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Garneau, Edward (Ned) 1875-1958
Garneau, Laurence 1906-1990
Garneau, Edward 1908-unknown
Shypanski, Mary Mabel Garneau 1912-1995

Edward (Ned) Garneau was born 3 Apr 1875 to Eleanor Thomas and Laurent Garneau in Manitoba. Ned married Mabel Mary Mooney and they had four children – Laurence, Edward, Mary Mabel, and Marguerite. Ned Garneau died 18 Sep 1958 in Alberta.

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.

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.

Bulyea, George Hedley Vicars 1859-1915
Bulyea, Annie Blanche (née Babbit) 1863-1934
Bulyea, Percy McFarlane 1885-1901

George Heldey Vicars Bulyea was born in Gagetown, New Brunswick on February 17, 1859 to James Alberta Bulyea and Jane Blizzard. George received his education in New Brunswick attending Gagetown Grammar School and the University of New Brunswick where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1878.

After receiving his degree Bulyea became a teacher and was a principal in New Brunswick before moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1883 and in the same year moved again to Qu'Appelle, District of Assiniboia, North-West Territories (now Saskatchewan).

George married Annie Blanche Babbit on January 29, 1885. Annie was born on September 17, 1863 in Gagetown, New Brunswick and was the second daughter of Robert Thorne Babbit. Annie attended public schools in Gagetown.

Until 1898 George worked as a merchant and was the first treasurer of Qu'Appelle and Annie was the president of the local union. In 1899 Annie was elected president in Regina, Saskatchewan. Annie was also superintendent of W.C.T.U. in Northwest Territories and in 1905 made honorary president of the Edmonton Union. While in Alberta, Annie was honorary president of the Alberta Provincial W.C.T.U., the Dominion W.C.T.U., and president of the Baptist Women’s Missionary Society of Western Canada.

In 1891 George ran in the Northwest Territories election as an unsuccessful candidate for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories. He ran again in 1894 and was successful and was re-elected in 1898 and 1902. In 1897 George became a member of the first Executive Council of the Northwest Territories. From 1898 to 1905 George was Special Commissioner to the Territories and Administrator of Territorial Affairs in the Yukon. In these early years of his political career George also served as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Territorial Secretary n Haultain and the Commissioner of Public Works.

On September 1, 1905 George was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, the same day Alberta became a province. He was appointed for a second term and served until October 20, 1915. George was then appointed as the chair of Alberta’s Board of Publicity Utility Commissioners until 1923.

George and Annie had one son together in 1885, Percey McFarlane Bulyea, who passed away on February 5, 1901 at the age of fifteen from a paralytic affliction.
Following George’s retirement, Annie and George moved to Peachland, British Columbia. George died on July 22, 1929 and Annie died on August 27, 1934.

Whitehouse, Henry “Harry” 1869 - [19-?]
Whitehouse, Emma 1869 - [1930]
Whitehouse, Florence 1891 - [1954?]
Whitehouse, Heleen 1895 - [19-?]
Whitehouse, Hannah 1897 - [19-?]
Whitehouse, Henry August 1899 - [19-?]
Whitehouse, Elizabeth “Lilly” 1910 - [19-?]
Whitehouse, Ernest 1905 - [19-?]
Whitehouse, Ruth 1908 - [19-?]
Whitehouse, Grace 1910 - [19-?]

Henry "Harry" Whitehouse was married to Emma Whitehouse and together they had eight children, five daughters and three sons; Florence, Heleen, Hannah, Henry, Elizabeth “Lily”, Ernest, Ruth, and Grace. The family immigrated to Canada in 1906 and resided in Edmonton, Alberta. The family was Baptist. Harry was a firefighter with the No. 4 Fire Hall in Edmonton and Florence worked as a bookbinder.

MacAllister, Gault Alexander 1916-1984
MacAllister, Mary Stewart Moroney 1913-1998

Gault Alexander MacAllister was born in 1916 in Lachute, Quebec to Gertrude Clarke and Walt MacAllister. Gault MacAllister received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta and became a professional agrologist. In 1946 he was employed by the Alberta Department of Agriculture, where he worked in close association with the Alberta dairy industry. He became supervisor of the Dairy Plant Inspection office in the Department of Agriculture in 1963 and retired in 1976.

