John and Rosalia arrived in the States in the early 1900’s. John and his cousin came to Canada. John came on to Canmore and Frank stayed to work at Hillcrest, Alberta. John and Rosalia had seven children: Frank (born in the...
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Norman Witham
Norman was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, in October, 1920, and grew up there. He studied music, took exams and received the degree of Associate and Licentiate in pianoforte playing for the London (England) College of Music in 1938...
Bud and Evelene Wignall
We moved to Canmore from Sudbury, Ontario. Bud was at the college there and I worked at Gougeon Insurance. We attended the United Church. It was a modern designed building – apartments, a church that had comfortable chairs...
Jim and Emma Weisenburger
How times have changed! Bears used to be a very common sight in Canmore. I remember my dad feeding meat at the end of a long stick to a bear. Elk used to arrive at night and wake the house inhabitants as they rubbed up against...
Jim and Martha Wardrop
Jim and Martha Wardrop came to Canada from Scotland in 1909 with a son, William (Willie), and a daughter, Martha. Mr. Wardrop first worked in Lethbridge, Fernie, Hosmer and Georgetown before moving the family to Canmore in 1915...
Harry and Mary Underhill
Harry Underhill was born in Calgary in January, 1933, and lived there until 1957 when he moved to Banff while working for Dickie Electric of Calgary. In 1961, he joined the Banff School of Fine Arts, now the Banff Centre, as...
James E. Turner
I was born on January 5, 1933, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, the only son of James Langus Turner (1910 – 1991), a contractor, and Mary Wilhelma Becker (1913 – 1941). They married in 1931. My mother died prematurely from...
Towers Family
Vincent Towers was born in England in 1857, and was one of Canmore’s earliest settlers. He came to Canmore to work in the C.P.R. shop. He went back to England in 1887 to marry Sarah Ketland; they returned to settle in...
Grant and Roseanne Tarnowski
Grant and Roseanne purchased their home in Canmore in September, 1992. Because of the beauty of this area, Roseanne was most anxious to move here as soon as possible. Grant was employed as a captain with the Fire Department for...
Straw Family
John (Jack) Straw arrived in the Bow Valley in about 1910 – having secured work with the Banff Springs Hotel before leaving his native England. Born in Warrington, England, November 13, 1882, the youngest of ten children...