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John and Antoinette Meili
John Meili first came to Canmore about 1923, coming here from Edson. He was a steam engineer for a...
George and Norma Measor
We came to Canmore in 1946 – my husband was working in the mine and Doug and I came here in...
Petrie Family
I arrived in the Bow Valley in March of 1949, having transferred from line crew (Calgary Power Ltd...
Eileen Patterson
I moved to Banff in 1974 from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and, in 1975, my former husband and I purchased...
Dorothy Ostergard
I was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the eldest of three children. When I was two, we moved to Arvida...
Ida Maria Niemi
Ida Maria Niemi was born in Alavus, Finland, on November 13, 1899. There are not too many people...
August (Isoniemi) Niemi
August Niemi was born in Alajarvi, Vasa, Finland on June 14, 1900. He came to Canada in December...
Evelyn Mueller
I, Evelyn Mueller (nee Knorr), one of nine children, was born in High River, December 17, 1923. The...