Kraus was the family name of Gerda Gottfried’s husband Hans, who brought to their 1947 marriage much of his family’s documentary history. He was the only child of Edmund and Irma Kraus (nee Mosauer). They were wealthy Ashkenazi Jews and were very integrated into Austrian society. Edmund, a highly educated man, served with distinction in the First World War as a doctor – he was commended by the Red Cross for his services – before returning to set up a successful dental practice. He died in the early 1930s before Hitler’s rise to power. His widow and son fled to Shanghai in 1938 or 1939, losing all their belongings and wealth in the journey; Hans met Gerda Gottfried there in 1945 and they married in 1947. Irma and Hans both emigrated to Vancouver in the late 1940s.
The Gottfrieds were an extended family of Ashkenazi Jews who lived in Vienna from the late nineteenth century until the late 1930s, when most members fled. The family patriarch was Menachem Mendel Gottfried, whose son Salomon Gottfried was born in what was then Poland (now Ukraine) in 1872 and moved to Vienna sometime before 1899, when his eldest son Leopold was born. Two daughters, Frieda and Sabine, followed. The documents in this collection pertain mostly to Leopold, his wife Chaje, their children and their children's spouses. Leopold (b. 1899; d. 1972), a successful businessman later in life, served in the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War and married Chaje Gerje (b. 1898 in Karaszynce, Poland; d. 1989) after his return to Vienna. They had three children (Manfred, b. 1922, d. 1983; Lori, b. 1923, d. 2004; Gerda, b. 1926, d. 2000). All three children were in school at the time of the Anschluss with Germany. Overtures were made to several countries before Leopold was finally successful in securing permission for his family to emigrate to Shanghai on board Conte Biancamano in January 1939. Shanghai, an open port at the time, was a popular destination for Jews fleeing Europe; at its height, the Jewish community in Shanghai exceeded 18,000. The Gottfrieds, like all Jews fleeing Nazi territory, were compelled to surrender virtually all their belongings and money before leaving Austria. Upon arriving in Shanghai the family spent some time in charitable accommodation before settling in a very cramped apartment in the Hongkew district. The children pursued technical education offered through ORT, the Jewish community association in Shanghai, and sought work in various trades serving the expatriate population of the city. Manfred, who spoke English fluently, found work with American car firm Dodge; Lori and Gerda worked as hairdressers. Leopold tried his hand at various jobs, eventually starting a small import-export business. All members of the family participated actively in the cultural life of Shanghai’s Jewish community. When the war ended, the family stayed in Shanghai rather than face the uncertainties of trying to relocate immediately. Living conditions improved somewhat, and Manfred (who by this time had become fluent in Mandarin and Shanghai dialect) found work with the US army as an interpreter; through this position he was able to secure employment for Leopold and others at US Army warehouses around Shanghai. During this time both daughters met their future husbands, who were also from Vienna. They married within a week of one another in 1947; Gerda to engineer Hans Kraus (b. 1919; d. 1987) and Lori to machinist Hugo Seemann (b. 1910; d. 1980). By 1947 the family had begun to consider permanently relocating in the face of uncertainty regarding the Chinese Civil War; in 1949, Shanghai became a possession of the newly-established People's Republic of China and lost its status as an open port. Pressure from the new administration made living in Shanghai untenable for most expatriates, who faced expulsion if they were unwilling to leave voluntarily. Members of the family approached many countries, including Paraguay and the United States, as possible destinations. Manfred, Leopold and Chaje immigrated to Vancouver in 1948 and encouraged the rest of the family to follow. Irma Kraus also immigrated to Vancouver. According to the travelogue kept by Hans Kraus, the rest of the family left Shanghai in January 1949 and traveled for the rest of the year, stopping in Israel and Vienna for about three months at a time before arriving in Vancouver in 1950, where they remained.
Manfred Gottfried married Nettie Irene Geniele (b. 1926, d. 2015) in 1958; the couple had one daughter, Jo-Anne Gottfried Brown, in 1959. Jo-Anne married Richard F. Brown and had two children; they live in North Vancouver, BC.
Beatrice Cooke was born in Nanaimo in 1901. She taught school for several years before marrying. She raised six children before she became an undergraduate at UBC. Cooke received her B.A. from the University of British Columbia in 1959 and a B.S.W. in 1960. She worked as a social worker until 1965. Cooke was widowed in 1960 and married Albert C. Cooke in 1963. In addition to her career as a social worker and mother, Cooke wrote short stories and poetry. She died in 1997.
