Michaelle Haughian

On January 30, 1985, Mr. William (Bill) Mutzeneek of Darwell Alberta passed away.

A classroom of teenaged girls in school uniform in a classroom. A photo of young Stalin on the wall behind them

An ocean going ships deck pass for "D" Deck on the Hinterer Speisesaal

Family portrait of James and Elsie Lapin with their children Irma and Jack Lapin taken about 1943.

Wooden two story house with two young men in winter wear and hats standing in open doorway. Winter.

A group of Latvian children diving and swimming in small creek at wooden footbridge

Painting by Helen Richards nee Freijs.

The Kalnins boys were given cowboy hats by their aunt, Ilda Lubane. Marta Kalnins on the left. Banff, 1960.

Harvest time in Lake Isle for the Mutzeneek men.

Work identification card of Ilda Lubane, Latvian economist and later Alberta artist.

Ernie Cooper (anglicized from Mutzeneek) and William aka Bill Mutzeneek with a friend. Lake Isle, Alberta.

James and Elsie Lapin taken around 1948. James had been a constant smoker all of his adult life. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1954 at the age of 54. His daughter Irma was in her mid-20s at the time, and his son

Peteris Poruks paperwork giving him passage into Canada through an Immigrant Visa

Edward, Karl, and Bill Mutzeneek of Lake Isle, Alberta.

Detail of Ludmila Alutis' (mother of Ausma Alutis) war time passport.

German military document for Ojars Briedis, conscripted during WWII.

Wall detail of Lake Isle homestead. Alberta.

First page detail of adoption document concerning Siberian-born Zorzs Caks nee Kles, son of Esther Anson and David Kles, ethnic Latvians. When David was killed by a Russian dignitary and Esther died from health issues a few years later, Zorzs was taken in by his aunt, a Caks, and raised in Latvia.

Detail of Ausma Alutis' war time passport.

Certificate

Grivnieks family portrait, 1938, Latvia.

Grandpa George Lapin while in Canad. Photos had been in a box of Cecelia Lapin’s mementos. They were not identified.

Documents given to ethnic Latvian Ausma Alutis explaining her position as a domestic worker in Canada.

A 1947 news clipping detailing the arrival of refugee women to Canada. Ausma Alutis and fellow immigrants were ready for their one year of mandatory domestic service.

Linda Payne's son shows his Latvian roots with body art.