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Jordan Zinovich is a history researcher out of New York interested in the fur trade in the Canadian northwest. Hislop and Nagle were prominent traders out of Lesser Slave Lake and Fort Resolution who maintianed a headquarters and outfitters store in Edmonton, Alberta.

Mr. Zander is a resident of Edmonton and a train enthusiast.

James “Jim” Yee [囯伩] was born on February 11, 1944 to Joe Mun “George” Yee [桂倫 or 桂侕] and Yuen Yee (nee Lim) [悅园]. Jim was raised in Black Diamond, Alberta on his father’s market garden along with his siblings; Norman Yee [囯中], Dorothy Yee [美玲], Rose Yee, Tom Yee [囯楽], John Yee [囯明], and Darlene Yee. Jim was the second oldest among his siblings.

Jim was a member of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets and took part in a training camp in Millarville, before it moved to Black Diamond. In 1962 Jim served as a Canadian Army Transport Operator in the Royal Canadian Army Cadets. In 1963, Jim moved to Edmonton from Black Diamond and attended a vocational school.

Jim married Jenny “Gin” Wong on August 10, 1969. Together they had two children, Tim (born October 25, 1971) and Sueanne (born June 6, 1974). Throughout his life and career as a mechanic, Jim worked for various companies and organizations including Grosser Parts (1967-1967), Crosstown (1967-1971) Kingsway Toyota (1971-1979), and the City of Edmonton (1979-1999). Jim also received a range of certifications and certificates and was a landlord for an apartment building in Edmonton.

In 1971, Jim, along with his brother Tom and with financial support from his parents, bought 40 acres of land. On the acreage Jim and Tom built a duplex with a basement suite for their parents. The acreage was built by Jim and his siblings. In 1973 Jim and his family moved to the acreage. In 1990 Tom sold his part of the acreage to Jim. In 2001 Jim's brother John’s old house was moved onto the acreage and Jim, Jenny and their daughter Sueanne moved into the house.

Jim is a Christian and involved with the Edmonton Chinese Christian Church (ECCC) and was baptized in 1995. Following his retirement in 1999, Jim traveled. In 2006 Jim took part in the Redress of the Head Tax and Chinese Exclusion Act in Ottawa, Jim's father George was a payee. In the mid to late 2000s Jim and Jenny divorced. Jim continues to travel and enjoy his retirement.

Joe Mun “George” Yee was born on November 16, 1907 in Zhong Shan, China. George arrived in Canada from China in 1923 at the age of thirteen after being selected by his village elders to go to Canada to help his family and village. George arrived in Canada only one month before the Head Tax was supplanted by the passing of the Chinese Immigration Act.

Upon arriving in Canada George worked as a farmer and labourer in segregated Chinese communities in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1936, George finally paid off his $500 head tax debt he received when arriving into the country.

In 1941 George married seventeen year old Yuen (Lorna) Lim, who was a Chinese woman from Cumberland, British Columbia. Yuen was born in Canada but lost her British subject status when she married George and was then considered a Chinese national by the Canadian government.

George and Yuen relocated to Black Diamond, Alberta, located in the Turner Valley, and purchased a three acre plot of land. The couple opened a market garden where they had a greenhouse, some cattle and a small shingle mill. George drove his truck to various communities in the area to sell their produce. George and Yuen had eight children; Norman Yee (born October 20, 1942), James “Jim” Yee (born February 11, 1944), Dorothy Yee (born March 14, 1946), Rose Yee (born January 6, 1948), Tom Yee (born October 10, 1949), John Yee (born January 23, 1954), and Darlene Yee (born September 22, 1957). The family was one of three Chinese families in their town.

In 1958 George became a Canadian citizen. George died on January 27, 1978, almost 30 years before the Canadian government issued an official apology to the victims of the Head Tax and Chinese Immigration Act in 2006. Yuen received a $20,000 payment as the spouse of a payee. Yuen died on July 1, 2008.

Dr. John S. Wright, son of Abel Wright (1827-1911) and Mary Dobie (1828-1914) was born in Ontario, ca. 1863, one of ten children. The family are descendants of Abel Wright (1631-1659) born in Massachusetts, U.S.A, who was a sailor in the New England area, around 1655.

Direct line shown here:
Abel Wright (1631-1725, Mass., USA)

Ensign Abel Wright (1664-1691, Mass., Conn., USA)

Ebenezer Wright (1701-1786., Conn., USA)

Ebenezer Wright (1727-1809, Conn., USA; Cornwall, CA)

Asahel Wright (1754-1813, Conn., USA; Ontario)

Abel Wright (1791-1879, Ontario)

Abel Wright (1827-1911, Ontario)

John Sutherland Wright (ca 1860-1939, Ontario; Edmonton, Alberta).

