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Generation No. 1
1. RALPH JOHN WESLEY8 HOWARD (FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 5 April 1875 in Floyd County, Iowa, United States of America, and died 21 July 1955 in Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada. He married RUVILLA SABINA/LAVINA LEWIS 14 January 1901 in Florence, Iowa, United States of America, daughter of JOHNATHAN LEWIS and MARGARETJENNIE NICKLER. She was born 7 July 1877 in Shelby County, Ohio, United States of America, and died 1922 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Notes for RALPH JOHN WESLEY HOWARD:
Ralph John Wesley wrote his autobiography which was started shortly before his death. He never finished his work but the last contribution the he made to this writing was regarding the death of his wife, "Ville" (Ruvilla) more than forty years before his own passing. Their family of five children was Ezra Lewis, James, Alice, Grace and Elsie.
The first comers to the North Bend District were two men from the Kan as State of the United States. They came in a covered wagon, and decided to camp in the Greenstreet Hills for the winter. Their camp was on the south boundary of section (52-26-W3rd) and for a number of years; this camp location could still be found. This was the winter of deep snow, the winter of 1906-07. Towards spring they were running for some miles rolling and hilly so they stated west toward snowdrifts, it took them all day to make it to the lake and there they found Greenstreet and Jones had located on the east end of the lake.
In the spring when the land was dry enough to travel, they moved north again and located on the bench land on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River. Their names were Frank and Ralph John Wesley Howard. After building their houses they sent for their families and their friends and after one or two years, there was quite a colony of American settlers. There were Ben Mudge and his wife; Frank Howard and his father and mother (Mr. Howard Sr. was a Civil War Veteran), Frank's brothers, Bert and his wife; Ralph and some years later, Floyd Howard came. W.W. Campbell and his wife, Ruby, who was a sister to Frank Howard; Bob and Ken Houghman; Porter Westgate; Mr and Mrs Sidwell Sr. and their family; Hackrot, who drove mules; Mr and Mrs Flanders and family, including Earl and Ray and Barney Shears.
Soon the countryside filled up and all homesteads were taken. These included Mr and Mrs Jack Sparrow, Mrs Jacob Sr. with her family of Frank, George and Percy and a stepsister, Ms Grey. There was also Mr and Mrs Oliver and family of sons, David, Bob and Bill, as well as Mr and Mrs William Bright with their children Lloyd and Beverly. Additional families were Walter Wigg, Bill Moylan, Charlie Robertson and Bob, Colin Spence, Mr and Mrs Appleton and Bill, and Bill, Albert Marshall, wife and family; Ted Moore, Bill Hanlon; W. Tucker (hermit); Mr and Mrs Leer and family, including Bill Burke and his sister; Mrs Watts; Fred Richards; Mr and Mrs Meakin; Percy Ashley and his father and mother; Harry Mumford; Bernard Bullivant and Tom Benton.
A year or two later others came. These were Bill Morris, John Naylor; Mr Kurjata, wife and family, Stan and George, Sidney Benham; Fred Isaac; Jack Homer and wife; George Fuhrman; George Helm; John Nelson; Gad Neale; John Isaac; the Horton’s, father and mother and a big family; Fred Nelson (for whom Nelsons Lake was named); Goodward; and Jack Archibald, wife and family.
A ferry went into operation in 1913 to connect North Bend to Frenchman Butte, across the river. Roy Sidwell was one of the first ferrymen and was the last ferryman to operate the ferry when it closed down.
A community Hall was built in 1928 and it catered to all the surrounding districts for dances, sports and other meetings, sometimes weddings, sometimes funerals. The trading center and later the Post Office were located in Frenchman Butte, but grain was hauled to Lloydminster, until 1928 when the CNR line was built in Frenchman Butte.
The first Christmas after Grandma Howard arrived, she and Aunt Ruby invited all the settlers in the "Bend" to come for dinner. They had a little tree decorated with homemade pretties and Ruby made individual sacks of homemade candy for each expected guest and three extras. Sure enough, just in time for dinner, along came three strangers, looking for homesteads. They were warmly welcomed and found not only a Christmas dinner and a Christmas Tree but also a personal gift waiting for them. Subsequently, they all took homesteads in the "Bend", proved them up and shortly after that obtained mortgages on the land, which they were never able to pay back, and lost their homesteads. This happened in quite a few cases. Then, as now debts were more easily contracted than cleared.
