Cecil Maurice Anderson of Parrsboro

["David Winter" <David_Winter_uid1419@yahoogroups.inv_ alid>]

After comparing several obits, the second Patrick may possibly be a son of
one of Cecil's sisters and raised as a son not a grandson by the
grandparents.

Something doesn't quite fit correctly here.

Dave
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Chronicle Herald, Friday, May 19, 1989, pg. #60; Reel #6340, NSARM, Halifax,
N.S.
OBITUARY:
Anderson, Cecil M. - 65, Parrsboro, died Thursday in South Cumberland
Hospital. Born in Parrsboro, he was a son of the late Robert J. and Sadie M.
(Parsons) Anderson.He was a veteran of the Second World War. He operated
Parrsboro Small Engine Repair Shop. He is survived by his wife, the former
Theolinde Bouin; four daughters, Anne (Mrs. Douglas Redmond), Pictou; Maria
(Mrs. Darrell Forbes), Parrsboro; Linda (Mrs. Arden Hatfield), Fox River;
Evelyn, Edmonton; three sons, Alan, Cranbrook, B.C.; Cecil Jr., Paul, both
of Pasrrsboro; two sisters, Evelyn (Mrs. Frank Whitfield), Victoria, B.C.;
Audrey (Mrs. Edward Ginley), New Minas; a brother, Patrick, Ajax, Ont.; 11
grandchildren. He was predeceased by a sister, Marion; a brother, Robert.
The body is in Smith's Funeral Home, Parrsboro, visiting 2-4, 7-9 p.m.
today. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Brigid's Church, Parrsboro,
Rev. Phillippe Thibideau officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Donations may be made to St. Brigid's Church.

Source: Dave Winter, 13 Sep 2011
Note: I have a brother, Robert Patrick Anderson deceased 19 Dec 1940. His
obit only mentions a surviving brother, Cecil.
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NSARM Cumberland Deaths 1940; Book #187; Page #883
Robert Patrick Anderson, Lower Victoria St., Parrsboro, Single, Seaman
Born 30 Aug 1921, N.S.
Died 19 Dec 1940, At sea, Minas Basin, age 19 years, 3 months, 19 days, of
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
S/o James Anderson, N.S., and Sadie Parsons, N.S.
Informant: Sadie Anderson, Parrsboro, Mother
Buried 26 Dec 1940, Parrsboro
Source: Dave Winter, 15 Jul 2008
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Parrsboro Record, Tuesday, December 24, 1940, pg. #4; Reel #2863, NSARM,
Halifax, N.S.
PARRSBORO SAILOR BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED FROM FUMES
A shadow of sorrow and sadness was cast over the Christmas preparations of a
Parrsboro family on Friday when word was received by relatives that Robert
Anderson, 19, was believed to have died aboard the motor scow, "Ralph and
Arthur", owned by Capt. W.E. Wasson of this town, a well known pilot and
skipper.
The lumber-laden scow was proceeding to Saint John from Point Wolfe, N.B.
The men on board were Capt. George Bullerwell, Ralph Wasson, a son of the
scow's owner, and Robert Anderson. During a spell of rough weather, one of
the engines stopped. Capt. Bullerwell was at the wheel at the time and when
he went below to the engine room to investigate, he found Wasson and
Anderson in their bunks and they could not be aroused. It is presumed the
fumes from the exhaust pipe of the gas engine had caused asphyxiation. The
Captain stated young Anderson failed to show any signs of breathing or life.
He had been suffering for some days from a heavy attack of flu, and it is
supposed that in his weakened condition, death from the gas fumes came
quickly. Young Wasson was unconscious. The skipper carried him to the deck,
and with water rapidly filling the barge, he worked over the unconscious man
for hours before he revived. At 2 p.m. on Thursday they were obliged to
abandon the water-logged scow about nine miles west of the Isle of Haute,
and after experiencing hours of cold and hardship in the small rowboat, with
Wasson in a weakened condition and the Captain working on the oars of the
boat, they landed at Margaretsville, Annapolis Co., and returned here on the
"Kipowa" on Friday evening.
All available tug boats in this port being hauled up for the winter, Capt.
W.E. Wasson immediately left here for Saint John where he secured one of the
Saint John dry dock boats to search for the drifting scow with the young
seaman's body aboard. They failed to locate the craft, and on Sunday morning
the R.C.M.P. from Kentville telephoned the scow owners here that the scow
had gone ashore at Canada Creek in Scott's Bay. The tug "Daniel", also owned
by Capt. Wasson, was taken out of her winter quarters here and left early
Sunday morning for Scott's Bay where the scow had been moored, according to
police information.
Besides his parents, young Anderson, who was well and favorably known, is
***survived by three sisters, Evelyn, Audrey and Marion, and by a brother,
Cecil***. The family has the sympathy of the town in their tragic
bereavement.

Source: Dave Winter, 15 Jul 2008
Note: No mention of a brother, Patrick. An article in the newspaper the
following week pretty much gave the same info except the funeral was from
the home with Rev. C.R. Harris officiating with burial in St. George's
Cemetery.
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Springhill Record, Thursday, March 18, 1948; Reel #3211, PANS, Halifax, N.S.
The funeral for the late Mrs. Sadie Anderson was held from her home on
Victoria Street, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. Service was conducted by
Rev. Carl Jones, assisted by Rev. C.R. Harris. The hymns sung were: "Lead
Kindly Light", "Abide With Me" and "Jesus Savior, Pilot Me". She is survived
by her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Parsons of Port Greville;
three daughters and two sons, Audrey and ***Pat***, at home; (Marian) Mrs.
Byron Martin of Springhill; (Evelyn) Mrs. Arthur Guss of Toronto; Cecil of
Parrsboro; also one sister and two brothers, Percy of Port Greville;
(Bessie) Mrs. Arthur Smith of Providence, R.I.; Albert in Natick, Mass.
Pallbearers were: Arthur Farrelll, Winfred Canning, Charlie Kelly, Percy
Ogilvie. (Assume death was March 11, 1948 in Springhill, N.S.; no death date
listed in obituary)

Source: Dave Winter , 19 Feb 2010
Note: Son, Robert Patrick died 19 Dec 1940
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