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Blank family fonds
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- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of fonds.
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1913-1948 (Creation)
- Creator
- Blank family
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Physical description
0.01 m of textual records. - 21 photographs
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard Blank moved to Canada from Kanstad, Germany in 1909. Blank worked on a farm in Viking, Alberta for about three years before moving to Junkins, or Wildwood as it is known today. Blank began homesteading and in 1914 his wife Louise came to Canada to join him. At this time Richard Blank was working for the Canadian National Railway. In 1923 Richard and Louise Blank left their homestead and bought a farm. Louise Blank died in October 1955 at the age of 74 and Richard Blank died in November 1964 at the age of 85.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Fonds consists of records belonging to the Blank family including correspondence, account books, and photographs.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Gail Headon, the great granddaughter of Richard and Louise blank, deposited these records with the Provincial Archives of Alberta in 1969.
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- The material is in English.
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Access Conditions: None. Use Conditions: Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.
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Further accruals are not expected
General note
Information in the Biographical Sketch was obtained from Where the River Lobstick Flows, compiled in 1987.<br><br>Record No. Fonds consists of the following accessions: PR1969.278, PR1970.17<br><br>
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- Blank family (Subject)