Ceccon, Mira Maria (Santolin)

Born in Italy?  Married Emilio Ceccon in 1925.  In 1927, Emilio emigrated to Canada to seek employment. He was very fortunate to be hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway. This proved to be a lifelong position with the company. While Emilio was away, Mira had their first son, Rolando, in 1928. In 1930 Emilio returned to Italy to bring his young family to Canada. They landed in Montreal and travelled across Canada to Vancouver via Canadian Pacific Railway.  Clarence Bruno (Chico) was born on January 18, 1934 in Coalmont. Leslie was born on May 23, 1935.  In 1937 the family moved to Kurton, two stations east of Osprey Lake. In 1940 the family moved to Adra, home of the rattlesnakes! Adra is east of Penticton on the Kettle Valley Railroad. They lived there for one long year. Mira was kept very busy raising her family and doing the household chores; at that time, cooking on a wood stove and washing clothes on a scrub board.  Times were not easy for her with no neighbours. She often worried about her two young children growing up in such an isolated area.  The family moved to Penticton in 1942 so the children could attend school. Emilio stayed and worked at Adra for two more years. Later on Emilio was transferred to Allenby and the family remained in Penticton for a short time. In April of 1944 they all moved to Allenby.  In 1950 Emilio transferred to the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad in Princeton. All the family then moved to Princeton. After Emilio passed away in June of 1974, Mira was able to enjoy her remaining years living at home with her son Bruno, who took wonderful care of her during her fragile times. She passed away in 1982.