Lawrence,
I assume you are directing your message to me?
I have Greta as a d/o Capt Albert U & m/1 Teressa Vickery and probably
was the cause of her mother's death as complications of childbirth. So
the data submitted in the marriage data for Greta is not absolutely correct?
Jim Welsh
Lawrence Nicoll wrote:
>
> Question, I seem to have a second Greta in my file base on the following,
> which I think is your Greta d/o of Albert Uriah Yorke
>
> Lawrence ??
>
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>
> NSARM Cumberland County marriage registrations
>
> Year: 1918 Book: 38 Page: 601
>
> Groom: BROWN, Job A, 26, b, farmer, Methodist
>
> living Milford [Melfort], SK, born Amherst
>
> s/o Job & Adelaide, farmer
>
> and
>
> Bride: YORKE, Greta F, 18, s, Methodist
>
> living Diligent River, born Diligent River
>
> d/o *** Burton & Bertha, captain ***
>
> married 1918-03-07 Parrsboro, NS
>
> before Carrie R Holmes, Charlotte Daniel
>
> by A Daniel, Methodist
>
> [collected by EMKeys 2010-02-22]
>
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>
> From: nscumber@yahoogroups.com <mailto:nscumber%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:nscumber@yahoogroups.com <mailto:nscumber%40yahoogroups.com>]
> On Behalf
> Of David Winter
> Sent: March-16-10 10:17 AM
> To: nscumber
> Subject: [nscumber] Bertha Matilda (Vickery) Yorke of Diligent River
>
> I have her ex hubby, Capt. Albert Uriah Yorke as deceased 16 Nov 1945 at
> City Hospital, Sydney, Cape Breton. M/3 to a Christine (?). Buried
> Advocate.
>
> Dave
> ==============
> Parrsboro Record, Tuesday, January 14, 1964, pg. #6; Reel #2868, NSARM,
> Halifax, N.S.
> OBITUARY: Bertha M. Yorke
> The sudden passing of Mrs. Bertha Yorke, occurred on December 28, 1963 in
> her 84th year at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Berry. Mrs.
> Yorke was
> the daughter of Jonathan and Ella Vickery of Diligent River, N.S. She
> leaves
> to mourn her passing four daughters, Greta (Mrs. Gus Brown), Milfort,
> Saskatchewan; Ina (Mrs. George Berry), Parrsboro; Zaidee (Mrs. John
> Johnston), South Weymouth, Mass.; three sons, Wylie, of California;
> Raymond,
> of Braintree, Mass.; Arden, Ashland, Mass.; also, 17 grandchildren and 20
> great grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Myrtle Mellyn, Walpole, Mass.,
> and one
> brother, Norris, West Roxbury, Mass. also survive. Mrs. Yorke has lived in
> Parrsboro for the past 35 years, and was loved by all who knew her. Her
> funeral was held from the United Baptist Church with Rev. H. Carlin
> officiating. The hymns: "The Old Rugged Cross", "O Master, Let Me Walk
> With
> Thee" and "Abide With Me" were beautifully rendered by the choir. A solo,
> "If I Had Wounded Any Soul Today" was sung very softly and tenderly by
> Mrs.
> Lyall Canning. The floral tributes were lovely. Pallbearers were: Arthur
> Tucker, Cecil Berry, Bud Johnson, Reynond Melanson, Blair Graham and
> Aubrey
> Yorke. Interment was in the Baptist Cemetery, Parrsboro.
>
> Source: Dave Winter, 16 Mar 2010
> Note: Only 3 daughters listed - missing from publication is Abby Lena
> (Mrs.
> Robert Franklin Winn). Greta Yorke in her obit is her step-daughter and
> niece. Capt. Yorke was m/1 to Bertha's sister, Theresa Maria Vickery.
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> Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, 1759-1960
>
> Results 1 to 6 of 6 from your search: Yorke
> Retrieval no. Case no. Name Name Year
> RG 39d E 3314 Yorke (Ruby Isabelle) Yorke (Thomas Keiler)
> ***RG 39d D 174 Yorke (Bertha M.) Yorke (Albert) 1930 ***
> RG 39d D 765 Yorke (Frank Lyall) Yorke (Marion Leone) 1940
> RG 39d E 3486 Yorke (Catherine M.) Yorke (Frederick G.) 1953
> RG 39d E 2927 Yorke (Patricia) Yorke (Howard Kirkpatrick) 1954
> RG 39d E 4408 Yorke (Lewis Arnold) Yorke (Elizabeth Gladys) 1959
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