Fonds 647 Janice Lowe Willsey fonds

62 photographs

Date: 1906-1977 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of personal papers for Jacob Peter Lowe, personal papers for Maurice and Lena Lowe, and photographs of three generations of the family: the Jacob and Prudence Lowe family, the Maurice and Lena Lowe family, and the Joe and Marjorie Lowe family.

Physical description: 2 cm textual records

35 photographs

Note:

Biographical notes taken from from History of Vegreville, Volume II p. 644.

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: 1910-1939 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of five photographs of the Jacob and Prudence Lowe family in Ontario and Winterburn; a 1925 Agreement for Sale of Land (SE Section 34, Township 52, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian) by Jacob P. Lowe to John Suder; Jacob Lowe’s Last Will and Testament dated 1925, including hand-written instructions and a codicil; a letter from John Suder to Jacob Lowe regarding the final payment of the mortgage on the purchased property in 1943, and the receipt for the final payment made in 1944.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

5 photographs

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Copy of a photograph showing the Jacob Lowe family. Back row, left to right: Chester, Susie, Maurice, Jack, Aggie. Front row, Prudence with Esther, Jacob with Myrtle and Edna.

Copy of a photograph showing the Jacob Loew family. Back row, left to right: Chester, Susie, Maurice, Jack, Aggie. Front row, Prudence with Esther, Jacob with Myrtle and Edna.

Copy of a photograph showing the Lowe family, taken in the summer of 1919. Notes on the back of the photo read: “From right to left: Dora (April 19, 1891), Maurice (May 1, 1892), Jack (Jan 6 1894), Susie (Oct 6, 1896), Aggie (Dec 28, 1898), Chester (April 20, 1900), Myrtle (April 10, 1902), Edna (June 11, 1904), Edie (Mar 22, 1906), Esther (April 18, 1908), Marjorie (Nov 4, 1910), Irene (June 8, 1912), Eva (Mar 6, 1915), and Joe (Oct 1, 1919). Jacob Lowe was born March 10, 1860; and Prudence (Quinn) Lowe on Dec 28, 1872.”

Copy of a photograph showing the Lowe girls. Taken in May 1919 at the Atcheson house in Winterburn. Left to right: Eva, Irene, Marjorie, Esther, Edith, Edna, Myrtle, Aggie, Suzie, Dora.

Copy of a photograph showing the Lowe Family Women, taken in July 1939. Left to right: Dora, Suzie, Aggie, Edna, Edith, Esther, Marjorie, Irene, Eva.

Date: 1906-[1970] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series contains: 1916 Attestation papers for Maurice Lowe, Regimental No. 904485 with the 194th Overseas Highland Battalion; a 1918 Army Orders document listing Lance Corporal Maurice Lowe as a recipient of the Military Medal; two 1922 marriage certificates for Maurice and Lena; correspondence with the Veterans Association regarding pensions; financial records from their farm at Beaverlodge; two pages of biographical memoirs written by Maurice; and nine photographs.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

9 photographs

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•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Copy of a photograph of Private Maurice Lowe, Regimental No. 904485. He enlisted with the 194th Edmonton Battalion, but was transferred to the 49th Battalion before he was sent to France.

Copy of a photograph of Private Maurice Lowe (right) with fellow soldier, holding rifles and bayonets. Maurice enlisted with the 194th Edmonton Battalion, but was transferred to the 49th Battalion before he was sent to France.

Copy of an army portrait of Private Maurice Lowe sitting in an armchair.

Copies of two photographs of Maurice Lowe and Lena Suder, who were married June 28, 1922 in the home of the Rev. C.E. Thomson, Edmonton, Alberta.

Copy of a photograph of Maurice and Lena’s home. Note on back says: “Maurice and Lena Lowe’s first home on the back of Bill Hodges’ farm about 1928. Dad [Joe Lowe] born here in right hand corner [in 1929].”

Copy of a photograph showing Mrs. Kate Suder with her daughter Lena Lowe.

Copy of a photograph showing Maurice and Lena about the time of their 40th anniversary.

Copy of a photograph showing Maurice Lowe, with his son Joe Lowe beside the combine on the Lowe family farm near Beaverlodge.

Date: 1945-1977 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of copies of 21 photographs of Joe and Marjorie, beginning with their marriage in 1951. Subjects of the photos include their children, the farm near Beaverlodge, and Beaverlodge High School Graduation in 1970.

Physical description: 21 photographs

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Copy of a photograph of Joseph Lowe and Marjorie Cahoon who were married July 6, 1951.