Albert C. Cooke was born in 1895 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He received his B.A. from the University of Manitoba in 1917, a B.A. (1923) and an M.A. (1926) from Oxford. Cooke served in the army during World War I. After his discharge from the army, Cooke embarked on a lengthy teaching career at several institutions including Wesley College, Winnipeg (1919-1921, 1924-1929), Brandon Collegiate Institute (1923-1924), and the University of Manitoba (1928-1929). Cooke taught in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia between 1929 and 1963. Albert Cooke died in 1986.
The Brender á Brandis family is a family of artists and writers with which Albert and Beatrice Cooke were acquainted.
Henry Forbes Angus (1891-1991) was born in Victoria, B.C. While attending high school, he also spent part of the 1906-07 school year at the Lycee Descartes in France. He graduated from McGill University in 1911, and then in 1914, he went to Oxford University. His studies were interrupted by war service, but he returned to Oxford after the war and obtained his MA in 1919. In 1919 Angus joined the University of British Columbia faculty as an assistant professor of Economics. From 1930 to 1956, he served as head of the Dept. of Economics, Political Science and Sociology. Angus was also a Dean of Graduate Studies from 1949 to 1956. Among his many roles and responsibilities, he was also a member of the Rowell-Sirois Commission on Dominion-Provincial relations, a member of the Royal Commission on Transportation, and Chairman of the Public Utilities of B.C. From 1940 to 1945, Angus was seconded to work in the Canadian Department of External Affairs. He also worked for full rights for Japanese-Canadians in the inter-war years and vigorously opposed their incarceration and suspension of rights during the Second World War.
Annie M. Angus (wife of Henry Angus) was formerly a Trustee and Chairman of the Vancouver School Board and a volunteer worker. Other family members include Henry Dunckley (Angus' grandfather), who was editor of the Manchester Examiner Times (1855-1889), William H. Dunckley (his uncle) and Mary E. Angus (his mother).
Jack and Holly Gordon, both originally born in Wales, moved to Rossland in 1929. Their children, Joyce (born 1922), John (born 1928), Alice (born 1932) and Clyde (born 1936) grew up in Rossland. Jack Gordon was mayor of Rossland 1937-1938 and again 1940-1945. In 2022 Alice Chiko, in conjunction with the Rossland Museum, wrote a book about her childhood in Rossland in the 1930s and 40s.
Pauline (1913 - 1995) and Ernest (1905 - 1994) Touzeau were longtime residences of Parksville. Ernest was a forestry engineer employed by the Northwest Bay Logging Company at the logging camp in Nanoose Bay. He served as a Commissioner on the Parksville Village Council from 1963 to 1965. For many years, Pauline was a trustee on the District 69 School Board. She was instrumental in the formation of the Society of Organized Services and served on its Executive and its President.
George Plummer (1862 – 1934) settled in Parksville in 1887. After first living on a property on the north-west side of Englishman River, the Plummers purchased land in 1889 on the south-east side of the river, built their home and established a farm. George Plummer raised livestock and worked on road crews. In addition, The Plummers had a son, Frank (1885-1972) and two daughters, Harriet (Hattie) (1889 – 1976) and Victoria May (1891 – 1974).
Frank Plummer worked as a teamster for the Alberni to Nanaimo stagecoach line and served in World War I. In 1908, Hattie Plummer married Will McDermid. He had arrived in Parksville from Ontario in the early 1900s and had begun work as a teamster at a logging camp at Englishman River. In 1910, the McDermid
The Peebles family has a long history in New Westminster. Peter Peebles (b. Oct 6 1860, d. May 22 1931) was born in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. His parents were Thomas and Jane McKenzie (nee Murie). Jane later remarried after Thomas’ death and became Jane Leighton. Also in the family were sisters, Annie, Margaret, and Jane Murie. In 1882 he moved to Canada, spending a year in Winnipeg before moving to B.C. to work on the Onderdonk contract for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He continued work as a building contractor until 1907 when he switched careers into real estate. He was a staunch member of the Conservative party. He was also a member of the King Solomon Lodge A.F. & A.M.; the Royal Lodge, No. 6, Knights of Pythias.; and the Loyal Order of Moose. He believed firmly in education, founding the School Trustees Association of B.C. and acting as its first president.
