Hi Carrie,
You have posted to the CYPRESS - message Board - rather than the Medicine Hat City board.
Always best to post the Surnames {in Capital Letters]/Names of interest on the Subject Line - Perhaps person scanning messages without stopping to read may recognize the name/s -
Do you have any more current information?
Were there other Children.?
You may be able to figure an aprox marriage year through the births of children.
Gerald JOHNSON died in a drowning Accident - pre 1920.
There would have probably been an Inquest/Inquiry/Autopsy.
The Provincial Archive in Edmonton - may hold these records. Or:
Contact the Provincial Coroners Office.
http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/help/fatality/coroners.htmlDeath Registration/Generalogical Registration can be obtained from The Govt Of Alberta Vital Statistics Dept.Registry Offices.
Marriage Registration/Genealogical Registration - can be obtained from the Govt of Alberta Vital Statistics Dept Registry Offices.
The Cost is in the $40 range.They will search a few years either side of a given date [not certain how many years] There is no refund. as far as I remember.
If the Drowning Occurred - in the Medicine Hat area - there may have been a story published about the drowning/death. *Perhaps - the Provincial Archive may hold this sort of information.
Public Libraries for the area - may have published a story about the drowning. May offer a search - there will probably be a fee for service.
Do you know the name of the Cemetery?
The Cemetery Office - can supply the date of death/burial.
They can tell you the name of the Funeral Home in charge of arrangements at the time. and perhaps if no longer in business their successor.
They may be able to help with information.
From the Alberta GenWeb Local History Books
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canab/lhb/joh.txtJOHNSON, Gertrude; Donalda's Roots and Branches; Stettler
There is a Volunteer - Shirley - who owns or has access to the above Book - Request a Lookup
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canab/lookstet.html1911 Census - Canada - Medicine Hat
Gertrude age 18 born 1893, Grant 1869,Alice 1872,Leslie 1897,Ward 1901,Clair 1903,Mildred 1906
All Born in the U.S.A. - arrived in Canada 1909.