Light family

Identity area

Type of entity

Family

Authorized form of name

Light family

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

      Other form(s) of name

        Identifiers for corporate bodies

        Description area

        Dates of existence

        History

        Frederick Walter "F.W." Light, 1871-1964, was born in England and joined the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) at Regina, Saskatchewan in 1889. Throughout his career he was stationed at Regina, Moosomin and Battleford. He retired as a staff-sergeant in 1913. He married Phyllis Young and they had at least one child, Frederick George "Fred", 1908-1998. F.W. retired to Victoria, British Columbia.

        Fred was born and educated in Battleford, and then worked as a mail carrier. In 1935 he opened a service station in Battleford, and over the years was active in the community. He and his wife, Marguerita Gunn, had two sons, Douglas, 1933-2008, and Donald. Fred and Doug collected pioneer, NWMP and native artifacts, and at one time Fred was curator of the Fred Light Museum in Battleford. Doug was born in Battleford and became a professional ethnologist. He joined the staff of the Luxton Museum in Banff, Alberta in 1957 and Glenbow-Alberta Institute's Ethnology Department in 1966. He later became the department's curator. In 1976 he was appointed Curator (Western Region) of Canada's National Historic Parks and Sites, retiring in 1987. His wife's name was Meriel.

        Places

        Legal status

        Functions, occupations and activities

        Mandates/sources of authority

        Internal structures/genealogy

        General context

        Relationships area

        Access points area

        Subject access points

        Place access points

        Occupations

        Control area

        Authority record identifier

        Institution identifier

        Rules and/or conventions used

        Status

        Level of detail

        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        Language(s)

          Script(s)

            Sources

            Maintenance notes