GENEALOGICAL RECORD & BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

of THE McCURDYS OF

Compiled and Edited by v H. PERCY BLANCHARD

Published for THE HON. F. B. McCURDY HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA by THE COVENANT PUBLISHING COMPANY 6 Buckingham Gate, London, S.W.1 1930 MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE GARDEN CITY PRESS LTD., LETCHWORTH. CONTENTS PAGE CHART ONE : OUTLINE PEDIGREE OF McCuRDY FAMILY - vu CHART Two: SECOND GENERATION OF CERTAIN OF 2-JAMEs's CHILDREN - viii CHART THREE; SECOND GENERATION OF OTHER OF 2-JAMEs's CHILDREN lX INTRODUCTION, BY THE PUBLISHER, HoN. F. B. McCuRDY- xi EDITOR'S NOTE, INCLUDING EXPLANATION OF THE SYSTEM OF NOTATION - xvii

PART ONE

RELATING TO ALEXANDER Mc CURDY, THE " PIONEER " - 3

PART TWO

SECTION ONE: OF I-WILLIAM MCCURDY, SON OF THE "PIONEER" - 15 SECTION Two : OF 2-JAMES McCuRDY, THE SECOND SON - - 16 Subsection One: OF 21-JENNET McCuRDY (KENT) (OLDEST CHILD OF 2-}AMES MCCURDY) AND HER DESCENDANTS - 19 Subsection Two: OF 22-JAMES MUNRO McCURDY AND HIS DESCENDANTS - - 28 Subsection Three: OF 23-SARAH McCURDY (ARCHIBALD) (CUMMINGER) AND HER DESCENDANTS - 42 Subsection Four: OF 24-MARGARET McCURDY (McLANE) AND HER DESCENDANTS - 43 Subsection Five : OF 2 5-ALEXANDER Mc CURDY AND HIS DESCENDANTS - - 46 Subsection Six: OF 26-MARY McCuRDY (CONKEY) AND HER DESCENDANTS - - 67 Subsection Seven: OF 27-lsAAC McCURDY AND HIS DESCENDANTS - -. 68 Subsection Eight: OF 28-MATTHEW ARCHIBALD McCURDY AND HIS DESCENDANTS - 83 PAGE Subsection Nine : OF 29-REv. DANIEL MCCURDY AND HIS DESCENDANTS - - l 19 Subsection Ten: OF 20-REv. JOHN McCURDY AND HIS DESCENDANTS - - 120 Subsection Eleven : OF 2A-HON. DAVID McCuRDY AND HIS DESCENDANTS - - 136 Subsection Twelve: OF 2B-NANCY McCuRDY (FRASER) AND HER DESCENDANTS - - 165 Subsection Thirteen : OF 2c-RACHEL CROW McCURDY (DICKSON) AND HER DESCENDANTS - 180 Subsection Fourteen : OF 2D-ELIZABETH HARRIET McCURDY (ARCHIBALD) AND HER DESCENDANTS - - 181 SECTION THREE: OF 3-HoN. DANIEL McCuRDY AND ms DESCENDANTS - 182 SECTION FOUR: OF 4-MARGARET McCURDY (TAYLOR) AND HER DESCENDANTS - 192 SECTION FIVE : OF 5-ALEXANDER MCCURDY - - 194 SECTION Six : OF 6-RoBERT McCuRDY AND ms DESCENDANTS - 195 SECTION SEVEN: OF 7-}ENNET GUTHRIE MCCURDY (UPHAM) AND HER DESCENDANTS - - 202

PART THREE

CHART OF THE ARCHIBALDS - - 205 CHAPTER ONE : OF THE ARCHIBALDS - 207 CHART OF THE BELL-MCCURDY FAMILIES - 212 CHAPTER Two : OF MRs. - - 213 EPILOGUE, BY HoN. F. B. McCuRDY - - 215 INDEX - 218 CHART ONE Outline Pedigree of Nova Scotia Branch of the McCuRDY FAMILY. (Husband's name in parentheses.)

PETHERIC (of the "Cairn"), the Refugee from Bute, b. 1640 I JAMES, b. 1668(?) ;--I---.-1-----.1-----.------.l-'----.------I ----.-I --1.------;I John, Elizabeth, Margaret, DANIEL, b. 1698 Andrew, Mary, Robert, David, b. 1691 b. 1694 b. 1696 (of Caramore and Bellyhelly) b. 1702 b. 1705 b. 1707 b. 1709

I I ALEXANDER THE "PIONEER," Peggy David Robert (of the Cabry) b. 1734, m. Jennet Guthrie I I I I I I I I-William, 2-James 3-Daniel 4-Margaret, 5-Alexander 6-Robert 7-JennetI Guthrie, . unmarried I I m. Wm. Taylor I m. Luke Upham 21-Janet (Kent) 31-Rebecca (Clark) I 6I-Alexander I 22-James Munro 32-Jeney (Blair) 41-Daniel 71-Alexander I 33-Olivie (Upham) 42-Elizabeth (Blair) I 34-Charles Alex. 43-Daughter 225-John Kent 23-Sarah (Archibald) 35-Samuel W. 44-Daughter I (Cumminger) 36-Mary 2252-George James 24-Margaret (McLane) 37-Daniel I 25-Alexander 38-James 22521-FREDERICK E. 26-Mary (Conkey) 39-Eunice (Cutten) I 27-Isaac 30-Elizabeth 225212-Robert George 28-Matthew A. 3A-Lavinia B. 29-Daniel 20-John 2A-David 2B-Nancy (Fraser) ;S. 2C-Rachel Crow (Dickson) .... 2D-Eliz. Harriet (Archibald) CHART TWO Detail of more involved pedigrees, grandchildren of 2-James McCurdy. (Married name in parentheses.)

ALEXANDER THE "PIONEER" I z-JAMES

21-Janet,JJohnKent I 24-MaJJ~i~~;- Wm. I 27-Illsaac I zo-Ret. John I zB-Naw;;;_ l';;as!:v. Dr. I 22-James Munro I z5-Alexander z8-Matthew Archibald zA-Hon. David I 1 zu-Martha (Notting) 241-John 271-Ed. Blanchard 201-Christina (Haddow) zB1-Agnes (Robinson) 212-Sarah (Nelson) 242-Alexander z7z-James McGregor 202-Agnes (Anderson) zBz-Rev.Dr.JamesBruce 213-James 243-Esther (Fraser) 273-Jane Walker (Thom- 203-James zB3-Rev. Dr. Robert 214-Susanna (Bryden) 244-Mary Ann son) 204-Harriet Jane Douglas (Reilly) 245-Joseph 274-Chas. Augustus 205-Dr. John 2B4-Harriet Archibald 215-John 246-Sarah Jane (Hutchin- 275-lsabella Birkmyre 206-Elizabeth zB5-Prof. William Henry 216-Mary Jane son) (Mitchell) 207-Prof. J. Fred 217-Alexander 247-Elizabeth (Dickson) 276-lsaac Richmond 208-Henry Herbert 218-Robt. William (Mills) 277-John Waddell 209-Chas. Neff 219-Ed. Blanchard 248-Henry 210-Daniel 249-James 240-Ann Graves(McPhee) 221-Alexander 251-Mary Jane (Archi- 281-Eliz. Jane (Christie) 2A1-JohnA. zzz-James bald) 282-Henry zAz-Hannah (Tupper) 223-Rebecca S. (Archibald) 252-Harriet (Clarke) 283-James (Blanchard) 224-Agnes Jane (Hamilton) 253-Matthew James 284-Nancy zA3-Georgina zzs-John Kent 254-Sarah Margaret 285-Amelia 2A4-Edward W. zz6-Robert Sprott (Reid) 286-Edward A. zA5-Hon. William F. 227-lsaac 255-William 287-Albert 2A6-Henry H. 228-Geo. Washington 256-Daniel 288-Victoria (Loughead) zA7-Arthur W. 229-Elizabeth Miller 257-Alexander 289-Emily (Loughead) 220-Wm. Henry 258-Henry 280-Leander Fredk. zzA-Alex. Thomas 259-Walter zzB-Harriet Judson 250-James Watson zzC-Jennet (Brown) zzD-Susan (Kerr) CHART THREE Detail of more involved pedigrees of other children of Alexander the " Pioneer." (Married name in parentheses.)

ALEXANDER THE "PIONEER" I I I I 3-Hon. Daniel 4-Margaret (Taylor) 6-Robert I I I I I I 31-Rebecca (Clark) 32-Jeney (Blair) 38-James 42-Elizabeth (Blair) 61-Alexander I j I I I 3n-Eunice 321-Eunice Wright 381.,-Elizabeth (McLeod) 421-James 6n-Robert Collimore 312-Jane 322-Mary (Wells) 382-0livia (Archibald) 422-David 612-Sarah Ann (Howard) 313-James 323-Daniel 383-Eunice (Johnson) 423-Mary (Lynds) 61 3-Mary Jane (Montrose) 324-George (Lorraine) 424-Margaret (Glaison) 614-Susan Lynds (Estes) 325-Bessie (Charlton) 384-Janet (Dickson) 425-Robert 615-Alex. Conkey 326-Israel 385-Lucinda 426-John 6r6-Nancy (Merrill) 327-Col. William 386-Ebenezer Fitch 427-Charles 617-William C. 328-Nancy Harriet 387-Mary (Fitch) 428-Henry 618-John Waddell 388-Joanna (McCurdy) 429-Elizabeth (Murray) 619-0livia 610-David Lynds

2838-HON,FLEMING BLANCHARD MCCURDY

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INTRODUCTION

THERE is in the breast of every man the desire, very general, very natural and very praiseworthy, to trace his lineage back through the centuries to learn all that may be known or traced of those forebears from whom he is descended, and from whom he inherits the family name by which he is known ; and all those mental and physical characteristics which make up the sum total of his being. I am myself one of a very numerous family, or clan, widely distri­ buted over this continent, and I share in the sentiment to which I have referred to so great a degree that I have been at some pains to trace backward and verify so far as may be those tales and traditions, common to so many families, of the deeds and the lives of men whom our honourable pride of family has invested with qualities and merits perhaps beyond their deserts. It is a very natural thing for men to cherish the thought or the belief that they have come of a race whose members have played their parts in life with honour and distinction, and whose qualities were of a nature and force great enough to impress themselves on the history of their day, and to leave behind them the loving tribute of fame and distinction which has survived the passing of time, and which is still maintained for us who live to-day in the traditions and perhaps myths which an honourable family pride loves to cherish and perpetuate. Few of us indeed are entirely free from this form of human vanity ; which, so long as it does not lead to the assertion of claims which not only cannot be substantiated, but which are too often, it may be feared, too fanciful and grotesque to be taken seriously, is by no means a reprehensible thing, and may, in fact, properly be considered as a praiseworthy motive to the performance of a pious duty to ourselves and to our family. Let me say here that in my efforts to lay hold with certainty on what may be grasped of the authentic history of the McCurdy family, tracing it backwards through the centuries, I have done so with the modest desire to make no claims that cannot be substanti­ ated by the records which survive, records indeed sometimes dim and relying to some extent on tradition. Xll Tbc mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia

We know, and we take an honourable pride in the knowledge that the McCurdy family can trace its origin to a distant past. We know, too, that many of its members were men of forceful character and qualities who have left their mark in the history of the rough and turbulent times in which they lived. It would be foolish to claim for them that they were supermen, or that they were free from a generous infusion of those mundane frailties to which our poor human nature is prone. We may be sure that they all had their weaknesses, that they made mistakes, and acted perhaps not always wisely ; but we like to think, and indeed we are justified in thinking, that there is throughout their history a family characteristic of strength and endurance which lifted them above their contemporaries and made them notable men in their day and generation. My family, in common with so many others, possesses an abun­ dance of tradition regarding its early history and greatness, which a loving regard and a streak of family pride have preserved for us from very early times. But for myself, I am content to count myself one of the plain people of this great country, and to range myself with those others of whom and particularly Nova Scotia holds so many, the descendants of plain and sturdy farmers who came out to this country in the later part of the eighteenth century, from the North of Ireland, and made their homes here. Why did they leave Scotland, and why, later, did they leave Ireland? There may have been, and probably were, various motives, having their root in differences of religious faith, in racial differences, or it may well be in the difficulty they found in making any real advance in life or bettering their condition, when all the soil was held, and only let on heavy rentals and onerous conditions, by the large landowners. Then again, they would no doubt be attracted by the glowing tales which reached them of this New Scotland, and its free and fertile areas which awaited them, as it were, for the taking. We may feel sure that self-interest, an enlightened self-interest, the strongest and worthiest incentive to human action, impelled them to leave the land in which they had made their home for some generations, and to cross the great sea and root themselves in a new and strange land. We find no difficulty, no doubt, no uncertainty in tracing our family history back to that ancestor who was the first of the McCurdy family to set foot in the Province of Nova Scotia. This was Alexander McCurdy, known in our family history as "The Pioneer," and of whom we shall learn more later on. But, first, we are intent on tracing backwards to learn what we may concerning the family history in earlier times ; and we are on firm ground, and are able to fortify our history with names and dates, Tb¢ mccurdys of no"a Scotia xiii

until we reach another great figure in the family roll, viz. " Petheric of the Cairn." I have referred to him as a great figure in this record, and I think with reason; for, as will be seen, he was a man destined to undergo trial, suffering and danger, in an age and in a country where human life was a lightly considered thing, and human happiness not yet conceived of even as an ideal, still less as possible of attainment. Near the middle of the seventeenth century, when religious persecution was carried to the hideous extremes of which our histories tell us, and which live enshrined for all time in the pages which Sir Walter Scott has given us, the McCurdy family, always strict Presbyterians, were driven from their home in the Isle of Bute ; but not before a massacre, regardless of age or sex, had almost, but not quite, exterminated the name ; for there survived through those awful times of trial and misery at least one man of the race, a man destined to seek a home and livelihood in another country, there to live his life as a man of some mark, and to bring into the world a family of sons who in the course of nature were them­ selves to become the progenitors of many of those widely distributed branches, including my own, of the McCurdy family which are now found throughout North America. This man was Petheric McKirdy, or McCurdy as he spelled his name later, who escaped from the Isle of Bute with his four brothers, David, John, William and Daniel, in the latter part of November I 666 in an open boat, and landed first on one of the rocky islands near the north coast of Ireland. Some few days later they sailed a short distance farther and landed on the mainland near the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, and here they were received kindly by the Presbyterian settlers in that country ; and here, or near here, they made their home. It is not my purpose even to try and trace all the descendants of these five men, Petheric and his four brothers. The family has always been a prolific one and shown its faith in the biblical encomium : "Happy is the man that hath a quiver full of them," by begetting large families of children. We claim through Petheric (according to tradition), whom we regard as our direct ancestor in the male line and from whom we who belong to the Nova Scotian branch of this family descend. It is possible, of course, for us to go back even farther. Petheric was one of the MaKurerdys (as the name was then rendered) who had made the Isle of Bute their home for some centuries before the troublous days of the religious persecution which drove Petheric and his brothers from their home in Bute to find a home and resting-place in the North of Ireland. XlV Tbe mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia

