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John J Lengyel was born on September 13, 1911, in Naugatuck, Connecticut, to James Lengyel and Bertha Lengyel (nee Horvath). In 1913, the family moved to Lethbridge, Alberta. Lengyel had five sisters and six brothers: Bertha, Margaret, Anne (Annie), Katie, Helen, Jim, Joe, George, Bill, Chester, and Andrew (Andy).
In 1938, Lengyel moved to Edmonton, Alberta, and married Ellen Martin. They had two children: Joan (b. 1942) and J. George Lengyel (1943-1960).
Lengyel was a “Jack of all trades” and worked many different jobs over the years, including as a butcher, roofer, and siding installer.
In the mid- to late 1940s, Lengyel worked as a fisherman for the first commercial fishery on Great Slave Lake. During the same period, Lengyel and some friends, including his brother Chester, “wanted a challenge” and they built the tugboat ‘Thunder River’ in Edmonton, then travelled north on the boat. Lengyel worked on the boat transporting items salvaged from the Canol Project, likely in the summer of 1949.
In 1951, John J Lengyel and his family moved to Stavely, Alberta, and settled on a farm East of Stavely.
John J Lengyel died June 11, 1976.
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Calgary Herald Obituaries. “George Lengyel.” Accessed November 9, 2022. https://calgaryherald.remembering.ca/obituary/george-lengyel-1065580088
Find A Grave. “John J Lengyel.” Accessed November 9, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92380810/john-j-lengyel
Goulder, Joan. Phone call with NWT Archives. January 31, 2023.
Hamer, Julaine. Phone call with NWT Archives. November 17, 2022.
Provincial Archives of Alberta. “Birth Indexes.” Accessed November 16, 2022. https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/find-birth-marriage-and-death-records/birth-indexes
Provincial Archives of Alberta. “Death Indexes.” Accessed November 16, 2022. https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/find-birth-marriage-and-death-records/death-indexes
Provincial Archives of Alberta. “Marriage Indexes.” Accessed November 16, 2022, and January 31, 2023. https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/find-birth-marriage-and-death-records/marriage-indexes