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Sawyer, Andrew "Andy" Gilbert
Not in Empress Cemetery.
b. 1891-Feb, Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, USA
d. 1970-Jun-18, Vernon, BC

Empress Cemetery Tree on Ancestry.ca
     https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/201433125/person/332681098578
Find a Grave
     https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195058279
The Empress Express, April 29, 1920
     https://archive.org/details/EPE_1920042901
The Empress Express, March 24, 1921
     https://archive.org/details/EPE_1921032401

Available here
     Sawyer, Andrew, BC Registration of Death, 1970-06-18.jpg
     Sawyer, Chester Mervin, Empress Express, 1920-04-29, Page 1
     Sawyer, Baby, Empress Express, 1921-03-24, Page 3.jpg

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Father: Oliver Sawyer (1855-?)
Mother: Emma Billings (1857-1907)
Siblings:
     Julia M. Sawyer (1880–?)
     Sidney Sawyer (1881–?)
     David FRANK Sawyer (1884–1930)
     Percy Henry Sawyer (1886–1979)
     Herbert Guardy "Bert" Sawyer (1887–1958)
     Alvin Melvin Sawyer (1889–1959), Find a Grave:51722037
     Glenward Sawyer (1892–?)
     Stanley Stanfield Sawyer (1894–1953), Find a Grave:176069887
     Arthur Archie L Sawyer (1895–1971)
     Louise C. (Sawyer) Hern (1896–1976), Find a Grave:166624724
     Carrie L. Sawyer (1898-?)
     Alfred "Alfa" Sawyer (1898–1918), Find a Grave:282502124
Spouse: Emma Pauline Johnson, Find a Grave:195058240
Children:
     Chester Mervin Sawyer (1919-1920), Find a Grave:282502060
     Baby Sawyer (1921-1921), Find a Grave:282549343
     Violet Marion (Sawyer) Vickerman (1922-1963), Find a Grave:153821519
     Doris Irene (Sawyer) Moss (1926-?)
     Allen G. Sawyer (1927-1972), Find a Grave:194348822
     Vernon Sawyer (1929-?)

Summary
1891-Feb: Andy was born to Oliver Sawyer & Emma Billings in Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, USA.
1900-Jun-25: US Census with parents and 11 siblings at Greenbush, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, USA.
1905-Jun-07: Minnesota State Census with parents and 12 siblings at Princeton, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, USA.
1912: Arrived in Canada.
1912-Oct-21: Homestead Entry Application for SE-28-23-28-W3, 5.6 km north-northwest of Estuary, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1916-Jun-01: Canada Census with father and 4 brothers at 23-29-W3, Mantoria, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1918-Jan-17: Homestead Patent Grant for SE-28-23-28-W3.
1919-1920: Son Chester Mervin was born.
1920-Apr-15: Son Chester Mervin died at Empress, Alberta, Canada.
1921-Jan: Baby was born to Andrew & Emma (unknown name or gender)
1921-Mar-22: Their three-month old baby died at Empress, Alberta, Canada.
1921-Jun-01: Canada Census with wife & father at 28-23-28-W3, Estuary, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1922-Mar-26: Daughter Violet Marion was born.
1926-Feb: Daughter Doris Irene was born in Saskatchewan, Canada.
1926-Jun-01: Canada Census with wife & 2 daughters at 19-20-18-W3, 10 km north of Cabri, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1927: Son Allen G was born in Saskatchewan, Canada.
1929: Son Vernon was born.
1931-Jun-01: Canada Census with wife & 4 children at 26-20-17-W3, 17.4 km south of White Bear, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1935, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953: Canada Voters Lists with wife at White Bear, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1962, 1963: Canada Voters Lists with wife at 378 - 9 Ave NW, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1963-Apr-07: Daughter Violet died in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada.
1965: Canada Voters List with wife at 346 - 10 Ave NW, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1968: Canada Voters List alone at 9233 - 52 St, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1970-Jun-18: Andy died in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. BC Death Register #1970-09-009557

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