Complex sentence: Her father, Johannes, or John, as he was more commonly known, worked helping new Swedish families who had just immigrated to Canada settle in the Manitoba area, and later became a foreman for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Split into simpler sentences: Her father, Johannes, or John, as he was more commonly known, worked as helping new Swedish families who had just immigrated to Canada settle in the Manitoba area. He later became a foreman for the Canadian Pacific Railway.