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Henderson, Thomas [ca.1837] - [after 1898]
Henderson, Margaret Oliver 1839 - [after 1882]
Henderson, Walter “Watt” [ca.1880] - [after 1950]
Henderson, Charles Allan 1877 - 1962

Thomas Henderson was born in Ontario in the mid to late 1830s. In 1866 Thomas married Margaret Oliver. Margaret was born in Scarboro, Ontario in 1869 and moved to North Oxford in 1843.
In December 1874 Thomas and Margaret relocated to New Westminster, British Columbia, where Thomas worked as a gold miner. Thomas didn’t have much luck with gold mining and in 1880 Thomas and Margaret, along with their six children, moved to Edmonton. The Hendersons began their journey to Edmonton in the spring of 1880 and arrived on October 15, 1880. When the family arrived in Alberta they began farming near Stoney Plain and then an area that was known as Little Mountain. In Little Mountain they sowed wheat and grew vegetables such as turnips. Two years later Thomas built a house in Edmonton near Fraser Avenue. During this time the children attended Edmonton’s first school and the family attended the First Presbyterian Church.
Thomas farmed crops until 1888 before traveling back to Ontario and Florida. While in Ontario he shipped a box of Italian bees to Edmonton who produced honey. Thomas is credited as being the first to introduce honey bees to the district. Thomas built up 32 hives on his farm in Edmonton after his trip.
Thomas sold his homestead in Little Mountain and the family relocated to Rabbit Hill. In 1898 Thomas built a round barn on his farm in Rabbit Hill. The barn was built with 20 slides to house purebred Jersey cattle. During this time Thomas also traveled to take part in the Klondike Gold Rush, however he never arrived and soon returned to Rabbit Hill.
Thomas and Margaret’s children included Olive, Robena, Percy, Walter, Charles, and Annette. When arriving in Alberta the Henderson's had two more children, one which passed away in infancy. Charles was Edmonton’s first newsboy, working for the Edmonton Bulletin. Charles was the last surviving member among his sibling and passed away on March 26, 1962.

Holland, Henry Francis 1843-1910
Fraser, Selina 1853-1924

Henry Francis Holland was born 18 Jul 1943 to Georgina Hagarty and Richard Lee Holland in Cobourg, Ontario.

Selina Fraser was born in 1851 to Mary and Alexander Fraser in Cobourg, Ontario.

Henry married Selina Fraser 26 Nov 1874 in Cobourg, Ontario, and they had four children - Arthur Hagarty, Henry Fraser, Helen Gertrude, and Therese Fraser.

Henry was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1876, and worked as a lawyer in the Cobourg, Ontario area.

Henry Francis Holland died 17 May 1910 in Cobourg, Ontario.
Selina Fraser Holland died 22 Jul 1924 in Cobourg, Ontario.

Walter Howard was a president of the Fort Edmonton Historical Foundation who recruited a student of the University of Alberta, Desmond Brown, to investigate an artifact supposedly from the last Fort Edmonton which was dismantled in 1915.

Humberstone, Beata Bauer 1870-1926
Humberstone, William 1837-1922

William Humberstone was born in 1837 to Sarah Wilson and Thomas Humberstone Jr. in York (Toronto), Ontario and raised in Newtonbrook, Ontario. William arrived in Edmonton in 1880 and the following year established the Humberstone Coal Company. Humberstone operated a ferry and brickyard as well, but was best known for his mining operation. His first mine was on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River near Grierson Hill, but it was washed away in a flood in 1899. The following year he began a new mine in what is now Beverly.
William married Beata Bauer in 1899 in Edmonton. In 1912 William fell ill and Beata officially leased the mine from him and saw to its daily operations, running a very successful business. William died in 1922 and is buried in the Little Mountain Cemetery in Edmonton. Beata died on 6 Apr 1926 in Germany while visiting family.

McDougall, Catherine Amanda Free 1861-1942
McDougall, Clive G.R. 1887-1941
McDougall, Douglas A. 1893-1990
McDougall, Enid M.L. 1894-1955
McDougall, John Alexander Leonard 1854-1919
McDougall, Leonard 1883-1968
McDougall, Nora 1902-1989
McDougall, Pearl L.E. 1885-1969
McDougall, Ruby W. 1890-1969
McDougall, Stanley 1906-2000
McDougall, William 1881-1955

John A.L. McDougall was born in Ontario, in 1854 to Margaret and Alexander McDougall. John A.L. McDougall married Catherine Amanda Free about 1880 in Pembroke Ontario. John and Catherine had nine children – William, Leonard, Pearl, Clive, Rubby, Douglas, Enid, Nora and Stanley.

John brought his family to Edmonton during the Klondike gold rush of 1898. Having some experience as a lumberman in Ontario he later set up a lumber business in Edmonton with his sons William and Leonard, known as J.A.L. McDougall & Sons. The family also owned the mining rights to certain property in the Edmonton area. The lumber business existed until about 1909 after which time it ran into financial difficulties and disappeared.

John A.L. McDougall died Jan 1919 in Edmonton.
Catherine Free McDougall died Jan 1942 in Kimberely, B.C.

Garneau, John 1885-1949
Garneau, Robert Elphage (Alf) 1909-1997
Garneau, Leo 1910-1987
Hogg, Mildred Garneau 1913-1997

Jean Michel (John) was born 30 December 1885 to Eleanor Thomas and Laurent Garneau in Strathcona, Alberta. John married Mary Alexina Gauthier and they had seven children – Robert Elphage (Alf), Leo, Millie, Alma, Bertha, Edward, and Gladys. John Garneau died 30 Aug 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia.

Jasper P. Johnston 1875-1954
Lillian Weir 1881-[19--]

Jasper Peter Johnston was born in 1875 in Ontario to Benjamin Johnston and Mary Ann Haviland. By 1911 he was a medical doctor in Canmore, Alberta. That same year he married Lillian Charlotte Weir in Banff. They had two children, Pauline and Benjamin. The family moved to Edmonton where Dr. Jasper P. Johnston had a medical practice from ca. 1914-1948].

Jasper P. Johnston died in 1954 in Edmonton and is buried at Westlawn Memorial Gardens in Edmonton. It is not known when Lillian Weir Johnston died.
Daughter Pauline Johnston was a school teacher and taught in the Elk Point district around 1934.

Aylen, Bernard 1898-1968
Aylen, Elizabeth Norquay 1905-2003
Norquay, Alexander 1867-1939
Norquay, Julia Alberta McCauley 1883-1966

Julia Alberta McCauley was born 15 Mar 1883 to Matilda Benson and Matthew McCauley in Edmonton. Julia attended the first school in Edmonton.

In 2004, Julia married Alexander Norquay, son of an early Manitoba Premier, in Tofield, Alberta. Julia and Alexander had two daughters – Elizabeth (1905-2003) and Enid (1912). Julia was very involved in her community including bringing the Royal Lifesaving Society to Alberta and worked diligently for the Red Cross.

Julia Alberta McCauley Norquay died 3 Jun 1966 in Edmonton.

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Elizabeth Norquay was born to Julia Alberta McCauley and Alexander Norquay 21 Aug 1905 in Edmonton. In 1933 Elizabeth married Bernard Aylen in Edmonton. They had three children – Peter, Marjorie, and Joyce.

Their daughter Marjorie married Hans van de Sande.

Mr. and Mrs. Lane are residents of Blackfoot Alberta.

Latta, David Gilliland 1869-1948
Latta, Emily Decouteau 1879-1955
Latta, Jessie Scott Wuttanee 1875-1899

David Gilliland Latta was born 11 Nov 1869 to Elizabeth Lockhart and Alexander Latta in County Wexford, Ireland. He arrived in Canada in 1888. He worked as a lumberman in eastern Canada, served a three-year term with the North West Mounted Police and operated a sheep ranch before moving to Edmonton in 1897. David Latta started his own blacksmith and carriage shop and was later joined by John H. Lyons to form the company of Latta and Lyons, 1906-1912. He then established D.G. Latta, Limited, which he operated until his death in 1948.

Around 1896, David G. Latta married Jessie Scott Wuttanee and they had two daughters Elizabeth Hazel and Jessie. Jessie Wuttannee Latta died in childbirth in 1899. She is buried in the Edmonton Municipal Cemetery. Later that year, David G. Latta married Emily Decoteau in Edmonton. David and Emily would have eight children – David, Eva, Alexander (Sr.), Katharine, William, Ernest, Walter and Ruth. There were three other children who died as infants.

David G. Latta was elected to Edmonton's second city council, where he served one term.
David G. Latta died 11 Nov 1948 in Edmonton. Emily Decouteau Latta died 27 Mar 1955 in Red Deer. They are buried at the Edmonton Municipal Cemetery.

The Latta Bridge at 91 Street and Jasper Avenue was named in honour of David G. Latta.