would possibly of printed the obituary?

Obituary lookup for Ivor "Doc" Jason Fred Coleman, died 5 Jan 1955

duhammon — 9 Mar 2007 11:33:57 GMT

I would like to have an obituary for my great Uncle. I know that he went by "Doc" Coleman so not sure how an obit would be listed. He may have went by any of these names. All these names are listed in the cemetery records. Some records have the initials I.J. Coleman. In his mother's obituary he is listed as "Doc" J. Coleman. His parents are Ambery Coleman and Della (Dellie) St. Clair. He was born 7 Aug 1892 in Nebraska. I have that he died on 5 Jan 1955 in High River, buried in Nanton. I would, also, like to have the name of his wife and when and where they were married. Any information on this family would be appreciated. Thank you.

Kinnear & Warcup families

rjnickles — 9 Dec 2005 1:20:29 GMT

I am looking for information on George Kinnear and William Warcup and families who settled near High River, Alberta around 1905. George's parents, William and Tamsin Kinnear also joined them there a little later.

LADDS, Cobham Ranch, Priddis, Alberta

AnnieinMinnesota — 7 Oct 2006 2:11:29 GMT

Looking to find where this would be. Where would I look on county boards? Looking to find deaths and burials of Philip Stephen and Gertrude BUCKLAND LADDS who were supposed to have died at the above.

Lee family of Priddis, Millarville, Calgary

nichollsalan — 11 Jan 2006 4:10:58 GMT

Can anyone help?
I am looking for descendants of Henry Lancelot Lee (1872-1933) and his wife Jennie Mabel Lee (Archambault). They had children Francis Edward Hugh Lee 1906, Mary FB Lee 1900, William Arthur Lee 1910, Helen Lee (1902-1923), John Lancelot Lee 1904.
I have found the above family on the 1911 census at Priddis - they were ranchers. I am searching for any surviving members of this family.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

MC GLASHING GENEALOGY

sandimcintyre51 — 21 Aug 2005 3:42:48 GMT

Hello: I'am trying to locate any McGlashing's. Doing family genealogy on my grandfathers family. My greatgrandfather was John Ritchie McGlashing born Oct. 16,1856 in New Brunswick, his father Robert and mother Sarah Jane. John had many brothers and sisters - all going in different directions. I do know at one time many years ago some where in Tidnish and Amherst, Nova Scotia. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. Hope to finally find some family. Thanks Sandi USA

MITCHELL - High River

dwlowe — 7 Aug 2005 3:19:43 GMT

Looking for descendants of David "Robert" Hooper Mitchell (b.1870) and Margaret J. (nee Lowe)(b.1871), both of Prince Edward Island.
Children:
Violet Ann
Rosa Lowe (b.1909; d.1909, bur.Charlottetown)
Frank
Louisa
Inez
Charles
Ernest
Information acquired says some(?) descendants moved to High River, AB.

Frank and Kitty Guy, Okotoks

neesflynn1 — 14 Jul 2005 5:26:43 GMT

Hello. I am trying to help a friend find some possible relatives that he visited with his family when he was a small child. This would have probably been in the early 1950s. The family they visited lived in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada and their names were Frank and Kitty Guy. My friend's name is Tom Ross and his parents were Scottish and Canadian, Thomas and Helene Ross.

Thanks so much!
Denise S. Flynn
Bakersfield, California

Cargill meat packers High River Alberta

mandycarder58 — 5 Sep 2005 11:42:10 GMT

If anyone reading this works at Cargill meat packers in High River,would you please ask my son Glenn Phillip Martin, who does work there, to get in contact with his mother please.
Thank you

Glen Allen Dancey, from Blackie, Alberta son of William Hedley Dancey & Mabel Dancey

Roz — 15 Nov 2004 11:53:26 GMT

I'm seeking info on all 3 Dancey's. Glen was born in about 1918 & was an RCAF pilot in WW in England I think that his mother Mabel Dancey's birth name may have been Allen, & that his father's mother may have been Hedley.They may have originated further east in Canada & moved to Alberta around 1900's
Any help appreciated

Foothills County local history resources

Nancy_Pelham — 7 Sep 2004 6:00:18 GMT

See
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canab/lookfoot.html

BANISTER, WRIGHT, BOLIN, WEDDERBURN

@@dhomme@telusplanet.net — 23 Feb 2004 10:26:04 GMT

Harold Banister, 1873-1934, was born in England and came to Alberta with his father, Albert Edward Banister, in 1884. The family homesteaded at Davisburg near Calgary. Harold worked for a time in British Columbia before homesteading himself at Davisburg. In 1903 he married Laura Beatrice Bryce and they had nine children, Bertram Harold, 1904-1949, Mary Beatrice, 1905-1907, Stanley Bryce, 1906-1966, Dallas (Wright), 1908-?, Audrey Amelia (Bolin), 1910-?, George Alwyn, 1911-?, John Albert Weston, 1914-1979, Ronald Kitchener, 1917-?, and Patricia (Wedderburn), 1920-?. In 1913 he sold the farm and moved to Okotoks where he worked in real estate and insurance. He served as a police magistrate and was mayor of Okotoks from 1932 until his death. In 1931 he dictated his memoirs to his daughter, Dallas, and they were published as a serial by the Calgary Herald.

