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Martin, Iris
AR-MS-834 · Personne · [19-?] - [?]

Iris Martin was a resident of Edmonton. Her parents came to Edmonton in the late 1800s.

Campbell, Warren
AR-MS-893 · Personne · 1954-2011

Warren Edward Campbell was born on April 1, 1954 to Mary Warren Campbell (nee Warren), a geologist, and James E. Campbell, a teacher. Warren had two sons, Scott and Steven Campbell. Warren enjoyed photography.
Warren died from heart failure on July 13, 2011 in Edmonton, Alberta.

Sterling Haynes, Elizabeth
AR-MS-888 · Personne · 1897-1957

Elizabeth Sterling Haynes was born on December 7, 1897 in Seaham, County Durham, England. In 1905 her family immigrated to Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth attended the University of Toronto, University of Victoria College and completed her Bachelor of Arts in 1916. In the following year Elizabeth took part in the founding of the Victoria College Women’s Dramatic Club and served as vice-president and then president in 1918-1919.

Following university Elizabeth moved to New York to teach. In 1921 she married dentist Nelson Willard Haynes. Elizabeth and Nelson moved to Edmonton, Alberta the following year in 1922. In Edmonton, Elizabeth began directing theatre productions at the University of Alberta (U of A). While at the U of A, Elizabeth founded the Alberta Drama League with Ernest Sterndale Bennett. In 1929 Elizabeth began teaching drama to school theatres in the U of A’s department of education.

Elizabeth assisted with the development of Edmonton Little Theatre and was the company’s first artistic director from 1929 to 1932. The following year in 1933, she became the provincial drama specialist for the Department of Extension at the U of A, in this role she helped expand the Alberta theatre community traveling around the province coaching theatre groups. In 1933 Elizabeth co-founded the Banff Centre for the Arts and in 1952 she founded the Canadian Women’s Theatre Guild.

Due to her declining health, Elizabeth and her husband moved to Ontario in 1955. Elizabeth died on April 26, 1957 in Toronto, Ontario. Edmonton awards the Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award, also known as the Sterling Award, in honour of Elizabeth.

Agar, Andrew B.
Personne · 1865-1948

Andrew B. Agar was born in Ontario on January 9, 1865 to Thomas and Jane Agar. On December 2, 1891 Andrew married Clara Louis Zinkan in Ontario. Andrew worked in a hardware store in Owen Sound, Ontario.
Andrew and Clara moved to Edmonton ca. 1906. Andrew, along with his brother J.S. Agar, opened a hardware store on Namayo Ave.
In 1908 Andrew was a candidate in the civic election in Edmonton and was elected Alderman on December 14, 1908. In 1911 Andrew became city commissioner for the City of Edmonton. In 1917 Andrew and his family moved to a farm southwest of Edmonton, where he lived until his retirement in 1938.
Andrew and Clara had four children, Egan, Frances, Edward Lloyd, and Carlyle “Carl”. Andrew died on August 13, 1948 in Edmonton.

Revell, Daniel G.
AR-MS-928 · Personne · 1869-1954

Professor Dr. Daniel Graisberry Revell was born in 1869 in Ontario to James and Alice Revell. Daniel’s father was a farmer and he had three older brothers, Henry, William, and James. Daniel graduated from the University of Toronto (U of T) with a Bachelor of Arts in 1894 and a degree in Medicine in 1900. He was then a Fellow in Anatomy at the U of T.
From 1901 to 1907 Daniel worked as an instructor at the University of Chicago before being appointed Provincial Pathologist by Alberta premier Alexander Rutherford in 1907. Daniel headed the first Provincial Health Laboratory in Alberta. In 1911 the Public Health Laboratory was relocated to Athabasca Hall on the University of Alberta (U of A) campus. While working at the the laboratory Daniel worked on a wide range of research projects including the detection of Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria and Tuberculosis.
In 1912 Daniel became one of the first members of the Faculty of Medicine at the U of A. Daniel was head of the Department of Anatomy at the U of A from 1914 to 1938 and resigned as the Director of the Provincial Laboratory.
Daniel was married to Helen Murray Revell and together they had three sons, John, Andrew and Daniel and a daughter, Aileen. Their third son was Dr. Daniel G. Revell who was the first anesthesiologist at Sick Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Daniel Revell died in 1954 in Edmonton.

Barker, Gregory
AR-MS-1235 · Personne · 1951 -

Gregory “Greg” Barker was born in Vancouver in 1951. He moved to Edmonton in 1978 and worked as a city planner for the City of Edmonton from 1978-1986 and 1993-2010. After finding that the social scene for gay people in Edmonton was limited to a handful of clubs and the Gay Alliance Towards Equality office, he decided to establish a recreation association for gay men. With the support of other gay men in the community, Greg founded the Edmonton Roughnecks Recreation Association, the first gay sports organization in Alberta. Greg was the first president of the Edmonton Roughnecks Recreation Association.

