Captain Cecil Desmond of Parrsboro

["Sue-Ellyn Eldridge" <SueEllyn_Eldridge_uid1455@yahoog_ roups.com>]

The information I have is as follows : Capt. Cecil Desmond was born in
Whitehall, Parrsboro, on June 2nd 1899 - a son (one of 8 children) born to
Capt. Daniel Desmond and Lena Maude Kenny. (Capt. Dan Desmond, his son
Richard and others were lost in 1933 when the 'Ena F Parsons' capsized in
the Bay of Fundy.) Capt. Cecil Desmond married Frances Cecelia McGuirk,
daughter of Owen Edward McGuirk and Emma Jane Durant (incorrectly listed in
the census under the name McGuire). Cecil and Frankie had known each other
most of their lives and had attended school together in Parrsboro. They had
3 children : Michael Desmond (b. 1930 d. 1930); Mary Con Desmond (b. Oct.
7th 1935) and Judith Cecile Desmond (b. Oct. 9th 1937). The 2 daughters
married, have had children and live in the Boston area. After his
retirement Cecil had a general store.

As for the McGuirks - Owen Edward McGuirk was one of 11 children born to
Owen McGuirk and Mary Elizabeth Aitken (aunt of William Maxwell Aitken, Lord
Beaverbrook) Many of the children were lost young but there was one -
William (Bill) who remained in Parrsboro. A few of the other ended up in
the Boston area, New York or, in the case of Owen Edward - lived out west,
in New York, back in Parrsboro for a time and finally in the Detroit area.
Owen was actually killed by a train - hit while driving through a train
crossing. Frankie was one of three children. She had an older brother Owen
Regis McGuirk (known by his middle name) and a younger sister Constance Eva
Maria McGuirk.

Sue-Ellyn