John was born in 1900 in Great Britian and passed in 1977 not 1917. Lived in Bowden, AB most of his life and retired in Stettler, AB. He was a welder and owned and operated tractors with which he broke land for farming in the Bowden area. He had 3 sons with his first wife. Second wife Rosalie. Is this the John Airey you are looking for?