Name: Daniel 'Dan' Alexander Macaulay
Age: 62 yrs
Birth: Port Morien, Nova Scotia
Death: 21 Oct 1942, at residence; suddenly, after several years of poor health
Residence: Drumheller, Alberta; 28 yrs
In Alberta: 34 yrs
Education: graduate in engineering, Franklin College; New Athens, Ohio, USA
Occupation:
- pioneer coal operator, mining engineer
- started in mining as a boy
- worked several yrs for Dominion Coal Company, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; before college
- assistant engineer, West Canadian Collieries; Blairmore, Alberta; 1906, one year
- chief engineer, collieries at Port Morien, Nova Scotia; 2 yrs, 1907-1909
- chief engineer, International Coal and Coke Company, Alberta; 1909 - Nov 1914
- manager, Red Deer Valley Coal Company, Drumheller, Alberta; Nov 1914 - 1917
- manager, Newcastle and A.B.C. coal mining companies; from 1917
- president, Newcastle Junior Mining Company
- manager, Hy-Grade Coal Co.; prior to his passing
Memberships & affiliations:
- active in all community affairs
- former mayor of Drumheller, Alberta
- 1920, elected to town council
- 1921, became mayor of Drumheller; several years
- 1942, appointed chairman, Drumheller War Finance Committee, actively working to raise funds for the Canadian war effort
- member, Drumheller Lodge, No. 146, A.F. & A.M. of the Masonic Order
- member, Knox United Church, Drumheller, Alberta
Survived by:
- wife, Mrs. Charlotte Macaulay
- son, Robert Laird Borden; Royal Canadian Engineers, Chilliwack, BC
- daughter, Mrs. Harold (Jean) McVeigh
- daughter, Charlotte Anne
- sister, Mrs. Jean McInnis; Sydney, Nova Scotia
- half-sister, Mrs. Florence McLeod; Halifax, Nova Scotia
- brother-in-law, Mr. Gillis Macaulay
- brother-in-law, Major M.M. McDonald
Funeral service: 24 Oct 1942, Knox United Church, Drumheller, Alberta
Interment: Masonic plot, Drumheller cemetery

References:
- "Dan Macaulay, Pioneer Coal Operator Passed Away at Home, Oct. 21 -- Former Mayor of Drumheller Was Prominent in Valley Mining Circles Since 1914", The Drumheller Mail, 22 Oct 1942; page 1. PaperOfRecord.com. Web.
- "Daniel Alexander Macaulay (Drumheller)", The Drumheller Mail, 29 Oct 1942; page 5. PaperOfRecord.com. Web.
- "D.A. MacAulay, Mine Expert, Dies", Calgary Herald, 21 Oct 1942; page 1. Newspapers.com. Web.
- "Was Working for Loan Till Day of Death", Calgary Herald, 22 Oct 1942; page 15. Newspapers.com. Web.
- untitled, Calgary Herald, 24 Oct 1942; page 5. Newspapers.com. Web.

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Alberta Deaths Index:
Name: Daniel A. Macaulay
Death: 21 Oct 1942, Drumheller, Alberta
Registration number: 301-434
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Notes from Deb:
- Middle name on cemetery records shown as Alexander, however, newspaper article, marriage records and death record for Charlotte, all show Archibald. There is a write-up for Mr. Macauley in "Hills of Home; Drumheller Valley", however, it is under the name of Daniel Alexander Macauley (see pg 276-277).
- Married to Charlotte Harold Macaulay August 18, 1909 in Glace Bay, N.S. According to Charlotte's death registration, she was born Aug. 5, 1886 in Glace Bay and died Oct. 27, 1961 in North Vancouver. She was cremated.
- Son, Robert Borden Macaulay was born March 20, 1913 in Drumheller and died Sept. 2, 1975 in Vancouver, according to his death certificate. Ancestry shows he was born in Coleman, Alberta, and married to Eileen Longmate. Borden was cremated.

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