MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Michael Beimler and
Margaret (Mack) Beimler
Margaret (Mack) Beimler
Spring Coulee and District page 207 - 208
Michael Beimler, born in Germany, was a carpenter
by trade. He married Margaret Mack who was born
in Iowa. Her parents were wealthy farmers and her
brother started the Mack Trucking Co. Mr. Beimler
built many downtown buildings in Bowbells, North
Dakota.
In 1908 they moved to Grassy Lake, Alberta and
took out a homestead. After many years they
moved to Barons where Mrs. Beimler ran a restaurant
and Mr. Beimler worked in a butcher shop. They
lived a short time in Lethbridge and then moved to
Geyser, Montana where Mrs. Beimler operated a tea
house. While they were in Geyser, the Beimlers
separated. He went to Washington State and Margaret
and the children moved to Spring Coulee in 1918.
She ran the hotel and cooked for the railway crews.
Mrs. Beimler was a hard working woman and
capable of doing anything. In Spring Coulee she was
known as "Ma Beimler". During their stay in Grassy
Lake a horse was rubbing against her bedroom window
and thinking it was a prowler, she grabbed a gun and
shot through the window killing the horse.
In 1923 they moved back to the United States leaving
behind a son and daughter who had married. They
had six children.
Mrs Beimler died in 1934 in Klamath Falls, Oregon
and Mr. Beimler in 1929 in Washington.
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