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GRANDMA CAROLINE SCHAFFERS STORIES (As told by her granddaughter Martha M. Helm Salway) My grandma Schaffer was short, round, jolly and witty. She always had a comeback for everything. She laughed a lot and people liked to be around her. As kids we knew she liked us, she played like...
Jacob and Barbara (nee Hochhalter) Helm, whose strong faith in God gave them the courage and confidence to brave the unknown when they emigrated from South Russia to the United States. They left their homeland, their family and friends, crossed a vast ocean and travelled many miles by train to...
I was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada just a few minutes after midnight on October 18, 1922. The town lights were shut off at midnight so mum said I started my life out in the dark. The house we lived in was partly made out of logs which dad...
From Martha’s Memories: Karolina Schaffer Deering Mom’s parents chose a mate for her and she was soon married to Otto Deering in 1910 They homesteaded on a farm in the Clear Water district. Both Alvin and I went under the name of Deering. My brother Emil (Jim) was born a...
As a child I was spiritual minded. My parents taught me to be truthful and honest, took me to church and sent me to Sunday School and encouraged me to go to other religious meetings not of our faith. One day I was taken by another small girl to another...