Ralph brought his family out to the homestead for a few years, they moved to Lloydminster where he soon became known as an expert well driller. In those days when good water was not to be found, deep wells were the only answer. Ralph and his wife Ruvilla had eight children, one of whom died in early childhood. Then five or six years later, sorrow came to the family in the loss of Ruvilla, wife and mother. After the children were grown up, Ralph and his brother, Frank, who never married, farmed and batched together until 1954. When Frank went to Chetwynd, BC and joined his nephew Fernando Campbell in another stint of pioneering. While there, although well past 80 years old, he made a horseback trip up the Sukunka Valley and a trip with Fernando, and camp outfit truck, up the Alaska Highway to Whitehorse. Ralph passed away suddenly in 1955 at the age of 80.
More About RALPH JOHN WESLEY HOWARD:
Burial: 24 July 1955, Albion Cemetery, North Bend District, Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan
Notes for RUVILLA SABINA/LAVINA LEWIS:
Taken from the US Census of 1885.
Census Place: Auburn, Crawford, Ohio
Source: FHL Film 1255003 National Archives Film T9-1003 Page 305A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Johnathan LEWIS Self M M W 28 OH
Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: OH
Maggie (Margaret) LEWIS Wife F M W 23 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: GER Mo: PA
Ida LEWIS Dau F S W 5 KS
Fa: OH Mo: PA
Ruvilla LEWIS Dau F S W 2 OH
Fa: OH Mo: PA
More About RUVILLA SABINA/LAVINA LEWIS:
Burial: 1922, Albion Cemetery, North Bend District, Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan
Children of RALPH HOWARD and RUVILLA LEWIS are:
2. i. E ZRA LEWIS9 HOWARD, b. 20 November 1913, Lashburn, Saskatchewan, Canada; d. 1952, Frenchman Butte, Sask.
3. ii. C APITOLA FERN HOWARD, b. 10 October 1903, Liberal, Kansas, United States of America; d. 13 April 1970, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
4. iii. R ALPH FERNANDO HOWARD, b. 24 October 1905, Riley County, Kansas, United States of America; d. 27 December 1979.
iv. A LICE MAYME HOWARD, b. 18 April 1911, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada; d. 19 December 2001, Kelowna, BC, Canada; m. WILLIAM PENSON; b. Abt. 1910.
More About A LICE MAYME HOWARD:
Burial: December 2001, Kelowna, BC, Canada
v. J AMES FRANKLIN HOWARD, b. 27 November 1913, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
vi. V IOLET ALBERTA HOWARD, b. 13 June 1910, Lashburn, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Notes for V IOLET ALBERTA HOWARD:
Violet Howard died when she was a baby.
vii. E LSIE IRENE HOWARD, b. 9 March 1914, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada; m. WESLEY SHINKIE; b. Abt. 1913.
viii. G RACE GERTRUDE HOWARD, b. 18 March 1915, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada; m. HARVEY POWELL, Abt. 1933; b. Abt. 1913, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
ix. J OAN HOWARD, b. Unknown.
Notes for J OAN HOWARD:
Joan died at the age of 9 years old.
Generation No. 2
2. EZRA LEWIS9 HOWARD (RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 20 November 1913 in Lashburn, Saskatchewan, Canada, and died 1952 in Frenchman Butte, Sask. He married OLIVE LAVINA HOWSE September 1933 in Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada, daughter of ROBERT HOWSE and ROSALIE (GARDIPEE). She was born 14 August 1914 in Roy, Montana, USA, and died 22 September 1985 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
More About EZRA LEWIS HOWARD:
Burial: 1952, Albion/North Bend Cemetery, Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan
More About OLIVE LAVINA HOWSE:
Burial: 25 September 1985, Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Source: 22 May 2002, her grandson Patrick Best
Children of EZRA HOWARD and OLIVE HOWSE are:
5. i. L ORNA REVILLA10 HOWARD, b. 19 February 1934, Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. ii. E THEL SHIRLEY HOWARD, b. 22 November 1937, Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada.
iii. F AYE GWENDOLYN LORETTA HOWARD, b. 2 September 1938, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
iv. T HELMA MURIEL HOWARD, b. 21 May 1942, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
v. H ERBERT LOUIS HOWARD, b. 20 June 1940, Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada; d. 1980, Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada.
More About H ERBERT LOUIS HOWARD:
Burial: 1980, Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
vi. W ESLEY DAVIE HOWARD, b. 27 March 1945, Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada.
vii. R OY EDWIN HOWARD, b. 10 May 1946, Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada.
viii. B RIAN ALBERT HOWARD, b. 14 January 1949.
