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• Occupation: mason
• Residence: Mar 1911, Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Apr 1911, Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; farmer
• Census: 5 Jun 1911, Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Misc: Jul 1974; 13 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren
• Obituary: 8 Jul 1974, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Halifax Chronicle Herald

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Obituary:

Obituary

OXFORD - John Henry McDonald, 86, of Oxford died Sunday at Sunrise Villa Nursing Home, Pugwash.  Born at Mount Pleasant, he was a son of the late Jeremiah and Ellen (McQuinn) McDonald.  He was a retired mason.  He is survived by two daughters, Eva (Mrs. John Wood), Oxford; Freda (Mrs. Sydney Coles), Fredericton, N.B.; three sons, Jeremiah and Eugene, both of Oxford; Joseph, Whitehorse, Yukon; a sister, Mabel (Mrs. Stanley Dixon), Oxford; a brother, Frank, Oxford; 13 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.  Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his first wife, the former Kezie Mattinson of Lake Killarney; and his second wife, the former Lydia King of Oxford; and a daughter, Shirley Ann; three sisters, Lina Dickie, Lottie Mattinson, and Hilda Mattinson.  The body is at Black's Funeral Home, Oxford, where funeral will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday.  Rev. Edgar Patriquin will officiate.  Burial will be in Mount Pleasant cemetery.

[posted to NSCumber mailing list by Gerry Mattinson on 17 Sep 2012]

John married Keziah Geneva Mattinson 30 Mar 1910. Keziah (daughter of Joseph E Mattinson and Lucinda A McCormick) was born 30 Jan 1893, Rosendale, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 21 Jul 1943, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, , Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Eva Jane McDonald was born 1 Mar 1911, Rosendale, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 31 May 2005, Cobourg, , Ontario, Canada.
2. Jeremiah E McDonald was born Abt 1912, Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 26 Nov 1992, Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. Eugene P A McDonald was born Abt 1915, Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 22 Sep 1999, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. Joseph Henry McDonald was born 4 Jan 1921, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 20 Jan 1995, Kelowna, , British Columbia, Canada.
5. Alfreida Beryl McDonald was born CA 1918, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 26 Sep 1984, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada.
6. Shirley Louisa McDonald was born 27 Jan 1928, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 7 Feb 1928, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 8 Feb 1928, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.