Looking for clues to family of William HARTLEY & h/w Pauline, b July 1881. They had three sons and moved from Springhill, NS to Barrhead between 1908 and 1919. Moved with them were HIGHTON, James W., b 1895 and his brother Robbie Wylie, b 1887. Both brothers became railroaders.
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The finding aids and Masster Surname Index of the Alberta Genealogical Society shows; Robert Wylie HIGHTON, 1887 - 25 Jul 1959 and Mary Violet HIGHTON, 1893 - 28 Aug 1956 are both buried in plot 130E,9 of the Hillside cemetery at Medicine Hat
There are several other Highton's in this cemetery. But no James.
There are also several William HARTLEY's on the Master Surname Index and we find one with the date, 1881 - 1918 is listed in the Alberta Family Histories Society Index. You can find a link to the AFHS from the AGS Website.
Peter
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Thank you, Peter. You have found some of the people I seek. I will email you off list. A relative of the HIGHTONs is my uncle, Cecil Wilfred McCunn LANGILLE. I am hoping to trace him thru those other families. Jack
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My g great grandfather, David Francis McMillen Wylie came from Ireland and became a railroader. His son, my grandad, also worked in the railroad, first in Medicine Hat, then in Banff. He died in 2003. I wonder if Robbie, is my grandpa's cousin. I believe my grandad had two sisters.
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