Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | Ward-Marcy family fonds |
| Reference code: | 0198 |
| Date: | 1926-1960 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 1 cm of textual records
28 photographs 11 video recordings |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Exported from AoR and added to new database Oct. 2022 – JL |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
Marion Ward, daughter of Alfred and Anne Ward was born at Johanna’s in Sexsmith. She and her brothers Lewis, Walter and David grew up on a farm 1 1/2 miles west and 1 mile south of Sexsmith. Marion attended school in Sexsmith where there were two separate schools. Each had two classrooms each with a teacher and three grades. Playing ball was one of the main sports activities and family picnics at places like Bear Lake where swimming was good. In high school she worked in the summer as a hired girl to raise money for clothes that she ordered from Eaton’s catalogue. In 1942-43 she worked at the hospital as a ward aide with many other friends and she stayed in the nurses’ residence and paid room and board. On weekends she would go down to the Jitney Dance held in a hall on main street. The girls had lots of dancing partners including US and Canadian soldiers. In 1944 she worked at a Sash and Door Factory and saved enough money to attend Vermillion School of Agriculture. In 1946 she married Miles Marcy. Miles Marcy was born in Grande Prairie in 1922 and spent his early years helping his dad on the farm and attending Crystal Creek School. He moved into town in 1942 and worked for Mackey’s Concrete Works. Marion and Miles were married on Dec 17, 1946. Miles found he loved the trucking business so soon had a gravel truck, loader, cat and sand screener. He owned two quarters near Kleskun Lake which contained sand pits so hauled gravel and worked for Jack Mackie’s concrete business as well. Jack Mackie and Miles sponsored a car in the stock car races. In the winter Miles hauled lumber. Miles and Marion had five children in their Avondale home: Ken, Marilynne (Turner), Greg, Kevin, and Colleen. Ken spent much of his life in the gardening business: Marcy’s Flowers and Garden World. He married and had one daughter, Marie. He died in 2006. Marilynne became a Certified Nursing Assistant and has worked 38 years in the Grande Prairie Hospital. She married Mike Turner in 1970 and they raised 3 children: Lisa, Marcy, and Erin. Greg became a teacher, married Laurie McLeod and they have two children: Geoff and Jennifer. Kevin has always worked in the music industry, starting as a drummer and touring with many well known musicians. Colleen was a skating instructor, then trained as an LPN and in 1978 married Trevor Chomik and added scuba diving to her list of sports. In 1991 she remarried Alan Minty they have two children: Alison and Ward. Miles and Marion with friends made several trips into the Monkman Pass and Kinuso Falls in the 1960s. They trucked the horses into Stoney Lakes and then rode into the falls. Their children, Marilynne and Kenny, and Tiny and Alvina Peterson accompanied them on one trip. Miles passed away in 2000 and Marion married John Yurychuk in 2005.
Custodial history
The records were donated to the South Peace Regional Archives by Greg Marcy in 2004 and Marion Marcy Yurychuk in 2008. An additional photograph was donated by Greg Marcy in 2011.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of 28 family photographs, 16 pages of family history and 10-8mm film reels containing a record of the Marcy family activities including home and family, camping and boating, a group picnic at Kleskun Hills, a trip to the Bennett Dam under construction and Kinuso Falls, an Elks Club convention, the TeePee Creek Stampede, and loading lumber at the lumber mill. A VHS recording shows clips from the 8 mm films.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds.
Restrictions on access
No commercial use is permitted of the 10 8mm films entitled “Marcy Film Collection” from 0198.02.
Accruals
No accruals are expected.
