He was born about 1854 in Birchington, Thanet, Kent, England. He died about 1855 in Birchington, Thanet, Kent, England.

Amos was buried on 2 November 1855 in Birchington, Thanet, Kent, England.

Parents: Sarah EASTLAND-718.

She was baptized on 24 November 1793 in Birchington, Thanet, Kent, England.

Parents: Thomas BROCKMAN-503 and Susannah NALMIN-1440.

Spouse: Thomas THORPE-1442. Ann BROCKMAN and Thomas THORPE were married on 27 April 1817 in Birchington, Thanet, Kent, England.

She was born about 1804 in St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England. She died in 1888.

Parents: James BROCKMAN 4xG GF-494 and Mary KING-495.

Spouse: William GRANT-642. Ann BROCKMAN and William GRANT were married on 15 December 1825. The Ann Brockman and William Grant family can be traced right up to 2000.

Children were: William James GRANT-645, Ann GRANT-646, Sarah Eliza GRANT-647, Richard John GRANT-648, John Alfred Sage GRANT-649.

She died about 1827 in Margate, Kent, England. She was buried on 31 December 1827 in Margate, Kent, England.

Parents: Francis BROCKMAN-1447 and Eliabeth LAWRENCE-1449.

She was born about 1852 in Birchington, Thanet, Kent, England.

Parents: Thomas BROCKMAN-1366 and Charlotte TERRY-1378.

. Parents: James BROCKMAN-1254 and Sarah DINES-1507.

