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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Series | | No.: | PR0106.0005 | | TITLE: | Genealogy series | | CREATOR: | John Edward Fitzsimmons | | DATE RANGE: | 1944, 1964-2000 | | EXTENT: | 0.25 m of textual records. - 9 maps | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | John Edward (Jack) Fitzsimmons was a prominent citizen of Edmonton. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War and received his discharge in 1949. Upon discharge he took advantage of the incentives offered to former servicemen and went to the University of Alberta where he entered the Department of Agriculture, specializing in cereal crops. While a student he started working on the University's Parkland Farm. Upon graduation he started as the manager of Parkland Farm and remained there for the entire length of his career, from 1949 until early retirement in 1972. After his retirement from the farm he continued to work part-time doing crop inspection for Agriculture Canada, inspecting fields of pedigree seed to see that they met the standards of the Canadian Seed Growers Association. Upon retirement he married Gladys Robinson, a former teacher, to whom he remained married until her death in September of 1988. They had no children. Jack was a member of MacDougall United Church, a mason, philanthropist, world traveler, frequent and diligent writer, and agricultural scientist. He was also the nephew of Robert Fitzsimmons, a man well known for his integral role in the tar sands discovery in Alberta. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The series consists of copies of certificates of birth, death and marriage, correspondence with family members in reference to their memories of their family members and relatives, and maps of homestead areas in Alberta. Also included are various versions of a family tree that were generated using a computer software program. | | ARRANGEMENT NOTE: | The series is arranged according to the original order imposed by the donor. | | RELATED FONDS: | PR0106 (John Edward Fitzsimmons fonds)
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