I make no attempt, however, to trace the descendants of Petheric's four brothers ; they were numerous, and their descendants of to-day are to be found in all those lands to which the love of adventure or the more prosaic need of earning a modest living has led them. Petheric, we are told, married, in the summer of 1667, Margaret Stewart, a relative of James II of Scotland ; and he died near the close of the seventeenth century, leaving three sons-James, John and Daniel. All three of these, or at least James and Daniel (for nothing seems to be known definitely of John) left numerous descendants, and many of their names are recorded in the Historical Genealogy of the McCurdy Family, published by W. D. McCurdy, Dennison, Ohio, to which reference is made, and to which my acknowledgments are due for the valuable information it furnishes. Petheric was of course an ardent Presbyterian, and was one of those who supported William of Orange and fought in the Battle of the Boyne. He was a man who was active in the forefront of all the movements of his day. It should be to us, who live in these present times, peacefully and unafraid, surrounded by so liberal an endow­ ment of those things which go to make our lives agreeable and happy, a pious duty to hold his memory in loving reverence. It is one of the chief obligations throughout the life of the China­ man of high class to pay befitting reverence to the souls of his ancestors ; and with many this obligation is interpreted and accepted as imposing a religion of which one of the chief features is a form of ancestor worship. We shall not go so far, however, as a dutiful and filial Chinaman if we accord to Petheric McCurdy the dutiful regard to which he is entitled as the progenitor of our branch of the McCurdy family. It is interesting to consider and to speculate as to what manner of man he was. We have, of course, no record of his physical appear­ ance ; but we may surely picture him as a man who had been tried by affliction and suffering. A survivor of a massacre intended, we may suppose, to wipe out all who bore the name ; a fugitive driven from the country of his fathers to find a refuge in a country new and strange to him. We see him, a man hardened by stern experiences and looking on life as a hard and dangerous road to be pursued with a strong heart and a profound faith in the Power that had so long protected him. We may hope that he prospered in a worldly sense in his new home. But be that as it may, we must leave him, in order to follow the fortunes of his sons, and more particularly of his eldest son James ; for it is from James McCurdy, and more particularly from Daniel, Tb¢ mccurdys of no-.,a Scotia xv

the son of this James, that the branch of which I am a member claims descent. We learn that this latter Daniel McCurdy made his home at or near Bellyhelly, or Ballintoy, not far from the city of Londonderry, where he farmed his rented land. Here he lived and brought up his family of children, among whom we shall call attention more particu­ larly to his son Alexander McCurdy, born in the year 1734, and who is better known in our family history as " ALEXANDER THE PIONEER." The history of much of the McCurdy family outside this province has been written by others ; and in these pages I have done, as a preamble, little more than to adopt and use in briefest measure concerning the earlier history of the family this material which has been collected and put by other writers in lasting form, and which is available for more intensive study in volumes already in print. This book, then, is intended mainly to take up the record and set in some permanent form the history of that branch of the McCurdy family from which I descend, which has made the Province of Nova Scotia its dwelling-place and which begins with " ALEXANDER THE PIONEER." F. B. McCURDY. Halifax. March 11th, 1928.

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H. PERCY BLANCHARD THE EDITOR.

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EDITOR'S NOTE ONE of the difficulties confronting the Recorder of Genealogies is to avoid ambiguity. A writer with a consciousness of his intention, or a reader with a previous knowledge of the fact, may take no exception t? _a statement which, upon closer examination, is seen to lack pre­ c1s10n. The most confusing factor is the relative pronoun ; and, while a writer may express himself distinctly, the reader may yet fail to determine the antecedent expressed, or be uncertain as to the rule of grammar ; in fact, may attribute laxness in the latter respect to the writer without cause. As an assistance to definiteness of genealogical statement, many methods of notation have been devised. Perhaps the most scientifically exact is the " Arlington System." For such an extensive tribe, for instance, as the Archibalds of Nova Scotia it would be demanded almost as a necessity in the event of that family being traced down to date, even in sections. Indeed, the " Arlington " notation as specially required by that name has been prefi¥ed to the Archibalds on the Chart pertaining to them in the latter part of this volume in anticipa­ tion of just such action some day in the future.

THE " ARLINGTON SYSTEM " This " Arlington System " is based upon two main rules : First, it assigns to each member of a family a numeral in order of birth. Second, it prefixes backwards, in sequence, the numerical designa­ tion of the ancestors severally in order until the Prime Ancestor is reached, this Prime Ancestor being assumed without special designa­ tion. As in Chart One, ALEXANDER THE" PIONEER," with whom this record practically commences, is taken as the Prime Ancestor. His second child, James, then is entered as 2-James ; the other children of Alexander taking their own designating numeral in order of birth. Below the name of 2-James (on Chart One) are his family, each of his fourteen children having their own designating numeral, but all preceded by the numeral 2 of the parent 2-James. The second child xviii Tht mccurdys of nova Scotia

is James Munro McCurdy, therefore 22-James Munro. But in this unusually large family the digits are exhausted and the tenth child, John, taking the cypher, thus 20-John, the remaining ones take capital letters of the alphabet in order. So the eleventh child, David, is 2A-David; and his oldest child would be 2A1-John Archibald McCurdy. On this Chart One an example is given of the descendants of 22-James Munro McCurdy down to 225212-Robert George McCurdy. Where two descendants of the Prime Ancestor marry, the rule is ·that the woman drops her designating numeral and the children take that of their father. These numerals should be visioned not, for instance, as twenty-two thousand five hundred and twenty­ one, but as two-two-five-two-one. Incidentally, these designating figures will indicate the mutual relationship. Thus, 22-John Munro and 2A-David must be brothers, both having the same parent 2, that is 2-James. So, 225-John Kent and 2A1-John Archibald must be first cousins, having different parents, 22 and 2A, but the same grandfather 2, being 2-James. The reader will not have gone far in this book till he discovers how intimately the McCurdys are connected with the fa~ily of Archibald. Indeed, several of the name of McCurdy are more closely related via their Archibald connections than through their own McCurdy line. Owing to this consanguinity, Chapter One of Part Three, with its Chart, has been devoted exclusively to such of the Archibald family as are most intimately associated with the McCurdy clan. The Nova Scotia branch of this Archibald family would, of course, bear its own notation ; and to them the Editor has also applied the "Arlington System" for the assistance of the reader. This notation is in italic numerals in parentheses, a printer's type distinct from that of the McCurdys. The notations of different clans have no mutuality. Yet, where intermarriage occurs, it is of interest to note that the exact degree of relationship that exists in descendants from this marriage and collaterals may be determined by an interchange of notation. Thus (consulting the Archibald chart) it is seen that (2I2) Agnes Archibald married 2-James McCurdy. Their second child James Munro McCurdy could take (as has been done) his father's notation 2, or we could for the experiment assign to him his mother's notation (2I2), in the latter case being (2I22)-James Munro. The grandson of James Munro (see Chart One) is 2253-George James, who in Archibald notation so applied would be (2I2252)-George James. Now, turning to the Archibald chart, appears (2I4I)-Janet Archi­ bald who married 25-Alexander McCurdy. What relation are (2I2252)-George James and (2I4I)-Janet Archibald? Evidently Tb~ mccurdys of no"a Scotia XIX

212 and 214 are brother and sister; 2122 and 2141, first cousins ; and the extra 52 on George James make him two degrees farther in relationship from first cousin to Janet Archibald. This may hold some of the seeming complications of an algebraic formula. But as with algebra, it works out with speed in the hand of a student. However, this paragraph foregoing may be reserved for study when the principles have been well absorbed. As this book is arranged in order of seniority under the guidance of numerical notation, the Index embracing this system may in consequence be less cumbersome. The Index references carry not only pages, but the designating numerals of the person. Additionally the charts serve advantageously to check up the Index, verifying the name in the Index by reference quickly to the charts, instead of following a confusion of names in the main body of the book. Thus there are many of the Mc Curdy family by name of John. Is the one in question a descendant of 25-Alexander McCurdyof Musquodoboit, or of 2A-David? If the former,-his designating numeral must of necessity have its first two items 25. With this thought in mind, Alexander McCurdy is quickly located on the chart, his designating numeral noted, and so the quest narrowed down to a John of the 2 5 prefix notation. It is beyond expectation that every name in the book should appear in the Index-its usefulness would be reduced by its cumbersomeness. If the particular name sought does not appear, find the key-name of a parent or grandparent in the Index, and with the additional help of the notation follow down in its proper place the family till the exact name desired is found. This book is confined to ALEXANDER Mc CURDY.THE "PIONEER" who came to Nova Scotia, and to his posterity. The Publisher, the Hon. F. B. McCurdy, did not desire to go back beyond this ancestor. But the Editor, with the intent to obtain" atmosphere," has pursued his studies on this clan away into remote history, and with such results that he has felt justified in continuing his researches and publishing, at his own instance and upon his own personal responsibility, a volume entitled The Ancestral McCurdys, by H. Percy Blanchard. This work not only follows the " McCurdy " into the distant past, but endeavours to reduce to order the confusion and co-ordinate the facts regarding the family in Ireland and connect its several members with the different known branches in America. It is intended, by the Author, to serve also as a prelude and introduction to those books of McCurdy genealogy already in print, including this present volume. The descendants of 24-Margaret McCurdy in the following pages have been treated only in outline. The Editor has omitted xx Tb¢ mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia

valuable detail material in deference to a book soon forthcoming, it is said, to be published by Mrs. Margaret J. Hart, of Victoria, British Columbia, in which this 24-Margaret McCurdy, her husband William McLane and certain of their ancestors and descendants, are the subject matter. The most orderly sequence that suggests itself for records herein is to follow down the line of the first child of the Prime Ancestor Alexander McCurdy, the " Pioneer," until the ultimate infant is reached ; and then, in the order of seniority, to begin at the next child. It would doubtless be expected that the male descendants should be given a full place, and their posterity, male, be brought down to date; for they carry with them the clan name of McCurdy. But it would manifestly be unfair, though never contemplated, and only possible to happen because the women drop their family name at marriage and so become difficult to trace, should the same treat­ ment not be given to the female lines. Additionally, upon careful study, it is quite evident even from the following records that the women on marriage have transmitted to their children many of the qualities and gifts so characteristic of the name ; and so, like the daughters of Zelophehad, the daughters of the McCurdy clan should also have an inheritance in the records of their father's family. The Editor must express his whole-hearted indebtedness to those of the family who have so kindly assisted in gathering and sending statistics and information. Indeed, it goes without saying, that but for their contributions this volume had been impossible. So, too, he is under deep obligation to that treasury of information, Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester County, by Thomas Miller. True, the families of the McCurdys as a whole have, in Miller's book, been omitted; but where these impinge upon other records many valuable facts then stated have been appropriated by the Editor, and in some instances their source suggested by the initial " M" and numerals, to indicate Mr. Miller's book and the page of reference, as for instance (M.83). . It should be evident, even without so stating it, that this present book is not intended nor written as a financial venture to be placed for profit upon the open market for the general reader. It deals with matters of home life rather than with public events or Canadian history. Its pages are for the sympathetic and interested perusal of members and friends of the McCurdy family ; and within this circle things seemingly trivial may be related as might well form the subject of conversation when the children and their elders gather around the old home fireside. Indeed, it was upon this very understanding that Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia XXI

many of the incidents hereinafter set down were contributed to the Editor. To the visitor then, freely admitted within the family circle of this little book, the same open hospitality is extended as was the custom among the fathers of the clan ; and the same consideration will be exercised and appreciated as came from the guest who had sat down beside the neighbour's hearthstone in the days gone by and heard the tales told by the grey grandfather to the younger genera­ tions-stories of household deeds and toil and danger-memories which otherwise would long ago have perished and been forgotten in the misty past. H. PERCY BLANCHARD, The Editor. Ellershouse, Nova Scotia. Canada.