On December 25, 1886 Peter Peebles married Angusta Grant (b 1866, d. Sept 23 1955) of New Westminster. Her family moved from Nova Scotia to New Westminster in 1884. Her father was Captain Angus Grant, the first captain of the government snag boat Samson. The Grant family also included Angusta’s uncle Peter Grant, collector of customs in the port of New Westminster, and her brother William Grant, captain of the ferry K de K. In addition, there was another brother, George, and five sisters.
Peter and Angusta had five children: Peter Grant, Katherine Grant, Mary Evangeline, Allon, Jane Murie, and Angusta Brownie. Angusta went by Brownie to her friends and family and later changed her name to Joan for her stage career.
Jane Murie (b. Nov 26, 1887) was a teacher at Herbert Spencer school in New Westminster and married William Walker Brown in 1921. She also taught at a school in Sardis B.C. Mary Evangeline married John Mouat in 1915 and Catherine Grant married Guy D. Cookson, yard foreman of the Fraser Mills at Mill Site. Allon Peebles married Noeline Bruce [maiden name uncertain] and they had three children: Noeline, Priscilla and Jane [Jane's name is uncertain.] Priscilla Galloway (nee Peebles) and her sister Noeline were in large part responsible for contributing their family’s records to the New Westminster Museum and Archives.
Brownie Peebles (b. Jan 5, 1899, d. Oct 11, 1991) was a contralto and teacher. She studied in Vancouver under Mrs. Walter Coulthard, in New York at Juilliard and at the Eastman School of Music University of Rochester. She performed with the American Opera Company, the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and many American opera houses. She was best known for her performances of Carmen and performed the role numerous times. From 1942 to 1974 she was a private teacher in Titusville, Pennsylvania. She was married to Norman Oberg. She returned to New Westminster in 1974 and remained there until her death in 1991.
William Oliver Springer [1881-1944] was born in Kingston, Ontario. As a young man he lived in Boissevan, Manitoba and Saskatoon, Sask. He trained as a piano turner, working for Glockler Piano Company for fifteen years.
In 1925 he married Margret J. Reid. When the couple took up residence together in Salmon Arm, W.O.Springer continued to work in piano maintenance in Salmon Arm. The Springers lived on Hudson Street.
Born in Ontario, Margaret moved to Saskatchewan. Margret Reid worked for James M. Toombs in Kindersley, Sask. When she moved Salmon Arm in 1914, she continued to work for Toombs. She then formed a partnership with dressmaker Miss Robinson (or Jean Robison) and opened a drygoods shop called Reid and Robinson on Alexander St.
The firm’s name was changed to Reid and Co. following Margaret’s marriage to William. In 1931, the business relocated to Front Street. Mrs. Springer operated her retail store on Hudson until 1956 when she sold her business to J.W. Glen and retired to her home on Hudson Street.
The couple had one daughter, Dora, who married E.A Tweeddale and lived in Trail.
Alex Woods was a farmer at Sicamous, B.C.
Henry John Swanwick (Harry) was born in Staffordshire, England on December 13, 1884. Swanwick emigrated to Calgary, Alberta in 1911. There he enlisted in the Second Canadian Mounted Rifles in January, 1915. Swanwick served four years overseas. He returned to Calgary in Feb. 1919 and one year later relocated to B.C. Swanwick farmed at Silver Creek from 1922 until 1961, when he moved into the village of Salmon Arm. While farming, Swanwick supplemented his income by working as a road foreman. Each spring he organized farmers to work on roads in exchange for credit towards their property taxes.
Swanwick was active in staging the Salmon Arm Fall Fair and the Silver Creek 4H Poultry Club. Swanwick was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 62 for more than fifty years. Swanwick died in 1977.
Annie Marie Swanwick (maiden name unknown) came to Salmon Arm from England in 1923. She married Harry at Mrs. Wall's home and after the ceremony went home to milk the cows. The couple had their honeymoon in 1950, a trip back to England.
Mrs. Swanwick was interested in White Leghorns and entered regional fairs taking top prizes in birds, jams, jellies, vegetables, preserves, dried beans, peas, grains, and flowers. In 1946 and 1947 Mrs. Swanwick won the "Lady Exhibitor with the Most Points" trophy donated by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada. Mrs. Swanwick was active in the Silver Creek 4H Poultry Club. Mrs. Swanwick died in 1985.
