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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

DECEMBER 12:

1916 Midnapore Alberta - Father Albert Lacombe 1827-1916 dies in the early morning at the Lacombe Home in Midnapore; born in St. Suplice, Quebec, in 1827; after ordination served at Fort Garry; 1852 to Fort Edmonton; lived among the Cree and Blackfoot; negotiated truce between the Blackfoot and Canadian Pacific workers; 1883, Lacombe elected President of the CPR for one hour and given a lifetime rail pass; priest at St. Mary's Parish in Calgary; 1909 founded the Lacombe Home for the orphaned, aged, and indigent.
 
 
 
 

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