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Latest revision as of 13:40, 29 June 2014

Thomas William Brown
Born 1880
The Watton, Brecon, Powys, Wales
Died 1914 (aged 33–34)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality Welsh
Occupation Miner

Early Life

Birth

Born June 1880 in The Watton, Brecon, Powys, Wales

Parents

Thomas Brown and Elizabeth Williams (both were born in England)

Miner and Siblings (in birth order)

  • Thomas William Brown
  • Alan James Brown
  • Elizabeth Fanny Brown
  • Margaret Brown
  • John Francis Brown
  • Richard George Brown
  • Frederic Brown
  • Fanny Brown

Marriage

Thomas Brown married Annie Rosalie Jones, 10 Mar 1903, St. Peters Church, Lampeter, Carmarthen, Wales

Children

  • Annie Mary Brown
  • Margaret Elizabeth Brown
  • Jessie Maud Brown
  • William Thomas Brown
  • John Eugene Brown
  • Frederick Brown

Census Records

  • 1881 Hay, Breconshire, Wales, age 1
  • 1891 Carmarthenshire, Llandingat, Wales, age 11
  • 1901 Glamorgan, Gelligaer, Wales, age 21, occupation plumber
  • 1911 Michel, British Columbia, age 30, occupation miner, to Canada 1905

Immigration to Canada

1906 Ship Tunesian, age 26, occupation plumber

Occupation

Miner

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914

Cemetery

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

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

It would appear that Annie and the children remained in Canada but I couldn't find them in the 1916 census of Alberta. Perhaps they were living in British Columbia.

Compensation

Schedule A

Interesting Facts

Widow Annie Elizabeth may have died 1936 in Vancouver.


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