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Notes - The life of Patrick William Leslie Clark is discussed in this brief biography. P.W.L. Clark was born in Scotland, immigrated to Canada and moved to Athabasca in 1916. He was a lawyer and was active in many groups including: the Eastern Star…

Notes - One of Elizabeth Byrtus (Sikora)'s children recalls some of her family's history. The family was originally from Poland. Elizabeth was born, raised and schooled in Poland. Although she yearned to join a convent, she was unable to…

Transcript of audio interview - Mother immigrated from England. Father came from India, then went to England to study agriculture, then came to Canada. She talks about the nursing school she attended that was run by nuns, her career in nursing and…

Transcript of audio interview - Parents immigrated from Austria. Talks about growing up on the farm, working on the farm, raising bees, school years, married life, raising family on the farm, husband’s health, her children, pottery, travelling and…

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 - 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…

Audio - Immigrated to Canada in 1954. Talks about the trip over. First worked in a machine shop in Edmonton, then Canada Packers and Sundance Power Plant. Also had a farm south of Stony Plain where they raised pigs. Married Lynn in 1969. Moved to…

Audio - Parents immigrated from the Ukraine. Talks about working on the farm, clearing land, playing ball with other communities, school years. Worked for his brother John as a mechanic, operated a cat, building roads and in the oilfield, among…

Audio - Came to Canada from the Ukraine 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 buying a horse-drawn wagon…

Audio - Mother immigrated from England. Father came from India, then went to England to study agriculture, then came to Canada. She talks about the nursing school she attended that was run by nuns, her career in nursing and where she worked (Public…

Audio - Born in India. Received BA and Diploma in Social Work. Talks about growing up, going to school, church, music. Learned to play violin at 6 years of age. Father owned a coffee estate. Sister joined a convent. Talks about arranged marriages.…

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 - Mr. Edwards discusses immigrating to Alberta due to segregation in the United States. He recounts the early history, leaders and locations of black settlements in Alberta. He reveals how Amber Valley got its name along with descriptions of…

Audio - Mr. Falconer speaks of life in Athabasca from 1910 on including transportation and settlements, the black settlers, immigrants from the Ukraine and Poland, RCMP officers and various others. He recounts freighting teams bringing goods to…

Audio - Father's family were immigrants from Italy. Homesteaded in Perryvale. He worked on railroad, in the mines, and farmed. Father was MLA for Athabasca. Mother's family moved from USA to Canada, and also homesteaded in Perryvale.…

Audio - Born in Poland in 1928. Came to Canada when he was 1½ years old. Talks about his father in WWI, homesteading, school years. Recited a poem he wrote. Worked on oil rigs, lumber camps, Diefenbaker Dam

Audio - Parents immigrated from Austria. Talks about growing up on the farm, working on the farm, raising bees, school years. Married life, raising family on the farm, husbands health, her children, pottery, traveling and hunting

Audio - Education in India. Came to Canada in 1966 with wife Rita. Both were teachers at Edwin Parr School. School board trustee and chair. Alberta Multiculturalism Committee. Independence movement in India

Peter Green working in Kapuskasing, Ontario as a woodcutter.

Guelph Veterinary College where, once in Canada, Peteris Poruks completed his studies in Veterinary Medicine. Postcard image from Poruks family.

Peteris Poruks in Turin, Alberta where he completed his mandatory year of labour, as per the immigration regulations, in the sugar beet industry. 1949.

Canadian citizenship document for Mirdza Poruks nee Grivnieks.

Canadian citizenship document for ethnic Latvian Baiba Kundrats (now Berzins).

Audio - Mother came from Massachusetts. Father came from South Dakota. Completed high school at Alberta College. Became a teacher. Married Len Stiles. Ran movie circuit, bed & breakfast, and a hobby shop. Wrote a column with Athabasca Echo and…

Transcript of audio interview - Mother came from Massachusetts. Father came from South Dakota. Completed high school at Alberta College. Became a teacher. Married Len Stiles. Ran movie circuit, bed & breakfast, and a hobby shop. Wrote a column…