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Matney Judson was Louis Judson’s uncle and worked for us when we arrived in
Forest Grove. His brother Marion and his wife Opal Judson left Washington on
the 26th of May 1922 and came to the Cariboo in two covered wagons bringing
with them horses, a cow, chickens, a few tools and seeds for establishing a gar-
den. They had married in 1917. With them was Opal’s eight year old son, Day-
mond, from a previous marriage, another son Alonzo and a four month old
daughter Marjorie. Louis their youngest child was born here. Their original in-
tent had been to go to Battleford, Alberta but had been unable to locate the
road. Marion and his brother Matney had been to the area as early as 1913 but
had returned to the USA where Marion had enlisted in the US Army during
World War I. Matney Judson and but one leg and was a blacksmith by trade.

Kitty Williams, Bob Parkin
These cats were referred to as barn cats and could not
be approached or picked up. and RWW. Kitty was our
cook at FG in 1945.