Tombstone Tuesday: HALLIDAY, Alice & W. Alex

Halliday
In Loving Memory Of
Mother                         Father
Alice M.                   W. Alex
July 16, 1886            April 11, 1885
March 25, 1943          Jan. 12, 1973¹

From the community history book, Our Harvest of Memories (1983)² was gleaned these facts.

W. Alex Halliday was born 1885 in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canda, son of  Wellington and Caroline(?) Halliday and had at least one brother. He married Alice M. Ross of Prince Albert in 1909.

Children of Alex and Alice were:

i. William - passed away in infancy
ii. Harold - buried in Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery
iii. Cecelia - married Gust Johnson, buried in Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery
iv. Mabel - married Conrad Hammer
v. Betty - married Thomas Howrie
vi. George - was killed in France during World War II
vii. Albert - married Lil Yockey
viii. Leslie - married Vi Bucknel
ix. Ruth - married Alf Williams 

Alice (Ross) Halliday died at age 56 years, 8 months, and 9 days. 

Alex Halliday died at age 87 years, 9 months, and 1 day.

Sources:
[1]Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Alice & W. Alex Halliday marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Halliday, Alex and Harold" Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 540-542.Print.

Holbein's Wayward Cemetery

Ah, the trouble with a fluid, unverified resource. I am sure many have come across this before—incorrect information on a website.

While the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Cemetery Index has been invaluable in getting me started, I have come across an issue that anyone familiar using Saskatchewan RM maps would immediately discover. On the SGS index it lists "Holbein (Religious Org) SE 16-53-2-W3" which means, according to it, there is a religiously owned/operated cemetery in Holbein located in the Southeast Section-16 Township-53 Range-2 West of the 3rd Meridian.

The hamlet of Holbein however is located at NW 14-49-2-W3. Thus, when looking at the map, Holbein is at the south end of the RM and the 'cemetery' is at the north. Which means there is a whole lot of land between the hamlet and its burial ground (like, most of the RM!).

Rural Municipality of Shellbrook No. 493, printed December 2005.

Looking at a RM map issued in 1988 also doesn't indicate a cemetery in that specific location (SE 16-53-2-W3), the closest is "Holbein - Mayview (Religious Org) NE 33-52-2-W3."

I don't know if the society even really checked it out, as even on the index listing they have nothing entered for first burial, last burial, total burials, recorded, SRI indexed, and a 'No' for FHL film.

Does a cemetery exist at that location? Does one exist for the hamlet of Holbein? Is it an honest data entry mistake or the start of a mystery? I guess we will find out in the future.

Tombstone Tuesday: MEAD, Fred

Fred Mead¹

Full excerpt from Our Harvest of Memories (1983):²

Meade, Fred

Fred Meade[sic] came to Canada from Minnesota, U.S.A. in the early nineteen hundreds. He worked as a blacksmith for the Sturgeon Lake Lumber Co., also The Pas Lumber Co. He farmed in the Sturgeon Valley district on land bordering the Sturgeon Lake Reserve near the Mission. He served on the rural municipality council for several years. He also operated a blacksmith shop just south of the Leo Harris store where he was living at the time of his dead, April 18, 1942, at the age of seventy-four. He was laid to rest in Holy Trinity Cemetery.

He was predeceased by his wife, the former Alice Charles, several years before. His seven year old son, Pat who was living with him at the time of his father's death, stayed at the Peterson home for a short time and was later adopted by foster parents.

Source:
[1]Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Fred Mead marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Meade, Fred." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. p. 563. Print.

Whee! Font Problem Solved

Well, after doing multiple fix attempts for my variant font sizes problem, changes of templates, editing of HTML, I discovered the problem! An unclosed superscript tag in a post.

WHEE! Problem Solved. Now I shall burst into an Arrogant Worms song:

Billy solves his problems by calling up his mom
Heather solves her problems with drugs and alcohol
Daniel solves his problems with a doctor and the law
But Malcolm has his own way and it's better than them all

'Cause Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw
Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw
Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw
and he never has the same problem twice

Whether it's a bill or a cheque arriving late
Rancid marble cheese or a steak that's second rate
Awful TV programs or a broken Elvis plate
Or his fiancee who dumps him because he's gaining weight

Malcolm solves his problems with a chain-saw
Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw
Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw
and he never has the same problem

And he goes VRRRRRMMM VRRRRRMMM
Problem solved.

Tombstone Tuesday: SMITH, Amelia

Amelia Smith's full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Amelia Smith
1914 - 1989
At Rest

Wife & Mother

Source: Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Amelia Smith marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Font Size Trouble in Blogger

Anyone else having font size trouble? The text of my posts, labels, etc are suddenly of varying font sizes. I tried adjusting the font size in Template Design but that wasn't the solution, nor was playing with the template's CSS, changing the template, or reverting to a classic template.

Anyone have suggestions or the same problem?

EDIT: Go see "Whee! Font Problem Solved"

Tombstone Tuesday: SMITH, Ronald G.

Ronald G. Smith's full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Ronald G. Smith
Sept. 11 - 1949
At Rest

Our Son

Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Ronald G. Smith marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.