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David Nathaniel (Andy) Anderson was born on September 4, 1895, in Traverse County, Minnesota, to Axel and Anna Anderson. He had nine brothers and one sister. Upon completion of the eighth grade, Anderson left home to live with a brother at White Rock, South Dakota. There he worked as a carpenter and for the local railway. In June 1917, he emigrated to Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and was hired as an accountant with the Weyburn Security Bank. He worked in branches of the Bank located in Midale and Halbrite.

Anderson returned to South Dakota in 1918 while ill from influenza. He received treatment there and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and returned to Weyburn in January 1919. He was re-employed by the Weyburn Security Bank and took the position of accountant at its branch in Vantage. He met Ruth Woodworth while they were Sunday School teachers at the Methodist church in Vantage.

Ruth Woodworth was born on February 6, 1898, at Bear River, Nova Scotia, to Capt. John Edwin and Bertha Louise (Baxter) Woodworth. She had three brothers and nine sisters. Woodworth attended school in Bear River, including Oakdene High School, and completed her eleventh grade studies in July 1918. She also received her teachers' minimum professional qualification in July 1916. In August 1918, Woodworth moved to Regina to attend Normal School. She completed her studies in the spring of 1919, and was immediately hired to teach in a one-room school near Vantage for the Friendship Hill School District #3137. She taught there until December 1920.

Andy Anderson and Ruth Woodworth were married in Regina on January 6, 1921. They remained in Vantage until 1922 when they moved to Tribune as a result of Andy's transfer with the Bank. Ruth Anderson taught on a casual basis for the Salisbury School District #2746 between 1923 and 1924. On June 11, 1925, their son David John was born in Estevan. The family resided in Tribune until early 1928 when they moved to Assiniboia.

While in Assiniboia, Andy was employed as the accountant for the J.B. Smith Auto Clinic, the local General Motors dealership. As the Depression set in, he lost his job and subsequently operated a British American Oil bulk dealership, worked at a flour mill, and established a tannery - all of which closed due to lack of business. Anderson worked odd jobs and made an unsuccessful application for relief work. The lack of employment prompted Ruth and David to move to Bear River in July 1936, where David lived with Ruth's sisters and Ruth secured work as a housekeeper and later a floral arranger in Saint John, New Brunswick. Meanwhile, Andy moved to Regina in search of work and was hired to sell washing machines door-to-door. He was hired by the provincial Department of Agriculture in 1937. In November 1938, Ruth and David returned to Regina. Months after reuniting, the family purchased a home in Regina.

In 1940, Andy Anderson enlisted in the Canadian Army and was hired as a medical accountant with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps at its recruiting depot in Regina. He served there until his discharge in 1945, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was awarded the British Empire Medal on May 22, 1948, in recognition of his exemplary service during the Second World War. After his service in the Army, he was employed by the Saskatchewan Department of Public Health until his retirement in 1958. Ruth Anderson was hired by DeLuxe Florists in Regina and worked there on a casual basis until the mid-1970s. The Andersons were also active in their church and belonged to various community organizations.

The family purchased a farm on the outskirts of Regina in 1947 where they lived and operated a greenhouse, growing bedding plants and vegetables for sale to merchants and residents in Regina. They sold a portion of their land to the Wascana Centre Authority in 1957 and the remainder, including their farmhouse, in 1965. They then purchased another home in Regina and enjoyed travelling throughout the United States and Canada in their retirement.

Ruth Anderson died in Regina on January 23, 1978. Andy Anderson remained in Regina until 1986 when he moved to Victoria, British Columbia, to live near his son. He died there on May 17, 1994.

David John (Dave) Anderson was born on June 11, 1925, in Estevan. He received his education in Assiniboia, Bear River and Regina where he graduated from Central Collegiate in 1943. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1944. He was posted to Gaspé, Quebec, and served until his discharge in 1945. Upon his return to Saskatchewan, he worked in Regina before attending the University of Saskatchewan for one year. He then helped operate his parents' greenhouse and produce farming business.

In 1951, David Anderson was hired by the Saskatchewan Power Corporation. He was employed there until 1976 when he accepted a position with the New Brunswick Power Corporation. Anderson returned to Regina in 1980 and was re-employed with Saskatchewan Power Corporation, retiring ca. 1983 as vice-president of public affairs. Upon his retirement, he moved to Victoria. He died in Victoria on August 10, 2010.

David John Anderson married Jean Isabelle Reid on September 22, 1951; they divorced in 1978. They had six children: David; Patricia; Mark; Guy; Nancy and Lisa. He married Betty Elizabeth (Tunnicliffe) MacIntyre on October 29, 1983.

David Reid Anderson was born on June 25, 1952, in Regina Saskatchewan, to David John and Jean Isabelle (Reid) Anderson. He attended school in Regina. David Anderson married Mary Haywood on June 30, 1978; they divorced in 1985. They had two children: Sarah and Simon. He married Donnie Parker on September 12, 1987. Anderson currently (2011) resides in Regina.

