Fonds 630 Hodgson family fonds

319 photographs

280 negatives

22 postcards

10 maps

2 blueprints

Date: [ca. 1880-1960] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of a financial paper, a booklet and 2 photographs. The financial paper is a list of shareholders in Clift Mining Property, partners include Diefendorf, Hodgson, McKeen, Schneller, and Weeks. The paper states that the information was provided by Silas Hodgson to Jabez Hodgson and his wife (1892). The booklet is a collection of hymns, temperance songs and poems that were enjoyed or written by Mary Hodgson. The inside cover has Mary’s obituary and the back page the obituary of her husband Jabez Barnabas Shaw Hodgson. The booklet was created by Vera (Hodgson) Smith granddaughter of Mary Ellen (Clark) Hodgson. Title based on contents on the series.

Physical description: 1 cm of textual records

2 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

A portrait of Jabez Barnabas Shaw Hodgson.

Mary Ellen (Clark) Hodgson sitting in a chair knitting. At some point this photograph was cut out of the Hodgson photo album. (0630.04.89)

Date: 1911-1939 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consist of records from John Fulton Hodgson’s financial and personal life.

Physical description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: 1912-1937 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of personal records of John Fulton Hodgson. The records are two letters written to John and his son Lea and a letter from his wife Edna Ethel (Lea) Hodgson and daughter Myra (1912,1914); permit for transportation of corpse between Grande Prairie and Hythe; receipts for Dr.’s bills to the estate; tax receipt from Hythe for Lot 21 in the Hythe Cemetery; receipt from J.B. Oliver for John’s funeral; list of property and expenses due to John Hodgson’s estate; record of costs with E. Vermuisch (1937).

Physical description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: 1911-1939 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of financial records of John Fulton Hodgson.

Physical description: 1 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: [ca. 1930-2004] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of financial and personal records of Lea Hodgson and of his wife Sophia. The correspondence is letters written to Lea or both Lea and Sophia.

Physical description: 4 cm of textual records

3 photographs

19 postcards

Access points:

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Architectural drawing (documentary form)

Date: 1940-2004 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of personal records of Fulton Lea Hodgson. The records include but are not limited to a scribbler full of handwritten popular songs and hymns; hospital receipts (1940,1943); a life member certificate of Sophie Hodgson in the Order of the Royal Purple (1981); building guide for building a home; blue prints for a circular granary and cattle feeder.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records

3 photographs

2 blueprints

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Architectural drawing (documentary form)

Arrangement:

A photocopy of a newspaper article from the Hythe Headliner (1976) was deaccessioned in 2022 (originally 0630.03.04 in the old database, physical item numbered 0630.03.01a-d).

A life membership presented to Sophia Hodgson on the 13 March 1981.

Clayton & Allan Greber with the Lea Hodgson Memorial trophy.

Lea’s great grandson Matthew standing in front of the Lea Hodgson Memorial trophy and display at the hockey tournament in Hythe.

Lea Hodgson’s son Rick drops the puck to start the Lea Hodgson Memorial Tournament in the Hythe arena. Facing off are Matthew Greber, a Grande Prairie player in goalie gear, and Carter Greber playing for Hythe. Both are Lea’s great grandsons.

A building manual for planning and building your home.

Building plans for a large cattle range feeder built to feed for 35 to 65 head of cattle. Lea was possibly planning to build this for his son-in-law Allan Greber.

Plans for building a circular granary, Lea may have built this for his son-in-law Allan Greber who had a farm.

Date: 1930-1981 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of the financial records of Lea Hodgson.

Physical description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: 1930-1950 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of personal correspondence to Lea. The records consist of seven letters and nineteen postcards from various people mostly Fern Ozmun and Lea’s sister Myra. A couple of the letters/postcards are addressed to both Lea and his wife Sophie. There is also a collection of nine postcards that have not been used that depict Boston, New York, Vancouver and humorous ones from Slave Lake, Alberta.

Physical description: 1.5 cm of textual records

19 postcards

Access points:

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: [ca. 1885-1941] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of photographs of the Hodgson family, friends and unidentified people. The photographs for the most part are of Lea as a young man in Kinistino, Saskatchewan. There is also a scrapbook that belonged to Lea which has 88 photographs in it.

Physical description: 187 photographs

49 negatives

3 postcards

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Alternative form available:

Some item level descriptions in this series are numbered with a and b (and occasionally c). Based on a checkbox available in the Microsoft Access database, these instances may indicate the existence of a negative corresponding with the photograph. TD Sept. 2022

A portrait of an unknown young woman. Photographer’s stamp C. Lewis, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

A portrait of an unknown older gentleman, possible a brother to Jabez. Photographer’s stamp Geo. H. Cook, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

A portrait of John Fulton Hodgson.

A portrait of Edna Ethel Lea.

