Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | Alexander Family fonds |
| Reference code: | 0572 |
| Date: | 1856-ca. 2000 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | textual records (digitized)
82 photographs |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Processed by Leslie Gordon, 2014. Added to new database July 2023 – TD |
| Note: | This fonds has been identified as having Indigenous related content. Researchers may encounter language that is outdated and offensive. To learn more about Indigenous records at the South Peace Regional Archives please see our guide. |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
William Alexander was born on October 21, 1862 at the “Bent of Haulkerton”, Lawrencekirk, near Montrose, Scotland. He was the son of William Alexander and Jessie Cream Fettes. William Sr., born 1816, was the son of Thomas Alexander and Elizabeth Milne in Forfarshire. Thomas’ father and grandfather were also named William. Jessie Cream Fettes, born 1824, was the daughter of Lawrencekirk’s Dr. James Fettes and Euphemia Cream. William Sr. and Jessie had 12 children, of whom one immigrated to Canada, some immigrated to New Zealand, and the others remained in Scotland. William and Jessie farmed a holding of 462 acres, with several employees, which they had inherited from William’s father. The farm was known as the “Bent” and remained in the Alexander family until 1930, when William’s brother, Jim, sold it and retired to Montrose.
William left Scotland at the age of 18, bound for New York, later moving to Canada, drawn by the gold rush. He became involved in the Riel Rebellion as the driver of a Red River cart and eventually made his way to Edmonton after the Rebellion ended. From there he went to Rossland, British Columbia, where he married Emilie Dannhauer in 1896. She had been born in 1873 in Pembroke, Ontario, the daughter of Paul Dannhauer and Caroline Gutzmann. Her family had journeyed west to the Stony Plain area in 1892.
The couple later returned to the Edmonton area where William worked in a lumbermill. They had 5 surviving children: William Paul (born 1897 in Rossland, BC), Charles Edward (born 1899 in Inga, Alberta), Frederick Arthur (born 1903 in Inga), Jean Emilie (born 1906 in Inga), and Maggie Helen (born 1908 in Strathcona).
In 1910, William walked to the Peace Country in search of land. The rest of the family followed in the spring of 1911 with a caboose and sleighs pulled by ox teams over the Long Trail. William filed on homestead land west of the town of Rycroft (portion of NE 5 and SE 8 78-5 W6th) in 1911 and obtained an additional half-section using South African scrip (NW 4 and SW 9 78-5 W6th), gaining the patent to the land in April 1916. A large two-story home was built, which was later used as a hospital during the 1918 influenza epidemic. William Alexander was also one of Rycroft’s first reeves, serving on council 1918-1919.
On August 10, 1916, Emilie Alexander died of Bright’s Disease and the rest of the family dispersed shortly thereafter. William Jr. and Edward enlisted for service in the First World War, Arthur moved to Edmonton to take classes, and Jean and Maggie were sent to Edmonton to live with relatives, where they remained for the next five years.
William Sr. sold the farm in 1918 and in 1919 moved to Bear Flats, beyond Fort St. John, where he invested in Aberdeen Angus cattle. Unfortunately, the onset of a depression made the venture unprofitable. From there William Sr. and Edward went to Fort Fitzgerald and Fort Smith, where William was killed in a logging accident on June 6, 1928.
Bill Jr. farmed at Rycroft after the war then moved to Appleton in 1935 to assist his sister, Jean, by then a widow. He married Ida Walker there. William died in 1966 and is buried next to his mother in the Rycroft cemetery.
Edward married Kae Eggen from Edmonton in 1930. He lived in several mining communities in western and northern Canada, finally settling in Fort Saskatchewan due to ill health. Edward and Kae had two sons, William and Arthur. Edward died in 1973 and is buried in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Fort Saskatchewan.
Arthur was a bookkeeper and store manager in Hudson’s Hope and married Violet Neilson from Fort St. John in June 1918. They had a son, also named Arthur. Arthur Sr. died in 1938 and is buried in the Rycroft cemetery next to his mother.
