Thomas and Rosevia "Rosie" Mellor
Page by Bob Leathers
(Rocky Mountain News, Dec. 9, 1954)
THEIR TRAGEDY
This thing really has hit the men who are too young for pensions, but too old to land jobs elsewhere. The tragedy is theirs.
Thomas Mellor and his wife are "Ma" and "Pa" to practically everyone in town. They raised four youngsters of his, four of hers by a previous marriage - she was widowed by the 1908 explosion - and held open house in their little home for years for all the kids in town.
For 45 years, he's been treasurer of the union, Local 2335 of the UMW. Now, he's on a pension. "The union tried to keep the mines open by building up the coal business, but the company said they couldn't do it," he said. "Sure, coal will come back some day - but it will be a long time. "Hanna has the best coal in the U.P. system. It was named, you know, for Mark.A. Hanna, who said there was enough coal here to last a century. There's more than that, but it's doing no good to anyone now. "We've tried to keep our union alive, and we still have 200 members on the rolls. But many of them have moved." (Rocky Mountain News, Dec. 9, 1954)
Mellor, Rosevia
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: “1879 - 1969”
Plot: 88
Born: 1879
Died: 1969
Age: 90 y's
Note: Rosevia "Rosy" Cundy was born August 28, 1879, in England to Thomas and Emma Bray . She arrived in this country around 1888. She married John "Jack" Rimmer and they had four children together. Jack Rimmer was killed in the March 28, 1908 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. She also had three sons and one daughter with Thomas Mellor. She died on January 9, 1969, in Rawlins, Wyoming, at the age of 89 and buried in the Hanna. Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: “1879 - 1969”
Plot: 88
Born: 1879
Died: 1969
Age: 90 y's
Note: Rosevia "Rosy" Cundy was born August 28, 1879, in England to Thomas and Emma Bray . She arrived in this country around 1888. She married John "Jack" Rimmer and they had four children together. Jack Rimmer was killed in the March 28, 1908 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. She also had three sons and one daughter with Thomas Mellor. She died on January 9, 1969, in Rawlins, Wyoming, at the age of 89 and buried in the Hanna. Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry)
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Mellor, Thomas
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: “1886 - 1977”
Plot: 88
Born: 1886
Died: 1977
Age: 91 y's
Note: Thomas Mellor was born October 3, 1886, in England. He arrived in this country around 1902. He had three sons and one daughter with Rosevia "Rosy" Cundy. He died on April 4, 1977, in Alameda, California, at the age of 90. (Ancestry)
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Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: “1886 - 1977”
Plot: 88
Born: 1886
Died: 1977
Age: 91 y's
Note: Thomas Mellor was born October 3, 1886, in England. He arrived in this country around 1902. He had three sons and one daughter with Rosevia "Rosy" Cundy. He died on April 4, 1977, in Alameda, California, at the age of 90. (Ancestry)
More at: Remembering Thomas and Rosevia "Rosie" Mellor
(Image by Bob Leathers)