Edward Pena Lopez (b. 1872)

Edward Lopez was in the Mexican army from 1885 to 1888.1) He brought dance hall girl Lulu Mae Johnson into the Yukon with a troop of entertainers in 1898.2) Lopez was a musician in Dawson in 1916.3) He was recruited to serve in the First World War by Captain George Black and was in England by August 1917.4)

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WWI Reg. #2004562. September 27, 1916 in Dawson. Library and Archives Canada.
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Charlene Porshild, “Lulu Mae Johnson.” Dictionary of Canadian Biography, 2018 website: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/johnson_lulu_mae_14E.html; Yukon Archives, V. Faulkner MSS 135 83/50 f.4. Conversation with Al Loblay at age 91.
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Dawson Daily News (Dawson), 17 August 1917.