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Ernest Hughes

Birth	:	27 Dec 1879 Ireland
Death	:	11 Mar 1958 Alberta, Canada
Burial	:	Innisfail Cemetery, Innisfail, Red Deer Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	52.0293300, -113.9598900
Description	:	Ernest was born in Ireland Dec 27, 1880. His father was killed in an accident in a salt mine in Ireland. In 1884, his mother, twin brother and two sisters, Maude and Sadie, his aunt and cousin, decided to come over to Canada. The two women became ill with the Black Fever. Ernie's mother died the day before they docked in Canada and was buried at sea; his aunt died the day after they arrived. He and his twin brother, two sisters, and cousin, were put in an orphanage and later placed with foster parents.... Read More	Ernest was born in Ireland Dec 27, 1880. His father was killed in an accident in a salt mine in Ireland. In 1884, his mother, twin brother and two sisters, Maude and Sadie, his aunt and cousin, decided to come over to Canada. The two women became ill with the Black Fever. Ernie's mother died the day before they docked in Canada and was buried at sea; his aunt died the day after they arrived. He and his twin brother, two sisters, and cousin, were put in an orphanage and later placed with foster parents. Ernest went to scool only one winter in Ontario but took up to the 6th Book, that is, the same as Grade 6 here. After that, he had to work hard, like a man, and didn't have an easy time being knocked aboaut from one foster parent to another. Ernest was in the Boer War, serving in the "C" Special Service Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery in South Africa from Jan 1, 1900 to Jan 13, 1901. He received a medal of honor from Queen Victoria. She pinned it on him herself. After Ernest came back from South Africa, he worked for Mr. A.B. Cunningham, who had a big estate in Kingston, Ontario. He was a coachman, took care of the stables and the gardens, and helped in the house as a butler. He married Annie Lambert Feb 12, 1912 in Kingston. During WWI, Ernest worked as a soldier in the Canadaina Expeditionary Force at the batteries in Kingston where they made bullets and shells. While there, he got a little piece of steel in his left eye which affected his vision a bit. Then he worked as an orderly in the Queen's Military Hospital in Kingston until August 1919. Ernest came out to Alberta from Ontario in the fall of 1919 on a special harvest excursion, and decided he wanted to bring up his family here. Mr. Cunningham loaned Ernest the money to buy a farm just north of Innisfail. It was solid bush then and he had to work hard to clear it. The brush had to be cut down by man-power with just an axe. Horses pulled out big stumps and then roots had to be picked. After their house was built Annie and their children came out in the spring of 1920. Children: Margaret, Eileen, Ernest, Kathleen (twin to Elizabeth) all died as children in Kingston. Agnes, m. Andrew M Plested; Elizabeth, m. Roy J. Potter; Pearl, m. Allan Plested; Lillian, m. Percy Brooks; Walter. (From Candlelight Years; A History of Innisfail & Districts Pioneers. Hughes family story written by Walter T. Hughes)

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Where is Ernest Hughes's memorial?
Ernest Hughes's memorial is located at: Innisfail Cemetery, Innisfail, Red Deer Census Division, Canada.
When did Ernest Hughes death?
Ernest Hughes death on 11 Mar 1958 in Alberta, Canada
Where are the coordinates of the Ernest Hughes's memorial?
Latitude: 52.0293300
Longitude: -113.9598900

Family Members:

Spouse

Annie Lambert Hughes

(1889 - 1933)

Children

Agnes Hughes Plested

(1914 - 1994)

Elizabeth Hughes Potter

(1915 - 1987)

Lillian Theresa Hughes Brooks

(1922 - 2008)

Infant Boy Hughes

(1933 - 1933)

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