Other Events:

• Misc: brother of Victor Smith
• Occupation: Lower Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; farmer (Ayrshire cattle and poultry)
• Obituary: 28 Jul 2010

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Obituary:

Obituary

Morley E. Smith
1923-2010

SMITH, Morley Elmer - Lower Shinimicas, Cumberland Co., passed away on Monday, July 26, 2010, at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in Upper Nappan. Born June 22 1923 at Lower Shinimicas, he was the youngest son of the late Lloyd and Hattie (Angus) Smith. He was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Reta Davidson, in 2007, and his brothers Norman and Victor (Jennie Davidson).

He was a 1950 graduate of the farm program at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. He devoted his life to farming and caring for the land and forests of his beloved Lower Shinimicas. He started Almoreta Farm where he raised purebred Ayrshires and shipped cream to Brookfield Dairy and later cream and bulk milk to Scotsburn Dairy. Until 1987 he was also a poultry producer and delivered brown eggs to local markets. He was an active member for many years of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture. His legacy of community service included twenty years as a municipal councilor for rural district no. 3, serving on the Cumberland District Planning Commission, the Board of Health, the ARHS School Board, and the Boards of East Cumberland Lodge and Sunset Home. He was strongly committed to the Co-operative movement where he served for many years as a director of the Baie View Co-op in Amherst Head. He also served for several years as a leader with the Linden 4-H Project Club. Throughout the 1970s and early 80s he was secretary-treasurer of Cumberland Rural Telephone Company. He was a member of Sunrise-Trinity United Church where he served for a time as elder.

He will be deeply missed by his children: sons Alford of Lower Shinimicas, Arthur of Toronto; daughters Karen (John MacLeod) of Dartmouth and Sheila of Lower Shinimicas. Also survived by sister-in-law Mildred Davidson of Pointe Clare, Quebec, as well as a number of nieces and nephews in Canada and the United States.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Furlong~Jones Funeral Home, 70 Church St., Amherst, NS (902-667-8777) Visitation will be held in Furlong-Jones Chapel (64 Church St., Amherst) on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 11 am at Sunrise Trinity United Church at Amherst Head by Rev. Philip Read, with interment in Riverside Cemetery, Tidnish Bridge. Donations may be made to the Sunrise-Trinity United Church or the Cumberland County 4H Council.

www.furlongjones.ca

Morley married Reta Isabel Davidson 15 Sep 1950. Reta (daughter of Arthur Davidson and Bertha May Strang) was born 17 Apr 1923, Tidnish Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 29 Jun 2007, Upper Nappan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, Tidnish Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Between 1942 and 1951; a teacher
• Residence: Feb 1994–APR 2003, Lower Shinimicas, , Nova Scotia, Canada
• Obituary: 30 Jun 2007, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; the Halifax Chronicle Herald

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Obituary

Reta Isabel Smith (Davidson)
1923-2007


SMITH (Davidson), Reta Isabel - Lower Shinimicas, Cumberland Co., passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in Upper Nappan. Born in 1923 at Tidnish Bridge, N.B., she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Bertha (Strang) Davidson.

She was a graduate of the Provincial Normal School, and taught for nine years at schools in West Amherst, Fenwick, Salem, Amherst Shore, Lorneville and Tidnish Bridge before her marriage in 1951. In later years she worked as bookkeeper for Cumberland Rural Telephone Co. She was an active member and treasurer of the Lower Shinimicas UCW and the Sunrise Senior Citizens for many years.

She is survived by her husband, Morley; sons, Alford, Lower Shinimicas; Arthur, Toronto; daughters, Karen (John MacLeod), Dartmouth, and Sheila, Lower Shinimicas; sister-in-law, Mildred Davidson, Pointe Claire, Que., and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brothers, Herbert (Kay), Edwin, Arnold and Arthur, and her sisters, Jessie (in infancy), Jennie (Victor) Smith and May (Thomas) Read, as well as half-sister, Margaret (Cyrus) Smith, and half-brother, William (Muriel) Davidson.

Visitation will be held in Furlong-Jones Chapel (64 Church St., Amherst) on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held on Monday at 2 p.m. in Furlong-Jones Chapel conducted by Rev. Stephen Longmoore, with interment in Riverside Cemetery, Tidnish Bridge. Donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia, Canadian Diabetes Association or Sunrise-Trinity United Church.

www.furlongjones.ca and www.thechronicleherald.ca

Other Events:

• Residence: Bef Oct 1908, Tidnish Bridge, , New Brunswick, Canada

Arthur married Bertha May Strang 14 Oct 1908, Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Bertha (daughter of Willard Henry Strang and Jessie Lavina Embree) was born 15 Jul 1884, Tidnish Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1969. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Tidnish Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Westmorland Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; domestic for N Luther Gooden
• AltDeath: Bef Feb 1994

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Census:
16 in 1901 census

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• AltBirth: Tidnish Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• AltBirth: 1851/2, Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Baptised: 19 Jul 1855
• AltBirth: Abt 1857, , , New Brunswick, Canada
• 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 Oct 1878, Tidnish, , Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: 1919, Tidnish Bridge, , New Brunswick, Canada

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Census:
4 in census

Census:
17 in 1871 census

Willard married Jessie Lavina Embree 21 Oct 1878, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jessie (daughter of William Baker Embree and Anna Brownell) was born 21 Apr 1850, East Amherst, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died 26 Mar 1916. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AltBirth: 21 Apr 1850, Warren, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1871, Head of Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Census:
20 in 1871 census