3. CAPITOLA FERN9 HOWARD (RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 10 October 1903 in Liberal, Kansas, United States of America, and died 13 April 1970 in Kelowna, BC, Canada. She married REGINALD TROWBRIDGE STUBBS Abt. 1922. He was born 3 March 1903 in Seoul, Manitoba, Canada, and died 13 November 1979 in Kelowna, BC, Canada.
More About C APITOLA FERN HOWARD:
Burial: April 1970, Kelowna, BC, Canada
More About R EGINALD TROWBRIDGE STUBBS:
Burial: November 1979, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Children of C APITOLA HOWARD and REGINALD STUBBS are:
7. i. M AURICE WALMSLEY10 STUBBS, b. 2 April 1940, Kelowna, BC, Canada; d. 8 July 2000, Falklands, BC, Canada.
ii. D AVID GEORGE STUBBS, b. 18 August 1934.
iii. W ILMA LOIS STUBBS, b. 12 July 1926.
iv. L AWRENCE POMEROY STUBBS, b. 13 August 1929; d. 6 April 1991, Winfield, BC, Canada.
More About L AWRENCE POMEROY STUBBS:
Burial: April 1991, Winfield, BC, Canada
v. P HILLIP DANIEL STUBBS, b. 8 May 1936.
vi. J AMES PAUL STUBBS, b. 10 February 1932.
vii. H OWARD REGINALD STUBBS, b. 29 May 1928; d. 28 February 1988, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
More About H OWARD REGINALD STUBBS:
Burial: February 1988, Kelowna, BC, Canada
viii. E UNICE STUBBS, b. 28 July 1938.
ix. J ANICE FERN STUBBS, b. 8 October 1943.
x. F RANCIS ALLEN STUBBS, b. 14 December 1946.
xi. K ATHELINE MARY STUBBS, b. 9 November 1941.
4. RALPH FERNANDO9 HOWARD (RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 24 October 1905 in Riley County, Kansas, United States of America, and died 27 December 1979.
Child of RALPH FERNANDO HOWARD is:
8. i. R ALPH10 HOWARD, b. Abt. 1924, North Bend District, Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Generation No. 3
5. LORNA REVILLA10 HOWARD (EZRA LEWIS9, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 19 February 1934 in Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada. She married PERCY JOHN TERENCE BEST 10 June 1952 in Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada, son of JOHN BEST and BESSIE BARKER. He was born 23 January 1930 in Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Notes for LORNA REVILLA HOWARD:
Lorna's maternal grandfather, Ralph John Wesley Howard was one of the first homesteaders in the Frenchman Butte area in 1905. In 2001, his first original home still stands.
More About LORNA REVILLA HOWARD:
Residence: 1986, Heinsburg, Alberta, Canada
Notes for PERCY JOHN TERENCE BEST:
My father Percy John Terence Best was born on January 23, 1930 at Oxbow, Saskatchewan. My mother Lorna Revilla Best (nee: Howard) was born on February 19, 1934 at Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan. They were married at Frenchman Butte, Sask. by Reverend Elwood McLean on June 10, 1952 in the log church that used to stand across the street from Buchta's General Store. To this union, four boys were born, Ezra Larry, born on March 24, 1953 and died on April 24, 1953 and is buried at Mervin, Saskatchewan. Terry Ronald was born on May 17, 1954, Patrick Kelly was born on December 9, 1956 and Jonathon Percy Robin was born on March 8, 1972.
We lived in a number of places in Saskatchewan, like Glen Ewen, Midale, Macoon, Livelong and Pierceland, before settling down in Alberta, when we moved there in 1961.
We first stayed with my great grandfather, Robert Alexander Howse, near Islay. We lived with him for a month or so until dad found a job working for Frank Fox, owner of Nupar Stock Farm. It was here that I started school; Terry was already in grade two. Terry had started his schooling at Glen Ewen but halfway through his grade two, was when we moved to Alberta, so for that he was held back one year. Terry and I started to go to Sunday School at the Grace United Church in Islay. Every Sunday morning Mrs. Vera Anson and her daughter, Iris, would pick us up and onto church we'd all go. There were a few times on our way back from church that we'd all be talking and Vera would forget to stop and drive past our drive way, so she'd have to back up and stop. We'd all lost track on how many times she'd done this.
