Fonds 631 Gass family fonds

136 photographs

16 negatives

1 postcard

Date: [ca. 1935-1957] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of personal and financial papers of Thomas Gass. The papers include Public High School Leaving Diploma (1935); a book from the National Grain Co., Ltd. with shopping lists and doodles; Reinforcement Training Record for unit R.C.A.S.C. 22nd (1942); farming & tax receipts, financial correspondence records (1951-1953); income tax return (1957); blank form from the Veterans Land Act.

Physical description: 1 cm of textual records

8 photographs

Note:

There was no description for 0631.02.06 in the old database. Oct. 2022 – TD

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

A headshot of Thomas Gass in his WWII uniform.

Camrose Training Centre in Camrose, Alberta.

Greta and Jack Henderson sitting with their Uncle Tom Gass before he heads overseas.

Tom Gass standing 2nd from left in the back row with a group of men wearing coveralls. This could be a group of Army WWII mechanics.

Tom Gass playing guitar at an army barracks.

A row of WWII army trucks with large loads on a dirt road.

Tom Gass sitting between two friends at a make-shift army camp. The men are dressed in uniform and wearing their army helmets. There is smoke from a small fire, clothes hung to dry and an army truck on the road behind them.

Date: [ca. 1917-2014] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

Series contains miscellaneous textual records about Gass family members.

Physical description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: [ca. 1880-2002] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

Various photographs of Gass family and friends. There is also a photograph scrapbook that belonged to Sophia Gass with 33 photographs.

Physical description: 98 photographs

16 slides

1 postcard

Note:

All items in this series are in 9/1/2/2 except 0631.04.116, which is in 9/9/3/3 as it is a large-format matted photograph and too large to fit with the rest of the series.

Access points:

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Alternative form available:

Some item level descriptions in this series are numbered with a and b. 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

Tony Gass with a dog at his feet.

Jacob Gass wearing chaps and standing on a horse.

A portrait of Edna (Lea) Hodgson wearing a hat.

Rosemary Gass holding a dog standing beside her husband Jacob Anton in Rastadt, Saskatchewan.

Josie with sister Kay holding Tommy Anton’s hand.

Thomas Gass dressed for his confirmation at Fox Valley, Saskatchewan in 1929.

Ida and sister Margaret Anton standing in a river.

Tommy Anton standing on top of a wash basin.

2 photographs of Greta Henderson at age 2 and 5 months.

A young couple standing together, possibly Jacob & Marie Gass.

The Gass family setting out to go berry picking with a loaded wagon. L-R Jake, Tom & Tony, ?, Josie, ?, Katherine, and Marie (Schmidt) Gass.

Tom Gass sitting on a log with a girl and younger boy.

Bert in uniform and behind him is “our new kitchen”.

Jackie and Patsy Finlan, each holding a potted plant. The Finlan family owned a garage in Hythe.

Bruce sitting with Edna (Lea) Hodgson.

A group of six older people captioned “…Miss Knight, Aunt ? & mother’s three sisters, back row aunt Miss Howatt, myself and uncle Jack this was taken last summer uncle Jack died last winter.”

Francis MacMillan “we call her Bim”.

Two photographs from the wedding of Mysie McKay to Murray Dermott. There is one photo of the married couple and another of the wedding party and family.

Harlie Hudec age 10 months with his mother Kay and Harlie at age 2.

A postcard from Josephine Henderson to Sophie Gass. The postcard shows 101st Street and Jasper Ave., Edmonton.

Mysie McKay in her WWII uniform standing on a bridge with two other ladies in uniform.

Greta Henderson standing with Ida and Kay Anton on a bridge.

A group of girls sitting outside on a fence. The girls identified as R-L Rochus’s girls, Katie, Ida, Margaret, Schmalz girl, Rose and Matt Anton’s youngest Teckla. Missing are Tommy and Amelia and one other. This photograph is in Medicine Hat.

Captioned, “at the cabin we stayed at Medicine Hat Kay was with us at the time.”

One photo of Greta standing with her brother Jack, the second Greta and Jack sitting with baby.

Sisters Rose, Josephine, Katherine and Sophia Gass.

Josephine Gass sitting on a chair outside.

Standing- Tony and Frank Gass with Tom Gass and Tommy Anton squatting and Ignatz seated in the centre.