PART ONE

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THE McCURDYS OF NOV A SCOTIA

ALEXANDER McCURDY, THE "PIONEER"

ALEXANDER McCuRDY, the "Piorteer,"with whom these records begin, was born in 1734, in all probability at Bellyhelly or Ballintoy, both within ten miles of the famous city of Londonderry at the head of Lough Foyle in the County of Antrim, North Ireland. In any event, Bellyhelly was the home of his father Daniel McCurdy some thirty years later. He was the eldest child of Daniel Mc Curdy and Rachel (McGill) McCurdy ; Daniel himself being the fourth child of James and Jerusha (Murray) McCurdy. In the neighbourhood, in the Parish of Withstrow, was a family by name of Guthrie. When Alexander was a child, his cousin Archi­ bald (son of his Uncle John) had married one of this family by name of Jennet. But Cousin Archibald's wife evidently had in the Guthrie homestead an attractive young niece born in 1738, and similarly named Jennet. This latter lady was destined to become the wife of Alexander. A great deal of confusion has been caused to those who have failed to note that this popular name, so often repeated in the McCurdy generations, belonged to two persons ; one of whom was the wife of cousin Archibald, and the other the wife of the much younger Alexander. In passing, it may be noted that this wife's name (and her namesakes) has many forms of spelling. The summer of 1762 finds Alexander McCurdy on shipboard, bound for America. With him, it has been assumed, is his bride Jennet; for there is a tradition that they two made the voyage to Nova Scotia their wedding tour. Accompanying him is Peggy McCurdy, his sister. Their first port would be Boston. One must remember that such an adventure as this was not rashly to be undertaken. Rationally, it cannot be assumed that a man of Alexander McCurdy's disposition would take so serious a step with­ out careful investigation. Doubtless letters frequently coming to 4 Tbc mccurdys of Do\fa Scotia

Ireland, and carrying bright v1s10ns of wealth and freedom, had turned the thoughts of Alexander McCurdy toward the West, and urged him there to seek his fortune in the New World. Those who had been neighbours at home, "the four Archibald brothers," had crossed the ocean in 1759; and were now in New England. These old acquaintances, for so they may have been, were well situated to advise ; and they were men of good judgment and discretion. Apparently they themselves planned a further move, and already had spied out the land of Nova Scotia ; for in that very fall of 1762 these Archibalds moved to Truro. It is mere speculation, but it is fair inference, that these brothers may have held the torch which blazoned the pathway into this land of Acadian romance for Alex­ ander Mc Curdy. So the first long journey across the ocean is completed. At Boston they find a craft sailing for Windsor ; and, learning that Windsor is not far. distant from Truro, they transfer themselves and their luggage into this coasting vessel. As at length their ship sails up the Avon, they get their first real view of the farm-lands of their new home, and no doubt are well pleased. The passengers are permitted to land, while the customs officers examine the cargo. Unfortunately, the enterprising New England skipper has been doing a little smuggling on his own account ; and, as he has no sufficiently influential friends " higher up," the officers of the law proceed to inflict summary punishment; for, at low tide, they cut his vessel in two amidships, as she lies aground on the flats ; and then, when the tide comes in again, his ship and cargo, and all the goods and chattels of the luckless passengers float away and are lost on the broad bosom of the muddy Avon. Here, now in Windsor, Alexander stays for two or three years, perhaps of necessity from loss of his furniture and belongings ; while he prospects and plans his future. His next move is to the neighbourhood of Londonderry, Colchester County. It is difficult to say to whom this locality is indebted for its name ; but it is reason­ able to suppose that the settlement is the namesake of old " Derry " in Ireland ; and if Alexander McCurdy himself did not bestow the name, as some have said he did, others emigrating from that famous city living there thus honoured their home town. Here in Londonderry, Mr. Mc Curdy met one of the first and a foremost settler, James Flemming, and met also a Mr. McLellan ( or McLennan) ; and naturally these boosters tried to persuade such a promising citizen as Mr. Mc Curdy to remain and make his home with them, and help build up the place. But Alexander had seen Onslow, and had compared the latter to its advantage with the beautiful lake Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia 5

and hillside near Londonderry. So in turn he put in a plea for Onslow and especially endeavoured to persuade McLellan to abandon his inferior farm-land and accompany him, McCurdy, to Onslow. But McLellan was obdurate, and to the eyes of McCurdy, foolishly stubborn. So at last, when further persuasion seemed useless, Mr. McCurdy, in exasperation, burst out with the exclamation: " McLellan, this is folly ! this is folly ! " Time proved the fact ; McLellan failed to prosper, his farm was unproductive, and the neighbours, recalling the conversation and Mr. McCurdy's outburst, in later days referred to the place as" McLellan's Folly," from which it easily became" Folly." The locality, by the influence mainly, it is said, of Rev. Ebenezer Ross, had its name euphemized into the more poetic " Folleigh." So it was that about 1772 Alexander McCurdy the Pioneer, his wife, his four oldest children, and his sister Peggy, if the latter was then living, came to Onslow; and there settled down on a fine farm once the home of an exiled Acadian, and which continued in the descendants of Alexander until a few years ago, when, on the going to California of John W. McCurdy, a son of Isaac McCurdy, it passed into the hands of the stranger. A certain erudite ethnologist has attempted to trace tribes and migrations by the people's nursery rhymes. In that "patty-cake" poem, with its third line '' mark it with ' T ','' he finds a reference to the cakes sacred to the Ph~nician Astarte (Jer. vii, 18, and Ezek. viii, 14) and to Tammuz, with the mystic " T " or " tau," the initial of the god Tammuz. Be that as it may, the writer, as a child, re­ members one of the McCurdy family recite that lyric gem :

" I'll tell you a story of Ballymagorry, And now my story's begun ; I'll tell you another about a brother, And now my story is done."

Imagine the surprise, in turning over the atlas a few hours ago, - to find that this presumed patter " Ballymagorry " was actually a place in Ireland ; and not only so, but a place less than ten miles from the home in Ireland of Alexander McCurdy and his wife. It is not hard to suppose that in the busy evening at bedtime, when her little brood of seven were clamouring for a " story, " the tired Jennet Guthrie McCurdy attempted to abate their importunity by reciting this verse which, in turn, in her own childhood, had been 6 Tb¢ m\curdys of Do\1a S\otia

used for the same purpose as a nursery rhyme in the far away home in Ireland. The family of the late Hon. W. F. McCurdy have in their posses­ sion a letter written by the father, Daniel Mc Curdy, in Ireland to his son Alexander in Nova Scotia. It is verbatim, as will appear by comparison with the electrotype copy as follows :

( Contractions spelled out, but original spelling otherwise retained. Compare with photographic copy in frontispiece.) Bellyhelly, May 24th, 1763. My Dear Children, I Received two letters from you Last year which was great pleasure to us and all friends to hear from you & more so as you let us know of your being so happily fixed in a contry where I believe most of your Contrymen has left it. I and family is purty well, I myself enjoy but a very indifferent state of health, but still have reason to be Thankful to Divine providence for all his great Mercies to me. Dear Son, I find in your letter that you & Pegey is both living in a gentlemans farm & I believe by your accounts that you will both do very well. I pray God to grant His Blessing with your endeavours. You complain of not hearing from me since you left this, but be assured I sent you two letters last year and your cousin James McElheron wrote to you likewise & got no answer of any of them. Dear son, you write to me briefly to come to you, but I am so much failed I cannot think of coming, but begs you will miss of no opportunity in writing to me as it's the chief pleasure I have in hearing from you both. -Our market here has been very smart. Oatmeal is at 2:s. & everything in proportion .... turn over. Your Uncle Patrick and Aunt Malley & Aunt Elizabeth & all friends in Derry is well and desires to be remembered to you. Your Cousin James & Malley & Cousin Archibald & wife are all well and desires in Love to· be remembered to you both. Ann McColum & sister desires to be remembered to you, and Ann has bound her son in Coleraine to be a Dyster. Old David Miller was not pleased you did not mention him in your letter. Tom Miller died last winter, and tell Pegey that William Moore, her lover is dead also. Finally, dear Children I beg you will be mindfull of your duty, & always be mindfull of your great and Bountifull Creator in the days of youth. Your Mother joyns me in Blessing to you both.

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Your two little Brothers are both well. All neighbors is well & desires to be remembered to you Which is all at present from your affectionate Father Daniel McCurdey.

To Mr. Alexr. McCurdy, N.S. America. (Exterior address to Alexander and Peggy McCurdy.)

One must not judge this letter by present standards. Neither grammar nor orthography had then been reduced to a science. It was, in those gallant days, no mark of a gentleman to be a " good speller." Individuality and diversity shown in the choice of letters indicated enterprise ; and variety might well be the spice of life. Indeed, there are some to-day, with our present schools, who could in these respects well qualify for gentility. But seriously, for a man at the age of 65, and in" a very indifferent state of health," the writing is good ; and the flourishes and swing of the signature indicate the letter-writer quite accustomed to the quill pen of his times. Note, however, Mr. McCurdy's freedom from the bondage of spelling rules, in the extra letter he drops into his signature, " McCurdey." To-day, a letter, even a letter from a parent to a distant son, is often the work of a few moments. But the foregoing, both from an examination of the original and a consideration of the contents, appears to have been written painstakingly and with thought. It is a human document, a strong evidence and indication of the mental attitude and character of the writer. When one notes the address, " N .S. America," it is no wonder that the previous letters complained of, if similarly addressed, went astray ; the miracle rather is that this letter itself found its destination at all. While this letter is directed by Daniel McCurdy to his two chil­ dren, Alexander and Peggy, it is remarkable that he makes no men­ tion of, and has no word for the wife Jennet! Not even when the message is conveyed from " Cousin Archibald & wife " (the latter probably the aunt of Jennet McCurdy) is there a word to Jennet. One may be curious regarding the persons mentioned in the letter. " Your Cousin James McElheron " was probably a son of Aunt Mary who married James McClure ; for this name has several variations, as witness McCleary ; and there was no Cousin James McElheron, if this Cousin James McClure is not the person. There was again, correctly speaking, no " Uncle Patrick" ; but a Great­ Uncle Daniel had a son Patrick (married to Mary McLaughlin) born in 1700 (only two years younger than Daniel the letter-writer), who 8 Tb¢ mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia

may by courtesy of his age have been styled " Uncle " Patrick, though in fact a cousin. This Patrick's wife may have been the "Aunt Moley" (which is Mary) or more probably, this may be the actual Aunt Mary McClure (or McElheron); and "Elizabeth" would be Aunt Elizabeth Tomson. Cousin James may be this James McClure, Junior, already mentioned; and Cousin Molly may be his sister named after their mother Mary ; but of these there is no record, for all particulars of the descendants of the three Aunts Elizabeth, Margaret and Mary are lost. " Cousin Archibald & wife " are, of course, Cousin Archibald the son of Uncle John, and his wife Jennet (Guthrie). Ann McColum and sister were probably old neighbours in somewhat humble circumstances. Tom Miller was probably a well-known neighbour, but not likely a relative. It would be a desperate hazard even to hint that he was of the old family of Alex­ ander Miller who emigrated from Belfast, Ireland, to America in 1718, and whose grandson (also a Thomas Miller) wrote the History of Colchester. One is on safer ground in assuming that" Wm. Moore" was of the kin of Mary Jane Moore who married Uncle Robert. What a- human touch, " Old David Miller," a neighbour who felt hurt that his friend young Alexander had so soon to all appear­ ances forgotten him. And this " Tom Miller " may have been his son whom he had lately lost ; and the aged father's heart was more than usually lonely. Doubtless Alexander, in his next return letter, did not again forget " Old David Miller." But the letter bore a more grievous burden. It must have been hard for the father Daniel McCurdy to have written that last sentence: '' and tell Pegey that Wm. Moore her lover is dead also." But at the least, the writer felt that he could not send that sad message in the middle of the ordinary home gossip ; and the father, with his heart in tears for his only daughter so far from the homeland, delays his pen till the last moment, until finally he leaves it for her elder brother to break the untimely tidings to his sister. What shattered dreams : what blighted hopes ! In those days of hardship and struggle that fell to the pioneers, she may have told herself and cheered herself with the belief that she had accompanied her brother and his young wife on the long and tedious trip to seek out a larger field and fortune, and wrest from nature a wider life. But in her heart she knew that she had also come to spy out the land, and then send back to her lover a report of this distant Canaan, to which she and her brother had so bravely adventured. Perhaps even then a call to come and join her was already being borne across the waters to her lover in the Home­ land. And now her dreams have met a sad awakening. Nothing further than what this letter conveys is known of Peggy Tbc mcCurdys of Dova Scotia 9

McCurdy. No mark or monument denotes her grave. The want of such a memorial stone might indicate that she died in those early pioneer days when only first things must matter : not many years after that sad message came to her from across the sea and blighted all her hopes and dreams. Here we can drop a tear for the brave­ hearted, broken-hearted, winsome Peggy; buried in that New Land of her shattered hopes in an unknown grave. Here we can erect and dedicate this little paragraph as a tablet to her memory, a brief Token of Remembrance to Peggy McCurdy. Alexander Mc Curdy spent some three years at Windsor. What he did we do not know. But his father's letter gives a hint. "I find that you and Peggy is both living in a gentleman's farm." This word " Gentleman," to an Irish tenant farmer or his son would have the restricted meaning which it still bears in the Old Country. Much of the lands left vacant by the deported Acadians had been parcelled out in grants to the new-comers. But the beautiful lands around Windsor remained, and the Executive Council sought some persons worthy of these fine properties. As in a case of ancient report, who more worthy of the honour of the Crown than their own illustrious selves. So this land in and around Windsor was distributed by Crown grant to the several Honourable Members of the Executive Council. On these lands these grantees built themselves their country resi­ dences, enjoying themselves there in the summer days, and Windsor was a place of merry sports in those times. These men with their title of Honourable would naturally be the " Gentlemen " of whom Alexander wrote home. It would be on one of these farms, doubtless as a very capable manager, that Alexander and his family were located. Here he could not only support himself in comfort and even offer a home to his father, but it was a point of vantage from which to view the possibilities for his own advancement. But while Alexander Mc Curdy moved away from Windsor, he still had something there which was of interest. A well-supported tradition of him in his early days after leaving for Colchester, is that he walked over 1,800 miles all told on his journeys in the prosecution of a lawsuit apparently at Windsor ; and a member of the family sapiently adds : " which tradition would not be preserved unless, of course, he had eventually won his suit." What was the matter at issue is not recorded ; and it is idle to speculate. It might be in regard to those very lands on which he was employed. Or it may have been in regard to his household goods so summarily disposed of when the Captain Smuggler offended against the customs laws. When Onslow township was divided into grants, certain of the front lots having valuable dyke lands adjacent were set out in narrow 10 Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

strips, and additional and less desirable lands to make up a full share were given, located to the rear among the hills and rougher uplands. It was not long until Alexander McCurdy, by grant or purchase, held ownership of about I ,500 acres, much of it beautiful farm land. Mr. McCurdy had brought with him from Ireland a strong and energetic body and a huge willingness to work. His farm was not all virgin soil, for the expelled Acadians had industriously cleared and cropped an extensive part of Onslow and Truro; and Mr. McCurdy among others had entered into the fruits of their labours. So that, as his boys grew up and his family increased around him the McCurdy homestead was a comfortable estate where now Alexander resided ; :and his father Daniel, were he alive, might with the change of but one letter have repeated a phrase in his writing to express his son's independent position : " living on a Gentleman's farm, & I believe by your accounts that you will do well." And it can be truly added that the son took to heart his father's injunction : " Be mindful of your duty, and always be mindful of your great and Bountiful Creator." Indeed, this expresses the life and character of Alexander McCurdy the " Pioneer. " In addition to his Onslow lands, Mr. McCurdy took up in those early times a grant in Musquodoboit. Regarding this lot a great­ grandson, J. Watson McCurdy, himself now past his fourscore years, writes : " The lot was a few miles above where his grandson Alexander afterwards settled. The tract in the land office was always called the 'McCurdy Grant.'" Mr. Watson McCurdy goes on to relate how some thirty years ago he was one of a surveying party running over the line on the south side of this grant. When the surveyor, Malcolm Logan, felt he was near the spot (the S.W. corner of the grant was a hemlock tree) he spied an old hemlock tree with :a scar on it and ordered his axe-men to chop out the blaze. There underneath was quite visible the name of Alexander McCurdy as it had been put there so many years ago. In the Historical Genealogies of the McCurdy Family, by W. D. McCurdy, this Alexander McCurdy is referred to as "Rev. Alex­ ander." There seems to be nothing to justify this title. It is true that Mr. McCurdy was for many years an Elder in the Presbyterian Church; but he was not a Teaching Elder. He never was ordained, and never attempted to preach. Alexander McCurdy claimed to be a farmer; and for that matter was a very good farmer. It may be admitted that a difficulty has met the Editor as to the date and circumstances of Alexander's marriage; and some of the traditions appear to conflict with the generally accepted idea as narrated. These traditions and facts may be tabulated as follows : Tb~ mccurdys of Oo\'a Scotia II

