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Transcript of audio interview - Both talk about growing up on a farm, school years, sports. Jack talks about his job as a mechanic and living and working on a Charolais farm and about when they got married. They moved to Athabasca in 1992. Shirley…

Audio - Raised in a small log home on a homestead west of Baptiste Lake, Larry reflects on early memories and challenges of rural farm life. After becoming a teacher, marrying and working around Edmonton, he returned to teach in Athabasca and lives…

Transcript of audio interview - Married Thomas, had 2 sons, Ron and Dick. Talks about the town of Athabasca, the Depression in 1929, Colinton. Went to Plum Lake School. Her father and a partner started a general store in Colinton. Talks about…

Transcript of audio interview - Born in 1917 in Sawridge (old name for Slave Lake, AB). Moved to Athabasca in 1929. Talked about working different jobs. Met husband Doug in Busby, AB. Talked about places they lived, children, siblings, and…

Transcript of audio interview - Came to Canada from the Ukraine in 1929. Talked about voyage on the ship from the Ukraine. Life on the homestead, breaking land, building school house, how the farm grew as the years went on. Also mentions his Dad…

Transcript of audio interview - Steve's dad came from the Ukraine to Canada in 1914 and his mother, in 1929. Mother assisted midwives. The family had 4 boys. Married Helen in 1960. Talked about life on the homestead, school years. Went to…

Transcript of Audio Interview - Married at 19, Bessie and her husband Roy homesteaded and had eight children, including five delivered at home. A daughter with celiac disease died at age 3. After fire destroyed their home, the family lived in a…

Transcript of audio interview - Went to school in Edmonton. Worked in the summer at Camsell Indian Hospital. Talks about moving to Athabasca, husband opening his law practice, the ski jump, opening of the new bridge, organizations she was involved…

Transcript of audio interview - Great-grandfather came to Canada in 1883 and worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company. Barb went to University of Alberta and took Bachelor of Science in Nursing. While working in Westlock, met Robert and married in 1958.…

Transcript of audio interview - Family came to Canada in 1925 from England under the Soldiers' Settlement Board. Dad operated the ferry and cage over the Athabasca River in 1939. Went to West Athabasca and Athabasca Brick Schools. Worked at the…

Transcript of audio interview - Immigrated to Canada from the Ukraine in 1930 at 5½ months of age. Had seven siblings. Parents bought 160 acres for $10. Talked about coming to Athabasca, homesteading in the Deep Creek area, clearing land, school…

Transcript of audio interview - Grew up in Wabasca. Had 14 siblings. School was taught by nuns. Talked about learning to do beadwork. Mother would sell moccasins and other leather work at Treaty Days. Lived in High Prairie, where she worked at the…

Transcript of audio interview - Talked about family tragedies, family life. Worked at Union Hotel and with Elizabeth Fry Society, prison rights advocacy for women (14 pages)

Audio - Linda lived in Germany throughout WWII. When she was ten years old, she was inspired by care packages received from a family friend in Canada. She decided Canada would be good place to go to, and that is exactly what she did. She met and…

Audio - When Annie was five, her family moved from Smoky Lake to Pleasant View. While she loved school, a regret is not being able to go to high school as there was no mode of transportation. Annie married a farmer, Victor Wolanuk, and together they…

Audio - Raised in Edmonton, Bonnie’s heritage is Scottish and English. In WWI, her father was a bombardier and prisoner of war. Later, while working for Air Canada, his family received free passes to go places, and spent many summers with family in…

Audio - In 2008, Dick wrote this family history, which is read by Dick’s brother Larry Armfelt. Highlights are stories of their father and mother growing up in Denmark, then moving to Alberta to farm and living in a shack. Roads were poor, so…

Audio - Parents came to Canada in 1929 and lived in the community of Larvard north of Athabasca. William talks about farming, childhood, school years, fish factory at Hay River, and starting his own pipeline business

Audio - Win was raised on a farm in Howsam, Saskatchewan. At times, wind, rain and snow made travelling very difficult, and Win’s father even bought a snow plane to get over snow drifts. Following high school, Win became a lab tech, married and then…

Audio - Raised in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Ron always had an interest in flying. While he didn’t pursue it professionally, he did own and pilot a plane. Also, he was very involved with the Saskatchewan Flying Farmers organization. For 43 years, he…