MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Charles White was born in Italy on March 17, 1864. He came to
Charles' wife, Annie, was an excellent midwife and delivered
One day when Annie was berry-picking near the river bank,
Charles and Annie had eight children - five girls and three boys.
Mary (deceased) was the second oldest. She married Arthur
Helen (deceased) married and moved to the United States. They
Peter died as a baby.
Charles (deceased) was the last child. He was killed in the
Charles White Sr., died in 1941. Annie White died in 1947.
Lethbridge when he was seventeen. He married Annie Vere in
Lethbridge, about 1890. They lived in Lethbridge where Charles
worked as a teamster, hauling gravel, and delivering coal to homes.
He worked with his son Harry on the approaches to the high level
bridge. Then he moved to Coalhurst area where he farmed. He
also worked on the tipple at Coalhurst. He had to retire when he
was in his fifties because of blindness. When he walked down
the street he would run his cane all along the picket fence to direct
himself. He would be smoking his old clay pipe as he went along,
with his old dog, Scottie, trailing behind him.
many babies in both Lethbridge and Coalhurst. She cared
for them for nine or ten days, until their own mothers were
able to care for them. She even delivered some of her own
grandchildren.
she left her son Harry in his carriage, peacefully sleeping nearby.
A cloudburst came and swept the buggy down into the river.
Eight hours later Harry was discovered, caught up in a barbed
wire fence. The buggy was never recovered.
Harry (deceased) married and they spent their last years in
Bellevue. They had six children.
Baroldi of Coalhurst, and then of Taber. They had four children.
Mary was widowed and later remarried.
had four girls.
Coalhurst mine when he was twentytwo. He had been
working on haulage in the mine.
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