Name |
Harris Melville McCormick |
Born |
8 Jul 1896 |
Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [1, 2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1901 |
Oxford District B, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [1] |
|
Census |
1911 |
Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [3] |
Residence |
Oct 1985 |
Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada [2] |
Died |
19 Oct 1985 |
Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada [2] |
Obituary |
21 Oct 1985 |
Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [2] |
the Chronicle Herald |
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.
|
Occupation |
a railroad engineer [2, 4] |
Buried |
Pine Grove Cemetery, Oxford, , Nova Scotia, Canada [2] |
Person ID |
I34581 |
Arthur - Research |
Last Modified |
6 Nov 2012 |
Family |
Ellen Jane Fraser, b. CA 1901, Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 22 Nov 1961, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 60 years) |
Married |
Y [2] |
Children |
| 1. Carman McCormick, d. Between Mar 1998 and Jul 2009 |
| 2. Anne Marie McCormick, b. CA 1918, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 7 Mar 1998, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 80 years) |
| 3. Marcia Fraser McCormick, b. CA 1928, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 28 Jul 2009, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 81 years) |
| 4. Alton McCormick, d. Bef Oct 1985 |
| 5. Collmaxie McCormick, d. Bef Oct 1985 |
|
Family ID |
F19788 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |