MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Samuel Owen (1887) and Ethel Mary (1883) Kendrick
Ethel's brother, Em Mallett was killed in the Coalhurst mine.
The Kendricks left Coalhurst in 1932. They were
came to the prairies from the British Isles in 1912. They
settled first with some friends on a farm in Manitoba,
and then decided to go west to work the railroad and the
mines. In 1913 or 14 they moved to Coalhurst. Two
children had been deceased as babies. While in Coalhurst
Samuel and Ethel raised a family of four girls.
Samuel was also the victim of a bad mine accident with
severe head injuries. He was unconscious for nine days and
hospitalized for several weeks. He made a fair recovery,
and was able to return to work, though closely supervised.
During the 1918' flu epidemic the Kendricks helped with
house to house visitations. Each family did the other's
chores to help each other over this disastrous time.
instrumental in the beginnings of the Pentecostal
Church in Coalhurst.
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