Dad worked for Frank Fox for a couple of years, and then he went to work for Lyle Anson, Vera's husband. We were to move just a few miles south of the Nupar Stock Farm. We first lived in the old Anson house which seemed awfully huge to us two small boys. Dad usually walked to Anson's to work for it was only a half mile away, it was okay in the summer but a might chilly in the winter time. By this time, mom had found work as a waitress at the Hub Cafe in Vermilion. I remember one of the funniest stories that happened to our family while living in the old place. Some of mom's relatives had come down to visit us, Thelma and Hank Bouchard, Grandmother Howard and two of her brother's, Joe and Tom. It was getting close to supper time, so Uncle Joe decided he'd go and shoot a duck on the slough behind the barn. The funny thing is after he shot the duck, he paid me $1.00 to wade out in the slough to get the duck, then he paid someone else another dollar to clean it and then he paid mom a dollar to cook it for dinner. When it was done, we all tied into it. Well, he sure didn't get his $3.00 worth, little lone get enough for a meal to feed nine people.
Anson's built themselves a new house, so we were able to move out of the old house and into the one they were moving out of. Dad worked for Lyle for a couple of years, then in 1966, we moved into the town of Islay and dad decided to work for the oil rigs and by this time mom was working at the hospital in Islay as a housekeeper. The house we moved into was terribly small, compared to the last two houses we had just lived in, it only had three rooms.
In the fall of 1966, dad was transferred to Nova Scotia and we sure missed him. He surprised us all by flying home for Christmas that winter. Dad was home until just after New Years and he had to drive one of his workers cars back. Terry and I were in grade six and five. Some of our friend's were Stewie and Sissie (Lucille) Shepard. It certainly didn't take us long to make friend's, for there weren't really all that many kids in town. Since there weren't many of us kids, we certainly kept the adult's on their toes by fighting fires that had gotten started by us kids, who tried to burn the grass so we could have bases to play baseball. This same summer, the old curling rink burnt down but not by our gang of kids.
On July 1, 1967, mom, Terry and I left Islay and flew to Halifax, Nova Scotia to join dad. By this time, he'd been working along the northeast coast of New Brunswick. Dad met us at the Halifax Airport and took us to Upper Rawdon, just west of Truro, where we had lunch with Mary McPhee. When dad worked in this area, he stayed with Mary and her family. Before we left, Mary asked mom and dad if Terry and I could return and stay with her for a week while her son, Joel, went off to scout camp. They agreed.
We left and headed north for Tracadie, NB. The trip was long for us kids, for we'd first been cooped up in a plane for eight hours and now in a car. It took us one complete day of travelling. When we arrived at our destination, we made and called home in summer cabins at Upper Pouchmouche, NB.
Terry and I were there for about a week before Duane Anseth, dad's tool push, drove us down to Upper Rawdon. Well, we would up staying more than a week, we stayed for five weeks. In this time we have made many friends and taken swimming lessons at Rawdon Gold Mines. We also attended a few baseball games for Mary's one son, Harold, was a player and we also picked a lot of blueberries. On our Leisure time, a bunch of us kids would hitch up the horse, Andy, to the buggy and go for a ride. It was a one seater but we managed to get almost every kid in town in it, all ten of us. One of the funny things that happened was, Terry decided it was my turn to drive the buggy. Well, I decided to make a trip around the garage and cut one corner too short, for I caught a wheel in the wooded fence and a tall spruce tree. Everything came to a sudden Halt. My passenger and I were thrown out and luckily neither of us got hurt and thank goodness the horse and buggy were okay. That was my extent of trying to drive a horse and buggy. We sure had a great summer in Upper Rawdon.
Mike Winters came down to pick us up around the middle of August, so we had to say farewell to our friends and head back to find our parents. We found that they had moved to Tabasintac, NB. There was an old gentleman taking care of the cabins, his name was Mr. Frank Harvie. His favorite saying was, "If I had me keys, I'd show ya me boat." I used to take apples off the trees in the yard and he asked me one time, why didn't I take them from the neighbour’s trees across the road. I said because they have a big dog. One incident that happened to mom was when she was walking along the beach and came upon some apple trees on the other side of the fence, upon a little hill. She was just crawling through the fence, when she saw a big dog come running over the hill, right at her. Well, mom didn't think twice and turned and ran. Once down the beach a ways, she glanced over her should to see if the dog was still chasing her. She was surprised to see that all the dog was running for was to cool off in the water of the river. She didn't think it was funny at the time but when she told us, we sure got a laugh out of it.
On September 7, 1967 we started our journey back west to Alberta, after dad bought a new 1967 Ford 1/2 ton in Truro. It took us five days to drive back west and we started our new life in Marwayne, Alberta. We stayed with mom's sister Ethel and her husband, Charlie Oliver, for a couple of weeks until we rented a house next to them which was owned by John Doull Sr. We lived in this house for two years. Then we rented a house from Forest and Margaret Tupper.
