Thomas Smith

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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 could be Thomas Smith, but not positive.

Early Life

Birth

October 1874 (from gravestone)

Parents

John Smith and Sarah

Miner and Siblings (in birth order)

  • Tom G. Smith
  • Henry G. Smith
  • Francis Smith
  • Ernest Smith
  • Polly Smith
  • Robert Smith

Marriage

Thomas George Smith married Amelia Martha Roe, at Ashton U Lyne, 2/4 1901

Children

  • Alice Ann Smith (b. 1902)
  • Nellie Smith (b. 1907)
  • Sarah Smith (b. 1909) [Children born at Hurst, Nook, Ashton]

Census Records

1891 Ashton Under Lyne, Hurst, Kenyon St., name Tom G., age 18, coal miner, living with parents
1901 Ashton Under Lyne, Kenyon St., Hurst, name Thomas G, age 28, Hewer below, born Nook
1911 Ashton Under Lyne, 19 Kenyan St., name Tom George, age 38, occupation collier, born Hurst

Immigration to Canada

Occupation in 1914

Miner

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

Thomas is buried in Hillcrest, but not in the Mass Grave. Gravestone inscription: In / loving memory / of / My Husband / Thomas / Smith / born / Oct. 1874 / Died / June 19, 1914 / 39 years ...

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Mrs. Tom Smith donated to the ambulance fund December 1914 in Hillcrest.
Amelia Martha Smith died age 41 at Ashton, Lancashire, England, 3/4 1915.

Compensation

Schedule E

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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