John Francis TIBBITT

1908 - 1993  (85 years)

• Name	John Francis TIBBITT
  Birth	30 Jan 1908	, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	1971  [1]
  	John and Margaret lived in 1971 at 1210 20 Street N.W. Calgary, Alberta. Margaret is a graduate of the University of Alberta. B.Sc. in pharmacy, and worked five years with McDermod Drug Ltd. in Calgary. Jack graduated from the University of Saskatchewan, and worked as a mining and petroleum geologist. They lived in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories for eight years, returning to Calgary in 1948. Jack was employed with Hudson Bay Oil and Gas Company for twenty-five years. In 1971 he is semi-retired. In 1973 Jack, in company with an ex-Mountie who spoke the Inuit language, made the first trip overland from Churchill, Manitoba to Arctic Bay on the northern tip of Baffin Island. They left Churchill on March 10 with an Inuit dog team escort, and after a trip full of adventure and peril, arrived at Arctic Bay on July 2, carrying mail to that region. An eastern mining syndicate had commissioned him to investigate reports of gold in that area.
  Name	Jack Tibbitt  [1]
  Death	15 May 1993	, Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [2]
  Burial	, Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [3]
  	Inscription: John F. / 1908 - 1993 | Margaret W. / 1909 - 1996 // TIBBITT
  		John F and Margaret G Tibbitt Marker, John F. Tibbett (1908-1993) & Margaret Wright Glover (1909-1996). Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Photo courtesy of Joanne Robb.
  Person ID	I16849	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Berry Wayman TIBBITT
  Mother	Frances HAZLETT
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Family ID	F26979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Wright GLOVER,   b. 27 Nov 1909, , Calgary, Alberta, Canada d. 27 Dec 1996, , Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	8 Aug 1940	, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Frances Lee TIBBITT,   b. 12 Mar 1941, , Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada d. 9 Feb 2017, , Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F3195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S362] Harold Cairns, personal communication, 362. (Reliability: 2). [S9968] Joanne Robb, personal communication, 9968. (Reliability: 2). [S9968] Joanne Robb, personal communication, 9968. (Reliability: 3). [S362] Harold Cairns, personal communication, 362.