Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | Avery and Ida Winchell fonds |
| Reference code: | 0397 |
| Date: | 1913-1958 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 0.5 cm textual records
15 photographs |
| Language: | English |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Processed May 2010 Added to new database Dec. 2022 – TD |
| Note: | This fonds has been identified as having Indigenous related content. Researchers may encounter language that is outdated and offensive. To learn more about Indigenous records at the South Peace Regional Archives please see our guide. |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
Ida was born in 1883 and became the bride of Avery Winchell in 1901 and taken to a homestead in South Dakota. In 1904 they moved to an area 20 miles south of Ainsworth. On May7, 1913, they and another couple came north and after 6 weeks on the Edson Trail squatted on land one mile north of Spirit River. They lived in a sod shack for the winter and hauled logs for a house and barn. After several small houses, in 1926 they built a big house. In 1940, the couple sold their farm to Jessie and Kester Lillico and built a house in Spirit River. Avery passed away in 1943 in Spirit River and Ida remained there and became “Granny” to the Lillico children, worked in her garden and was very active in the United Church. She died November 22, 1963.
Custodial History
The records were donated to the South Peace Regional Archives by Bonnie Flintoff in 2009.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of a letter Ida wrote to her relatives in the USA in 1962 and 15 photographs. The photographs are of Dunvegan Mission, Spirit River, Avery and Ida Winchell and their homes on the farm and in Spirit River, Westminster United Church in Spirit River and the Grande Prairie Kathryn Prittie Hospital.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents.
Access points
- Textual record (documentary form)
- Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
- Family and personal life* (subject)
- Religion (subject)
- Exploration, discovery and travel* (subject)
Series descriptions
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0397.01 | Item – Winchell Farm House – First and Second | 1914 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
The first and second log home on the Winchell farm. Two men and two women stand in front of “the west end of our old house.” |
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| 0397.02 | Item – Roman Catholic Mission – Dunvegan | 1913 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Roman Catholic Mission at Dunvegan. Photograph from Rev. R.F. Thompson, Spirit River |
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| 0397.03 | Item – Manse Stable at Spirit River | [1913] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The manse stable at Spirit River. |
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| 0397.04 | Item – Dunvegan | 1913 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Peace River at Dunvegan showing the mission from the opposite shore. |
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| 0397.05 | Item – Spirit River J. Martinos |
1917 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Spirit River as a village in 1918. Photo by J. Martinos, Griffin Creek. |
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| 0397.06 | Item – Presbyterian Hospital, Grande Prairie | Presbyterian Hospital, Grande Prairie | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Presbyterian Hospital, named the Kathryn Prittie Hospital built in Grande Prairie in 1914. The Prittie family of Ontario, gave a major donation for the building of this hospital in memory of their daughter, Kathryn. |
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| 0397.07 | Item – Ladies Aid at Spirit River | [1940] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Ladies Aid group at Spirit River pose for a photo: Third from left Miss Margaret Henderson, Ida Winchell, ?, ?, Mrs. Lowe. |
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| 0397.08 | Item – Avery and Ida Winchell | [1935] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Avery (Abe) holding a small girl and Ida Winchell standing beside their home. |
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| 0397.09 | Item – Newly Built Winchell House in Spirit River | [1940] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Winchells sold their farm and built a home in Spirit River in 1940. |
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| 0397.10 | Item – Winchell House on the Farm | [1930] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Winchells’ house on the farm was built in 1926. The white house and barn with the red roof respected the Quaker tradition. They sold their farm and built a home in Spirit River in 1940. |
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| 0397.11 | Item – Winchell House in Spirit River | [1945] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Winchells sold their farm and built a home in Spirit River in 1940. |
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| 0397.12 | Item – Avery and Ida Winchell Ready to Travel | 1937 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Winchells used a modified “Bennett Buggy” drawn by their horses, Gracie and Silver. Photo taken in front of the chicken house, |
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| 0397.13 | Item – Mrs. Ida Winchell | [1950] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 2 in. |
| Scope and content:
Mrs. Ida Winchell |
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| 0397.14 | Item – Mrs. Ida Winchell Crocheting | 1958 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 3 in. |
| Scope and content:
Mrs. Ida Winchell crocheting a tablecloth made by joining round medallions. |
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| 0397.15 | Item – Westminster United Church | [1940] | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Westminster United church, built in 1916. |
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