Jean moved to Grande Prairie to finish High School and then to Victoria to attend Normal school in 1924. She taught in Rycroft from 1925 until 1928. Jean married Herbert O’Brien and the couple had three daughters, Margaret, Alice Jean, and Erin. Herb passed away in 1935, leaving Jean a young widow. She taught at Appleton until 1942, when she moved to Grande Prairie. She then continued her career at Montrose School and the Grande Prairie Composite High School until retiring in 1975. Jean was also very involved in the Grande Prairie music festival and served as church organist for the United Church for many years. She died in 2001 and is buried in the Grande Prairie Cemetery.
Maggie married Emil Baron from Stony Plain in 1931 and the couple had three children: Douglas, Jean, and Gurth. Maggie was employed as a secretary-bookkeeper in Edmonton and at the town office in Fort Saskatchewan. She died in 1995.
Custodial history
The records were created by various members of the extended Alexander/Dannhauer family. They were assembled by Jean Baron Pearce and placed in albums. South Peace Regional Archives obtained permission to copy selected portions of the albums in May 2014.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of digital copies of family photographs, correspondence, and genealogical records of the William Alexander Family. The photographs ([ca. 1966]-1980) show William Alexander, his wife Emilie Dannhauer, and their families, the Alexander children in Strathcona, Rycroft, and Grande Prairie, various boats on the Peace River, the Fort Fitzgerald wood camp, the Art Alexander family in Hudson’s Hope, the O’Brien girls, Maggie and Emil Baron and their children, Ed and Bill Alexander in their army uniforms, and the Alexander gravesite and O’Brien Park.
The correspondence (1896, 1915-1986) includes letters from Emilie Alexander to her mother Caroline Dannhauer, Pringle to Bill Alexander, R. B. Leslie to the Alexanders, Bill Alexander to his sisters and father, Ed Alexander to his sister Maggie and father, William to his daughters, Aunt M. F. Wells to Jean and Maggie, Aunt H.(?) A. Alexander to Jean, Aunt Jessie Fairweather to her nieces and nephews, Art and Violet Alexander to his sister Maggie, Harry Newgord to Ed and Bill, cousin Ella F. Lyell to Jean and Maggie, W. J. C. Reed & Sons Solicitors and Notaries Public to Maggie, cousin Jessie (nee Bell) to Jean Pearce, Emil and Maggie Baron to their daughter Jean Pearce, cousin Jessie (nee Bell) to Violet Alexander, cousin Helen Truscott to Jean Pearce, Paul and Caroline Dannhauer to Sidney Truscott, Jean to her sister Maggie, cousin Jim Blacklaws to Maggie, Jean to niece Jean Pearce, cousin Wayne to Jean Pearce, cousin Isabel Besley to Jean Pearce, and the Public Archives of Canada to Jean Pearce.
Other records include German language records of Paul Dannhauer (permission for passport, Certificate of Qualification as Helmsmen 1st Class, Certificate of Baptism, and confirmation of birth), William Alexander’s Birth Certificate, Ontario land records of Paul Dannhauer, William and Emilie Alexander’s Marriage Certificate, Maggie Alexander’s Birth Certificate, William Alexander’s Certificate of Registration of Death, Emilie Alexander’s Certified Abstract of Registration of Death, Maggie and Emil Baron’s Marriage Certificate, obituaries of uncle James Alexander and aunt Maggie Wells, excerpts from the “Centennial History” of St. John Lutheran Church, Petatwawa Ontario, 1867-1967, newspaper articles about Maggie Baron and Jean Alexander, Rycroft homecoming program and newspaper article, and family trees compiled by various family members.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents.
Arrangement
The records were arranged in a series of binders and albums, as assembled by Jean Pearce. They have been selected and rearranged by the Archivist into chronological order. The photographs have been left in the order they were given by Jean; not every photograph in the albums was copied.
Location of originals
Fonds consists of copies only (originals retained by donor).
