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Elizabeth Byrtus fonds
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3 audio cassettes (1 hour and 45 minutes)
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Biographical history
Elizabeth Byrtus (1902-1995) was born in Istebna, Austria (Poland) to Joseph and Anna Sikora. She immigrated to Canada in 1924 to marry Michael Byrtus (1886-1969). They farmed in the Fair Haven area until 1955 when they retired to Athabasca. They raised eight children: Mary, Alex, Anne, Gertude, Roselyn, Rudolf, Agnes and George.
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The fonds includes a history of the Byrtus family, Charlie Gora, Paul Kowulok, Immigration Hall, farming, Archie Gorman, Wellington (Bill) Findlay, Abner Hingley, and other neighbours.
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Interviewers were Vi Kowalchuk and the Byrtus family.
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Athabasca Archives
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Audio cassette# 31 was digitized, as was the transcript. Audio cassettes# 149, 150 were digitized. They are available at http://digiport.athabascau.ca/townarchives.
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Subject to The Copyright Act
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No further accruals are expected.
General note
Biographical information came from the local history book "Reflections from across the River" and from the Athabasca Archives obituary files.