MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Alex Birse came to Coalhurst in 1911, from a coal mine in
The Birses lived in Coalhurst until the explosion which shut
Ladysmith, on Vancouver Island. He married Isabel Nisbet
in Coalhurst in 1916. They had four children all born in
Coalhurst: three sons and one daughter, Gordon is deseased.
Isabel passed away in 1955 and Alex is at present in a
nursing home in Edmonton. He is 98 years old.
the mine down. They then moved to Shaughnessy and
resided there until the death of Isabel.
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