In the summer of 1969, dad was working at Pierceland, Saskatchewan, so we moved and lived there for July and August. We were still renting the house in Marwayne, so we moved back at the end of August so Terry and I could continue our schooling. In 1971, the house was sold to Mrs. Kate Boyce and so we moved into the second house at Gerry and Donna Hines' farm, north of town about 9 miles. We were to only stay for a couple of months but wound up living there for three years. It was there in March of 1973 that Jonathon was born.
One of the biggest excitements that took place every at the Hines', was moving all the cattle, about 700 head, north to their summer pasture which was about thirty miles north in the Heinsburg area. Another big event happened in our family, which took place on August 18, 1973 when Terry and Lori Pynten were married. They were united by Reverend Eldred Graves. It was a super day, for it was the first wedding in our family. We had friends and relatives from all over. Friends flew their plane up from Chinook, Montana, Dow and Margaret Overcast, their son Frank and his girlfriend Marcia Rusch. While they were here, we were all able to get a ride in Dow's plane and we used one of VC Hines summer fallow fields as a run way. It was a little rough but it did the trick.
Two years later, Frank and Marcia were married in Montana on May 23, 1975 and so Terry, Lori and I were the only ones who could go. Dad had to go to Grassland, Alberta to drill and the Hines' were loosing calves on the lease so were unable to make it too.
More About PERCY JOHN TERENCE BEST:
Residence: 1986, Heinsburg, Alberta, Canada
Retirement: 1991
Children of LORNA HOWARD and PERCY BEST are:
i. P ATRICK KELLY11 BEST, b. 9 December 1956, Oxbow, Sask.
Notes for P ATRICK KELLY BEST:
On May 18, 1974, I graduated from high school and on July 15, I started working for the Toronto Dominion Bank. The staff then were: Frank Johnston, Manager; Doreen Lowrie, Credit Manager; Sheila McKinley, Accountant; Kathy Lennon, Accounting Officer; Donna Oram, JoAnn Bensmiller and Brenda Midgley. I was there until April 1975 when I got transferred to Westlock, Alberta and I remained there until July, 1975 when I quit and moved to Lloydminster, Alberta and started working on August 5 for the Merit Store. I stayed at Ken Hughes' farm and helped him out whenever I could. Then on August 27, I was transferred to Wetaskiwin, Alberta. I was there until I decided to return to the bank. My last day in Wetaskiwin was October 11, 1975. On October 16, 1975 a very good friend of mine was killed in a car accident. This accident claimed three lives, Arden Hines, Blair Parker and Mrs. Marg Wilcox. It was a real shock to everyone in the community. Arden Hines was the only son of Terry and Patsy Hines. Blair was a son of Herb and Doreen Parker and Marg was the wife of Bruce Wilcox and a mother of four children. The funerals were held on October 20, 1975. Marg's in Lloydminster and the boys in the school gym at Marwayne, Alberta.
October 27, 1975 was my first day back to banking in High Prairie, Alberta. I located here for one and half years before receiving a transfer to Medicine Hat, Alberta. I moved to the "Hat" on March 1, 1977 and remained there until May 28, 1977 when I decided to leave my career in banking and travel to further adventures. I decided to move to Edmonton, Alberta. There I knew people and could find a new job. While living in Edmonton, I had a few jobs like being a bill collector for Borg-Warner, sales person, janitor and I even tried my hand at hair styling. Something that I had always dreamt of becoming, but it didn't last long either. After struggling for a few months of not working, I decided to return to Lloydminster. Upon arriving to Lloyd, I phoned some friends of mine, Gordon and Colleen Saunders, to see if I could hang my hat at their place until I got situated. The very next day, I went down to Manpower and got the names of two businesses that here hiring. One was the Prince Charles and the other was Chopstick Palace. I applied for a front desk clerk position at the hotel and for a cocktail waiter’s position at the Chopstick and low and behold, I was hired at both jobs on the same day. Someone above was certainly keeping his eyes upon me. I worked at the front desk for about one month when I received a position in their tavern as a bartender. This was something really new to me, for now I wasn't drinking with my friends in this bar; I was keeping an eye on them so they wouldn't get into trouble.
