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Athabasca Archives Fonds Family and personal life
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Demchuk and Evasiuk family fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2168
  • Fonds
  • 1941-2007

The fonds consists of Alberta provincial business licenses dated 1941-1979 (not complete); Town of Athabasca business licenses dated 1978-2007; bicycle sales records for 1956-1958, 1963-1976; and account books for July, 1937 to December, 2002. The photographs include Nick and Nettie's wedding, their children Gail and David, their house, Lena Demchuk's 102 birthday party in 1996, and Elizabeth Sieminski (Demchuk). The artifacts are a small red plastic piggy bank labelled "Mike's Store", two oil paintings by Nick and Nettie Evasiuk, a pair of Sealtred plastic overshoes in their box, a pair of Trramps black leather laced boots in their box, a men's Monarch Knit hose box, and a tube of Ampollina Dye. There is also a book entitled "Athabasca and the world, environmental verses" by Nick Evasiuk, 1989 and a photograph of Nick and his friend, George Ryga, taken in Mexico in 1980.

Demchuk, Michael and Lena

Dorothy Chartrand fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1890
  • Fonds
  • 1905, 1998; 1905 photograph copied 1998

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Dorothy Chartrand of St. Albert and dating from 1905 and 1998. The fonds consists of a photograph of the Bellerose Livery in the Town of Athabasca and a recording of an oral history of the Bellerose family's experiences in Athabasca conducted with Mrs. Chartrand in 1998 by Athabasca Archives archivist Marilyn Mol.

Chartrand, Dorothy

Doty and Martin family fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2178
  • Fonds
  • 1913-1954

The fonds consists of family history compiled by Jim Martin, and letters sent to and from the Doty and Martin families. The neighbours with whom they corresonded are John and Michael Angelo, George and Mary Sauer, Tom Plumley, Mrs. E. O'Neal and Mrs. R. Whiteley. The photographs include subjects: fishing at Flat Creek, Doty homestead, and maps of the Doty homestead and nearby settlement.

Doty, George Frances

Goodwin family fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1937
  • Fonds
  • 1875-1937; copied 1999

The fonds consists of materials created by the Edgar F. Goodwin family between 1875 and 1937. The fonds consists of family photographs, photographs of Athabasca Landing in 1906 to 1916, copies of wedding certificates and other family documents, and copies of excerpts from Edgar Goodwin's diary. The subjects of the Athabasca photographs include: the steamboat-Midnight Sun, york boats, CNR depot, Gagnon's sawmill, George Main, Mrs.King and Grace, Alix Williamson, Wm. R. Day and his moose team, and the Methodist Church. There is also a postcard sent from Spokane, WA by Romeo C. Farrell to Edgar Goodwin. Mr. Farrell was a partner in a grocery store with J.A.Daigneau.

Goodwin, Edgar Franklin

Gagnon family fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2021
  • Fonds
  • 1903-2011

The fonds consists of a 1905-1907 business ledger; 8 photographs including: two storey original Grand Union Hotel, 2 Gagnon houses, Isaie and Charlie Gagnon, and Dr. Boulanger; the first six chapters, epilogue and appendices of the book "One Hundred Years in the Athabasca Country, a story and a memory of the Isaie (Ike) Gagnon family"; photocopies of 1903-1911 land transactions in Athabasca Landing. In 2011 a three page article on the Isaie Gagnon family was written by grandson George Marrinier.

Gagnon (family)

Falconer family fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2000
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1986

The fonds consists of photographs of Athabasca citizens and scenes; the program for the second annual bonspiel of the Athabasca Curling Club; the prize list for the Athabasca and District Agricultural Association, 1918; the programme for the opening of Athabasca Public School in Feb., 1914; the deed of sale of Mr. Falconer's share of Athabasca Funeral Supply Co.to Harvey Cull in 1919; a mallet used for caulking scows; an Indian bead work moccasin and glove. Some of the subjects in the photographs include: Athabasca Curling Club [1912], SS Fort McMurray, Athabasca Canadian Northern train station, ferry on Athabasca River, view of Strathcona Street [1911] and [1940s], Athabasca Hospital 1922-1952, men lined up to purchase Hudson's Bay and CNR lots in 1911, Pelican Portage, Falconer Hardware Store on Skinner Street just after the fire of 1913, Northern News building [1911], Louis Menard's field of fall wheat, laying of corner stone for new public school in 1913, and a photo of Frank L. Falconer. A 1961 interview of Frank and Catherine Falconer scusses: agriculture, Blacks, coal mining, curling, Joseph Daigneau, J.P.Evans, freighting, government, Grand Trunk Railroad, Hudson's Bay Co., immigration hall, J.H.Kennedy, Klondike Gold Rush, Scotty MacKay, Sterling McKinley, scows, sports, Ukrainians, Robert Vance, Sr., James Wood,and Tom Wood,

Falconer (family)

Flora and John Stewart fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1910
  • Fonds
  • 1998

The fonds consists of a bound manuscript published in 1998 entitled <i>Index of Death Notices from Athabasca Newspapers 1909-1959</i>.

Stewart, Flora

Athabasca High School Reunion 1976 fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2057
  • Fonds
  • 1976

The fonds consists of 2 copies of a souvenir booklet which contains candid photographs, autographs, and pages from a guest book.

Athabasca High School Reunion 1976

Busby family fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2002
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1913

The fonds consists of 1 page of family genealogy; Busby-McMaster wedding certificate and newspaper article; 3 photographs of the family and 1 photograph of All Saints Anglican Church in Athabasca.

Busby (family)

John Guay fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2001
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1986

The fonds consists of catalogues and repair part lists for various agricultural machinery; a sash and door catalogue; several periodicals; photographs of the stagecoach and Athabasca area scenes including: Baptiste Lake Supplies store, dogsledding, snow hover machine with external engine, a truck part way through the ice on the Athabasca River,and Hudson's Bay transport in Athabasca in 1914. There is a photo of the 1934 train wreck at Meanook, AB.

Guay, John

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