My father, Frank, was born in Hamborn, Germany, November 4, 1910 and came to Nova Scotia, then onto Canmore, in 1912. The family- Josie, Charles, Frank, Hieny, and Paul, were living in a company house in Prospect. On October 13...
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Charles and Opal Hubman
Charlie Hubman was born in the town of Hamborn, Germany, in 1909 to Paul Hubman and Stephanie Aldrich. Although a cabinet-maker by trade, his father worked for higher wages in the local coal mine, moving to Canada to a similar...
Arthur and Shirley Hubman
I received my schooling in Canmore. I played hockey and coached the No-Hit Team, and was active in curling, golf and cross-country skiing. I was an associate member in the Legion for twenty five Years. I married Shirley Short on...
Annie Hubman
In her teens, Annie was an avid speed skater. In 1934, she won the Alberta Junior Speed Skating championship (16 and under). Annie was also a curler, receiving a Life Membership in the club. She loved to make Finn mats with Lily...
Fred and Joyce Horbay
Both Manitobans, Fred grew up in Portage la Prairie and Joyce in Toulon. Fred joined the Royal Canadian Navy during W.W. II and saw service in the North Atlantic. They met in Winnipeg and were married in 1947. At that time, Fred...
Victor Allen (Spud) Heath
By Georgina Stewart Heath Kluczny Victor Spud Heath was born in the farmhouse at Iowalta, Alberta (Meadowbrook District) on May 24, 1915, to John and Ellen (Henesay) Heath. They had moved here from Canmore, their first stop after...
John and Ellen Heath
By Mavis Heath Fraser, Evelyn Heath Morrice and Janis Heath Shaw John and Ellen were married in Banff on November 18, 1902, the bride was seventeen, the groom, twenty-five. The newlyweds took up residence in Canmore where John...
Harriet Mary Heath
by her niece, Mary Parkinson Smith Known as Mollie in her family, Harriet Mary Heath was born at Roland, Manitoba in 1888, second daughter of George and Margaret Jane Parkinson. She grew up on the family homestead, attended the...
George Heath
George was born in the Meadowbrook District in 1910, moving to Canmore at the age of fifteen. George’s son, Melvyn, remembers his dad telling him about a time on the farm when he went hunting with a .22 rifle and his...
Elsie (Dredge Sandberg) Heath
By Muriel Dredge Harrison Elsie Heath and Whitfield Dredge were married on October 15, 1930, at St. Michael’s Anglican Church in Canmore by Reverend E.A. Davis. Witnesses were Charles H. Dredge and Catherine Ramsey. ...