Access points
- Textual record (documentary form)
- Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
- Family and personal life* (subject)
- Agriculture (subject)
Series descriptions
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 2014.041.001 | Item – Alexander Boys and their Father | [ca. 1908] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Left to right: Ed, Art, William (father), and Bill Alexander. |
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| 2014.041.002 | Item – Maggie Alexander M. Burgess, Strathcona |
1910 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Maggie Alexander on November 27, 1910. |
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| 2014.041.003 | Item – Alexander Family at the Bent in Laurencekirk, Scotland | [ca. 1866] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Alexander Family at the Bent, Laurencekirk, Scotland, about 1866. Back row, left to right: Tom, Jean, William Sr. (father), Maria, Jessie (mother)? holding Maggie, Jim, and Jessie. Front row, left to right: Willie, Mina (Willamina), Ack (Alexander), Lizzie, Euphemia, and Charles. |
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| 2014.041.004 | Item – Dannhauer Family | [ca. 1890] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The Dannhauer Family about 1890. Back row, left to right: Carl, Martha, Oswald, Emma, and Emilie. Front row, left to right: Paul, Eva, and Caroline. The Dannhauers settled in Petawawa, Ontario in 1867. |
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| 2014.041.005 | Item – Emilie Dannhauer Mathers, Edmonton, NWT |
[ca. 1895] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Emilie Dannhauer, later the wife of William Alexander. |
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| 2014.041.006 | Item – William Alexander James Ewing |
[ca. 1890] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
William Alexander. Photo taken in Scotland by James Ewing (11 Crown Street, Aberdeen & Braemar). |
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| 2014.041.007 | Item – Jessie Fairweather, Maggie Wells, and Jim Alexander | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Three of William Alexander’s siblings, Jessie Fairweather (born 1856), Maggie Wells (born 1866), and Jim Alexander (born 1854). Photo likely taken in Scotland. |
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| 2014.041.008 | Item – The Bent Rex Pearce |
[ca. 1969] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The Bent farmhouse in about 1969, after it had been sold by the Alexander family. |
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| 2014.041.009 | Item – Spirit River Girls | [ca. 1912] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
“This is a photo of our little Spirit River girls taken on the first of July.” Left to right: Oma Tomson, Mag. Tomson, Peace Brooks, Jean Alexander, Florence Brooks, and Maggie Alexander. |
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| 2014.041.010 | Item – Maggie and Jean Alexander M. Burgess, Strathcona, Alberta |
[ca. 1909] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Sisters Maggie and Jean Alexander. This photograph was taken before the family moved to Spirit River. |
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| 2014.041.011 | Item – Girls in Dresses | [ca. 1915] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Girls in dresses, including Jean (third from right) and Maggie Alexander (second from right). The name “Jessie Wishart” is written on the back of the original photograph. |
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| 2014.041.012 | Item – Alexanders at their Rycroft Farm | [ca. 1912] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The Alexander family on their farm near Rycroft with a slaughtered pig. Left to right: Art, Emilie, Maggie?, Jean?, Bill or Ed?, William Alexander, and Mr. Leslie. |
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| 2014.041.013 | Item – Alexander Girls at the Organ | [ca. 1914] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Jean and Maggie at their mother’s reed organ. |
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| 2014.041.014 | Item – Jean and Maggie Alexander | [ca. 1918] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Jean and Maggie Alexander in lacy dresses. |
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| 2014.041.015 | Item – [Riders at Indigenous Grave Site] Original Title: Native Grave Site | 1925 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Image shows three people seated on horses by an unidentified Indigenous grave site near Fort St. John.Original description: Riders, including Maggie (left) and Jean (middle?) Alexander at a Native Grave Site near Fort St. John. |
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| 2014.041.016 | Item – Alexander Sisters at English Farm | [ca. 1922] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Maggie and Jean Alexander at the English’s farm. |
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| 2014.041.017 | Item – Boating on the Peace River | 1922 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Ed, Maggie, and Jean Alexander in a boat on the Peace River at Fort St. John in 1922. |
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| 2014.041.018 | Item – Imperial Steamer on the Peace River | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The Imperial, a steamship on the Peace River, possibly approaching “The Gates” at Hudson’s Hope. |
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| 2014.041.019 | Item – Boating on the Peace River | 1925 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Jean and Maggie Alexander in a boat on the Peace River near Fort St. John. The boat is tied to the shore. |
