The Ferguson Family Coat of Arms displays a flowering thistle with a bee extracting nectar together with the words in Latin, “Dulcius ex Asperis,” which might be translated as “Sweetness from Adversity.” My dad...
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Dr. Jack Fair
Born in Calgary in 1926, my earliest memories of the Bow Valley date to the late 1930’s when, with my parents, we would make the long motor trek to Banff to visit with an old friend of the family, artist Nick de Grandmaison...
Cathy Faille
I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. I was nine years old when the second World War started. My father joined the Royal Air Force and my younger brother and I were evacuated to the country. We came back to Edinburgh three months...
Reginald Arthur Wilson
Reginald Arthur Wilson was born Jan. 1, 1888, right at midnight when the bells were ringing, in Blackwell, Derbyshire. He was from a family of ten but one boy drowned when he was eight. His dad owned a store, a post office and a...
MURRAY’S BARBER SHOP / THE OLD POOL HALL
Murray’s Barber Shop, Pool Hall, and Confectionery was a local gathering place back in the 1970s. Pool tables were located at the back of the barber shop and local youth would play “alley games” behind the...
Wallace + Margaret WELLINGTON
Wallace and Margaret Wellington and their three daughters, Diane, Beverley and Heather, came to the Bow Valley in 1958. They came from Mercoal, AB, which was part of the Coalbranch. As each mine closed down, you just moved to the...
Sarah and Henry Cormier
Sarah Cormier (nee Carney) and Henry Cormier moved to Canmore in the early to middle 1920’s. Henry was a stationary engineer for Canmore mines. They lived first on the Hospital Hill and then in the Horseshoe next to the old...
Clarke Family
Grandpa “Tom” Clarke, made the trek from Toronto with many other North West Mounted Policemen in the early 1890’s, to Fort Macleod, Alberta, where he met our granny, formerly of England. Our dad was one of their...
WALTER WATSON + ADA SAMPSON
Written by Ada Sampson Watson and Sampson Years 1946 – 2000 Walter Watson was born December 8, 1888, in Newbiggen, County Durham, England. He left his home of Newbiggen, April 1, 1910, to come to Canada. Having worked in...
Cathy Faille
I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. I was nine years old when the second World War started. My father joined the Royal Air Force and my younger brother and I were evacuated to the country. We came back to Edinburgh three months...