Copy of a photograph showing the Lowe-Cahoon wedding party, left to right: Allen Lowe, Joe Lowe, Marjorie Cahoon, Jean Cochrane.

Copy of a photograph showing Marj and Joe Lowe with their first daughter Janice, taken in front of Maurice & Lena Lowe’s house (which was later moved to the South Peace Centennial Museum).

Copy of a photograph showing toddler Janice Lowe perched on the wood pile at her grandparents’ home, Maurice and Lena Lowe.

Copy of a photograph showing Joe Lowe with his Hereford bull, Pedro, on their farm near Beaverlodge.

Copy of a photograph showing Marjorie Lowe driving the new farm tractor, perhaps in a Beaverlodge parade ca. 1955.

Copy of a photograph showing Joe Lowe with twin calves on their farm near Beaverlodge.

Copy of a photograph showing cousins Darcy and Joe Lowe, at Maurice and Lena Lowe farm in the valley between the Town of Beaverlodge and Saskatoon Mountain.

Copy of a photograph showing Joe Lowe with his daughter Janice ca. 1955.

Copy of a photograph showing Brenda, Darlene and Janice Lowe around the Christmas Tree in the Joe and Marjorie Lowe home.

Copy of a photograph showing Joe Lowe fishing in the river with daughters Darlene, Janice and Brenda watching from the bank.

Copy of a photograph showing Janice, Brenda and Darlene Lowe at the entrance to their playhouse.

Copy of a photograph showing Marj and Joe Lowe with children Brenda, Darlene, Darcy and Janice.

Copy of a photograph showing Joe Lowe on the treads of the International tractor with Brenda and Darlene in the back, and Darcy and Janice holding Lorraine in front.

Copy of a photograph showing Darlene, Darcy, Lorraine and Doug Lowe in the yard in front of the house of the Marj and Joe Lowe house near Beaverlodge.

Copy of a photograph showing Darlene, Darcy, Janice and Brenda Lowe ready for school with their new lunch-kits in September 1964.

Copy of a photograph showing Maurice Lowe with the children of Joe & Marjorie Lowe on the Joe Lowe farm near Beaverlodge.

Copy of a girls’ graduation class portrait at Beaverlodge High School. Back: Cecile Anderson, Mary Ellen Martin, Beverly Weiss, Sadie Martin, Lorraine Weiss, Betty Clarke, Eileen Jewitt, ?, Carolyn Davis, Gaylene Hatton, Yvonne Pandachuck, Louella Willsey, Diane Connelly, Brenda Schweitzer. Middle: ? , Linda Mackie, Vicki McAlister, Marlene Pfau, Maureen Weir, ?, Patty Olson, Colleen Alde, Lois Dixson, Heather Olson, Koreen Schweitzer. Front: Nadine Loven, Evelyn Schadeck, Marie Hegland, Linda Laye, Janice Campbell, Janice Lowe, Joan McLaughlin, Pat Smith, ?, Mildred Knutson.

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Copy of a boys’ graduation class portrait at Beaverlodge High School. Back: Robert Archer, Harold Gustafson, Allan Kuechle, Marvin Stephan, Norman Stephan, Ken Schultz, Gary Theissen, Ernest Hanson, Mickey Walker, Dave Willsey. Front: Arthur Rigby, Doug Martin, Dennis Ellingboe, Rod Dunbar, Carl Mayer, Jim Cramer, George Pankiw, Arnold Longson, Murray Harrison, Dale Schweitzer.

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Copyright given by McLean family.

Copy of a wedding photograph for Janice Lowe and David Willsey.

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Copy of a school portrait of Lorraine Lowe who died October 29, 1977 as the result of an automobile accident.

Date: [1900-1920] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of three photographs of the Suder family and the home they lived in at Spruce Grove.

Physical description: 3 photographs

Note:

Biographical notes taken from the genealogical chart on the back of the Suder family portrait.

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•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Copy of a photograph showing the Joseph and Katherine Suder family. Joseph Suder married Katherine Hodel in 1891. They had 15 children, nine of them are included in this photograph. Back row, left to right: Kate, Josiah, Lena, George, Annie, John. Front row: Wesley, father Joseph, Milton, Mother Katherine, Elizabeth.

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Copy of a photograph showing Annie and Lena Suder, daughters of Joseph and Katherine Suder. Katherine later married Maurice Lowe; Annie married Louis Beisel and farmed at Albright.

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Copy of a photograph showing the Joseph and Katherine Suder Home in the Spruce Grove area ca. 1920. They settled in the Spruce Grove district soon after their marriage in 1892.

Conditions governing use:

Copyright given by McLean family.

