File N-1992-084: 1-2 - Balsillie, Jim Fort Resolution Transcript

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The file consists of a transcript of an oral history interview of Jim Balsillie at Fort Resolution by Joanne Overvold and Ray Price, January 17, 1977. Interview notes from 1992 Index: Father's name, James Allen Rolland Balsillie. Mother's name, Marie Fabien. Maternal grandmother, Allizette Mandeville. Maternal grandfather, Henri Fabien. Paternal grandfather came from Scotland, but his father was from Winnipeg. Jim's parents (James and Marie) were married in the summer of 1900. They had 9 boys and 1 girl. Jim was born in 1907. He was married at Christmas in 1929 to a woman whose maiden name was Norn. They had 13 children in total, but they lost 3 of their 6 boys, so they had 3 boys and 8 daughters. They also raised one of his wife's sister's daughters. Grace Norn [his wife's mother?], lived to 101 ears of age. She died in Fort Rae. Her father, William Norn, came to the north as an Anglican missionary and they spent time at Fort Rae, Fort Norman and Fort Resolution.