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Horace was born in 1870 in Cornwall, England and died in 1952 at Viking, Alberta. He resided at Condor, Alberta. In 1894 at Calgary he married Emily Hornett, who was born in 1876 at Warwickshire, England and died in 1952 at Red Deer, Alberta. Their children were: Theresa, Ray, Edwin, Milly, Stewart, Rose, May, Dorothy, and Alberta. Horace worked on the construction of the C & E Railway - then the waterworks department. In 1895 he homesteaded south east of Red Deer. He was a volunteer Chief of the 1st Fire Brigade in Red Deer. He served in WWI with the 187 Battalion, was wounded at Vimy Ridge, and then later became a Major. After demobilization, he worked for the Soldiers Settlement until 1919 - then farmed in the Condor district until 1929. Later he operated a store at Condor, Alberta and was in Calgary in 1888.