I stayed in Lloydminster for three and a half months when I decided to tackle the bright lights again of Edmonton one more time. I had been in Edmonton for just a couple of days when I received a bartender’s position at The Four Seasons Hotel. I worked here for about six months and then I ventured on. I accepted a position at the Pub in McCauley Plaza, where I bar tended for one year and then I became assistant manager under Brian Silsbee. I worked as Brian's assistant for six months then I accepted a bartender’s position at the Creperie Dining Lounge. By this time I had lived in Edmonton for four years and I remained at the Creperie for one year, before I decided to move to Vancouver, BC. While I lived in Edmonton for the last two years, I met some very nice people, of who are still very close to me, even tho we're miles apart. Greg Schneider was my room mate for the last two years. A wonderful and intelligent man, who moved back to Saskatchewan to work for his dad in North Battleford. We had a lot of good times with all of our friends, Esther Kuberness and her daughters Linda and Angie. They lived at the opposite end of our hallway. Across from us was Betty Watt, a very charming and witty girl who moved here from Peterborough, Ontario. Esther and I worked together every once in awhile at Sue and Curtis Roberts, doing dinner and cocktail parties. Esther did all their cooking and prep and I did their bartending. Here I met a lot of very well know people.
Greg, my room mate decided to move back to Saskatchewan the same weekend that I decided to come to Vancouver to visit before moving out. When I arrived here that weekend, I knew right away that I'd be moving here. This was on October 29, 1981; I was impressed at first sight. So when I left to go back to Edmonton, two days later, I said to everyone that I would see them all in one month. Not one of them believed me until I showed up on their doorstep on November 28, suit cases and all. I have never regretted moving here. Vancouver was a big step for me. In nine years, I have travelled through Alberta from place to place from farm and high school to the working field and moving to the bright lights of Vancouver, BC. Now in the three years that I have lived here, I have met and saw some wonderful people. Some are from our movie industry in Hollywood, the Pope, Billy Graham and Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth.
I have been back a few times to Marwayne since I left and I have come to this conclusion. That no matter where you go and how many people come in and out of our life, the real true people that one finds the friendliest are the ones that live where you grew up and mine are in Marwayne, Alberta. My parents, Percy and Lorna Best and younger brother have now lived in Ft. St. John, BC for going on seven years now. Jonathon is now in grade six and is going to be the whiz kid in our family. Terry and Lori live and farm with Lori's mom and dad, Doris and Leif Pynten at Heinsburg, Alberta. They have two children in their family, Kimberly Dawn in ten years old and their son Cameron Jon Leif (CJ) is seven years old.
A lot has gone on in our lives since the time of this writing. Mom and Dad have retired and moved to the Heinsburg area. This they did about 15 years ago. Jonathon has graduated from high school in Heinsburg and is married, with a family of his own. He and his family live at the village of Pelican Narrows, west of Bonnyville, Alberta. Terry is a grandfather from both Kimberly and CJ. Terry lives in Bonnyville, Alberta. Kimberly married Brent Grieg from the Marwayne area. CJ married Yvette Laux from Elk Point. And over the years, I have moved to quite a few different places, taking me from Inuvik, Northwest Territories to Southern Alberta, the Pincher Creek area where I worked at the Kilmorey Lodge at the beautiful Waterton National Park. I settled into Edmonton once again about 4 years ago and this time, I think I will stay longer and call it my home.
On May 15, 2002, I received a phone call from my mom, Lorna Best, that my dog, Muffin had passed away. She was about 14 years old and she passed away from a heart attack around noon. Muffin was buried on the acreage over looking the place.
More About P ATRICK KELLY BEST:
Residence: 17 May 2002, Living in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at Apt. # 27-10230-122 Street
ii. E ZRA LARRY BEST, b. 24 March 1953, Turtleford, Saskatchewan, Canada; d. 24 April 1953, Mervin, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Notes for E ZRA LARRY BEST:
Buried in Mervin, Saskatchewan. Funeral Directors were McCaw Funeral Home of Turtleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.
More About E ZRA LARRY BEST:
Burial: April 1953, Mervin Cemetery, Mervin, Saskatchewan, Canada
9. iii. T ERRY RONALD BEST, b. 17 May 1954, Paradise Hill, Saskatchewan, Canada.
10. iv. J ONATHON PERCY ROBIN BEST, b. 8 March 1972, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. ETHEL SHIRLEY10 HOWARD (EZRA LEWIS9, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 22 November 1937 in Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada. She married CHARLES G. OLIVER. He was born Abt. 1936 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada, and died 11 May 1999 in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada.
