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| Mary [Miyo] Yoshida was born in Vancouver after her parents emigrated from Japan. She moved to Mayo in 1931 and Renny and Mary married in 1943. ((//Mayo Walking Tour,// Yukon Government, 1918: 20.)) Their son Harvey was born in Dawson in 1944. The Burians moved back to their wood camp at Twenty-Six Mile after the war. Mary home-schooled Harvey with lessons that came from Victoria. The camp was isolated, but they had a radio with mostly Alaskan stations, and they had a ham radio so the police could check on them.((Linda Johnson, “Harvey Burian: Growing up Multicultural on the Stewart River.” //What’s Up Yukon,// 23 November 2016.)) Mary also got her chance at the wheel of a sternwheeler alone while the pilot went off to get a coffee. After the riverboat traffic declined and then stopped in the 1950s, Renny ran a sawmill for a couple of years and then he and his wife decided to leave the Yukon. A brief trip outside for six months saw their return with a vow never to leave again. They lived in Mayo, and Renny worked a few jobs before taking a position in the United Keno Hill Mine machine shop.((Ted Thaler, “The Burian family – last of the woodcutters.” //The Yukon News// (Whitehorse), | Mary [Miyo] Yoshida was born in Vancouver after her parents emigrated from Japan. She moved to Mayo in 1931 and Renny and Mary married in 1943. ((//Mayo Walking Tour,// Yukon Government, 1918: 20.)) Their son Harvey was born in Dawson in 1944. The Burians moved back to their wood camp at Twenty-Six Mile after the war. Mary home-schooled Harvey with lessons that came from Victoria. The camp was isolated, but they had a radio with mostly Alaskan stations, and they had a ham radio so the police could check on them.((Linda Johnson, “Harvey Burian: Growing up Multicultural on the Stewart River.” //What’s Up Yukon,// 23 November 2016.)) Mary also got her chance at the wheel of a sternwheeler alone while the pilot went off to get a coffee. After the riverboat traffic declined and then stopped in the 1950s, Renny ran a sawmill for a couple of years and then he and his wife decided to leave the Yukon. A brief trip outside for six months saw their return with a vow never to leave again. They lived in Mayo, and Renny worked a few jobs before taking a position in the United Keno Hill Mine machine shop.((Ted Thaler, “The Burian family – last of the woodcutters.” //The Yukon News// (Whitehorse), | ||
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| + | Renny worked as a master mechanic in the Elsa machine shop for more than fifteen years. The family lived in Mayo and he had to drive to work on the gravel-surfaced road. He worked under Jim McLaren and then “Tramline” Tony Sgotsgelski after Jim left.((Jim Robb, “An appreciation of Mike Mancini’s memories of tramline and No Cash.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), | ||
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| + | After Renny’s retirement, he and Mary moved to Whitehorse where they became involved in many service and volunteer organizations. In 1977, Renny and Mary Burian were voted Mr. and Mrs. Yukon during the annual Sourdough Rendezvous.((Ted Thaler, “The Burian family – last of the woodcutters.” //The Yukon News// (Whitehorse), | ||
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