Mary Stewart Moroney was born in 1913 to Maude Lauder and Frederick Moroney
Her mother’s parents (James Lauder and Hannah Gray) were a pioneering family in Edmonton. Mary worked as a teacher and educator, and later volunteered at the City of Edmonton Archives.

Mary Moroney and Gault MacAllister married in Edmonton in 1941. They had two children.
Gault Alexander MacAllister died in 1984. His wife, Mary Stewart Moroney MacAllister, died in 1998. They are buried in the Westakiwin Cemetery in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

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.

Hadley, Georgina Riley 1883-1944
Hadley, Lester 1881-1958

Lester Hadley was born 10 May 1881 in Cummington, Ontario and Georgina Riley was born 18 Jan 1883 in Fillmore, Saskatchewan. Lester Hadley and Georgina Riley were married on 27 Jun 1907. They may have been students at Alberta College, Edmonton AB. Lester and Georgina lived at Duffield AB, from ca. 1908 to at least 1912.
Lester Hadley died 29 Dec 1958 in Edmonton; Georgina Hadley died 25 Jan 1944 in Edmonton.

Boulanger, Jean-Baptiste 1923-2000
Boulanger, Joseph 1875-1963
Boulanger, Michel [192-?]-current
Boulanger, Valerie Phaneuf 1885-1967

Joseph Boulanger was born 5 Jan 1875 in Montreal to Elizabeth Brissette and Jean-Baptiste Boulanger. He graduated in medicine at the Université de Montreal in 1906 and did an internship at the Hospital de la Miséricode in Montreal. Joseph then did further training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, as well as the Post Graduate Hospital and Lying-In Hospital, both in New York. Upon completion of these studies, he moved to Alberta were he first practiced medicine in Athabasca Landing and Grouard before moving to Edmonton, ca. 1912.
Joseph married Blanche Chartier in 1913; Blanche died in 1920 in Edmonton.
Joseph then married Valerie Phaneuf in 1921 in Edmonton. They had two sons, Jean-Baptiste and Michel, both of whom became physicians.
Joseph Boulanger was considered to be a pioneer Edmonton physician and surgeon. He was also very active in the community. Joseph was the first president of the Societé Saint Jean-Baptiste in Edmonton and founded the French-language monthly, Le Canadien-Francais.
Dr. Joseph Boulanger died in 8 Jul 1963 in Edmonton.

Valerie Phaneuf was born in 20 Jul 1885 to Loma Reaume and Hilaire Phaneuf. Valeria taught in schools in Ontario before coming to teach in Edmonton in 1912. She married Dr. Joseph Boulanger in 1921 and they had two sons, Jean-Baptiste and Michel, both of whom became physicians. After marriage, Valerie gave up teaching formally in schools but continued to teach music privately for many years. She was an associate of the Toronto Conservatory of Music.
Valerie Phaneuf Boulanger died 8 Feb 1967 in Edmonton.

Jean-Baptiste Boulanger was born in 24 Aug 1922 in Edmonton to Valerie Phaneuf and Joseph Boulanger. As a youth he was considered to be a brilliant pupil. In 1930, he established a small newspaper, ‘Le Petit Jour’, a quarterly French periodical for children. Le Petit Jour began with a circulation of 18, which increased to 1,300 in five years. In 1935 he was involved in creating the first troop of French Canadian Boy Scouts in Alberta, known as “La Premiere Canadienne-Francaise d’Alberta”.
He was awarded “la medaille de vermeil” from the l’Acadamie Francaise in 1936, as founder and editor of ‘Le Petit Jour’. In 1937, he was part of group of students who were sent to England, representing Canada, to attend the coronation of George VI, in recognition of their scholastic achievements. Jean-Baptiste Boulanger attended the Grandin School and Jesuit College in Edmonton, and then Brebeuf College in Montreal. He studied medicine at the Université de Montreal.
Jean-Baptiste Boulanger died 1 Aug 2000 in Montreal.

Michel Boulanger was born after 1923 in Edmonton to Valerie Phaneuf and Joseph Boulanger. Michel Boulanger married Therese ?, and they had six children – Michel, Paul, Marc, Robert, Louise and Claire. Michel Boulanger also studied medicine and was a physician in Edmonton.