This topic is cool since for me it's my grandparents who had the biggest effect on my life (arguably).
On my dad's side it is pretty straight forward. Both grandparents born and raided in Alberta. My grandmother came from a farm and was a home maker all her life. She never learned to drive. My grandpa also came from a farm and was also a farmer for some time. He also had a small construction company and worked at a creamery driving a delivery truck. He would deliver cream from Wetaskiwin to Calgary, it was a two day round trip back then. Pictures of him from his construction days in Edmonton are also cool, one that stands out is him standing in front of his truck. The business name and phone number painted on the door - it's a two digit phone number.
On my mom's side the story is a little longer. Both grandparents immigrated to Canada from the Prussia area of what was then Germany but is now part of Poland. They were German and came to Canada between the world wars.
Grandfather was university educated, taught school and spoke seven languages. When the communist revolution occurred he was living in Russia and saw the writing on the wall that his life was in danger being 'elite' and educated so he left everything and came to Canada. He worked the rest of his life as a coal miner in Drumheller and the Coal Branch area which is south of Hinton.
Grandmother came to Canada was 16 in 1926. Her parents also saw the writing on the wall and knew another war was almost a certainty and hedged their bets with the family. My grandma was sent to Canada, her sister sent to Argentina so at least someone of the family might have a good future. She worked as a maid and janitor in Edmonton and in the Coal Branch.
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