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• 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]

Anne — Laird Smith. Laird died Bef Mar 1998. [Group Sheet]

1. Carolyn Smith
2. Judy Smith

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• 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]

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

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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]

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• Census: 1871, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: Bef Aug 1887, Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, Oxford District B, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1911, Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Misc:
unknown sister Fern (Mrs. Thomas Forsythe), Moncton; brother Vernon, Oxford; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren

Census:
9 in 1871 census

Census:
38 in 1901 census

Charles married Emma Jane King 31 Aug 1887, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Emma was born 9 Jun 1868, Mount Pleasant, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died CA Jan 1960, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, , Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: Bef Aug 1887, Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, Oxford District B, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1911, Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Misc: Jan 1960; six sons: Alex, Harris, Douglas, Delbert, Vernon
• Obituary: 14 Jan 1960, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; Amherst Daily News

Notes:

Birth:


Census:
32 in 1901 census

Obituary:

Obituary

OXFORD - Mrs. Emma Jane MCCORMACK, one of Oxford's oldest citizens,
passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred McIntosh, James
Street, at the age of 91. She was the daughter of the late James and
Susan Patton King and resided in Mt. Pleasant the greater part of her
life. Her husband, C.M. McCormack, predeceased her 33 years ago. She
was a member of the Oxford Baptist Church. The funeral service was
conducted by Rev. John Porter with interment at Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
She is survived by six sons, Alex, Franklin, Mass.; Harris, Truro;
Douglas, East Brookfield, Mass.; Delbert, Stellarton; Vernon of Oxford
and six daughters, Blanche, Mrs. Fred McIntosh, Oxford; Stella, Mrs.
Fred Calquhoun, Little Harbor, Pictou; Laura McPhee, Gloucester, Mass.;
Edith McDonald, New Glasgow; Zella, Mrs. Hugh Wallace, Philadelphia,
Pa.; Fern, Mrs. Thomas Forsythe, Moncton; one step-daughter, Lucinda,
Mrs. Merle Cook, N.H.; one sister, Anna, Mrs. Bedford Dickie, of Bass
River, and two brothers, Elmer and Bert King of Oxford.
[posted to NSCumber mailing list by Kathryn Jeffers, 23 Feb 2005]

Notes:

Married:
he was 25, she was 19; both are listed as widow(er)s

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• Census: 1871, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

NAME: - Catherine Dickie, 18/10/92 & 3/2/94 BD: DD: MD: WIF:

Census:
41 in 1871 census

Edward married Mary Jane Smith 17 Jan 1852, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary (daughter of Thomas Benjamin Smith and Jane Oulton) was born 1828; died 9 Aug 1893; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, , Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Census: 1871, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• AltDeath: 9 Aug 1898

Notes:

NAME: - Catherine Dickie, 18/10/92 PARN: BD: DD: MD: HUS: died aged 65

DD:9 Aug 1898 - Catherine Dickie, 3/2/94 fourth daughter; nine children

Census:
44 in 1871 census