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Bill Lumsdon was born on March 25, 1918 to Tom and Jane Lumsdon, British immigrants from Alnwick, Northumberland, England in the Glenbogie district near St. Walburg. Perhaps it was divine intervention, but Bill was born because an overbooked Titanic required his mother to book passage on the next ship to Canada. His only sibling, Evelyn, was born on Dec. 22, 1913. In 1910, Bill's parents immigrated to Canada and settled first in North Battleford. Bill's father and mother took up residence in the northeast part of town (referred to as Chisholm Town) where Tom was able to find work as a constru...