Child of E THEL HOWARD and CHARLES OLIVER are:
i. D IANE RENE'11 OLIVER, b. 10 October 1968, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Notes for D IANE RENE' OLIVER:
The following was sent to Patrick Best from his cousin Diane Oliver on October 10, 2002
Diane graduated from Marwayne Jubilee High School in 1986 with Honors. Moved to Edmonton in 1986, worked in a restaurant for a year. She attended NAIT Business Program for one year, worked for the Royal Bank, Main Branch Edmonton for 6 years. Diane also worked for Hofam Catering as a Camp Cook for one year, then she graduated from the Police and Security Program at Grant McEwen College in 1997 with a "Security Major" with Honorary Distinction, she moved to Cochrane, Alberta in the spring of 1997 and she worked as a Private Investigator with Pinnacle Investigations in Calgary for one and half years. Diane moved to Carolin, Alberta area in February 1999. Her father Charles G. Oliver passed away on May 11, 1999. Diane met Ray Paradis and his family and in July 1999, she moved in with Ray and his kids Tim (age 7) and Sarah (age 9) and have been happily taking care of my family until this day. Diane's interests have been learning about Jesus, her saviour, and all the wifely activities that God has assigned her to do.
7. MAURICE WALMSLEY10 STUBBS (CAPITOLA FERN9 HOWARD, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 2 April 1940 in Kelowna, BC, Canada, and died 8 July 2000 in Falklands, BC, Canada. He married CAROL JEAN RUHL 26 May 1959 in Winfield, BC, Canada. She was born 6 August 1943 in Hanna, Alberta, Canada.
More About M AURICE WALMSLEY STUBBS:
Burial: 12 July 2000, Westwold, BC, Canada
Children of M AURICE STUBBS and CAROL RUHL are:
11. i. C LINTON MAURICE11 STUBBS, b. 14 November 1959, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
12. ii. S TEVEN CLIFFORD STUBBS, b. 5 April 1962, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
13. iii. R USSELL MARTIN STUBBS, b. 27 September 1966, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
8. RALPH10 HOWARD (RALPH FERNANDO9, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1924 in North Bend District, Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada. He married SYLVIA HOWARD (NEE: UNKNOWN) October 1944. She was born Abt. 1925 in Richmond, BC, Canada.
Children of R ALPH HOWARD and SYLVIA (NEE: UNKNOWN) are:
14. i. P HILLIP JOHN EDWARD11 HOWARD, b. 22 May 1946, Richmond, BC, Canada.
ii. E STHER HOWARD, b. 3 July 1948.
iii. P AUL HOWARD, b. September 1950.
iv. D AVID HOWARD, b. September 1954.
Generation No. 4
9. TERRY RONALD11 BEST (LORNA REVILLA10 HOWARD, EZRA LEWIS9, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 17 May 1954 in Paradise Hill, Saskatchewan, Canada. He married (1) LORIS RUTH PYNTEN 18 August 1973 in Marwayne, Alberta, Canada, daughter of LEIF PYNTEN and DORIS FRANKS. She was born 19 July 1954 in Elk Point, Alberta, Canada. He married (2) TINA MARIE MACLEOD 20 August 1995 in Grande Centre, Alberta. She was born 28 October 1968 in Fort St. John, BC, Canada.
More About TERRY RONALD BEST:
Fact 1: Divorced
Fact 2: Divorced second wife
Residence: 17 May 2002, Living in Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada as per his brother, Patrick K. Best
More About LORIS RUTH PYNTEN:
Fact 1: Divorced
Residence: 2002, Grande Centre, Alberta, Canada
More About TINA MARIE MACLEOD:
Fact 1: Divorced
Children of TERRY BEST and LORIS PYNTEN are:
15. i. K IMBERLEY DAWN12 BEST, b. 28 February 1974.
16. ii. C AMERON JON LEIF BEST, b. 18 March 1977, Elk Point, Alberta, Canada.
Children of T ERRY BEST and TINA MACLEOD are:
iii. S EAN ALLEN12 BEST, b. 19 December 1994, Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada.
iv. T ANNER PERCY BEST, b. 9 July 1996, Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada.
v. T YRA JANE BEST, b. 18 September 1999, Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada.
10. JONATHON PERCY ROBIN11 BEST (LORNA REVILLA10 HOWARD, EZRA LEWIS9, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 8 March 1972 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada. He married MELANIE LAURETTE LABRIE 15 July 1995 in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada. She was born 9 April 1974 in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.
