Constantine Kotchonoski was born at Tarnopal, Poland in 1886. In 1907, at the of twenty-one, he and an older brother, John, emigrated to Canada and settled in Estevan, Saskatchewan, where they were employed as coal miners. In...
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Rose Klimek (nee Kubista)
Rose was born in Moers, Germany, in 1911, and arrived in Canada at the age of one year with her parents, Joseph and Antonia Kubista, along with her brother, Fred, and sister, Frances. They settled for a time in Springhill, N.S...
Martin Klimek
Martin Klimek was born in Tristena, Czechoslovakia in 1904. He arrived in Canada in 1929 on the Empress of Scotland. He lived with his sister and brother-in-law, Johanna and Joe Stankovick. He began working as a rock miner and...
Edward Klimek
Edward worked in the mines and in Banff for the Government. He married Vi Currie in August, 1965, and raised two daughters, Tina and Kathy, and one son, Kris. In Canmore Seniors at the Summit, ed. Canmore Seniors Association...
Franklin John (and family) Kernick
Frank Kernick was born in St. Mary’s, Ontario, one of ten children of James Kernick from Penryn, Cornwall County, England and Sarah Carter from Tipperary, Ireland. They came to Middlesex County, Ontario in 1844. He farmed...
Emily Kennedy (nee Thompson)
My name is Emily Kennedy (nee Thompson), born October 14, 1909, in Crawcrook, Durham, England, thirteen miles south of Newcastle. My parents emigrated to Canada in 1911. My dad was a coal-miner with fireboss and pitboss papers...
John and Eva Kende
Although both were born in Budapest, Hungary, they did not meet until several years after they came to Canada. John, born November 17, 1936, has strong memories of wartime, but Eva, who was born September 1, 1941 has only hazy...
Kenneth and Patricia Kay
Ken worked for Calgary Power, now called Trans Alta Utilities, in Seebe. Pat was an Exshaw girl and went to high school in Canmore. They met and married in 1957 and moved to the Canmore area, living at the Spray Power Plant...
I.Y.O.P. Musical Revue
By Cathie Faille When I attended a meeting in Calgary about the International Year of the Older Person, everyone had different ideas on how it could be celebrated. Back in Canmore, discussing my thoughts with other...
Bill and Joyce Hudson
Bill Hudson was born in Vancouver June 27, 1932. He received formal education at Trapp Technical School, New Westminster, B.C. Upon graduation he came to Calgary in 1952, working for a short time for the CPR before going to Trans...