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- [ca. 1946-1963] (Creation)
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0.5 cm of textual records
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George Bruce Hunter, 1871-1963, was born in Guelph, Ontario. He moved to Toronto in 1881 and in 1887 began work as a patternmaker at the shop of Inglis and Hunter, where he worked until 1893. He visited Alberta in the fall of 1893, and the following year returned to homestead in the Dog Pound area. In 1905 he became the secretary of Improvement District # 15, later continuing as Municipal Secretary until 1946. He was also secretary of the Dog Pound School District from its organization in 1921 until 1944. He married Grace Shand in 1915 and they had three daughters, Betty (MacKenzie), Jean (Erickson) and Doris (Erickson).
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Gift of Mrs. Duncan A. McDonald, 1966.
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The fonds consists of memoirs describing homestead life in Dog Pound, including descriptions of a cattle drive, a prairie file, mail delivery, home construction and local residents. Includes photocopies of seven photographs.
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The material is in English.
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Thursday, September 06, 2018