Brother
Samuel Hudson
(died 3 May 1887, aged 37)
At present the VIMHP knows nothing about Brother Hudson apart from the information on his tombstone. We will add more information about Brother Samuel Hudson as we uncover it.
The tombstone of Brother Samuel Hudson.
The inscription on the tombstone reads:
"ERECTED BY HIS MASONIC BRETHREN
In Memory of
Samuel Hudson
aged 37 years
Who died 3 May 1887
In [illegible] attempt to rescue Coal Miners
after the dreadful [illegible]
In No. 1 Shaft, Nanaimo"
This sounds like a very tragic, but interesting, piece of history that needs to be covered in detail on this page. The VIMHP will do more research to uncover what happened to Brother Samuel Hudson and the full details of the coal mining .
The GPS location of Brother Samuel Hudson's grave is:
N 49⁰ 10.190' W 123⁰ 57.285'
