July 11, 2021
Sunday PM

My great grandfather was Eugene Wacker and my great grandmother Lillian Wacker, his wife. My mother was raised by her grandparents (Wackers) in Ward Cove and many of the children in the school photo would be her aunts and uncles she was raised with. I will send the article with the picture of the house to my mother who is 81 and determine if the house was the Wacker home. I also have some postcards for Wacker city made by my grandfather which are definitely not considered appropriate today but nonetheless are history.

My great grandmother was a Kian before she married, her mother was Kate Kian and father Henry Imhoff. If anyone has any history or info in regards to the Kian (Kyan) family i would be interested and grateful. I believe Kate and Chief Kian of the famous Kian totem pole may have been brother and sister.

Terri Sims
E-Mail: tsims1@shaw.ca
California

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