Re: [CBQ] Survivor Pensions

["Rupert Gamlen" <gamlenz@hotmail.com>]

Peter

A Relief Department was set up in 1888 but it appears that he was killed before it could have started.

An extract from the Annual Report of the CB&Q Directors to 31 December 1888 -

Your directors have given attention to the question of devising a plan by which men in the service may safely and cheaply provide for themselves and their families in case of injury or death; and it has been decided to organize a department, modelled on a similar department in the Pennsylvania Railroad organization. to be called the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Relief Department. Those in the employ of the company desiring to obtain its benefits can do so at a moderate cost. The matter is wholly voluntary.

The full Annual Report is available on the BRHS Flickr site. This extract also appeared in the Railroad Gazette 1889 vol. 21 page 200.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

On Apr 19, 2021, at 8:44 PM, Peter S Weber via groups.io <owl_man_2000=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

I am hoping someone can answer this question. My 2x great grandfather was a section boss on the Q, based in Monmouth, IL. In February 1888, he was hit by an incoming locomotive and died of his injuries. I am wondering if his surviving spouse would have received a survivor's pension. If so, how would that pension be structured?

Thank you in advance.
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Peter S. Weber

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