John (Jack) Straw arrived in the Bow Valley in about 1910 – having secured work with the...
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Strauss Family
The Strauss family came to Canmore in the late 1920’s. My grandfather, William Andrew...
John and Elizabeth Stec
My father arrived in the United States in 1917 from Radowitz, Poland. He left behind his father and...
Gwendoline Graham Spencer
I was born in Liverpool, England, on February 12, 1932, the eldest of three children. A sister was...
Ozzie Spagis
Ozzie was born in Russia in 1935 to Latvian parents, Zelma and Peter Spagis, and came to Canada in...
Elaine Spagis (nee Klimek)
Elaine was born at home in Canmore in 1937 to Martin and Rose Klimek. She attended school in...
Iris Southwood (nee Wilson)
When I was around ten, our family lived in a small two bedroom clapboard shack in the Prospect area...
Boyd Marvin (Ace) Southwood
Grandfather Southwood, born in Plymouth, England, in 1855, moved to Ohio and met Elizabeth Faultner...
Mary M. and Robert N. Smith
Although I was born in Winnipeg, my family brought me to Alberta when I was six weeks old. We lived...