George Hamilton Gooderham

Male 1889 - Abt 1977  (87 years)


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  • Name George Hamilton Gooderham 
    Birth 21 Apr 1889  Poor Man reserve, SK, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Indian Agent for the Blackfoot (Siksika) reserve in southern Alberta from 1920 to 1946; Regional Supervisor of Indian Agencies in Alberta and the Northwest Territories until his retirement in 1954.
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1977 
    Person ID I1234  Gooderham -Worts | EG Family and Descendants, Ezekiel Gooderham and descendants, RWCG family and descendants
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2021 

    Father John Hamilton Gooderham,   b. 1859   d. 10 Dec 1919, Gleichen, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Margret Jessie MacKinnon,   b. Strathlorne, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1908, Gleichen, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Photos
    Margaret McKinnon, wife of John Hamilton Gooderham
    Margaret McKinnon, wife of John Hamilton Gooderham
    In Memorium invitation Margaret McKinnon wife of John Hamilton Gooderham.
    In Memorium invitation Margaret McKinnon wife of John Hamilton Gooderham.
    Blackfoot Agency House.
    John Hamilton Gooderham and George Hamilton Gooderham residence. 1906 through 1954. This House Belongs to the Government.
    George Hamilton Gooderham
    George Hamilton Gooderham
    Portrait on the way to Europe WW1
    George Hamilton Gooderham with Holly T. Gooderham
    George Hamilton Gooderham with Holly T. Gooderham
    GHG age 11 HTA age 13 Signed on back by "Aunt Jessie"
    George Hamilton Gooderham with HTA portrait inscription on back
    George Hamilton Gooderham with HTA portrait inscription on back
    Signed by Jessie Helen Gooderham as "Aunt Jessie"
    Family ID F48  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Private: (M.A.K.) 
    Children 
    +1. Living: (E.G. b~)
    +2. Private: (E.G.)
    +3. Private: (G.K.G.)
    Photos
    Kentner Memorial
    Drumquin Ontario
    Mary Anne Kentner
    George Kent Gooderham
    Helen Rae Crawford Gooderham
    Kentner Memorial
    Detail showing inscriptions for George Hamilton's wife Mary Ann Kentner, her son George Kent Gooderham and Helen Rae Crawford, his wife.
    George Hamilton Gooderham Doctor of The University of Calgary, honoris causa
    June 1972
    Pictured with family members from absolute left to right:
    Patty Morgenstern (RMG's daughter), G. Kent Gooderham (Son), Ev Gooderham (RMG's wife), Helen Rae Gooderham (GKG's wife), George Hamilton Gooderham, Nordy Morgenstern (RMG's son-in-law), Elizabeth Robinson (GHG's Daughter), Ronald M. Gooderham (GHG's Cousin), Elenore Crawford (GHG's daughter) and John Crawford (GHG son-in-law).

    On the occasion of the conferring of the degree of Doctor of The University of Calgary, honoris causa upon George Hamilton Gooderham
    June 1972

    The following biography was obtained from the University of Calgary Gazette, May, 1972.

    Mr. Gooderham, born on the Poorman Indian Reserve in Central Saskatchewan began his life among the Indians and throughout his life maintained a very close friendship and working relationship with them. Both the Blackfoot and Blood Bands made him an honorary Chief and he served on the executive of the Kainai Chieftainship, an organization limited to a number of prominent men made Honorary Chiefs by the Blood Indian Band.

    Mr. Gooderham worked for the Blackfoot Indians from 1920, taking over from his father as Agent and later becoming Regional supervisor, a position he retained until his retirement in 1954. In 1955 he launched a new career with the Harvie Foundation, becoming the first employee of the Glenbow Foundation. Here he has put his vast knowledge of the Indian people and their history to work, writing stories and articles and building the Glenbow Collection.

    Now he is working with the Riveredge Foundation, a private Foundation that grew out of the original Glenbow. His interests have touched the whole community, however, and he is past Director of the Provincial Association of the Canadian Mental Health Association, of which he organized the Calgary branch; a past associated Direct of the Calgary Stampede and Exhibition and Stampede Board and a past president of the Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association and the Men
    George Hamilton Gooderham and family.
    Mary Anna Gooderham (Kentner) and George Hamilton Gooderham
    with children (left to right) Kent, Elizabeth and Jean.
    George Hamilton Gooderham and family
    George Hamilton Gooderham with wife Mary Anna Gooderham (Kentner)
    Children (left to right) Elizabeth, Kent, Jean.
    Wedding Announcement Mary Anna Kentner and George Hamilton Gooderham
    Blackfoot Agency House.
    John Hamilton Gooderham and George Hamilton Gooderham residence. 1906 through 1954. This House Belongs to the Government.
    George Hamilton Gooderham extended family portrait.
    Back row left to right: Jack Crawford, Jean, Kent, Helen-Ray (Crawford), Elizabeth, Geoffery Robinson, Basi Robinson.
    Middle row: ? George Hamilton, Mary Anna,Rory in her arms, ? , Katherine Robinson
    Front row: Bridget Ann Robinson(?),?,David Robinson(?),?, George C. K. in car.
    (Crawford Kids are mixed up here with the Robinsons so can't id them for sure.) Jack and Helen-Rae are not relatives that I can recall.
    Mary Anna Kentner (Wife of George Hamilton Gooderham) as a University of Toronto Graduate from the school of Architecture. First class to permit women in the course.
    Formal Graduation Photograph of Mary Anna Kentner (Wife of George Hamilton Gooderham) taken on her graduation year in 1911.
    Mary Anna Kentner as a young girl
    George Kent Gooderham
    Author photo from the book jacket "I am an Indian"
    Headstones
    Kenter Headstone Drumquin ON
    G.K. Gooderham, son of G. H. Gooderham and Mary Ann Kentner visits the Bethel United Church with Kentner cousin Lloyd Huxtable about 1991
    Family ID F394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2015 

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  • Photos
    George Hamilton Gooderham Doctor of The University of Calgary, honoris causa
    June 1972
    Pictured with family members from absolute left to right:
    Patty Morgenstern (RMG's daughter), G. Kent Gooderham (Son), Ev Gooderham (RMG's wife), Helen Rae Gooderham (GKG's wife), George Hamilton Gooderham, Nordy Morgenstern (RMG's son-in-law), Elizabeth Robinson (GHG's Daughter), Ronald M. Gooderham (GHG's Cousin), Elenore Crawford (GHG's daughter) and John Crawford (GHG son-in-law).

