George Andrekson family

Mr. and Mrs. George and Sally Andrekson, Alex, Lydia, Mary and George. George and Sally Andrekson came from Estonia in 1924 with their two young children, Lydia and Alex. They lived in Fort St. James, B.C., until 1929, when they moved to the Barons area, where George farmed until 1952. In Barons, the Andreksons had two more children, Mary Lou and George.

Lydia became a nurse, married, and moved to Burnaby, B.C. Alex studied law and had five children; he lives in Edmonton. Mary Lou is a teacher and lives with her husband and three children near Milk River. George, his wife Joan Milner, and their three children farm near Barons.

George Senior died in 1954. Sally lives in Vancouver.

Alberta's Estonian Heritage