The 'Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book' is the first really definitive listing for those killed in the disaster of 6 December 1917. The online version features a searchable database with detailed information for 1946 casualties - more than 300 of whom are recently-confirmed and identified victims.
This dataset has the following 34 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | id | number | 204 1070 568 1360 1893 view top 100 |
| page | page | number | 213 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| bookno | bookno | number | 1556 451 645 568 805 view top 100 |
| title | title | text | Mrs Miss Pte Capt Sergt view top 100 |
| Last | last | text | Duggan Walsh Hinch Jackson Johnson view top 100 |
| Given | given | text | William Mary John James Annie view top 100 |
| anames | anames | text | Jack Welsh William Patterson nee McDonald view top 100 |
| bodyno | bodyno | text | 1107-08-09 1030-31 1054 794 712 view top 100 |
| gender | gender | text | male female view top 100 |
| address | address | text | Protestant Orphanage 1274 Barrington St. Halifax NS Nova Scotia Halifax NS Nova Scotia Tufts Cove Dartmouth NS Nova Scotia Dartmouth NS Nova Scotia 1498 Barrington St. Halifax NS Nova Scotia view top 100 |
| community | community | text | Protestant Orphanage Corner of Flynn Block Africville Old Ladies' Home view top 100 |
| no_number | no_number | number | 3 5 16 1274 1 view top 100 |
| number | number | number | 3 5 16 1274 1 view top 100 |
| street | street | text | Barrington Veith N Albert Union Duffus view top 100 |
| st | st | text | St. Rd. Terrace Ave. Lane view top 100 |
| city | city | text | Halifax Dartmouth Liverpool Cardiff London view top 100 |
| province | province | text | NS ON PQ NB NL view top 100 |
| country | country | text | England Wales Scotland Norway USA view top 100 |
| ageDisplay | agedisplay | text | 2 1 3 23 4 view top 100 |
| Years | years | number | 1 2 23 3 4 view top 100 |
| datedeath | datedeath | text | 06 December 1917 07 December 1917 09 December 1917 26 December 1917 17 December 1917 view top 100 |
| day | day | number | 6 9 7 18 2 view top 100 |
| month | month | number | 12 1 2 4 3 view top 100 |
| year | year | number | 1917 1918 view top 100 |
| foundby | foundby | text | Killed at home Died at home "Body not recovered" Died Victoria General Hospital "Remains not recovered" view top 100 |
| identified | identified | text | Body not identified Mrs Ada Moore Wm McT Orr Vincent McDonald E Peck, Master Curaca view top 100 |
| obituary | obituary | text | Morning Chronicle December 10, 1917 p2 Halifax Herald December 7, 1918 p14 Morning Chronicle December 8, 1917 p8 Halifax Herald April 20, 1918 Halifax Herald March 13, 1918 p2 view top 100 |
| buried | buried | text | Mount Olivet Cemetery, Halifax, NS Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, NS St John's Cemetery, Halifax, NS Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, NS Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, NS view top 100 |
| occupation | occupation | text | Stevedore Furness Withy Canadian Government Railway Fireman SS Curaca Stevedore Horseman SS Curaca view top 100 |
| religion | religion | text | St Joseph's Roman Catholic Grove St Presbyterian St Mark's Anglican Roman Catholic Church of England [Anglican] view top 100 |
| family | family | text | See father William See mother Margaret See mother Mary See mother Catherine Father John view top 100 |
| relatives | relatives | text | James Guess Joseph Fassett Mrs J B Smith Alex Matheson Alfred Lacy, Wm & Mary Lacy view top 100 |
| note | note | text | Reported missing Added from the Halifax Death Book 1408 Barrington St. Snow's Funeral Home N/A 56 Veith St. view top 100 |
| sources | sources | text | City Directory 1918 - GANS list - HRC: List City Directory 1918 - GANS list - HRC: Article 4 - HRC: List GANS list - HRC: List City Directory 1918 - GANS list - HRC: List - HRC: Article 3 City Directory 1918 - GANS list - National Archives (UK) - HRC: List view top 100 |