MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Our family moved to Coalhurst in the spring of 1937.
Jim Clifton moved here because he needed to find a job.
The three older children worked picking beans, corn, sugar
Jim Clifton and his family lived at Kipp before moving to
The family moved from Coalhurst to Granum in March 1943.
Jim and Elsie Clifton had seven children when they moved
In a family this size the sons and daughters really move
Walter Clifton died in the Pioneer Lodge at Fort Macleod
Gene Clifton did live in Lethbridge, where he worked for the
Jim Clifton, the father died in the Pioneer Lodge in Fort Macleod
The family remembers their years spent in Coalhurst as poor
He worked for Mat Raskevich for $60.00 a month. The
type of work he did was working in sugar beets, potatoes,
and farm work. He also worked for Hewletts.
beets, and potatoes. Whatever job teenagers could find
during the summer holidays.
Coalhurst.
to Coalhurst. While living there four more children came along.
Carl died in Coalhurst, only a few days old in 1941.
Son Arthur died at birth in Lethbridge in 1942.
around.
in December 1976 at the age of 51. He died of a heart attack
after several years of illness.
Rehabilitation Society of Southern Alberta. He worked here
for about eight years. He died on May 11, 1984 at the age
of 46. His death was due to lung cancer.
in 1964 at the age of 70. Death was due to a heart attack.
His wife Elsie died in the Alberta Hospital in Ponoka. This
was in April 1971, she was 68 years old . Death was due to a
stroke. She had been sick for many years because of diabetes.
She went blind as cataracts developed before 1969.
ones because there was very little money for food, clothing,
and school supplies.
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