He immigrated on 1 April 1908 to Edmonton, Alberta. ⁴

A.A. BROCKMAN - by A. Brockman

My first recollections are the journey from Edmonton to Red Deer with my parents and sister Clara and Constance, who was only about seven months old at the time. I was nine at the time and Clara was seven. We were accompanied on this journey by Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Williams who had two small boys and Susy their daughter. The boys names were Bruce and Harold. I can recall how excited all us kids were when, arriving in Red Deer on the C.P.R. train we all were taken over to the Arlington Hotel, where we were to await the arrival of the conveyance which was to take us to our new home in Rocky Mountain House. In a day or so that conveyance arrived in Red Deer. It was an immense double grain box mounted on sleighs, powered by two huge oxen and, Mr. John Bertrand was the owner-driver. There were five adults and six children, plus the furniture and chattels of two families to be loaded on this sleigh and believe me it was piled high. We left early in the A.M. of Feb. 28th 1910, and we kids easily out ran the oxen as there was little room for us on the load, sometimes we would take turns standing on the backs of the sleigh runners. The weather was ideal, quite mild, as there was a Chinook in progress. Our first overnight places were called stopping houses. Bright and early on March the 1st we resumed our journey, I might add here that there didn't seem to be a defined road, just a trail that meandered over the ridges, across meadows and through muskegs. There were bare patches of ground on some of the ridges, and we discovered low bush cranberries that were quite edible even after being frozen and thawed. Late in the evening of March 1st, we arrived in Beaver Flats where there was another stopping house. This I recall was owned by the McLeods. Again an early morning start and, around 3 p.m. we arrived at Mr. Bertrands home which was situated on the N.W. corner of the original town site. If I remember correctly the Williams family stayed with the Bertrands for a while. My father had made arrangements to stay on the Ves. Hayworth homestead which was located just across the creek close to where the Cache was located later on. We stayed there for about six weeks, until our log cabin was built on the homestead site, located one half mile east of the present town site. The logs for that cabin were cut from the area near Mud Lake and they were chinked with moss we kids pulled off the trees in the swamp. During our stay in the Cache area we met Mr. Fleming, who lived in a dugout before he built his home and brought his family out. I may add here that he had a reputation for witching wells and he witched the well that still supplies water to our home.
Our nearest neighbor, a widow lady, Mrs. Hayworth, lived about three quarters of a mile north of us. There were three sons, Earl, Ves and Joel and three daughters, Freda, Elsie and Sylvia. They were very good to us, giving us milk some vegetables. It was my job to go over there every day to get the milk which I carried in a five pound lard can. It seemed a long lonely trip through trees and many times I ran most of the way as I was afraid of bears that were around and also for the coyotes that made an ungodly racket. Mrs. Hayworth drove a team of bulls. These animals quite often would trot as fast as a team of horses, goaded on by the small nail inserted in the end of a small pole. I was always afraid of these animals, but was often glad of a ride with her to the Post Office, which was called Prairie Grange and was near the confluence of the Clearwater and Saskatchewan River on Mr. Scott McKenzie's homestead, which was about three miles from home.
Mr. Leslie Slaght owned the homestead immediately north of the McKenzie place. I can recall how he created quite a furor in the district when he discovered what he really thought were diamonds in the cliff banks of the Saskatchewan River, on his homestead. They turned out to be some type of crystals. The first Sunday school of the area was held in Mr. Slaght's home. He and his wife and oldest daughter, Ruth were the teachers and our first Sunday School picnic was held at the site of the old Hudson Bay Chimneys, where youngster who didn't participate in the games, hunted for old arrowheads and beads.
The nearest store was located at Stauffer. In those days Mr. Bertrand made a weekly trip for supplies. The grocery orders accompanied with the required money, was taken to his home. When he returned the packages were picked up at his home. There was a small fee for this but I am unable to recall how much it was. It seems to me it was one dollar a hundred pound; however I'm not sure about this. The following year Mr. Jack Killick open a store on the Tom Gray homestead across the river, which wasn't so far away.
The first operator of the river ferry, that I can recall, was Mr. Austin. He lived with his wife and two children, Paul and Mae, near the river bank on the west side. They left for Australia in either 1911 or 1912. Mr. Opie Thompson then took over the operation. It was always an adventure to cross the river on the ferry, which was propelled by the action of the river current, held by an immense cable on which the trolleys rolled. The cable was secured in strong cement abutments embedded on each side of the river. In the early days there was a cable car attachment secured to these trolleys which could hold one person. This was the only means of crossing the river during the breakup of the ice in the spring of during the early winter period before the ice became secure enough to be used as a crossing. After the railroad bridge was finished this was used by the settlers to cross during those periods of the year. I can recall how some brave souls used to bumpity bump their old model T's across the railroad bridge although the railroad company forbid this practice, which didn't deter these folks.
Early in 1911 a school board of trustees was formed and a school was built on the southeast corner of Bruce Williams homestead. Miss Mabel Fleming, from Lacombe, was the first teacher. She was paid the fabulous salary of $50.00 a month. She taught grades one to eight. My father was the Secretary-Treasurer of the school board. The school was heated by a huge wood heater which hungrily ate the chunks of tamarack wood that were cut and hauled by the various parents. There were no school buses in those days and some of the children came a distance of four of five miles. Almost everyone used tamarack wood, as it lasted longer than the other available woods, and threw more heat. I was one of the first janitors of the school. My duties were to start the early morning fire, clean the blackboards and sweep up the cloak- and classrooms, of which there was only one. The name Confluence School District was taken from the confluence of the two rivers.
I can recall the interest created by the oncoming survey of the two railroad companies, and how all the settlers figures how valuable their properties would be with the advent of the railroad. The A.C.R. (Alberta Central Railway) was a subsidiary of the C.P.R. and they were surveying a right of way commencing from Red Deer. The Canadian Northern were surveying from Warden Junction, which was five mile south of Stettler on the old Calgary-Edmonton branch. They had to come a distance of approximately 130 miles, while the A.C.R. had about 60 miles to Rocky. When the grade was completed and the track laying commenced, it was a race between both companies to see who would arrive first. The prize for both of them was to tap the rich Nordegg coal field. They arrived simultaneously at the junction for the two roads, which is roughly about 150 yards east of where the old depot used to stand. There were fist fights between both construction crews and tempers ran high. Three nights in a row, sections of the track were torn up by opposing crews. However by the intervention of the Federal and Provincial Governments an agreement was reached and construction was resumed. The A.C.R. built the steel to the bridge site, the Y and the sidetracks, known as the C.P.R. Transfer. They also built the bridge to what was known as Lochern, where the water tank was located. The C.N.R. received running rights over this piece of track, then continued on to Nordegg.