Access points
- Textual record (documentary form)
- Graphic material (documentary form)
- Moving images (documentary form)
- Family and personal life* (subject)
- Sports, recreation and leisure* (subject)
Table of contents
0198.01, Photographs, 1926-1960
0198.02, Film Recordings & Video, 1955-1964
Series descriptions
| Series 0198.01: Photographs
Date: 1926-1960 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of 28 family photographs. Accompanying the photos are 16 pages of family history. Physical description: 28 photographs |
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| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0198.01.01 | Item – Sexsmith | n.d. | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Main Street of Sexsmith showing a decorated sign, “Welcome to Sexsmith”. |
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| 0198.01.02 | Item – The Ward Farm | 1945-1949 | 1 photograph : b & w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Ward farm, blacksmith shop, grainary, Virginia Creepers covering the house. |
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| 0198.01.03 | Item – Sexsmith High School | 1941 | 1 photograph ; b & w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Sexsmith High School with students and teacher grouped in front. |
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| 0198.01.04 | Item – Sexsmith Junior High School | 1941 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Sexsmith Junior High School students: (Back row surnames) Skarberg, Skarberg, Phees, Hovdebo, Houseman, Anderson, Smith, Skarberg.(Middle Row) Swenson. Spacil, Pazkowski, MacMillan, Brown, Menzies, Warren. (Front) Ross, Obniawka, Barrett, Wold, Miss Lammle |
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| 0198.01.05 | Item – Sexsmith Grades 1-2-3 | 1941 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Sexsmith Primary grades taken in front of their school. |
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| 0198.01.06 | Item – Marcy’s New House | 1958 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miles and Marion Marcy’s new house on 109 Ave in the Avondale district, July 1958. Children are seen playing in the water in front of the new houses along the street. |
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| 0198.01.07 | Item – Picnicking at Pitman’s Point | [1950] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Pitman’s Point on Bear Lake was a favorite place to picnic and go boating. |
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| 0198.01.08 | Item – Mr. Bode’s Boat on Bear Lake | [1950] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Mr. Bode launches his boat as others help him. |
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| 0198.01.09 | Item – Lewis and Marion Ward | [1930] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Marion Ward with her brother Lewis, on their farm. |
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| 0198.01.10 | Item – Marion Beside Miles’ First Truck | 1949 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Marion Marcy stands beside her husband’s first commercial truck. |
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| 0198.01.11 | Item – Miles Marcy and Marion Ward are Engaged | 1946 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Marion Ward and Miles Marcy as an engaged couple. |
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| 0198.01.12 | Item – Baseball Team | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Back Row: Pete Wright, Marion Ward, Jean Turner, Gabey Devost, Agnes Wright, Ann Troyer, Bob Kelly. Front Row: Mona Walker, Helen Rhone, Vivian Nelson, Marie Wright. |
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| 0198.01.13 | Item – Curling Team | n.d. | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Order of the Royal Purple Curling team: Evelyn Durda, Marion Marcy, Joyce Scott, Diane Hanson. |
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| 0198.01.14 | Item – Miles Marcy | [1924] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Portrait of Miles Marcy as a child |
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| 0198.01.15 | Item – Marcy’s Trucking | 1958 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miles Marcy’s Trucking with a load of culverts. |
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| 0198.01.16 | Item – Marcy’s Loading Cement Culverts | [1958] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miles Marcy’s Trucking with a load chained on the back of the truck. |
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| 0198.01.17 | Item – Miles Marcy Standing by his Load | [1958] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miles Marcy standing by his truck loaded with concrete culverts, with the cement plant in the background. |
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| 0198.01.18 | Item – Marcy’s Gravel Crusher | [1960] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miles Marcy ‘s gravel crusher. |
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| 0198.01.19 | Item – Marcy’s Gravel Crusher | [1960] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miles Marcy ‘s gravel crusher. |
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| 0198.01.20 | Item – Marcy’s Truck and Caterpillar | [1960] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miles Marcy ‘s truck loaded with a caterpillar tractor. |
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| 0198.01.21 | Item – Marcy’s Truck Loading From the Sand Pit | [1960] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miles Marcy ‘s truck loading from his sand pit. |
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| 0198.01.22 | Item – Marcy’s Truck Hauling Lumber | [1959] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miles Marcy’s truck in the winter loaded with lumber. |
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| 0198.01.23 | Item – Gravel Pit Operation | [1959] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miles Marcy’s gravel pit operation showing the gravel crusher and loader. |
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| 0198.01.24 | Item – Marion Ward and Miles Marcy Wed | 1946 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Wedding portrait of Miles Marcy and Marion Ward. |
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| 0198.01.27 | Item – The Ward Family | [1945] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Ward family: (Back) David and his wife Margaret Stewart, Marion, Walter. (Front) Alfred and Anne Ward, parents. Their eldest child, Lewis, was killed in an airplane crash in South America in 1932. |
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| 0198.01.28 | Item – Ward Children on a Binder | [1932] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4×6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Two of the Ward children pose standing on the back of the binder pulled by a team of four horses. |
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| Series 0198.02: Film Recordings & Video
Date: 1955-1964 (date of creation) Scope and content: The series consists of 10 8mm fims and 1 VHS video recording (no sound) using images from the 10 films. Film examination forms including descriptions of each film are included in the accession file. Physical description: 11 video recordings Restrictions on access: No commercial use is permitted of the 10 8mm films entitled “Marcy Film Collection”. |
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