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CROSS, Reuel
Reuel was born in Blaine, Washington,USA in 1900. He came with his parents to the Innisfail district in 1919. He was married in Calgary in 1920. He and his wife had four sons and one daughter. They came to the Wabamun district in 1948, where his wife and family still live.
Reuel was born in 1900 and died in 1980. Rev. Barford officiated at his funeral.
DAVIES, Daniel and Annie.
Mr. and Mrs. Davies had a cottage at Kapasiwin for many years. When the children were young, Mrs. Davies spent much of the holiday time there with them. For the ten years that Mrs. Davies was a widow, she made it her permanent home. Mr. and Mrs. Davies came from Prince Edward Island. They were married there in 1878. They had four daughters, Frances, Penelope, Margrete and Emily. Also two sons, Malcolm and Ben. Penelope married the vice-president of an American railroad and it made quite a ripple in the little villlage of Wabamun when she came to visit her parents as she would come in her private railroad car which would sit on the siding at Wabamun.
Mr. Davies was the owner of a store in Edmonton that sold equipment to lumber camps and prospectors. The war of 1914 badly cut into his business, so he then did book-keeping in lumber camps. He was at Rocky Mountain House when he was taken ill. He died at Kapasiwin in July of 1928. Friends who knew him describe him as being very much a gentleman, in looks and manner.
Mrs. Davies was a friendly, generous person, but a lady of many eccentricities. When she was alone at Kapasiwin, she was very apprehensive of burglars. When leaving her house for some time, she locked it very securely. When she returned, she would retrieve a ladder she had hidden in the bushes, ascend it to a trap door on the roof, which was also firmly locked, and enter her house from there.
Daniel was born in 1856 and died in 1928. Rev. Hatfield officiated at his funeral.
Annie was born in 1859 and died in 1938. Rev. Cuttell officiated at her funeral.
DIESING, Karl.
Karl and his wife Emma came to Canada from Germany in 1927. Karl had been a widower with four children when he and Emma were married. These four children came with them to Rexboro. One daughter, Irma, now lives at Tomahawk. Three daughters were born to Emma and Karl. They were Gertrude, Hilda and Lillie.
Getting to know Karl and Emma very quickly dispelled any tensions that might have been left after the Hitler regime. They were friendly, industrious people and wonderful neighbours. They bought the farm of Wesley McClelland, a mile west of the church (NW18-53-4-W5). Karl was an excellent farmer and for years ran experimental plots for the Alberta Government to test seeds and fertilizers.
Karl was born in 1884 and died in 1955. Rev. Crowle officiated at his funeral.
DLABOHA, John.
Very little information is obtainable about John Dlaboha. He was a single man working at Lakeside mine. He was killed instantly in a car accident near Gainford on December 20, 1934. Rather an unusual chain of events took place after his death. The RCMP from Evansburg attended the accident and took John's body to Evansburg. There they put the body in the garage, but neglected to lay it out properly. Subsequently, a coffin was made locally to fit the body, but unfortunately the grave was not dug to fit the coffin. As a result, the few mourners and Rev. Franklin were quite late getting home from the funeral as they had to enlarge the grave in the frozen ground.
John was born in 1901 and died in 1934. Rev. Franklin officiated at his funeral.
EVANS, Mr. and Mrs. Edward.
Unfortunately information about the Evans' is sadly lacking. Mr. Evans came from Shropshire, England. They farmed a mile north of the Fallis corner and half a mile west (NW22-53-5-W5). I remember visiting as a very young child, with my parents, a very nice, elderly English couple and I think it was possibly the Evanses.
Edward was born in 1852 and died in 1929. Rev. Elliott officiated at his funeral.
Mrs. Evans, no information.
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FAULKNER, Frank.
Frank Faulkner was a furrier in Edmonton. He and his wife Audrey used to spend summers at the cottages on Wabamun Lake, belonging to H.M.E. Evans. It seems that Frank expressed the wish to be buried in St. Aidan and St. Hilda cemetery, although he was not a member of our congregation.
Frank was born in 1914 and died in 1967.
FELL, Robert.
Bob Fell and his wife Isabella came to the Rexboro district in 1940 from Vancouver. Bob had lived in Winnipeg and eastern Canada. The Fells had a farm about a mile east of the Fallis corner on Highway 16. Isabella now lives in the village of Fallis.