Here’s a pic taken of my grandfather, Frank Joseph Elsener (ne: Franz Josef) who was born in a small village called Sattel near Zurich in Switzerland in 1905.
This photo is taken in 1926 on his way over to Canada. He ended up in Bralorne where he worked in the gold mines and met my grandmother, Dorothy. The photo was taken on the Ship Antonia from Southampton to Halifax. Apparently, he had $50 with him!
Frank came from a family of 9 children. All the children stayed in Switzerland except for Frank and his brother Karl who lived in the Cariboo near 100 Mile House and in Kamloops. Frank worked on various power/dam projects in BC, Iran and Turkey as he was an electrical supervisor/engineer.
Frank and Dorothy had four children: Frank, Jim, Pat and my mother, Marge who has stayed in touch with some of the family in Switzerland and in BC.
My other three grandparents were all born in British Columbia: Stephen Norwood Carre in Vancouver, Margaret Joy Carre (ne: Campbell) born in Cranbrook and Gertrude Dorothy Anne Elsener (ne: White) in Silverton near New Denver and Nelson.
