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Person
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Van Buskirk, George Edward
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George Edward Van Buskirk, 1863-1936, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, travelled to Alberta in 1884, seeking employment as a ranch hand. He found work in the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) construction camps as a clerk for the labour contractors Gormley & Bell. He returned to Nova Scotia and apparently lived there for the rest of his life.