People

Gerald & Maureen’s Story

(This section of the Mitchell history has been written by Warren Mitchell, one of Gerald and Maureen’s five sons. It reflects his recollections of their life as viewed by an imperfect observer and may, therefore, have any number of errors and omissions. It is obviously necessarily devoid of much detailed information in the early years.) My parents,…
Earle Mitchell’s Story

(This autobiography was written by Earle in 1996 when he was 76 years of age.) About a year ago our two daughters suggested that as I was the oldest remaining of our family (except Mother at ninety-nine years young but with failing memory) I should write down a record of our life. They thought that this…
Elfreda Mitchell’s Story

(This story was copied from a typewritten manuscript that Olive (nee Mitchell) Aylesworth loaned to Warren Mitchell. Since it was entitled an ‘autobiography’, it is assumed that Elfreda typed it out herself at some point in 1975. It is not known if any other family member assisted in this production.) I was born on June 19, 1896,…
Gerald & Maureen Mitchell

Gerald and Maureen were my grandparents. Gerald and Maureen were married on April 16 1949 at Nanaimo, British Columbia when Gerald was 22 years old and Maureen was 18 years old. They had five sons over seven years (Dennis, Warren, Earle, Stephen, and Philip).
Fred & Maude Bagnall

Fred (Cyril) and Maude (Alice) Bagnall were my great-grandparents. Maude and Fred were married June 22 1922 in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, when Fred was 31 and Maude was 22. They had two children, a son Robert (Bob) and a daughter Evelyn (my grandmother).
Travelutes, Watsons & Joneses

Malinda Travelute and William Watson were my great-great-great-grandparents. They married on January 26 1865 in Winnebago, Illinois. Their daughter Cora married Frank Jones on November 24 1891 in Victoria, BC. Cora and Frank were my great-great-grandparents.
Amos & Ella Mitchell

Amos and Ella Mitchell were my great-great-grandparents. Amos and Ella were married on May 6 1885 at Amherst Point, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, when Amos was 31 years old and Ella was 22. They had nine children over 17 years, including seven sons (twins William and James, Howard, my great-grandfather Nathan, Joseph, Laurence, and Arthur)…
Nathan & Elfreda Mitchell

Nathan and Elfreda were my great-grandparents. Nathan and Elfreda were married on June 5 1916 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, when Nathan was 22 years old and Elfreda was 19. They had six children over 12 years, including five boys (Norman, Elwin, Earle, Howard, and Gerald) and one girl (Olive).
Earle & Evelyn Mitchell

Earle and Evelyn Mitchell were my grandparents. Earle and Evelyn were married May 1 1948 at Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, when Evelyn was 20 years old and Earle was 28. They had four children over 13 years, including two daughters (Sherry and Vicki, now Maia), and two sons (Brian and Blair, both adopted).
Earle Trueman Mitchell

My grandfather, Earle Mitchell, was born on February 8, 1920 in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, in the middle of a snowstorm to Nathan and Elfreda Mitchell. His early years were spent first in Saskatchewan, and then in Alberta as the family moved there in 1924.