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Harris Melville McCormick

Male 1896 - 1985  (89 years)


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  • Name Harris Melville McCormick 
    Born 8 Jul 1896  Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1901  Oxford District B, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 4 in 1901 census
    Census 1911  Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence Oct 1985  Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 19 Oct 1985  Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Obituary 21 Oct 1985  Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I34581  Arthur - Research
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2012 

    Father Charles Melville McCormick,   b. Abt 9 Nov 1861,   d. CA 1927  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Emma Jane King,   b. 9 Jun 1868, Mount Pleasant, , Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA Jan 1960, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F6166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen Jane Fraser,   b. CA 1901, Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1961, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1998, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
     3. Marcia Fraser McCormick,   b. CA 1928, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 2009, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     4. Alton McCormick,   d. Bef Oct 1985
     5. Collmaxie McCormick,   d. Bef Oct 1985
    Family ID F19788  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsObituary - the Chronicle Herald - 21 Oct 1985 - Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S685] Census: 1901 Cumberland Co, NS, Oxford District B, Fam # 139 (5639( (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S695] Obituaries: General, Harris McCormick, Halifax Chronicle Herald, 21 Oct 1985 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S1665] Census: 1911, Canada, Mansfield, Cumberland Co, NS, Dist 22, p.7.

    4. [S695] Obituaries: General, Ellen Jane McCormick, Halifax Chronicle Herald, 23 Nov 1961, posted to NSCumber Mailing List 14 Jun 2013 by Gerry Mattinson.


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