Hi Rick:
Thanks for sharing. You've given me several new clues to work on.
I'll see if our Halifax Archives has or can borrow a copy of the book.
Ethel Mildred Sheck's parents were from Sussex, N.B. Her father was a Lumber
Contractor in the Eatonville area of Cumberland County, N.S.
Dave
On 15-02-10 9:41 AM, "nscumber" <nscumber@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> My typing skills are lacking greatly, but here are a few items of
> interest from the Bliss document...
>
> Yes, Margaret Black was a sister to the Marion Black who married John
> Walter MacKay of Ferrona. There is a lot of info on the Black family on
> page 93 in the Biography section of the Bliss document. The document
> also states that Marion (Black) MacKay married a second time to Harry
> MacDonald, of Stellarton, but gives no date.
>
>
> Regarding Judson, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. MacKay, "...
> left Ferrona about the late thirties or early forties and went west. He
> eventually married and settled at New Lowell, Ontario. They had a family
> of one son and five daugheters. The son, who also had been named Judson,
> died in Oct. 1964 and at the age of 15 years." No other information is
> given on this family on page 42 of the Biographies section.
>
> Page 42 of the Biographies section states "John Roderick MacKay died in
> his sleep on Sunday afternoon, April 8, 1962, in his 82nd year. Mrs.
> MacKay died in Aberdeen Hospital on Saturday morning, Jan. 8, 1966 at
> the age of 73 years. Interment was in the family lot in Riverton Cemetery."
>
> Cheers,
> Rick
>
> On 2015-02-10 5:52 AM, David Winter davidwinter@...
> [nscumber] wrote:
>> Hi Rick:
>>
>> Thanks for his wife's name. I research most families in the Parrsboro to
>> Advocate area of Cumberland County.
>>
>> Out of curiosity, do you know if Margaret Black was a sister to Marion
>> Leverne Black? Ie, two brothers married two sisters?
>>
>> Marion petitioned for a divorce from John in 1955 on the grounds of Cruelty
>> (numerous severe physical abuses by John).
>>
>> I'll see if our Halifax Archives has a copy of "The History of Eureka and
>> Ferrona" by Edwin Bliss.
>>
>>> From Googleing "Judson MacKay", I believe he's Judson George MacKay and has
>> 4 daughters, Shirley, Tracy, Lynn and Bonnie.
>>
>> I've narrowed down Ethel Mildred Sheck's death to 1966 and if she had an
>> obit published in the Chronicle Herald, it was possibly as Mrs. John MacKay
>> and there were numerous Mrs. John MacKay's in the obit index but 1966 may
>> now help on my next Archive trip.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On 15-02-09 11:53 PM, "nscumber" <nscumber@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>> The History of Eureka and Ferrona by Edwin Bliss on page 42 states that
>>> Donald MacKay married Margaret Black of Eureka. There is a whole legal
>>> page of info on these MacKays back to the Fenian Raids.....
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Rick MacNeil
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2015-02-09 8:19 PM, David Winter davidwinter@...
>>> [nscumber] wrote:
>>>> He was born in Parrsboro, nor Eureka.
>>>>
>>>> His wife/ex-wife's name is not known at this time.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
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>>>> Chronicle Herald, Thursday, June 24, 1982, pg. #32; Reel #6173, NSARM,
>>>> Halifax, N.S.
>>>> OBITUARY: Donald B. MacKay
>>>> Pictou Landing - Donald B. MacKay, 69, of Pictou Landing died Wednesday in
>>>> Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow.
>>>> Born in Eureka, he was a son of the late John R. and Ethel (Sheck) MacKay.
>>>> Surviving are a son, Randy, Arizona; a brother, Judson, Ontario; several
>>>> grandchildren.
>>>> He was predeceased by a brother, John W.
>>>> The body is in R.H. Porter's Funeral Home, New Glasgow, where the funeral
>>>> will be 3 p.m. Friday, with burial in Riverton Cemetery.
>>>>
>>>> Source: Dave Winter, 9 Feb 2015
>>>> ==============
>>>> Donald Basil MacKay, born 1912 in Parrsboro, Cumberland County
>>>>
>>>> Item can be found in Registration Year: 1913 - Page: 50200969 - Number:
>>>> 50200971
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