MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Dad came to Canada in 1907 from Furnace in Scotland
Mother had been here since 1905 with her parents
Mother and dad were married in 1909 in Lethbridge
In the meantime they were blessed with a daughter,
Dad worked in the powerhouse in Coalhurst when
Mother died in 1932 and Dad remarried in 1936.
arriving in Lethbridge he worked at his trade as a
bricklayer or stone mason, then he worked at the
Taylor Mill in Lethbridge.
and brother. Her one brother, John, had come
one year earlier in 1904 and had homesteaded in
the Kipp area.
where they lived for a short time. They then moved
to Kipp on a part of NE 1/4 of section 30-9-22.. It
was just a small place and Dad worked
in the Elevator at Kipp. (it had just been built).
myself, and twin boys. In the fall of 1915 we
moved to the SW and SE of 25-9-23, this is
where he farmed and started the dairy business.
They had one more daughter in 1916 and it was
on the farm we all grew up.
the mine was working for the first few years, then
he started to sell milk, 1918 or 1919, and continued
to do so until 1935.
They had one son to this marriage.
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