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The Hackman Men Rumset - 1912
Left to right: Sol, Abraham (Dad), Jack and
Sam. The hackman family arrived in Canada
in 1906 from Ackerman, Bessarabia, Russia.
After a year in Montreal they came to
Calgary where the land office was bursting
with people waiting to file claims on
homesteads. The Hackmans, after an on-the-spot
investigation, chose section 640 and
were on their way to becoming farmers.
Photo: courtesy Miriam Hackman Bloomberg
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Hyman Kaplan with His Team: Okotoks - 1926
Chiam and Leah Kaplan came to Canada
from Russia. They homesteaded first in
Rumsey around 1910, then moved to
Okotoks where they raised their six children
on the farm.
Photo: courtesy the Kaplan family
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