MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Nick immigrated to Canada from the Ukraine in 1911, and
After the explosion and shut-down of the Coalhurst mine,
His widow, Jessie, now ninety-one years old, lives in an
Nick passed away January, 1984.
worked in Southern Alberta on C.P.R. section crews. In
1911, he settled in Coalhurst to work in the mine, hoping
to earn enough money to achieve his life-long ambition of
owning his own farm. In 1913, in Lethbridge, he married
Jessie Tymchuk. The couple subsequently settled in
Wigan and raised a family of five children.
Nick moved to Drumheller to work in a mine, and in 1940
was killed in a mine accident.
Edmonton nursing home. The two eldest children, Helen and
Sam, are deceased. Besides her children; Jessie has eight
grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great
-grandchild.
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