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| 2014.041.020 | Item – Alexander’s Landing | [ca. 1924] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Alexander’s Landing near Fort St. John. The photo is alternately identified as Dunvegan. |
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| 2014.041.021 | Item – William Alexander’s Grain | 1924 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
William Alexander’s grain field in British Columbia in 1924. |
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| 2014.041.022 | Item – At the English Farm near Beaverlodge | 1924 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Left to right: Ruth English, Bill Alexander, Mrs. English, Vera, Maggie Alexander, Mr. Johnson, and Grace Johnson at the English Farm near Beaverlodge. William had come to pick up Maggie from CGIT camp. |
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| 2014.041.023 | Item – Girls’ Basketball Team | 1925 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
“This is some basket ball girls that played on the 24th of May. I [Jean Alexander] am in front. We are all High School girls.” The girls are posed in front of a maypole and the photo was taken in Grande Prairie in 1925. |
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| 2014.041.024 | Item – Ferry on the Peace River | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
A ferry boat (?) and barge on the Peace River at “The Gates” near Hudson’s Hope, British Columbia. |
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| 2014.041.025 | Item – D. A. Thomas | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The D. A. Thomas paddlewheeler on the Peace River. The caption on the back of the photograph reads “D. A. Thomas (paddle wheeler went 4 mph. (Grandfather could pull upstream at 4 mph. also!)”. |
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| 2014.041.026 | Item – Fort St. John Sports Day | 1925 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Riders at the Fort St. John Sports Day, including Art (second from left) and Ed (fourth from left) Alexander. |
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| 2014.041.027 | Item – Ice on the River | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
A view of a river, likely the Peace River, showing chunks of ice along the shoreline. |
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| 2014.041.028 | Item – The Peace River | 1925 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
A view of the Peace River in 1925. |
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| 2014.041.029 | Item – Canyon at Hudson’s Hope | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The Peace River Canyon at Hudson’s Hope with two girls (possibly Maggie and Jean) on a rock cliff. |
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| 2014.041.030 | Item – D. A. Thomas | 1925 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The D. A. Thomas paddlewheeler on the Peace River in 1925. |
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| 2014.041.031 | Item – The Peace River | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
A view of the Peace River from its banks. |
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| 2014.041.032 | Item – Paddlewheeler | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
A paddlewheeler (possibly the “Distributor”) with a barge anchored at the river’s shore. Wood is stacked on the shore. |
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| 2014.041.033 | Item – The Distributor | [ca. 1928] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The Distributor paddlewheeler with a barge anchored at the river’s shore. |
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| 2014.041.034 | Item – Picnic at Dunvegan | [ca. 1920] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Several people seated on the ground in front of a log building during a picnic at Dunvegan. |
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| 2014.041.035 | Item – Montrose School Grade 10 Class | [ca. 1922] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Montrose School grade 10 class sitting on the steps of the school. Top to bottom, left to right: Mr. Elsworth Foy, Nain Grimmett, Irma Grimmett, Rhea Chambers, Agnes Melsness, Helen Clark, Jean O’Brien, Cora Charters, Bill Urqhart, Val Taylor, Herb O’Brien, Harold Melsness, and Pick Reavlly. |
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| 2014.041.036 | Item – CGIT Camp | 1925 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Breakfast at CGIT Camp. Maggie is on the right. |
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| 2014.041.037 | Item – Riverside Camp | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Luggage, wood, and a stove on the shore of the river with a large boat tied nearby. |
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| 2014.041.038 | Item – Leaving Rolla | 1925 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Leaving Rolla for the Nelson. Various notes on the back: “Leaving Rolla for Noutas [?] Feb. 5,/25 Lead, Barney & K___ [Sam’s Team] Trail. Bake & Nora.” “Mule. Myself.” “To the Nelson.” |
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| 2014.041.039 | Item – Ed at Wood Camp | [ca. 1927] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Ed Alexander at the wood camp near Fort Fitzgerald. A log cabin is visible in the background. |
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| 2014.041.040 | Item – Geyser Ed Alexander |
1920-21 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
