Geraldine was an important pioneer of Canadian photography, documenting the early days of the RNWMP and early settlers.
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From The Calgary Herald, Friday, October 5, 1945, page 15 (includes photo of Mrs. Moodie):
Mrs. J.D. Moodie, Pioneer of West, Dies
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Mrs. J.D. (Geraldine) Moodie, 92, well-known Alberta pioneer, died Thursday at the home of her granddaughter, the Countess of Egmont, near Midnapore. She was the wife of Maj. John D. Moodie, early member of the North West Mounted Police.
Mrs. Moodie came to Calgary in 1886 with Maj. Moodie who was then an inspector with the R.N.W.M.P.
She lived in Maple Creek, Sask., for several years while her husband and a small party of police were seeking an overland route to the Yukon. When Maj. Moodie served in the Boer War, Mrs. Moodie lived in Moosemin, Sask.
ACCOMPANIED HUSBAND
When he returned from the Boer Wars, Maj. Moodie was appointed an official of the Hudson's Bay Company with instructions to formally claim all the islands north of Canada for the Dominion. He built posts at Fullerton Inlelt, Chesterton and Churchill.
Mrs. Moodie accompanied her husband to Hudson Bay in 1906.
A talented artist, she painted pictures of the north country and the photos she took there have been preserved at Ottawa.
Following Maj. Moodie's resignation from the R.N.W.M.P. in 1914, he and Mrs. Moodie ranched in the Cypress Hills before moving to Maple Creek. They later moved to Duncan, B.C., where they lived with their daughter, Mrs. B. Simpkin.
68th ANNIVERSARY
They returned to Calgary in June, 1944, and had since lived with their grand-daughters, the Countess of Egmont.
They celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary in June of this year.
Mrs. Moodie, an active church worker, was a member of the Church of England at Maple Creek.
She was born in Ottawa, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Fitzgibbons.
Surviving are her husband in Midnapore; one daughter, Mrs. B. Simpkin, Victoria; four sons, Douglas Gerald, of Calgary; Allan Dunbar, of Piapot, Sask.; Charles Douglas, of Duncan, B.C.; Alex McAuley, The Pas, Man.; eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Rev. W.H. Crump will conduct services in Jacques' chpael Saturday at 2:45 p.m. Burial will be in Burnsland cemetery.
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From The Calgary Herald, Friday, October 5, 1945, page 15 (includes photo of Mrs. Moodie):
Mrs. J.D. Moodie, Pioneer of West, Dies
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Mrs. J.D. (Geraldine) Moodie, 92, well-known Alberta pioneer, died Thursday at the home of her granddaughter, the Countess of Egmont, near Midnapore. She was the wife of Maj. John D. Moodie, early member of the North West Mounted Police.
Mrs. Moodie came to Calgary in 1886 with Maj. Moodie who was then an inspector with the R.N.W.M.P.
She lived in Maple Creek, Sask., for several years while her husband and a small party of police were seeking an overland route to the Yukon. When Maj. Moodie served in the Boer War, Mrs. Moodie lived in Moosemin, Sask.
ACCOMPANIED HUSBAND
When he returned from the Boer Wars, Maj. Moodie was appointed an official of the Hudson's Bay Company with instructions to formally claim all the islands north of Canada for the Dominion. He built posts at Fullerton Inlelt, Chesterton and Churchill.
Mrs. Moodie accompanied her husband to Hudson Bay in 1906.
A talented artist, she painted pictures of the north country and the photos she took there have been preserved at Ottawa.
Following Maj. Moodie's resignation from the R.N.W.M.P. in 1914, he and Mrs. Moodie ranched in the Cypress Hills before moving to Maple Creek. They later moved to Duncan, B.C., where they lived with their daughter, Mrs. B. Simpkin.
68th ANNIVERSARY
They returned to Calgary in June, 1944, and had since lived with their grand-daughters, the Countess of Egmont.
They celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary in June of this year.
Mrs. Moodie, an active church worker, was a member of the Church of England at Maple Creek.
She was born in Ottawa, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Fitzgibbons.
Surviving are her husband in Midnapore; one daughter, Mrs. B. Simpkin, Victoria; four sons, Douglas Gerald, of Calgary; Allan Dunbar, of Piapot, Sask.; Charles Douglas, of Duncan, B.C.; Alex McAuley, The Pas, Man.; eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Rev. W.H. Crump will conduct services in Jacques' chpael Saturday at 2:45 p.m. Burial will be in Burnsland cemetery.
