Laird — Anne Marie McCormick. Anne (daughter of Harris Melville McCormick and Ellen Jane Fraser) was born CA 1918, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 7 Mar 1998, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Aft 9 Mar 1998, Heatherdale Memorial Gardens, Slyvestor, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada; nursing assistant; Address:
  Colchester Regional Hospital
• Residence: Nov 1961, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: Oct 1985, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Misc: Mar 1998; great-grandson, Troy
• Obituary: 9 Mar 1998, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Halifax Chronicle Herald

Notes:

Obituary:

Obituary

SMITH, Anne Marie - 80, Northwood Manor, Halifax, died March 7, 1998, in QEII Health Science Centre, VG Site, Halifax.  Born in Oxford, Cumberland Co., she was a daughter of the late Harris and Ellen (Fraser) MacCormack.  During her life, she has resided in Oxford, Amherst, Stellarton and Truro.  She was a member of St. James Presbyterian Church, Truro; Southern Cross Rebekah Lodge, Stellarton, and Lioness Club, Truro.  She enjoyed curling and singing in the choirs in Stellarton and Truro.  She had also worked as a nursing assistant in Colchester County Hospital for some time.  She is survived by her daughters, Carolyn (Mrs. Terrance Blower), Simcoe, Ont.; Judy, Dartmouth; sister, Marcia (Mrs. Ivan Currie), Dartmouth; brother, Carmen and wife Margaret, Bristol, N.B.; grandchildren, Dawn, Darren and Warren Laybolt; great-grandson, Troy; several nieces and nephews.  She was a predeceased by her husband Laird; brothers, Alton, and Coll Maxie.
 Visitation 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today and funeral service 1 p.m. Monday, both in the A.L. Mattattal Funeral Home, Dartmouth, Rev. Dr. P.A. McDonald officiating.  Burial in Heatherdale Memorial Gardens, Slyvester, Pictou Co.  No flowers by request.  Donations may be made to the Northwood Care Inc. or charity of choice.

[posted to NSSCumber mailing list by Gerry Mattinson on 24 Sep 2012]

Other Events:

• Occupation: a railroad engineer
• Census: 1901, Oxford District B, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1911, Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: Oct 1985, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Obituary: 21 Oct 1985, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; the Chronicle Herald

Notes:

Census:
4 in 1901 census

Obituary:

Obituary

TRURO - Harris Melville McCormick, 89, Alice Street, Truro, died Saturday in
Colchester Hospital. Born in Mount Pleasant, Cumberland County, he was a
son of the late Melville and Emma Jane (King) McCormick. He lived in Oxford
and later moved to Stellarton and Truro. He was a retired railroad engineer
and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He was an adherent
of Immanuel Baptist Church. He is survived by a son Carman, Truro; two
daughters, Mrs. Anne Smith, Truro; Marcia (Mrs. Ivan Currie), Dartmouth;
five sisters, Mrs. Stella Colquhoun and Edith MacDonald, both of New
Glasgow; Laura MacPhee, Gloucester, Mass.; Zella (Mrs. Hugh Wallace),
Blackwood, N.J.; Fern (Mrs. Thomas Forsythe), Moncton; three brothers, Alex,
Franklin, Mass.; Earle, Mount Pleasant; Vernon, Oxford; nine grandchildren;
14 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Ellen
Jane Fraser, two sons, Alton and Collmaxie. The body is in Ettinger-Kennedy
Memorial Residence, Truro, where funeral service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Oxford. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to Immanuel Baptist Church Memorial Fund or Canadian
Diabetes Association.

Harris — Ellen Jane Fraser. Ellen was born CA 1901, Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 22 Nov 1961, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Obituary: 23 Nov 1961, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Halifax Chronicle Herald

Notes:

Obituary:

Obituary

TRURO - Mrs. Ellen Jane McCormick, 60, wife of Harris M. McCormick, died Wednesday.  She was born at Shinimicas Bridge, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Fraser.  She had resided in Oxford and Stellarton before coming to Truro in 1949.  Her husband is a C.N.R. engineer.  She was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church.  Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons:  Al, Picton, Ontario, and Carman, Oromocto, N.B.; two daughters, Anne, Mrs. Laird Smith, Truro, and Marcia, Mrs. Ivan Currie, Dartmouth; also two brothers, Lester and Orland Fraser of Oxford.  The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon from the Immanuel Baptist Church, Rev. Eugene Thompson officiating.  Interment will be at Oxford.

[posted to NSCumber Mailing List on 14 Jun 2013 by Gerry Mattinson]