Family/Spouse: Robert Edwin "Junior" DEANE. Robert was born on 1 Mar 1937; died on 3 Sep 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George HENDERSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 11 Apr 1959, "General Delivery, " Claresholm, AB
• Residence: 1971-1987, Trailer park in Greenwood Village, Calgary, AB; Greenwood Village
• Residence: 1987-1989, Calgary, AB, Canada; Rundle Lodge

Notes:

Jozef's middle name, Frederick, is not on his birth certificate and may have been self-assigned later in life. Perhaps to differentiate between himself and his father? He usually went by "Joe" and changed his last name to Richards to Anglicize it.

According to Sheila, Jozef's daughter:
([Dad] and his brother left home when [he] was 14 or so. They'd been smoking under the school and accidentally burned it down. Gimli Manitoba.)

Grandpa's dad kept getting Joe's draft notices, Canadian army was drafting them. Great grandpa kept going down to register and they'd say, "No there must be some mistake, you're far too old."

When Milly and Joe were first married, Jozef was speaking German to a gas station attendant one day. Milly laughed at him and said it sounded funny and he never spoke German again.

Dawn's note:
Grandpa Joe was a professional card dealer at one point before he married Milly. I personally saw him stack the deck while making it look like he was simply shuffling it. He once had a pool hall in Claresholm, AB. Joe's Billiards, it was called. He was a whiz at pool and cards. I learned to play Crib at his knee. I loved Grandpa Joe so much. He had such a kind, gentle soul.

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Obituary

RICHARDS - Mr. Joe Richards, of Calgary, passed away at the Calgary General Hospital on January 31, 1989 at the age of 82 years. Joe is survived by two daughters, Ferne Deane of Calgary and Sheila Kirkpatrick of [Cut Bank], Montana; six grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren; two brothers, Phil and his wife Genivieve Reichert of Victoria, Michael and his wife Joan Reichert of Winnipeg; three sisters, Anne Barrett of Winnipeg, Madge and her husband John Besco of Toronto and Clara and her husband George Kazlauskas of Panorama City, California and many nieces and nephews. Joe was predeceased by a sister Lona and two brothers, Jacob and John. Joe was born in Gimli, Manitoba, May 1, 1906. He worked and lived in the Calgary, Acme, Crossfield and Claresholm area for many years. He owned and operated Joe's Billiards in Claresholm from 1946 to 1971. He retired in 1971 and moved to Greenwood Village [Calgary] where he resided for sixteen years. He then resided at Rundle Lodge for the last one and a half years. Funeral Services will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY'S "Park Memorial Chapel", (5008 Elbow Drive S.W.) on Friday, February 3, 1989 at 3:00 p.m. Cremation and arrangements in care of McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOME, 5008 ELBOW DRIVE S.W. Telephone: 243-8200.

Residence:
According to a letter written to him from his daughter Sheila (my mom). I have the letter in my collection. ~ Dawn

Jozef married Mildred Bertha CHARLTON on 17 Sep 1938, and was divorced on 24 Feb 1954. Mildred (daughter of Anthony George CHARLTON and Sarah Elizabeth MELLON) was born on 3 Apr 1918 in Sterlingville (Acme), AB, Canada; died on 23 Feb 1996 in Browning, MT, U.S.A.; was buried on 29 Feb 1996 in Babb, MT, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary said (in part):
"Milly and Peter shared a great love of the outdoors. Milly was active in the Claresholm community for many years and was a successful Real Estate sales person in the Calgary area for several years before moving to Hawaii."

Birth certificate says Bertha Mildred Charlton (rather than Mildred Bertha).
Sterlingville on Birth Cert. is now known as Acme.

Died:
Eulogy given by Colleen (Deane) Cranebear, granddaughter.
Memorial was at Little Flower Catholic Church, Babb, MT.
Father Mike McHugh officiated.

«b»Obituary«/b»
Source: Photocopy of original fax sent by Fern Dean [daughter] to the Calgary Herald on Feb 24, 1996.

