The ledger consists of 490 individual order forms in chronological sequence (Jan 1924 to Mar 1927) and an alphabetical index.
Each form has "Particulars" fields: ordered by, charge to, address, name, date of death, place of death, length of timein city, length of time in Canada, sex, age, marital …
Chas (Charles) MacKay was a funeral director and embalmer in the 1920s in Lethbridge. According to the Henderson's directory 1917, the original business was operated by Leslie R. MacKay and Jean D. MacKay from 803 3rd Ave South. In 1919, the business is operated by Charles MacKay and John W. Bell. In 1920, Charles MacKay is listed a sole proprietor. In 1921 the business moved to 1110 3rd Ave South. In 1927, according to Lethbridge Herald, Charles MacKay sold the business to M.E. Christensen from Iowa and found employment with the Martin Brothers.
Custodial History
Donated by Phyllis Burnett, who purchased the ledger from Dean Unger, Winfield, BC
Scope and Content
The ledger consists of 490 individual order forms in chronological sequence (Jan 1924 to Mar 1927) and an alphabetical index.
Each form has "Particulars" fields: ordered by, charge to, address, name, date of death, place of death, length of timein city, length of time in Canada, sex, age, marital status, last occupation, place of birth, birthplace of father, birthplace of mother, racial origin physician, address, cause of death, religion, clergy, cemetery, location of grave, date of service, service held at, remnants shipped to, accompanied by, date of shipment, time of train, title mailed
In addition, each form has "Itemized account" fields: casket #, metallic lining, outside box, metal vault, burial robe, burial slippers and hose, engraving plate, embalming body, washing and dressing, shaving, use of funeral chapel, hearse, lead car, cars to cemetery, removal charges, city calls, outlay for lot, opening grave, death notice in newspaper, flowers, personal services, sundries.
The following names are included:
BELL Stanley William
ADAM Christina Hendry
AINNS Henry
AMPHLETT Anita Charlton
ANDERSON Carman Waslyng
ANDERSON Infant
ANDERSON Janet Dewar
ANDERSON Oliver (Halvor)
ANDERSON Pearl Watson
ANDERSON Roy
ANTIJUNTTI Lizzie
ARMITT Margaret
ARNOLD Albert
ARNOLD Thomas
ARTHUR Kennedy
ASHCROFT Lois Emily
AVINS Oswald
BAGU Annie
BAILEY Marion Patricia
BANKHOUSE John Robertson
BARCLAY Henry Aitken
BARCLAY James Alexander
BARRIE George
BARROWS Child (Lucille Rosalie)
BASHFORD Doris Hopper
BATZUK Mary
BEIMLER Kenneth Mack
BERLIN Anna
BERTONINI Inez
BERTONINI Lina
BINDA Joseph Patrick
BITANGO Pauline
BLACK Annie
BODNAR John
BOISON(BOYCHUK) Victoria
BOMAN Erik Helmer
BORSOFF Annastasin
BOWRON Infant
BRADY Samuel Rex
BRANDLE Infant
BROWN Albert
BROWN Alice Jane Sanborn
BROWN Ensley W.
BROWN James Russell
BROWN James Wesley
BRUCHET Infant
BULLOCK Mike
BURDANI Annie
BUSH William Thomas
BUZAN Peter Ray
CAIN William
CAMPBELL Emily Browning
CAMPBELL William James
CARMICHAEL Alexander
CARNILL William Roy
CASEY Mrs. Henry S.
CELOTTI Rita
CHISHOLM Abraham
CHRISTIE John
CHULCZEY Willie
CLEAVER William F.
