Norman was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, in October, 1920, and grew up there. He studied music, took...
Tag - Canmore Mines
Ozzie Spagis
Ozzie was born in Russia in 1935 to Latvian parents, Zelma and Peter Spagis, and came to Canada in...
Walter Riva
Once upon a time, 100 years ago, Gian and Francesca Riva in Ribordone, Italy, packed their...
McLeod Family
The McLeod family relocated to Canada from the town of Kilmuir, Isle of Skye, Scotland, around 1821...
Vittorio (Victor) and Angelina Maschio
Before World War I, Giovanni Maschio from Corlo, Vicenza, Italy, arrived in Bankhead, Alberta, with...
Jean and Spec Maschio
I, Jean Purcell, came to Canmore in 1948 to answer an ad for a Home Ec. teacher. Prior to this I...
Josie (Jerwa) and Fred Marra
Josie was born March 19, 1913, in Bankhead, Alberta. She was the only girl of five children. Her...
Lloyd and Marjorie Lewis
Lloyd Lewis, son of Evan and Jean Lewis, was born May 6, 1924 in Canmore and, except for the war...
Sonha and Karl Kritsch
Sonja Faupel was born in 1927 in Ratibor, Germany, a few kilometres from the Polish border. When...
Krasnodemski Family
Father: Nicholas Krasnodemski b: December 19,1893, Zasceinocze, Trembola, Poland. Mother: Joanna...
Emily Kennedy (nee Thompson)
My name is Emily Kennedy (nee Thompson), born October 14, 1909, in Crawcrook, Durham, England...
Victor Allen (Spud) Heath
By Georgina Stewart Heath Kluczny Victor Spud Heath was born in the farmhouse at Iowalta, Alberta...
George Heath
George was born in the Meadowbrook District in 1910, moving to Canmore at the age of fifteen...
Daisy Alberta Heath (Kaleta)
My maiden name was Daisy Alberta Heath. I was the tenth child of Arthur John and Ellen Heath. I was...
Arthur John (Jack) Jr.
Jack was born on the family farm in the Meadowbrook District of Central Alberta. We believe he came...
Wallace + Margaret WELLINGTON
Wallace and Margaret Wellington and their three daughters, Diane, Beverley and Heather, came to the...
Sarah and Henry Cormier
Sarah Cormier (nee Carney) and Henry Cormier moved to Canmore in the early to middle 1920’s...
Frank Dyrgas
Born April 10, 1891. Died October 21, 1961. Frank came to Canada from Poland in 1914. He worked at...
Canmore Golf Course
On June 1, 1926 the first organizational meeting of the Canmore Golf and Curling Club took place at...
Nina Borisenko
My husband Alexander and I left Belgium with our daughter and two sons and arrived in Canada in May...
Peter Balla
Peter Balla was born in Tavagnasco, Italy, in 1880. He pursued his love of music all his life...
Ashley Family
Frederick Galsworthy and Lilly Maude (nee Neville) Ashley came to Calgary and then Banff from...
John (Jack) Alexander Anderson
Jack was born at Graves End, Sussex, England, in 1885. He married Lillian Sufflebottom who was born...
Alexander Family
Bob and Joan Alexander and their two children, Lesley, aged four and a half, and Rob, aged one and...
Sylvia Heath (nee Latvala)
My father, Kusti (Gus) Latvala emigrated to Canmore from Finland in 1923, at the age of seventeen...
Fitzgerald Family
Written by Lena Fitzgerald (nee Nikituk) Maurice was born and raised in Canmore. Growing up here...
Fowers Family
Charles and Catherine Fowers came to Canmore from Nottingham, England, in 1906, with two sons...