Gertrude Dodson & Her Husband, John Edwin Eversole
Gertrude May Dodson was born in Gilmore City, Iowa and John Edwin Eversole was born in Mitchell, Indiana. Her mother and his father were siblings. Gertrude and John married in Gilmore City on Dec 2, 1903 and in July 1904 moved to the Clearview district in Canada, where they first worked for George Root on his Spruce Bluff Farm, now in the Morrisroe Subdivision. In 1909 they were hired by Dr. T. C. Fry, the head of the Berkhamstead School in England, to run the Berkhamstead Farm southeast of Red Deer. He farmed and she prepared the meals for the working crews for 37 years until they retired and moved to Red Deer. The couple had two sons: Frank Dodson Eversole and Charles Henry Eversole.
On the back of this picture are the words "John Edwin Eversole - 24 years old" in handwriting I recognize as that of Priscilla (Sheeks) Carr, who raised his son John Edwin Carr, as her own. The latter did not know for several years that Rose (Carr) Neal was his mother, rather than his sister.
John Edwin Eversole was the 3rd child of the 12 children of James Henry Eversole and Hannah Wood. He eventually married his first cousin Gertrude May Dodson 5 Dec 1903 in Gilmore City, Iowa, and then in 1904 they moved to Alberta, Canada, and settled near Red Deer, where he was successful at managing the George F. Root farm, then the Berkhamsted Farm. When John & his wife retired they moved to Red Deer. John and Gertrude had two sons: Frank Daniel (6 Dec 1905-7 Oct 1916) and Charles Henry (6 Nov 1917-26 May, 1992). They are all buried at the Red Deer Cemetery, Section G, Lot 110 in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. John, his parents, and his siblings can be found on pp. 142-143 of THE EBERSOLE FAMILY IN AMERICA, 1727-1937, written by the Rev. Charles Ebersole.
Date & Place:
at W. R. Griffith Studio in Mitchell in Lawrence County, Indiana
There are several more pictures of John Edwin Eversole in the Eversole collection at the Red Deer Archives in Canada, which can also be viewed online at www.archivesalberta.org.