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As told by Martha Salway: My grandmother Caroline was born in Gluckstahl, South Russia, and her parents migrated from Germany to homestead the Russian Stepps. They lived in a village composed of all Germans. The village was part of the Black Sea Colonies; the homesteaders received land grants and loans...
In 1916 he was called to the army, and as his wife could do the barbering his family remained at camp, and he was sent to the 6th Dorset regiment at Weymouth. He shortly joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and then he was sent to...
Alfred Edward Salway By Eva Mary Rowe Salway Alfred Edward Salway was born 4 November 1880 at Plympton Devonshire England. His mother was Sarah Holman of Cornwall, his father Edward Salway of Devonshire. At an early age he traveled in a sailing ship to Jersey Channel Islands with his family,...
1941 MOVED TO MEDICINE HAT Working for the railroad Jack got home some week-ends, it was lonely for both of us. One weekend when he came home he surprised me and said that he could hold a job full time in Medicine Hat. I really did not want to move...
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...