When Mom and Dad married, their first home was at 230 Parkhill Street, just north of Portage Avenue in the Kirkfield Park area of Winnipeg. It was not a new house, but was a perfect little starter home for the new couple.
Mom wrote letters to her father, Fred Stevens, to tell him all about her new home and new husband, and to thank him for his wedding cheque, which was used to buy a stove.
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| Letter written by Hazel Stevens to her dad, 10 days before she married Murray Fraser on July 9, 1949. |
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| New bride Hazel Fraser at the door of 230 Parkhill Street |
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| Mom considered the area "pretty much like the country" because it was so far from downtown. |
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| 230 Parkhill Street on a lovely winter day |
The letter Mom wrote to her father in July introduced Fred Stevens to his son-in-law Murray Fraser.
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| "we're pretty far out of town" |
Sadly, Murray Fraser never met his father-in-law. Fred Stevens died in his home from a heart attack on November 13, 1949. He was 64.
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| Fred G. Stevens, 1885 - 1949 |
