Andrew I Prestlien

  Research Notes:

1. Source: Sagitawah Saga - The Story of Whitecourt

- Andrew's father (Iver M Prestlien and uncle, Andrew M Prestlien) were experienced raftsman and brought many other families down the McLeod River and occassionally the Athabasca River

2. Grue family records and papers: letter's (complied by Mary E Grue, about 1979) indicate that Andrew did not have a family (from Kelma Shoemaker and from Olreen Stevens)


3. Source: Western Land Grants; Sec NE of Sec 34, Twp 59, Range 11, W 5th; - this was Andrew I Prestlien, not Andrew M Prestlien [9 May 2023, correction]


4. Source: 1911 Canada Census; Iver is the head of the household; Michael - son, age 35, to Canada, 1911; Andrew - son, age 31, to Canada 1911
- each is listed as American; Lutheran religion; farmers


5. 1916 Canada;

- age 36; emigrated 1911; religion - Pres
- occupation, blacksmith, general

1921 Canada Edmonton West, sub district 032, page 4. image 4 [ancestry]; line 7; sec 34-59-11
- age 41, single, emigrated, 1911 naturalized 1915; owns home of 1 room, made of wood; occupation, farmer; religion as Lutheran


1926 Canada western provinces; Alberta, Peace River [51]; sub-district 34, page 9 [im 10] dw/fam 115 [line 16]
Andrew Prestlien, E½ Sec 34-59-11-5, age 46, b US; em 1911, natuarlization, 1915
- NOTE: FamilySearch.org indexed as: Andrew Pristlun

6. Source: First World War service files: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead; Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force

- Delaration - Attestation: 12 May 1917
- next of kin: Iver M Prestlien, Florence, WA [this likely means that Iver, age 72, was back in the Silvana area in May 1917 ]
- trade or calling: Blacksmith
- address: Whitecourt, AB
- height - 5'7"; girth - with fully expanded, 36 inches & 3 inches expanision; complexion - medium; eyes grey; hair brown; hearing normal; eyesight with right at 40 & left at 30; religion Lutheran
- declared fit to serve by medical officer; approved by Mobilization Board and signed by commanding officer at Edmonton, 12 May 1917


7. source: www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com;
contact: Marvin Knock [marvin@knock.com]; 7 July 2007. Provides no source information.
contact: Linda Runyon (lrunyon@triad.rr.com); 7 Nov 2004. Lists US census of 1880, 1920, 1930 and one contact (Mrs Sylvia (Jalmar) Moe (nee Botten) as sources. I emailed her on 21 Aug 2008 requesting contact information for Mrs Sylvia Moe - no response.
contact: Terry Anderson (terryandmaryann@earthlink.net); 23 Mar 2005. Provides information but does not provide any source information.
contact: Kurt Hahn (kurthahn@sbcglobal.net); 25 Aug 2008. Source information is listed from on-line database, Ancestry.com OneWorld Tree. I emailed him on 22 June 2008 and he responded - no direct relationship, other than his daughter-in-law ancestry is a Prestlien line: "Jeannie Helen9 Widing (Deborah Claire8 Prestlien, Raymond N7, Nils6, Anders M5,
Mikel Nilson4"

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1911, 1 Jun 1911, Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada. ³⁵⁹

2. Residence - 1916, 1916, Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada. ³⁸¹

3. Military Service: Canadian World War I Overseas Expeditionary Force; Enlisted 12 May 1917, 1917, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ³⁸²

4. Residence - 1920, 1920, Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada. ³⁸³

5. Residence - 1921, 1921, Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada. ³⁸⁴ Sec 34, Twp 59, Range 11, W5th