Our Twelve Children

“I’ve cho­sen not to tran­scribed this sec­tion as yet since it con­tains per­sonal infor­ma­tion of per­sons still liv­ing. For the time being, I’m pro­vid­ing a syn­op­sis of names, dates and key events.”

N.B. Louis & Grace Switzer had 6 chil­dren — when these chil­dren grew up and mar­ried Louis & Grace con­sid­ered these new wives and hus­bands to be their chil­dren as well, thus “Our Twelve Children”.

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Marolyn Jan­ice Switzer was born April 30, 1922 in the Homes Hos­pi­tal in Macomb, Ill. She fin­ished 11th grade at Air­drie, then mar­ried George Wilkins of Dids­bury, Alta. They have three chil­dren — Robert, Gary & Sharon.

Ken­neth Grant Switzer was born in the Holmes Hos­pi­tal in Macomb, Ill., Jan­u­ary 14, 1924. He grad­u­ated from Air­drie 12th grade and enlisted imme­di­ately in the ground crew of the R.C.A.F. Lorna War­ren and he were mar­ried June 2, 1951 and have three chil­dren — Vicki, Doug and Russell.

Olive Romaine Switzer was born Jan­u­ary 3, 1925 in the Holmes Hos­pi­tal in Macomb, Ill. She fin­ished the Air­drie schools then attended Henderson’s Sec­re­tar­ial School in Cal­gary. She mar­ried William McLel­land on Jan­u­ary 25, 1947 and they have two chil­dren — Heather and Dwight.

Viola Belle Switzer was born Feb­ru­ary 13, 1926 on a farm owned by Arch Everly, 2 miles east of Prairie City, Ill., and 4 south of Avon. She also fin­ished school­ing in Air­drie and then attended Hen­der­son Sec­re­tar­ial School. She mar­ried Clement (Kelly) Davy. They had two girls, Elaine and Sandra.

George Louis Switzer mar­ried Una Howatt. They have four chil­dren — Howard Craig, Lau­rie Kim, Stu­art and Allyson Joyce. George was the first child of Grace & Louis to be born in Canada.

Harold Lawrence Switzer was born in the Air­drie house on June 15, 1931. He mar­ried Bina Sheets Octo­ber 2, 1954 and have 2 chil­dren — Alan and Debbie.

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