Other Events:

• Occupation: Nov 1914; farmer
• Obituary: 7 Jun 1923, Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; Oxford Journal

Notes:

Obituary:

Obituary

The Journal last week stated in brief the passing away as the result of an accident of Mr. Roderick Simpson, a well-known resident of Mount Pleasant.  Dr. E. P. Atkinson the attending physician gives us further particulars of the sad occurrence.  On Wednesday, June 6th the deceased was ripping an ask plank on his twin circular saws run by gasoline engine, inn order to make a table for sawing laths.  The saws struck a knot in the plank, hurling the timber against Mr. Simpson’s abdomen, knocking him back to an adjoining wall.  The blow injured him seriously internally and he suffered much pain, notwithstanding skillful treatment and passed away in less than 24 hours after the accident.  The funeral was conducted by Rev. G.R. Kyle of Oxford on Saturday afternoon, a large number gathering for the occasion and thus showed their sympathy for the bereaved family.  The surviving relatives, his wife, who was a Miss Mattinson, five daughters, Mrs. Cameron of Tatamagouche, Mrs. Clarence Kennedy of Port Philip, Mrs. Seldon Sutherland and Viola of Oxford, Rossie at home and two sons, Ernest in British Columbia, by a former marriage; Renforth at home.
[posted to NSCumber mailing list 27 Mar 2011 by Gerry Mattinson]

Roderick married Clara F McCormick 29 Jun 1887. Clara (daughter of Edward Harris McCormack and Mary Jane Smith) was born 15 Aug 1868, Mount Pleasant, , Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1891; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, , Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Nov 1914, Mount Pleasant, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; farmer
• Residence: Jun 1923, , , British Columbia, Canada

Ernest married Alice Amelia Dobson 4 Nov 1914, East Leicester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Alice was born 1894, Mansfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 15 Jan 1985, Mission, , British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet]