MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
First of all I would like to make it quite clear that information on
Kate, as she was often called, did the janitor work at the school
They later moved to the Smythe Kennedy farm on the
the John Watmough family is a little harder to find than that of
Thomas and Charlie. John Watmough was born in West Leigh,
Lancashire, England on November 20, 1871. He was the fifth son
of Thomas and Ann (Marsden) Watmough. He started working
in the coal mines in Lancashire, England, at a early age. He
married Kathym Foster in 1895 (Kathym was born in 1867 in
Lancashire). They had one daughter who was born in England
on July 19, 1897. They came to Lethbridge in 1898 and
lived in North Lethbridge for several years. They
homesteaded the N.W. V4-4-9-22 on August 7, 1905
they proved up on October 28, 1910. A son was born in 1900,
in Lethbridge. A daughter was born in 1902.
for several years. The children attended the West Lethbridge
School until they moved to Coalhurst in about 1916. John
hauled water for the people of Coalhurst and likely worked
in the coal mine.
N.E.-22-9-22. Smythe Kennedy was a bachelor so Kate
did the housework while John did the outside work. Uncle
Jack, as he was called, was always busy. When he wasn't
milking the cows or cleaning out the barns, he was fixing the
fence. Every so often he would sit down and smoke his pipe
and the neighbors who went by stopped to chat with him
and pick up the latest gossip. They used to sell the cream to
make money for their groceries. Uncle Jack was cheerful
and friendly and just wandered around the neighborhood
visiting in his leisure hours. He often stopped at Jim Potts
place to see if they had any cold "tae" in the " taepot ". Jack
and Kate were both kind to their many grandchildren who
lived close by, in fact one grandson lived with them for many
years. They lived on the farm until 1940 when Kate passed
away. Uncle Jack and Smythe Kennedy moved to
Shaughnessy in 1941 where they lived in a small house
until Uncle Jack passed away on April 4, 1946. Smythe
Kennedy passed away a few years later.
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