I'm just a simple person

Kathrin Engler, an orphan from the St. Gall region of the Rhine valley, was 22 when she accepted her childhood sweetheart’s written marriage proposal and emigrated to Canada. The portrait of this extremely humble 90-year-old woman, who now lives in the Province of Alberta, provides a fascinating insight into the social history and the annals of Swiss emigration. More than that, it reveals a wonderful love story worthy of fairy tales - one that almost did not come about.