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My grandfather, George Raby, came to Cochrane in 1905. He registered four homesteads to three sons and himself in the Weedon area. In 1910 he ran the livery stable in Cochrane and Stage Coach for passengers and mail to Bottrel and Dog Pound.
My father came to Cochrane in 1906 and homestead- ed nine miles north of Cochrane until 1928. He married Gertrude Filman in 1911 and they had three children. My sister Muriel was born in 1912, my brother Ed in 1914 and I (Ken) was born in 1922.
In 1927, we moved to Cochrane and I started school in Cochrane in 1928.
My sister Muriel took nursing training at the Lamont . Hospital in Lamont, Alberta. Ed went to school until grade eight. He was invalided with rheumatic fever at 16 years of age.
I finished school in 1939, joined the Air Force in 1941 and went overseas in 1942. I. served in England, Scotland, France, Belgium and Germany with the 409th Squadron with 148 wing tactical Air Force. I was repatriated in October 194
I married Ann Howes in 1947 and we had a son Mark and a daughter Roxine.
Mark married Jackie Hilbert and they have two daughters, Julie and Candice. Julia has a daughter Rebecca Roderiques.
Our daughter Roxine married Jim Wilson and they have two children, a daughter Amanda and a son Kyle. Amanda has a son Zander Wiklin.
We have four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
My wife Anne passed away on December 14, 2006, after 59 years of marriage.
My brother, sister and parents have also passed away
I am now 85 years old and live in Cochrane, Alberta These are the facts only, stories could fill this book.
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