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• Occupation: commerical traveller with Ogilvie Five Roses
• Occupation: Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; owner of Strang's taxi
• AltBirth: 1905
• Residence: Dec 1998, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Misc: Jan 1999; grandchildren, Leisa (Mrs. Mike Burton), Troy and Jennifer Lynn; great-grandchildren, Megan, Josh and Justin
• Obituary: 2 Jan 1999, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Halifax Chronicle Herald

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Obituary:

Obituary

STRANG, James Edgar - 91, 25 Broad St., Truro, passed away December 31, 1998, in Colchester Regional Hospital. Born in Amherst, he was a son of the late William and Janet (MacCallum) Strang. Jim and his late father owned and operated Strang's Taxi in Amherst for a number of years. He was a member of St. Andrew's United Church, Truro, and a former elder. He was a retired commercial traveler with Ogilvie Five Roses for 28 years. Following retirement, he worked in real estate with Pat King of Truro and Halifax. He was a member of North Eastern United Commercial Travelers' Association, the Truro Golden K Club and Acacia Lodge 8, Amherst, from which he received his 60-year pin. He was also a member of the Scottish Rite and the Order of Eastern Star. He had a keen interest in genealogy and was a charter member of Armdale Yacht Club. He is survived by his wife, the former Marie E. Ivany; daughter, Heather and husband Ken Boyd, Onslow; son, Terry, Truro; sister, Frances Tannahill, Amherst; grandchildren, Leisa (Mrs. Mike Burton), Troy and Jennifer Lynn; great-grandchildren, Megan, Josh and Justin. He was predeceased by sisters, Janet and Isabel; brothers, Frank, George and one in infancy. Funeral service 2 p.m. today in St. Andrew's United Church, Rev. Margaret Sagar officiating. Spring burial in Belmont Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Children's Wish Foundation, St. Andrew's United Church memorial fund or Colchester Regional Hospital Foundation. Arrangements entrusted to Colchester Community Funeral Home, Truro.

James married Marie E Ivany Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marie was born , Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 2001, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , ? Cemetery, Truro, , Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: founder of Strang's taxi, the oldest taxi in the Maritimes
• Census: 1891, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
• Census: 1901, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; carpenter, car works

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Misc:
W.B. Strang was a business man in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He owned and ran a livery stable which was located across from the train station and next to the Amherst Hotel. He later started a taxi business around 1907 - believed to be the oldest taxi in the Maritimes - and was one of the first people to own a car in Amherst. He eventually owned a fleet of cars by the 1940's. He also had a contract with the Postal Service for parcel delivery.

He owned a large Victorian home located at 99 Church Street. When his family was young, and while he supported other members of his family ie. sister Bessie, his mother-in-law, and cousin Hannah Embree Bent, he owned two working farms - one in Brookdale and took hay off the one on the Tantramar Marsh. I imagine the hay was used in the Livery Stable operation. The Brookdale farm provided vegetables and food for the family.

Prior to his marriage he worked at the Amherst Car works as a carpenter and painter. Shortly after his marriage, he took sick with paritonitis (sp?) and spent some recovery time out west visiting his brother, Henry. When he returned, he started the livery stable business and the taxi business.

According to Auntie Fran, Grandpa left home at an early age and took a job as a carpenter at the Canada Car Works in Amherst. People he worked with nicknamed him "Rock Maple" for some reason. She thought it was because he wore homemade wool socks but I think most people wore homemade socks in the late 1800's.

Auntie Fran says she understood Grandpa's father, Ephraim Edgar, was a difficult man to get along with which is probably the reason the boys left home early.

Census:
11 in census

Census:
21 in 1901 census

William married Janet Watt McCallum 25 Dec 1902, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Janet was born 5 Mar 1882, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; died 1 Jul 1978, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: Bef Dec 1902, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Occupation: farmer
• AltBirth: 23 Oct 1850, Tidnish, , New Brunswick, Canada
• AltBirth: 1851, Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Baptised: 19 Jul 1855
• Census: 1861, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
• Census: 1871, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; farmer
• Residence: Bef Jan 1872, Tidnish Bridge, , Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: Between 1872 and 1900, Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1891, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; farmer
• Census: 1901, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; a carpenter, car works
• Residence: Aft 1900, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Obituary: 4 Nov 1921, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; Amherst Daily News

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Census:
11 in census

Census:
20 in 1871 census

Census:
40 in census

Census:
50 in 1901 census

Obituary:

OBITUARY

One of Amherst's old citizens passed away today in the person of Ephraim E. STRANG, at his home No. 9 Robie St. Mr. Strang has been ill during the past summer, and his death was not unexpected. He is survived by two sons, Will and Henry, and three married daughters, Mrs. Russell Scott, Robie St., Mrs. Anderson in the States, and a third daughter Emma also in the United States. The late Mr. Strang was well known in Amherst and throughout the Country, and his death will be heard of with regret by a wide circle of friends. The funeral will be held from the home at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon.

[From the Amherst Daily NewsNewspaper, dated Friday, 4 November 1921, page 5.]

Ephraim married Martha Eliza Embree 24 Jan 1872, Tidnish, , New Brunswick, Canada. Martha (daughter of William Baker Embree and Anna Brownell) was born 13 Apr 1853, East Amherst, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died 30 Jul 1914, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , ? Cemetery, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• AltBirth: 13 Apr 1853, Warren, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• AltBirth: 13 Apr 1853, Tidnish, , Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1871, Head of Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1891, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
• Census: 1901, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• AltDeath: 31 Jul 1914, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Census:
15 in 1871 census

Census:
47 in 1901 census