The family of John’s great-grandfather, Asahel Wright (1754-1813), was caught in the American Revolution. The loyalties were divided in the family. Asahel and some sons sided with the British and went to Canada, where they received some land grants in return for their loyalty. Asahel’s other sons remained in the New England, U.S.A. area.
John is a descendant of the branch of the family that went to Ontario and became farmers in the Township of Sullivan area, Grey County, Ontario.
In 1891, John lived in Manitoulin, Ontario and worked as a school teacher. He married Matilda Dawson on November 16, 1891 in Little Current, Ontario. Their daughter, Helen Walker Wright, was born October 10, 1895, in Toronto, Ontario while John was a medical student.
John, Matilda and Helen moved to the United States in 1897, settling in the town of Lysander, New York. Sometime between 1901 and 1910, Matilda died and, John and Helen returned to Canada.
In 1910, John opened a practice in Edmonton, Alberta on Jasper Avenue. In 1911, he moved his practice to the Stovel Block, at 423 Namayo Avenue (later known as 10329 - 97th Street).
John married Marion Georgina Weatherston, from Hayesland, Ontario, on August 31, 1910 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. John’s practice remained at the Stovel Block and the family, John, Marion and Helen, lived in the same building. By 1916, Helen Walker Wright was a teacher at McCauley School and still lived with her father and stepmother at 10329 – 97th Street.
In 1924, John moved his practice to the Tegler building at 10189 – 101 Street, and the family moved to 10152 – 115 Street. His practice remained in the Tegler building until he retired in 1938.
Helen Walker Wright married Wilmer Gerald Grothier, a bank clerk, on May 5, 1921 in Toronto. They had two children. Helen Walker (Wright) Grotheir died December 3, 1931 in Woodstock, Ontario.
Marion Georgina (Weatherston) Wright died ca. 1929.
Dr. Wright died In Edmonton June 5, 1939 and is buried in the family plot in Perry, New York, U.S.A.

W. [Willard?] Worthington was a resident of Edmonton. He worked as a coal mine pit boss and later became owner of a mine.

Merrill E. Wolfe was born in Wilkie, Saskatchewan in 1919 and moved to Edmonton at an early age. After graduating from the University of Alberta he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a pilot during the Second World War.
After the war he joined Edmonton Motors, the firm his father had started in 1925, and later he assumed the presidency. Mr. Wolfe was president of the Rotary Club, and Chairman of the Fort Edmonton Foundation for six years. He also served as Chairman of the Historical Advisory Board and as Honorary Chief Factor of Fort Edmonton. He served on the Steering Committee, Foundation for Cultural Heritage, which ultimately influenced the establishment of the Edmonton Community Foundation.
Merrill E. Wolfe died in 1975.

Barend Wissink, born to Mr. and Mrs. Jan Wissink, is a resident of Edmonton. Barend is an active member of the Edmonton Stamp Club and the Wild Rose Antique Collectors Society, where he served as President from 1979 to 1980. Barend, and his wife Margaret, are inductees on the Wildrose Antique Collectors Society's Wall of Honour.

Elizabeth “Betty” Wilson was born in Lethbridge, Alberta in 1923 to Dorothy and Dave Burns. She was raised in Grassy Lake on her parent’s farm where they raised lambs. After a term of Normal School, Elizabeth was hired as a school teacher at James River Bridge, Alberta.

In 1949, she married Donald “Don” Wilson and the couple would eventually have two sons, Andrew and David. Elizabeth and Donald lived in Edmonton until 1987 when they moved to Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Elizabeth was awarded the “Search for a New Alberta Novelist” prize and the Beaver Award in 1976 for her novel André Tom Macgregor. She published several novels throughout her career, including The Book of Sarah and Song Dogs as well as short stories and poems.

In 2003, She graduated from Malaspina University College with a Bachelors of Arts in Creative Writing with Distinction.

Elizabeth Wilson died in her Nanaimo home on December 11, 2005.

Dorothy Kendall was born in Tofield, AB on March 20, 1915. She married Norman Willmore on July 12, 1933 and their son, John Jack Willmore (known as Jack) was born November 24, 1939 in Edmonton. At that time they moved to Edson, AB and ran a shoe store for many years. In 1953, Norman Willmore, MLA for Edson was named as Provincial Minister of Industries and Labour.
In 1958, Norman and Dorothy moved to Edmonton, AB. In 1960, Norman was made Provincial Minister of Lands and Forests. Norman was tragically killed in a vehicle collision, 4 Feb 1965 while on his way to attend a fish and game convention. He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Edmonton. The Willmore Wilderness Park was named in his honour. Dorothy continued to live in Edmonton.
On April 9, 1980 Dorothy married respected obstetrician Dr. Eby Quehl in Ponoka, AB.
Dorothy and Norman’s son, Jack, died 7 Aug 2003. Dorothy Kendall Willmore Quehl died 19 Aug 2010.