14-021: Tom Clay and His Oldest Son, Lonnie

By Nona Stauffer from information provided by Elmer and Doug Clay Mr. Tom Clay with his family moved from Texas to the Edmonton area in 1911. Here they worked on the railway and the building of the railway bridge in Edmonton. In 1912 he met Mr. J. Hull and they decided to come north to… Read More

14-022: An Early Clayhurst Family – Elwood and Pauline Craig

By Nona Stauffer from information received from Mrs H.E. Craig, Mr. Elwood Craig was born in Ontario and at the age of four his family moved to North Dakota to homestead. Later they moved to Barons, Alberta and Elwood took a homestead. Mrs. Pauline Craig, formally Miss P. Myers was born in Indiana, U.S.A. Her… Read More

14-023: Mr. Palmer Leland of the Clayhurst District

By Nona Stauffer, 1973 Palmer Leland moved into the Clayhurst district in 1938 and made his home there for many years. The following story is as it was told to me and pretty much in his own words ….. “The settlement of the area now known as the Clayhurst district, which lies forty odd miles… Read More

14-025: Where’s the Lake in Lake View?

© By G. R. Clare, 1998 If you drive north on Eighth Street for about ten kilometres, you will find yourself between Kilkerran and Rolla, in the heart of the Lake View District. But you won’t find a lake anywhere around today. There was a lake, O’Callaghan’s Lake, named for the Irish settler, Tim O’Callaghan whose… Read More

14-026: The Sudeten Community

Articles related to the Sudeten Community The Tate Creek Development Company Tate Creek Farmers Institute Report for 1948 Hedwig Schoen — an interview William Schoen — an interview Sudeten Settlement Report for 1943 Sudeten Settlement Statistics for Hogs & Cattle, 1943 The Sudeten Settlement at Tupper Sudeten Crop Report for 1943 The Dairy Industry and… Read More

14-027: Briar Ridge Cemetery – Burial Records

Please see Briar Ridge Cemetery records on the Peace Country Roots Group website.

14-028: Tomslake Cemetery – Burial Records

Please see the Tomslake Cemetery records on the Peace Country Roots Group website.

14-029: Carpio-Sorenson Cemetery (Doe River) – Burial Records

NAME_ DEATH DATE CEMETERY LOCATION BERDINE – ARCHIE CARL. 1/1/68 Carpio (Sorenson) Cemetery Doe River   Johnson James Oren 4/15/33 Carpio (Sorenson) Cemetery Doe River   MODAHL – NELS. 1/8/80 Carpio (Sorenson) Cemetery Doe River   SORENSON – HENRY A. 1968 Carpio (Sorenson) Cemetery Doe River   SORENSON – OLE. 1/7/51 Carpio (Sorenson) Cemetery Doe… Read More

14-030: Peaceview Cemetery (Doe River) – Burial Records

Please see Peace View Cemetery records on the Peace Country Roots Group website.

14-031: From Edmonton to Pouce Coupe

Cross-posted: 16-018: From Edmonton to Pouce Coupe (The Alberta Peace) Five hundred miles through Canada’s newest west – a province in itselfThis article is taken from the Family Herald and Weekly Star, Aug 19, 1925 By our Special Commissioner Peace River Valley had its genesis as a settlement in the Klondike gold rush. In their… Read More