Agnew, Arnold LePage, 1891-1982
Arnold LePage Agnew was born on January 8, 1891 in Prince Albert, North-West Territories (later known as Saskatchewan) to Thomas James and Ida Mary (Hyslop) Agnew. He worked in the real estate and insurance industry in Prince Albert until his retirement in 1960.
Active in the Prince Albert community, Agnew was a member of the choir of the Cathedral Church of St. Alban the Martyr and served as a lay delegate to the General Synod of the Anglican Church. He was also active in the Prince Albert Historical Society and Prince Albert Little Theatre. A Freemason, Agnew was a Past Master and Life Member of the Kinistino Lodge No. 1 A.F. and A.M. at Prince Albert and an affiliated Past Master of Shellbrook Lodge No. 171 G.R.S. A.F. and A.M.
Agnew died in Prince Albert on August 12, 1982.
Agnew and his wife, Kathleen Dewdney, had five children: Ivan; Daphne; Patricia; Thomas and Arnold.
Allan, Gladys Lillian, 1907-2001
Gladys Lillian Lamb was born on June 20, 1907 in The Pas, Manitoba, as one of eleven children raised by English immigrants Thomas Henry Peacock Lamb (also known as THP Lamb or Ten House-Power Lamb) and Caroline Alice Marks Lamb. She grew up in Moose Lake, Manitoba on the edge of a Cree Indian reservation and wrote about her experiences in Dew Upon the Grass under the name Billie Lamb Allan. The title came from a favourite quotation of her father from the King James version of the Bible: "The King's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favour is as dew upon the grass." She died on February 4, 2001.
Almighty Voice (also known as Jean-Baptiste) was born around 1874 near Duck Lake or Batoche, Saskatchewan as the son of Plains Saulteaux Indian Sinookeeesick (Sounding Sky) and Natchookoneck (Spotted Calf; Calf of Many Colours). He grew up on the One Arrow Indian Reserve in Saskatchewan where he developed into a prolific sharpshooter and hunter. On October 22, 1895, the Northwest Mounted Police (NWMP) arrested Almighty Voice for killing a government steer that he contended belonged to his father. While being taken to prison, he escaped his guards and travelled to his mother's house on the reserve. Thereafter he managed to elude the police for a few days, but on October 29, police tracked him to near Kinistino, Saskatchewan, yet when police closed in to arrest him, Almighty Voice shot and killed a sergeant before slipping away. He remained at large for the next nineteen months during which the police attempted to exert pressure on him to surrender by bringing his father into custody and offering $500 reward for information leading his apprehension and conviction, but these initiatives were unsuccessful. In late May 1897, Almighty Voice (or one of the persons travelling with him), shot and wounded a Metis scout near Duck Lake; this incident led the Northwest Mounted Police to establish a patrol of a dozen men who set out from Duck Lake to track Almighty Voice. In the Minichinas Hills located near Batoche, the patrol caught up to Almighty Voice and his companions. Following a firefight in which a NWMP inspector and sergeant were seriously wounded, additional civilians from the area were enlisted special constables to reinforce their efforts. However, the Duck Lake postmaster and a constable were killed, additional police and civilian reinforcements, including volunteers from Prince Albert, to take him into custody. In addition, more men from Regina who brought with them a nine-pound field gun and an artillery team supplemented the police, with which they surrounded Almighty Voice. On the morning of May 30, 1897, the police forces bombarded his position and after no fire was returned from the location, the police attacked the position and found the bodies of Almighty Voice, his brother-in-law Topean, and a cousin Little Saulteaux.
During his life, Almighty Voice is believed to have had four wives and one child.
Hoskin James Amy was born in Elmira, Ontario on October 1, 1881 to James Hoskin Amy and Helen Hall. When Amy was young, his family moved to Darlingford, Manitoba. Shortly after the marriage of his oldest brother Melville Amy to Elizabeth Nichol in 1900, the three moved to Saskatchewan and commenced their own farming operations. In 1941 his brother and wife moved to Kimberley, British Columbia where they ran a chicken ranch, but when Amy's brother Melville died in 1944, Amy and his niece (and daughter of Melville) Mildred purchased a home in Kimberley where he would continue farming before retiring in 1953. Amy died on February 13, 1955.
Anderson, David John, 1925-2010
Eiliv Howard (Sonny) Anderson was born on a farm west of Robsart, Saskatchewan (7-5-25-W3) on July 20, 1934, to Thore Albert Anderson and Randine (Hanson) Anderson. He attended Luce School and Robsart High School, and after working in a Maple Creek bank for a year, took over the family farm. As well as being a rancher, Sonny Anderson served as president of a consulting firm, and as a director for Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, before being elected as an Member of the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Shaunavon in 1975. He served until 1978 when he lost the riding to Dwain Lingenfelter. After the election he served for a time as Executive Director of the Liberal Party, before being asked by federal minister of agriculture Eugene Whelan to come to Ottawa to do a study on the beef industry. This led to his being named Chairman and CEO of the Farm Credit Corporation, serving from about 1982 to 1987. He and his wife remained in Ottawa for 27 years, where Sonny also worked for the Prime Minister's Office writing speeches and doing research, primarily in the area of agricultural economics. He worked for six different prime ministers, from Pierre Trudeau to Paul Martin. During his time there he obtained an Executive Masters of Business Administration Degree from Queen's University School of Business. He was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977.
Anderson married Joy Brekhus in 1962, and they had 2 children: Jennifer (1970-1979) and Jordan (born 1975).