MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Milford Allred and June (Nilsson) Allred
Spring Coulee and District page 195
Milford Park Allred was born October 30, 1882 in
Pleasonton, New Mexico to Reddin Redick Allred
and Mary Martilda Park, one of twin boys, the
other was named Marlin Park Allred. When Miff
was about 10 years old his father died and 6
brothers and sisters moved to Arizona where he
attended school. It was necessary however for him
to leave school before completing high school to
help support the family. Miff arrived in Raymond,
Alberta on April 9, 1903, where he was employed
first with the Knight Sugar Company and later with
Ellison Milling. About 1913 he started farming, first
in Raley and then in the Raymond area. Miff was a
carpenter and built the family home in Raymond.
On June 24, 1918, Milford Park Allred married
Amanda June Nilsson.
June was born June, 24 1890 in Monroe, Sevier
County, Utah, the 5th of 13 children of Christopher
Nilsson who was born in Sweden and Amanda
Marilda Johnson, who was born in Fairview, Utah.
June's parents came to Canada in 1901, living
first in Stirling and then in Raymond where their
last three children were born.
To Christopher Nilsson, the soil in the rolling hills
west of Magrath in the Spring Coulee area seemed
the best, but his wife Amanda, refused to settle
there since there would be no school for their
children to attend. Thus the move to Raymond.
June graduated from the Knight Academy High
School in 1912, and then attended Normal School
in Calgary. Teaching was an important part of
her life. She began teaching Sunday School at
the age of 14 and at various times in her life was
either a teacher or leader in Primary, Mutual or Relief
Society. She taught in five different country schools
in southern Alberta. While teaching in Raley she met
and married Milford Allred.
After their marriage, Milford and June lived first in
Raley, a mile south of the station, and then in
the fall of 1920 they moved to a 1200 acre farm
in the Spring Coulee area owned by Wallace
Johnson of Lethbridge. All of the farm work was
done using horses and June had 9 men to cook for.
They lived there until 1928.
Miff and June had 2 children, a boy and a girl.
June was an active community worker, holding
membership in the U.F.W.A. organization and for
over 45 years was a worker in the Alberta Women's
Institute. June loved poetry which she both
collected and wrote.
Milford Park Allred died 21 May, 1946 in Raymond,
Alberta.
Amanda June Nillson Allred died 26 June 1966
in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Milford and June are buried in Temple Hill
Cemetery in Raymond.
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