L-R Barbara, Josie, Kay & Sophie with Katherine seated in the centre.

L-R Frances, Inez and Ernie Henderson standing with Owen Gulchen and Ma Brainard at her stopping place.

Note:

Number on back “H. Gr. No 15” may indicate this photograph has been used in a publication.

Andy Hudec standing with his wife Katherine Gass, this is probably on their wedding day.

The Anton girls, Henderson’s, Hudec’s and Hodgson families with Katherine Gass stop for a photograph under the Hudson Hope bridge.

Sophia Gass standing on a wooden sidewalk.

Melvin and Paul Gass are sitting by a flower patch with their cousin Jim Hodgson.

Eileen Gail Reid, 5 months old.

One of the Gass riding a horse in a river.

Eileen & Bob Reid celebrating their birthdays.

Barbara with husband Arnold Reid and daughter Eileen. Arnold is in his WWII uniform.

The Circlebank Ladies Aid Society standing outside. L-R Gertrude Hodgson, Vera Hodgson, Mrs. Armstrong, Dessie Hawksworth, Helen Dashevsky, Greta Henderson, Jessie Henderson, Jessie Shail, Mary Gass, Mrs. M.B. Mill, Verna Armstrong, Bessie Mill, Shirley Cunningham, Sophie Hodgson, Dora Tanchuk.

A work bee to build Katherine Gass a home at Hudec’s. In the window is Lea Hodgson, Cliff Henderson, & Jake Gass. L-R Halrie Hudec, Margaret Gass, Great Henderson, Sophie Hodgson, Katherine Gass, Marie Gass, Bill, Edna, Fern Hodgson and Rosemary Gass.

R-L Maggie Reich, Olivia Patterson, #5 Barbara Reid, #6 Sophie Hodgson, #9 Frances Carrell and far left is Mrs. Bert Swanson. The ladies could be gathered for a Royal Purple meeting.

L-R Jim Hodgson, Tom, Paul & Mel Gass and Leroy Hagel.

A family gathering with people from the Gass’s, Fair’s and Hodgson’s families.

Ernie Fair holding Connie and Audrey and Katie holding Patricia.

Harlie Hudec standing with his cousin Edna Hodgson

L-R Fern Hodgson, Harlie Hudec, Edna Hodgson, Eileen Rein and Jim Hodgson.

Sisters Barbara, Sophie and Katy outside at the Hodgson’s home in Hythe.

Andy, Kay and Harlie Hudec outside at the Hodgson’s home in Hythe.

The family gathered outside a log building. L-R ?,?, Lea, Sophia & Vera Hodgson and Katherine Gass. The children L-R Fern, Edna and Jim Hodgson.

L-R Bob, Ron, Don and Eileen Reid visiting Hodgson’s in Hythe.

Ron & Bob Reid, Bob is holding a bicycle.

Fern, Bill, Lea, Edna and Jim Hodgson standing on a bridge.

Bill, Peggy-Ann and Harlie sitting on the front steps of a house. There is a wash basin, tools and other implements hanging on the side of the house.

Harley Hudec and Bill Hodgson sitting in a water trough.

Marie Gass with her daughter-in-law Sophie (Tolway) Gass and Sophie and Frank’s two children Joseph & Mary.

Sophie Gass with her children Joe, Jane, mother-in-law Marie and Sophie Hodgson standing on the banks of a river.

Debbie Reid standing on the steps of a house with Edna Hodgson peeking around the door.

Rosemarie, Andy and Conrad Gass standing on a door step. Lea Hodgson is looking through the window in the door and Edna Hodgson is peeking around from behind the screen door.

Debbie & Don Reid with Conrad Gass and another girl.

Don sitting on the back of a cow with a barn behind them.

Wedding photograph. The couple in the front left are identified as Jim and Fern Hodgson. It is signed, “ Love Allen and Eileen.”

Katie Fair sitting in the kitchen beside an old-style stove.

Andy and Mary Ellen Gass on their wedding day.

Barbara, Josie, Sophie and sister-in-law Mary Gass.

A series of photographs taken at the Gass reunion held at One Island Lake, B.C.

Date: [ca. 2002] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

A family history book of the Gass family. The book begins with Francis Gass to more current generations and it includes stories, photographs as well as the family genealogy.

Physical description: 3 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)