Elaine was born at home in Canmore in 1937 to Martin and Rose Klimek. She attended school in Canmore and skated and curled in the old Canmore rinks. In 1954, she married Ozzie Spagis. She worked for a time at the Canmore Lumber...
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Peter Balla
Peter Balla was born in Tavagnasco, Italy, in 1880. He pursued his love of music all his life. After a two-year compulsory stint in the Italian Army, which enhanced his musical abilities, he emigrated to Canada in the early...
Ashley Family
Frederick Galsworthy and Lilly Maude (nee Neville) Ashley came to Calgary and then Banff from England in the early 1900’s. The first child, Ivy, was born in England. The other three children were born in Canada. The family...
John (Jack) Alexander Anderson
Jack was born at Graves End, Sussex, England, in 1885. He married Lillian Sufflebottom who was born in 1885 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Their first son, Alex, was also born in England. In 1912, Jack left for Canada...
Alexander Family
Bob and Joan Alexander and their two children, Lesley, aged four and a half, and Rob, aged one and a half years, arrived in Canmore in May 1971. Bob had accepted a position with the Banff Centre and was developing a two-year...
Sylvia Heath (nee Latvala)
My father, Kusti (Gus) Latvala emigrated to Canmore from Finland in 1923, at the age of seventeen, following his brother Hans. The minimum age for working in the mine was eighteen, so Gus lived with his brother and family for a...
Millie Fisher
I was born in Calgary, Alberta, the third daughter of Raymond Powers, and Margaret Campbell Powers. My father was an American who served in the Canadian Army during World War I. He was brought up in Winthrop, Washington, a small...
Leona Jeffers
I was born in Neudorf, Saskatchewan. Right after high school, the bank manager came and asked me to work for the Royal Bank in Neudorf. After one month I was transferred to Wapella. Six months later I was again transferred, this...
Fitzgerald Family
Written by Lena Fitzgerald (nee Nikituk) Maurice was born and raised in Canmore. Growing up here, as he remembers it, was quite memorable. Life with Mom, Dad, Jim, and Ted was great. Times were hard for everyone but extended...
Fowers Family
Charles and Catherine Fowers came to Canmore from Nottingham, England, in 1906, with two sons, Cyril, then seven-years-old, and Eric, then three-months-old. A third son, Fred, was born in Canmore in 1907. Mr. Fowers worked first...