(a) That he married Jennet Guthrie. (b) That Alexander met his bride on the vessel. (c) That they came to Nova Scotia on their wedding tour. (d) That Alexander left Ireland in 1762, and spent two or three years in Windsor; then moved to Colchester. (e) That he was in Londonderry, N.S., in 1765. (f) That their first child William was born in 1765, and a second in 1766. (g) That Alexander is said to have married when thirty years old. (h) That Alexander's wife is not mentioned in the letter of May 1763 to Alexander from his father. The generally accepted and most natural assumption that Alexander and Jennet were just married and sailed together when he left Ireland in 1762 does not harmonize with all the foregoing. But if, after receiving his father's letter in the summer of 1763, Alexander writes to his sweetheart, Jennet, to come out to America, _and he meets her in Boston in the late spring of 1764, and they sail down together from Boston to Windsor on their bridal tour, and William is born in the next summer of 1765, we have met all the conditions involved in the foregoing. So, the reader is left to take his choice as to the unknown date and circumstances of this marriage. Alexander McCurdy, the "Pioneer," died August 9th, 1808, aged 74 years, and his wife Jennet (Guthrie) McCurdy died May 2rnt, 1800, aged 62 years. They are both buried on the " Island" ceme­ tery, Onslow, with a single stone erected to their memory and bearing the names of each of them. They had seven children : r-William, born in 1765. 2-James, born June 28th, 1766. 3-Daniel, born April 1st, 1768. 4-Margaret, born March 20th, 1770. 5-Alexander, born February 24th, 1773. 6-Robert, born September 24th, 1775. 7-Jennet Guthrie, born November 8th, 1777.

PART TWO

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SECTION ONE

I-WILLIAM MCCURDY, OF ALEXANDER THE "PIONEER"

1-W ILL I AM Mc CURDY, the eldest child of Alexander McCurdy the" Pioneer," and Jennet (Guthrie) McCurdy, was born in 1765, probably at Windsor or Londonderry, as his name is not recorded among the births in the Onslow Official Register (now in the Provincial Museum), while the other children are recorded. He died quite young, unmarried. 16 Tbc mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia

SECTION TWO

2-JAMES MCCURDY, OF ALEXANDER THE " PIONEER "

2-J AMES Mc CURDY, the second child and eldest son who grew to manhood, of Alexander and Jennet McCurdy, was born at Londonderry, N.S., on June 28th, 1766. When a child he was taken by his parents to Onslow, where he spent the remainder of his days. At his father's death he continued on the eastern portion of the homestead, his brother Daniel having the balance. He married, on December 25th, 1788 (2I2)-Agnes, the second daughter of Matthew and Janet Archibald. His wife was born on November 26th, 1770, and died on May 2nd, 1851. She and her husband were buried in the " Island " cemetery at Onslow, where a single stone with a double inscription marks their last resting-place. Part Three of this volume gives a brief sketch of some members of the Archibald family. Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy had-not only in number, but in quality-a remarkable family, fourteen in all ( equally divided), seven boys and seven girls ; all of whom grew up, all married, and all reared families. Of the seven sons, two were ministers and five were elders in the Presbyterian Church. While the former two may have enjoyed a pipe occasionally, the latter five never touched tobacco nor spirits. These latter five were all trained as farmers on the home­ stead ; and as they grew to manhood and set up for themselves their father obtained farms for them. The homestead was eventually divided between the two sons David and Isaac ; David purchasing from his father the western strip and Isaac obtaining the portion lying towards Truro. The two sons, 20-John and 29-Daniel, who studied for the ministry, were educated in part at Pictou. When they set out from Onslow to begin their course at Pictou Academy their younger brother, 2A-David, as convoy, rode the horse and carried their clothes, while the two students walked ; and next day David bestrode the horse on its homeward journey. The McCurdys seem to have been lovers of ornamental and shade 2-JAMES MCCURDY OF ONSLOW

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trees. This may almost be said to be characteristic. Following them from place to place they are found making their homes among trees, or planting out trees that in time to come will give lasting pleasure and satisfaction to those who in another century follow them. Around the Onslow Church, built on the site of the original Meeting House, are growing to-day magnificent elms set out long ago by this James McCurdy. Several of these trees carry scars received from the fire which destroyed the old church, while others were destroyed by the flames. Not until 1924 were the blank spaces filled in by young trees set out by the then Onslow minister, Rev. Henry H. Blanchard. "Mr. McCurdy was a man who, to strangers or to children, seemed severe ; though by his friends and closer acquaintances his company was sought and appreciated." This is a comment made by one who knew him well. To illustrate the first statement, it is told of his little grandchild Edward : that one day the lad came running into the kitchen and, amid sobs, explained that the gander had chased him ; and then, as regards the gander, blurted out : " why, that gander is as cross, as cross, most as cross as grandpa." The grand­ mother was there at the time and, of course, took it in good part, as a joke, and probably laughed over it later with her worthy husband. The writer can fully understand little Edward's hasty conclusion; for when a small boy himself, he was visiting at with " Grandpa " David McCurdy. It was a long walk that summer morning to church ; and the " long " prayer was exceedingly long. In the pew right in front sat a young lady with hair that was one glowing sunset; and this hair, according to the then prevailing custom, was temptingly brushed all loose and hanging down her back, and over the pew-top to the book-rest. And as the prayer progressed it was only natural for a small boy to poke his small forefinger gently into that aureola of blazing colour, wag his elbow like blowing a blacksmith's bellows, then lay his finger on the book­ rest, and industriously hammer it into a horseshoe. All little boys like to play blacksmith. Then some unsanctified spectator snickered ; and Mr. McCurdy opened his eyes and without hesitation searched out that quite unconscious small boy-and then came his heavy hand down on that small boy's head; and oh, that hand was heavy! And there was no doubt thereafter if that small boy had any stars in his crown, for he saw then and there a whole skyful of them. That was the McCurdy strong hand; but later, on further acquaintance, that small boy found, during the many long though happy drives through the country, that " Grandpa " McCurdy was a most kind and delightful companion, and can remember even yet D 18 Tb¢ mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

the funny rhymes and interesting stories that beguiled the time. So far as the writer can learn, the old house built by Alexander McCurdy was on the inland side of the road, and was later torn down and a new house built and occupied for a short time by David McCurdy. This new house, on David McCurdy's moving to Bad­ deck, was occupied by his son John A. McCurdy, and is now occupied by Arthur Hill. David McCurdy also built a house for his father right across the road, and this new house for a time became the Manse, but was sold to Hon. W. Davison Hill when the present new Manse was built alongside the new church. " It was in the old house built by his father that James McCurdy lived and reared his children. This was a gathering-place for many of the leading men in public affairs, and men of intelligence ; and the conversation and matters discussed were of a high order. One frequent guest was Adams Archibald, a man much sought after in the highest social set in Halifax. He was a brother of Mrs. Mc Curdy." Miss Georgina McCurdy tells how, when she was a little girl, he took her up on his knee and explained how the tide came and went under the influence of the moon, and illustrated it by the flow of water in the Creek (McCurdy's Creek) just below the house. Mr. McCurdy had no sympathy with the use of spirits so pre­ valent in those days ; and he was strongly opposed to tobacco in any form. On one occasion a friend gave him a package of snuff as a present for his wife. On his way home he gently dropped it over the North River Bridge and made no further immediate mention of the incident. Mr. McCurdy spent the end of his days with his son Isaac. A granddaughter, the late Mrs. Isabella Mitchell, in a letter to the Editor, says: "My Grandpa James McCurdy, who married your Great-Aunt Agnes McCurdy, and was also 'father of 42 feet of McCurdys,' died when I was about r6, and spent the closing months of his life at our home. As I remember him, he was a man of medium height, very fresh complexion, and beautiful white hair slightly curling at the ends and reaching to his coat collar. He was an Elder in the Onslow Church, strong on Temperance, strict but not narrow in his religious views ; and ' was a good man and feared God above many'." Near the end of his days, Mr. McCurdy was visiting his son 25-Alexander in Musquodoboit. Mrs. (Rev.) Isaac Murray, then Jane Sprott, the twelve-year old daughter of Rev. John Sprott, called at the house. As she was bidding Mr. McCurdy good-bye, he stopped and placed his hand on her head and, closing his eyes, asked Tbc mcCurdys of nova Scotia

the Blessing of God upon his young friend. It was like a scene from Biblical times, with this ancient Patriarch giving his blessing. Mrs. Murray lived to a good old age ; but she never forgot the incident, and only a few years before her death related it to a friend as one of the most impressive scenes in her life. Mr. McCurdy died at Onslow on June 6th, 1854. The children of James and Agnes Mc Curdy were : 21-Jennet, born October 8th, 1789. 22-James Munro, born July 23rd, 1791. 23-Sarah, born September 7th, 1793. 24-Margaret, born August 17th, 1795. 25-Alexander, born July 1st, 1797. 26-Mary, born October 12th, 1799. 27-lsaac, born November 15th, 1801. 28-Matthew Archibald, born January 9th, 1804- 29-Daniel, born January 18th, 1806. 20-John, born March 17th, 1808. 2A-David, born July 29th, 1810. 2B-Nancy, born November 18th, 1812. 2C-Rachel Crow, born November 8th, 1814- 2D-Elizabeth Harriet, born December ISt, 1817.

SUBSECTION ONE

21-JENNET MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND HER DESCENDANTS

21-JENNET McCURDY, the eldest daughter of 2-James McCurdy, was born on October 8th, 1789. She married on November 6th, 1806, John Kent, who was born in 1781, the third son of James and Margaret Kent (M. 351). They settled on the farm on which John Corbett had resided. John Kent died on January 5th, 1829, and his widow, some fifteen years thereafter married John J. Fulton. He died in June 1856, without issue by this his second wife. The latter died on September 1st, 1870. The children of John Kent and Jennet (McCurdy) Kent were : 211-Martha; 212-Sarah ; 213- James; 214-Susanna; 215-John; 216-Mary Jane; 217-Alex­ ander; 218-Robert William ; 219-Edward Blanchard ; 210- Daniel. Regarding these : 211-MARTHA KENT was born on January 15th, 1808. She was married on September 29th, 1825, to John Harris Notting. They had four children: 2111-Janet; 2112-Joseph; 2113-Jessie, and 20 Tb¢ fflcCurdys of Dova Scotia

2114-Martha. Thomas Notting, K.C., residing in Dartmouth, and practising as a Barrister in Halifax, is a son of 2 I I 2-Joseph.

212-S AR AH KENT was born on November 20th, 1809. She married, as his second wife, John Gordon Nelson. Mr. Nelson was married three times ; his first wife bearing him one son, and his third wife three daughters. The children of John Gordon Nelson and Sarah Kent Nelson were: 2121-James Nelson, born September nth, 1833. He left home as a boy, and thereafter was never heard from. 2122-Elizabeth Nelson. 2123-Thomas Nelson, born September 14th, 1839, and died about 1909. He married in Massachusetts, but had no children. 2124-George W. Nelson, born on December 19th, 1841. He married, on February 20th, 1872, Nancy D. Cock, who herself was born on March 9th, 1848, and yesterday, March 10th, 1928, was in good health and spirits as witness a letter just received from her in her own handwriting of that date. Their children are : 21241-Sarah Lavinia Nelson, born November 20th, 1872. She married James Stevenson. They had two children : 212411-Mabel, and 212412-Eva. Mabel married Vernon Bell, but has no children. Eva married Howard Starrett, and has one daughter, 2124121-Ruth, born about 1925. 21242-Annie Maude Nelson, born March 29th, 1874. She married Thomas A. MacKay, and had six children. One son, Percy, died in infancy. Of the others, Vesta is married and has two girls; Muriel is married, and the third, Irene, is unmarried. One son, Melville, has four children, while Vernon has two. 21243-Robert Gordon Nelson was born on October 13th, 1875. He married, and lives in Montana, and has one daughter, Ethel, born about 1917. 21244-Frances Amelia Blair Nelson, born on April 13th, 1877, and died in October 1924. She married Alexander D. McCabe, now also deceased. They had ten children. Of the boys one died in infancy. The others are : Richard (married and with two little boys) ; Irving, Thomas, Robert, and Nelson. The girls are Florence E., Ina P., Helen, and Alice M. 21245-Mabel, born on October 23rd, 1878, and died August 27th, 1881. 21246-Harold Nelson, born on October 1st, 1880; married; and died on January 8th, 1922. He left three children, two boys and a girl. 21247-Herbert Nelson, born September 10th, 1882. He is Tb¢ mccurdys of noi,a Scotia 21

married and is now living in Prince Edward Island. He has three boys and one girl. 21248-Ethel Nelson, born on August 7th, 1888. She married Thomas G. McConnell on December 22nd, 1909. They have no children of their own, but adopted three orphans. 2125-A little boy, who with his sister, 2122-Elizabeth, and his half-brother (the son by the first wife), was burned to death in a fire in Truro. 2126-Mary Nelson, born in March 1844, and died about 1885. She married Henry Kent, and they had one daughter who died when about two years old. 2127-David Nelson, born August 14th, 1846, and died about 1915. He married a widow, Mrs. McCallum, but they had no chil­ dren. 213-J AMES KENT was born on September 9th, 18u, and died on May rnt, 1833, unmarried. 214-S us ANN A KENT was born on October 26th, 1813. She married William Bryden, who settled in Tatamagouche. They had two daughters and one son. On the death of her husband she married Charles Reilly, and by this marriage had two sons and two daughters. Of the former family : 2141-James Bryden married Mary A. Lockerbie, and they left a family of six, namely; 214u-Harry; 21412-William; 21413- Arthur; 21414-Margaret; 21415-Susan; and 21416-James; all living. 2142-Elizabeth Bryden, the second daughter of 214-Susanna (Kent) Bryden, married 2A1-John Archibald McCurdy, the eldest son of 2A-Hon. David McCurdy. 2143-Mary Jane Bryden married James Irving. They have, surviving them, two children (both unmarried): 21431-John, a plantation owner in the Southern States, and 21432-May, Super­ intendent of Education for her County of Tunica, Mississippi. 2144-John Reilly, married, but is now dead. He left one son, 21441-Charles. 2145-Sarah, and 2146-Annie, unmarried, reside on the old homestead at Tatamagouche. 2147-William Reilly married Minnie Campbell. They reside in Tatamagouche, but have no family. 215-J ORN KENT was born on July 14th, 1815. He married, on April 7th, 1835, Sarah Lynds Archibald, who was born December 7th, 1814, the eldest daughter of Matthew and Susanna Blair Archi­ bald (M. 91). Their children were: 22 Tbt mcCurdys of nova Scotia