COATES Florence Glorina
COE James Ernest
COLLINSON
CONNER Sydney Matthew Landon
CONNOR Gilbert Ross
CONNOR John
COSTLEY James Daniel
COULTHART James Archibald
COUTTS Ann
CRAWFORD Luella Richardson
CREDICO Guiseppe Enrico
CREDICO John
CREDICO Ruth
CULVER George Charles
CUNNINGHAM John
DAHL Mrs. Arthur ( Janet Nettie Powelson)
DANTE Ganerina Arturo
DAUGHTY Thomas William Arthur
DAWSON Henry
DESHARNAIS Emil
DETERMAN Frank Anthony
DICKIE John
DICKOUT Florence May
DOGTEROM Leonard Andrew
DORCHUK George
DREWS Matilda
DUNSWORTH George
DUNSWORTH Leah
DUQUIST Lorraine
DUTCHAK Bill
EASTHOPE Ivan
EDWARDS Infant
EKERESTEEN Olaf
ELASCHUK George
ELASCHUK George
ELASCHUK Mary
EMERSON William James
ERICKSON Melva Mae
EVANS Geraldine Mildred
EVANS Katie
FANSETT Kenneth
FARRELL Frances
FAWNS Hannah ( Johannah Olson)
FERKO Catharine
FETTINGER Albert
FETTINGER Freddie (Frank)
FINNEY Louisa Pierce
FORSTER John Douglas
FOYCHUK Alfred E.
FOYCHUK Benjamin T.
FOYCHUK Katie
FRANK Thomas
FREEMAN Augusta
FREEMAN Charles Isom
FULTON Molly
GAIRNS William Lindsay
GATES Mike
GATKOSKI Mark
GERALDI Rosie
GERALDI Vito
GESINGHAUS Gordon
GOOD Lillian Jean
GRAHAM Elizabeth
GREATRIX John Alfred
HALABURDA Mary
HAMES Jean
HAMIL Celina
HAMMANT Alma Ella
HAMMERSLEY James Henry
HANCOCK Geneva Grace
HANCOCK Mary
HARDY William
HARLEY Ethel May
HARPER Alfred
HARVEY William
HARVEY William Henry
HATZE Herman
HEAD Jasper Jason
HEGGIE Ila May
HIRSCHE Harold S.
HOLMES Charles Owens
HOLMES William Frederick
HUTCHINSON Henry
HUTCHINSON Horace Henry
IRWIN Infant
JACK Edward
JACKLYNN Mary Elizabeth
JACKSON (HALL) Emily Annie
JAMISON James
JANSSENS Gustof
JARYOZ John
JENSON Ole Christian
JERPE Gust
JEWETT Emma
JOHNSTON James
JOINER-LONG Herbert Charles
JONES Alfred William
JORGENSEN Jens
KANASHIRO Yaneko
KANKAL John Thomas
KANOSHIRO Cannie (Kane)
KOSHMAN Mike
KASZAS Andrew
KERR Robert
KING Charles David
KINNIBURGH David
KIRK Dr.
KNAPP Emma Thresa
KNAPP Hellen Reah
KNUDSON George Sr.
KOLASKO Katie
KOLASKO Rosie
KORPI Herman
KOSHMAN George
KOZAK Alexander
KOZNUK Mary
KULTGEN Unknown
KUNKEL Albert
LARKO Helen
LARSON Unknown
LASTIUK Bill
LAZENKO George
LeBARRE Albert Worthington
LEDINGHAM John Skene
LEONI Eliza
LESLIE Adam Smith
LINNING Alexander
LIPTAK Frank
LITCHFIELD Reid
LITCHFIELD William
LODERMEIER Theresa
LOWE George Whitman
LUCHANSKI Barbara
LUCIANI Antinet
MACDONALD Agnes Murray Blake
MACDONALD George
MALONE James O'Conor
MALUNA Antoine
MARCHANT Alfred Ronald
MARTELL Joseph
MARTIN Lucille Irene
MARTIN Milly E.
MARTIN William Alexander
MARTINIUK Steve
MASSARA Petri
MASSON Infant
MATSON William Nehamiah
MAYNARD Infant
MCADIE John
MCCANN Ella Mildred
MCCOY Free A.