A man holding horses reins and a mother and child standing by their barn, possibly Kinistino, Saskatchewan.

Parents and two children are ready for an outing in a buggy.

A woman with her two children out in the garden.

Two children in a farm yard with the house and the barn behind them.

A man with a child by the wood pile.

Two children standing in a garden bare-foot, one is holding some flowers.

Two girls wearing moccasins sitting by a building, one girl is cuddling a cat.

A man holding a gun and proudly displaying his successful rabbit hunt.

A man standing in the doorway of a shingled house.

Lea standing beside his father in Kinistino, Saskatchewan.

A man sitting on a plow in a field behind a team of four horses.

Two men working on their harvest with wagons, a pitchfork and an old threshing machine.

March 30, 1915 Bertha Hodgson and Hedley Wallace McKay were married in Kinistino, Saskatchewan in the Methodist Church. A group picture taken after the wedding shows some attendees. Back row: Ernest Bellingham, Mary Hodgson, Lucy Arthur, Melville Arthur, Rev. T.F. Marshall, Mr. Wellwood played the organ. Middle Row: Hedley McKay, John Hodgson, Bertha (Hodgson) McKay, Daisy Newman, Catherine Arthur (bridesmaid), Fulton Arthur, Lea Hodgson. Front Row: Bessie Featherstone, Myrtle Purdy.Coming around the corner: Gilbert Arthur.

A group of fourteen boys age about 10 years old probably from Kinistino, Saskatchewan. Lea Hodgson could be among the group.

A portrait of Donald Gordon McKay sitting in a chair, he is about 2 years old. The photograph is dated July 1917, Donald was the son of Bertha (Hodgson) & Hedley McKay of Donalda, Alberta

A young girl standing outside wearing a sweater and a skirt.

Two men standing on a large hay pile. Possibly John Hodgson is the man wearing suspenders.

A woman standing by a building, a young girl is beside her.

A picture of a young lady probably Myra Hodgson in California Dec. 20, 1918.

A group pf children and a teacher gathered in for a picture. Lea Hodgson is probably one of the boys in the back.

A large tent set up in the bush.

A family sitting outside a tent. There is a stovepipe through the roof of the tent and a second tent close by.

A family sitting outside a tent. There is a stovepipe through the roof of the tent and a second tent close by.

The Kinistino School in the distance and a house to the right of the photograph.

A group of friends sitting on a pile of lumber. Lea is third from the left and has his arms around his friends.

A young man in a canoe paddling through some rapids on a river.

A young women wearing a hat and scarf.

A photo of chickens in front of a barn.

Two people seated in a biplane. Witten on the side of the plane is McLelland Aviation, the number on the tail is 1049.

Lea is sitting in a car, holding on to the steering wheel with John standing beside him. This could be possibly a new purchase.

Mary Hodgson is sitting in a chair outside and possibly two daughters Bertha and Lucy are standing behind her.

A young girl in a white dress standing outdoors.

Parents with two young children sitting on the front steps of their home, probably near Kinistino, Saskatchewan.

The Hodgson home under construction in Kinistino, Saskatchewan. There is a man sitting on the peak of the roof and another on a platform.

A man standing on a platform outside the Hodgson’s home, possibly painting it.

A view from the train tracks of the Kinistino train station and grain elevator.

A young man in short pants holding a dinner pail.Identified on the back: “Tom Brown, Lea’s best chum. Parents born in Scotland they run a store & ? John was in P__? With him. Jean & two boys great family. She was in church choir etc.”

A photograph of a horse. Identified on the back: “This is Lea’s horse Tony brought here and he went to Poplar Grove school (a very little to S. Mound) Mr. J.I. Jones was the teacher at PG and boarded at Mr. Will and daughter he was Ev Clemenk (?), Robin Adairs Grand F. Mrs. Bradshaw lives in Van now. I used to be here a lot and go home back riding with her.”

A young Lea Hodgson wearing a long coat standing outside.

Portrait of a lady in a high-necked dress.

Three young girls, the photograph is identified on the back as Lois Ozmun.

Lea Hodgson standing outside wearing a cap, short pants and a tie.

A young man sitting on a wooden beam under a bridge.

Lea Hodgson standing on the road holding a camera.

Lea Hodgson standing with his foot on a fence with a man standing beside him (probably a relative from the Arthur family). There is a house in the background.

Lea Hodgson carving into a fence with a friend beside him doing the same in Kinistino, Saskatchewan.

Two boys, a young boy (age 2) sitting in a chair with another boy standing beside him. The flat snowy prairie is the background.

A young man standing in front of a frozen waterfall.

Jim McKay wearing a plaid cap, kneeling on the ground.

A young man kneeling on the ground in a field.

Lea Hodgson standing on railway tracks.

Lea Hodgson kneeling in a field.

Lea Hodgson standing in the back with three friends, 2 girls and a young man. “The happy bunch”.

