You are correct in your last statement, it should read "Aylward".
I am interested to find this, as I am the "Laura Lee" mentioned in the obituary.
This is great work & I would be happy to help out if I can.
--- In nscumber@yahoogroups.com, David Winter <davidwinter@...> wrote:
>
> I have his wife as Elva Gwendolyn Aylward, d/o Frederick St. Clair Aylward
> and Josephine Elizabeth Canning.
>
> I have his wife as deceased 10 Sep 1973 but couldn't locate her obit on the
> Herald Obit Index at the Archives.
>
> Dave
> ===================
> Chronicle Herald, Tuesday, September 21, 1971, pg. #2; Reel #6003, NSARM,
> Halifax, N.S.
> OBITUARY: M.L. Dunphy
> Parrsboro - Town Councilor, Morley L. Dunphy drowned Sunday night when he
> apparently fell out of the boat from which he had been fishing in Parrsboro
> harbor. Town police said that the incident occurred around 9 p.m. The body
> was found in the harbor Monday morning at approximately 9 a.m. Born in
> Parrsboro, he was the son of Percy and Frances (Patterson) Dunphy. Mr.
> Dunphy was a member of the Parrsboro Town Council and operated Dunphy's Taxi
> Service. Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, the former Elva
> Alward; one daughter, Laura Lee, at home; four sisters, Dorothy (Mrs. John
> Chambers), Whitby, Ont.; Doris (Mrs. Floyd Brown) and Sharon (Mrs. Edward
> Finn), both of Scarborough, Ont.; and Shirley (Mrs. Horace Pugsley),
> Moncton, N.B.; one brother, Ronnie, Parrsboro. The body is at Smith's
> Funeral Home, Parrsboro. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. In
> the Baptist Church, Parrsboro, with Rev. Hazen Bezanson officiating. Burial
> will be in the church cemetery.
>
> Source: Dave Winter, 5 Jan 2010
> Note: Believe Alward should be Aylward
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>