2151-James Kent, born about 1836; died in Truro in 1901 ; married Katherine Burrill, and both died without issue. 2152-Susan Kent, died before she reached the age of twenty, unmarried. 2153-Janet Kent was born on December 8th, 1840, and is at present in fair health. She was married on December 27th, 1865, to William Cock, a son of Daniel Cock. They have three children, namely: 21531-Annie F. Cock, born on August 17th, 1868; married on December 31st, 1896, to William Dunlop of Lower Truro, a son of Isaac Dunlop. They have no family. 21532-John Harvey Cock, born on May 7th, 1870. 21533-Sara Maude Cock. The latter two are as yet unmarried, and reside on the old home farm at Lower Truro with their mother. 2154-George Archibald Kent was born on August 14th, 1842, and died on April 25th, 1916. He was married on May 8th, 1867, to Lucy Caroline Nash, born November 19th, 1837, daughter of John Dywer Nash and Catherine Caroline Knock. They had six children: 21541-Katherine May; 21542-Walter Stuart; 21543-George Archibald; 21544-Georgina Agnes; 21545-Leonard Ross; 21546- Carl Maynard. 21541-Katherine May was born on November rnt, 1868, and died in 1876. 21542-Walter Stuart was born in April 1870, and was killed in Nebraska in March 1905. He married Edith Walton, of Exeter, Nebraska, and had three children: 215421-Ruth Gladys, born November 15th, 1898, married, and with one child; 215422-Lucy Nash, born March 8th, 1901 ; and 215423-Ida, born March 25th, 1904- 21543-George Archibald was born in 1871, and died in 1872. 21544-Georgina Agnes was born on June 7th, 1873, and resides in Truro. 21545-Leonard Ross was born on September 5th, 1875. He married on June 22nd, 1905, Agnes, daughter of George and Matilda Graham of Belmont. Mrs. Kent died on August 25th, 1923, and Mr. Kent on August 29th, 1927. Their children are: 215451-Lenore Graham, born June 30th, 1906, married to George Bigelow ; 215452- Walter Thayer, born February 17th, 1908; 215453-Donald Yorston, born December 15th, 1909 ; 215454-Kathleen Zaida, born April 13th, 1912; 215455-Graeme Davis, born August 14th, 1913 ; 215456-Constance Elizabeth, born September 4th, 1914; and 215457-Kirby Nash, born January 6th, 1920. 21546-Carl Maynard was born on September 25th, 1878. He ' Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 23

now resides in McCook, Nebraska. He married in September 1900, Annie Geehan, of Thompson, N .S., and they have five children : 21546!-Gladys, born July 14th, 1901, married, July 21st, 1926, to Edward Rector of McCook, Neb.; 215462-Edna Josephine, born March 24th, 1903 ; 215463-Jessie, born February 4th, 1906; 215464-Mildred Nash, born December 14th, 1909, died in 1910; and 215465-Gertrude Jasperson, born September 8th, 1915. 2155-Charles Archibald Kent, now living in Kingsville, , married Edith Smith. They have one son, 21551-Fred, who died without issue, and one daughter, 21552-Gertrude, who married Ben Jasperson of Kingsville, and these latter have one son and one daughter. 2156-John Harvey Kent, born on August 28th, 1846, and died on March 15th, 1908. He married, on October 25th, 1876, Sarah McCully, who was the daughter of Rev. Samuel McCully and Nancy Blanchard (M. 256). Nancy Blanchard was a sister of Hon. Hiram Blanchard, and the youngest child of Jonathan Blanchard, the latter the second son of Colonel J otham Blanchard. John Harvey Kent and wife had four sons and two daughters, namely: 21561-Clarence G.; 21562-Harry Arnold; 21563-George Morrow; 21564-Nancy Blanchard; 21565-Susan; 21566-Edward Blanchard. 21561-Clarence G. Kent was born on August 8th, 1877. He married, in October 1912, Agnes Carmichael, the daughter of 0. B. Carmichael. He is an accountant. His wife died in September 1915. They had no family. 21562-Harry Arnold Kent was born on May 12th, 1880, and married, on August 21st, 1907, Edith Sutherland Fraser, a daughter ofM. D. Fraser, R.N., and Mary Lewis Masters. He was for eighteen years Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament in Pine Hill College, Halifax, from whence he received his Degree of Doctor of Divinity. In 1926 he was appointed to his present position of Principal of Queens Theological College, Kingston. Their children are : 215621- John Harvey, born May 7th, 1909; 215622-Doris Mary, born September 5th, 1910; 215623-James Ronald Fraser, born February 29th, 1912; 215624-Allan Herbert and 215625-Allan Douglas (twins), born January 13th, 1915; and 215626-EdithBlanchard, born November 10th, 1925. 21563-George Morrow Kent was born on March 31st, 1882. He married, on April 15th, 1914, Ida Turner, who was born on December 24th, 1886, and was the daughter of Richard J. Turner and Jessie Blaikie. He is a civil engineer. Their children are : 215631-Robert Fleming, born September 3rd, 1917, and 215632- Jessie Victoria, born March 22nd, 1925. Tbc m~Curdys of Do\1a S~otia

21564-Nancy Blanchard Kent was born on January 15th, 1884. She married William S. Fraser, a brother of Mrs. Harry A. Kent. They have no children. 21565-Susan Kent was born on February 15th, 1886. She married Manson A. Lyons, a son of Joseph and Catherine Lyons. Their children are: 215651-Joseph Harvey Kent Lyons, and 215652-Catherine. 21566-Edward Sherburne Kent was born on March 1st, 1888. He married a Miss Patton, and they have one child, born in 1927. 2157-Emily Kent married Wilbert D. King of Brooklyn, N.Y. They are both dead. They left one daughter, the wife of Rev. A. A. Shaw, D.D., of Brooklyn, N.Y., and the latter have no children. 216-MARY JANE KENT, the sixth child of John and 21- Janet (McCurdy) Kent, was born on July 21st, 1817, and died on June 24th, 1837, unmarried. 217-ALEXANDER KENT was born on August 21st, 1819. He married, on October 18th, 1841, Olivia Archibald, born August 2nd, 1820, the daughter of Matthew and Susanna (Blair) Archibald (M. 91). Their children are: 2171-Mary Jane; 2172-John Bryden; 2173-Almera Rice; 2174-George Luther; 2175-Isaac Blair; 2176-Arthur ; 2177-Frederick Archibald ; and 2178-Hedley Vicars. 2178-Hedley Vicars Kent, the eighth child, was born on October 8th, 1859, and married, on November 14th, 1894, Bessie Dickie, the daughter of James Edward Dickie and Harriet Tupper. He took his University and Medical training in Dalhousie, graduating in Medi­ cine in 1890, and is now practising his profession in Truro. The children are: 21781-Jean Stewart, born August 26th, 1895 ; 21782- Helen Tupper, born June 16th, 1897; 21783-Muriel Dickie, born January 26th, 1901, and 21784-Margaret Vicars, born October 28th, 1907. 218-RoBERT WILLIAM KENT was born on November 5th, 1821. He married on December 29th, 1844, 262-Sarah, daughter of Alexander and 26-Mary (McCurdy) Conkey. Mrs. Kent died on September 12th, 1870. They had two girls, both of whom died in childhood. Mr. Kent married again, on September 26th, 1872, Barbara Wilson, widow of Alexander Blair. 219-E DW ARD BL AN c HARD KENT was born on December 25th, 1823, and died in October 1870. He removed to Tatamagouche, where he carried on an extensive business in ship-building and merchandise. He married, on December 25th, 1850, Jessie William- Tbc mcCurdys of nova Scotia 25

son, the daughter of David Williamson and Mary Carruthers. They had five sons and five daughters : 2191-Alexander Williamson Kent; 2192-Mary Campbell Kent ; 2193-James Edward Kent; 2194-Jeanette Williamson Kent; 2195-Jane Isabella Kent; 2196-David Ninian Kent; 2197-E. Roach Kent; 2198-Jessie Sedgewick Kent; 2199-Florence Catherine Kent; 2190-Edward Walker Kent, who died on January 2nd, 1879. 2191-Alexander Williamson Kent married, on November 23rd, 1876, Almira Foster, and they had three children, namely: 21911- Edward; 21912-Theresa; and 21913-Lucy. 2192-Mary Campbell Kent married in 1871 John W. Ingraham, merchant of North Sydney, and their twelve children are: 21921- Annie Logan; 21922-Grace Williamson; 21923-Florence Lillian; 21924-Edward Arthur; 21925-Harry P. ; 21926-Robert; 21927- John A. ; 21928-Mary Louise; 21929-Jeanette; 21920-Lorne C. ; 2192A-Lee, J. ; and 2192B-Gordon. Of these Florence Lillian, Harry, and Jeanette are dead. 2195-Jane Isabella Kent married, on March 25th, 1881, Archi­ bald Skinner. Their three children, all living, are: 21951-LeBaron ~ 21952-Jessie; and 21953-Edwin. 2196-David Ninian Kent married, in 1888, Minnie Gould. They have three children, all living : 21961-Edward; 21962-Dickson ~ and 21963-Archibald. 2197-E. Roach Kent married in 1890 and had four children: 21971-Nella; 21972-Jessie Williamson; 21973-Mary; and 21974- Alexander, all deceased but Jessie. He died on June 26th, 1921. 2198-Jessie Sedgewick Kent married, in 1894, Louis Le Vesconte. They have no family. 2199-Florence Catherine Kent married Daniel Bowen Cooke in 1902. They have no family, and she died on November 27th, 1912.

2rn-D AN IE L Mc CURDY KENT was born on February 14th, 1826, and died on February 4th, 1889. He resided at Great Village, and married, on October 5th, 1850, Ruth Turner Stevens, who was born in 1824, and died on August 20th, 1877. Mr. Kent's second wife was Miss M. A. Bowers. The children of Daniel McCurdy Kent, all by his first marriage, were: 2rn1-Clara Emma; 2rn2-Albion Stevens; 2rn3-Silas Blair; 2104-John Wesley~ Tb~ mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

2105-Sarah Merilla; 2106-Johanna Eliza; 2107-John Daniel; 2108-Harriet Ellen; 2109-Albert Harrison; 2100-Charlotte Ruth. 2101-Clara Emma Kent, born on November 4th, 1851; married on June 22nd, 1882, John Arnold Smith, for many years Principal of Windsor Academy. She died on January 17th, 1907. Her husband was born on March 7th, 1854, and died on March 13th, 1923. Their children were : 21011-Reginald Arnold Smith, born March 10th, 1883, died March 12th, 1883 ; 21012-Cecil Egbert Smith, born June 10th, 1884, died September 8th, 1884; 21013-Mellicent Ruth Smith, born June 26th, 1887; 21014-John Raymond Smith, born July 27th, 1890; 21015-Gladys Harrison Smith, born March 5th, 1894, married, in 1923, John McGregor, of Westville, N.S., has two children : 210151-John Gordon, and 210152-Arnold ; 21016-Gordon Kent Smith, born May 8th, 1896, is a Doctor of Medicine practising in Hantsport, married, on June 22nd, 1927, Mabel Rand Ells, a daughter of Percy W. Ells and Emma Rand, of Upper Canard. 2102-Albion Stevens Kent, born on July 6th, 1853; married, on November 14th, 1881, Lillian Reid, born in 1863, a daughter of Hugh Graham Reid of Musquodoboit. They live at Great Village. Their children are : 21021-Ira Blair Kent, born October 20th, 1882; married, in January 1913, Jean Allen of Sackville, N.B. Their children are : 210211-Paul Dane, born September 4th, 1915 ; 210212- Dora Lillian, born September 8th, 1917, died October 1918; 210213-Karl Russell, born September 6th, 1919 ; 210214-Neal, born April 6th, 1921 ; 210215-Gerald Albion, born June 3rd, 1923 ; 210216-Dorothy, born 1924; 210217-Eric, born August 1926; 210218-Ronald McLeod, born August 1927. 21022-Wyman Merrill Kent (second child of 2102-Albion Stevens Kent) was born June 29th, 1884, married, September 1908, Florence Stevenson, daughter of Alexander Stevenson, of Truro. They live in Medicine Hat. Their children are: 210221-George Wyman, born July 30th, 1909; 210222-Helene Enid, born February 16th, 1913; and 210223-Jean Alberta and 210224-Eugene Albion (twins), born on December 21st, 1925. 21023-Margaret Lillian Kent, born May 20th, 1886; married, in September 1912, Horace B. Cummings, son of Robert Cummings of Great Village. They live in Boston, and have one child, 210231- Robert Albion, born February 28th, 1915. 21024-Harriet Ruth Kent, born January 29th, 1888; died August 1890. 21025-Daniel Ray Kent, born November 3rd, 1889; married, 27

in r92r, Hilda Smith, of Bolton, England. They reside at Medicine Hat, and their child is 2ro25r-Jack Spencer Kent, born February roth, 1926. 21026-Clara Adella Kent, born September 10th, 1891 ; married, February 27th, 1918, A. Keith Soley, son of R. P. Soley, of Economy, N.S. They have one child, 210261-Vivian Marie, born October 16th, 1926. 21027-William Dane Kent, born August 1st, 1893. 21028-Albion Glenrose Kent, born April 29th, 1895; married, on January 26th, 1917, Marguerite Swift, daughter of J. Swift of Londonderry. Their children are: 2ro281-Kathleen Lillian, born in 1918; 210282-Merle Glenross, born in August 1920; 210283- Noreen Fronz, born in 1922; and 210284-Donald, born in 1925. 21029-Mary Enid Kent, born May 13th, 1897; married, May 21st, 1923, Lawrence MacNeill, son of Alexander MacNeill of Great Village. They live in New York. 21020-James McLean Kent, born September 15th, 1900. 2102A-Sarah Kent, born May rst, 1904; married, November 5th, 1924, Robert Williams, son of William Williams of Grenville, N.S. They live in Pictou, N.S., and have one child, 2102A1-Eileen June, born September 13th, 1925. 2102B-Florence Elizabeth Kent, born June 21st, 1907. 2103-Silas Blair Kent, born on April 28th, 1855; died on January 2nd, 1928. He married, on September 12th, 1883, Susan Craig, daughter of Richard Craig of Truro. Mr. Kent lived for many years at Ottawa, and had one daughter, 21031-Anna. 2104-John Wesley Kent was born on April 28th, 1857, and died September 30th, 1857. 2105-Sarah Merilla Kent was born on November 23rd, 1858. She resides in Lowell, Mass. 2106-Johanna Eliza Kent was born October 21st, 1860. She married on November 16th, 1882, Joseph Herbert Geddes (born 1849; died 1923), son of John Geddes of Portaupique, N.S. The family reside at Truro. Their children are : 21061-John Daniel Geddes, born September 5th, 1883. He married, as his first wife, Lelia Winifred McBurnie (who was born in 1890, and died in 1912), and they had one child, 210611-Cora Winifred, born September 8th, 1912. Mr. Geddes' second wife was Mary Urquhart, daughter of John Urquhart of Truro, whom he married in 1913. They had one child, 210612-Catherine Jean, born in 1916. 21062-Albert Weldon Geddes, born in 1887. Tb¢ mccurdys of lloua Scotia

