The Christopher Johnston Family 1905-1922

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Alice B. Donahue Library & Archives
• Subjects: Personal History; Immigration; N. W. M. P.; R. C. M. P.; Marriage; First Nations; Trapping; Trading; Fire; Businesses; Homesteading; Flu; Epidemic; Ferry; Ferrymen; Settlers; Athabasca River; West Mountain
• Online Access: http://digicon.athabascau.ca/cdm/ref/collection/AthaArch/id/3343

Mrs. Daisy Gooding tells the story of her parents’ immigration, marriage and early family life in Athabasca. Her father, Mr. Christopher Johnston, was originally a lay minister and a trader and later opened a bakery in Athabasca with her mother Christine. Mrs. Gooding tells of her parents’ exper...