Lea Hodgson dressed in a suit and tie standing outside by a tent.

Lea Hodgson standing outside by a tent with his hands in his pockets.

Lea Hodgson wearing a suit and a tie holding a branch.

Lea Hodgson standing on a suspension bridge with someone walking behind him.

Lea Hodgson sitting on the steps of a house.

L-R Lyle McPherson standing with Lea Hodgson.

Lea Hodgson leaning on a car. Lea wrote “Ready for work just after dinner – I’d been out in the mud on Sunday look at the wheels.”

R.B. Atkinson’s garage in Kinistino, Saskatchewan where Lea Hodgson worked after school.

Written by Lea Hodgson “Back part of garage Jack Ellis & a fellow named Kelsey. Jack works with me.”

A closer photo of two men identified in the previous photograph as Jack Ellis & a fellow named Kelsey, Kinistino, Saskatchewan.

A group of ten men from Kinistino, Saskatchewan, sitting outdoors and all wearing bowler hats. Only eight of the men are identified. R-L Bottom – Louis Stauss, Eddie Coutre, Bob McEven, Art Kelsey, Erl Warbis. Top – George White, Basil Brathwaite & Duncan McNeil.

A man working at a desk with someone sitting across from him. This is possibly the inside of Atkinson’s Garage.

Kinistino school from the side.

Two young men standing on railway tracks, possible Lyle McPherson and Gilbert McKay.

Three young women standing on railroad tracks with a water tower in the background.

Two young ladies standing on the railroad track, one is mostly hidden and peeking around the other.

One young lady standing on the railway track, wearing a hat with a pom-pom.

A family photograph that has one of the people cut out. Written on the back ‘”This was taken Sunday March 18th, 1923”.

Lea standing with the Ozmun family, the people are identified on the back. Sept. 1926. L-R Fern Ozmun, Mrs. Ozmun, Lois Ozmun, Lea Hodgson, Mr. Ozmun.

A group of nine people gathered around two automobiles in a field.

A girl sitting on the ground by a tent.

A women and a boy sitting on the steps of a house. The women has her hair rag rolled and is petting a dog.

A woman standing with a collie by her feet.

A postcard of the Kinistino School with students milling around the entrance, there are two grain elevators to the left of the school.

A postcard of an aerial view of main street in Kinistino, Saskatchewan taken from the right side with many of the businesses visible from this angle.

A postcard of an aerial view of main street in Kinistino, Saskatchewan. Half way down the street is the Marlowe Theatre and at the end of the street you can see the Kinistino Hotel.

A young woman in a fur coat, photo labeled Kinistino and Catherine Ellis on the reverse side.

Two young men standing on the beams under a bridge about to jump in the water.

A photo taken from a distance of English Bay in Vancouver.

Another angle of English Bay in Vancouver taken from a distance. People are visible in the water and the crowd on the beach.

The flagship Tennessee from the US navy.

A view of Kinistino, photograph taken from the water tower by the river.

A photo from the ground taken of a suspension bridge. Written on the back “This is the bridge from the side near the water.”

A photo of a farmstead, the buildings are difficult to make out.

A river with some people standing on the banks, the photo is blurry. On the back it is identified as the old swimming hole at Kinistino, Saskatchewan.

John Fulton Hodgson standing on a water bank.

John Fulton Hodgson standing by a tree.

A young lady standing outside.

A young lady standing outside with a wood pile behind her.

Two women are dressed to leave, the older lady has a muff and stole and the younger one is carrying a suitcase.

A barn style house viewed through a barbed-wire fence. There is also another house beside it.

The Hodgson home in Saskatchewan.

John Hodgson and his wife Gertrude standing outside their home in Kinistino, Saskatchewan.

John Hodgson and his wife Gertrude.

Three young children standing on a sidewalk, behind them is the side of the Kinistino Hotel where you can make out half of the sign on top and some of the balconies.

“Lea I thought you must remember servicing dad’s old McLaughlin Buick. This usual at the field lunch shows mother Claire, Claude Ozmun & I am pouring from the teakettle. Billie is on mother’s knee.” The caption is probably written by Fern Ozmun.

Fern and Claire Ozmun sitting on the hood and roof of an automobile.

A group of young people out for a picnic, one girl is turned to the camera and has her arm back to throw something.

Claire Ozmun standing outside wearing her hat and coat, Easter 1926. “Lea’s first girlfriend”.

Claire Ozmun with a flower in her hair standing outside in front of a lattice fence.

Two young ladies facing each other holding hands.

Edna Hodgson sitting on the grass with her daughter Myra.

A girl dressed in white standing on the banks of a river.

A girl standing in front of the steps of a home wearing a white dress.

A young lady in a hat and polka-dot dress leaning against a car. There are some vehicles behind her and a small child walking.

A women kneeling down beside a young girl, the back identifies them as Ole and Joan.

