James Ewing

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James Ewing
Born 1890
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Died 1914 (aged 23–24)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality Scottish
Occupation Company Man

Early Life

Birth

Chicago, Cook County, USA

Parents

James McArthur Ewing and Letitia Lumsden who married in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois 1891.
Father, James, died Feb 1895.

Miner and Siblings (in birth order)

  • James Ewing
  • George Ewing
  • Walter Ewing

Census Records

1901 James was staying with Thomas Haran in Glasgow.

Immigration back to Scotland

1895 April Ship "Carthaginian", James aged 6. (with mother and brothers)

Immigration to Canada

Maybe 1906, age 16 to Montreal, Canada.

Occupation in 1914

Company Man

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

James is buried in the Mass Grave in Hillcrest.

Compensation

Schedule E

Interesting Facts

Assume he was single as no one had claimed widow/orphan compensation by Feb 1915.
1914 Dundee Courier: James Ewing (24), single; Advise Thos. Haran, 920 Duke Street, Glasgow
Thomas Haran had a sister Elizabeth and she married Jacob Ewing.
1901 mother Letitia (age 27) was working as a servant in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland.



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