Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | Alice Fortier fonds |
| Reference code: | 0482 |
| Date: | 1927-2012 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 2 cm of textual records
12 photographs |
| Language: | English |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Processed by Mary Nutting March 2012 Exported from AoR and added to new database July 2022 – TD |
| Note: | Changes to fonds description and additions to series made April 2018. J. Sallis |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
Alice Fortier was born Janet Ann Davis on May 28, 1933 to a single mother and was given up for adoption. She was adopted by Ada and Harold Bennett, a couple from Peoria, where she grew up. Alice attended college in Vermilion, enjoying instruction in Home Economics. In September 1951 she eloped. She and her husband had six children, but the marriage did not last. She was remarried to Joe Renner and had another son, but this marriage also ended in divorce. Finally, she married George Fortier, but he died playing ball 10 months after they were married. After several years of searching for her birth mother, Marcia Davis, the two were reunited in 1992. Alice died in Grande Prairie on April 28, 2021.
Custodial history
These records were donated to the South Peace Regional Archives by Alice Fortier in 2011. Two smaller accruals were donated in 2016.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of 8 photographs (4 from a baby book created by Ada and Harold Bennett including pages that have information) and Alice’s story, “Adoptees are Angels”. (Complete book “Adoptees are Angels” in the library) and photographs and documents related to two friends.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents.
Restrictions on access
There are no restrictions on access.
Accruals
No accruals are expected.
Access points
- Textual record (documentary form)
- Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
- Family and personal life* (subject)
Table of contents
0482.01, Personal photographs, 1927-1998
0482.02, Local Stories, 1927 – ca. 2012
Series descriptions
| Series 0482.01: Personal photographs
Date: 1927-1998 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of 8 photographs (4 from a baby book created by Ada and Harold Bennett including pages that have information) and Alice’s story, “Adoptees are Angels”. (Complete book “Adoptees are Angels” in the library). Physical description: The series consists of 8 photographs (4 from a baby book created by Ada and Harold Bennett including pages that have information) and Alice’s story, “Adoptees are Angels”. (Complete book “Adoptees are Angels” in the library). Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) |
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| File / item list | |||
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 2011.58.01 | Item – Alice Fortier’s Biological Mother, Marcia | 1933-1998 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Alice Fortier’s Biological Mother, Marcia |
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| 2011.58.02 | Item – Adopted Children in Peoria | 1937 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Community of adoptive parents and their adoptees in Peoria. |
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| 2011.58.03 | Item – Parents with their adopted children in Peoria. | 1938 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Community of adoptive parents and their adoptees in Peoria. |
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| 2011.58.04 | Item – Alice Fortier With Her Biological Mother | 1994 | 1 photograph : colour ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Alice Fortier at age 60 with her biological mother, Marcia (age 80) and Husband Dan ( age 78+). Photo taken in Vancouver, March 20, 1994, when Alice met her biological mother for the first time. |
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| 2011.58.05 | Item – Alice Bennett Age One | 1934 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Alice Bennett at age one year, one month, sitting on a blanket behind a car. |
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| 2011.58.06 | Item – Bennett family, Peoria | 1933 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Alice being held by her father, Harold Bennett. Her older brother, Fred, stands beside them. |
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| 2011.58.07-.08 | Item – Alice Fortier at Age Three and Five Months | 1933 | 2 photographs : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Alice Fortier at ages three and five months old. |
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| Series 0482.02: Local Stories
Date: 1927 – ca. 2012 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of diary transcripts, typed memoirs, newspaper clippings, and photographs about friends of Alice’s. Physical description: 1.5 cm of textual records 3 photographs Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) • Textual record (documentary form) |
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| Subseries 0482.02.01: Robert MacLean Scott
Date: [1945]-2012 (date of creation) Scope and content: This file consists of three photographs of Robert (Bob) Scott, two biographies about him, a newspaper clipping, two poems, brief correspondence, and a computer print out about the origins of his cat’s name. Physical description: 0.5 cm of textual records 3 photographs Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) |
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| File / item list | |||
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0482.02.01.01 | Item – “Bob rattling away.” | 2000 | 1 photograph : colour ; 4 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
This photograph depicts Bob at an auction in 2000. |
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| 0482.02.01.02 | Item – Flying Officer Robert MacLean Scott | ca. 1945 | 1 photograph : colour ; 6 x 8 in. |
| Scope and content:
This photograph depicts a commemorative display of Scott’s WWII military service. |
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| 0482.02.01.03 | Item – Flying Officer Scott and air crew | ca. 1945 | 1 photograph (copy) : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 in. |
| Scope and content:
This photograph depicts Scott with his flight crew [?]. Back L-R: Eric McAbenroth; Ted Ogilvie; Arnie Tigchelaan; Roy Hemphill. Front L-R: Don Caroll; Bob Scott; Bloyd Donline. |
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| Subseries 0482.02.02: Ebe Koeppen
Date: 1927 – n.d. (date of creation) Scope and content: This file consists of one typed transcript of Ebe Koeepen’s diary from 1927 to 1932. The diary describes life as a new immigrant and early settler in the region, and his reminisces about his life. Physical description: 1 cm of textual records Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) |
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