MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
William Hugh McCaugherty was born in Lethbridge
In 1915, Hugh was taken out of school and from then
Glorie Gertrude Sandham was born in Lethbridge
In the fall of 1925 Hugh and Glorie were married
where he and Jimmy Creighton did the killing for the
In October of 1929 Hugh was hired by the Alberta
On December 14, 1930, their second son was born.
During their five year stay in Coalhurst they took a
In the spring of 1936, Hugh and Glorie moved to a
Hugh McCaugherty was known throughout the
After the death of his father, Hugh and Glorie bought the
In 1952, Hugh and Glorie moved to Lethbridge. In
on August 8, 1899, the son of W. T. (Tom) and
Jessie (Davis) McCaugherty. He grew up on the D-O
ranch at NW 31-8-22-4. He and his brother and
sisters went to the West Lethbridge School, built in 1911.
on was expected to do a man's work. Thus he had
about four and a half years of formal education, and
as he put it, spent the next few years chasing horses.
From 1918 to 1926 Hugh looked after the ranch
horse operation near Brooks in the summers and
worked in the Coalhurst mine during the winters.
January 5, 1905, the daughter of James and Gertrude
(Bishop) Sandham. The Sandham's had come to
Lethbridge in 1904 and taken a homestead north
of Coalhurst in the Rolling Hill district. Glorie took
her schooling at Coalhurst along with her brothers and
sisters. They walked the two miles every day.
When Glorie was fifteen she was told that girls did
not need more education than that and therefore
her schooling was over.
and lived in Coalhurst where Hugh was working in
the mine. On July 28, 1926, their first son was born.
In the spring of 1928 Hugh was injured at the mine
and was told that he would never do manual work
again. He worked at odd jobs and ran the Abbatoir
for Sorbora's (Tedesco) just southeast of Coalhurst
Coalhurst store.
Wheat Pool as second man in training at the
Coalhurst elevator where he stayed until January,
1930. He then went to Coaldale, again as second
man for a short time and then was sent to Spring
Coulee as head man where he looked after the
Cardston Pool elevator as well.
On August 1, 1931, Hugh and Glorie moved back
to Coalhurst, a town which they very much liked,
and he served as the Pool agent there until Oct. 31,
1936, when the elevator was closed down.
great deal of interest in community affairs. Hugh
coached a softball team that had a very good
reputation in games against teams from Lethbridge
and other towns. He served on the town council
and served a time as Mayor.
farm two and one half miles north of Coalhurst
NE 32-9-22. Hugh commuted to the elevator
until it was closed down. This move did not end
their association with Coalhurst as they still
attended community functions in the town
although the town had lost its life with the tragedy
at the mine.
Coalhurst district as a man that could always be
relied on to help when someone was in need. He
was often called on to help when people had
livestock in need of assistance. Glorie was known
as always helping in girls' clubs and there was
always room at the table for extra plates when
people dropped in. Hugh and Glorie often reminisced
about their friends and happy years they had in
Coalhurst.
McCaugherty ranch in West Lethbridge. In the spring
of 1940 they moved there.
1957, Glorie died after a long illness. Hugh died in 1977.
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