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- Jesse Eldridge Sanborn was born 7 February 1886 near Union Star, Missouri. He died 16 April 1962 near Innisfail, Alberta. Jesse Sanborn married Eleanor Irene Whitelock on 4 October 1915 in the Presbyterian Manse in Innisfail. She was born 23 March 1897 near Cleveland, Ohio. Her family moved to Alberta in 1905. After moving to Alberta in 1901 with his parents, Jesse Sanborn travelled throughout the state but remained in Alberta his entire life. He led a full and active life, filling his years with a variety of occupations. Due to his excellent instructions in hunting from his father, Jesse was a big game hunter and guide, as well as trapper. He also owned and operated a portable sawmill for many years, plus operated a farm. Jesse Sanborn hunted and trapped game around Innisfail until 1910 or 1912, when he journeyed to the country north of Edmonton, Alberta, near Jarvie, where he hunted bear and moose and trapped red, silver, and cross foxes, muskrats, skunk, and coyotes. During World War I, being turned down for military duty, he went to the Peace River and Dunvegan area to survey government land for the government. However, he was only on the job for a few months when the crew found out the deal was crooked and they all quit. While in the area near Jarvie, he filed for a homestead. After his marriage in the fall of 1915, he and his young wife returned to this homestead, fully supplied for a season of hunting and trapping. The first winter spent in a sod roof house, a comfortable abode until it rained or the snow melted. The following spring, after the trapping was over, Jesse built a two-story house of poplar logs. They remained there until 1918. Since his first arrival in this area, many more settlers had established homesteads. So 'being of the pioneer spirit', Jesse Sanborn decided to look for greener pastures,trying his skill in the cattle business. They moved south to Westlock, taking with them their house which they dismantled piece by piece and reassembled it on their new homestead. These homesteads were 160 acres of land for $10...down which had to be lived on for three years. During the first five years, the homesteader was required to build a house and a barn, dig a well, and cultivate at least 10 acres, adding 10 more each year, and fence the entire homestead. then each homesteader had to 'prove up' by going to Edmonton to swear allegiance to the crown. Jesse Sanborn also operated a portable steam sawmill for many years. Several people would cut and assemble a set of logs, approximately 25 to 50 thousand board feet of logs. Then Jesse would bring his sawmill to that area and saw the logs into lumber planks. He continued in this business until 1939 when he lost everything in a law suit. After the loss, he moved his family back to the Innisfail district and rented a half section of land from his brother, Earl, which he eventually bought. For many years, Jesse Sanborn fought skin cancer, being treated with radium which left his mouth and jaw area badly burned. Twenty years later, in 1956, when the cancer cure became free, the Calgary Cancer Clinic recalled him and grafted new skin over the burnt area. However, in 1962, he required additional treatment for cancer; after numerous treatments, according to his wife, the strain was too much and he died while out trapping. He was sitting back up against a tree, rifle across his knees waiting at a pool for beaver to show when they found him. After his death, his wife, Eleanor, moved to Calgary, Alberta, later moved to Nanaimo, British Columbia, where her eldest daughter resided. She later moved back inland to Creston, B.C., then on to Alberta. CHILDREN: i. Evelyn Claire Sanborn, b. 13 November 1916 ii. Ruth Eilleen Sanborn, b. 10 June 1918 iii. Wilmeta Vivian Sanborn, b. 9 December 1920 iv. Bernice Irene Sanborn, b. 11 January 1923 near Fawcett, Alberta v. Dewey Lee Sanborn, b. 22 April 1926 vi. Kathleen Olive Sanborn, b. 6 August 1929 at Kevisville, Alberta vii. Vera Marguerite Sanborn, b. 29 February 1932 viii. Boy, stillborn, 1 January 1936 at Innisfail; buried there ix. Kay Louise Sanborn, b. 20 December 1936 x. Shirley Ann Sanborn, b. 31 January 1937; adp by Dewey and Cathleen Sanborn, 23 March 1938, name changed to Jill.
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1886 - 1962 (76 years)
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