Thomas L. Wilson

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Thomas L. Wilson aka Thomas Armstrong aka Edward Wilson
Born 1879
Died 1914 (aged 34–35)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality English
Occupation Miner

Early Life

Birth

1879, Lambley, Northumberland, England

Census Records

1881 Lambley, Northumberland,name Thomas Armstrong age 2, grandson of Joseph and Jane Wilson
1891 Red Row, Bedington, Northumberland, name Thomas Armstrong, age 12, grandson of Joseph and Jane Wilson
1901 Red Row, Bedington, Northumberland, England, name Thomas Wilson, age 22, occupation Brickworker, born Lambley, Northumberland, with Joseph and Jane Wilson
[1911 Hillcrest, Alberta, name Edward Wilson, boarder, single, age 41, b. Scotland to Canada 1902??]

Occupation in 1914

Miner

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

Thomas is buried in the Hillcrest cemetery but not in the Mass Grave.

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Compensation

Schedule A

Interesting Facts

It would appear that Thomas's grandmother, Jane, was married to a Mr. Armstrong, before Joseph Wilson. She had children named Armstrong and assume that one was the parent of Thomas.
A newspaper account from the Newcastle Weekly Journal 27 June 1914 stated "Mrs. Wilson of Red Row, Bedlington has received a message that her son Edward has been killed."