The site of bridge construction crews was on the east side of the river, where many tents and shacks were erected for the crews. It wasn't long before enterprising merchants put up stores at the site. Kirby and Driscoll, I believe, were the first and then it was known as Tent Town. Later when the George Bertrand farm was surveyed for a town site and Tent Town was changed to Old Town. As most folks are aware, a long, high ramp was required on the west side of the river to attain the level of the bridge. This was constructed by an enormous amount of fill, which was hauled to the site by three small locomotives, known as dinkys. These were hauled in from Red Deer on huge sleighs and pulled by three- twelve teams of mules. It was really an exciting time. I can recall that they were stuck on the hill in front of my Dad's place, as it wasn't graded at that time. There was one unfortunate tragedy occurred during construction of the bridge. A workman fell off the structure and it was all of two years later that this body was recovered on a sandbar about three miles down river. His body was the first to be interred in Pine Grove Cemetery. I assisted my Dad in digging that grave.
Thinking back to that gravel bar reminds me of lignite coal out-cropping about three miles down stream from the old ferry site. Homesteaders in the district used to augment their firewood piles by extracting this coal. At this time we had an oxen team. I used to go with my Dad to help dig and load the coal. This was done during the winter months when the water was fairly low and men were able to get fairly far out into the stream. After shovelling off the ice and picking off the rocks we would find the coal, which was in layers, bright and shiny. Between each layer there was quite large paper thin sheets of mica. When I first saw it I thought it was gold and I can remembering bitterly disappointed when my Dad informed me that it was only fool's gold. This used to be a job that consumed a whole day, leaving home before day light with four bundles of green feed in the sleigh box for the oxen and our lunches. We generally loaded around 4 p.m. We started the trip home up the frozen river to the ferry, then on up the old ferry road, where Beryl Gray lived at the top of the hill. This hill was quite steep and we had to rest the team for four or five times on the way up, securely holding the load by a pair of iron dogs, that were fixed on hinges, to the back of each runner. This coal was sold by some of the settlers to home owners in Rocky Mountain House for $5.00 a ton.
Before the advent of household refrigerators, housewives used to keep their butter, meats and other perishables in an ice box. The homesteaders generally had a fairly deep hole into which they lowered these things or sometimes a shelf built on the walls of their wells. However, ice was needed for the housewives for Rocky and the first ice came from Lake Ernie, about three miles east of town. This was cut with long ice saws, hauled, then sold in town. In later years ice was procured from the river. Lake Ernie was also well known for a large grove of white birch which was located on its eastern shore, close to Mr. Wirda's homestead. It was the only hardwood available in the district, apart from the swamp tamaracs and many homesteaders in the area used to get a load of this wood to be used in repairing wagon tongues and reaches; for making doubletrees and single trees; handles for hoes or rakes. In these early years I have seen the waters of both Lake Ernie and Mud Lake, which is just east of town, literally black with geese and ducks. Thinking back to construction days, there was an old 1000 type C.N.R. locomotive that tipped over on the curve by the lake and went out of sight in the mire there.
Humor was always with these early settlers. A man by the name of Paul Frost, who had homesteaded the quarter (I think now owned by Ashbys), worked hard to grub out two acres. My Dad broke it for him with the oxen. Paul bought 200 pounds of rolled oats and it was claimed he broadcasted them. He was going to grow rolled oats for porridge. This was in 1911.There was a merry soul; whose name, is I remember correctly, was Oscar Wilde. He was a remittance man and he used to ride about the district on a stone boat pulled by a single pony, generally singing at the top of his voice. Another oddity of those early days was a team composed of one horse and one cow, that a Mr. Tenant, who lived on the west side of the river, owned.
During the years of 1912 or 1913, the Provincial Government instituted a plan to upgrade the stock throughout the province. This was accomplished by making purebred bulls available throughout various areas in the province. One animal was allocated to each area, depending on the amount of cows. A homesteader or farmer was chosen who already had some cows and who lived it the central part of a district. I can recall that there were Hereford, Shorthorn and Polled Angus in the areas encircling the Rocky district. My Dad was chosen as one of these men. At that time he had a herd of milk cows so he was allocated an Ayreshire, which dad an awesome pair of horns. I think this animal was the champion fence breaker of the district. There were few barb wire fences in those days as they were too expensive so poplar or spruce poles composed the make up of most of the fencing.
I believe that my folks were the first ones to sell milk to the townsfolk, and it was my job to deliver it. For this, I was supplied an old democrat buggy with one of the two seats removed to make room in the back for the milk. It was pulled by one pony named Dick, and he was adorned with a set of bells attached to his harness to let folks know in advance that the milkman was coming. I hated those darn bells, but my Mother insisted they remain on the horse. Milk was delivered at the price of sixteen quarts for a dollar and before the advent of the bottle was contained in several milk cans with a tap at the bottom. I had pint and quart measures and measured out each order. It was a sloppy business and I'm afraid not very sanitary. I for one was happy when the bottles came.
The first barber that I can recall was named Jack Burt, and his shop was located next to the J.L. Standish Drug Store. Haircuts were 35¢ and if Jack wasn't busy he would play a customer a game of cribbage. If the customer won, he got a free haircut, if he lost it cost him 70¢. I bought my first razor at the Standish Drug Store. It was a Gillette and 57 years later I am still using it. A good $5.00 investment.
No doubt there are many people, now living in Rocky, who never heard of the Cache. Believe me it was in those days a vital part of Rocky, because the Canadian Northern Railway had made a terminal there. Train engine crews working out of Big Valley brought the empty coal cars up from the East and set them out on the side tracks at Lodge, about a mile and a half east of town. On their return trip they would pick up a train of coal, that had been set out there by crews assigned to Rocky, then take them east, where they were distributed to the various C.N.R. terminals to be used to provide fuel for the locomotives in the Western districts. In those days there were four crews assigned to Rocky to work between Rocky and Nordegg, three coal hauling crews, and one way freight crew. Each crew was composed of five men, a engineer, a fireman, two brakemen, and a conductor. There was on the average of three trains, composed of approximately thirty cars a day going through Rocky. Each car held between 30 and 40 tons of coal, depending on the size of the car. The wayfreight's job was to pick up carloads of mine props which are being produced at Horburg, Ferrier and at the Fisher Spur and the Jackpine, also to switch the domestic coal that was mined at Saunder's Creek, West Saunder's and another near Harleck.
