Hubert Alois Schnur (1904 - 1971)

Born 20 Oct 1904 in Riegelsberg, Germany

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Died 10 Dec 1971 at age 67 in Alberta, Canada

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Biography

Article written on Hubert Alois Schnur after his death: "Hubert Schnur was born in Germany in 1904, and came to Tomahawk, in Alberta in 1930 to farm. From 1946-1947, he worked at Mercoal. In 1949 he came to Hinton and started mining with Emma Nickerson at Coal Creek. The following year, he found a coal vein, south of Hinton, near the present nuisance ground. Hubert and Carl Urban operated this mine for two years, then took in a third partner, Cliff Woodley. In 1953 Schnur's mine closed. The local coal market was depl... and the necessary capital unavailable. "Hubert then set up a saw mill west of town. In 1955 he contracted with North Western Pulp and Power...cut pulp logs. His crew felled trees, skidded them out with hor... and stockpiled them for delivery to ... mill (Willy Leithoff spoke of his cousin being a lumberjack). Schnur and his crew operate ... Camps9, 13, and 16. In 1962 Hu... left Hinton and homesteaded .... Evansburg. "During the operation of ... mine, but due to old age, and lac... capital, he was unable to begin a ... His mineral lease was there... cancelled. "Hubert married Helen Pi... in 1935. She died in 1956. Helen ...Hubert had four children: Rosemary 1937, Frank 1939, Wilhelmina 1941, and Gerry 1943. Rosemary and Ken Stralund live in Hinton with their four sons; Frank and his wife Lucien Dussault, have two children and live in Hinton; Wilhelmina live in Kamloops, but her two sons Randy and Robert Reich live in Hinton; and Gerry lives in Kamloops. "In 1957 Hubert remarried Erna Hedwig. He died in 1971 and Erna died in 1980." This was not the best copy of this newspaper? article, some words could not be read.

Sources

• Birth: Mass Card in Willy Leithoff's possession.

www.familysearch.org: Canadian Passenger Lists 1865-1935: Hubert Schnur; Age 25; Born about 1905; Born in Riegesberg, Germany; Occupation Farm Lab. / Arrival 13 April 1930 / Vessel name "Milwaukee" / Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada / Departed 4 Apr 1930 from Hamburg, Germany / Nearest relative still in Germany: Father: Frans Schnur, Riegelsberg. Death: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 October 2018), memorial page for Hubert Schnur (1904–1971), Find A Grave: Memorial #126661441, citing Evansburg Cemetery, Evansburg, Hinton Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Iline (contributor 48181378) . : Photo of tombstone in Evansburg Cemetery, Evansburg, Alberta, Canada: SCHNUR / In Loving Memory Of / ERNA 1910 -1980 / HUBERT 1904 - 1971 / REST IN PEACE.