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Revision as of 18:31, 29 January 2013

August Fougere
Born 1880
Died 1914 (aged 33–34)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality French
Occupation Miner

The following could be August Fougere, not positive.

Early Life

Birth

1880 Sarrancolin, France

Immigration to Canada

Between 1901 and 1915 from Belgium, Antwerp Police Immigration Index #129650

Occupation in 1914

Miner

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

August was buried in the Mass Grave in the Hillcrest cemetery with the Belgian and French miners.

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Compensation

Schedule E

Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names

Official list gives his surname as Flougere, but there are very few instances of that name found, I think it should be Fougere.

Interesting Facts

I also found the name August Fougere in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick but the NS miner's, in particular, were mentioned in many newspaper articles and August was not. No other miners from New Brunswick.


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