John Niemi came from Finland to Canada in 1903 to work in the Canmore coal mine. His wife, Maria, and daughters, Ida and Jennie, emigrated in 1911, followed by another daughter Lydia (Lucy) at a later date. Because Maria was...
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Kaye Landsiedel
I was born Kathleen McGimpsey in Redcliff, Alberta and took all my schooling there. When I was about twenty, I decided there was probably something more interesting to do than work in the glass factory, which made gem jars, beer...
Evelyn Lambert
I was born and raised in Turner Valley, Alberta. My father came west from Ontario where he was a funeral director. In 1928, my parents were married and bought an acreage north of Turner Valley Here they raised cattle and my dad...
James Victor Lambert
I was born in Canada on Craigie Street in Hamilton, Ontario in 1913. They tell me I wasn’t born; I was a gift from God because they found me under a cauliflower. I was blond. My father came over to Canada in 1905 to work...
George W. Kubicek
My father, George W. Kubicek, came to Canmore as a young man, leaving his family in Rosedale. The year was about 1929. Shortly after arriving, he met Margaret Shellian, a young woman who had grown up in Canmore. Margaret’s...
Kubicek Family
Rosina Holub born 1877 Czech Republic, Bohemia, died 1918 Frank Kubicek born 1873 Czech Republic, Bohemia, died 1932 Daughter; Anna – b. 1901 Son; Fred -b. 1902 Son; George – b. 1908 Daughter; Tonie – b. 1913...
Paul Krizan
My husband Paul Krizan was born in Canmore, at home, to parents John and Katarina Krizan, who had emigrated in 1926 from their native Czechoslovakia (now known as Slovakia). His only brother, Stephen, was eight years older. John...
Sonha and Karl Kritsch
Sonja Faupel was born in 1927 in Ratibor, Germany, a few kilometres from the Polish border. When her mother died in 1942, her father, who was a photographer in the German army, placed Sonja in a nearby convent. She remained there...
Krasnodemski Family
Father: Nicholas Krasnodemski b: December 19,1893, Zasceinocze, Trembola, Poland. Mother: Joanna Krasnodemski b: Jan. 7, 1899, Zasceinocze, Trembola, Poland Nicholas: Came to Canmore in the early 1900’s Joanna: Came to...
Waltraut and Bernfried Kraemer
Wally and Bernie arrived in Canada on the 9th of June, 1962, from Aistaig in West Germany. This was in the Black Forest. Wally’s parents, Johannes and Hulda Schulz, lived in West Prussia when Wally was born. Prior to that...