Fonds 006 Pierre Lozeron family fonds

29 photographs

Date: 1898-1987 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of documents and correspondence pertaining to Pierre Lozeron, his wife Dora Koberg Lozeron, and their children Paul, Homer and Andre. The files contain diaries, documents, educational, employment and personal records and correspondence between the family members. Much of the correspondence has to do with what will be done with the family farm after the retirement and death of the parents. There are also notes concerning the care of Dora and Pierre Lozeron as their health began to fail and they could no longer live independently on the farm.

Physical description: 12 cm of textual records

Date: 1898-1979 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of early school and employment records; a small notebook of notes and accounts during his immigration to America in 1910 and his return to Switzerland in 1959; exemptions from military service in WWI; various registration and membership certificates; records of his trip back to Switzerland in 1959, including a speech made there about his life as a pioneer in Canada; copies of news clippings on the life of Pierre and Jean Lozeron; and a series of letters written in the last few years of his life, reflecting his struggles with ailing health.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records

Language of the material:

English

French

Note:

A GP District Old-Timers Pioneer Award was located during an inventory project. The accession number indicates it was originally donated by Ken Burgess. This seems unlikely. As the item level number could not be located in the database, this item has been housed and arranged as part of the Lozeron family fonds. The original accession number is retained in case additional information arises. 2019. JS and LA.

Attendance records from Ecole d’ Auvernier in the Canton of Neuchatel, Switzerland.

Account book showing monthly payments made to Pierre Lozeron as an apprentice carpenter.

Diary containing dates and expenses for the emigration of Jean and Pierre Lozeron from Swizerland to Canada.

Correspondence from family and friends after Pierre immigrated to Canada.

Government forms regarding the exemption of farmer Pierre Lozeron from military service.

Item is a signed Pioneer Award certificate presented by the Grande Prairie and District Oldtimers Association to Pierre Lozeron.

Date: 1923-[1975] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of a yearbook from Macalester College, in Saint Paul, Minnesota; notebooks and scrapbooks produced during her life as a wife and mother; an informational brochure for the Family Allowance Program when it was introduced in July, 1945; a 1964 certificate documenting Dora’s service as a member of the Ground Observer Corps of the Royal Canadian Air Force; booklets showing her interest in literature and child rearing; a small amount of correspondence; and a list of the books found in their library at home on the farm.

Physical description: 4 cm of textual records

Elsie Koberg diploma from Cornell College’s expressions course in 1922.

Elsie Koberg diploma from Cornell College’s expressions course in 1923.

Elsie Koberg high school diploma from Reinbeck High School in 191-?

Date: 1937-1987 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of records of Paul’s progress at Canuck School, St. Joseph’s High School and Grande Prairie High School, and the correspondence he carried on with his family after he left home for Switzerland. There are also three letters written by 10 year old Paul to his mother while she was away, and some information on Swiss Universities which Paul used in deciding to go back to Switzerland for medical studies.

Physical description: 3 cm of textual records

Date: 1937-1987 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This subseries consists of a wedding invitation announcing Homer’s marriage to Margaret Welch in Minnesota in 1967; letters written to his father Pierre and to Andre and Verna on the farm; and a series of correspondence, including copies of letters written by Andre and Paul regarding the future of the Lozeron family farm.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records

Date: [1955]-1986 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This subseries consists of a booklet on conservation and agricultural practices created by Andre (presumably in high school) and containing postcards of Sexsmith and Grande Prairie from that era; a wedding invitation announcing his marriage to Verna May Tetz in 1966; news clipping regarding his career with Radio Canada; copies of correspondence from Andy to his brothers containing farm reports; and notes written by Verna regarding the care of Pierre and Dora Lozeron when they became sick and elderly.

