S. R. Charney came from Winnipeg MB to Grande Prairie AB on July 1, 1930 with his brothers Jack and Bill, driving a McLaughlin-Buick. The young men took homesteads in the Clarkson Valley area. S. R. served in the army during WW II, and after returning, he moved to Grande Prairie.
Source:
Across the Smoky p. 347 – Name in Roll of Honour
p. 139 (photo)