Mr. Matthew Schenkenfelder was born and lived in Austria. He served in the First World War on the Axis side where he earned a number of medals. He was wounded in the leg with a bullet and the doctors couldn't prevent him from being crippled in that leg.
He was a farmer in Austria after the war until he and his two sons, Steve and Mike, decided to move to Canada. They settled on a farm at Forestburg, Alberta, where they worked day and night for the first year, to get the land under cultivation.
By this time Mr. Schenkenfelder was tired of staying in one place so he sold the farm and the family moved to the Duffield and Wabamun area, in the early 1930s. In Wabamun, they all worked in the underground mines at first and then in the strip mine. Mike was a blaster. Later Mike worked for many years as a maintenance man for Calgary Power.
Mike Schenkenfelder married Elizabeth Paquette of Wabamun. They have two children Linda and Terry. Mike bought Ernie Spark's home and farm at Duffield. Mrs. Schenkenfelder has been employed as janitor of the Duffield School for many years. Mike is retired at this time and lives on the farm at Duffield. Steve is also living in Duffield at present.
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Additional Notes:
Matt Schenkenfelder farmed the NW18-53-3-W5.