Re: Mrs. Samuel Crossman of Port Greville

["keysie" <keysie_uid1613@yahoogroups.invalid>]

Dave:

For William and Mary Ann (McCully) CROSSMAN, you can add:

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Source: Local newspaper. Celebrated 85th birthday. Sept. 29, 1928.
Daughters: Emiline, Mrs. Joshua Welsh of Wolfville; Julia, Mrs. Oliver Allen, Port Greville; granddaughter, Mrs. Henry J Kerr, Jr., Fox River; and her son, Burton Knowlton, proprietor of the Evagaline Hotel, Parrsboro. Three other daughters not able to attend the birthday, Mrs. Fred Burke of Fitchburg, Mass.; Nettie, Mrs. William Fraser, Parrsboro; Alidia, Mrs. N. Mattison, Pugwash Age 86, 2mo. 22 days at time of death on Dec. 21, 1928. Death at 10 a.m. She had 33 grand children, and thirty g-grandchildren. Source from newspaper clipping. No dates. [Source: unrecorded]
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NSARM Cumberland County death registrations
Year: 1928 Book: 120 Page: 905 Number:
Name: KNOWLTON, Abigail
DoB: 1842-09-29 Fraserville, NS
DoD: 1928-12-21 (Friday) Parrsboro Shore
Age: 86y
Cause: carcinoma of the uterus
Occupation: housewife
Marital status: widowed
Spouse:
c/o: William Crossman (Fraserville) & Mary McCully (Port Greville)
Burial: Fraserville, NS (no date given)
Informant: Mrs Fred Burke, daughter, Fitchburg, MA
[collected by EMKeys 2008-04-14]
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