Iser Steiman was born in Dvinsk, Latvia in 1898 to Solomon and Etza (Feigleson) Steiman. In 1912, he immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba. He attended St. John's High School in Winnipeg and taught at Moose Bay School, near The Pas, during World War I. After graduating from the University of Manitoba with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1924, Steiman practiced in Benito, Manitoba and Arran and Pelly, Saskatchewan before moving to Kamsack in 1929. In November 1932, Steiman opened the King Edward Hospital in Kamsack and practiced there until enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1940. Steiman obtained the rank of flight lieutenant and served at several training stations in Manitoba as a medical officer and translator; his translation from Russian of "Fundamentals of Aviation Medicine" was published in 1943. After leaving the RCAF, Steiman moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he practiced family medicine, translated other works from Russian, and wrote on the history of medicine. He retired in 1975 and died on April 17, 1981.

Steiman married Laura Shatsky of Pelly, Saskatchewan in March 1926. The Steimans had two children: Marcelyn (born 1927) and Cherie (born 1933). Laura Steiman died on October 26, 1986 in British Columbia. Marcelyn (Marcie) Steiman married Sydney Smordin. She currently (2011) resides in Vancouver. Cherie Steiman earned a degree in English Literature from the University of British Columbia and established November House, a small publishing company in British Columbia. Her book, "Mendel's Children: a family chronicle" was published in 1997. Cherie Steiman had two children with her husband, Julian (Buddy) Smith. She died on July 13, 1999.

Lawrence Francis (Larry) Easton was born on the family farm near Wawota, Saskatchewan, on August 24, 1938, to Francis Russell and Leah Isabel (Griffin) Easton. He received his early education at Wawota, graduating from Wawota High School in 1958. He later attended the School of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan (1958-1960) and completed the Electronics Engineering Technologist course at Saskatchewan Technical Institute, Moose Jaw, in 1964. He was employed as an engineering manager with SaskTel in Regina until his retirement in 1997.

Dorothy May Bird was born at Wawota on May 3, 1941, to Francis Carlton and Mable Irene (Myers) Bird. She received her early education in Wawota and later attended Success Business College in Regina. She was employed by SaskTel, the Salvation Army, the federal government, and the provincial Department of Labour and Employment, Apprenticeship and Trade Certification. Dorothy Bird married Larry Easton on April 22, 1961 in Wawota. Together, they have two children: Mark and Michelle.

Since the 1970s, Larry Easton has been an active photographer. He has been a member of the Regina Photo Club for thirty years and in that time has held various positions on its executive. He is the only member of the Club to receive its Prestige Award for photographic achievement. Easton is also a member of the Prairie Region of Photographic Arts, and is a director for the prairies on the Canadian Association for Photographic Art. He has received numerous competition awards and recognitions for his photographic works. As well, his works have appeared in Prairies North and West World magazines, in projects for Saskatchewan Tourism and the Regina Chamber of Commerce, and in educational books.

Larry and Dorothy Easton collaborated to provide the photographic works for the 2008 publication, Legacy of Stone: Saskatchewan's Stone Buildings, written by Margaret Hryniuk and Frank Korvemaker. The publication received the Saskatchewan Book of the Year award from the Saskatchewan Book Awards in 2009.

Larry and Dorothy Easton currently (2011) reside in Regina.

Elwood Roberts was born in Drayton, Ontario, in 1886 to David and Lydia (Reichert) Roberts. He married Bertha Louise H. Hopkins, daughter of Albert and Mary Ann (Sootheran) Hopkins, on April 29, 1907, in Victoria County, Ontario. They relocated to Cupar, Saskatchewan, ca. 1909 where Elwood's brother Norman (born in 1882) was manager of the Cupar branch of the A.E. Beach Co. Ltd. store. In 1909, Elwood and Norman Roberts purchased the A.E. Beach Co. Ltd. store in Cupar and established Roberts Bros., a general store under the corporate brand of The Big Red Store. In the years following, Norman Roberts left the business and relocated to Toronto, Ontario. He died there on October 2, 1934. Elwood Roberts continued as proprietor of the Roberts Bros. store until October 1945 when he sold the business and he and Bertha relocated to Osoyoos, British Columbia. He died at Oliver, British Columbia, on March 17, 1946. Bertha Roberts died in 1973.

Elwood and Bertha Roberts had one son, Wayne Eugene, who was born in Cupar on March 22, 1910. He married Bernice Abel, daughter of Walter and Annie (Close) Abel, on March 2, 1937, in Regina. Wayne and Bernice Roberts relocated from Cupar to Regina ca. 1940, and then to British Columbia in 1944. They had two sons: James Alan Yardley and Gerald Wayne. Wayne Roberts died in Osoyoos, British Columbia, on November 1, 1953. Bernice Roberts died in British Columbia in 1993.

