The Semkew name has had a lot of history attached to it in terms of the town of Canmore. We begin...
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Arnold J. and Louise Schulz
The first thing I can remember was a cold October day and there was a threshing crew in the yard...
Stanley Sawchuk
I was born in 1926 in Canmore. Dr. Worthington was the doctor. My mother, Mary, was Ukrainian and...
Isabel Sawchuk (nee Rennie)
My parents were from Nova Scotia, of Scottish ancestors. They came to Canmore in the early...
Royal Canadian Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary
According to Ottawa records, the Ladies’ Auxiliary, located in Canmore, Alberta, was the very...
John and Isobel Rooks
John grew up and graduated from high school in London, Ontario. Moving to Detroit where he lived...
Benjamin and Annie (Mantle) Rogers
Benjamin Rogers was born July 20, 1899 at Bargoad, Wales, and Annie Esther (Mantle) was born...
John and Edel Rock
Hans John (John) and Edeltraut (Edel) arrived in Canada as newlyweds on October 21, 1951. Edel had...
David Frederick Robinson
I was born in Gillingham, Kent, England, in 1922, on a street called Toronto Street, and I think...