A three stall roundhouse was built at the Cache to house the engine. A ramp was constructed which held three cars of coal. From these the tenders of the engines were loaded with coal. Two men doing the shoveling, with two shifts of men on twelve hour shifts. This was before the 10 and 8 hour days which were in instituted by the Mac Adoo award early in 1920. The wages paid to these men was 22¢ an hour. I know, because that is what I was paid when I became an engine watchman in August, 1918. The Cache in those days was a hive of activity. Mr. Charley Robinson was the first locomotive foreman.
Mr. Robinson with his wife, six sons and one daughter, lived in two box cars which had been taken off their wheels and set on the ground just south of where I believe the old section house still stands. Mr. Robinson and his family lived in the back car and the front one was used as an office.
The section house was occupied by Mr. W. Paskall where he raised a large family. The Roadmaster, whose name was Mr. Jim Eagleson, occupied a similar home to that of Mr. Robinson; two box cars, one serving as a residence and one as an office. Mr. Alphonse Feys was the night foreman and he had a small tarpaper shack in which he lived prior to bringing his family out from Belgium. Back of the section house, in a spruce grove was the home of Mr. Fred Seymour. His eldest son, Ben, worked in the roundhouse. Then at the end of the old spur was a box car, which was left on its wheels, in which resided Mr. Ben Dickens and his wife. He was the Lineman, whose duty was to keep all the phones and telegraph keys in working order, plus renewing any broken poles and fixing broken wired. His area extended from Warden in the east to Nordegg in the west. He was supplied with a track motor car. I might add here that the men known as coal heavers used to shovel from 9 to 15 tons of coal into the coal hoppers of the locomotives. The hopper's capacity was 15 tons and many of them were nearly empty on arrival in Rocky Mountain House.
The first train load of coal out of the Nordegg mines was composed of 14 cars. Each car had a big canvas sign, about five feet wide with four foot letters, proclaiming "The First Trainload of Nordegg Steam Coal". The locomotive was one of the small 1000 type, replaced in later years with the 2100 type which was a stronger engine. This train stopped at the depot where it was greeted with great acclaim and fan fare. The name Cache was derived from a cache of bootleg whisky, that was found near the site, hidden by some bootlegger. These men used to supply the construction crews with booze.
I have often wondered if any of the older residents of Rocky can recall some of the names of those early railroaders? There was Bill Hanlan, who lived with his family in Rocky; Dan Ardill a conductor, who lived in Rocky and Chesty Thompson, a brakeman who at one time raised foxes across the river.
Jim Chalmers had the first butcher shop in Rocky. The slaughtering of beef was done on the George Thompson homestead, which was located three miles west and north of town on the river road. Mr. Thompson with the assistance of A. W. Brockman did the slaughtering. In later years when James Horne purchased the Harry Bertrand homestead, a fairly modern slaughterhouse was built about three hundred yards east of Mr. Horne's house. Mr. George Thompson was the first publisher of the first newspaper, which was called The Echo and was typed out on two and sometimes three sheets of paper. What was known as Fleming Creek, flowed through the Cache and meandered its way to the river, flowing past the back of the Y, through Old Town to where it emptied into the river. It provided a beautiful swimming pool back of the Y. Many brook trout were caught there if one could get there when the youngsters were not swimming in it. Also at the mouth of the creek, bull trout, grayling and sometimes ling were caught. How many residents of the district can recall the year of the rabbit? The whole country was over run by them. Some enterprising soul, whose name escapes me, found out that there was a market for these critters. They were used as meat to supply the fox farms in Nova Scotia. The upshot of this idea was that rabbits were purchased for 5 each. The heads, front and back paws had to be cut off. The carcasses were then stacked in piles, at the C.P.R. Transfer, where they were loaded into a car and I believe that eleven carloads were shipped from Rocky Mountain House. This event not only assisted ridding the area of what had become a pest, but also provided a method of earning a little extra money. Many young boys and some girls added to their pocket money by going out among the ridges and muskegs to shoot rabbits, with an old apple box or orange box attached to their sleighs, they would come home with two or three dozen rabbits. Rabbits came from all over the district; Prairie Creek, Ferrier, Horburg, Beaver Flats and many other places, in all kind of conveyances. They came by the hayrack load, in double grain box loads, in sleigh cutter loads. Indians brought in toboggan loads. I can recall Ed Dell, who was the C.P.R. station agent at that time, saying that the freight cost per carload to Nova Scotia was $1,150.00. I might add here that short rifle shells were 20 for a box of fifty, most of the rabbits were shot, although some folks snared them. In the days around 1910, 1911, and 1912 the areas were under the supervision of what was known as the Local Improvement District. Each one of these districts had a road commissioner, whose duty was to inspect the roads in his district, arrange for repairs and supervise new road construction. Mr. Louis Karlsen was the road commissioner of the area surrounding Rocky. Homesteaders had an opportunity to work out their taxes by doing road work and the work was generally done in the summer period when it wouldn't interfere with haying operations. Mr. Karlsen would visit them, telling them where and when they were needed and to bring a team of horses if they had one. If not, bring shovels, axes or crosscut saws. Horse drawn slips were supplied by the L.I.D. There were large ones that required a teamster to handle the team and another man to guide the slip. Then there were smaller slips, drawn by one horse. The man handling this outfit had to have the lines about his neck, with both hands guiding the slip. This was a treacherous job as you some times struck either a big root or a stone and if you weren't ready for it, you would land up over the slip among the horse's heels. Mudholes had to be patched, new corduroy poles cut, generally getting the poles right near the road, and brushing was needed. Corduroy poles being laid across the roadbed in swampy and muskegs areas, and then slip loads of dirt dumped on top of them to create the road, which was then graded by a four horse grader. There is a ridge east of town, commencing on the south side of Lake Ernie, continuing on through the cemetery, through the old Hudson's Bay quarter section until it peters out in the muskeg, about three quarters of a mile northeast of town, known as Fox Ridge. Its name came from a den of foxes that one of the Hayworth boys dug out of there around 1910.