Gerald Wayne Roberts was born on February 9, 1944, in Regina to Wayne and Bernice Roberts. Soon after his birth, the family relocated to British Columbia. Roberts was educated there and earned a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology. He was a professional archeologist and was involved in various archeological salvage projects throughout British Columbia. Roberts married Gisela Greschner on August 2, 1969. They have one daughter, Sharon. Currently, (2011) Gerald Roberts is retired and resides in Osoyoos.

Harold Alexander (Harry) Spence was born in Southampton, Ontario in 1879 to John Harold Spence and Martha (Rusk) Spence. In 1905, he settled in Saskatchewan, where he homesteaded in the Wolverine district. Spence married Margaret Buchanan Jamieson in 1913. Harry and Margaret Spence had four children: Jean; John; Forrest (Tuff); and Evelyn.

In 1906, Harry Spence and his father, John Harold Spence, established the first store in what would become the village of Guernsey, Saskatchewan. The store, known as H.A. Spence & Co., provided hardware, machinery, lumber, and later, gasoline and oil. The store was operated mainly by Harry Spence, Harry's son, Forrest (Tuff) Spence and Harry's brother, John R. (Jack) Spence. After Harry Spence's death in 1956, Forrest (Tuff) Spence continued to operate the business until the late 1980s.

Members of the Spence family served as postmaster of the Guernsey Post Office as follows: Harry Spence (1907-1956); Forrest (Tuff) Spence (1956-1981); and Katie Spence (1981-1984).

Forrest (Tuff) Spence married Katie Holinaty in 1942. Forrest Spence died in August 2001. Forrest and Katie Spence's son, Harold Alexander (Alex), currently (2013) resides in Toronto, Ontario.

Jacob J. Toews was born on September 24, 1882 in Orenburg, Russia. Helena Siemens was born on February 23, 1868 in Shoenenburg, Russia. Jacob J. Toews married Helena Siemens on November 19, 1902. They immigrated to Canada in 1907 and farmed in southern Saskatchewan before moving in 1910 to the Winkler, Manitoba area, where Jacob J. Toews worked as a teacher. The family later returned to Saskatchewan and farmed in the Greenfarm district, near the town of Herbert. Jacob J. and Helena Toews had three children: Helen, Elizabeth, and Jacob L. Jacob J. Toews died in Herbert on September 23, 1929. Helena Toews died on June 5, 1945 in Herbert.

Helen Toews was born on November 10, 1907 near Herbert. She married George Penner on October 23, 1927. The Penners farmed near Herbert. They moved to Herbert in 1959 and continued farming until the early 1970s. Helen Penner was an active member of the Mennonite Brethren Church and attended Greenfarm Church, where she participated in many activities including pulpit exchanges, singing festivals and church conferences. Helen and George Penner had six children: Norman; Velma; Hilda Jean; Melvin; Lorraine and Wesley. Helen Penner died in Herbert on March 14, 1991. George and Helen Penner's children currently (2013) reside in various locations across Canada.

Jacob L. (Tiny) Toews was born on May 6, 1910. He married Lee (Lena) Enns on October 30, 1932. The Toews' resided in the Herbert district with their two sons, Robert and Jerry. Jacob L. Toews worked as a rancher, livestock dealer and rodeo promoter until his death on July 3, 1963.

Elizabeth (Epp) Toews was the adopted daughter of Jacob J. and Helena Toews. She married David Redekopp in 1912. They had six sons: Henry, Edwin, Albert, David, Jake and Simon. The Redekopps resided in the Herbert, Saskatchewan district. Elizabeth Redekopp died in 1961.

Born in County Cork, Ireland in 1903, Frank Copithorne received his education in Waterford and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He became a resident of Canada in 1926. While living in Vancouver, British Columbia, he joined Price, Waterhouse and Company. Later, Copithorne became control manager and general auditor of B.C. Electric and associated companies including B.C. Motor Transportation Limited. He held this position for eight years before moving to Saskatchewan in 1949. Until 1953, Copithorne was comptroller for the Saskatchewan Power Corporation, a position from which he resigned to become the general manager of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company. In 1956, he returned to the Saskatchewan Power Corporation as assistant general manager in charge of administration. He resigned his position two years later and returned to Vancouver. He and his wife, Amy, had two children, Robert and Judith. At the time of his accidental death in 1962, he was working as a chartered accountant.

While in Regina, Copithorne served as chairman and member of the Saskatchewan Industrial Development Fund Committee and the Provincial Natural Gas Committee. He was a governor of the Regina Orchestral Society and a member of both the Regina and Vancouver Art Gallery Associations.