Charles James Robert Stirling (C.J.R. Stirling) was born in 1857 in Bath, England. In 1874, at the age of 17, he was commissioned in the Imperial Army and joined his regiment in India where he served for a number of years.
After returning to England, he emigrated to Canada in 1881 and involved himself in various business ventures in Ontario and Montreal. In 1885, he married Miss Frances Strathey (b. 1860) of London, Ontario. We know that one of their daughters, Ethel Marie-Louise, was born in Montreal in 1892.
The family returned to England in 1900 and remained there for ten years, but in 1910, Mr. Stirling emigrated once again to Canada. This time he headed to British Columbia and eventually settled in Salmon Arm where he bought the original McGuire Ranch, but soon sold it and bought the Barr Fruit Ranch on Lakeshore Road. It wasn't until 1913, when he was settled in Salmon Arm, that Mrs. Stirling and the children joined him. Although they travelled back to England for extended visits, the family made Salmon Arm their permanent residence. Their children were Elvira, Ethel (Mrs. R. Belli-Bivar), Mrs. Luard Carveth-Wells, Mrs. John Freeman, and an only son, Gordon, who was killed in WW I in France.
Originally from Ontario, John Galbraith came to BC in 1864 to take part in the Wild Horse Creek gold rush. His brother, Robert L.T. Galbraith, joined him in 1874. After realizing that supplying the miners would earn them more money than mining, they packed supplies into the mining areas, set up a general store, and established a ferry service on the Kootenay River. John died in 1887, and Robert represented the East Kootenay as MLA in Victoria and was later appointed Indian Agent for the Kootenay Agency. Robert died in 1924.
Percy A. Ruth was a pioneer in the conifer tree seed business in British Columbia and particularly in the Salmon Arm area of Shuswap.
Percy Ruth first came to the Shuswap from Carman, Manitoba in 1907 at the age of 24 years, to visit his sister and brother-in-law. His parents, Mr and Mrs A.R. Ruth moved from Carman to Salmon Arm in 1908 and established a retail business. Subsequently, Percy returned to Salmon Arm to assist in the family business, and in 1913, married Lyla Margaret McDiarmid. Their children were: Dorothy Margaret b. 13 October, 1914; Donald Frederick b. 19 May, 1918; Douglas Stewart b. 11 September, 1932.
Lyla McDiarmid was born in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. Her parents Stuart and Catherine McDiarmid, moved to Salmon Arm in 1909. Lyla was the second eldest of nine children. She was very active in the United church and sang in the choir. She loved skating and long walks and her family was very important to her.
At the outbreak of WWI, Percy joined the Rocky Mountain Rangers and became a sergeant in the Military Police stationed in Kamloops. Following the war, a few years were spent working in various jobs at the coast, but prior to 1922, he returned to Salmon Arm. In that year, the Dominion of Canada Forestry Branch Department of the interior established the first seed extraction plant in New Westminster. Four years later, the forestry office in Salmon Arm received a request from the Dominion Forestry Branch for conifer seed.
Percy Ruth welcomed a new business challenge and the promising source of extra income and in 1927 became a seed supplier. His son, Douglas R. Ruth wrote the history of the Conifer Seed Business and dedicated it to the Secwepemc, the First People of the Shuswap who were major contributors to the business with their knowledge and skills.
Norman Sydney Richards (1897-1986) was born in Bristol, England. He was the youngest brother of the Rt. Honourable Lord Milverton. Richards was educated at Clifton College, Bristol, and immigrated to Salmon Arm in 1914 with his widowed mother, Amelia, and her travelling companion, Miss South. Richards purchased land with the goal of developing an orchard. He had heard of the Salmon Arm area through his mother, who met a friend of the Ehlers family in Bristol, England.
Richards returned to England to join the war effort, leaving his mother behind to supervise the completion of the family home. Richards went to France in 1917. His mother returned to Bristol.
Richards was injured in 1917 and he spent the next two years recovering. He met and married Pearl Cullimore of Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Miss Cullimore had been working as a VAD while Richards was recuperating from his war wounds. Richards and his bride, "Peter", relocated to Salmon Arm in 1919. The couple had two daughters, Pam and Esme.
Lack of water resulted in Richards giving up the orchard. He took poultry correspondence courses and opened a hatchery operation. He took a partner, F. Frank, for a few years but the relationship dissolved by 1930.
In 1929 Pearl returned to England for surgery, taking the two girls with her. They remained for a year, the daughters attending a school for young ladies.