Date: [1905-1960] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of seven photographs from four generations of the English family, including Marie English, her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Physical description: 7 photographs

Note [sourcesDescription]:

Biographical notes taken from the Milroy and Marie English story in Lake Saskatoon Reflections, p. 139.

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Copy of a studio portrait of four cousins in the English family. They are identified as Elsie, Nellie and Mary in back, with Ethel in a chair in front. Mary and Elsie are the children of John and Anna English, and Nellie and Ethel are the daughters of Maroy (Milroy) and Marie English. This photo was probably taken in the USA just before the two families moved to Saskatchewan in 1905.

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Copyright given by McLean family.

Copy of a photograph showing Sam and Roy Cahoon, “Auntie” Gertrude Hewitt, and the two youngest Cahoon children, Marjorie and Art with Grandma English in the summer of 1937.

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Copy of a photograph showing Grandma English with two month old great-grand-daughter Janice Lowe in 1952.

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Copy of a photograph showing Great-grandmother English holding Janice Lowe, with her grandchildren Marj and Irene Gordon, with friend Grace, in front.

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Copy of a photograph showing Grandma English, taken in Little Fort approximately 1953 or 1954.

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Copy of a photograph showing Marie English with son Lloyd English, grand-daughter Marjorie Lowe, and Marjorie’s children Janice, Brenda and Darlene. The house in the background is Joe and Marjorie Lowe’s home.

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Copy of a photograph showing Marie English with her grand-daughter Marjorie (Cahoon) Lowe.

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Copyright given by McLean family.

Date: [1900-1960] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of Certificate of Birth for Roy Cahoon, born December 3, 1925 at Wembley, Alberta, and six photographs of various members of the Cahoon family.

Physical description: 3 pp.

6 photographs

Note [sourcesDescription]:

Biographical notes taken from the James Cahoon story in Lake Saskatoon Reflections, p. 108-109.

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Copy of a photograph showing James Cahoon, centre, as a member of the Imperial Police Force in Singapore.

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Copyright given by McLean family.

Copy of a composite photograph of Nellie English and James Cahoon, possibly about the time they were married.

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Copy of a group photograph. Back row: Jim Cahoon, Stacey English, Jim Wade , Hazel English. Front: Sam Cahoon, Lloyd English, Art and Roy Cahoon.

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Copy of a photograph showing Roy Cahoon with a group of unidentified children; some are his nieces and nephews.

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Copy of a photograph showing Marjorie Cahoon, youngest daughter of James and Nellie Cahoon, married Joseph Lowe of Beaverlodge.

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Copy of a portrait of Marjorie Cahoon taken when she was about 19 years of age.

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Date: 1913 -1985 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of 11 photographs of the Willsey family, including Melvin Willsey and Alfred Hotte in World War II uniforms, Rose (Hotte) Willsey before and after her marriage, the wedding of Melvin Willsey and Rose Hotte, and the two oldest Willsey children, David and Louella.

Physical description: 14 photographs

Note [sourcesDescription]:

Biographical notes taken from the Frank Willsey family story in Beaverlodge to the Rockies, p. 479; and the Adelord Hotte family story in Beaverlodge to the Rockies, p. 210-211.

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•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Copy of a photograph showing Melvin Willsey in World War II uniform for the Scottish Highlanders.

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Copyright given by McLean family.

Copy of a casual wedding photograph for Margaret Moore and Frank Willsey when they were married in October 1913.

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Copy of a photograph showing Rose Hotte, who married Melvin Willsey.

Copy of a photograph showing Alfred Hotte in great coat and uniform during World War II. Alfred was killed at Nijimegan, Holland, during World War II.

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Copies of two photographs of Melvin Willsey and Rose Hotte on an outing to the river, with Melvin in uniform.

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Copy of a photograph showing a group of four army men, Melvin Willsey on far right, in Europe during World War II.

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Copy of a formal wedding portrait for Jack & Florence Willsey. Left to right: Lloyd Willsey, John (Jack) Willsey, Florence (Morrison), and Marjorie Cahoon.

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Copies of two photographs showing Melvin Willsey and Rose Hotte, who were married June 20, 1949.

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Copies of three photographs showing the Willsey children on the farm. Melvin and Rose Willsey’s first home was a log house on the farm where they raised three children: David, Louella, and Murray.

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Copy of an informal portrait of the adult children of Frank and Margaret Willsey. Back row, left to right: Ellen Thompson, Ivy Wilson, Francis Rose, Louise Vatne, Marjorie Miliken, Viola Miller, Jean Spence. Front row: Earl, Lloyd, Dan, Melvin, Raymond, and John (Jack) Willsey.

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Copyright given by McLean family.