Rose Cmikiewicz
Born: July 12, 1912, in Ottawa
Died: Feb. 8, 2015, in Ottawa of natural causes
By Betty-Anne Poaps
Her mother named her, quite simply, Rose. She was part of a generation the likes of which we will likely not see again.
Our Rose was the eldest of eight children born in Canada to young Ukrainian immigrants. The family led a hard life in the early 1900s, working a small farm outside of Ottawa not far from Brookfield Road. She walked to Catholic school in Billings Bridge until Grade 3 when she had to quit to help at home with her younger siblings.
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Source: Ottawa Citizen
