May I have this Dance? The story of Ulla & Arne Ganstal’s 43-year adventure from Stockholm, Sweden to Vancouver

Charley John Anderson was born in Tingstad, Östergötland, Sweden in 1859. His father was a farmhand. Charley left for America in 1887. Charley made his way to San Francisco and in 1894 found himself one of thousands of unemployed who were caught in the severe depression called the “Panic of ’93” which rocked the American…

Bo Fred Olsson was born in Hede, Härjedalen, Sweden. The Olsson family of 6 left Sweden by ocean liner from Gothenburg to New York in 1946 when he was 4 years old. They travelled across America by rail and entered Canada through the border customs in White Rock, British Columbia. Bo’s father was already a…

Ernst Harald Larsson was born in Flädie, located between Malmö and Lund, on October 15,1881. His parents bought a house and a general store in Lunnarp, and that is where he grew up and went to school. Lunnarp is a village just north of Ystad on the south coast of Sweden. Ernst was strongheaded and…

Paul Axel Boving was born at Stora Månstorp farm near Anderslöv in Skåne,Sweden. His faher Bernhard Böving was a prominent farmer in south Skåne.After graduation from school Paul Boving worked for some years at different jobsrelated to farming, from farm labourer to farm inspector and administrator onfarms in Sweden, Denmark and Germany.Paul Axel graduated from…

Kjell Wallberg was born on Särö near Gothenburg in 1930.

His mother was a single mother with 2 children, Kjell being the youngest. Kjell helped out his family working as a newspaper carrier at a young age. He also took other odd jobs in order to help out.

Irene Howard was born in Prince Rupert,B.C. on November 19, 1922 to a Swedish father and a Norwegian mother, Nils Alfred Nilsson and Ingeborg Aarvik. Her father later changed his name to Alfred Nels Nelson. Irene had a childhood of tremendous upheaval due to her father’s work in different mines in BC. They moved from…