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Charles “Charlie” Edward Hodson was born on January 21, 1875 in Dublin, Ireland. He was married to Daisy Emily Hodson and a member of the Church of England. Charlie and Daisy had four children, Thomas, Phylis, Edward, and Ernest. Charlie and his family immigrated from England to Edmonton in 1910 and lived on 93rd Street.
Charlie enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) on August 27, 1915 at the age of 40. He had previously served in the 101st Regiment for 3 months. Charlie served in the 51st Battalion during the First World War. The 51st Battalion departed for Great Britain from Halifax on April 18, 1916. Charlie was reported missing and killed in action in France on October 16, 1917.

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.

Hubert Alan Hollingworth was born 8 Feb 1912 to Harry and Minnie Hollingworth in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. By 1916, the family was living in village of Lougheed, Alberta. Hollingworth began his photography apprenticeship, at the age of 12, with Bell Studios in Edmonton in 1924.
As a young man he joined his bush pilot friend Wilfrid ‘Wop’ May and took his photography up in the air, leaning out of the open cockpit of May’s Tiger Moth biplane, taking aerial shots.
He opened the Hollingworth Studio at 118th Ave and 95th Street. Hubert married Violet Faulkner in 1936 and they moved into the back of the studio. Hubert and Violet had one child, Lucille.
With the lean years of WWII, Hubert closed the photo studio and worked as an aerial photographer for the U.S. Army engineers building the Alaska Highway. He then worked as a photographer for Edmonton’s McDermid Studios, the Edmonton Bulletin and Edmonton Journal.
In 1954 he worked for the federal government in the Department of Supply and Services until his retirement in 1977. Hollingworth was a founding member of the Edmonton Camera Club and a member of the Gateway Camera Club. Upon retirement he volunteered with the City of Edmonton Archives where he copied more than 12,000 photographic images.
Violet Hollingworth died 29 Jan 1987. Hubert Hollingworth died 15 Jan 1988.

Dr. Cecil Ulysses Holmes was born 13 Dec 1874 to Martha Wildes and Iva W. Holmes in Ontario. Cecil was educated at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph Ontario and the University of Toronto, where obtained a Bachelor of Medicine degree in 1899. He married Jane (Jennie) Elizabeth MacDonald shortly after his graduation and practiced with his father-in-law at Hagersville, Ont., before becoming medical superintendent of Six Nations Indian Reserve in 1901, opening the first reservation hospital in Canada in 1908.

Cecil Holmes and his wife moved to Edmonton in 1911. The following year he established a private practice. In 1915 he enlisted and served as medical officer for the 63rd Battalion C.E.F. from 1915-1917. When he returned to Edmonton, he established a veterans’ rehabilitation centre at the University of Alberta. Dr. Holmes also taught obstetrics at University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and was a director of Beulah Home, a residence for unwed mothers.

Dr. Holmes returned to private practice until he was appointed to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1937-1945. He received a Life Membership in the Edmonton Academy of Medicine in 1952.

Dr. Cecil Ulysses Holmes died 18 Apr 1960 in Edmonton.

Mr. Holts is a resident of Sherwood Park, Alberta.

Doug Homersham worked with CJCA for a number of years before being asked to write speeches for mayors Hawrelak, Dantzer, and Dent for broadcast on CFRN radio. He also worked with the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce. Before being asked to write radio addresses and speeches for mayors Hawrelak, Dantzer, Dent and Roper Doug Homersham worked with CJCA Radio. In his role as CJCA's assistant production manager he presided over direction of dramatic productions, often involving Edmonton artists and writers. In 1956 Homersham won a Beaver Award from the Canadian Broadcaster and Telescreen Magazine for his work with the station's Drama Club program.
During his time at CJCA Homersham was active in the Edmonton Junior Chamber of Commerce, and from 1947-1948 he was elected president. Homersham was also involved with the Regional Chamber of Commerce as well as Junior Chamber International. Over the years he also sat on the Edmonton Drama Council, the Alberta Drama Board, the Edmonton Council of Community Services, and the Trans-Canada Highway Association.
Aside from writing for the mayors and working at CJCA, Homersham spent time in managerial roles at McConnell Eastman & Co., Rosslyn Radio TV LTD., and finally Homersham Advertising Agency.
Doug Homersham passed away October 9, 2002.

Homes & Garden Real Estate Ltd., located at 9465 - 153 Street, was established in 1953 by Mary Tufford and served predominately the Jasper Place area. At some point, her daughter Eleanore Tufford took over the business. They also offered insurance and property management services. The real estate company operated until 1975.

Jordon Hon was born in 1995 in Edmonton to Jeannie Hon and Royce Hon. His parents immigrated from Hong Kong to Alberta at different times. His mother, Jeannie, in the early 1970's and his father, Royce, in the early 1980's. He has an older sister, Jordana Hon. Jordon attended the Mandarin bilingual school system at Caernarvon School and Dovercourt School then later Lynnwood Elementary School, Crestwood Junior High School, and Archbishop MacDonald High School.

Jordon went on to receive his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta from 2013-2018 then worked full-time for the same university in the Office of the Registrar's Marketing and Communications department as a photographer and videographer from 2018-2022.

In April 2022, Jordon left his full time job at the university to start his own photography business, Be My Guest Portrait Studio Inc. and to work on community projects in Chinatown. Notable projects include A Portrait of Chinatown, a six part docuseries where Jordon deepened his relationship with his cultural heritage and home city by exploring Edmonton's Chinatown. Afterwards, Jordon worked with Chinatown Greetings to lead and curate a project showcasing photographs and short essays provided by eleven community members related to Chinatown in a project called Untouchable Chinatown.

Jordon uses a camera to document his relations, urban spaces, and cultural communities while also curating art projects and organizing local experiences to bring people together. Jordon believes in the power of art, specifically photography, to shed light on truths, archive moments in time, and spark radical imagination.

Beginning by painting dairy ads on milk wagons, Clyde A. Hook expanded his business into outdoor advertising creating Hook Signs Limited in 1912 in Edmonton. The business did billboards as well as painting advertisements on the sides of buildings. Hook Signs soon spread throughout the city.
In the 1930s the company expanded into Calgary by purchasing Ernest Willis Ltd., and created Hook Signs (Calgary) Limited. The following decade Hook Signs purchased City Sign Works and Lethbridge Posting Company, creating Hook Signs (Lethbridge) Limited. Also in the 1940s Hook expanded into neon signs, supervised by William Muir. The various Hook Signs companies were amalgamated in 1979 forming Hook Outdoor Advertising.
In 1981, the family sold the business to Jim Pattison and Hook Signs became part of the Jim Pattison Group, an advertising company based in Vancouver. The business retained the name Hook Signs until 1998 when the name was changed to Pattison.

Lucille Horne was a patron of many theatrical and cultural events in Edmonton.