Crowsnest Pass / Hillcrest Colliery

[albionwriter]

I am looking for the grave of Abraham Dodd, who died of exposure in 1926 at Crowsnest Pass in Alberta.  The United Mine Workers of America  immediately stepped in and paid out $213.40 for his burial.  He may also have been employed at the Hillcrest Colliery on June 19th 1914 when 189 men were killed.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Christine53]

I found the burial record of an A. Dodd in 1926 in Bellevue Cemetery , Crowsnest. Unfortunately you have to apply for further details and there is a charge - not sure how practical that will be for you :

http://afhs.ab.ca/data/cemeteries/search.php

Hopefully someone else will be along who may be able to offer more help.

[sami]

Hi albionwriter:

I'm attaching the following link:

prism.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/41291/1/2002_Buckley.pdf

It is an M.A. thesis by Karen Lynne Buckley submitted to the University of Calgary in 2002 entitled "Death, Dying and Mourning in the Crowsnest Pass: An Examination of Individual and Community Response to Danger and Death in the Mines, 1902-1928."

It took a long time for this thesis to load but it contains the sentence "Abraham Dodd, an old miner with no family in the Crowsnest Pass". Couldn't find it myself within the thesis but perhaps it will help you.

I am away from home now but have a family history volume on the Crowsnet Pass that my contain some information of interest to you. I'll look into it when I return home on the next few weeks.

sami

[tawe]

My 1st cousin 2 x removed Thomas William Brown  died June 19 1914 in the Hillcrest Disaster.

Tawe.

[Christine53]

I have a feeling that you already have the thesis information as you have quoted details about the mining company Union paying for the funeral ? Do you also have Abraham Dodd on the census ? Here is a likely candidate in case you don't :

http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/006003/t-21952/pdf/31228_4363981-00469.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e001928140.pdf

By 1921 he is a widower .

By the way , I noticed that the next entry after A. Dodd 1926 on the Cemetery Index is Mary J Dodd , 1859-1920 - his wife , perhaps ?

[LindaGW]

I contacted the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass and they confirmed that Abraham died in 1926 and is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Section A, Row 5, Plot 28A.

There was no other information about him in their records.  However, the person who helped me said that on the weekend she will try to find his grave to see if there is a gravemarker, which may give a more accurate date of death.