Online digitized books for Foothills

Nancy_Pelham — 7 Sep 2004 6:00:18 GMT

Chaps and Chinooks: A History West of Calgary / Foothills Historical Society
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/index.asp?code=la0

Foothills Echoes
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/index.asp?code=lix

Our Foothills Sarcee Indian Reserve, Bow-Crow Forest, Sheep Run
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/index.asp?code=ld9

Place Names of Alberta Volume I Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/index.asp?code=la5

Calgary, Canada : The City of the Foothills
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/index.asp?code=lgc

John Payne Todd & Lydia Barrett, sister of Lynn Barrett

Nancy_Pelham — 7 Sep 2004 6:00:18 GMT

This family farmed at Okotoks.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/River/1744/johnpaynetodd....

Gahn, Henry and Iva

Sherrill Richardson — 16 Apr 2000 12:00:00 GMT

Looking for information on Henry and Iva Gahn. Lived in Nanton, Alberta, Canada in the 1940's. Would like any information I can get.

High River, Alberta, Canada

Holly Kohls — 4 Aug 2003 3:06:12 GMT

I would like to leave a message on a board near High River, Alberta, Canada. But when I go to Alberta I do not see High River so I am assuming it is a very small place or the name has been changed. I am looking for a Rosa Page who died in High River on Nov 14, 1956. Any help or idea's would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

Adam Taylor Family

Richard Chaney — 15 Feb 2003 11:21:58 GMT

Trying to find info on Adam Taylor family that moved to (homestead) the High River area from Doniphan County, Kansas USA between 1900 and 1910. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Richard

ADAMS, McCARTHY, DUNLOP, CROSBIE

@@dhomme@telusplanet.net — 23 Feb 2004 10:26:04 GMT

Ernest Dupin Adams, 1868-1960, was born in Aseeghur, Pakistan and was raised in England. He came to Canada in 1884, and worked for the HBC. Eventually he settled in Alberta where he was a rancher near Millarville for a time. Throughout his life he was heavily involved in thoroughbred horse breeding and racing and was briefly involved in real estate and insurance in Calgary. He was married to Carrie Kemp McCarthy, 1874-1965, who was born in St. Catharines, Ontario and educated at Loretto Abbey and Ontario Ladies College before settling with her family in Calgary in 1887. The Adams had four children, C.W. "Bill", Peter, Margaret (Dunlop) and Evelyn (Crosbie).

BANISTER, HULL, WINTERBOTTOM, EDWARDS, BROWN, POWNALL, TURNER

@@dhomme@telusplanet.net — 23 Feb 2004 10:26:04 GMT

Albert Edward Banister, ?-1914, came to Alberta from England in 1884 with his oldest sons, Bertram, Albert, William and Harold. They homesteaded at Davisburg, southeast of Calgary. The family house, the "Grotto", was built in 1887. Later that year A.E.'s wife, Helen Mary Banister, ?-1909, and another eight children, Emmeline (Ellis, later Hull), Jennie (Winterbottom), Florence (Edwards), Margaret "Daisy" (Brown), Eva (Pownall), Ida (Turner), Stephen and Victor joined the family at Davisburg. In 1890 the oldest daughter, Fanny, arrived from England. The family ran a mixed farming operation. In 1907 the Grotto was sold to Mr. Magee and A.E., Mary and Ida moved to Victoria, British Columbia.

Krueger

chuck prentice — 26 Jan 2002 5:34:07 GMT

I am looking for descendants of Hattie Krueger, who moved with her kids to Calgary or High River from Minnesota sometime around 1900. Her children included Anna Francis Krueger, who married John Prentice; they moved to North Dakota and thence to Minnesota. Other children of Hattie included Edith (who had moved to State of Washington by about 1930), Lucille, Leo and Billy.

Hammond, Arthur

Shirley Christensen — 8 Feb 2001 7:49:43 GMT

Looking for relatives in Alberta, related to Arthur Hammond (around Calgary, High River area) Would like to corresponde by e-mail.

Robert Gillespie

Doug Dewolf — 28 Jul 2000 12:00:00 GMT

Trying to find any info on Robert Gillespie and wife anna Marie. Came to work on Pat Burns ranch in June 1886, had a inn in the Priddis area and did the mail run from Priddis and Millerville. Left the area around 1919 and moved to BC. He is my wife's grandfather.
Any info would be much appreciated.

Henry Trahan Obit

bepowell — 31 Jul 2001 9:10:47 GMT

Would like to obtain death record and obit for Henry Trahan
who died in 1960 in High River, Alberta.
Wife Josephine died in 1924. Many thanks from Montana!