21063-Ruth Geraldine Geddes, born in 1891 ; married, October 17th, 1920, to Rev. Peter Jackson of Glasgow, Scotland. 21064-Hermon Dane Geddes, born in 1894; married, July 17th, 1918, Christine Minerva Allen, daughter of Arthur Allen of Lunen­ burg. They have two children, 210641-Helen Ruth, born in 1919, and 210642-Erma Christine, born in 1925. 21065-Aubrey Kent Geddes, born in 1898. 2107-__John Daniel Kent, born on August 17th, 1862; died on March 19th, 1864. 2108-Harriet Ellen Kent, born June 22nd, 1864; married, on May 18th, 1892, Hermon Dane of Lowell, Mass. They have no family. 2109-Albert Harrison Kent, born June 22nd, 1864 (a twin of Harriet Ellen); died October 22nd, 1883. 2100-Charlotte Ruth Kent, born December 30th, 1865; married, Melville Smith of Truro. They live at New Bedford, Mass.

SUBSECTION TWO

22-JAMES MUNRO MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND HIS DESCENDANTS 22-JAMES MUNRO McCURDY was the second child and eldest son of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy. He was doubtless named after Rev. James Munro, one of the earliest Ministers who visited Colchester County. He was married on October 25th, 1814, to Margaret, the eldest daughter of Alexander and Rebecca (Baird) Miller. Margaret was the sister of Thomas Miller, the author of that valuable compilation, The Historical Record of Colchester County. She was born on May 24th, 1797, and died on October nth, 1848 (M. 31). James M. and Margaret McCurdy removed from Onslow to Musquodoboit in March 1816, where they took their farm from the forest, erected comfortable buildings, and raised a large family. More information concerning this old homestead may be found under the name of 25-Alexander, a younger brother. Mr. McCurdy was received into the eldership of the Presbyterian Church in the time of the Rev. Mr. Sprott; he was a strong, if per­ haps an unbending, upholder of religion in his community. He did not lack a certain cheerfulness ; but at the same time he preserved, under all conditions, an austerity that did not invite levity. It is said of Mr. McCurdy that he never laughed but once. As a matter of record, it might be noted that the whole family of this Alexander and Rebecca (Baird) Miller, parents of Mrs. James M. Tb¢ mcCurdys of no\1a Scotia

McCurdy, were: Alexander, born May 8th, 1796; MARGARET, born May 24th, 1797; Nancy, born May zrnt, 1800; Jennie, born December 26th, 1802; THOMAS, born December 26th, 1804; Mary, born September 22nd, 1806; Elizabeth, born January 23rd, 1808; Sarah, born April 17th, 1809; and Elly, born July 18th, 1812. The children of James M. and Margaret McCurdy are as follows: 221-Alexander Miller, born December 21st, 1815; 222-James, born June 26th, 1817; 223-Rebecca S., born June 17th, 1819; 224-Agnes Jane, born July 27th, 1820; 225-John Kent, born July 21st, 1822; 226---Robert Sprott, born February 13th, 1824; 227-Isaac, born November 10th, 1826; 228-George Washington, born September 5th, 1828; 229-Elizabeth Miller, born May 31st, 1830; 220-William Henry, born June zrnt, 1832 ; 22A-Alexander Thomas, born July 6th, 1834; 22B-Harriet Judson, born May 26th, 1836. After the death of his wife Margaret, in 1845, James Munro McCurdy was married to Mary Parker, a sister of John and George Parker, and then widow of a Mr. McDougall. They had two chil­ dren: 22C-Jennet; 22D-Susan. 221-ALEXANDER M. McCURDY, and 222-J AME s Mc Cu RD Y, the first and second children of James Munro and Margaret McCurdy, died while quite young. 223-REBECCA S. MCCURDY, the third child-of James Munro and Margaret McCurdy, was born on June 17th, 1809. She married, on January 31st, 1838, Henry C. Archibald, who was born on May 22nd, 1815, and was the third son of Ebenezer and Rebecca Archibald. They removed to Groton, Mass. After his wife Rebecca's death on June 13th, 1854, he returned to Musquodoboit. Mr. Archibald later married 251-Mary Jane, a daughter of 25-Alexander and Janet McCurdy. Mr. Archibald died on April rnt, 1859 (M. 6i). The children of Henry C. and 223-Rebecca S. Archibald were : 2231-Ebenezer Charles, born March 7th, 1839 ; died October 20th, 1861. 2232-Melville McCurdy, born December 23rd, 1840; died March znd, 1849. 2233-Margaret Jane, born September 5th, 1842; died March 27th, 1846. Tb¢ IDcCurdys of llo\1a Scotia

2234-Rebecca Ann, born August 30th, 1844; died July 24th, 1861. 2235-Margaret Agnes, born September 14th, 1846; died Aug.ust 12th, 1852. 2236-Georgia Elizabeth, born September 25th, 1848; died March 8th, 1849. 2237-Miriam, born March 20th, 1850. 2238-James William, born February 24th, 1852; died January 10th, 1868. 2239-Henry Adams, born December 3rd, 1853; died March 20th, 1854.

224-A GNE s JANE Mc Cu RD Y, the fourth child of 22- James Munro and Margaret McCurdy, was born on July 27th, 1820. She was married on March 17th, 1840, to Barry Hamilton (M. 359). The latter was born on April 24th, 1812, and was the third son of George and Eleanor Wilson (Archibald) Hamilton ; George Hamil­ ton being the fifth son of Robert and Agnes Hamilton, who came from Armagh, Ireland, to Nova Scotia in 1771. (uo)-Eleanor Wilson Archibald, who married George Hamilton on November 23rd, 1802, was the third daughter of (u)-Matthew and Janet Archibald (M. 66), a sister of (2I2)-Agnes Archibald, who married 2-James McCurdy, and a sister also of (uA)-J ean Archibald, who married Edward Sherburne Blanchard. Barry and Agnes Jane (McCurdy) Hamilton had two sons and one daughter : 2241-Henry Hamilton; 2242-Margaret Hamilton; 2243-James Munro Hamilton, born March 29th, 1844. 2241-Henry Hamilton and his sister 2242-Margaret Hamilton, both died unmarried. The mother, 224-Agnes Jane Hamilton, died on April 19th, 1864, and Barry Hamilton married Sarah Dunlop, widow of William Gammell (M. 114). He later married Alice Tupper, widow of James Creelman (M. 230). 2243-J AMES MUNRO HAMILTON, on December 28th, 1871, married Margaret Kent, the daughter of William Kent and Sara Parker. Their children were : 22431-Elizabeth Kent, born October 31st, 1872; 22432-George Barry, born January 4th, 1874; 22433-Lewis William, born August 7th, 1875; 22434-Edgar Hill, born October 23rd, 1877; 22435-Sara Jane, born March 24th, 1879; died July 30th, 1918. 22436-Jessie May, born April 11th, 1887; died April 15th, 1887. Tb~ mccurdys of Do\1a Scotia 31

2243-James Munro Hamilton died on August 21st, 1910, and his widow Margaret Hamilton on December 6th, 1919. William Kent, the father of Mrs. Margaret (Kent) Hamilton, was the son of Col. James Kent, and grandson of Col. Alexander Kent (M. 333). Sara Parker, her mother, was the daughter of James Parker. He had a grand-aunt Sarah Parker who married George H. McHeffey of Windsor. 22431-ELIZABETH KENT HAMILTON was married on September 21st, 1904, to Rev. William McDonald, born in Pictou County, but now settled in Glenholm, Col. Co. They have four children: 2243u-Anna May, born July 7th, 1906; 224312-John James Gordon, born October 9th, 1907; 224313-Margaret Evelyn, born May 31st, 1909; 224314-George Elmer, born July 15th, 1911. 23432-G EO R GE BARRY HAM I LT o N married, on October 7th, 1902, Mabel Hamilton. The family live on the old homestead " Springside," Upper Stewiacke, where he is engaged in farming. They have five children : 224321-Earle William, born August 7th, 1903; 224322-James Aubrey, born July 31st, 1906; 224323-Louis Kent, born January 26th, 1909; 224324-Martha Florence, born August 10th, 1911 ; 224325-Margaret Frances, born April 17th, 1917. Mrs. Mabel Hamilton died on October 16th, 1919. 22433-LEW Is WILL IA M HAM I LT o N, on October 8th, 1902, married Mabel Edna Little. She was the daughter of John Brown Little and Sara Smith, the latter a granddaughter of the Rev. David Smith, one of the Pioneer Ministers of Colchester County (M. 26i). The children of Lewis William and Mabel Edna Hamilton are : 224331-James Ervin, born April 30th, 1904; 224332-John Douglas, born July 26th, 1905; 224333-Eva Margaret, born December 13th, 1906; 224334-Rae Parker, born January 15th, 1908; 224335-Edith Sara (" Buster"), born March 22nd, 1910; 224336-Gordon Lewis, born August 16th, 1911. The above John Douglas Hamilton was married to Kathleen Marie Cox, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Cox of Halifax. They have an infant son, 2243321-Rae Douglas. 224334-Rae Parker Hamilton is admittedly the champion runner of Halifax. He showed his speed in the Dartmouth Natal Races of 1924, and took the Novice Prize in the Herald Race of that year. He 32 Tbt mcCurdys of no"a Scotia

stood 4th and 5th in the same two Dartmouth Natal events of 1925. His record in 1926 was 6th in the July First Race; 1st in both 6 and 3 mile events in Dartmouth Natal Races ; 2nd to Johnny Miles in Moncton 5 mile race on Labour Day; 1st in Moncton Times Race of October 9th, and ISt in Crescent IO mile race. 22434-EDGAR HILL HAMILTON was married on October 16th, 1901, to Georgina Bessie Cleveland, herself born July 29th, 1877, the daughter of George and Druscilla Cleveland of Lunenburg County. They have four children: 224341-Mae Elizabeth, born August 29th, 1902; 224342-Margaret Druscilla, born October 6th, 1903 ; 224343-George Kent, born December 10th, 1904; 224344-Parker Cleveland, born June 14th, 1908.

225-J o H N KENT Mc Cu RD Y, the fifth child and first son who grew to manhood of 22-James Munro and Margaret McCurdy, was born in Musquodoboit. He moved to North Dakota about 1880, and filed on Government land. He improved it and acquired title to it. One who knew him well says of him : " He was an honourable, upright man, a devout Christian, and attached to the Presbyterian Church. He was an Elder for the greater part of his life. His educa­ tion in the schools was limited. He was a self-educated man, and one of the most widely informed and well-read men I ever knew. His personal habits were good. He used neither liquor nor tobacco. He • devoted a great deal of his time to Church activities. He usually attended Session, Presbytery and Synod in his district, and once or twice the General Assembly in his Church. He was a Presbyterian of the old School." In the summer of 1908, Mr. McCurdy made a visit to his old home in Nova Scotia. The following tells the sad conclusion of his visit, an item clipped from a Halifax newspaper : "Truro, July 14th, 1908. An old gentleman named McCurdy, who intended going to Dakota this morning to visit relatives there, was struck and instantly killed by the engine of No. 10 train at Stewiacke. Mr. McCurdy was crossing the track toward the station at the rear of a freight which was on the Siding. He stepped past and upon the track just as the express came along. His ticket for Dakota was in his pocket, and his baggage checked. Nearly all his relatives have moved to the West." The only picture available of Mr. McCurdy lacked such clearness as to make its reproduction by no means a worthy " likeness" ; but it is a matter of congratulation to be able to display photographs of the three generations from John Kent McCurdy down to his great­ grandson, Robert George McCurdy. 2252-GEORGE JAMES :'v!CCURDY

