A Memory of Effie as told by her son Robert:
The Great Depression years were difficult time for a host of Canadians. Many of them started to ride the freight trains looking for work. Finding none, some of them turned to 'hoboing' as a way of life. Men were always hungry and our little town was host to many of them. Perfect strangers would knock on our door looking for a handout and they were never refused. We wondered for a long time why these unfortunates would pick on our house after passing up others on the same street. In later years I found out the answer . Mother's name and how to get to our house was inscribed on the inside of many boxcars, a tribute, no less, to her generosity.
A Memory of Effie as told by her son Robert:
The Great Depression years were difficult time for a host of Canadians. Many of them started to ride the freight trains looking for work. Finding none, some of them turned to 'hoboing' as a way of life. Men were always hungry and our little town was host to many of them. Perfect strangers would knock on our door looking for a handout and they were never refused. We wondered for a long time why these unfortunates would pick on our house after passing up others on the same street. In later years I found out the answer . Mother's name and how to get to our house was inscribed on the inside of many boxcars, a tribute, no less, to her generosity.
Gravesite Details
The British Columbia Genealogical Society, transcribed this cemetery in August 1979 and noted a wooden cross with the name Effie M. Robinson on it. The cross no longer exists.
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