The hatchery closed in 1962. Richards continued to sell vegetables, cherries and flowers. In 1981 the land was designated as residential and taxes increased.
Richards was admitted to hospital in 1983 and died in 1986 at the age of 89. Richards enjoyed fishing and tennis. He was a charter member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 62.
Pearl Cullimore (1899-1991) was born in Berkeley, Gos., England. She married Norman Richards in 1919 and immigrated to Canada as a wartime bride. Mrs. Richards worshipped at St. John's Anglican Church in Salmon Arm. She was secretary-treasurer of the Altar Guild for many years. Pearl enjoyed tennis, boating, camping, and gardening.
Patrick Owens (1866-1955) was born in Cavan County, Ireland. He immigrated to Canada in 1883, living in Nova Scotia for a time before returning to Ireland. When he immigrated to Canada again, British Columbia became his permanent home. Owens fought in the second Riel Rebellion in 1885, receiving as payment one section of prairie land in Alberta, but sold the property later for ten dollars. He claimed to have been at Craigellachie during the driving of the last spike, which completed the CPR. He went on to mine in the Kootenays, Slocan area and Vancouver Island.
Owens arrived in Salmon Arm in 1891 and homesteaded his property on what would become Lakeshore Ave, planting orchards and supplying some of the apples that were first shipped from Salmon Arm. He sold his orchard and acquired property in the Salmon Valley, became a dairyman and established a milk delivery business on the site of what is now Canadian Tire. Later, during the First World War, he sold his dairy herd and engaged in mixed farming. After venturing into diversified crops, Owens specialized in growing asparagus.
Owens was an active member of the community, serving on municipal council for thirteen years, a member of the police commission and a member in the Farmers' Institute.
Information gathered on Patrick's wife, Mary, is sketchy. Ontario born, Mary Dolan Owens (1870-1944) was the child of Thomas Dolan and Catherine Stone. According to her obituary Mary came to Salmon Arm in 1900. She was a sister to Jack and Steve Dolan, the early settlers of Upper Salmon Arm (Dolan's Corner). The couple were married and two daughters, Kay (Watters) of Salmon Arm and Annie Owens of Vancouver, and one son Thomas of South Burnaby.
The Norris family lived in Canoe, near Salmon Arm. Clara Maud Bayliff had family in Australia who corresponded with her before and after her marriage to Eric Norris. Little else is known about the family. Maud Bayliff Norris had a brother, John George Bayliff of Australia who died in 1918. George corresponded with his sister from 1911 until his death.
Victor Nancollas (1906-1993) emigrated from England to Salmon Arm, BC, in 1928, obtained employment at S.A.F.E., was Scout Master in the early 1930s, an elected alderman from 1945 to 1950, 1953 to 1955, and mayor of Salmon Arm from 1956 to 1970. He was also active in service organizations such as the Kinsmen's Club.
Victor Nancollas married Jennie Miller in 1934.
Jennie (1910-1996) was active in community life. She was the co-founder of the Sketch Club and founder of the still active Pottery Club. Jennie was also very active in the United Church Women's organizations and in the Women's Institute.
Albert Herbert F. Martin was b.14 Dec. 1878 in Brock Twsp., Ontario. He was a schoolteacher for twenty years, having graduated from the Saskatchewan Normal School. Eighteen of those teaching years were spent working in Salmon Arm area. His teaching career was interrupted when he enlisted in the Forestry Draft, C.E.F. in 1916. After serving overseas, he taught school at South Canoe School until he retired from teaching in 1928. Records suggest that he continued to work at other things. Albert Martin died in 1946 of Addison’s Disease.
After his first wife, Lydia, died (1921) following a lengthy illness, he married Amelia Sparkes, who was born 19 Dec. 1882, in London England. Amelia was very active in the community and served on the School Board for fifteen years. Amelia died in 1962. She was survived by three stepsons, Percy, Don, and Russell.
Arthur Leger (1882-1975) was born in Sackville, New Brunswick. He served in WWI in England, France, Belgium and Germany. He married Gertrude Weston in England in 1917. The couple homesteaded in the Shuswap in 1919, farming in Glen Eden.
Gertrude Feodora Weston (1888-1981) was born in England. She trained as a nurse at St. Thomas Hospital, London and worked at the Stepney Hospital in the East End of London. She immigrated to Salmon Arm in 1919 and was well known for her nursing services.
