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- Francis Asbury Sanborn, known as Frank, was the second son and child of Emmett and Anna Sanborn, was born 12 August 1884 at Rochester, near Union Star, Missouri. He died 2 August 1945 in Calgary, Alberta, of cancer. On 3 June 1908 he married Eliza Janr Wilkinson, known as Lila, in Innisfail, Alberta. She was born 12 January (1 December) 1882 at Owen Sound, Ontario. She passed away in 1962 in Edmonton, Alberta, of a heart attack. Her father, John Wilkinson, brought his familt west to Innisfail in 1912 or 1913 where he established the King Edward Hotel. John Wilkinson is credited with starting the first Orange Lodge in that area and was considered the oldest member of this lodge in Canada when he died at the age of 100. Frank Sanborn spent most of his esarly years up to the age of 17 in Nebraska where his father homesteaded near Merriman. In 1901 he accompanied his parents in a covered wagon to Alberta, Canada, taking out a homestead near Innisfail in the Cottonwood district. Frank and Lila Sanborn often provided a home for children other than their own. As early as 1910 they took in two nieces, Lillian and Francis Calder, raising them as their own to adulthood. Later in 1922, they acquired a nephew who was orphaned. During these early years, the Sanborns left Innisfail, living for a short while near Edmonton, then moved on to the White Creek area where Frank owned and operated a sawmill. In 1928, they made one of their last moves, going to the Peace River country where they remained until 1944 when Frank became ill. They bought land south of Sexsmith, and additional homesteads were claimed by the older members near Woking. Since lumber was in abundance, the winters were utilized for sawing timber. Frank Sanborn was around sawmills most of his life, either operating them with his brothers or later with his own sons. Many events happened during these logging years, but the most memorable was probably a fire which completely destroyed his son, Jesse's, milling camp in the spring of 1944. Both Jesse and Robert were there and both sustained burns of the face and hands. Besides his sawmill business, Frank had a real passion for the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting and trapping. According to his son, Robert, in the winter he would shoot beaver when they came up through their holes in the ice. They were retrieved by his dog. 'One day the dog caught the beaver by the tail and the beaver pulled the dog into the water hole. Frank quickly grabbed the dog by the tail. After some struggle pulled out the dog still hanging onto the beaver.' Neither the worse for waer other than a good drenching. In 1944, feeling the effects of his illness, they moved to Calgary, where he died during the following year. Lila Sanborn remained in Calgary until 1950 when she moved to Devon where some of her children lived; later moved near Edmonton where she remained the rest of her life. They were both buried in Innisfail. CHILDREN: i. Boy, stillborn ii. Jesse Eldridge Sanborn, b. 17 September 1910 near Innisfail iii. Harold Sanborn, d.y., 6 months of age iv. Margaret Louise Sanborn, b. 3 June 1913 at Mornsville, Alberta v. Robert Franklin Sanborn, b. 29 January 1915 at Innisfail vi. Russell emmett Sanborn, b. 27 May 1917 at Innisfail vii. Elizabeth Anne Sanborn, b. 29 December 1923 at Innisfail
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