Hi listers. I posted a long time ago on this family in case anyone was interested and thought I would send it once again. I live in Alberta, Canada where virtually every small town has done a book on their pioneers. I always look for "Pace" just in case and came across this little story from the Nanton/Okotoks area of southern Alberta - I'm too lazy to type out the whole thing, so this is a series of clips. I would be pleased to scan the article for anyone that wants it though. Guy Lionel Pace wrote this little tribute to his pioneering family, but I'm sorry it isn't dated. "My family left their rented farm near Center, Saguache County, Colorado in 1902 for Alberta, travelling by train. ...Granddad and Grandmother Pace had moved to Colorado in 1883. They came from Kansas by covered wagon, with a small herd of cattle to start a cattle ranch on the Rio Grande River near Monte Vista, in the great San Luis Valley. Their forebears had likewise moved with the same desire for new land - from Tennessee to Missouri, and Kansas.... ...The family at the time of move to Alberta, consisted of Dad (James William Pace called Will), Mother (Sarah Alice called Alice), my oldest brother Robert Oswin Pace, then me, Guy Lionel Pace (called a good many things and sometimes Guy).... ...They joined Dad's older sister and her family who had arrived in Alberta the previous fall and spent the intervening time getting acquainted with the area. This family consisted of Uncle Scott Armor and his wife Gertrude Pace Armor and two girl cousins Edith and Eunice Armor - their ages, I believe, about nine and five respectively..... ...Later Granddad Pace (Thomas Robert Pace) bought a section............. .....During the time we lived on this homestead there were six additions to the family. Two died in infancy. Of the living, the first was James Stanley Pace (called Jim), born in 1902.......Percy Llewellyn Pace (called Percy), Dorothea Elizabeth Pace and Amy Alice Pace. Both of these girls had diphtheria in 1924 in Calexico, California. Dorothea died of the disease but Amy recovered after a long illness..... ....A few years after we arrived, Uncle Scott's older brother Walter Armor and his family arrived from the States..... ...About this time, a cousin of my father's, P.D. (Dave) Ragain (later it says a cousin of his mother's) arrived.... ...Mother had a stroke in 1912 and suffered from the cold weather, so Dad decided to return to the USA. We sold everything at auction and left by train in October 1914. We went to the Imperial Valley in Southern California and lived in Calexico on the Mexican border. Granddad and Grandmother Pace had moved there in 1908 when the valley was first opened up. During the next couple of decades, the family moved successively to Abraham, Utah; Marsyvale, California; back to Calexico; then to Yuma, Arizona; and the finally to Mount Shasta, California to a beautiful small ranch. The folks remained there until age forced them to sell and move to Susanville, California, where Bob and his family are still living. They both died there, Mother in 1955 and Dad in 1956....... ...During our stay in Calexico, our sister, Maroe, was born. She, Amy and Jim live in Mount Shasta. Percy lives in Klamath Falls, Oregon; Bob in Susanville, California. They all married and have grown families....." Guy closes with some personal history, where he tells that he graduated in 1926 as an electrical engineer and worked for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh and New England until 1940. He was called to active duty as a reserve officer (in 1940). After WWII he was given a commission in the regular army and remained on active duty until retired as a full Colonel in 1955. Course there is much more to this, including some interesting snapshots of their life on the farm in Alberta. Scott Armor and family. In this article it says that Dave Ragain, was a cousin of Gertrude Pace Armor and they eventually sold out to him and moved to Alturas, California where son, Headlee Armor was born. Edith Armour (Mrs. Charles Stanley) lived in Alturas next door to Headlee and Eunice Armor (Mrs. Ed Wilson) lived in Saratoga. There is also a short article on Walter Armor, Scott's brother who joined them in Alberta (from Missouri) in 1902. Again, if these are your kin (or if you are interested), I'd be delighted to photocopy the article and send it to you or just scan it and email it along. Brenda Howorko Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister Alberta Energy Ph: (780) 427-7727 Fx: (780) 422-3920 This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal and or privileged information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended recipients of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed.