Household 690: John Smith & Bertha Louisa Tucker

Household Record 690

Res.1/Male/Husb} Down, John

Family History} Olson

Res.2/Fem./Wife} Tucker, Bertha Louisa

HH Type} Historic household

Address/Location:
Name(s)}	John & Bertha Down
Optional}	Medicine Hat
Str./Apt.}	Twp. 29, Range, 6, Meridian 4
City/etc.}	Alberta

Household Dates:

Source} Exa 1911

Move-In} Bef 1911

Move-Out} Aft 1916

Source 1}	905 = Marriage rec
Source 2}	1694=1911 Can cen
Source 3}	1695=1916 AB cen
Source 4}	1316=Passenger ls
Source 4}	1614=Cemetery rec

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 29 Nov 2014 2014
Date Created} 28 Nov 2014

Notes: John Down, born in Middlesex, Ontario, and Bertha Louisa Tucker, born in Rawdon Twp., Hastings, Ontario, were married 31 Dec 1907 in Rawdon Twp., Hastings, Ontario. In the 1911 Canada Census, John, 39, and Bertha, 27, were living in Medicine Hat, Alberta, with their daughter, Vera D., 2. The census reports Vera was born in Saskatchewan. John was a farmer, and the family was identified as Methodist.

In the 1916 Canada census of Alberta, John, 44, Bertha, 33, and Vera, 7, were identified as living in the Golden Centre Municipality, Twp. 29, Range, 6, Meridian 4, of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Vera was identified as being born in Ontario. John was farming on his own account.

In the Border Crossings: From Canada to the U.S. John Down crossed into the United States on 21 Nov 1925 at Eastport, Idaho, destination Walnut Creek, California, as a permanent immigrant. His wife, Bertha Louisa Down, 42, and daughter Vera Dorothy, 16, a student, made the same crossing on 18 Dec 1925, to join him in Walnut Grove. Their last residence is listed as Cereal, Alberta. Vera's birthplace is listed as Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

The family returned to Canada. John died in 1944 and Bertha in 1957. They are buried in the Olds Cemetery, Olds, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada.

Total # of Residents} 3

Other Residents:

Household	His Last HH} ___	His Next HH} ___
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3rd Res.}

Down, Vera Dorothy

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