A geyser in a body of water halfway between Fort Vermilion and Peace River Crossing. A tower is visible in the background. |
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| 2014.041.041 | Item – Bill Teasing a Prairie Chicken | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Bill Alexander teases a prairie chicken with his foot. A note on the reverse states: “We burned[?] this piece north of the barn in the spring and ruined this Chickens eggs. After it had been sitting for two or three weeks Art put a hens egg under her which was the only one that hatched. She disappeared with the chicken”. |
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| 2014.041.042 | Item – Wood Camp | [ca. 1927] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Log cabin at the wood camp at Fort Fitzgerald, NWT. |
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| 2014.041.043 | Item – Farming | [ca. 1925] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Three men in a field (the one on the right is possibly Ed Alexander) taking a break. |
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| 2014.041.044 | Item – Ed at the Wood Camp | [ca. 1927] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Ed Alexander standing in the doorway of a cabin at the wood camp at Fort Fitzgerald, NWT. |
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| 2014.041.045 | Item – Wood Camp | [ca. 1927-28] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Stacks of snow-covered logs at the Fort Fitzgerald wood camp. |
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| 2014.041.046 | Item – Stone Boats Loaded with Cord Wood | [ca. 1928] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
“Loading stone boats with cord wood. Start of over 600 cords of wood. Rocker R[iver], junction of Slave R[iver].” |
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| 2014.041.047 | Item – Spring Break-up Ed Alexander |
1928 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
“Spring break-up at mouth of Peace, start of Slave R[iver]. 1928” |
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| 2014.041.048 | Item – House in Gold Fields | [ca. 1930] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Ed Alexander’s house in Gold Fields. |
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| 2014.041.049 | Item – Fort Resolution | [ca. 1930] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Buildings at Fort Resolution, NWT, including the mission school. |
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| 2014.041.050 | Item – Kae, Sandy and Art Alexander | 1932 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Kae, Sandy, and Art Alexander standing outside of a building at Gold Fields. |
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| 2014.041.051 | Item – Art and Sandy Alexander | [ca. 1934] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Art and Sandy Alexander on their first day of school? At Gold Fields. |
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| 2014.041.052 | Item – Oil Field | [ca. 1930] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Oil field in an unidentified location, likely NWT. Several drilling derricks are visible. |
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| 2014.041.053 | Item – Industrial Plant | [ca. 1930] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Three men, possibly including members of the Alexander family, standing beside an unidentified industrial plant. |
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| 2014.041.054 | Item – Peace River | [ca. 1930] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
A view of the Peace River from Art Alexander’s boat. He used to deliver mail between Hudson’s Hope and Fort St. John. |
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| 2014.041.055 | Item – Hudson’s Hope Store | [ca. 1938] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Art Alexander’s new store in Hudson’s Hope. A note on the back of the photograph notes: “Violet and the judge Manctin [?] in front of the New Store. The Store is painted now.” |
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| 2014.041.056 | Item – Swimming at the River | [ca. 1930] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Art Alexander and a young lady in bathing suits at a river. |
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| 2014.041.057 | Item – Hudson’s Hope Store Art Alexander |
[ca. 1938] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Trading post store and other buildings at Hudson’s Hope. |
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| 2014.041.058 | Item – Power House and Blacksmith Shop Art Alexander |
[ca. 1930] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
“Some of my construction work Power House and Blacksmith Shop”. |
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| 2014.041.059 | Item – Mail Boat | [ca. 1930] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Art Alexander’s boat and an airplane at Hudson’s Hope. The woman standing in front is likely Violet Alexander. “This is our fourty [sic] five foot battle ship, Steno and the airshop the Superintendent of Postal Service droped [sic] down in last week.” |
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| 2014.041.060 | Item – Horses Crossing the Peace River | [ca. 1930] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Horses crossing the Peace River, likely at Taylor Flats. |
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| 2014.041.061 | Item – Art Alexander at Legislature Grounds | 1918 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Art Alexander on bicycle at Edmonton’s Legislature grounds, while attending Alberta College. |
