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Joseph Edward Eckersley, 1853-1907, was born in England and came to Medicine Hat, Alberta in 1887. In 1889 he moved to Calgary, Alberta where he was active as a quarry owner and building contractor. He served as a Calgary alderman in 1901 and school trustee, 1900-1901. About 1900 he acquired a ranch and farm a few miles south of Calgary. He married Martha Booth and they had at least three children, Albert Creig, 1881-1967, Joseph Edward junior, 1894-1917, and Francis Clifford, 1898-1974.
Albert continued to operate the farm until he retired to Calgary in 1959. He and his wife Constance Emily had four children, Mary Frances, Edward Vincent, Bernice Creig (Latter), 1915-2008, and Albert Clifford, 1922-2012. Joseph died in France during the First World War.