John Wilson Dykes (1883 - 1948)

Born 5 Jun 1883 in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret May (Hough) Dykes — married 1910 in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Died 1948 at about age 64 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

John was born in 1883. He is the son of Andrew Dykes and Elizabeth Wilson. John emigrated to Alberta, Canada, in 1907. He first lived in Edmonton, where he worked hauling freight from Edmonton to Peace River. After John was married, he farmed in several places; first in Oliver, outside Edmonton, t hen in Ardenode, north-east of Calgary, and next in Vulcan, south-east of Calgary. He became ill with tuberculosis, and went to a sanitarium in Kamloops, B.C., where he stayed for about two years. After that he returned to Calgary, where he traded the farm at Vulcan for two properties, a small farm at Shepard and a large house in Calgary. In summer he had a job as a weed inspector, but he often spent the winter in hospital due to his continuing lung ailments. During World War II he was night clerk at a hotel in Calgary. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ History of a Dykes Family” by Margaret Hambleton 2nd Ed. © 2003

• Scotlands People Birth Registry Ref: 1883 621/65; New Register House, 3 West Register Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3YT.
• Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2X-8NK : 11 March 2018), John W Dykes, Jul 1907; citing Immigration, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, T-491, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• https://billiongraves.com/grave/John-W-Dykes/15884420