    On the occasion of the conferring of the degree of Doctor of The University of Calgary, honoris causa upon George Hamilton Gooderham
    June 1972

    The following biography was obtained from the University of Calgary Gazette, May, 1972.

    Mr. Gooderham, born on the Poorman Indian Reserve in Central Saskatchewan began his life among the Indians and throughout his life maintained a very close friendship and working relationship with them. Both the Blackfoot and Blood Bands made him an honorary Chief and he served on the executive of the Kainai Chieftainship, an organization limited to a number of prominent men made Honorary Chiefs by the Blood Indian Band.

    Mr. Gooderham worked for the Blackfoot Indians from 1920, taking over from his father as Agent and later becoming Regional supervisor, a position he retained until his retirement in 1954. In 1955 he launched a new career with the Harvie Foundation, becoming the first employee of the Glenbow Foundation. Here he has put his vast knowledge of the Indian people and their history to work, writing stories and articles and building the Glenbow Collection.

    Now he is working with the Riveredge Foundation, a private Foundation that grew out of the original Glenbow. His interests have touched the whole community, however, and he is past Director of the Provincial Association of the Canadian Mental Health Association, of which he organized the Calgary branch; a past associated Direct of the Calgary Stampede and Exhibition and Stampede Board and a past president of the Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association and the Men
    Mr. and Mrs G.H. Gooderham, London 1954
    George Hamilton Gooderhmam and his wife Mary Anna Kentner, London England 1954, the year in which GHG retired from Indian Affairs.
    George Hamilton Gooderham, Enuxina, as he was known in Blackfoot. It was a name George inherited from his father John Hamilton and translated as 'Little Chief.'
    George Hamilton Gooderham, Enuxina, as he was known in Blackfoot. It was a name George inherited from his father John Hamilton and translated as "Little Chief."
    In 1961 the Blackfoot Sun Dance was recorded in sound and pictures by the Glenbow Foundation. It was first time such a film had been made.
    In appreciation of what Mr. E.L. Harvie had done for them in this connection, the leading BlackFoot society
    George Hamilton Gooderham and family.
    Mary Anna Gooderham (Kentner) and George Hamilton Gooderham
    with children (left to right) Kent, Elizabeth and Jean.
    George Hamilton Gooderham and family
    George Hamilton Gooderham with wife Mary Anna Gooderham (Kentner)
    Children (left to right) Elizabeth, Kent, Jean.
    Wedding Announcement Mary Anna Kentner and George Hamilton Gooderham
    George Hamilton Gooderham extended family portrait.
    Back row left to right: Jack Crawford, Jean, Kent, Helen-Ray (Crawford), Elizabeth, Geoffery Robinson, Basi Robinson.
    Middle row: ? George Hamilton, Mary Anna,Rory in her arms, ? , Katherine Robinson
    Front row: Bridget Ann Robinson(?),?,David Robinson(?),?, George C. K. in car.
    (Crawford Kids are mixed up here with the Robinsons so can't id them for sure.) Jack and Helen-Rae are not relatives that I can recall.
    George Hamilton Gooderham
    George Hamilton Gooderham
    Portrait on the way to Europe WW1
    George Hamilton Gooderham with Holly T. Gooderham
    George Hamilton Gooderham with Holly T. Gooderham
    GHG age 11 HTA age 13 Signed on back by "Aunt Jessie"
    George Hamilton Gooderham with HTA portrait inscription on back
    George Hamilton Gooderham with HTA portrait inscription on back
    Signed by Jessie Helen Gooderham as "Aunt Jessie"
    George H. Hamilton in front of York Mills Baptist Church
    George H. Hamilton in front of York Mills Baptist Church
    The church shot from across the street looking north with GHG.

    Pictures taken by Ronald M. Gooderham and George H. Gooderham. See EG_Cemetaries-3745.jpg for the story that goes with this image.
    George Hamilton Gooderham with (his Aunt Jessie Helen Gooderham)
    George Hamilton Gooderham with (his Aunt Jessie Helen Gooderham)
    This image is related by similar lighting and photographer as image of GHG with HTA and signed on back by "Aunt Jessie"
    Map showing the area of George Hamilton Gooderham’s travels as a youngster
    Map showing the area of George Hamilton Gooderham’s travels as a youngster
    Born on the Poorman Reserve, George was taken to the Piapot reserve as a three year old.
    Buckboard wagon
    Buckboard wagon
    George Hamilton Gooderham, his parents and sister traveled by buckboard to the Piapot reserve in 1889, when George was just 3 years old.
    1889 George at the Poor Man Reserve
    1889 George at the Poor Man Reserve
    The Story of George Hamilton Gooderham's birth and travels in his early years.

    Family Stories
    1889 George at the Poor Man Reserve
    1889 George at the Poor Man Reserve
    Tells the story of George Hamilton Gooderham's early years on the reserve