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LANDVIK, Baby Nona.
Nona was the little daughter of Frances and Gordon Landvik. She was the great grand daughter of Ada and William Heath and great great grand daughter of Mary Prendergast. Nona was born in the Coronation hospital in 1946. She was delicate from birth and died at the age of three months from lung complications.
Nona was born in 1946 and died in 1947. Rev. Mathews officiated at her funeral.
LEVISON, Barbara.
Barbara Orr was born in Blyth, a town on the North Sea, in Northumberland, England, in 1889. She married Tom Levison and they had three daughters, Nancy, Elsie, and Edna. In 1929, facing hard times in England, the family decided to immigrate to Canada, the land of promises. Barbara did not have good health and her doctor was not in favour of her going to a far country. The family first went to a farm at Manville but it was very unproductive so they only stayed there a few months. Tom then got work at the Lakeside Mine at Wabamun where he worked for about eleven years. Barbara was very lonely for her homeland and "cried a lot". Her unhappiness was probably mostly caused by her ill health. She was destined to be buried two years later in this foreign soil, when she succumbed to a heart condition and renal failure. She was only forty-one.
Barbara was born in 1889 and died in 1931. Rev. Elliott officiated at her funeral.
McDONALD, Baby Wayne.
After a difficult entry into this world, baby Wayne lived less than a day. He was the sixth child of a family of seven. His parents are Overa and Lyle McDonald of Darwell.
Wayne was born on October 30 and died Nov. 1, 1938. Rev. Cuttell officiated at his funeral.
McGINNIS, Lewis Harvey.
All I can learn about Lewis is that he farmed about a mile east of Gainford.
MALCHOWSKI, Stephen.
Steve was born in Torki, Medyka, Przemysl, Poland in 1903. He came to Canada in the autumn of 1926, to the land of promise and a bright future. So many immigrants had that dream then, as now, and this young man was no exception. He hoped to gain some financial security and then to be able to help other members of his family to immigrate. However, Steve's dream had no chance to materialize as he met a tragic death in May of 1927. He was working at the Lakeside Mine at the time and was crushed beneath the wheels of a train.
Steve is survived by his sister, Mary Kolody, in Saskatoon, and a sister and brother in Poland. He is also survived by his niece Anne and her husband Brian, in Saskatoon. It was Anne and Brian Craggs who found her uncle's grave at Rexboro after searching in several places in Alberta, and who have been kind enough to send me this information to help me to keep alive the memories of those who have gone.
Stephen was born in 1903 and died in 1927. Rev. Elliott officiated at his funeral.
MARGERISON, Gilbert.
Gilbert was born in Leeds, England and came to Canada in 1904 with his parents, George and Kate Margerison, and sister, Dorothy, when he was five years old. A year later his sister Hilda was born. At first the family lived in Edmonton. The children attended McKay Avenue School and All Saints Church. In 1913 the family moved to Wabamun. In July of 1913, Mrs. Margerison was appointed the telephone agent and Gilbert was operator. About this time Rev. Blood, the Anglican parson for the district, wanted to take Gilbert back to England with him, to train for the ministry. Not wanting to leave the family so many miles away Gilbert did not go. Instead he trained with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway as a machinist. In 1931 he was working in Mountain Park, in the Coal Branch, when he contracted pneumonia. Possibly if the treatment and nursing had been up to todays standards, he would not have died at the early age of 32. At this time his sister Dorothy lives in Edmonton and Hilda in Wabamun.
Gilbert was born in 1899 and died in 1931. Rev. Elliot officiated at his funeral.
MARGERISON, William and Ethel.
"Mr. and Mrs. Will" as they were called by many people in the district of Rexboro, were two of the best known and most repected pioneers. In 1908 Will and his brother Walter were homesteading a mile north of the Darwell corner. Just a mile west was another homestead owned by the two Creasey brothers. In 1909 the Margerisons and Creaseys did a great deal of the work involved in building Rexboro Church. They were honest, hard working men, well thought of in the neighbourhood. In 1912 the Creasey's sister, Ethel, came out from England to keep house for her brothers. In 1914, Ethel Creasey and Will Margerison were married. Soon afterwards Will went overseas and came back with slightly impaired health. Two sons were born, Jack and Harold. The family lived in a house on the corner of Highway 16 and the Darwell Road. The tall white house with its beautiful garden became a landmark. From this garden flowers came for every occasion and ALWAYS for the altar of the Rexboro Church. Mrs. Will not only had a knack for growing flowers but for arranging them as well. Will was a conscientious farmer and for years had experimental plots for the University of Alberta. Mrs. Will did beautiful needle work but it was mostly her knitting that was her specialty. When she was 90 she knitted me an afghan in a week. She was secretary-treasurer for the school, the church, the community centre and the mutual telephone company. So much more could be written about these pioneer people, who, like many others of their time, always had time for God and people.
Will was born in 1885 and died in 1948. Rev. Mathews officiated at his funeral.
Ethel was born in 1888 and died in 1978. Rev. Wilson officiated at her funeral
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