The English influx to the Prairies occurred in two phases. Ontario and Quebec migrants of English descent
travelled overland in carts from the 1870s long before the railways were constructed. Substantial numbers
also came at this time from the Eastern Townships of Quebec and from the Maritime Provinces. With the connection
of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late 1880's, settlers poured into Alberta. After 1890 and the USA
closing of the frontier, there was no more virgin land available in the US and 600,000 migrants crossed the border
and moved into Saskatchewan and Alberta. 1st. Alberta Generation Samuel Mabley (25/3/1826 - 1914) emigrated from Cornwall, England in 1903. William H Mabley (9/1852 - ), m. Martha (1846 - ) in x George G Mabley (1846 - ), m. Anna L (1867 - ) in x Thomas John Edward Mabley (1872 - ), m. Jessie (1880 - ) in x Lewis John Mabley (1876 - 1946), m. Dorie Annie (1886 - ) in x Alford Garfield Mabley (1882 - 1956), m. Bessie (1896 - 1969) in x 2nd. Alberta Generation From Joseph Franklin Mabley :-
From Warren Vincent Mabley :-
From Orlo William Mabley :-
Growing mechanization in England and rising imports of cheap food from abroad caused many English families
to look increasingly to Canada to better their prospects. However, while the prairies were crying out for
men with agricultural skills to operate ploughs and plant crops, the arrivals from England were destitute
urban workers. They generally headed for the towns and cities in the Prairie Provinces, leaving the labourers
of other nations to fill the region’s agricultural job vacancies.
The first Mableys settled in Victoria and La Combe, North and South of Edmonton, farming just east of the Rockies.
The newly developed Canadian oil and gas industry and the ensuing propserity drew migrants to Alberta, with Mableys
moving onwards to Alberta from more Eastern provinces. In the 1926 Prairie Census, households living in Bow Rover, Alberta.
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His wife Ellen Rowe (1828 - 1913) and sons William H Mabley and Joseph Franklin Mabley moved to Alberta with him.
His son, Joseph Franklin Mabley (9/2/1861 - 25/12/1942), m. Minnie Etha Burroway (23/6/1870 - 1945) in 1889.
Joseph and his family emigrated from Wisconsin, USA in 1907. Their Children :-
Both emigrated from the USA in 1907 with father Samuel Mabley
He settled in Oregon, USA
George emigrated from Scotland to USA in 1896, then Canada 1900. Anna emigrated in 1909.
Their children :-
Thomas and his family emigrated from the USA in 1908. Their Children :-
Lewis was born in Toronto, ON, and moved to Dixonville, AB. Their Children :-
Their Children :-
Warren was born in Hanson, South Dakota. He remarried to Rachel Reihl in 1946. All children :-
Their children :-
Benjamin was born in Roseburg, Oregon. He retired to British Columbia. Their children :-
Orlo was born in Roseburg, Oregon. He retired to British Columbia.
3rd. Alberta Generation
Their children :-
Their children :-
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