Yukon who is who

Jennie Francis Jamieson, nee Callbreath (1913 – 2015)

Jean Jamieson was born on her family’s Diamond C Ranch in Telegraph Creek, British Columbia to parents John Francis “Frank” Callbreath and Kitty Tstosa, a member of the Tahltan Nation. Jean’s mother passed away when Jean was a few months old. Jean went to Grade Six in Telegraph and then went to Wrangell, Alaska for a year before continuing her education at St. Joseph’s Convent in Prince Rupert. She spent the summers with her father and brothers on the ranch. Jean married Henry Gleason and they had five children in Telegraph. Henry drowned in the Stikine River in 1950. Jean moved to Atlin, and worked as a cook, and then moved to Whitehorse in 1947. She met future husband Roy Jamieson who had a juke box in the Hollywood Café where Jean was working. Roy and Jean had two children and opened a small grocery store at the corner of Alexander and Fourth. Jamieson’s was the first cement block building in Whitehorse. Jean was very active in the community, joining service and social groups, and was involved in many federal and territorial elections as a life-long conservative.¹⁾