This article was copied from the book "The Days Before Yesterday". Reprinted for legibility only. LSP

He died on 2 August 1982 in White Rock, British Columbia.

Parents: Alfred William BROCKMAN GF-15 and Charlotte Emma ROGERS-16.

Spouse: Amelia Torrell WATROUS-60. Amelia Torrell WATROUS and Arthur Alfred BROCKMAN were married on 1 January 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Spouse: Lucy Amelia MACKENZIE-231. Lucy Amelia MACKENZIE and Arthur Alfred BROCKMAN were married on 7 October 1924 in Red Deer, Alberta.

They were divorced on 15 June 1933 in Red Deer, Alberta.

Children were: Arthur McKenzie BROCKMAN-158, Gwendolyn Agnes BROCKMAN-199.

Spouse: Sophie Marie THOMSON-232. Sophie Marie THOMSON and Arthur Alfred BROCKMAN were married on 17 December 1937 in Red Deer, Alberta.

Parents: Arthur Alfred BROCKMAN-57 and Lucy Amelia MACKENZIE-231.

Spouse: Elaine Alexandra KOSTIUK-268. Elaine Alexandra KOSTIUK and Arthur McKenzie BROCKMAN were married on 9 August 1951 in Edmonton, Alberta.

Children were: Diane Elaine BROCKMAN-269, Deborah Lynn BROCKMAN-270, Gregory Scot BROCKMAN-271.

Spouse: Adora AQUINO-378. Adora AQUINO and Arthur McKenzie BROCKMAN were married in October 1991 in Manila.

Adora came to Canada in July 1993. They lived together as man and wife for approximately one month.

Spouse: Sharon PETRILLI-379. Sharon PETRILLI and Arthur McKenzie BROCKMAN were married on 9 February 1996 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

He was born about 1848 in Birchington, Thanet, Kent, England.

Parents: Sarah EASTLAND-718.

Parents: Edward Brian BROCKMAN-759 and Marguerite RICE-763.

Spouse: unknown SILVA-779. Belinda BROCKMAN and unknown SILVA were married in Edmonton, Alberta.

Children were: Alicia SILVA-780.

Parents: Jacob BROCKMAN-1252 and Anne PORT-1263.

Parents: Leslie Edward BROCKMAN-139 and Elsie Marie SZOKE-152.

Spouse: Belinda Ann ROBERTSON-301. Belinda Ann ROBERTSON and Boyd Owen BROCKMAN were married on 26 November 1997 in Calgary, Alberta.

Children were: Joseph Albert BROCKMAN-304, Michael Rueban BROCKMAN-305.

Buddy was adopted by a "JOHNSON" family in Provost, Alberta
approximately 1963.

Parents: Edward Brian BROCKMAN-759 and Marie Margaret BROCKMAN-760.

Parents: Richard BROCKMAN 11XG GF-1570 and Joane [Maiden name unknown - marriage not found] -1571.

Parents: Shannon BROCKMAN-766.

He was born qbt 1822 in Deal, Kent, England.

Parents: James BROCKMAN-1436 and Jane TAVENOR-1480.

He was baptized on 4 January 1824 in St. Mary Magdalene, Monkton. Kent, England.

Parents: Edward BROCKMAN-1240 and Ann Stock ADAMS-1248.

He was born about 1836 in St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England.

He appeared in the census in 1841 in Potten Street, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent. Charles appeared in the census in 1871 in Manston, Kent, England. In 1871 he was an Agricultural Labourer.

He died in March 1907 in Thanet RD, Kent, England.

Parents: Thomas BROCKMAN Sr.-487 and Elizabeth HUCKSTEP-488.

Spouse: Sabina HORN-713. Sabina HORN and Charles BROCKMAN were married on 13 October 1857 in St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England.

Children were: John BROCKMAN-714, Emma BROCKMAN-1376, Charles BROCKMAN-1377, James BROCKMAN-715.

1871 Census was living in Manstone, Kent, England

Parents: Charles BROCKMAN-492 and Sabina HORN-713.

Parents: John BROCKMAN-714 and Elizabeth HOLLANDS-729.

He died in March 1902 in Eastry, Kent, England.

Parents: William Albert BROCKMAN-1269 and Annie JENNINGS-1383.

She was baptized on 28 February 1802 in All saints, Birchington, Kent, England.

Parents: Richard BROCKMAN-521 and Elizabeth EPPS-1235.

Spouse: John ADAMS-1247. Charlotte BROCKMAN and John ADAMS were married on 2 October 1824 in St. Mary Magdalene, Monkton. Kent, England.

Parents: Daniel Edward BROCKMAN-59 and Helen Ruby SLAYMAKER-136.

Spouse: Lawrence Verner FLUG-144. Charlotte Sena BROCKMAN and Lawrence Verner FLUG were married on 15 July 1967 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.

They were divorced in 1980.

Children were: Curtis John FLUG-149.

Spouse: Donald Robert WOTHERSPOON-145. Charlotte Sena BROCKMAN and Donald Robert WOTHERSPOON were married in 1961.

They were divorced on 10 March 1966.

Children were: Donald Lance WOTHERSPOON-146, Christine Anne WOTHERSPOON-147, Derek Gregory FLUG-148.

Spouse: Sam BROCKMAN-765. Cheryl BROCKMAN and Sam BROCKMAN were married in Edmonton, Alberta.

She was born about 1649 in Whitfield, Kent, England.

Parents: William BROCKMAN-1351 and Judith SCOLES-1407.

She was baptized on 3 September 1643 in Whitfield, Kent, England. She was buried on 11 December 1681 in Whitfield, Kent, England.

Parents: Richard BROCKMAN-1348 and Mary STOKES-1357.

Spouse: Thomas ROLPH-1405. Christian BROCKMAN and Thomas ROLPH were married unknown in Whitfield, Kent, England.

She was born about 1674 in Northbourne, Kent, England.

Parents: Richard BROCKMAN 8xG GF-819 and Elizabeth TAYLOUR-820.

She was baptized on 2 August 1674 in Buckland by Dover, Kent, England.

Parents: Christopher BROCKMAN-1356 and Frances WOOTEN-1418.

Property inheiritance of his fathers lands (by Will of 1610)

He died about 1615 in Whitfield, Kent, England. He was buried on 18 July 1615 in Whitfield, Kent, England. Listed as "Householder"

Parents: Richard BROCKMAN 11XG GF-1570 and Joane [Maiden name unknown - marriage not found] -1571.