The Edmonton Roughnecks Recreation Association focused on volleyball and baseball but offered gymnastics for a brief period. At its peak, the Roughnecks had more than 70 active members and its own volleyball league with six teams. The Roughnecks teams traveled to Calgary annually to participate in the Western Cup Volleyball tournament, and to Vancouver to participate in the Pacific Cup Baseball Tournament and the Vancouver Gay Summer Games. The Roughnecks also hosted their own tournaments, including a Pride tournament at Camp Harris (1982), a volleyball tournament at Commonwealth Stadium (1982), and an invitational volleyball tournament in Sherwood Park (1985).

The Edmonton Roughnecks Recreation Association also produced a monthly newsletter beginning in May 1982 to promote the association’s activities. The newsletter was subsequently transformed into Fine Print, Alberta’s first gay newspaper.

In 1987 the Roughnecks informally ceased operations, as a result of the economic downturn in Alberta which saw an exodus of many Roughnecks members from Edmonton, as well as the AIDS epidemic. Greg moved to Vancouver in 1986, but later moved back to Edmonton where he once again worked as a city planner until 2010.

Garrett, Lorna
AR-MS-583 · Personne · 1917 - 2006

Lorna Garrett was a resident of Edmonton. Lorna Garrett died on August 31, 2006.

Cameron Family
AR-MS-115 · Famille · 1853-1971

Cameron, Elizabeth 1853-1933
Hall, Alice Cameron 1893-1971

Alice Cameron was born around 1893 to John and Elizabeth Cameron of Edmonton. In 1916, Alice Cameron married Erastus Kells (E. Kells) Hall in Edmonton. They had three children, a son Kells, and two daughters, W? and Louise.

E. Kells Hall was a civil engineer and worked for the CNR. Around 1940 the family left Alberta, and moved first to Ottawa and then later to Montreal.

E. Kells Hall died 25 Feb 1958 in Montreal. Alice Cameron Hall died 21 Oct 1971. They are buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

Egge Family
AR-MS-119 · Famille · 1853-1973

Egge, Budd Newton 1881-1954
Egge, Clara 1883-1973
Egge, Cynthia Nash 1860-1922
Egge, Jessie Cyrus 1889-1931
Egge, Newton 1853-1929

Newton Egge was born in the United States around 1854. He married Cynthia Nash in 1880. They had three children – Budd Newton, Clara Belle and Jesse Cyrus.
The family arrived in the Edmonton area around 1894 to try his hand in coal mining. In 1898, Newton took a homestead and moved the family from Fort Edmonton to Halfway Lake (near Clyde) on the Athabasca Trail.
Between 1898 and 1906, Newton Egge built a stopping house in the area. Stopping houses were farm-houses that took in guests and provided meals. When the railway to Athbasca Landing was completed in 1912, trail traffic greatly reduced and the Egges reverted primarily to farming. Cynthia Nash Egge died in 1922 and Newton Egge died 31 Dec 1929 in Lethbridge. They are buried in the Dungannon Cemetery in Clyde, Alberta. Egge descendants continued to live in the Edmonton area.
The well-known Egge stopping house was moved to Fort Edmonton Park where it was restored.

Peters Family
AR-MS-1013 · Famille · 1878-1974

Peters, Harry 1878-1964
Peters, Mary Mulligan 1890-1927
Peters, Pearl Elizabeth Watt 1890-1974

Harry Peters was born 28 Aug 1878 in Flintshire, Wales and came to Canada in 1911. He was determined to be a minister and enrolled in Alberta College in 1913. While at Alberta College, Harry coached basketball and the team played at the Edmonton Exhibition. Harry Peters married Mary Mulligan, who was also attending Alberta College, on 28 May 1917, shortly after graduating from the college. Harry Peters began ministering in Lavoy, Alberta in the United Church. Harry and Mary had two daughters - Ella and Margaret.
In 1925, the family moved to Hardisty. Mary Mulligan Peters died in 1927.

In 1928, Harry Peters married Pearl Elizabeth Watt, who was a classmate of his first wife, Mary Mulligan. Over a career spanning 45 years, Rev. Harry Peters served in Crow’s Nest Pass, Bon Accord, Redcliffe, Nordegg and Granum. In the later years, he was curator of McDougall Methodist Church in Edmonton.

Rev. Harry Peters died Mar 1964 in Edmonton. Pearl Watts Peters died in 1974. They are buried in the Mount Pleasant Municipal Cemetery.