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- 1885-1902, 2005 (Creation)
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0.5 cm of textual records
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Joseph Hicks, 1864-1950, was born in Brussels, Ontario. He fought in the 1885 Riel Rebellion (North West Rebellion) with a company of mounted rifles under Sergeant Hatton. He settled in Fort Macleod, Alberta and in 1892 married Cora Alice Sanders, 1873-1953, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA and raised in Mitchell, Ontario. They had four children, Lawrence, Ella (Falconer), Lillian (Merkley) and Cora. Joseph was called to the Bar of the North-West Territories in 1902 and practiced law in Fort Macleod from 1905 to 1933.
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Gifts of Cora Hicks and William Fleming, 1961; John "Jack" Hicks, 2005
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The fonds consists of his reminiscences of the Riel Rebellion and North-West Territories advocate certificate; and genealogical data.
The reminiscences original (pages 1-23) ends in mid-sentence, and is followed by an edited transcript done by Glenbow (pages 24-40).
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The material is in English.
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Digital content is available for the reminiscences.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018