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Midnight, Charles Sr
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Dates of existence
April 1872 - March 5, 1949
History
Charles was born in Austria but emigrated from Italy. He married Alice Claire Smith, daughter of railway roadmaster Hugh Smith in Massachusetts on August 24, 1904.
Charles Midnight Jr was born in 1907. He would become an engineer on the railway. Charles Midnight Senior had 14 children in total, including Hazel Armstrong.
Charles came to Squamish around 1919 and lived in both Squamish and Cheakamus. He became a section foreman of the PGE in Cheakamus. He changed his surname to Midnight (possibly from Menzanotte).
He died at 77 years of age on March 5, 1949. Mrs A. Midnight died at age 85 on June 25, 1971.
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Squamish Public Library, Squamish Files: Prominent Names.
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CM01