B4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 22, 1995

Edwina celebrates birthday

This week I would like to share
with you the story of my good
friend, Edwina Morin,

Edwina Morin (nee Godkin), or
Uddic for short, was born in Sas-
kaichewan, in the district way out

_On'a homestead, miles from Cul-
knife. She was born on March 12,
1912 and was raised in Manitoba,
six miles of south of Miami.

Her father, Harry Godkin was
bom in 1883 and Edwina's
mother Laura Duvall, was born in
1882 in-Comwall, Ontario,where
she grew up, The couple were
married in 1908.

Edwina’s father’s family came
from Ireland, and ber mother’s fa-
ther’s side came from France,

After Laura received her
teacher’s certificate, she taught at
the Kingston high school for
seven years, receiving a salary of
$800 per year, Laura then came
west and met Harry Godkin, Ed-
wina’s father, and they were
married and had six children,

Edwina’s parents had one son,
Edgar, born in 1921, He died in a

‘hunting accident on the Omineca

’ River. They also had five
girls—Anita, 1910, Edwina,
1912, Cynthia, 1919, Henryetta,
1925 and Ruth, 1927.

_ When Edwina was six years
old, her folks moved back to
Morden, Manitoba. In the spring
of 1919 the family moved to just
over six miles south of Miami,

_ Manitoba. And it was here that
Edwina grew up and went to
school.

When Edwina was older she
went out to work doing some
housekeeping for eight dollars a
month ;

In 1936 Edwina moved to the
Peace ‘River district, 20 miles

“west of Dawson Creek. Here she
met her future husband.

On April 7, 1938, on a beautiful
sunny day, Edwina Godkin, be-
came Mrs. Ted Morin. Ted and

Edwina had six children—a boy,
Thomas Edward, who diced

_ young, and five girls—Lucille,
Vyvianne, Rosie, Helen and
Dianne. Three of the girls now
live in Dawson Creek and two
live bere in Terrace.

Edwina moved to Terrace in
May, 1993 and has been living at
the. Willows Apartments since
March 3, 1994, She came to Ter-
tace to be near her two daughters
Vyvianne Armstrong and Dianne
Shaver.

Edwina has 21 grandchildren
and 56 great-grandchildren.

Recently Edwina’s grandson,
Dave Armstrong, and his wife
Faye, brought her a return ticket
to Dawson Creek as an 83rd
birthday preseiit. ;

Now I will go back just a litile
to Edwina’s parent’s ancestors,

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A ZEST FOR LIFE has kept Edwina Morin feeling
young. Here she celebrates her 83rd birthday. Motorcycle

riding and snowmobiling are among her favourite pastimes.

In the 15th century her great
grandfather was driven out of
France because he wouldn’t be-
come Catholic. He and his family
were Hughenotts.

His name was David Duvall, He
lived for 50 years in England and
then came to the United States.

Tf you remember, the U.S. civil
war was in 1812, Laura Secord
was a cousin of David Duvall.

David Duvall moved to
Oshawa, Ontario and Edwina’s
great grandma, Nancy Irwin,
came over from Ireland in 1835
with two sisters, (Jane & Sarah,
who remained single). She met
and married David Duvall in the
year 1838,

Edwina’s daughter Rosie still
has their wedding certificate and
a picture of the two unwed
sisters,

Now, the son of David and
Nancy Duvall, Edgar Duvall,
married Mary ‘Annie Markell in
Ontario. They had an apple or-
chard and eight children—Herb,

Art, Ed, Irwin, Bertie, Minnie,
Sadie, and Laura, who became
Edwina’: smother,

Edwina’s great grandfather Joe |

Godkin, married and lived near
Lake Erie, Ontario. He later died
and grandma Godkin married an
Oleary.

Tom Godkin, son of Joe, moved
to Nelson, about eight miles from
Morden, and farmed there, There
he met Maryanne Eddy, Edwina’s
grandmother, They had one girl,
Lula, and four boys—Chazrlie,

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Sherwood, William and Harry,
who became Edwina’s father.

And it was here that Laura
Duvall met and married Harry
Godkin in 1908—and from here
Edwina’s family begins,

Now, both Harry and Laura are
gone, as are all her siblings,

Edwina’s husband, Ted Morin,
passed away on September 7,
1991 in Dawson Creek,

Edwina says she loves all the
beautiful mountains around Ter-
race as it reminds her of where
she was raised, clase to the Pem-
bina Hills, in Manitoba,

Edwina has just celebrated her
83 birthday with her family in
Terrace.

She says she stays young by
doing fots of fun things, like
riding on a motor bike, going
down the ‘‘Cannonball’’ slide at
the hotsprings and riding a snow-
mobile.

Kakke

A few corrections:

Last week, when asking for
some help on two names of past
R.C.M.P. members from 1950

_ there was a mistake. It is Ted
On the other side of the family, ~

Brue, not Bruce, plus a Wilson
and Rogers.

What do you remember of these
people? Please phone me at 638-
0423.

Also, I would like to send out a
speedy recovery to Bill McRae
and Stew Christensen. I hope you
both are feeling better, and the
same wish goes out to all those
who are not well. Best of health
and get better,

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