MAY - Mrs Mildred Bertha [Charlton-Richards] passed away at Browning, Montana on February 23, 1996 at the age of 77 years. She is survived by Peter, her beloved husband of 35 years; daughters Sheila Kirkpatrick, Browning, Montana and Fern Deane, Calgary, Alberta; two step-daughters Joan Rothemann and Irene Franze in Europe, six grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren; two brothers, Murt [Florence] Charlton of Calgary and Morris [Irene] Charlton, Didsbury. She was predeceased by three brothers Lloyd, Norman and Boyd Charlton. Milly was born in Acme, Alberta and lived in Crossfield, Claresholm and Calgary, Alberta; Honolulu, Hawaii; Englewood, New Jersey; Minneapolis and area, Minnesota. Milly and Peter retired and lived at Duck Lake, Montana for seventeen years, then moved to Browning, Montana. Milly and Peter shared a great love of the outdoors. Milly was active in the Claresholm community for many years and was a successful Real Estate sales person in the Calgary area for several years before moving to Hawaii.
The Memorial Service will be held at the Little Flower Catholic Church in Browning, Montana, February 29 [Thursday], 1996 at 11:00 am.

Jozef married Marianna ZAKARKOW. Marianna was born in 1872 in Poland?; died on 22 Mar 1967 in Winnipeg, MB. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1 May 1906, Gimli, Manitoba; Gimli

Notes:

Marianna was supposedly a Polish Gypsy, according to family lore.

Notes:

According to Sheila Richards Kirkpatrick Flamand, on 14 Feb 2010, in a conversation with her daughter Dawn, she loved that her grandfather would shave the "old fashioned" way, with a leather strop and a straight razor.

Anthony married Sarah Elizabeth MELLON on 28 Feb 1910. Sarah (daughter of Edward D. "Irish" MELLON and Elizabeth M. Flitten MCGRAFF) was born on 26 May 1892 in Calgary, NWT, Canada; died on 3 Mar 1966 in Calgary, AB, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Sheila Richards Kirkpatrick Flamand, on 14 Feb 2010, in a conversation with her daughter Dawn, "Grandma Sarah" was her favourite. Sheila would be "sick" when she could get away with it so that she could stay with her grandmother, buried under a thick feather tick.

Her sister Fern once said, "Two cookies wouldn't hurt me, Grandma!"

According to Fern Richards, Sarah knew Father Lacombe, famous priest of central Alberta. She would run and play with the neighboring Blackfoot children and loved the Native drums and music. When she heard it she couldn't help nodding her head and tapping her foot along with it.

Jacob married Kataryna Elisabeth MARKS. Kataryna (daughter of Jacob MARKS and Margaretha KARST) was born in 1846 in Michalowka, Galicia; died on 1 Aug 1905 in Camp Morton, Manitoba; was buried in Berlo/Camp Morton area, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name received in an email from a cousin, Melanie:

April 3, 2010
Hi Dawn, my name is Melanie. I'm from Winnipeg, researching my family and came across your Tree. It seems we have Josef Reichert (Mary Zaharko) in common. My Great-Grandmother (Elizabeth) was a sister to Jozef and they are from Camp Morton/Berlo/Gimli area. It seems you have different parents for Josef and Elizabeth than I do. Their parents are actually Jacob Reichert and Katharyna Marks, and are buried in the Berlo/Camp Morton area. My Grandma (Elizabeth's daughter) is the only one still living from Eliz's family. If you would like to chat more, please email me back through ancestry.ca or at melrich1@mts.net.

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Other data found on Ancestry.com, via user rickinwpg.

George married Margaret BOWES in 1829. Margaret was born on 8 Mar 1859; died on 12 May 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The first Calgary phone book from 1903 gives Irish Mellon's phone number as 53. He lived at the Blue Rock Hotel, which he managed. The address given is simply Stephen Avenue (now 8 Street SW).

An unidentified newspaper clipping (probably the Calgary Herald) says this:
"In the early 1900's the Blue Rock became the Albion... This was the era of proprietor Edward 'Irish' Mellon, a robust, jovial Irishman, as his nick-name implies, who operated the hotel from 1900 to 1915 when he and his sons enlisted in the First World War. Mrs. Mellon ran the hotel until his return in 1919 when they took a service-man's homestead near Youngtown."

Edward married Elizabeth M. Flitten MCGRAFF on 7 Jan 1892. Elizabeth was born on 7 Nov 1868 in Hong Kong; died on 14 Aug 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]