Tom Payne is the son of Mary and William Payne who moved to the Red Rock area in 1939, the year Tom was born. The main subjects in Tom's interview are logging, hunting, trapping and gold panning, as well as childhood memories regarding chores, games, school days and family leisure.
Interviewee: Tom Payne
Interview Date: November 27, 2001
Interviewer & Transcriber: Elaine Hauck

Lorita (Richet) Doudiet was raised in Red Rock in the 1940s. Her father operated a sawmill and farm in Red Rock. Her interview focused on the Richet farm and sawmill business, her memories of growing up in Red Rock, and memories of working for her father's sawmill.
Interviewee: Lorita Richet Doudiet
Interview Date: January 30, 2002
Interviewer: Jeremy Siddall

Margaret Shatzko is the daughter of Bill and Mary Payne. Margaret moved from Red Rock in the 1950s with her parents to Armstrong. Margaret's interview talks about memories of growing up in a close-knit and extended family, children's entertainment and chores, and the hard work involved in farm life.
Interviewee: Margaret (Payne) Shatzko
Interview Date: Novemeber 28, 2001
Interviewer & Transcriber: Elaine Hauck

Doris' interview focuses on her memories of the Holzworth family, her husband's family that settled in Red Rock near the Fort George Canyon, c.1914. Originally from Eastern Europe they came to B.C. via the Prairies and North Dakota. The interview focuses on how they supplemented their farming income by mining, fishing, hunting and hauling freight and transporting passengers to and from Prince George.
Interviewee: Doris (Guillet) Holzworth
Interview Date: July 2, 2001
Interviewer & Transcriber: Elaine Hauck

Kate Anderson, a sister to John Marcoll, was born in 1919, at Summit Lake and grew up in the Stone Creek - Red Rock area. Kate's interview touches on many subjects including: children's games, women's work, gathering and preserving food, entertainment, and transportation.
Interviewee: Kate (Marcoll) Anderson
Interview Date: July 15, 2001
Interviewer & Transcriber: Elaine Hauck

John Ryser's maternal grandfather was John Marcoll, Sr., a Polish immigrant who moved with his family to the area of Red Rock in 1918. Mr. Ryser is a member of Old Time Fiddlers Association and has been an active member of the Red Rock Farmers Institute for over 50 years.
Interviewee: John Ryser
Interview Date: October 15, 2001
Interviewer: Jeremy Siddall
Transcriber: Mark Sarrazin

Eric Patterson's parents moved from Alberta to British Columbia and settled in Red Rock to farm in 1930. Eric was born in 1938. The interview discusses farming activities and his memories of school and growing up in the 1940s.
Interviewee: Eric Patterson
Interview Date: January 21, 2001
Interviewer: Jeremy Siddall
Transcriber: Mark Sarrazin

John Marcoll, born in 1925 at Stone Creek, B.C. is the youngest child in his family and is a brother to Kate (Marcoll) Anderson. His land is across the road from where his parents owned land in Red Rock. Their father was a Polish immigrant and their mother originated from Luxembourg. The Marcoll's settled originally in Evergreen, Alberta before coming to B.C., homesteading in Summit Lake, Woodpecker, and Stone Creek before moving to Cale Creek near Red Rock. Their father, John Marcoll, Sr. was a founding member of the Red Rock Farmers Institute.
Interviewee: John Marcoll
Interview Date: July 5, 2001
Interviewer & Transcriber: Elaine Hauck

Mabel's mother Stephanie (Marcoll) Scholander is a sister to John Marcoll and Kate (Marcoll) Anderson. Mabel is a well-known artist who lives in the Kamloops area. Her interview focuses on memories of plowing for spending money, farm life, World War II and her memories of joining the RCAF in the 1950s.
Interviewee: Mabel (Scholander) Rutherford
Interview Date: November 25, 2001
Interviewer & Transcriber: Elaine Hauck

Marie Whibley Paskiewich lived in the Red Rock area with her parents and siblings c.1940. In this account Marie relates many childhood memories including school days, family life, and leisure time.
Author: Marie (Whibley) Paskiewich
Date: January 13, 2002
Typist: Elaine Hauck

Mary and Bill (William) Payne's interview covers many aspects of rural life in the Red Rock area. Mary and Bill were neighbours of Norah and Irwin Doherty. The Bill Payne family had seven children, Bill, Nancy, Tom, Chris, Margaret, Sharon, and Kathy. Subjects include immigration, farming, trapping, gold mining, hunting, women's work, the Depression and World War II years.
Interviewees: Mary and Bill (William) Payne
Interview Date: November 28, 2001
Interviewer & Transcriber: Elaine Hauck

Torben Lindstrom was born in Denmark in 1920. In 1950 Mr. Lindstrom along with his wife and child immigrated to Canada to work in farming. Mr. Lindstrom purchased property in the Red Rock area and eventually set up with a partner a sawmill company - Beach & Lindstrom.
Interviewee: Torben Lindstrom
Interview Date: December 5, 2001
Interviewer: Jeremy Siddall
Transcriber: Ramona Rose

Krystyna Rogalski Simpson's parents immigrated from Germany to Canada in 1957. Her father worked with B.C. Rail working on the building of the railway at Red Rock. Krystyna and her family lived in the railway bunkhouse community that was created there for the workers' families. Krystyna talks about memories of moving to Canada, living in the bunkhouse and memories of other immigrant railway workers who gathered at their house.
Interviewee: Krystyna (Rogalski) Simpson
Interview Date: January 20, 2002
Interviewer: Jeremy Siddall
Transcriber: Mark Sarrazin

Ceinwen Carpenter Yurychuk immigrated with her family from England to Alberta before moving to Stone Creek [now Stoner], B.C. in 1938. Her parents Margaret & Joseph Carpenter operated the Stone Creek Hotel. Ceinwen's husband George Yurychuk built one of the first sawmills in the Red Rock Area. In the interview they and their daughter Marge recount memories of Stone Creek during that time.
Interviewees: Marge (Yurychuk) Slater, George & Ceinwein (Carpenter) Yurychuk
Interview Date: December 6, 2001
Interviewer & Transcriber: Jeremy Siddall