MCCULLOCH Twin Infants
MCDONALD Elizabeth
MCDONALD Ronald Gordon
MCFARLAND Darrell George
MCFARQUHAR Emily
MCINTOSH William
MCINTYRE Miriam Elizabeth
MCKINNEY Abraham
MCKINNON James
MCNEIL Bertha Amy
MEHLEN Infant
MILLER Samuel
MILLS Henry Pope
MILNER Benjamin Franklin
MIRON Cyril
MIYAGI Infant
MOODIE Jane Wilson
MORRIS William
MUNROE Alexander William
MUNROE Elizabeth
MURPHY Annie
MYUK John
NAKAMA Giushiro
NEIDERMEYER Boniface
NICHOLSON Nels
NIEMI Helen
NISHIMURA Isamu
NOPP John
NOWAK Minnie May
ODELL Cara
OPERSKO Annie
ORSH Mary
OSTLUND Jonas
PAGNUCCO Christoleno
PALMER Female
PALMQUIST Robert
PARRY Infant
PASKISKY Rosie
PASOLLI Savarini
PATCHING Thomas Westinghouse
PATTERSON Cecilia Mildred Ada
PATTON Margaret
PAULSON Ellen
PAULSON John Gustof
PAVAN Delia
PENTILECHUK Constantine
PERRY James
PETERSON Alice Marie
PETERSON Amber
PETERSON Bertha
PIMM John
PISKO Alexander
PITT Henry
PITT John
PLANTING Emmette
PRIEST Frank Washington
RADFORD Infant
RALPH Frederick William
RANK Margaret A.
RITCHIE Burns
RODEBACK William
ROSAINE Gustof. Frederic Herman
ROWLAND Mrs. I. F. (Elizabeth E.)
RYAN Marguretta
RYAN Maurice James
SABULIAK John
SALMON Hellen May
SAUNDERS Adolphus James
SAWADA Mrs. Yei
SAWCZUK Walter
SAXON Clara
SCHUMERS Clarence H.
SCOTT Janet Williamson
SEAMAN Gordon Stephen
SEMENIUK Edna Pauline
SHARPE Infant
SHAW Frederick Davis
SHIMA Infant
SHIMA Infant
SHORT Ainsley Unsworth
SIELECKI Joseph
SILLITO Maude Elizabeth
SIROVYAK John Jr.
SKREPNECHUK Fred
SKUNDBERG Mrs. L. (Bertha)
SLOVINSKI Theodore
SMITH David
SMITH Evelyn Durling
SPACKMAN Dorothy Pearl
STAHELI Emil Ernest
STANDING Thomas
STEWART Hamilton
STITT Gordon Rae
STOTT M.E.
STRALEY Willis Charles
STUART Charles
SUPINA Marguerite
SWEDA Julia
SWEDISH Nick
SWEDISH Simon
SWEETMAN John Wilkinson
TAKEO Takayo
TAMAYOSE Helen
TOMIE Matilda
TANNEHILL James Morrow
TAYLOR Elizabeth Mary
TAYLOR James
TENNANT George
TENNANT Mary Robertson Duncan
THOMAS Stephen
THOMPSON Earnest Edwin
THOMPSON Edward James
THOMPSON Fedora Melissa
TOMASKY Alick
TOMPKINS Marguerite Jean
TOUCK Lilly
TRAVAGLIA Catharine Anna
TROMAN James Arthur
TROYAN John
TURNBULL Lillian Stewart
TYMCHUK Mike
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VALLIEREO Theophilo
VANCE James
VARE Elizabeth
VASELENAK Katie
VAUGHAN Henry
VIGANTI Giacomo
VOYTKO Mary
WADE James Henry
WAHL Robert Wilfred
WALLACE James Henry
WARDELL Ernestine Elizabeth
WASHBROOK Glenn Alfred
WASNUK Infant
WELSH Nancy Jane
WESTERGREEN August
WHEELAN Lewis
WHELAN Hugh
WHITE Infant
WILLIAMS Douglas Ledgerwood
WILSON Frank Lowther
WILSON Gordon Robert
WILSON Mary Gammie
WITWICKI Domka
WOODS Marie
WURZER Rosa
WYLIE John
WYROSTOK Mary
YACKULIC Infant
YACKULIC Joseph (LH 28 Feb 1927)
YAKIWCZUK Joseph
YAMAMOTO Jiro
YOUNG Annie
YOUNG Urban
YOUNG Waldo Buddie
YACKULIC Charles
ZASADNY Josephine
ZMURCHYK John
Chinese National League members and invited guests in front of the Chinese National League building at 309 2 Avenue South, Lethbridge. The donor believes that the woman in a white hat and dress, seated in a chair 7th from the right, is his mother Adelina Henderson.
The photograph was taken on the occasion of the third anniversary of the Chinese National League.
Scope and Content
Chinese National League members and invited guests in front of the Chinese National League building at 309 2 Avenue South, Lethbridge. The donor believes that the woman in a white hat and dress, seated in a chair 7th from the right, is his mother Adelina Henderson.