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Booklet by Dorothy Nielsen - This booklet has been a labour of love and is dedicated to Hans and Alex and their friendship of more than fifty-five years and the effect it has had on both families (50 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Born and raised in Amber Valley and Edmonton, AB. Spent 34 years in the North West Territories. Raising her 6 children, 2 of whom were adopted as infants in the NWT, she devoted herself to volunteering with activities…

Transcript of audio interview - 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…

Transcript of audio interview - First teaching job in South Athabasca. Married Carl in 1952. Offered private kindergarten in basement of the United Church. Returned to complete B.Ed. degree, majoring in English, in 1976. Taught all levels of school…

Transcript of audio interview - Told the story of her mother, Julianna, who came to Canada in 1931. Talked about how Julianna grew and sold vegetables to pay hospital bills. Mother worked in Burns Packing Plant. She moved to Baptiste Lake with…

Transcript of audio interview - Dad immigrated from the Ukraine. Parents moved from BC to Alberta, buying land for $10. Talks about growing up on the farm, school, and box socials. Married Earl and farmed homestead, cooked in camps. Catered for 40…

Transcript of audio interview - 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…

Transcript of Audio Interview - Came to Canada in 1928 to Vermilion, AB. Dad raised the family after her Mom got ill. Talked about school years, nursing, foster care. Married Leo in 1947 (19 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Talks about his family. Wife was a school teacher. Ran a recycling business; sons still run the business. Sold the weather-stripping business in 2003 and moved to Athabasca. In 2016, sons built a batting and pitching…

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 - 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.…

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 - Father came from Ontario. Raised in Saskatchewan. Took nursing in Ottawa. Worked as a nurse in the Athabasca Hospital. Retired in 1984 (8 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Came to Clyde, AB by covered wagon. Talked about school years, farm and family life, museum (12 pages)

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 - Arno shares stories of his father and mother, Hans and Rita Birkigt. Hans was born in Germany, fought in WWI, then immigrated to Canada in 1928. Rita was born in Edmonton and fought in WWII. Hans loved to hunt and ran…

Transcript of audio interview - Raised in Innisfail, Bruce has had a varied career from running a dairy to selling life insurance to becoming a minister. Bruce shares stories of living in Athabasca for 20 years, from being the Athabasca United…

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 - On their way to Peace country, Irene’s parents chose Athabasca. Irene grew up in a mixed farming community in Grosmont. Received teaching certificate from University of Alberta. Married Joe Boisvert and had 5 children…

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 - From the Ukraine to Halifax to Winnipeg and finally to northern Alberta, Jerry’s maternal grandparents homesteaded in the Paxson area, close to where Jerry has lived most of his life. During WWII, his father was in…

Obituary of Herman Ervin Leicht (1page)

Obituary of Edith May Smiley (1 page)