A group of six men standing by a small campfire, they have a pail hanging from a stick to possibly warm water. One of the men is laying in the distance reading on the ground. Captioned “Kinistino, Sask. River Fort La Corne”.

A profile of a young man probably a friend of Lea’s.

A profile of a young man probably a friend of Lea’s.

Myra and her mom standing together.

Myra and her mom standing with an older couple, probably Edna’ parents.

An older lady, possibly Edna (Lea) Hodgson’s mother.

A man in a suit and hat standing by a long row of houses, possibly in Prince Edward Island.

Myra Hodgson wearing a long coat.

Captioned “Mother and I at the Blue Hills. I didn’t want to have my picture taken hence the ungainly position!” This was possibly in Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Lea with his mother Edna (Lea) Hodgson.

Lea standing with his mother Edna (Lea) Hodgson.

Edna Hodgson sitting with her daughter Myra.

Myra standing with her mother Edna (Lea) Hodgson.

Mac MacMillan getting his graduation gown for the ceremony.

Myra’s husband Mac MacMillan graduating from University.

Mac MacMillan standing with three women in his graduation gown.

L-R Myra Hodgson, Mildred, Gladys, Hugh and Mrs. MacMillan standing on a dock with ships on the water.

Captioned by Myra “Mac took this Sunday I really don’t look an awful lot like this. My eyes aren’t so funny.”

Mac MacMillan standing holding his hat.

Captioned by Myra “Mac often looks like this but it isn’t his nicest way. I’ll send you another later”.

Edna (Lea) Hodgson sitting on the steps of a house.

Myra and Mac on what looks like their wedding day.

Laura and Lydia on the Cap. Suspension bridge.

Date: [ca. 1930-1944] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of records and photographs relating to the lumber mill.

Physical description: 3 cm of textual records

17 photographs

14 negatives

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

A picture of a head-rig sawmill that possibly the Hodgson’s were exploring to purchase for the mill. It is stamped on the back from Nichols Bros. 10103-95th, Edmonton, Alberta.

A long wooden building at the Hodgson’s Sawmill operation on the Kiskatinaw River, also referred to as the Cutbank.

Three wooden buildings at Hodgson’s Sawmill.

Two small living quarters at Hodgson’s Sawmill, one has a clothesline with items hanging out to dry.

Living quarters at Hodgson’s Sawmill.

A row of sheds at Hodgson’s Sawmill site.

A pile of logs that have been de-limbed and are ready for the sawmill.

A man standing behind a team of horses at Hodgson’s Sawmill.

A man driving a tractor pulling logs at Hodgson’s Sawmill. There is a second man sitting on the logs and various wooden buildings behind them.

The Sawmill machine in action, the photo is blurry.

A man standing at one end of the sawmill while another man is pushing some wood in.

Lea Hodgson wearing goggles and pushing lumber into the mill.

A wooden building possibly located on Hodgson’s sawmill site.

A man (possibly Tom Gass) standing beside a truck with three horses in the back, painted on the side is Hodgson-Gaunt Hythe.

Sophia and her sister Kay Hudec sitting on top of a large pile of planks at the Hodgson Sawmill on the Cutbank.

A man standing beside some old sheds.

Date: [ca. 1951-2005] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of records about developing H.O.P. Lake which later was called One Island Lake. The records consist of communications between Lea and the Department of lands and Forests (1953-1964); list of applicants for leases at One Island Lake, W.J. Oakford, R.A. Pearson, J. Oakford, E. Steinbring, Jacob Gass, F.L. Hodgson, Dane Pannell, Sherman Yelland, Earl Smith, Oscar Stith, Olaf Severson, Henry Funk, Arne Larson, C.B. Woods, Ole Teigen (1955); Game and Fur Regulations booklet from the Fish and Game Commissioner (1955-56); photographs; ten maps of areas around One Island lake.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records

4 photographs

10 maps

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Cartographic material (documentary form)

Image shows a tractor and a wagon. A man is adding brush to a burning pile, with another man looking on. The H.O.P. lake wagon is also in the photo. This could be part of the road-building that took place by the Hythe families to access One Island Lake.

A winter scene of the Greber & Rick Hodgson cabins at One Island Lake on Lea Hodgson’s original lot.

Lea Hodgson’s great grandchildren playing on the dock and in the water at One Island Lake, B.C. L-R Chris and Michael Greber, unknown, Carter and Caitlin Greber with Matthew Greber in the water.

1:50,000

Scope and content:

A well-used topographical map of Alberta and British Columbia. There are some lines drawn in pen on the map.

1:50,000

Scope and content:

A well-used topographical map of Alberta and British Columbia. There are some lines drawn in pen on the map.

1 in. to 1 mile

Scope and content:

1955 map of British Columbia showing water features, roads, railways, place-names, existing surveys and applications for land.

