Lamonde Lial Carter, son of Alma Miner and Eunice Pulsepher
Carter, was born June 17, 1894 at Provo, Utah, and married
November 1, 1920 in Raymond, Alberta and died November
16, 1973 in Nelson, B.C.

His father came to Raymond, Alberta from Provo, Utah with
the Willie Bullock emigrant train in 1902, and had nearly
completed a home to live in when Mother arrived with five
children on March 3, 1903.

He finished public school and took three winters of high
school, a mid-winter course. In 1914 he filed on a
homestead and pre-emption E 1/2-Sec. 27-T.1-R-20-
W4th M.

On September 28, 1918 he enrolled with the Royal North
West Mounted Police at Regina, Saskatchewan. The
date of his discharge from that service was July 11,
1919 at Regina. Theaters of service were Canada
and Siberia.

After he and Viva Jones were married in 1920 they moved
to Twin River. Four children were born while they lived
there. Lamonde was a successful rancher. At one time
he had one hundred and ten cows.

In 1928 they moved to Cardston, Alberta and places of
residence after that were Macleod, Raymond, and Calgary,
all in Alberta. They moved to Nelson, B.C. on the 12th
of October, 1943, where Lamonde was employed with
the Greyhound Company. Other employment included
fireman for the C.P.R., the locomotive foreman of Grand
Forks, B.C. and the master mechanic, Mr. Baron, of
Nelson, B.C., recommended Lamonde as a first class
fireman.

Lamonde passed away in Nelson, 1973. Two children
had predeceased him, and daughter Leta died in 1977.
He had filled a home mission in Cardston, Alberta and
was second councillor in the Twin River Branch and first
councillor in the Nelson Sunday School.

Viva enjoyed the Twin River country and people very much
and has many fond memories of visits and good times spent
with their neighbors and friends there.

Lamonde and Viva had nine sons and 5 daughters

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