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Person: Grez

Albert and Jane Grez

Albert Joseph Grez, 2nd husband of Jane(nee-Lyle/Bell) Grez. Jane's first husband was William Richard Bell. Mr. Grez was a barber at Fort Steele for some time.

Internal ID: 0492.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Grez the Barber

Advertisement for Al Grez, hairstyling/shaving.

Internal ID: 0053.0010
Medium:Newspaper
Date: January 6th 1900

Albert Joseph Grez & Jane Grez

Albert Joseph Grez & Jane Grez (nee Lyle), formerly Bell, at Sheep Creek (Lussier Creek) Christmas 1911. Albert and Jane had made the journey from Fort Steele to Sheep Creek (Lussier Creek), north of Premier Lake for Christmas. Albert Grez had a farm up Maus Creek, south and east of Fort Steele, B.C. The house in the background was a stopping place for the stage running from the Windermere area to Fort Steele and Cranbrook.

Internal ID: 0492.0039
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 25th 1911

Sam and Emily Cadieux with Albert Bell

Sam Cadieux with Emily Cadieux nee Lyle. Albert Bell at the back is son of Jane (Gin) Grez, formerly Bell, nee Lyle. Taken on Christmas Day 1911 at the Sheep Creek stage stop run by the Cadieuxs.

Internal ID: 0492.0040
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 25th 1911

Jane (Lyle) (Bell) Grez

Jane Lyle was born in 1862 at Exeter, Devon, England. She married William Richard Bell Cardiff, Wales, in 1896 and had one son with him, Albert Bell (in the photo also). Jane married Albert Joseph Grez at Cranbrook, B.C., on February 1, 1908, and lived in and around Fort Steele with Mr. Grez. Jane Lyle Bell Grez died at DeKalb, Georgia (a part of the City of Atlanta) on April 17, 1963. Jane was a sister of Fanny Willicome and Emily Cadieux.

Internal ID: 0492.0059
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

#3 back side of photo 0492.0059

#3 back side of photo 0492.0059

Internal ID: 0492.0061
Medium:Photograph

Emily Cadieux and Jane Grez

Emily (Lyle) Cadieux on left and Jane (nickname Gin) Bell/Grez on right. Jane was married to Bell first then to Albert Grez. This picture taken early 40's in Calgary by a street photographer.

Internal ID: 0492.0063
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Reverse of 0492.0063

Back side of photo 0492.0063

Internal ID: 0492.0064
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Frederick George Lyle

Frederick George Lyle, born at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales in 1885, the son of William Bray Lyle Jr.son of William Lyle, and Elizabeth. He married Louisa Sweet about 1910 and was the father of Cyril and Robert Lyle. In 1922 the family came to Canada aboard the Cunard Line SS Antonia, leaving from Southhampton and landing at Quebec City, then across to Fort Steele, B.C. Fred lyle was a nephew of Fanny (Lyle) Willicome, and came to Fort Steele to work with his uncle Albert J. Grez and aunt Jane (Lyle) Grez at the JA Ranch. Later he worked in Kimberley with the C.M. & S. Co. Fred may have remarried on September 29, 1938, to Bernice Anderson.

Internal ID: 0492.0065
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000