Wilfred and Stella (nee Pasemko) were both born and raised in Alberta. They were married in Edmonton on November 15, 1947. Wilfred worked in the logging and construction industries throughout Alberta and British Columbia. Jerry...
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Keith, Madeline (Crilley) and family Everts
From rural southern Ontario and misty Scotland, Keith and Madeline met and married in 1969 in Banff, Alberta. They rented a rustic cabin and a year later bought a home in Harvie Heights. Keith commuted to Calgary to work on the...
Rose (nee Gilowski) Dyrgas
Rose was born in Poland and at the age of three years, her parents brought her to Canada. They first settled in Bankhead where Rose’s sister, Kate, and three brothers: Leon, Mike and Joe, were born. Bankhead Mines were...
Mike and Eila Dyrgas
I, Mike, was born in Canmore in 1925. We lived in Prospect, the old name for Mineside. Prospect was right close to the mines. We had cold running water supplied by the mine. All the mine property on that side of the bridge had...
Frank Dyrgas
Born April 10, 1891. Died October 21, 1961. Frank came to Canada from Poland in 1914. He worked at the coal mines in Blairmore, Frank and Coleman, before moving to Bankhead. Later, he came to Canmore and worked in the coal mine...
Clarice Duncan
My life story began in Maryfield, Saskatchewan in 1917. I was one of five daughters and two younger sons born to Clarence and Bessie Ross. Life on the farm wasn’t easy, with many chores to be shared among family members. As...
Carl and Doreen Dick
Carl Dick was born in Didsbury, Alberta, in 1929. He grew up on a farm, attended elementary and junior high school in Sunnyslope, and completed high school in Red Deer Composite High. He then attended teacher training at a branch...
George and Laura Dancer
A Dream Come True I awoke one morning from a dream. I dreamt that we had sold our house in Calgary and had moved to Canmore. The more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea. I didn’t tell my wife about the dream but...
Jack and Jean Clipperton
The Bow Valley first became home to the Clippertons on August 28, 1953, when they moved to Banff as a honeymooning couple from Provost, Alberta. Jean was raised on a farm five miles north-west of Provost with her twin sister and...
Florence Clark
I arrived in Canmore, July 1, 1940, moving here from Wetaskiwin. I was born in Lethbridge but my family (James and Annie Crowe) moved to Wetaskiwin when I was about four. I had one sister, Margaret. We came to Canmore in 1940...