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Anna Whitney <I>Rolph</I> Aldridge

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Anna Whitney Rolph Aldridge

Birth
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Death
23 Aug 1939 (aged 76)
Cardston, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada
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Cardston, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada
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block # 14 , lot # 6 plot #2
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Anna Rolph Aldridge was the Mother of 15 Children 2 Of Which died in Infancy. Her Children are : David, Mary Sophia, Oliver, Charlie, Albert, Elethine, Amy , Herman, Frank, Annie Diantha, John William, Sterling, Alexander, Alta Matilda, and Lettie.She was a pioneering woman among pioneers. She and Her Family moved about 35 times in 20 years. Lived in Waterton National Park, where her son , Oliver and her Husband, William, found the first oil in Alberta in 1898. They sold the oil to families as medicinal treatments for both Humans and Animals. This oil was also used for Lubricating machinery, etc.
The Oil Shares were sold and William and Annie bought the first moving picture show in Cardston. Annie was the ticket taker and William was the " Pied Piper" with his fiddle as he walked up main street playing this fiddle. Several children that could not afford the tickets were allowed to see the movie with no cost to them.
William died in 1916 leaving Annie , whom he had been married to for 35 Years. Annie was survived by 11 of her 15 children, ranging in age from 54 to 74 years of Age.
Anna Rolph Aldridge was the Mother of 15 Children 2 Of Which died in Infancy. Her Children are : David, Mary Sophia, Oliver, Charlie, Albert, Elethine, Amy , Herman, Frank, Annie Diantha, John William, Sterling, Alexander, Alta Matilda, and Lettie.She was a pioneering woman among pioneers. She and Her Family moved about 35 times in 20 years. Lived in Waterton National Park, where her son , Oliver and her Husband, William, found the first oil in Alberta in 1898. They sold the oil to families as medicinal treatments for both Humans and Animals. This oil was also used for Lubricating machinery, etc.
The Oil Shares were sold and William and Annie bought the first moving picture show in Cardston. Annie was the ticket taker and William was the " Pied Piper" with his fiddle as he walked up main street playing this fiddle. Several children that could not afford the tickets were allowed to see the movie with no cost to them.
William died in 1916 leaving Annie , whom he had been married to for 35 Years. Annie was survived by 11 of her 15 children, ranging in age from 54 to 74 years of Age.

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