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Lost Headstone Returns Home | Edmonton News
A forgotten piece of history resurfaced in Edmonton when Terry Avery found a fragment of Henrietta Macdougall’s headstone—belonging to the remarkable great-grandmother of Jacqueline Johnston—in his son’s backyard. Henrietta, who emigrated from England in 1894, became a celebrated nurse and social activist, collecting signatures from luminaries and working with Indigenous communities alongside her minister husband. Their family legacy continues through her son, an Indy 500 racer and aerial stunt pioneer. After the original headstones were removed decades ago, this stone fragment ended up in…
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