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Record #16719
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: Joseph FLOOK


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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
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Date of Arrival
: 11 Apr 1894
Country
: Canada

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: Sarnia

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: Barnardos
NotesIn the book Yesterday and Today in Canada, a letter written by Joseph Flook was published:

I am now twenty-two years of age, and I live in Alberta and am doing fine for the time I have started for myself. I have done quite a little traveling through Manitoba and Alberta, and have been in Ontario, and now have a farm of my own in Alberta. The first time I worked out I was fifteen years old. I went from Glenella to Winnipegosis, which was about a hundred miles away from my home. I lived with my aunt there, and started to work in a saw-mill. When I went to the foreman, I said ?Do you want a man?? and he said ?Yes?. He asked me what I could do, and I said, ?I can do my best at anything you put me at.? So he put me at the trimmer. It was hard work at first, but I got used to it. I then asked him what he would pay me, and he said ?$15.00 a month.? I was glad I was getting as much as old hands, and the next month I did not ask for my pay, and the third month the job was done, and he raised my pay $26 for the second month and $35 for the third month, and told me to come in the spring, and I did. He put me a firing on a steamboat. I was two months at that job, and then he put me as second engineer, and I was at that a month. He then put me at running an engine in a saw-mill, and I stayed until that was done, and I sent my money home and went to Mafeking, Manitoba, and cooked there for a while, and then went freighting on the Lakes as a fisherman. I was at that for a while, and then went with some half-breeds and Indians trapping and hunting farther north, and I have been mostly with them since. I came to Alberta, and have had quite a time with them and experience. This winter I am on my homestead, and I think there is nothing like the north-west. Of course, every country has its drawbacks in a way. There is great profit in farming and ranching but the trouble is the people don?t study the ting and don?t work at it steadily enough, but I like the north-west. The land is good, and the water is good spring water, also good roads everywhere, lots of wood too, and all kinds of bears and all kinds of game, small and big. There is coal, and gold has been found in Vermilion, Alta. All that is wanted is people to settle the country. It is going ahead fast. I don?t believe I have seen any country going ahead so fast, and the best grain I have ever seen was in Alberta, and the best cattle and sweetest beef I have ever seen and tasted. It is the best country for rich and poor, as long as they are good workers, like I am myself. Yours truly ?Joseph Flook (21)

On the 1911 census Joseph is listed as a laborer on the farm of William Telford.
1911 Census of Canada about Joe Flook
Name: Joe Flook
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 27
Birth Date: Jul 1885
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Laborer
Immigration Year: 1885
Tribal: English
Province: Alberta
District: Victoria
District Number: 7
Sub-District Number: 3
Place of Habitation: Vermilion
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
16719 FLOOK, Joseph ENG,     Apr 1894 : Sarnia CAN Barnardos