Daddy, immigrated to Canada at age 17 after an explosion in the coal mine where he was learning the engineering of the pumps. Two of his sisters, Agnes and Bessie were living there. After working at farms across Canada, setting stone in Minneapolis with Agnes' husband Dewey and sawing logs in British Columbia he immigrated to California where Bessie and Ed had moved. All along the way he loved the camaraderie singing around the school teacher's piano, playing soccer with other Scots and making his way in California in the lumber yards, ship yards, aviation electronics, real estate and insurance. He often worked two jobs after being without when Margaret was born during the depression.
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| Bellshill, Scotland. ca. 1915. Bessie, Alex, Agnes standing. Father, John; Tom, mother, Margaret seated holding Jean. Lottie and Jim. |
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| Waldron, Saskatchewan, 1925 |
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| Palmer, Saskatchewan, 1926. |
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| Rosetown, Saskatchewan, 1927 |
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| Fortune, Saskatchewan, 1928 |
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| 1928 with friend. |
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| Case tractor, Fortune, 1928. |
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| About 1929. |
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| Ma Currie, Fortune, 1929. |
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| 1930, Riverside, CA, nephews, Jack, George, Kenneth McCarthy. |
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| 1930, Palm Springs, CA. |
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| Married, 1932. |
Soccer Days, Player and Coach.
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| Back row, second from right. |
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| Back row, third from left. |
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| M.S.F.A Challenge Cup, 1933, French AG; 1939, Rovers; 1940, C.G.I.A.; 1941, Raullis; 1942, Clan Cameron. |
Family
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| 1935, Margaret and Etta. |
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| Etta, Bessie, Jim, Granny Hunter. Mary Etta, Margaret, Margaret Ann McCarthy. ca, 1944. |
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| Pitching to Granny Hunter. |
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| With Folstons and Parkinsons, ca. 1969. |
Jim and Etta
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| 1957 |
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| 1963 |
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| Mission photo, 1972. |
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| 50th Wedding Anniversary, April 1982. |
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