A detailed scrapbook/history of the Hovdestad Family in the Stewart Valley/Swift Current area of Saskatchewan can be found at: https://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/family/hovdestad-family-history-6144489

Christian Swanson was born August 6, 1859, in Härjedalen, Sweden. He moved to the United States ca. 1880 with his brothers Peter and Sven and settled in New Effington, South Dakota. Christian married Julia Johanneson the following year in Sisseton, South Dakota. In 1910, they moved to Hankinson, North Dakota. Two of their children died of illness in February 1913. On May 15, 1913, the Swansons and their remaining three children arrived at their new homestead 15 miles south of Cadillac, Saskatchewan. After Julia and their youngest daughter settled in Swift Current, Christian continued to live on the farm with his son Emil but moved in with his eldest son John and his family in Milestone, Saskatchewan, after Emil’s death in 1937. He would spend summers with his daughters in Swift Current. Christian died on January 31, 1955, and is buried in the Beaver Valley Cemetery.

Emil Alexander Swanson was born September 28, 1904. His twin brother, Edwin Garfield, died of illness in February 1913. Emil lived at the family farm south of Cadillac, Saskatchewan, until his death in 1937.

Wilfred James Gooch was born on March 13, 1919, and married in Norwich, Norfolk, England. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force on May 21, 1937. He was in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, from November 1941 to 1944 at the Service Flight Training School (STFS No. 39). Around the base, Sgt. Gooch was a jack of all trades and did a number of tasks, including packing parachutes. After his time in Swift Current, Sgt. Gooch moved back to the UK, then to Egypt, and then back to Norfolk, UK. He became a reservist after the Second World War. Sgt. Gooch worked throughout his life in forestry and went on the Fields Studies Council in June 1951. He died in 2003 in England.

William Norman Lunan grew up in the Swift Current area in the early 1900s. He was a resident of Heritage Tower Seniors Home later in life. He is buried at the Mount Pleasant Burial Park in Swift Current, SK

Swift Current Librarian c.1950s/1960s

An obituary for Paul Rezansoff of Swift Current can be found at: http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-491585-paul-rezansoff.html; as well, an article relating to his community contributions can be found at: https://www.swiftcurrentonline.com/local/remembering-paul-rezansoff