Physical description: 3 cm of textual records

Date: 1893-1980 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of a 1893 portrait of the Lozeron-Girard family in Switzerland, photographs of Pierre and Jean Lozeron late in life, snapshots of Dora Lozeron with her grandchildren, graduation photographs of Paul Lozeron and his Grande Prairie High School graduating class in 1945, a snapshot of Homer on the farm, slides of Andre when he worked for Radio Canada, aerial photographs of the Lozeron family farm between 1950 and 1980, portraits of the Jean Lozeron family, and a few photographs of other family members. Also included is a portrait of Elsie Koberg, Dora Koberg Lozeron’s sister who was killed in an automobile accident soon after her marriage, and two photographs of people who came in over the Edson Trail, as the Lozeron brothers did: one of Ed Heller and his family, the other of Edson Trail Pioneers in a 1974 parade.

Physical description: 29 photographs

Madame Lozeron-Girard shown with children (from left): Pierre (1887), Jean (1890 c.), Madeleine (1878), Sophie (1891 c.), Paul (1883) and Agnes (1888).

Elsie became a teacher and was killed in an automobile accident shortly after her marriage 1925 c.

Ernest Vouga, born 1921, son of Sophie, lived in Colorado.

Marguerite, daughter of Sophie Vouga – Rule, born 1919

Jean and Alice Lozeron family with eldest 8 children.

Grande Prairie High School Graduation,1945. Back Row L-R: Bob Hook, Paul Lozeron, Jim Carlisle, Ken Leslie, Ed Biendarra, Otto Klettke, Larry O’Brien, Lawrence Moon, Kazie Siluch. Middle Row L-R: May Spiden, Pam Hunter, Elenor Bulford, Maxine Kerr, Joyce Fiest, Betty Barnes, Mary Cooke, Ann Lazoruk, Mona Walker. Front Row L-R: Sheila Gwartney, Norma Swanston, Ruth Balisky, Doris Blonsky, Sylvia Howes, Marjorie Mensinger.

Paul Lozeron graduated from Grande Prairie High School in 1945.

The first of three aerial photographs of the Lozeron Farmstead showing changes and modernization on the property.

The second of three photographs showing changes and modernization on the Lozeron farmstead.

The final picture of three showing changes and modernization on the Lozeron farmstead between 1950 and 1978.

Valerie, granddaughter of Dora and Pierre, as a child.

Snapshot of Dora holding a bouquet of garden flowers.

Snapshot of Dora sitting on the grass holding Peter, Homer’s son.

Andre, son of Pierre, on Fordson tractor, with spraying umbrella.

Pictures taken while Andre worked for Radio Canada’s Call of the Land.

Snapshot shows a 1950s car in background.

2 close up shots of Pierre and Jean as seniors, one showing Jean with a bottle of cherry brandy in his hand.

Horse drawn wagon carrying Edson Trail pioneers travelling down main street with onlookers lining the sidewalk.

Pierre on the left with two other gentlemen, attending a meeting or conference

Studio photo of Heller family, South Dakota. Mr. Heller, bottom right, walked over the Edson trail with Pierre and homesteaded in the Beaverlodge area.

Jean Lozeron, wife Alice , 8 daughters, 4 sons, and brother Pierre

Picture taken in January likely in California where Sophie lived

Date: 1915-1980 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of papers regarding the original homestead; wheat board permits for the 1940s; detailed Account books recording amounts spent on various aspects of farming and family expenses from the 1930s to the 1960s; and a series of files based on a United Grain Growers system of filing containing farm information collected by Pierre and Andre Lozeron in the 1950s and 1960s.

Physical description: 62 cm of textual records

Date: 1915-1968 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of a few papers from the original homestead, including the patent on NW ¼-10-73-7-W6th and a 1920 inventory and tax notice; eleven account books for the years 1934 to 1968 which include two United Grain Growers Farm Account books; income tax returns (most of them with supporting documentation) for the years from 1936 to 1962, including a 1949 income tax guide for Farmers and Fishermen; a 1937 manual and service policy for the farm Ford car; Canadian Wheat Board permits for 1945-1949; and a 1977 lease of land to Andre Lozeron.

Physical description: 14 cm of textual records

Certificate of title on NW 1/4-10-73-7-W6 for Pierre Lozeron.

