Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 248
• Reference Number: Ful-CW3
• Education: 1929, Carbon, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: Between 1929 and 1931, Carbon, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 23 May 1932, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 31 Mar 1936, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Residence: Dec 1939, Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
• Milit-Beg: 1943, Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
• Associatn: Between 1944 and 1999, Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 20 Feb 1946, Rockyford, Alberta, Canada; Babe purchased the building and Pool Hall and Barbershop business for $650.00.
• Illness: Between 1950 and 1980
• Education: 04 Jun 1953, Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 1954, Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
• Baptism: 30 Mar 1955, Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
• Occupation: 1962, Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
• Retired: 1977, Strathmore, Alberta, Canada
• Residence: Abt 1990, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
Grace Dechanet named her ninth and last child after her grandfather, Sebastien Dechanet. The family started calling him 'baby' as 'Sebastian' was too long for the siblings to say, so they called him "Babe", which stuck for his entire life.
Babe was born in a log house on the Fuller Homestead farm south of Carbon,

Education:
Babe and Jack Balderson were in the same class and they rode their horses to school until 1929.

Occupation:
After school and during this time Babe worked in the Caol mine and also worked out as a farm hand during harvest as far away as Medicine Hat, AB. Babe's job at the mine was to drive a team of ponies pulling empty coal cars into the mine, dropping one off in each room and then pulling the little cars full of coal back out of the mine. Babe said the he was never injured in the mine, the ponies were smart and kept him safe.

Occupation:
Babe recieved a Diploma from Dominion Trade Schools stating that he had "Served five months training in Barbering". He then rented a barber shop at 900, 9th Ave East, Calgary and even though each month he paid $5 Rent, $1 water & gas and $1 electrical, he could not make a living. This was the depression years and he once took a street car ticket, a postage stamp and 3 pennies for a haircut.

Occupation:
Babe sold some of his barbering equipment and lease hold improvements in Calgary for $120 and moved back to Carbon where he set up a barber shop in town. This did not work out so he moved to East Coulee and set up shop which again did not work so he moved back to Carbon and worked in the mine driving ponies for $4.50 per day, which was a good wage during the depression of the 1930s.For the next while, Babe had a small barber shop, worked in the mine and lived in a rooming house with brother Ralph and they ate at the local Chinese restaurant. We have pictures of the Fuller's harvesting in 1937, perhaps that was not on the Fuller farm.

Residence:
After meeting Elma Ohlhausen in 1938, Babe wanted 'something better' and searched the area to find a place where he could open his own business. In Dec. 1939 he moved into the barbershop and pool hall that had been empty in Rockyford and although the war was just starting, he rented the building and contents which he eventually purchased. He found a very small one room house and started the hard work of fixing both the business and house while getting the business up and running. He did not tell anyone that he was getting married the following June.
The "Shop" had 3 barber chairs in the front and 4 pool tables in the back. Babe had to work long hours because the pool hall was open late in the evening and the barbershop was going all day and all evening.

Milit-Beg:
Babe was rejected for service because of his health issues.

Associatn:
Babe was a member of the Free Masons of Alberta and worked his way through the various levels and was Master of the Rockyford Lodge 1963-1971 and District Deputy Grand Master 1973-74. He was an active member until he died and received his 50 year jewel 12 Oct. 1994. Babe requested and received a Free Masons Funeral Service after the regular church service.

Illness:
Babe had major back problems thoughout his life with several surgeries and later developed rheumatoid arthritis and had several joints replaced. Babe's mother died of diabetes and later on gave himself insulin shots. He survived two heart attaches several years before he died.

Education:
Babe was issued a "Certificate of Proficiency" from the Department of Industry and Labour of Alberta under the Tradesmen's Qualifications Act, certifying him at Rockyford in the trade of "Barbering".
This certificate hung in his barber shop all his life.

Occupation:
The Rockyford Cafe closed and the mayor asked if Babe would open a coffee counter and some stools and that was followed by a request to add hamburgers and chips. After TV became available in the 1950s, the pool hall part of the business fell off so 'the Fullers' became a Milk Bar and then soup and sandwiches and finally a resaurant as three of the pool tables were sold to local farmers.

Baptism:
Both Babe and Elma were Baptised and joined the United Church in Rockyford

Occupation:
Babe had rented the resaurant for and Elma took a hair dressing course and they rented a smaller builting on main street and opened a Barber shop and Hair dressing and worked together there until Elma was struck down with a brain aneurism where she spent a year in the hospital-rehabilitation. Elma did come home after that but was never the same person, but they managed as best they could for some years.

Retired:
They retired and moved into the Strathmore Lodge for seniors for several years.

Residence:
They moved to a nursing home in Calgary where they lived until Babe passed away in 1999

Died:
obituary in Calgary Herald

Sebastian married Elma Ohlhausen on 02 Jun 1940 in Carstairs, Alberta, Canada. Elma (daughter of Henry H Ohlhausen and Nathalia König) was born on 18 May 1919 in Irvine, Alberta, Canada; died on 31 Jan 2002 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 04 Feb 2002 in Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

W.L. married J. Eriksen [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

L.R. married M.V. Bowes [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

L.R. married L. Clipsham [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: N.M.A. Setzer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

L.K. married A.G.L. Ducatel [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: T.M. Block. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]