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| 2014.041.062 | Item – Art Alexander at Alberta College | 1918-1920 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Art Alexander and a friend at Alberta College in Edmonton. |
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| 2014.041.063 | Item – Hudson’s Hope Store | [ca. 1938] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Back side of the trading post store at Hudson’s Hope. “This takes in the whole lay out. Store, warehouse and double decker crappery with high Level bridge to top deck. Moved in last mo. Post office in side.” |
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| 2014.041.064 | Item – Hudson’s Hope | [ca. 1938] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Numerous buildings in Hudson’s Hope. Art Alexander’s store and post office is located on the far left. |
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| 2014.041.065 | Item – Art Alexander | [ca. 1938] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Baby Art Alexander at 8 months old. He is the son of Art and Violet Alexander. |
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| 2014.041.066 | Item – Herb O’Brien and Friend | [ca. 1926] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Herb O’Brien (left) and a friend at the University of Alberta. |
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| 2014.041.067 | Item – O’Brien Girls | [ca. 1935] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Alice, Margaret, and Erin O’Brien, the daughters of Herb and Jean (Alexander) O’Brien. |
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| 2014.041.068 | Item – O’Brien Girls on their Way to School | [ca. 1940] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The O’Brien girls on their way to the Appleton School in a horse-drawn cart. |
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| 2014.041.069 | Item – O’Brien Girls | [ca. 1940] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Alice, Margaret, and Erin O’Brien, the daughters of Herb and Jean (Alexander) O’Brien. |
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| 2014.041.070 | Item – The Alexander Family and Friends | [ca. 1915] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The Alexander family with friends. Back row, left to right: Bill, Ed, William Alexander, and Mr. Leslie. Front row, left to right: Jean Alexander, Clara Stewart, and Maggie Alexander. |
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| 2014.041.071 | Item – Upper Gates of the Peace River | [ca. 1935] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
A view of the Upper Gates of the Peace River. A group of people is sitting on a ledge overlooking the river. Photograph possibly taken by Art Alexander. |
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| 2014.041.072 | Item – Maggie Alexander and Emil Baron Jos. L. Tyrrell, Edmonton, Alta. |
1931 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Maggie Alexander and Emil Baron on their wedding day, March 21, 1931. |
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| 2014.041.073 | Item – Baron Children | [ca. 1945] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Gurth, Jean, and Doug Baron, with dog Tico. Children of Maggie (Alexander) and Emil Baron. |
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| 2014.041.074 | Item – Florence L. and Gurth O’Brien | [ca. 1945] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Florence L. and Gurth O’Brien standing in the doorway of a log building. |
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| 2014.041.075 | Item – Kae, Art, and Sandy Alexander Deayton Studio, Edmonton, Alberta |
[ca. 1945] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Studio portrait of Kae, Art, and Sandy Alexander (Ed’s family). |
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| 2014.041.076 | Item – Ed and Bill Alexander | [ca. 1916] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Ed and Bill Alexander in their World War I uniforms. |
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| 2014.041.077 | Item – On the River | [ca. 1900] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
“Uncle Alex’s [William Alexander] gang on river.” A group of men with poles on floating logs. |
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| 2014.041.078 | Item – Alexander Children M. Burgess, Strathcona, Alberta |
[ca. 1911] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The Alexander children, left to right: William, Maggie, Edward, Jean, and Arthur. |
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| 2014.041.079 | Item – Alexander Gravesite | 1980 | 1 TIFF : colour |
| Scope and content:
The gravesite of Emilie Alexander and infant, flanked by Art and Bill, in the Rycroft Cemetery. |
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| 2014.041.080 | Item – O’Brien Park | 1980 | 1 TIFF : colour |
| Scope and content:
Members of the Alexander Family at O’Brien Park on the Wapiti River. Jean Alexander married Herb O’Brien. |
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| 2014.041.081 | Item – Arthur Alexander and Son Arthur | 1937 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Arthur Alexander and his Son, Arthur. Note on reverse: “Young Art and his daddy. 8 mos. Doesn’t he look like that picture of you [Maggie] which Susie said made you look ’round as an apple.’” |
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| 2014.041.082 | Item – Rycroft House | [ca. 1915] | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The Alexanders’ house on the farm at Rycroft. |
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