The time line of Archie Belaney
The timeline of Archie Belaney to Grey Owl
September 18 1888- Archie Belaney is born
August 1903- Buffalo Bills Wild West show comes to town showing the glamour and mystery of the Indians leaving an impression on Archie
March 29 1906- Archie boarded the SS Canada for Halifax Nova Scotia ready to embrace what he found (Major turning point)
August 23 1910- Archie marries Angle
Spring of 1911- there daughter Agnes is born
Fall of 1911- feeling the pressure of being a father figure and with no parental role model himself Archie distanced himself from Angle and Agnes and joined three trappers in Abitibi
Winter of 1912- Archie starts a relationship with Marie a maid who worked at boarding house
January 1915- Archie leaves Marie after finding out that she was pregnant not wanting to face the responsibility
May 6 1915- enlisted in the Canadian army in Digby Nova Scotia claimed to have had previous military experience with Mexican scouts 28th dragoons. So he was made lance-corporal
Mid June 1915- set sail to England, arrived due to absence without leave demoted to private claimed he left Mexico after shooting the man who killed his brother and was then assigned to the 13th battalion of the royal highlanders of Canada
April 23 1916-he was wounded in the foot and sent back to England
March 17 1917- had to remove his fourth toe of his right foot, he also met Ivy a childhood friend of his and they told stories of his experience in Canada.
February 10 1917- Archie married Ivy while he was still married to Angle
September 19 1917 Archie returned to Canada while Ivy remained in England to wait out the war
Fall of 1917- Archie returned to Bisco and realised he messed up he abandoned Angle and his daughter now has an illegitimate son and another wife back in England a mix of all three parts of his life
1921- He finally told Angle about Ivy and she immediately handed him divorce papers early 1920s- he spent the summer with Alex and Anny Espaniel who Archie
September 18 1888- Archie Belaney is born
August 1903- Buffalo Bills Wild West show comes to town showing the glamour and mystery of the Indians leaving an impression on Archie
March 29 1906- Archie boarded the SS Canada for Halifax Nova Scotia ready to embrace what he found (Major turning point)
August 23 1910- Archie marries Angle
Spring of 1911- there daughter Agnes is born
Fall of 1911- feeling the pressure of being a father figure and with no parental role model himself Archie distanced himself from Angle and Agnes and joined three trappers in Abitibi
Winter of 1912- Archie starts a relationship with Marie a maid who worked at boarding house
January 1915- Archie leaves Marie after finding out that she was pregnant not wanting to face the responsibility
May 6 1915- enlisted in the Canadian army in Digby Nova Scotia claimed to have had previous military experience with Mexican scouts 28th dragoons. So he was made lance-corporal
Mid June 1915- set sail to England, arrived due to absence without leave demoted to private claimed he left Mexico after shooting the man who killed his brother and was then assigned to the 13th battalion of the royal highlanders of Canada
April 23 1916-he was wounded in the foot and sent back to England
March 17 1917- had to remove his fourth toe of his right foot, he also met Ivy a childhood friend of his and they told stories of his experience in Canada.
February 10 1917- Archie married Ivy while he was still married to Angle
September 19 1917 Archie returned to Canada while Ivy remained in England to wait out the war
Fall of 1917- Archie returned to Bisco and realised he messed up he abandoned Angle and his daughter now has an illegitimate son and another wife back in England a mix of all three parts of his life
1921- He finally told Angle about Ivy and she immediately handed him divorce papers early 1920s- he spent the summer with Alex and Anny Espaniel who Archie