Index of Petroleum and Natural Gas Permit Location Maps.

2 miles to 1 inch

Scope and content:

A well-used map showing the timber, water and swamp with penciled in notes of places of interest to Lea.

1:500,000

Scope and content:

A map showing the area around Dawson Creek, B.C.

2 in. = 1 mile

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A map that shows Kelly Lake and the Kiskatinaw River.

2 in. = 1 mile

Scope and content:

A map that shows Kiskatinaw River, Murray River and other locations in the area.

1 in. = 1 mile

Scope and content:

A map of the area around Gwillim Lake.

L-R Bernie, Fern, Jim, Bill and Rick Hodgson at One Island Lake for a reunion.

Date: [ca. 1949-1970] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

A scrapbook belonging to Edna Hodgson chronicling her early years. There are also four year books, three from Hythe (1958-1959], [1961], [1963], one year book from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Grande Prairie [1961].

Physical description: 4 cm of textual records

36 photographs

5 negatives

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Alma Rude dressed up and holding a camera.

A group of kids sitting at a table drinking Coca Colas.

Back Row L-R Karen Bordan, Gloria Sudnik, Regine Harpe, Coach Mrs. Dickson, Lil Wengynowski, Edna Hodgson, Janet Swanston, Jean Oakford, Ramona Brandseter, Helen Semenchuk, Eleanor Moodie, Karen Johnson, Capt. Betty Oakford, Sheila Severson.

Cheerleader Karen Stith in uniform.

Edna Hodgson being crowned Carnival Queen with attendees Laverne Ray and Dorothy Jenson.

A performance of a play in Hythe with actresses Lorraine Reid played Mother, Ferne Coleman played Petunia, Roberta Swanston played Katherine and Edna Hodgson who played Butch & Annabelle in the play named “Butch”, March 20, 1959.

Another scene in the play with Allan Greber and Edna Hodgson on stage.

Jean Oakford is in character on stage at the Hythe play.

Hekena Prytluck, Chris Livingstone and Jim Borden acting on the stage in Hythe.

A baby photo of John Jay Hebert son of Pat and Paul Hebert.

Grande Prairie St. Joseph’s basketball team, “Champs,” 1959-1960. Edna Hodgson is kneeling in the front the fourth girl from the left.

Edna Hodgson dressed up for a graduation.

A class of students all dressed up.

A series of three pictures of two girls dressed up in various costumes.

A group of children who attended summer school assembled on the steps of the St. Joseph’s Academy in Grande Prairie. Also pictured are the nuns Sisters of the Holy Cross and priests who ran the summer school. Edna Hodgson is kneeling in the front on the far right.

Pictures of Andrew Kaczkielo by himself, kneeling by the water with a friend and another photograph with Edna Hodgson.

Allan Greber sitting with friends inside a home.

Date: [ca. 1920-1980] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of photographs of the Hodgson family, friends and unidentified people. The photographs are of Lea in Alberta as well as his wife Sophia and their children, Hythe carnival, parades and friends from the area.

Physical description: 170 photographs

212 negatives

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Alternative form available:

Some item level descriptions in this series are numbered with a and b (and occasionally c). Based on a checkbox available in the Microsoft Access database, these instances may indicate the existence of a negative corresponding with the photograph. TD Sept. 2022

Lea Hodgson driving a team of horses pulling a wagon over some rough county. Captioned “At the Pine.”

Lea Hodgson’s team of horses working their way up a steep hill, there is a bend in the river in the background. Captioned “Peace River”.

Lea Hodgson driving his horses through heavy brush.

A Grayling fish on a hook by Lea Hodgson caught near Hythe, Alberta. Captioned “Peace River Alta (Hythe 1923) near farm, good fishing, graylyn.”

Looking out on the land of Fulton Lea Hodgson located SW-9-73-11-W6, Hythe, Alta.

Two pictures of a little girl standing in the doorway of a house and a baby moose is in front of her as she pets it. In one of the photos a Post Office sign over the door of the building she is standing in front of.

A young girl standing in front of the Hodgson’s log home near Hythe.

John Fulton Hodgson standing with a horse, holding the reins.

A boy standing next to a house practicing soldiering.

Three people sitting on rocks on what could be a beach area.

A Young Lea Hodgson wearing a striped hockey sweater, socks and skates. He is on an outdoor lake with a fence and field behind him. Captioned “Skating Rink some glass Eh!”

“Peace River somewhere”.

A wooden granary by a river, possibly along the Peace River.

Lea Hodgson paddling a canoe, he wrote on the back “yours truly in a real Indian canoe made out of a poplar tree Indians used it for fishing. The place is the mouth of the Moberly River where I came out of the Moberly Lake. This lake is the prettiest I’ve ever seen in the West”.

