Difference between revisions of "Fred Bingham"

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Early Life

Birth

13 June 1876, Baddeck, Victoria, Nova Scotia, parents William Bingham and Sarah Gizer, occupation merchant.

Parents

Father: Col. Bingham, Englishtown, Victoria County, Nova Scotia.
William Bingham married Sarah Gezer, 21 Dec 1864, by licence, C of England, Halifax.

Miner and Siblings (in birth order)

• Maggie Bingham
• William Joseph Bennett Bingham
• John H.C. Bingham
• Harry Bingham [Charles Edward?]
• Fred Bingham
• Bessie Bingham
• Guy Bingham
• Clarence Seymour Bingham

Marriage

1) Frederick S. Bingham, age 25, married Elmire Boutillier, age 24, 20 Dec 1901, Halifax or Spry Bay, by licence, Church of England, occupation mining, born Englishtown, Cape Breton.
2) Frederick Seymour Bingham, age 32, widower, married Jessie Emery, age 24, 30 Nov 1909 at Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia, religion Presbyterian.

Children

• Bessie May Bingham (1903-1916)
• Clarence Bingham (1905-)
• Fred Bingham (1911-)
• John Bingham (1912-)

Census Records

1891 Englishtown, Nova Scotia, age 14, born 1877
1901 Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax, Nova Scotia, age 22, single, miner
1911 Westville, Nova Scotia, age 33, occupation coal miner

Occupation in 1914

Miner

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

Buried in Nova Scotia at Westville

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Compensation

Schedule A

Interesting Facts

Fred's brother-in-law, David Emery, was also killed in the Hillcrest Mine Disaster.<bt> Fred's body was shipped to Nova Scotia accompanied by J. McLeod.

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