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==Early Life==
 
==Early Life==
 
===Birth===  
 
===Birth===  
 
October 1874 (from gravestone)
 
October 1874 (from gravestone)
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John Smith and Sarah
 
John Smith and Sarah
  

Revision as of 16:10, 26 February 2014

Thomas Smith
Born 1877
England
Died 1914 (aged 36–37)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality English
Occupation Miner

The following is all that is known about Thomas Smith.

Early Life

Birth

October 1874 (from gravestone)

Interesting Facts

Newspaper Clipping from Ashton u Lyne: "... and an Ashton man named Tom Smith, who had resided in Whiteacre Road, ...killed in a mine explosion at Hill Crest, Alberta. ...Tom Smith, who leaves a widow, narrowly escaped death a few years ago, when a great landslide occurred in Alberta."
Smith is such a common name it is hard to search.
It is possible that Thomas was in Frank, Alberta in 1903 at the time of the Frank Slide. "Tom Smith and family have decided to return to England" Coleman News April 1906
It is possible and probable that Amelia was in Hillcrest in 1914 because the body was not buried in the Mass Grave and there is a headstone.
It is possible that she left just after Christmas in 1914 and went back to England, and died there in 1915.
Why Schedule E? He was married.


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