More About J ONATHON PERCY ROBIN BEST:
Occupation: Truck Driver/Field Operator
More About M ELANIE LAURETTE LABRIE:
Occupation: Accountant
Children of J ONATHON BEST and MELANIE LABRIE are:
i. K ARISA CHRISTINE12 BEST, b. 5 April 1995, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
ii. J AYDON PATRICK BEST, b. 7 October 1997, Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada.
11. CLINTON MAURICE11 STUBBS (MAURICE WALMSLEY10, CAPITOLA FERN9 HOWARD, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 14 November 1959 in Kelowna, BC, Canada. He married LAURIE JEANNE MARKS 23 February 1979 in Winfield, BC, Canada. She was born 17 December 1959 in Ajax, Ontario, Canada.
Children of C LINTON STUBBS and LAURIE MARKS are:
i. R EBECCA MAY12 STUBBS, b. 12 May 1983.
ii. T YLER JAMES STUBBS, b. 16 October 1985.
12. STEVEN CLIFFORD11 STUBBS (MAURICE WALMSLEY10, CAPITOLA FERN9 HOWARD, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 5 April 1962 in Kelowna, BC, Canada. He married (1) CHERYL ANN WHIPPY Abt. 1981. She was born 24 August 1962 in England. He married (2) JANA VANDERGUCHT Abt. 1990. She was born 28 September 1970 in Terrace, BC, Canada.
Children of S TEVEN STUBBS and CHERYL WHIPPY are:
i. A MANDA12 STUBBS, b. 21 August 1982.
ii. A MY DANIELLE STUBBS, b. 3 February 1986.
iii. S TEPHANIE NICOLE STUBBS, b. 25 November 1987.
Children of S TEVEN STUBBS and JANA VANDERGUCHT are:
iv. K YLE JUSTIN12 STUBBS, b. 12 October 1991.
v. D EVIN BLAKE STUBBS, b. 12 October 1991.
13. RUSSELL MARTIN11 STUBBS (MAURICE WALMSLEY10, CAPITOLA FERN9 HOWARD, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 27 September 1966 in Kelowna, BC, Canada. He married CORAL LEIGH BALFOUR 23 July 1988 in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, daughter of CECIL BALFOUR and VIDAL MARTIN. She was born 26 July 1964 in New Westminister, BC, Canada.
Children of R USSELL STUBBS and CORAL BALFOUR are:
i. L ORINDA ELAINE12 STUBBS, b. 4 November 1984, Prince George, BC, Canada.
ii. T IFFANY LAYA STUBBS, b. 16 June 1989, Vernon, BC, Canada.
iii. L EVI RUSSELL STUBBS, b. 15 July 1992, Vernon, BC, Canada.
14. PHILLIP JOHN EDWARD11 HOWARD (RALPH10, RALPH FERNANDO9, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 22 May 1946 in Richmond, BC, Canada. He married ESTELLE HOWARD (NEE: UNKNOWN) 5 July 1969 in Richmond, BC, Canada. She was born Abt. 1947 in Richmond, BC, Canada.
Children of P HILLIP HOWARD and ESTELLE (NEE: UNKNOWN) are:
i. C HARLENE12 HOWARD, b. 5 May 1976.
ii. D ARREN HOWARD, b. 30 April 1978.
Generation No. 5
15. KIMBERLEY DAWN12 BEST (TERRY RONALD11, LORNA REVILLA10 HOWARD, EZRA LEWIS9, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 28 February 1974. She married BRENT WILLIAM GREIG June 1996 in Heinsburg, Alberta, Canada. He was born 18 June 1966 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Children of KIMBERLEY BEST and BRENT GREIG are:
i. P AIGE LAVAUNNE13 GREIG, b. 1 May 1997, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
ii. K ELLY LYNN GREIG, b. 10 September 1998, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
iii. J ULLIAN GRACE GREIG, b. 16 November 2000, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
16. CAMERON JON LEIF12 BEST (TERRY RONALD11, LORNA REVILLA10 HOWARD, EZRA LEWIS9, RALPH JOHN WESLEY8, FERNANDO JAMES7, JOHN6, SAMUEL5, ELDER NATHAN4, NATHAN3, THOMAS2, ROBERT1) was born 18 March 1977 in Elk Point, Alberta, Canada. He married YVETTE LAUX Abt. 1999 in Elk Point, Alberta, Canada. She was born 1980 in Elk Point, Alberta, Canada.
Children of C AMERON BEST and YVETTE LAUX are:
i. D EVON LEIF JARED13 BEST, b. 26 February 1998, Elk Point, Alberta, Canada.
ii. M YRANDA SAGE BEST, b. April 2002, Elk Point, Alberta, Canada.
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