Lea Hodgson wrote on the back “ Moberly Lake/1930 My side kick (Jack Spangler) on the trip. We didn’t take razors with us as you well notice. There’s lots of different kinds of fish in the lake. We caught this one in less than 10 minutes. We didn’t try for more. We were the only crowd at this lake.”

A large crowd watching an outdoor girls game of basketball at Valhalla.

Girls fighting for the ball at an outdoor basketball game in Valhalla.

A man on horseback with the crowd in the distance at Valhalla sports days.

Bill and Dora Tanchuk sitting in chairs on their front step. Their son is sitting at their feet holding their dog and a cat.

Vera and Gertrude Hodgson in front of their store in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Vera Hodgson standing outside beside the Hodgson house in Hythe.

The store that Gertrude Hodgson’s owned and lived in with daughter Vera after leaving Hythe, Alberta. Captioned “The window with the X is our bedroom the rest is the store you can’t see the kitchen.”

L-R Vera, unknown couple (possibly Vera’s grandparents) and Gertrude at the end.

Sophie and Lea Hodgson possibly on their wedding day.

Sophie (Gass) Hodgson possibly on her wedding day.

A vehicle parked in front of Salmer’s Store in old town Hythe, Alberta.

A man standing by a river holding his hat.

An unidentified man standing by a river.

A baby laying on a pillow in a crib outside.

Baby Jim Hodgson.

Sophia Hodgson holding a baby (Jim?) standing in a doorway.

Sophia with young Jim Hodgson are sitting on a blanket with their home in the background. The diamond shaped window is behind them.

Lea wearing a bow tie, kneeling on the ground with son Jim. They are outside with the family home located near Hythe.

A series of photographs of John Hodgson as a toddler.

Fern in a carriage and brother Jim Hodgson standing beside her, outside the family home in Hythe.

Jim reaching inside the baby carriage where his sister Fern is happily sitting, they are outside their family home in Hythe.

Fern & Jim Hodgson standing outside, Fern is wearing a cute bonnet with a bow and Jim has a toque.

Fern is sitting in a basket that is fastened to the sleigh and Jim is pulling her around their yard in Hythe.

Lea is taking his children Fern and Jim out for a skate near their home. Jim and Lea are on skates and Lea is holding Fern’s hand, and in the distance are the Hythe grain elevators.

Jim learning to skate on a patch of ice near the family home in Hythe.

Jim and Fern Hodgson standing outside by a tree.

The Hodgson family, Sophie holding newborn Edna, Jim, and Lea holding Fern.

Jim and Fern standing outside.

Fern dressed in a striped outfit and Jim is wearing a suite, their house is behind them.

Three young children standing in a doorway. The young girl is possibly Fern Hodgson.

Fern is making something out of pieces of wood outside. The wash basin is hanging from the corner of the house and a wooden shed is in the yard.

Fern Hodgson is holding two eggs that she gathered.

A baby wearing a bonnet sitting outside on a blanket, possible Edna Hodgson.

Edna Hodgson standing outside by some bushes.

Edna and Fern Hodgson out in their yard.

Four pictures of a baby sitting outside, probably one of the Hodgson children.

Jim Hodgson standing with a hand in his pocket in their yard, spotted in the distance are the Hythe grain elevators.

Two young girls helping a toddler around outdoors.

An unidentified WWII soldier, probably with the air force.

A boy sitting on a stool behind a car with Saskatchewan license plates. The photo is captioned “Ronald Matt at 1 1/2 years Spring 1943”.

Edna with her arm around her younger brother Bill in their yard.

Edna Hodgson holding hands with a young boy.

Two kids sitting on top of a snow hill with another standing beside the hill. The children are not dressed for the elements.

A young boy seated on a wooden horse. The young boy is wearing a cowboy hat and then a top hat.

Three children playing in the snow, possibly the oldest Hodgson children Jim, Fern and Edna.

A young boy playing in a yard on an overturned boat.

Jim Hodgson sitting with his brother Bill who is on the move. They are sitting on the grass in their yard in Hythe.

The Hodgson family out for a picnic. L-R Jim, ?, Edna, Fern, Bill, Lea and Sophie.

Edna and Fern Hodgson standing in the yard at their home in Hythe.

The Hodgson children sitting in front of their barn-style home. L-R Fern, Edna, Bill and Jim.

Bill Hodgson practicing with his bow.

Edna and Jim Hodgson, standing outside by some flowers and smiling happily for the camera.

A man standing in a yard with three kids all bundled up in their snowsuits.

Edna, Fern and Bill out by a lake.

Bill Hodgson holding a balloon, in the distance you can see the Hythe arena.

Three photographs of the Slave Lake Mission.

Two photographs of a young Hodgson boy.

Edna and Bill Hodgson standing in front of their vehicle on a steel bridge.

The Hodgson family posing by their car on a bridge. L-R Jim, Sophie with her hands on Bill, Edna & Fern.