GRAHAM, Una Rose Chapman Sundholm

Roxanne Moos — 23 Jun 2001 3:50:17 GMT

GRAHAM, Una Rose Chapman Sundholm, born October 31, 1909, High River, Alberta, passed away on February 22, 2000 in Burnaby, her home for 68 years. Beloved mother of Marie Ades (Glen) and Lee (Rosalie) Grills (George); grandmother of Sherry Ades, Liane Beattie (Nigel), Bonnie Albany (Don) and Karen Acaster (Brian); great-grandmother of Jennifer and Mark Beattie, Natahna and Clayton Albany, Kathleen and Kelsey Acaster. Her courage, strength and love enriched the lives of her family and a multitude of friends. She was cherished by all in return. We will celebrate her life on Sunday, March 5 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Firefighters' Hall, 6515 Bonsor Avenue, South Burnaby, next to Metrotown. Her family asks that her friends bring photographs and stories of Una's extraordinary life so we may all share them. Donations, in lieu of flowers, to the Cancer Society. SHE WILL LIVE IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS FOREVER.

The above was posted in the "Vancouver Sun" newspaper, Vancouver, BC on February 26, 2000.

Please do not contact this submitter for queries as I am not related nor am I researching this line. This obituary has been submitted for information only.

Archie Bremner & Grace Ann Cardiff to De Winton [Foothills]

barbara_paterson — 4 Sep 2004 3:17:57 GMT

Archie Bremner married Grace Ann Cardiff January 27, 1886. Grace Ann d/o John B. Cardiff and Margaret Ann McDougall all of Admaston Township, Renfrew County, Ontario. In 1929 Archie was living DeWinton, Alberta. Three children: Ebeneezer was 81 yrs in c1971 Ethel )Mrs. L.O. Murray and Jean (never married. Died 1983. Looking for dates and descendants for family history.ly history.

HIGNELL, Joyce (Anderson)

hotmailmoos — 28 Jul 2001 11:23:26 GMT

HIGNELL, Joyce (Anderson) born in the Turner Valley, Alberta on July 7th, 1905. Passed away peacefully on January 31, 1999. Predeceased by her loving husband Jack. `Mom' will be missed by her sons David and Ian, daughter-in-law Lynda, grandchildren Sacha, Trent, Aaron, great-grandchildren Tyrell and Brooke. An active Christian Scientist, Joyce's strong will combined with loving compassion will be remembered by all who knew her. A memorial service will be held at Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., off Mt. Seymour Blvd., North Van. at 2 p.m. Monday, February 8th (929-1336).

The above appeared in the newspaper, "The Province" in Vancouver, B.C. on 3 Feb 1999

John Paul Morgan

Suzanne Morgan — 30 Jan 1999 12:00:00 GMT

I am looking for my grandfather John Paul Morgan. He had no record of his birth year or date but was probably born between 1890 - 1895 and was told he was born in the High River area. His parents apparently died when he was an infant and he was raised in the US. When he was a young adult he received a tidy sum of money from Rome. My family has a theory that he may have been an illegitimate child of a Catholic priest who was in the High River area. This may seem far fetched but this is all we can come up with at the moment. His parents names were John Paul Sr. and Susan Morgan. He also apparently had a sister.

My grandfather went to the High River area as an adult to seek any information. He found nothing. Not knowing his birthdate became a difficulty for him (especially when he was ready to retire).

Any information or leads would be greatly appreciated.

DEANE, FREEMAN, MENDS, GIBSON, RIGGS, GRAVES

@@dhomme@telusplanet.net — 23 Feb 2004 10:26:04 GMT

William Edward Deane-Freeman, 1888-1954, was born in Millarville, Alberta. In 1914 he married Annie Daisy "Nancy" Mends-Gibson, ?-1917, and they had three children, Clive, Desmond and Barbara. The family lived at Lineham and later at Millet. He married Mabel Strong Riggs, ?-1976, in 1921 and they had one daughter, Margaret (Graves), 1922-1973. In 1922 William bought the Monea Ranch near Millarville, which had at one time belonged to his father, Joseph. The ranch was sold in 1947 and the family moved to High River. The Deane-Freemans had played an important part in early sporting activities in Millarville, and William was a polo player and captain of the High River Polo Team in about the 1920s or 1930s. He was warden at Christ Church, and Mabel was an organizer of the Ladies' Guild.

ELLIS, HEYLAND, SCARR

@@dhomme@telusplanet.net — 23 Feb 2004 10:26:04 GMT

FOWLER, GEHMAN, CONNERS

@@dhomme@telusplanet.net — 23 Feb 2004 10:26:04 GMT

Roy Fowler, 1902-1975, was born on a farm along the Highwood River southeast of Aldersyde, Alberta. He farmed and ranched in the Gladys Ridge district near Aldersyde. In 1958 he became the first warden of Steveville (later Dinosaur) Provincial Park and he remained in that position until his retirement in 1965. He and his wife, Loretta Gladys "Rita" Gehman, 1904-1990, shared an interest in history and archaeology. He was a member of the Archaeological Society of Alberta and a director of the Alberta Historical Society. The Fowlers had four children, Leroy Claire, Marvin Gehman, Ella Louise (Conners), and Laurus Fraser.