Spouse: Christian [Maiden name unknown - marriage not found] -1346. Christian [Maiden name unknown - marriage not found] and Christopher BROCKMAN 10xG GF were married in Whitfield, Kent, England.

Children were: Parnell BROCKMAN-1347, Richard BROCKMAN-1348, Elizabeth BROCKMAN-1349, Christopher BROCKMAN 9xG GF-1339.

He died in January 1675/6 in Whitfield, Kent, England. He was buried on 1 February 1675/6 in Whitfield, Kent, England.

Christopher had his estate probated in 1675/6 in Whitfield, Kent, England.

Parents: Christopher BROCKMAN 10xG GF-1345 and Christian [Maiden name unknown - marriage not found] -1346.

Spouse: Margaret STOKES-1340. Margaret STOKES and Christopher BROCKMAN 9xG GF obtained a marriage license on 15 September 1637 in Canterbury, Kent, England. They were married on 28 September 1637 in Canterbury, Kent.

Children were: Richard BROCKMAN 8xG GF-819, Mary BROCKMAN-1341, Henry BROCKMAN-1342, Elizabeth BROCKMAN-1343.

Spouse: Alice WHYTING-1344. Alice WHYTING and Christopher BROCKMAN 9xG GF were married on 24 October 1634 in Chislet, Kent, England. Died before 1637

He was born about 1635 in Whitfield, Kent, England.

He was buried on 10 April 1674 in Buckland by Dover, Kent, England. Christopher died about 1674 in Buckland by Dover, Kent, England.

Parents: Richard BROCKMAN-1348 and Joane BRENSLEY-1350.

Spouse: Frances WOOTEN-1418. Frances WOOTEN and Christopher BROCKMAN were married on 25 December 1663 in Buckland by Dover, Kent, England.

Children were: Mary BROCKMAN-1426, Margaret BROCKMAN-1427, Christian BROCKMAN-1428.

He was born about 1666 in East Langdon, Kent, England.

Parents: Richard BROCKMAN-1353 and Elizabeth SMITH-1415.

Parents: Edward Brian BROCKMAN-759 and Marguerite RICE-763.

Spouse: Glen MCGILLIS-768. Cindy Lee BROCKMAN and Glen MCGILLIS were married in Edmonton, Alberta.

Children were: Amber MCGILLIS-769, Joshua MCGILLIS-770, Logan MCGILLIS-771, Charlie MCGILLIS-772, Dillon MCGILLIS-773.

Parents: James BROCKMAN-1254 and Sarah DINES-1507.

She was baptized on 27 July 1887 in St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England.

Parents: Thomas BROCKMAN-479 and Sarah GRIGG-709.

She immigrated on 1 April 1908 to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

She died on 28 February 1990 in Calgary, Alberta. Clara was buried on 5 March 1990 in Calgary, Alberta. 

Parents: Alfred William BROCKMAN GF-15 and Charlotte Emma ROGERS-16.

Spouse: William (Wasyliy Hryhorovych) PASKALL-3. Clara Emma BROCKMAN and William (Wasyliy Hryhorovych) PASKALL were married on 25 December 1920 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.

Wedding Day December 25, 1920

The wedding took place in the Pearse Hall at Rocky Mountain House. The Reverand McKechnie (who was blind) performed the wedding ceremony. Lucian Simons played the organ for the service. Clara and (I presume) Constance were driven to the church with light
snow falling, in a democrat driven by Mr. Bert Parsons. Mr. Parsons also drove the Bride and Groom back to the farm for the Wedding
Reception. On the return trip to the farm the sun did manage to come out as reported by the bride. I have no guest list of any kind other
than the above mentioned people. How they got from the farm to the "Cache" (where they spent their wedding night) is not stated, quite
possibly none of our business.

They celebrated their anniversary on 25 December 1970 in Calgary, Alberta

Former Residents Mark Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Paskall (nee Clara Brockman) celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Dec. 26, 1970, with an open house held at their home on Radnor Ave. on boxing day. Mr. and Mrs. Paskall married December 25, 1920 by Rev. Mckechnie of the Presbyterian Church and were attended by Mr. Fred Cummings and Connie Brockman. Reception was held at Pine Grove Farm, home of the bride's parents. The happy couple moved to the CNR section house where they raised a family of 15 children, two of which are deceased. In July of 1951 they moved to Calgary and now reside at 1103 - Radnor Ave. They have twenty eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
A previous family reunion and anniversary celebration was held in Calgary on August 1, 1970 when the entire family and relatives gathered at the Shangri-la in Bowness for a get-together and supper banquet.
Those who attended with their families are as follows:
Joyce Striegler, Burnaby BC
Alfred Paskall, Regina Sask.
Violet Rees and Lois Goodwin, Ponoka
Roseanne Mar, Margaret Leask, Wayne and Harold Paskall, Calgary
Jean Strause and Jim Paskall, Edmonton
Sheila Puskas, Saskatoon Sask.
Dennis Paskall, Brooks Alberta
Lloyd Paskall, Delta BC
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brockman, Rocky Mountain House

Reprinted for legibility only. Article from the Mountaineer newspaper from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.

Children were: Joyce Grace PASKALL-17, Alfred William PASKALL-18, Violet Emma PASKALL-19, Rose Anne PASKALL-20, Jean PASKALL-21, Sheila Marie PASKALL-22, Lois Charlotte PASKALL-23, Keith Stephen PASKALL-24, James Robert PASKALL-25, Dennis Charles PASKALL-26, Wayne Kenneth PASKALL-27, Lloyd Stanley PASKALL-1, Harold Gordon PASKALL M.Sc-28, Lynda Mae PASKALL-29, Margaret Alice PASKALL-30.

