Amanda was married twice. Her first husband was John Farnan a farmer who lost his first wife when she was 41. Amanda was 20 years his junior and together they had 6 children. According to the Colchester Historeum, John Farnan died in 1908 but I believe that's a mistake given that by 1904, Amanda had married John Snow, a miner.
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| Rockies/Crowsnest Pass |
Of her children with John Farnan, Ermengarde died at 7, Rita died at 9 months, and Burton died at 8 months. Eva married Warren Rhude and had 12 children! Phyllis, a teacher who never married lived in Kimberley, BC along with her sister Sarah who married William Miller.
I am not sure what became of Percy and Lucy but they were last found on the 1921 census in Lethbridge, AB while their father was in Edmonton mining but...where was Amanda because 2 years later she died a horrible death...
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| Coleman abt 1903 |
Death of Mrs Amanda Snow
The death occurred at Coleman yesterday morning of Mrs Amanda Snow at the age of [56] years. Mrs Snow was a native of Nova Scotia and came to Coleman last summer to join her husband, who has resided there for some time. Death was due to a dose of sulphuric acid taken by mistake for medicine about six weeks ago. She leaves a husband and family to mourn her loss. The funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon next.
Also, there is a conflict with her burial location. According to the Alberta Family Histories Society, she was buried at the Bellevue Cemetery in Canmore, Alberta but the work on the Sprague Project site indicates that she was buried at the Watson Cemetery in Truro, Nova Scotia where her brother John William Ackles is buried - perhaps the latter is a cenotaph?
Ghost Town - Bellevue Cemetery
Coleman, Alberta
Blairmore, Alberta
Crowsnest Pass
That is horrific!
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