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Ephrem Calvin Whetham

Birth	:	1856 St. Thomas, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Death	:	1943 Canada
Burial	:	Innisfail Cemetery, Innisfail, Red Deer Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	52.0293300, -113.9598900
Description	:	At the age of 18, Ephrem settle in North Dakota to farm. There he met and married Jennett Grant (b. March 17, 1865 in Aberdeen, Scotland), who had come to Pictou, Nova Scotia, and then North Dakota with her parents. In 1892 Ephrem and Jennett, with their 10 month old daughter, Edna, left Walhalla, ND by settlers train bound for Calgary. From there they travelled by horse and wagon to the Pine Lake district, a trip of several days. They arrived November 2, 1892 to the beginning of a long, cold winter. The snows had... Read More	At the age of 18, Ephrem settle in North Dakota to farm. There he met and married Jennett Grant (b. March 17, 1865 in Aberdeen, Scotland), who had come to Pictou, Nova Scotia, and then North Dakota with her parents. In 1892 Ephrem and Jennett, with their 10 month old daughter, Edna, left Walhalla, ND by settlers train bound for Calgary. From there they travelled by horse and wagon to the Pine Lake district, a trip of several days. They arrived November 2, 1892 to the beginning of a long, cold winter. The snows had already begun to stay on the ground and there was barely enough time to build a shelter for the family to live in; there was certainly no time to gather feed for the animals. The Whethams had brought two cows, one calf, and a team of horses. The weather became exremely severe and first the cows and then the horses succumbed to the starvation and freezing conditions. Miraculously, the calf (heifer) survived since she was small enough to bring into the house where she was kept in the woodbox and fed gruel made from rolled oats. She later became the family's first milk cow. By spring much of the land around Pine Lake was under water, so the family moved to a homestead in the Antler Hill district where they built a log house. Ephrem and Jennett had six children; Edna Delilah (Lila), b. 1893, married Frank Oakes Joseph, b. 1896, married Ida Wills Peter, b. 1898, who died a casualty of WWI in 1918 Sidney, married Seretha Burt John, b. 1907, married Elsie White (From Candlelight Years; A History of Innisfail & Districts Pioneers--Whetham family story written by Edna)

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Latitude: 52.0293300
Longitude: -113.9598900

Family Members:

Parent

Joseph Calvert Whetham

(1837 - 1917)

Susan Mary Brooks Whetham

(1838 - 1929)

Siblings

Joseph Sidney “Sid” Whetham

(1863 - 1937)

(unknow - unknow)

Edgar William Whetham

(1868 - 1958)

John “Jack” Whetham

(1874 - 1926)

Children

Peter Grant Whetham

(unknow - 1918)

Edna May Whetham Oakes

(1892 - 1984)

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Coordinate: 52.0293300, -113.9598900

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Coordinate: 51.7918420, -114.1046050

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Coordinate: 51.7770119, -114.0962982

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Coordinate: 51.7945667, -114.1908330

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Coordinate: 52.2909200, -114.1207700

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Coordinate: 51.8609400, -113.5945600

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