Ewing, William Robert
Birth Year:
c.1908
Death Year:
1930
Spouse(s):
Margaret Catherine (Cole) Ewing
Siblings:
Thomas Ewing
William Ewing was born in Motherwell, Scotland, around 1908. He died in the Blakeburn Collieries disaster on August 13, 193o. He had signed on to work at the mine on July 30, 1930 and was working as a hoistman. He had been married three months, to Margaret Cole (May 23, 1930).
He was buried on August 24, 1930 from St. Paul’s United Church.
Brother, Thomas Ewing, Blakeburn. Thomas gave evidence, reported in the October 9, 1930 edition of the Similkameen Star. At that time, he had moved to Vancouver.
References:
Marriage registration (BC Archives); Similkameen Star, August 21, 1030, page 1, 6; October 9, 1930, pages 4, 5