MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Ernest McDermott was borm in 1880 in Washago,
They had three children; Robert, Harry and one daughter
Harry Reynolds - (1924-1969) was born in Coalhurst
Highlights of growing up in Coalhurst - the day the
Ontario to James and Margaret Robinson McDermott,
who had grown up in the Ottawa Valley. Ernest came
to the Station at Brocket in 1905 as station agent,
then moved to Pincher Station in 1910. Nelle
Reynolds was born in Beachville, Ontario in 1891,
and came west to Pincher Creek in 1910; they
were married in 1914. In 1920, they moved to
Coalhurst to join his brother, James L. in the store.
Ernest was later operating the Post Office and
serving as Village Secretary. They died in Jan. and
Mar. of 1953.
Robert Ernest - (1915-1974) was born in Pincher
Station, took his schooling in Coalhurst and served
with the Canadian Forces overseas.
where he went to school. After serving overseas with
the Armed Forces he married had five children.
station was moved from Kipp to Coalhurst; when
school was out we all ran to the station. The day that
blizzard raged all morning, all of us in the lower grades
were taken home by the older boys. Later we learned
that a grade I child had become separated from his
brother on the way to school and was found later
frozen to death. Then, there was the day that Park Lake
was officially opened - the bath-houses were there and
tiny trees were planted around the lake, otherwise it
was bald prairie. Most of us had sunburns and big
blisters to show for our hours in swimming. How
those trees have grown in the fifty years since!
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