22521-FRED, E. MCCURDY 225212-ROBERT MCCURDY

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John Kent McCurdy was married five times, namely to : Mary T. Kaulback, March 21st, 1843; Mary Alice Tupper, January 12th, 1847 ; Rachel Tupper, November 14th, 1854; Jessie Guild, October, 1869; Mts. Sarah Barclay, March 28th, 1907. (Regarding Mary and Rachel Tupper, see under name of 226- Robert Sprott McCurdy.) His descendants, five in all, are the children of his second wife, Mary Alice Tupper, and are: 2251-Mary McCurdy, born January 12th, 1844; 2252-GEORGE JAMES McCuRDY, born December 7th, 1847; 2253-Eliakim Tupper McCurdy, born March 2nd, 1849 ; 2254-Mary A. McCurdy, born August 19th, 1850; 2255-Samuel McCurdy, born August 19th, 1853 ; 2251-MARY McCURDY, the eldest child of John Kent and Mary McCurdy, died in her infancy on May 3rd, 1844. 2252-GEORGE JAMES McCURDY, the second child and oldest son of John Kent and Mary Alice McCurdy, married 388-Joanna McCurdy, a daughter of 38-James, and granddaughter of 3-Hon. Daniel McCurdy, of Onslow (which see) on October 29th, 1878. Their children are : 22521-FREDERICK EVERETT McCURDY, born July 9th, 1879 ; 22522-Mary Alice McCurdy, born January 20th, 1882; 22523-Albert Clarence McCurdy, born October 5th, 1888. 2252-George James McCurdy came with his family to Dakota in 1880, and filed on Government land. He prospered, and retired after selling out his interest. He lived for a number of years at Huntington Beac::h, Cal., until the time of his death, which occurred on December 17th, 1926. He married on December 15th, 1904, Kate Cameron, but had no children by his second wife. Following down the line of male descent by seniority from Alexander McCurdy the "Pioneer," this George James McCurdy, as oldest son of oldest son, would seem to be " THE McCURDY." 22521-FREDERICK EVERETT McCuRDY, a McCurdy on both sides of the house, is the eldest son of 2252-George James and 388- Joanna (McCurdy) McCurdy, and was born in Nova Scotia. His father located on Government land in what is now North Dakota, about eight miles south of the International• border. In March 1881 his father brought his mother and himself to the new home on the prairie. They came to St. Vincent, at the extreme north-west corner of the State of Minnesota, and crossed the Red River of the North on the ice, and came by Indian sled and Indian driver across the E 34 Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

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snow-clad prairies to the location of the" homestead shack." There the family have made its home ever since. Very soon schools sprang up, and the early schooling of himself and his brother and sister was in primitive buildings during the summer months. Later in life, all three of the children attended the State University of North Dakota. He graduated from the Law Department of the State University, and has practised his profession since 1907. In 1910 he moved to Bis­ marck, the capital of the State, which has since been his home. He has taken an active interest in Government affairs, and for seven years has been either Assistant or Prosecuting Attorney of the County. Needless to say, with such ancestry he is a Presbyterian. His wife, who was Elsa Finlay, was born on August 13th, 1884. They were married on June 18th, 1908. The children of Frederick E. and Elsa McCurdy are : 2252n-Orma Mary, born February uth, 1909 ; 225212-ROBERT GEORGE, born January 24th, 1914, and who, in the male line of primogeniture, would become the ultimate " McCURDY." It is gratifying to be able to exhibit a picture of this attractive looking lad, and all will join in wishing him that success and achievement in whatever may be his chosen walk in life com­ mensurate with the distinction he enjoys in relation to the Clan. 225213-Ruth Elsa, born February 1st, 1923. The friends of 2252n-Orma Mary McCurdy would be inter­ ested to know that she was at birth a medical curiosity, being born without hair, toe-nails or finger-nails, and weighed exactly one pound and fourteen ounces. She was kept in an incubator and with artificial heat for three months, and at the age of one year weighed seven pounds. She has, it is a pleasure to say, been growing very rapidly, and will, without doubt, come to maturity as a woman of normal size and superior attractiveness. 22522-MARY AucE McCURDY, the second child of George James and Joanna McCurdy, was born in Dakota. With her brother she attended the State University, and graduated from the Normal Department. Mainly on account of a decided tenderness in her lungs, she went to California, and has for some time been specializing in teaching work in the City of Los Angeles. 22523-ALBERT CLARENCE McCuRDY, the third child of George James and Joanna McCurdy, was born in Dakota; attended the State University, and took a course and graduated as a Mechanical Engineer. For several years he was engaged in construction work, chiefly in Canada. When, about 1918, his father wished to dispose of his holdings in Dakota and make his home in California, Albert came back and took charge of the farm and has managed it ever since. Tb¢ mcCurdys of nova Scotia 35

The farm has grown from its original claim to 1,240 acres. Albert Clarence McCurdy married Alice Ballard in the spring of 1920. Their children are : 225231-James Ballard, born February 4th, 1921; 225232-Laura Jane, born June uth, 1923 ; 225233-Charles Richard, born August 22nd, 1925. 2253-ELIAKIM TUPPER McCuRDY, the third child of 225-John Kent and Mary McCurdy, died unmarried at the age of twenty, on October 31st, 1869. 2254-MARY A. McCuRDY, the fourth child of 225-John Kent and Mary McCurdy, married on October 12th, 1871, Isaac Archibald (the youngest son of William G. and Nancy Archibald), born June 8th, 1846 (M. 58), and they reared a large family, all of whom are now in Western Canada. Her husband died some years ago. She is at present living at Frasiers Building, Bpndon, Manitoba. Isaac Archibald was a brother of the late Judge John S. Archibald, of Montreal. 2255-SAMUEL McCURDY, the fifth and youngest child of 225- John Kent and Mary McCurdy, died on December 2nd, 1897. He was unmarried.

226-RoBERT SPROTT McCuRDY, the sixth child of 22-James Munro and Margaret (Miller) McCurdy, was born on February 13th, 1824, at Musquodoboit. He married, on May 21st, 1850, Susan Tupper, daughter of Eliakim, Jun. and Elizabeth (Newcomb) Tupper of Upper Stewiacke (M. 227). His wife was born on August 9th, 1822, and died at New Glasgow on June 10th, 19u, aged 89 years, and was buried there. A short digression into the history of this Tupper family may be of value. Eliakim Tupper, Esq. (M. 225) came from New England to Nova Scotia (to Annapolis County) in 1760, and moved to Truro in 1773. He was married to Elizabeth Newcomb some time before his arrival in the Province, but it is probable that the New­ comb family was among the large party that came then from New England, and which included the Calkins. Samuel Tupper, born in 1764, was the second son of this Eliakim Tupper, Esq. The second son of Samuel was Eliakim, Jun., named after his grandfather, and, as an interesting coincidence, also married to an Elizabeth Newcomb. The oldest child of this Eliakim Tupper, Jun., was Susan, mentioned as married to 226-Robert Sprott McCurdy. Another daughter of Eliakim, Jun., was Mary Alice, the second wife of 225-John Kent McCurdy, and mother of his children. Rachel Tupper was a sister of Eliakim Tupper, Jun., and was the Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

third wife of 225-John Kent McCurdy, being also aunt to his second wife, Mary Alice. John Tupper, the fourth son of said Samuel Tupper, married Janet, the second daughter of " Squire " Adams Archibald, of Musquodoboit (M. 59), on March 2nd, 1830. He had three sons and one daughter, Elizabeth or Eliza (M. 227). One of these sons was Angus Tupper, the first husband of 2A2-Hannah B. McCurdy, the daughter of 2A-Hon. David McCurdy. The other two sons were Adams, who never married, and Henry, who left a family of three sons and three daughters. One of these daughters resides in New Glasgow, and is the wife of C. L. Beck, a prominent merchant. Another daughter, Annie (Mrs. John W. Logan), lives in Truro. The third, Louise, married a Captain Everett McDougall, but died some years ago. Of the three sons, George L. and John reside in Duluth, and the third, Harry C., died in California some years ago. Their father, Henry, married for his first wife Ellen Stewart, of Musquodoboit, and she was the mother of his six children just referred to. After Ellen Stewart's death, he married the widow of the late Hon. A. W. McLelan. He resided in Truro for the most of his life, but died in Duluth at his son George's home some years ago. The sister of Angus, Eliza, married a Mr. Parker of Musquodoboit, and on his death, learned telegraphy, and was one of the first tele­ graph operators in Truro. Being transferred to New Glasgow, she there married Alfred Brush of Moncton. They settled in Auburn­ dale, Mass., where she died. She left one daughter, Fannie, who married Leon Minette, and resides in Boston. 226-Robert S. McCurdy, when he grew up, learned the black­ smith trade in Guysborough. After he married, he settled in Porta­ pique, Colchester County, for a short time, but afterwards moved to Truro in 1855, before the railway was built between Halifax and Truro. He purchased a large block of land in what is now the centre · of the town, bounding on Prince and Young Streets, part of which was afterwards taken for the site of the Provincial Normal School. He resided in a house on the site of the residence of the late Judge Laurence and part of the surrounding grounds, which latter is now the site of the Municipal Buildings of the town of Truro. About 1865 he went into mercantile business at Truro, locating in a store facing what was then known as the Common. Here he remained until January 1867, when, joining in partnership with the late Robert Chambers of Truro, he moved to New Glasgow, to which place the railway was then being extended from Truro, and opened a branch business there. This partnership continued under the name of R. S. McCurdy and Company until the death of Mr. 2261 STANLEY TUPPER MCCURDY

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Chambers in the summer of 1875, and by his Estate until 1880, when Mr. McCurdy retired, and together with his son, Stanley, started in business for themselves, and continued until 1890. Robert S. McCurdy died at New Glasgow on July 7th, 1907, and was buried there. Robert S. and Susan T. McCurdy had only one child: 226!-STANLEY TUPPER McCURDY, who was born at Truro on July 13th, 1857. He entered Dalhousie College (which was then located on the site of the present City Hall, Halifax, at north end of Parade), in September 1873, and graduated, receiving the degree of B.A. in 1877. In March 1900 he entered the Customs Service at New Glasgow, and was appointed Collector of Customs in January 1921, which position he still holds at time of record. 2261-Mr. Stanley Tupper McCurdy would seemingly divide with 22521-Mr. Frederick Everett McCurdy of Bismarck, North Dakota, the honours as Chief of the Nova Scotian Clan Mc Curdy springing from Alexander the " Pioneer," in that the former is the senior representative within Nova Scotia, while the latter, though born in the Province, now lives outside its bounds. Stanley T. McCurdy married Catherine Fraser Underwood on September 3rd, 1884, who was born at New Glasgow on May 7th, 1864, and was the daughter of George W. and Margaret Fraser Underwood, of New Glasgow. His wife died at St. John, N.B., on March 1st, 1913, and was buried at New Glasgow. 2261-Stanley T. and Catherine F. McCurdy had six children: 226II-Muriel Tupper McCurdy, born August 12th, 1885. She married on November 21st, 1911, Douglas William Burns of the town of Lunenburg, who was born on June IIth, 1880; they have no children at this date ; 22612-George Underwood McCurdy, born July 14th, 1888, and died March 25th, 1902; . 226!3-Robert Stanley McCurdy, born March 14th, 1893 ; died August 14th, 1893 ; 226!4-Arthur Murray McCurdy, born July 30th, 1894. He married on July 21st, 1917, Doris Crosby, of Yarmouth, who was born on February 16th, 1895, and was the daughter of George N. and Theresa Corning Crosby, of Port Maitland, Yarmouth County. They have one child, 226141-Dauvray Margaret, born March 27th, 1921. At the present time, Arthur M. McCurdy resides in New Glasgow, and is connected with the staff of the Eastern Car Company of that town. 226!5-Lyall Radcliff McCurdy, born July 16th, 1897. After studying at McGill University, Montreal, he received the degree Tbc mcCurdys 0f nova Scotia

of B.Sc., and is now connected with the teaching staff of that University. 226!6-Margaret Louise McCurdy, born April 2nd, 1901. She married Robert John Clelland, of Niagara Falls, Ontario, on May 3rd, 1926.

227-I s A Ac Mc Cu RD Y, the seveuth child of 22-James Munro and Margaret McCurdy, was born on November 10th, 1826, and died on March 31st, 1867. He married on July 29th, 1851, Ruth Yuill of Old Barns, who was born on March uth, 1830, and was the sixth daughter of James and Sarah (Archibald) Yuill (M. 287). 227-Isaac McCurdy was by profession a school teacher, but later settled down to agriculture on the farm that had been his father's. One who knew him well has said of him : " Isaac McCurdy was a very handsome man of fine build, six feet tall, broad-shouldered, and with beautiful hair. He was a wonderful orator." He died at the early age of forty-one years, a very great loss to his Province of Nova Scotia. He was about to be nominated for election to the Canadian Parliament, when he suffered an accident which caused his untimely death. The children of 227-Isaac and Ruth McCurdy were : 2271- Beveridge Munro; 2272-Allen James; 2273-Robert Oliphant; 2274-Margaret Harriet; 2275-Sarah Bertha; 2276-Brenton Haliburton ; 2277-Isaac Sedgewick ; 2278-Dexter Franklyn ; 2279-Richard Christie. 2271-BEVERIDGE MUNRO McCuRDY, the eldest son of Isaac and Ruth McCurdy, was born on October 24th, 1852. He became blind from cataract. He died unmarried on February 18th; 1903. 2272-ALLEN JAMES McCuRDY, the second child, was born on September 12th, 1853. He married, on June 10th, 1885, Sarah Burris, the widow of Edwin Archibald. She was afterwards divorced from Mr. McCurdy, and he married an English girl, Elizabeth Markham, on March 24th, 1909. His second wife was born on December 27th, 1880. There are five children by the second wife. Mr. McCurdy and family are now living in the West. 2273-RoBERT OLIPHANT McCuRDY, the third child of 227-Isaac and Ruth McCurdy, was born at Middle Musquodoboit on January 29th, 1855. He took up the carpenter trade, and after mastering that, became a house contractor. He now resides in Truro. He married on December 24th, 1878, Nancy Christie McKenzie, born on November 18th, 1857, the daughter of Roderick McKenzie and Mary Grey. Their children are: 22731-Arthur Davis ; 22732-Frank Church; Tb~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia 39

22733-Mary Ruth; 22734-Dexter Scott; 22735-Leslie Briggs; 22736-Lilly Grey; 22737-Leona Ethel. 22731-ARTHUR DAVIS McCuRDY, the oldest child of 2273-Robert 0. and Nancy C. McCurdy, was born on January 13th, 1880. He is now living, unmarried, on King Street, Truro, and is a mason and carpenter. 22732-FRANK CHURCH McCuRDY, the second son of 2273- Robert 0. and Nancy C. McCurdy, was born on June 18th, 1882, and is in business as a building contractor. For several years he has been a member of the Town Council of Truro. He was married on October 18th, 1904, to Annie Gray of Halifax, a daughter of Cameron and Adelaide Gray of that city. They have three children : 227321-Lorne, born July 1905 ; 227322-Robert Oliphant, born November 1907; 227323-Laura, born January 1911. 22733-MARY RUTH McCURDY, the third child of 2273-Robert 0. and Nancy C. McCurdy, was born on May 29th, 1884, and was married on March 26th, 1910, to Edward Roach Byers, of West New Annan. The latter is a son of James Byers and Ellen Bell, and is engaged in farming at Old Barns, N.S. The Maritime Library Association, lately, in the endeavour to stimulate local research work in and preserve history and traditions of the early settlements in Nova Scotia, offered prizes for the best essays. Mrs. E. R. Byers took the third prize of $30.00 in this con­ test ; her subject being based upon and confined to Truro Township. Mary Ruth McCurdy (Mrs. E. R. Byers) received her education in Truro. She passed her " B " Examination when barely sixteen, and got her " B " Licence from the Normal School, after which she secured one of the scholarships granted by Sir William C. McDonald to Rural Science teachers. This scholarship enabled her to take a term at the McDonald Institute in connection with the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, the special course being Nature Study. She taught school for five years, being the first Principal in the New Bible Hill School. Her husband's ancestors, on the mother's side, came out to Pictou from Scotland in what was called the " Starved Ship," in 1814. The children are : 227331-Walter Roach, born January 12th, 19u ; 227332-Wallace Gordon, born January 1st, 1914; 227333-Hazel Christina, born August 24th, 1915. 22734-DEXTER ScoTT McCURDY, the fourth child of 2273- Robert 0. and Nancy C. McCurdy, was born on October 23rd, 1888. He graduated from at Halifax, on December 20th, 1916, and later took Post Graduate Courses at the Montreal Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

