aka Nellie, aka Lily.
Alberta Death REgister
Nellie G Riviere
Death Date 1940 @Claresholm, Alberta, Canada
Registration Number 1876
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Page 293 - Prairie Grass to Mountain Pass - History of the Pioneers of Pincher Creek & District - Pincher Creek Historical Society publication. Excerpt
Page 718 has photo of William Gladstone with his granddaughter Nellie "Babe" Riviere
Henri Arnous de la Riviere "Frenchy" born Jan 9 1867 in France (French aristocracy in his ancestral line)
- settled with his parents in the southern USA
- came to Alberta in 1883
- gold rush guide
- 6' 4" tall was in a number of movies including White Fang with his dog sled teams.
- employed in Los Angeles, for a time, as a technical director
- guided and entertained tourists at Waterton Lakes National Park.
Married Nellie Gladstone around 1894
- sister of Billy Gladstone
- Metis heritage
CHILDREN
Emilie - died at age 3 on the goldrush overland trail
Henry - Sept 4 1899 - Oct 16 1938 @ Wells, BC. bachelor
George - married Maggie Clarke and then Ann Clark. Lived in Wasa BC
Mary (Barbara) married K Shriver of Hawaii
Nellie "Babe" married Cliff Murphy. Lived in Field & KImberley, BC
Robert married Mary Burns. Pincher Creek.
John "Charlie" Married Margaret Hoschka. Pincher Creek.
James married Gay De Meester. Pincher Creek.
Alice married Alphie Primeau. Beavais Lake.
Inez married Orin Rea. Creston, BC
Frances married Melvin Cox and then Bill McWhirter . Marysville. BC William Ross McWhirter CLICK HERE