Edna Hodgson standing outside reading a book by a tree. The Hodgson home and car are in the yard behind her.

Seven children on the steps, the photo is captioned “4 oldest Hodgson kids & ?, on Lumber Yard steps”.

Robert on a horse, captioned “Robt. 7 years old taken on (2? Of May). He got the pony when he was 6”.

Young siblings standing by a tree, probably relatives of the Hodgson family.

Mac MacMillan shoveling snow with one of his children.

Gertrude and her sister standing with Vera and her sister’s daughter.

Vera and Gertrude Hodgson standing with another couple, probably Gertrude parents Mr. & Mrs. Taylor.

Gertrude Hodgson’s family. Captioned “This is our whole family taken fall 1955. L-R Colin & Vera Smith, Gertrude Hodgson, ?”

Gertrude Hodgson standing outside wearing a hat with a veil.

Lea Hodgson planting his garden in his yard by Hythe. In the background are the Hythe grain elevators and the Hythe arena.

A series of photographs from the Hythe parade including Oakford’s Ltd. & Hythe Fire Department float.

Unger’s Transfer’s float in the Grande Prairie Parade.

The front of Providence Hospital in Fort St. John, B.C.

A girl pulling a Red Flyer wagon with three younger children inside. Captioned “The Kinderwater kids in Hythe.”

The four children are standing together outside, there is the corner of a wooden building beside them and two gentlemen talking a little further behind them. They are at the Red Willow Camp churchyard at Rio Grande.Agnes and Paul Kinderwater also written on the back is Billie, Shirley, Janet, Cookie and Joe.

Bill Hodgson at his first communion standing with one of the Kinderwater girls at Rio Grande Summer Camp.

Bill Hodgson in “goalie” position out in the snow. The Hythe grain elevators are in the background.

Edna standing in front of a lake.

Fourteen boys in a class, possibly grade 2 at Hythe School. Jim Hodgson is in the front row on the right.

Fourteen girls in a class at the Hythe school.

A couple standing outside the Dawson Hotel, the photographer is standing too far away to make out who is in the picture.

Some of the Hodgson family standing on the steps of a house. Back row L-R Gertrude, Vera, Lea & Jim. Front Row – Fern, Edna & Bill.

Gertrude standing with Vera Hodgson.

Edna (Lea) Hodgson on a visit to her son and his family in Hythe. She is sitting on the grass with one of the Hodgson boys sitting with her and holding a toy bow and arrow.

Edna (Lea) Hodgson on a visit to her son and his family in Hythe. She is sitting on the grass by the house and one of the Hodgson boys sitting with her and holding a toy bow and arrow.

Edna (Lea) Hodgson with Fern, Edna & Bill Hodgson.

Edna (Lea) Hodgson standing with Edna & Bill Hodgson.

Fern and Edna standing outside in the snow.

Some small school photographs of Jim & Bill Hodgson, a headshot of Jim in his boy scouts uniform and a school picture of an unknown boy.

Lea Hodgson can be spotted through the trees, he is standing on a tree that has fallen into the water.

Lea Hodgson standing on a fallen tree fishing.

Bill and Edna are by a river bank and Lea is behind them fishing.

Edna Hodgson standing with a river behind her.

Bill Hodgson standing with a river behind him.

Bill Hodgson proudly displaying a fish he caught.

Lea Hodgson standing in front of his vehicle, displaying a fish he caught.

L-R Lea & Sophie Hodgson, Aubrey & Dessie Hawkesworth and Fern Gault at the bridge at Taylor Flats, B.C.

Sharron Reid, Anna Hajak, Marlene Bliss & Claudette Landreville ready for the Hythe Carnival.

Sharron and Anna dressed in costumes for the Hythe Carnival.

A formation of skaters in the Hythe Carnival.

Four skaters in a row at the outdoor rink at the Hythe Carnival, probably Anna Hajak, Sharron Reid, Claudette Landreville and Marlene Bliss.

Hythe hockey players gathered around a young stick boy at the outdoor rink with some audience seated in the distance. The hockey players are identified as L-R George Adams, Bud Light, Jim Carmichael, Bobby Pearson, Eldon Shail and Jack Oakford.

A series of photographs taken at the Taylor Flats bridge.

Three photographs of a ferry, two of the ferry at a distance and one with the ferry coming closer. The ferry is transporting a bulldozer.

Three photographs of the Kiskatinaw Bridge, it appears to be newly constructed. One photograph is captioned “Grandma Gass”.

Edna Hodgson standing by a spruce tree in their yard in Hythe, behind her you can see the top of the Hythe grain elevator as well the Hythe arena

Bill Hodgson heading out to s hockey game in his hockey gear.

Fern Lea and Edna Hodgson standing outside to pose for a photo.

A class of students at Hythe Junior High. Jim Hodgson is in the front row 2nd in from the right.

All of Hythe school gathered outside for a group picture.

