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Note: Birth date found in 1900 census Iowa [unclear] Supreme Court of Alberta - Trial Division - Judicial District of
Calgary. BETWEEN: Anna Virgil McBee vs Harvey Elmer McBee. Resume of
Evidence: This is an undefended action for divorce, tried at Calgary,
Alberta on the 13th day of March 1945, before Mr. Justice Parlee.
The plaintiff stated; that she [is] employed at P. Burns and Co., as an
Egg-Grader, and was the wife of Harvey McBee, who was living at
Cochrane and is a truck driver by occupation. The defendant was born in
the United States, and came to Canada in 1909 and homesteaded in
Saskatchewan. He returned to Des Moines in 1914. The defendant married
the plaintiff on the 22nd day of August, 1914, then came to Alberta in
1930, and with the intention of staying here permanently and commenced
farming operation, which he carried on near Carstairs until 1942. There
is a large family of children, but only three of them are not
self-supporting and are in the custody of the mother, in Calgary. The
defendant has been living with a woman by the name of Margery Bowbey
of Cochrane. The plaintiff has been able to support the chilfren and
herself from what she earned and through the efforts of the police. The
defendant served thirty days in Lethbridge for non-support. On the 14th
of October the defendant was found in bed with a woman who is unknown
to the plaintiff and is believed to be some woman from Cochrane.
The plaintiff denied collusion, condonation, or connivance.
There were two other witnesses to corroborate the evidence of
adultery. {This document was received from the Alberta Provincial
Archives, their ref.#3587-G1, 24 April, 1995.}
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