Beamish Coal Mine
Roche Percee, Saskatchewan, Canada
Old Abandoned Underground Coal Mines can be Very Dangerous, Due to Collapse, and Mine Gases (Noxious and Flammable).
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Beamish Coal Mine
Located at Section 19, Township 1, Range 6, W2
Approx 1 1/4 miles SW of Roche Percee
Headed by R. W. Beamish
In 1911 there was a Richard Wilbert (Bert) Beamish
- b- Oct 10, 1883 in Bradwardine, RM of Woodworth, MB
- d- June 14, 1971 in Edgewater BC, buried- Edgewater Cemetery, Highway #95, Rocky Mountain Region
- 1911 He was living in Moose Jaw SK
- Occupation Well Drilling Contractor
- Mother- Elizabeth Esther Moon
- Father- Richard Combs Beamish
- 1st Wife- May Smith, Sept 16, 1911
- 2nd Wife- Katharine Foster, Oct 3, 1943
Is this our owner?
OR
in 1901 there was a Robert Wilbur Beamish living in Brandon MB
- b- Oct 10, 1890 in Bradwardine, RM of Woodworth, MB
- d- Dec 11, 1978 in New Westminster BC, buried in Maple Ridge Cemetery, Fraser Valley, BC
- Father- William Beamish
- Mother- Sophia Letit English
- He married Janet Mary Morgan at Shoal Lake MB in 1919
- He enlisted in WWI
- Lots of folks from Brandon came to this area on the train
Maybe this is the owner? note- both born same town in MB! cousins?
If you know which one, let me know please.