She was baptized on 11 April 1875 in Monkton, Kent, England.

Parents: William BROCKMAN 1xG GF-56 and Sarah Anne READ-522.

Spouse: Harry Joseph ODELL-535. Clara Lucy BROCKMAN and Harry Joseph ODELL were married on 6 March 1906 in Minster, Kent, England.

At the time of their marriage Harry resided in Ramsgate and Clara a spinster resided in Minster.
At the time of the marriage Harry was a seaman.

Parents: Leslie Edward BROCKMAN-139 and Elsie Marie SZOKE-152.

Spouse: Trent GHESQUIERE-306. Cleo Dawn BROCKMAN and Trent GHESQUIERE were married on 26 August 1995 in Duncan, British Columbia.

Children were: Hunter Madison Gabriella GHESQUIERE-784, Phoenix Morpheus King GHESQUIERE-1100.

She was bridesmaid at William (Wasyliy Hryhorovych) Paskall and Clara Emma Brockman wedding on 25 December 1920 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada.

She died on 20 April 2000 in Langley, British Columbia.

Parents: Alfred William BROCKMAN GF-15 and Charlotte Emma ROGERS-16.

Spouse: Arthur Wilmont WILSON-130. Constance Hope BROCKMAN and Arthur Wilmont WILSON were married on 28 February 1927 in Somewhere, Canada.

They were divorced on 28 February 1939 in Somewhere, Canada.

Children were: Donald Arthur WILSON-132, Shirley Mildred WILSON-133, Ronald Wilmont WILSON-134, Phyllis Margaret WILSON-135.

Spouse: Martin SWEDBERG-131. Constance Hope BROCKMAN and Martin SWEDBERG were married on 28 February 1955 in Somewhere, Canada.

Spouse: David HARDER-371. Constance Hope BROCKMAN and David HARDER were married on 5 October 1950.

DAN BROCKMAN - Author unknown

Dan was born in Rocky Mountain House in 1915 in a boarding house run by the late Chas. Edward's mother. This building was situated where the Deluxe Food store now stands. He lived on the farm with his parents, the NE 1/4-23-39-7-W5. His parents homesteaded this land in 1909. There was a heavy growth of young pine trees along the north side of the quarter and Mrs. Brockman named the farm "PINE GROVE FARM". A few years later the village of Rocky Mountain House bought four acres of land from them for a cemetery and it was registered as "PINE GROVE CEMETERY". Dan took all his schooling in Rocky Mountain House and worked with his father on the farm. In 1939 he married Helen Slaymaker of Barons, Alberta. They bought the former Seymour house which was down by the Cache and moved it out to the farm, next to the cemetery, on the west side. They lived there until 1945 when Dan quit farming and purchased a dray business in Wetaskiwin, living there until the spring of 1946 when he sold out and moved back to Rocky Mountain House and started a dray business using horses and rubber tired wagon. In February 1948 Central Alberta Dairy Pool bought out Bole's Dairy and Dan was successful in obtaining the contract to deliver their milk. This was also done by a team and milk wagon. At that time they paid two cents a unit for delivery. A unit was one quart of milk of 1/2 pint of cream. In the summer of 1948 Dan and Mr. Herb Thon formed a partnership as the business was too much of one person and good dependable men were hard to come by. In 1952 Dan sold his share of the dray business to Thon and Luyckfassel, but kept the milk delivery, selling this to Cliff Hoyhen in 1953. That same year he and Herb Thon purchased four lots from Gordon Weatherill where the old Lou Smith Livery Stable used to be. They built a feed mill on these lots and entered into an agreement with Canada Packers Shur-Grain Feeds, using their concentrates and formulas. They operated this business together until the summer of 1957 when Mr. Thon died of a heart attack. Dan purchased Thon's share of the business and carried on with the aid of hired help until 1960 when he sold out to Mr. Klaus Kikstra. He was then able to devote most of his time to the Bowling Lanes which he rented from Mr. Bill Hunchak since 1956 and purchased in 1960 and installed the first automatic Pin Setting Machines on these lanes known as D. & H. Bowling. He also drove a school bus for Prairie School Bus Lines of Red Deer for 10 years from 1955 to 1965. He disposed of the Bowling Lanes in 1965 and went to work for the Provincial Government by whom he is still employed. In the meantime his good wife Helen was busy raising a family and she also took a course in beauty aids and hair styling and in 1962 opened her own shop in the Bowling Lane building, known as "Helen's Beauty Salon". She operated this successfully until 1964 when she sold the business and opened the first Simpson Sears mail order office in Rocky Mountain House. She held this position until 1971 when she gave up the managership and went to work for Stedman's Variety Store for a couple of years and then retired from the business world. In January 1976 Dan and Helen received the Community Builders Award of 1975 from the Chamber of Commerce. This was a very great honor and the plaque which they received will be treasured all their lives. They raised a family of three children:

Sandra, married Arthur Herman and is mother of two girls, Joan and Barbara Jean. Sandra at the present time works for the Town of Rocky Mountain House.

Charlotte - married Larry Flug and has four children - Lance, Christine, Derek and Curtis. They reside in Red Deer.

Leslie - married Elsie Szoke and they have three children - Boyd, Sheldon and Cleo Dawn. They live in Grand Cache, Alberta.

