Connor — Megan Metcalfe. [Group Sheet]

1. Beau Robert Hurley

Timothy married Stephanie Lynn Melanson [Group Sheet]

Edwin — Doreen ?. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: For the next nine years; a welder at the Highway Garage in Amherst, NS.
• Occupation: For over 25 years; a welder with the steel bridge crew with the Nova Scotia Department of Highways

Notes:

He was a member of Saint Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church in Joggins, the parish council, the Royal Canadian Legion, Joggins Branch No. 4, and the Brookside Curling Club. Robert was an avid hunter and fisherman.

Buried:
His remains were cremated and buried in the cemetery.

Died:
He died of cancer.

Robert married Carolyn Marie Hedley [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: an employee of the Dept of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia where he maintained the dykes in Minudie and on the point in Amherst. Some of his work involved cutting the marsh grass from spring until fall.
• Occupation: driver of a team of clydesdale horses in the lumber woods in his younger years
• Occupation: Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; employee at Green Crow Coalmine for a short time
• Baptised: 17 Nov 1910, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Obituary: 10 Sep 2008, Halifax, , Nova Scotia, Canada; The Halifax Chronicle Herald

Notes:

Occupation:
Art was primary caregiver for the horses as well as a team driver. The horses were used to haul the logs out of the woods.

Baptised:
His godparents were Edmund O'Regan and Mrs Joe Brine.

Obituary:

Obituary

MELANSON, Arthur

MELANSON, Arthur - 97, Amherst, formerly of Joggins, died September 7, 2008, in Victoria Manor. He was a son of the late Isreal and Alice (LeBlanc) Melanson. Surviving are sons, Morris (Patti), Richard (Judy); daughter, Margaret (Terry) Terrio; daughter-in-law, Carolyn; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Kathryn (LeBlanc); son, Robert; five brothers and sisters. Visitation 7-9 p.m. Thursday, October 16, in River Hebert and Joggins Community Funeral Home River Hebert. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday, October 17, in St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church. Burial in Ragged Reef Cemetery. www.furlongjones.ca

Arthur married Kathryn Georgina (Kay) LeBlanc 30 Oct 1939, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Kathryn (daughter of Rufus Henry LeBlanc and Mary Alice (Alice) Terrio) was born 13 Apr 1910; died 1 Dec 1976, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Obituary: an unknown newspaper
• Baptised: Apr 1910, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Baptised:
No godparents were listed in the baptism entry.