I am looking for any information on my grandfather who I believe to be John Richard Groat, born in 1917, and died Nov 6, 1990 and is buried at Fishterton/Rundle Cemetary near his home at Mulhurst Bay, Alberta. His wife was Helen, born 1920, died Dec 29, 1976.
He married my grandmother, Rachel LaForge sometime around 1947, and produced my father. Shortly after the couple separated. He was never a part of my father's life. My Dad never forgave him, and thus little to nothing is known about my grandfather other than his first and last name. My father later changed his name to Manning after his step father.
John was a trucker, and the few records I can find for John Richard say he was a trucker and later a dispatcher. It seems he moved around Alberta a fair bit.