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===Birth===  
 
===Birth===  
 
According to census returns Herbert was born in Cardiff, South Wales, about 1887.
 
According to census returns Herbert was born in Cardiff, South Wales, about 1887.
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School register gives his date of birth 9 August 1887.
  
 
National School Admission registers and Log  
 
National School Admission registers and Log  

Latest revision as of 16:53, 2 September 2021

Herbert Adlam
Born 1887
Wales
Died 1914 (aged 26–27)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Blairmore Cemetery
Nationality Welsh
Occupation Timber Packer

Early Life

Birth

According to census returns Herbert was born in Cardiff, South Wales, about 1887. School register gives his date of birth 9 August 1887.

National School Admission registers and Log

Parents

William Adlam married Marie Clark, 6 Mar 1871 at Llanelly, Brecon, Wales.

Herbert was in 1898 in the school admission registers for Anston Church of England Boys School, Yorkshire.

Miner and Siblings (in birth order)

  • Thomas Adlam
  • Robert Adlam
  • William Adlam
  • Walter Adlam
  • Leonard Adlam
  • Herbert Adlam
  • Lily Adlam
  • Evan Evans (adopted son)

Marriage

Herbert didn't marry.

Census Records

1891 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, age 4, born Cramlin, South Wales
1901 Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, age 13, occupation in a mine underground, born Cardiff, Wales
1906 Lundbreck, Alberta, family there but not Herbert

Immigration to Canada

1903 Ship Pretorian, age 15, with his father and brothers.

Occupation

Timber Packer

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

One source gives the cemetery as the mass grave in Hillcrest but a newspaper article of the day said he was buried in Blairmore, Alberta. Blairmore is correct.

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Compensation

Schedule E

Contact

His mother is listed as a dependent. Address: Blairmore, Alberta.

Interesting Facts

Herbert's brother, William, married Margaret Ann Harris whom I believe was a sister of David John Harris, also killed in the Hillcrest Mine Disaster.


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