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ANNIE MORRISON SOEDER née DRYSDALE

Annie Morrison Drysdale was born on 10 August 1891 in Goderich, Ontario to Andrew Drysdale (1847-1899) and Louisa Morrison (1858-1946). Her siblings were: William (b 1884), Jane (b 1886), Helen Taylor (Ellen) (b 1887), Louisa Morrison (b 1890), Marion (Mary) (b 1894), Rhoda (b 1897) and Ruth (b 1897). The Drysdales were in Goderich at the time of the 1891 and 1901 censuses. Annie's father, Andrew, died on 11 March 1899. Louisa and some of the children moved to the NW-6-29-9-W3 in the RM of Fertile Valley, Saskatchewan by the time of the 1911 census, but Annie was not listed with them in that census. According to her obituary, Annie moved directly to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1907 with her family. However, her mother had a homestead grant issued on the land described above on 12 October 1911, which meant that she must have moved there in about 1906 in order to have met the requirements necessary to get title to her homestead in 1911.

Before marriage, Annie was a secretary in the law office of John Milton. She married John George (Jack) Soeder on 1 July 1914 at the home of her mother in Saskatoon. Jack was born on 29 May 1885 in Ellice Township, Perth County, Ontario to Ernest Soeder (1847-1927) and Katherina Yundt (1851-1926). His siblings were: Margaret Catherine (1874-1910), Elizabeth (1875-1947), Emma (1877-1959), William (1878-1917), George John (b 1880), Lydia (1881-1957), Anna (Annie) (1883-1961), Christina Amelia (b 1890) and Carl Alfred (1892-1936).

In 1916 Jack and Annie lived at 316 11th St and had a son John Drysdale (Jack) (1915-1938). Jack was employed as a traveler for Western Lighting Agencies Ltd. By 1921, the family was living in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Other children born to them were: Shirley Margaret (b 1917), William Ernest "Paul" (1918-1944) and Glenn Andrew (1920-1942). They must have moved to Vancouver between 1918 and 1920 because the only child born in British Columbia was Glenn. Both Paul and Glenn were in the RCAF in WWII and both were killed in action. By 1922, the family was back in Saskatoon living at 707 Lansdowne and John was working for Paulin Chambers, Biscuits & Confectionery - Wholesale. Annie died on 10 November 1959 and Jack on 24 September 1962. Both died in Saskatoon and were buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Soeder Tree.