The Kew family are long-time residents of Salmon Arm, homesteading the original acreage. The first European baby was reportedly born in the Kew homestead. That log structure has been relocated to R.J. Haney Heritage Village.
Jared (Jay) William Kew was born in Brantford, Ontario, on October 6, 1887. He moved to Salmon Arm in the early 1900s. He was well known and respected for his musical ability. He also sang in the United Church Choir.
Myrtle Pearl Kew (maiden name unknown) was born near Armstrong, BC, on June 8, 1892. She moved to the Salmon Arm area in 1911. Mrs. Kew married Jay on October 29, 1913. The couple had no children.
The Haney family settled in Salmon Arm around 1903. Robert James and Margaret purchased eighty acres of land and raised cattle and grew wheat, apples, and pears. They had two children, Marjorie and Robert Verron (Vern).
R.J. Haney considered himself a gentleman farmer. He was a lender of money, providing financing to community members who were turned down by the local branch of the Bank of Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Haney separated in 1917. The property was divided and Mrs. Haney relocated to the coast. The house remained in the family until Marjorie's death in 1984. Forty acres of the original farm and the house were given to the District of Salmon Arm. The property was to be developed as a park under the management of the Salmon Arm Museum. The other forty acres went to the SPCA.
Harold Nation was born in New Zealand in 1876 and graduated from London (Eng.) University in 1896 with a degree in civil engineering. He worked on the railway survey in Creston during 1897 and 1898, arriving in Fort Steele in 1899 to survey a railway line from the US border to the East Kootenay mines. The position was short-lived, so he picked up labouring and surveying jobs where he could, working for the most part with small logging outfits. He also helped the Fort Steele government agent with office work. By 1906, he had obtained a temporary position as field assistant to the provincial mineralogist in Victoria, R. Fleet Robertson. He travelled home to England in 1907, then was sent by his father to Port Arthur to work as a mining engineer. He re-joined Robertson in Victoria in 1909. He spent three years with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during World War I. He retired from the Victoria office in 1946. He had married in 1916 in England and had three children. Harold Nation died in Victoria in 1967.
Guy Graham was born February 10th, 1917 in Lynemouth, Northumberland, England. His schooling included a degree in History and Economics from Durham University where he was a member of the Officer Training Corps. He graduated in 1939, was immediately commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Lincolnshire Regiment, and soon found himself with thousands of others on the beaches of Dunkirk. He was seriously wounded, sent to a field hospital which was in turn shelled. He survived but was taken prisoner and spent five years in a prisoner of war camp.
To keep himself from going “camp crazy”, Guy applied for permission to take a correspondence course from Durham University. Permission was granted and he received twenty books. All examinations had first to go to Berlin where they were censored and then forwarded to England for marking. He was the first prisoner of war to get a degree - his bachelor degree in civil law.
Guy was liberated in 1945, demobilized in 1946 and immediately began teaching. In 1950 he emigrated to Canada and took his teaching certificate at UBC where he met Ethel Singleton, also an education student and they were married July 15, 1952 in Third Ave. United Church, Saskatoon.
Ethel Irene Singleton was born 20 Feb, 1925 in Radisson Saskatchewan, not far from Saskatoon. Her parents were John Milton Singleton and Edna Pearl DeWolfe. She attended elementary, secondary and normal school in Saskatoon. She taught elementary school in rural Saskatchewan for one year and then in the summer months for three years to earn money for her three years of university to earn a B.HSc. Ethel lived at home during these University of Saskatoon days. She then went to UBC for a B.Ed. Degree where she met and married Guy Graham.
The couple had three children - Lesley, Aidan and Davis. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in July, 2002.
Ethel and Guy settled in Salmon Arm in 1954 where Guy was a much-respected teacher and principal until 1977. Ethel taught Home Economics at J.L. Jackson School for four years and at Shuswap Junior secondary School for eight years from 1972 to 1980.
The Grahams were both very active in the United Church. Guy served as treasurer, board and choir member. He was a charter member of Rotary and he organized blood donor clinics in Salmon Arm. For several years in the 1970s, Guy wrote a weekly column on parenting and education (see ephemera) and was active in the Okanagan Valley Teachers Association. For several years, Ethel worked in the community teaching the preparation of nutritious and economical meals.
Guy died 13 January, 2003 at the age of 85 having suffered the tragedy of Alzheimer’s disease for several years. Ethel died in 2017.