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''Blairmore Enterprise:'' 'John Janigo and family left Hillcrest last week for Chicago where they will live.' This article appeared in the 19 June 1914 issue, the day of the Hillcrest Mine Disaster. A relative? John was born in Stijavnica, Czeko Slovakie.<br>
 
''Blairmore Enterprise:'' 'John Janigo and family left Hillcrest last week for Chicago where they will live.' This article appeared in the 19 June 1914 issue, the day of the Hillcrest Mine Disaster. A relative? John was born in Stijavnica, Czeko Slovakie.<br>
''Report on Public Works in the North-west Territories'', 1913. Tom Janigo was killed in the West Canadian Collieries at Bellevue, cause, fall of coal. His father's name was Thomas Janigo Sr. A Relative?
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''Report on Public Works in the North-west Territories'', 1913. Tom Janigo, aged 26, was killed in the West Canadian Collieries at Bellevue, cause, fall of coal. His father's name was Thomas Janigo Sr. A Relative?
  
 
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Revision as of 13:41, 2 January 2013

Mike Janego
Born 1880
Austria
Died 1914 (aged 33–34)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality Austrian
Occupation Miner


Early Life

Birth

Born 1878 in Czechoslovakia

Siblings

  • John Janego (see notes at bottom of page - if this is a brother then their father's name was also John.)
  • Thomas Janego (see notes at bottom of page)

Marriage

Mike Janito married Theresa Leah in Fernie, British Columbia. She was born in the same area of Czechoslovakia as Mike.

Children

  • Anna Janego (b. 1908 Czechoslovakia)

Census Records

1911 Hillcrest, Alberta, age 32, born Austria, came to Canada in 1908, language Slovak (name spelled Michael Ganaga)

Occupation in 1914

Miner

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

Mike is buried in the Hillcrest cemetery, and not in the Mass Grave.

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

In 1915-1916, widow, Theresa, married John Miller from Burmis.

Compensation

Schedule A

Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names

Matas Janego, Janigo, Janiga, Michael Ganaga

Interesting Facts

Blairmore Enterprise: 'John Janigo and family left Hillcrest last week for Chicago where they will live.' This article appeared in the 19 June 1914 issue, the day of the Hillcrest Mine Disaster. A relative? John was born in Stijavnica, Czeko Slovakie.
Report on Public Works in the North-west Territories, 1913. Tom Janigo, aged 26, was killed in the West Canadian Collieries at Bellevue, cause, fall of coal. His father's name was Thomas Janigo Sr. A Relative?


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