Carl Bernard Johnsen was born on April 5, 1900 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Charles Bernhard and Petra Oline Olsen Melby Johansen, both from Norway. The family surname was anglicized after they settled in North America. Carl Johnsen's family consisted of a half-sister, Lillian, two brothers, Hugo and Warren, and two sisters, Clara and Harriet. The Johnsen family moved to Saskatchewan in 1916 and settled on a homestead on the north shore of Echo Lake near Archerwill. In January, 1919, Carl Johnsen filed for a homestead in the Archerwill district and in 1920, he established a beekeeping business. He expanded and operated the business until his retirement in 1967, when he turned over his land and business to his two sons, who continued to operate it until 2005.

Johnsen married Anna Ivadell (Ivy) Walter, daughter of William George Walter and Sarah Elizabeth (Gawley) Walter, on November 19, 1934 in Wadena. Anna Walter had moved to Saskatchewan from Walter's Falls, Ontario with her parents and three brothers (Harvey Royal, John Ernest, and Robert Franklin) in 1917. The Walter family first settled in the Hanley district before moving to the Archerwill district in 1934. Carl and Anna (Ivy) Johnsen had five children: Roy (1938); Charles (1940); Fay (1941); Robert (1944); and Donna (1947).

Carl B. Johnsen died in Tisdale on July 19, 1984. Anna (Ivy) Johnsen died on February 12, 1996. Roy Johnsen died at birth. Fay Johnsen and Donna Johnsen are retired and continue (2016) to reside in Regina. Charles Johnsen is retired and resides on the family farm near Archerwill while Robert Johnsen is retired and lives in Tisdale.

Archibald Franklin Clay was born on March 23, 1894 in Nottingham, England. He came to Canada in 1907 and worked on constructing the railway at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He enlisted in the 28th North-West Battalion and served in France during World War I. Clay married Rose Jeanne Souillart on April 17, 1919 in France. The Clays lived in Paris and northern France, where their two children, Pierre and Jacqueline, were born. In 1927, the Clay family came to Regina, Saskatchewan, where Archibald Clay was employed by the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank of Commerce. He retired in 1963 and died in Regina on August 11, 1965.

Rose Jeanne Souillart Clay was born on December 16, 1896 in Bethune, France to Paul Alfred F.J. Souillart and Clotilde Souillart. Her siblings were Albertine, Renee, Paulette and Alfred. Rose Clay, a homemaker, enjoyed music and drama and was an active member of many organizations in Regina, including France Canada and L'Alliance Francaise. She died in Regina on August 5, 1986.

Pierre (Pat) Paul Franklin Clay was born on March 28, 1920. He attended Kitchener School in Regina and graduated from Scott Collegiate in 1938. Clay joined the Canadian Army on September 1, 1939 and served in the United Kingdom and Europe during World War II. On February 2, 1946, he married Elsie May Barr, a nurse from Regina, in South Lancing, England. He returned to Regina in April, 1946 and retired from active service. Clay attended the University of Manitoba, where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Degree in 1950. After graduation, he and Elsie moved to Ottawa, Ontario, where he was employed at the National Research Council as a statistician until his retirement on March 22, 1985. He died in Ottawa on December 23, 2012.

See PA 565 for a complete biographical sketch of Jacqueline Clay Shumiatcher.

William Orval Luyben was born on June 28, 1906, in Douglas, North Dakota, to Thomas Andrew Francis Luyben and Edna Anna Luyben. He had two brothers and four sisters. The family immigrated to Canada in 1912 and settled at NE 5-52-3 W3 in the Sugar Hill district near Valbrand, Saskatchewan. Luyben attended school at Sturgeon River S.D. #3565 and Sugar Hill S.D. #4251. He obtained entry for a homestead at NE 4-52-4 W3 in the Three Creeks district near Shellbrook in 1924 and received patent for it in 1929.

Muriel Alice Butler was born on April 12, 1909, in Shellbrook to Bernard and Alice Butler. She was educated at Rozilee School District #2473. Muriel Butler and Orval Luyben were married on June 30, 1929.

After the Luybens married, they lived and farmed on the homestead. They had four children: Muriel; Bernard; Lois; and Diana (died in infancy). Orval Luyben enlisted in the Canadian Army on November 10, 1941. While Orval served in the Army during World War Two, Muriel worked as a telephone operator in Shellbrook. After the war, the Luybens moved to Rose Valley where Orval owned and operated a garage. Muriel was active in the community and worked in the telephone office. The Luybens also belonged to a square dance group.

In 1968, the Luybens moved to Prince Albert. There, Orval worked as a commissionaire and Muriel was active in the Legion auxiliary, the Lutheran church, and a local choir.

Orval Luyben died in Prince Albert in 1994. Muriel Luyben remained in Prince Albert and resided with her daughter Muriel. They moved to Regina in 2001. The elder Muriel Luyben died in Regina on January 28, 2004.