Geraldine was an important pioneer of Canadian photography, documenting the early days of the RNWMP and early settlers.
******
From The Calgary Herald, Friday, October 5, 1945, page 15 (includes photo of Mrs. Moodie):
Mrs. J.D. Moodie, Pioneer of West, Dies
---
Mrs. J.D. (Geraldine) Moodie, 92, well-known Alberta pioneer, died Thursday at the home of her granddaughter, the Countess of Egmont, near Midnapore. She was the wife of Maj. John D. Moodie, early member of the North West Mounted Police.
Mrs. Moodie came to Calgary in 1886 with Maj. Moodie who was then an inspector with the R.N.W.M.P.
She lived in Maple Creek, Sask., for several years while her husband and a small party of police were seeking an overland route to the Yukon. When Maj. Moodie served in the Boer War, Mrs. Moodie lived in Moosemin, Sask.
ACCOMPANIED HUSBAND
When he returned from the Boer Wars, Maj. Moodie was appointed an official of the Hudson's Bay Company with instructions to formally claim all the islands north of Canada for the Dominion. He built posts at Fullerton Inlelt, Chesterton and Churchill.
Mrs. Moodie accompanied her husband to Hudson Bay in 1906.
A talented artist, she painted pictures of the north country and the photos she took there have been preserved at Ottawa.
Following Maj. Moodie's resignation from the R.N.W.M.P. in 1914, he and Mrs. Moodie ranched in the Cypress Hills before moving to Maple Creek. They later moved to Duncan, B.C., where they lived with their daughter, Mrs. B. Simpkin.
68th ANNIVERSARY
They returned to Calgary in June, 1944, and had since lived with their grand-daughters, the Countess of Egmont.
They celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary in June of this year.
Mrs. Moodie, an active church worker, was a member of the Church of England at Maple Creek.
She was born in Ottawa, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Fitzgibbons.
Surviving are her husband in Midnapore; one daughter, Mrs. B. Simpkin, Victoria; four sons, Douglas Gerald, of Calgary; Allan Dunbar, of Piapot, Sask.; Charles Douglas, of Duncan, B.C.; Alex McAuley, The Pas, Man.; eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Rev. W.H. Crump will conduct services in Jacques' chpael Saturday at 2:45 p.m. Burial will be in Burnsland cemetery.
******
From The Calgary Herald, Friday, October 5, 1945, page 15 (includes photo of Mrs. Moodie):
Mrs. J.D. Moodie, Pioneer of West, Dies
---
Mrs. J.D. (Geraldine) Moodie, 92, well-known Alberta pioneer, died Thursday at the home of her granddaughter, the Countess of Egmont, near Midnapore. She was the wife of Maj. John D. Moodie, early member of the North West Mounted Police.
Mrs. Moodie came to Calgary in 1886 with Maj. Moodie who was then an inspector with the R.N.W.M.P.
She lived in Maple Creek, Sask., for several years while her husband and a small party of police were seeking an overland route to the Yukon. When Maj. Moodie served in the Boer War, Mrs. Moodie lived in Moosemin, Sask.
ACCOMPANIED HUSBAND
When he returned from the Boer Wars, Maj. Moodie was appointed an official of the Hudson's Bay Company with instructions to formally claim all the islands north of Canada for the Dominion. He built posts at Fullerton Inlelt, Chesterton and Churchill.
Mrs. Moodie accompanied her husband to Hudson Bay in 1906.
A talented artist, she painted pictures of the north country and the photos she took there have been preserved at Ottawa.
Following Maj. Moodie's resignation from the R.N.W.M.P. in 1914, he and Mrs. Moodie ranched in the Cypress Hills before moving to Maple Creek. They later moved to Duncan, B.C., where they lived with their daughter, Mrs. B. Simpkin.
68th ANNIVERSARY
They returned to Calgary in June, 1944, and had since lived with their grand-daughters, the Countess of Egmont.
They celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary in June of this year.
Mrs. Moodie, an active church worker, was a member of the Church of England at Maple Creek.
She was born in Ottawa, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Fitzgibbons.
Surviving are her husband in Midnapore; one daughter, Mrs. B. Simpkin, Victoria; four sons, Douglas Gerald, of Calgary; Allan Dunbar, of Piapot, Sask.; Charles Douglas, of Duncan, B.C.; Alex McAuley, The Pas, Man.; eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Rev. W.H. Crump will conduct services in Jacques' chpael Saturday at 2:45 p.m. Burial will be in Burnsland cemetery.
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