Difference between revisions of "John Charles Coan"

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Early Life

Birth

1/4 1879 at Lanchester or Dipton, Durham, England

Parents

Christopher Coan married Hannah Stobbs 4/4 1874 Gateshead

Miner and Siblings (in birth order)

• Jane E. Coan
• John C. Coan
• Louisa Coan

Marriage

John Charles Coan married Sarah M. Pounder about 1907 in the USA

Children

• Lillian May Coan (born Pennsylvania)
• Charles Raymond Coan (born Hillcrest)
• Charlotte Coan (born Hillcrest after Disaster)

Census Records

• 1881 Edmondsley, Durham, age 2
• 1891 Edmondsley, Durham, age 12
• 1901 Edmondsley, Durham, age 22, occupation coal miner hewer
• 1910 South Fayette, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, age 30, occupation miner
• 1911 Hillcrest, Alberta, age 31, occupation steam Engineer, moved to Canada 1910

Immigration to Canada

1904 Ship Noordland, age 25, occupation Miner - going to Philadelphia
1910 to Canada (from 1911 census)

Occupation in 1914

Miner

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

Buried in the Hillcrest cemetery, not in the Mass Grave. He has a headstone.

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

1915 Ship Herperian, Sarah and the 3 children returned to England. Sarah did not remarry.

Compensation

Schedule A

Interesting Facts

John was a brother-in-law to George Pounder who was also killed in the Hillcrest Mine Disaster.

If you would like to see more information that we have gathered, please go to http://www.hillcrestminedisaster.com.