David Strickland Churchill, Sr.

David Strickland Churchill, Sr.
Birthdate:	December 22, 1888
Birthplace:	Darlings Lake, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death:	August 15, 1977 (88) age 89, Magnolia, Alberta, Canada
Place of Burial:	Evansburg cemetery, Evansburg, Alberta, Canada
Immediate Family:	Son of Joseph Morrell Churchill and Lydia Butler Churchill Husband of Nellie Maud Morgan-Hoff-Churchill Ex-husband of Mary Churchill Father of Private; Joseph Alfred Churchill; Private and Private Brother of Harold Churchill; Alice Symonds; Orpha Cooper; Sarah Churchill; Mary Dean Churchill and 4 others
Occupation:	Retired from the Royal Canadian Northwest Mounted Police, was stationed in the North during Albert Johnson the "Mad Trapper"'s time. He was also a very good poet and wrote poems to his wife Nellie.

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Last Updated:	May 25, 2018

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Immediate Family

Mary Churchill

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Joseph Alfred Churchill

son
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child
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Nellie Maud Morgan-Hoff-Churchill

wife
Joseph Morrell Churchill

father
Lydia Butler Churchill

mother
Harold Churchill

brother
Alice Symonds

sister
Orpha Cooper

sister
Sarah Churchill

sister

About David Strickland Churchill, Sr.

Until he retired David was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It is said that he was stationed in the Yukon Territory in 1932 when a lone, middle aged man, of Danish heritage, raised on a small farm in North Dakota, USA with a surly disposition, threatens, terrorizes and interferes with Lauchoux Natives traps. The RCMP are contacted and when they arrive at his cabin he severely wounds two RCMP officers and later kills another RCMP officer. The man's name is Albert Johnson, the "Mad Trapper of Rat River", who became a fugitive chased and killed by a group of RCMP officers.

David also wrote a number of poems to Nellie before they married.

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David Strickland Churchill, Sr.'s Timeline

1888	December 22, 1888	Birth of David Strickland Churchill, Sr. Darlings Lake, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada
1977	August 15, 1977 Age 88	Death of David Strickland Churchill, Sr. age 89, Magnolia, Alberta, Canada
	August 19, 1977 Age 88	Burial of David Strickland Churchill, Sr. Evansburg cemetery, Evansburg, Alberta, Canada
????		Birth of Joseph Alfred Churchill Grouard, Division No. 17, Alberta, Canada

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