| The
Emil SCHICKEROWSKI Family |
Schultz
District
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Emil
Ernest Schickerowsky at 22 came from Germany in 1897 with his
father, Edward, and older brother, Leo. He married Carolina
WEINS in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and lured by friends already the
Waterglen district, they came in 1898 by train to Edmonton,
Alberta, filing on S.W. 34-42-22-4. It was covered with heavy
poplar and willow except for one small clearing near the centre,
where they built a 12 x 14 foot log shack with a sod roof, dirt
floor, a small window and had a hewn door. First tools used
were a hand plow, grub axe, broad axe (for hewing logs), woodsman's
axe, soon followed by a bucksaw, lumberman's saw, scythe, and
hand made wooden rake. Carolina had a cookstove-heater and a
spinning wheel. She spun yarn for much of their clothing. Mrs.
Louie Schickerowsky was the sister of Carolina Weins, and
both were the daughters of Kris Weins.
In 1904 a larger two-room log house with thatched roof and wood
floor was built. The children still slept on sacks stuffed with
straw on wooden beds. They attended the Schultz School, and
were founding members of the St.
Cross( KreÚz) Lutheran Church
The third home on that location was built in 1914; a two-storey
four-bedroom frame house which was still in use in 1969. By
1914, with the land cleared, they had a full line of machinery
and considerable stock.
Emil passed away March 18, 1916 at the age of 40, and was buried
in the St. Peter's graveyard.
In 1920, Carolina Weins Schickerowsky married Gus Baker from
the Bashaw area. They lived on the farm until 1928, sold it,
and moved to land east of Bashaw where they lived until Gus'
death in 1942. Carolina then moved to Bashaw, and lived with
son Arthur, until 1964 when she moved to Bethany Home in Camrose,
Alberta. She passed away on June 14, 1968. |
| The
Children ... |
| Edward
-the eldest, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He married
Pearl Dunn in Lacerne, Michigan in 1945. |
| Leo
Arthur (Dewey) - married Alice, daughter of Rudolph
SCHULTZ, Manfred district in 1929. They farmed S 1/2 21-42-22-4
until 1964, when they sold up and moved to Bashaw. They
had 2 sons: Dennis who married Ethel KANE and Conrad who
married Myfanwy JONES |
| Ernest
- was born in 1908, married Elsie Albert in 1937
and later in 1948, he married Audrey Williams from Alix,
Alberta |
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| Arthur
- was born in 1903 and remained a bachelor |
| Paulina
- died at age 2 |
| Flora
- died at age 2 |
| Alma
- died in 1917 due to severe burns |
| Augusta-
married George Albert in Bashaw in 1936 |
| Christopher
- died in 1918 from the flu |
| 2
other children died at birth |
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Based
on excerpt from:
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SCHICKEROWSKI
Family RESEARCHER:
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SCHICKEROWSKI
Family WEB SITE :
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