This article was copied from the book "The Days Before Yesterday". Reprinted for legibility only. LSP

Parents: Alfred William BROCKMAN GF-15 and Charlotte Emma ROGERS-16.

Spouse: Helen Ruby SLAYMAKER-136. Helen Ruby SLAYMAKER and Daniel Edward BROCKMAN were married on 5 June 1939 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.

They celebrated their 50th anniversary on 5 June 1989in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta

They celebrated their 60th anniversary on 5 June 1999in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta⁶

CELEBRATING 60th ANNIVERSARY

There was a big turnout as a popular Rocky couple celebrated their wedding day plus sixty years at the Community Centre, Sunday.
Dan and Helen Brockman were married June 5, 1939 at the CN Station House at Rocky (the home of Dan's sister and brother-in-law Clara and Bill Paskall). They have lived here ever since. They farmed just east of Rocky for a number of years. Then Dan operated a horse-drawn dray business and horse-drawn milk wagon. At the same time he ran Rocky Feed Service, the local feed mill. He was Rocky's first 4-H Beef Club leader. Helen was a hairdresser and managed Sears Catalogue Sales office for seven years.
Together they owned and operated the Bowling Alley for several years. From 1950 to 1965 Dan was the Provincial Government Building Superintendent.
 

They raised a family of three; Sandra (Art) Herman; Charlotte Makowski of Red Deer and Leslie (Sandra) Brockman of Clive. They have fourteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
 

These days Dan and Helen are active at the Pioneer Centre, Rocky Museum and the Kitchen-Aires band…but they still have time to visit with their family and many, many friends, all of whom offer their congratulation and best wishes for many more happy years together.

Reprint of newspaper article from the RMH Mountaineer, June 9, 1999. Reprinted for legibility only. LSP

Helen and Daniel⁶ celebrated their 65th anniversary on 5 June 2004in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta

Children were: Sandra Ruby BROCKMAN-137, Charlotte Sena BROCKMAN-138, Leslie Edward BROCKMAN-139.

Parents: Leslie Edward BROCKMAN-139 and Sandra Lynn DAVISON-153.

She was baptized on 27 November 1651 in Sutton by Dover, Kent, England.

Parents: William BROCKMAN-1351 and Judith SCOLES-1407.

This David Brockman is our 4th cousin. (Our being my generation LSP)

Parents: Hilton James William BROCKMAN-736 and Gwendoline Mary HAMMOND-742.

Spouse: Wendy Jane BOLEY-744. Wendy Jane BOLEY and David George BROCKMAN were married on 3 October 1981 in Wix, Essex, England.

Children were: James BROCKMAN-745, Matthew David BROCKMAN-746, Mark BROCKMAN-747.

Debbie was adopted by a "JOHNSON" family in Provost, Alberta in approximately 1963.

Parents: Edward Brian BROCKMAN-759 and Marie Margaret BROCKMAN-760.

Parents: Arthur McKenzie BROCKMAN-158 and Elaine Alexandra KOSTIUK-268.

Parents: Arthur McKenzie BROCKMAN-158 and Elaine Alexandra KOSTIUK-268.

Parents: William Albert BROCKMAN-1269 and Annie JENNINGS-1383.

He was baptized on 23 December 1744 in Woodnesborough, Kent, England.

He died in May 1816 in Woodnesborough, Kent, England. Edward was buried on 31 May 1816 in Woodnesborough, Kent, England.

Parents: Richard BROCKMAN 6xG GF-796 and Margaret DAWSON-799.

Spouse: Mary MOULDEN-804. Mary MOULDEN and Edward BROCKMAN were married on 5 December 1767 in Woodnesborough, Kent, England.

Children were: Mary Mercy BROCKMAN-1443, Edward BROCKMAN-1444, Richard BROCKMAN-1445, Thomas BROCKMAN-1446, Francis BROCKMAN-1447.

He was born about 1771 in Ash by Sandwich, Kent, England.

He died before 1851 in Goodnestone, Kent, England.

Parents: Edward BROCKMAN-803 and Mary MOULDEN-804.

Spouse: Sarah BELSEY-1457. Sarah BELSEY and Edward BROCKMAN were married on 1 August 1795 in Goodnestone, Kent, England.

Children were: Jane BROCKMAN-1458, Mary BROCKMAN-1459, Harriot BROCKMAN-1460, Sarah BROCKMAN-1461, William BROCKMAN-1462, Richard BROCKMAN-1463, Elizabeth BROCKMAN-1464.

He was born about 1799 in Birchington, Thanet, Kent, England.

He was buried on 7 March 1863 in Birchington, Thanet, Kent, England. Edward died about 1863 in Birchington, Thanet, Kent, England.

Parents: Richard BROCKMAN-521 and Elizabeth EPPS-1235.

Spouse: Ann Stock ADAMS-1248. Ann Stock ADAMS and Edward BROCKMAN were married on 28 May 1822 in St. Mary Magdalene, Monkton. Kent, England.

Children were: Josiah Adams BROCKMAN-1249, Charles BROCKMAN-1250, Rachael BROCKMAN-1251, Jacob BROCKMAN-1252, Harriet BROCKMAN-1253, James BROCKMAN-1254, George BROCKMAN-1255, William BROCKMAN-1256, Eliza BROCKMAN-1257, Edward BROCKMAN-1258, Richard BROCKMAN-1259, Susannah BROCKMAN-1260.