Statement of monetary value of land, improvements, livestock and equipment on the Pierre Lozeron homestead.

Municipal district tax notices on Pierre Lozeron farm for 1920, 1948, and 1955.

War-time registration of guns requiring information regarding racial origin and British subjects.

Permits citing location of land, cultivated acreage, and crops grown.

Legal lease transferring land from Pierre Lozeron to his son Andre Lozeron.

Date: [1948-1970] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of sixty-seven files containing information on crops, horticulture, vegetable crops, livestock, farm home, farm buildings and improvements, agricultural journals and education in agriculture. Material was filed by Pierre and Andre Lozeron and includes Lozeron farm certificates, crop reports, publications, printed information, newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, and Andre Lozeron’s hand-written notes.

Physical description: 48 cm of textual records

Date: 1902-1981 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of postcards and letters from the sisters and brothers of Pierre Lozeron (and later their families) from the time he left Switzerland in 1910 until his death in 1980: Madeleine Hanni-Lozeron in Auvernier, Paul Lozeron in Auvernier, Agnes Christen-Lozeron, in Villiers, and Sophie (Lozeron) Vouga in the United States. There is also correspondence from relatives and close friends in Switzerland and a small amount of correspondence from people in Canada and the United States.

Physical description: 12 cm of textual records

Date: 1902-1979 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consist of postcards, letters and funeral records sent from the Hanni-Lozeron family to Pierre Lozeron in the United States and later Canada, from the time he left Switzerland. After Madeline’s death, later news of the family (such as funeral records) was sent by Pierre’s daughter-in-law Christianne in Switzerland. Madeline Lozeron, born in 1878, was 32 when her younger brothers Pierre and Jean left Switzerland in 1910. She married Monsieur Hanni of Auvergne, had two children, Marguerite and Andre, and passed away in 1960 at the age of 82.

Physical description: 1 cm of textual records

Date: 1959-1975 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of some letters Paul wrote to his brother Pierre after the latter’s visit to Switzerland in 1959, the announcement of his death in 1967, and a letter written in 1975 by his wife. Paul Lozeron, born in 1883, became a wine merchant in Auvernier, Neuchatel, Switzerland. He passed away in 1967 at the age of 82.

Physical description: 5 cm of textual records

Date: [1912]-1976 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of postcards, letters and photographs from the Christen-Lozeron family in Switzerland to Pierre and Jean Lozeron after their immigration to Canada. Agnes Lozeron, sister to Pierre, was born in 1888. She married Hermann Chirsten and had three children: Rosine, Marianne and Sophie.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records

Date: 1912-1981 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of postcards and letters written to Pierre by Sophie and later her children. Sophie Lozeron, sister to Pierre, was born c. 1891. She immigrated to the United States and married Ernest Vouga. She had two children, Ernest and Marguerite.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records

Date: 1910-1977 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of a few postcards sent to Pierre and Jean in Nebraska and later in Canada, and some correspondence from Albert’s wife Tredy, and later a daughter Antoinette. Albert Lozeron, a cousin to Pierre Lozeron, corresponded with him from the time he left Switzerland in 1910.

Physical description: 5 cm of textual records

Date: 1911-1975 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

Therese Orlande was a childhood friend to the Lozeron children in Switzerland. She married Jean Gauchat in 1912 and raised four children. She passed away in 1972 at the age of 85. The sub-series consists of a large number of postcards sent to Jean and Pierre Lozeron, as well as a collection of letters.

Physical description: 1 cm of textual records

Date: 1959-1976 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of postcards and letters written to Pierre and Dora Lozeron after his trip to Switzerland in 1959, when he renewed many old acquaintances and made new friends. The writers include Annemarie Morier-Lozeron, Paul Lozeron, the Galland-Robert family, the Jacot family, the Lagier family and William Chatelaine.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records

Date: 1910-1975 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of postcards and letters from friends in Switzerland, the United States and Canada.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records