Lydia Almeda Morgan

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Lydia Almeda Morgan

Lydia Almeda Morgan married George Nowlin in 1906.

Lydia Almeda Morgan Nowlin Life Sketch by Leon Pitman

Lydia Almeda (Meade) Morgan Nowlin was the youngest child of the Thomas and Nancy Jane Radford Morgan Marriage.

Lydia Almeda ("Meade") Morgan was born in Leamington, Millard, Utah on 5 March 1888, the youngest child of Thomas Morgan and Nancy Jane Radford Ryset. She was an infant when her family moved to Star Valley, Wyoming in 1888 and subsequently to Poplar, Idaho in 1890. She grew to adulthood in Poplar. She married George Washington Nowlin on 19 Dec. 1906 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. In March 1908 the Nowlins with many of his brothers and related Idaho Falls families moved to Claresholm, Alberta, Canada where George acquired a homestead farm a few miles south of Claresholm in a farming district known as "The Northern Light District." Their first child was born in 1907 in Idaho Falls, but died in March, 1908, three days after the family reached Claresholm. In 1930 George and Almeda moved to the town of Macleod, Alberta and later to Banff. Lydia Almeda died in Calgary, Alberta 9 Oct. 1954. George died in Calgary 25 Feb. 1966.

Their four Canadian born children, attended the Northern Light School, married and had families in various parts of Alberta. Their children were:

1. George Rex, b. 1907 in Idaho Falls, Idaho and died in Claresholm, Alberta, March 1908.

Charles Fay Nowlin
2. Charles Fay, b. 17 Nov. 1908 in Claresholm, Alberta, eventually settled in Banff, Alberta. He died 8 Dec. 1977.

Thomas Harvie Nowlin
3. Thomas Harvie, b. 4 May, 1911 in Claresholm, Alberta, married Louise Cox 2 November 1935 in Calgary, settled in Cochrane, Alberta. Died in 1997 in Calgary, Alberta.

Lila Jane Nowlin
4. Lila Jane, b. 25 Feb 1913 in Claresholm, Alberta, married Hubert Charles (Bert) Davies in 1937 and settled in Banff. She died 29 April 1980.

Floyd Ernest Nowlin
5. Floyd, b. 27 Dec. 1916 in Claresholm, Alberta. He married Mary Dorothy Hope (Pelham-Clinton) 8 January 1946 in Calgary. He died 13 May 1994 in Calgary.

Below is a picture of Lydia Almeda Morgan Nowlin (on the right) with her sister Martha Veletta Morgan (Riley) Eames.

Below are links to more of Lydia Almeda's family.

Nancy Jane Radford

Nancy Jane Radford was Lydia Almeda Morgan's mother. We don't have a picture of her. But we do have a picture of her father, her mother, and her mother's family from her first marriage. Click on the link above to see a picture of this family.

Antelope Ranch

The Antelope Ranch was up in the hills above Shelton, Idaho, but not too far away. It was owned by Jabus Nowlin, father of George Nowlin. George grew up on this ranch and he met Lydia Almeda Morgan when she came to work on the ranch.

The Antelope Ranch in Idaho where George Nowlin was raised and where him and Lydia met

Lydia and George in Banff Alberta Canada

The picture to the left of Lydia Almeda was taken in the town of Banff perhaps in the 1930's-1940's. It was taken on the grounds of the Banff Springs Hotel, a famous landmark hotel in Banff.

Lydia Almeda Morgan Nowlin spent much of her life in the town of Banff, Alberta, Canada

In the picture above are, left to right: Lydia Almeda Morgan Nowlin, their son Fay Charles Nowlin, and George Washington Nowlin. Fay Charles Nowlin was born 17 May 1908 in Claresholm, Alberta, married Madge McConville, and they lived in Banff.

The picture above, apparently taken the same day and place as the one above it, is of Lydia Almeda Morgan Nowlin (left), her husband George Washington Nowlin, and Madge, who was the wife of their son Fay.

To your right is a picture of George Washington Nowlin in his younger days

George Nowlin's Mother and Grandmother

Click link below to see a Portrait of

Lydia Almeda and George Nowlin Gravestone

Lydia and George made their home in, and are buried in, Canada

Lydia and George Nowlin are buried in the Queen's Park Cemetery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.