Jim Hodgson ready to head to hockey practice or a game.

Fern and Edna Hodgson standing by a waterfall.

Thirteen photographs of boys at a summer camp, this could be at Rio Grande. There is photos of tents, a nun and boys playing. There are also photos of people swimming and some unidentified girls.

A large group pf people gathered for a photo in celebration of their years of service.Captioned-10-15-20 Year Service Award Dinner – January 24, 1956Seated L-R: R.S. Drever – Leduc. H.P. Schlitt – Camrose. Miss Gwen McEachern – Edmonton. W.G. Badgero – Lethbridge. H. A. Heald – Edmonton. C. E. Ayre – Edmonton. E. W. Stacey – Edmonton. F.J.H. Wilson – Grande Prairie. F. R. Berry – Hay Lakes. H.S. Holliday – Taber. Miss Mary Bilawchuk – Grande Prairie. T.M. Brewer – Kingman.Standing – L-R: Joe Quattrocchi – Edmonton. John Hrushka – Westlock. Gordon Mayhew – Bawlf. Nicolas Ehlinger – Grande Prairie. S.H. R. Willis – Bow Island. F.L. Hodgson – Hythe. O.M. Hansen – Grimshaw. R.H. Thompson – Spirit River. E.E. Querengesser – Edmonton. F.A. Parker – Barrhead. W.B. Latimer – Provost. Bernard Remple – Grande Prairie. Milton Bignell – Warner. Fred Fox – Peace River. Ross Ewing – Mannville.

Cables and white and red towers over a waterway. There is also a picture of a ferry.

Lea standing with a man holding a baby at the base of the Taylor Flats bridge in British Columbia.

A series of photographs of Rick Hodgson as a baby.

Edna Hodgson standing with her hands in her pocket.

A young girl holding Rick Hodgson sitting on the back of a car.

Jim Hodgson wearing a Hythe Mustangs jersey.

Jim and Rick Hodgson outside in the back yard, with their barn-style house behind them.

Rick Hodgson wearing a much-too-large dinner jacket.

Rick Hodgson playing outside with young friends possibly the Schwemler kids.

Rick Hodgson sitting on the couch with his sister Bernadette (Bernie).

A toddler holding a gun and three men (one is Lea Hodgson) and Bill Hodgson are watching.

Fern and Edna standing with three others on the hill behind their home. The wagon used for H.O.P. Lake trips is also by the house.

Rick Hodgson standing on the doorstep all ready to play in the snow.

A series of photographs of Rick Hodgson playing in the snow. Some of the photographs show the Hythe skating arena in the background. One of the photographs has his mother Sophie in it.

Rick playing in the snow with the Schwemler children, a young boy and girl. The Schwemler children are wearing sunglasses.

The Hythe basketball team. Back row L-R Bobby O., Ronnie Semenchuk, Mr. McEachren coach, Freddie McKenzie, Olaf Roset. Front row Billy Hodgson, Dale Forbes, Richard Harpe captain, Tommy Teulon, Earl Maynes.

Fern Hodgson wearing a ball-glove and about to throw a ball.

Jim Hodgson practicing batting.

Glenn Oakford taking a photograph.

Jim Hodgson taking a photograph.

A collection of photographs of Hythe boys dressed up in women’s clothing. They also hit the football field while dressed up.

A group pf Hythe school girls dressed with their shirts on backwards.

Hythe school girls holding dolls possibly for spirit week at school.

Two photographs taken inside the Hythe arena as a girl is crowned carnival queen.

Bernadette Hodgson

Fern Hodgson with her St. Joseph’s graduation class.

Edna Hodgson wearing her Hythe High School basketball jacket.

A collection of photographs that Jim took when he went to St. Mary’s College.

Rick Hodgson rowing a boat.

The front old Hythe Legion.

Sophie Hodgson on the front lawn of her house in Hythe with ten children, possibly her grandchildren.

Lea Hodgson receiving a check from Beaver Lumber on behalf of the Hythe Athletic Club.

A large group of army cadets lined up for a picture, Jim Hodgson could be the first in the left in the front row.

A large group of army cadets lined up for a picture, Jim Hodgson could be the first in the left in the front row.

Date: [ca. 1920-1980] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of records relating to the Hodgson family history. The records include a letter from a Hodgson family member working on the Hodgson family tree [1968,1969], Hodgson Genealogical Chart Supplement [1967], copies of family records written by Mrs. Jabez Hodgson [1920]; copies made from a Hodgson family bible; pages from a Hodgson family tree report; a marriage record of Vera Hodgson to Laurence Smith [1953].

Physical description: 0.5 cm of textual records

1 photograph

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

R. Hodgson looking at the Hodgson family tree chart he created.

A genealogical chart showing descendants by family and generation of 1000 James Hodgson and 1000A Hannah Beatty, XVIII Generations.