Wallace Harland Grue

  Research Notes:

12 July 2022Alberta Provincial Archives, Edmonton

Wallace Harland Grue NW¼ Sec 30 Twp 81, Range 8, W of the 6th

- the micro film records for this file are confusing [file Acc. 1989,.435 LD 1052] since the image quality is
poor, inverted film [black background grey writing], and some pages were repeated
- in fact the record pages sometimes referred to NE¼ and then NW¼ and then sometimes the just the N½ of Section 30,
and of course no explanation
- so the above record was for a grazing lease - Civilian Homestead Lease [the act that was enacted; Province of
Alberta, Dept of Lands and Forests]

1] Wallace had applied for the lease on 22 Dec 1953; and a Memo to that effect by Alberta on 29 Dec 1953;
159 acres on the NE¼
2] an inspection report - land is suitable to cultivation for grass with rotation of legume and grass;
and a purchase price of $300.00 [I'm not sure what this means - it looks like the lease must be paid for over time
and that after a number of years, with some improvements such as breaking of acres and planting of crops - in
this case, grass - a patent would be issued
3] letter of 6 July 1954 - regarding both NE and NW quaters - total of 318 acres and not 320 as previously noted
4] letter of 14 Jul 1954 - the N½, Sec 30; a requirement from government act: commencing in 1957, 6 months of
residency in each calendar year, erection of a house or completion of other improvements. Cultivation duties to
commence in 1954; and a payment of a crop share 1/6 commencing in 1957.
5] then 2 pages from 22 Dec 1953, Application for Homestead Lease. N ½
And at the bottom, "in case of Leasee's death,
the Department may communicate with Lars Grue, Hay Lakes" - this is the only page where grandpa is named
6] then a form from the government, outlining the minium cultivation requirents, for the years 1954-1962; and a
table outling the share - this I don't understand
7] Then a form completed, 16 Jun 1955 and signed by Wallace.... "...my plans have changed...going back to school
... I would like to cancel
8] Then another form completed, 29 Aug 1955 by Wallace -- Cancellation

Note: a patent was eventually granted to M. Parker on 20 Aug 1968


NOTE: see Lars Grue page - I had recorded a detail traveling outline to go to this land

Wallace married Fern Henrietta Nelson, daughter of Alfred Nelson and Selma Petersen, on 18 Feb 1956 in Central Lutheran Church, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.²⁵⁹ (Fern Henrietta Nelson was born on 14 May 1930 in Live Long, Saskatchewan, Canada,²⁵⁹ died on 24 May 1987 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ²⁷³ and was buried on 26 May 1987 in Ocean View Memorial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada ²⁷³.)

Wallace next married Judith Scott on 30 Jul 1988.²⁵⁹ (Judith Scott was born on 3 Oct 1938 in Mullewar, Western Australia, Australia,^259,274 died on 19 Jun 2015 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada ²⁷⁴ and was buried in Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada ²⁷⁴.)