General Hospital, and in England. In the year 1917 he went overseas and saw active service in the Camel Corps. He is now a practising Physician residing at Prince Street, Truro. He was married on September 22nd, 1920, to Edith Trefry, daughter of Joseph and Deborah Trefry of Shelburne County. They have no children at present. 22735-LESLIE BRIGGS McCuRDY, the fifth child of 2273-Robert 0. and Nancy C. McCurdy, was born on February 22nd, 1891. He is now residing at St. Catherines, Ontario, and is engaged in civil engineering. He was married on March 23rd, 1921, to Marguerite Conn, of Ottawa, the daughter of Hugh Stewart and Margaret Dulmage Conn; of that city. He has one daughter, 227351-Margaret Christie, born April 29th, 1924. 22736-LILY GREY McCURDY, the sixth child of 2273-Robert 0., and Nancy C. McCurdy, was born on August 26th, 1894, and was married on July 9th, 1924, to Stanley Smith of Halifax. Mr. Smith is a member of the firm of Rainnie and Keator, Insurance Brokers, of Halifax. 22737-LEONA ETHEL McCuRDY, the youngest child of 2273- Robert 0. and Nancy C. McCurdy, was born on March 22nd, 1898, at Truro. She is at present unmarried, and is employed in the Royal Bank of Canada, Truro. 2274-MARGARET HARRIET McCURDY, the fourth child of 227- Isaac and Ruth McCurdy, was born on August 19th, 1856. She was married to Oscar G. Ridlon, in Maine. Mr. Ridlon was born on October 14th, 1855. They now live in Boston. Their family are: 22741-William Burton, born February 4th, 1882; 22742-Gevase Everett, born May 27th, 1884 ; 22743-Godfred Oscar, born May 27th, 1884, a twin; 22744-Ruth Evelyn, born April 30th, 1887; 22745-Eva Frances, born December 25th, 1888 ; 22746-Ralph Waldo, born October 5th, 1893 ; 22747-Ida May, born February 4th, 1895 ; 22748-Edith, born September 24th, 1896; 22749-Florence, born January 28th, 1898; 22740-George W., born December 14th, 1899. Of the above children, Ruth died on February 10th, 1893 ; Eva on December 24th, 1891, and Ralph on December 27th, 1895. 2275-SARAH BERTHA McCuRDY, the fifth child of 227-Isaac and Ruth McCurdy, was born on October 15th, 1858. She was married to Robert H. Reid of Middle Musquodoboit. Mr. Reid was born on October 22nd, 1855. Their children are: 22751-Alice Cairns, born December 31st, 1886; Tbc IDcCurdys of no\1a Scotia 41

22752-W. Percival, born December 20th, 1890; 22753-John Gordon, born June 9th, 1894; 22754-Henry Douglas, born March 5th, 1898. The third child, John, died May 15th, 1895. 2276-BRENTON HALIBURTON McCURDY, the sixth child of 227- Isaac and Ruth McCurdy, was born on July 17th, 1860, and married Nancy Douglas, who was born on April rnt, 1856. Before Mr. McCurdy reached his twenty-first birthday he had left home and gone to Boston. Here he went into the boot and shoe business and so continued for twenty-five years. He then took up insurance, in which he has been for the past twenty-one years, and during the Great War was very successful in selling Liberty Bonds. Mr. McCurdy is a man of very versatile talent, and deeply interested in the higher things of life. He is the Leader of the American Patriotic Protestant Association in Boston, a Society which, for the past forty-five years, has preached the Gospel of Christ, of Law and Order, of Good Citizenship and Kindly Relations between the two adjoining countries of Canada and America. He is not only a good speaker and lecturer but has a fine and well-trained tenor voice, well calculated to give pleasure and, additionally, to aid him in the work to which he is so devoted. The children of Brenton H. and Nancy McCurdy are: 2276!-Douglas, born May 15th, 1887; 22762-Neva Belle, born December 31st, 1888; 22763-Louise Hilda, born April 29th, 1891. 2277-ISAAC SEDGEWICK Mc CURDY, the seventh child, was born on September 26th, 1862. He married Jessie McDonald. Their chil­ dren are: 22771-Margaret Constance, born March 3rd, 1881 ; 22772-Ruth Frances, born November 1891 ; 22773-Charles Trask, born June 1895. 2278-DEXTER FRANKLYN McCuRDY, the eighth child, was born on June 12th, 1864. He died unmarried on December 12th, 1886. 2279-RICHARD CHRISTIE McCURDY, the youngest child of 227- Isaac and Ruth McCurdy, was born on June 8th, 1866. He married Adelaide Douglas, who was born on December 18th, 1863. They have no children.

228-G E o R G E WA s H I N G T o N M c C u R D Y , the eighth child of James M. and Margaret McCurdy, was born on September 5th, 1828.

229-E LI z ABET H MILLER Mc Cu RD Y, was born on May 31st, 1830. She and her brother George both died at the same time 42 Tb~ mccurdys of no"a Scotia

of a virulent epidemic, an,d were buried in the same grave ; George being at the time twenty years old, and Elizabeth eighteen.

220-W I L L I AM H E N RY M c C u R D Y , the tenth child of 22-James Munro and Margaret McCurdy, was born on June 21st, 1832. He died in infancy. 22A-ALEXAN DER TH o MA s Mc Cu RD Y, the eleventh child of 22-James Munro and Margaret McCurdy, was born on July 6th, 1834. He married Elizabeth Kaulback. They had two children, 22A1-Albert and 22A2-Victoria Ann. 22A1-Albert McCurdy married Agnes Guild, and has a family of seven. Four of the seven are married, and have among them fourteen children. 22A2-Victoria Ann McCurdy was married to W. Robinson Archibald of Old Barns, and is dead. Their son 22A21-William married in Truro, and is now living in California. So is his father. 22B-H ARR IE T Ju D s o N M c Cu RD Y , the twelfth child of 22-James Munro and Margaret McCurdy, was born on May 26th, 1836. - 22C-JENNET McCURDY, the first child of 22-James Munro McCurdy, by his second wife, Mary Parker, was married to Angus Brown. They moved to Winnipeg, and his widow lived with their two children, 22C1-William and 22C2-Percy in that city. 22D-S u s AN M c C u RD Y , the fourteenth child of 22-J ames Munro McCurdy, but the second by his second wife Mary Parker, was married to James G. Kerr of Milford, Rants County. She died on November 24th, 1900. They had no children. Mr. Kerr died on April 12th, 1926. He is survived by his widow who was Mrs. Rachel Ann Wier of North Salem, Rants County.

SUBSECTION THREE

23-SARAH MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND DESCENDANTS

23-SARAH McCURDY, the third child of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy, was born on September 7th, 1793. According to Miller (M. 83), she was married to (245)-James, the fourth son of David and Jane Archibald, who was born in Truro on June 7th, 1787. 2 3 1-J AM E s, the eldest child of James and Sarah Archibald, was born in 1812. He married Lucy Ann, the daughter of Frederick Tb~ mcCurdys of Dova Scotia 43

Wilber and Abigail Hoar of Shepody, on June 28th, 1838. He died in September 1839. 232-D Av r D, the second child of James and Sarah (McCurdy) Archibald died while a young man. From other records it would be assumed that James Archibald died previous to 1816; for on December 26th, 1816, 23-Sarah McCurdy was married to Captain Henry Cumminger of Sherbrooke. Sarah died on January 15th, 1854. 23-Sarah (McCurdy) and Henry Cumminger had seven sons and one daughter. 233-T HE D Au G HT ER , married, and both she and her hus­ band died young. The sons were: 234-Captain John; 235-Eben­ ezer; 236-Samuel; 237-Jesse; 238-Alexander; 239-Isaac; 230-William Henry. 234-C APT Ar N Jo H N Cu MM r NG ER and 235-E BEN­ E z ER Cu MM r NG ER were merchants and ship-builders. They had no children. 236-S AM u EL Cu MM r NG ER married three sisters named Belong, but left no children. Samuel was a merchant and ship­ builder. 237-JESSE CuMMINGER and 238-ALEXANDER Cu M­ M r N GER were engaged in ship-building. 239-I s A Ac Cu MM r N GER married and settled near Sher­ brooke and left but one daughter, 2391-kate.

230-W r L L r AM H EN RY C u M M r N G E R married Ellen Jane Archibald, and settled in Middle Musquodoboit as a tanner. They left no family.

SUBSECTION FOUR

24-MARGARET MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND HER DESCENDANTS

24-MARGARET McCURDY, the fourth child of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy, was born on August 4th, 1795, and died on Janu­ ary 1st, 1847. She was married to William McLane on September 7th, 1812, she being seventeen years old and her husband twenty­ four. This man spelled his name " McLane," and was a son of Joseph McLane on whose tombstone in the " Island " cemetery at 44 Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

Onslow, are the words: "A Native of Londonderry, Ireland. Died March 15th, 1829, aged 76 years." Margaret and William McLane had twelve children : 241-J o H N Mc LANE, born October 2nd, 1813; a school­ master, unmarried; died January 1876. 242-ALEXANDER McLANE, born March 27th, 1815; died July 18th, 1883. He married Harriet Brown. Their sons were J erod, Charles and Chipman ; their daughters, Eliza, Mary and Harriet. 243-EsTHER McLANE, born October 22nd, 1816; died July 24th, 1881. She was married to Thomas Fraser, who was shortly afterwards killed in an explosion. They had no children. 244-MARY ANN McLANE, born June 17th, 1819; died July 17th, 1820. 245-J o s E PH Mc LANE, born May 26th, 1820; died July 17th, 1882. When twenty-five years old he married Margaret Bent, aged twenty years, on January 22nd, 1846. Their children were: 2451-William B. McLane, born March 6th, 1847; married Annie Cameron ; died March 7th, 1911. 2452-Margaret McLane, born October 21st, 1848 ; married Ira Martin; died at Everett, Mass., May 25th, 1897. 2453-Charles McLane, born December 15th, 1850; died un­ married October 30th, 1893. 2454-Henry C. McLane, born March 17th, 1853 ; died un­ married in Colorado, January 6th, 1906. 2455-Minnie McLane, born March 29th, 1855; died unmarried at Peabody, Mass., January 3rd, 1879. 2456-Harriet McLane, born January 26th, 1858; married Richard D. Stevenson; resides in Annapolis. Margaret Bent McLane died in April 1857. Joseph McLane, aged thirty-nine years, married Mary Dechman, aged thirty-two years. Their children were: 2457-Elizabeth A. McLane, born September 5th, 1861 ; married Thomas Tate; died April 8th, 1905. 2458-John J. McLane, born February 4th, 1864; died January 16th, 1879. 2459-Adam D. McLane, born August 9th, 1865; married Flora McCutcheon; died February 12th, 1922. 2450-Joseph A. McLane, born September 16th, 1867; died October 19th, 1879. Tb¢ IDcCurdys 0f ll0va Sc0tia 45

245A-Allan McLane, born November 20th, 1869; died at Bisbee, Arizona, unmarried, February 12th, 1899.

246-S AR A H J AN E M c L AN E , born September 9th, I 822 ; died 1900. She was married to Welwood Hutchinson. They had no children. 247-ELIZABETH McLANE, born July 5th, 1824; died in 1905. She was married to (1) Captain Ira Dickson. Their children were 2471-Sarah (Mrs. Henry Taylor), and 2472-Warren. Both Captain Dickson and his young son were lost at sea. She was there­ after married to (2) Thomas Mills. Their children were 2473-Mar­ garet (Mrs. Calvin Hewitt), and 2474-Freeman, who married Frances Taylor. 248-H EN RY Mc LANE, born June 9th, 1826 ; died May 3rd, 1907. He married Susanna Campbell. Their children were: 2481-0livia Blair, born April 10th, 1850; married Henry E. McLean. 2482-Margaret Susanna, born September 26th, 1851 ; married Alexander Murdock. 2483-Sarah Henrietta, born October 5th, 1854; married John H. Saunders. 2484-David William, born September 16th, 1857; married Anna Murdock. 2485-Clara Elizabeth, born June 1st, 1860; married Gordon Murdock. 2486-Arthur Campbell, born September 28th, 1862 ; married Jessie Spence. 2487-Henry Alexander, born April 17th, 1865; married Martha McDaniel. 2488-Clarence Archibald, born April 15th, 1867; married (1) Elliot. They have one son. He married (2) Margaret McEachern. They have three sons. 2489-Alice Blanche, born April 1st, 1871 ; married Rev. J. H. McHattie. 2480-Howard Dickson, born January 23rd, 1873 ; died February 14th, 1873. 248A-Harriet Clyne, born June 28th, 1875; married Frank A. Sweet. 249-J AME s Mc LANE, born October 2nd, 1829 ; died _December 9th, I 829. 240-A N N E G R Av E s M c L AN E , born September 24th, Th~ IDcCurdys of Dova Scotia

1831 ; died November 17th, 1919. She married on November 24th, 1864, Archibald McPhee, born April 8th, 1834; died July 8th, 1910. Their children are : 2401-Dougal, born November 2nd, 1865; makes his home in Vancouver ; married Katherine McIntosh. They have six children. 2402-Margaret Janet, born May 28th, 1867. She is a M.A. of Dalhousie University. Married Edward C. Hart, M.D. They have three children and reside in Victoria, B.C. 2403-Lavinia Fraser, born January 24th, 1869; married A. E. Green. She was the first woman to graduate in Medicine from Manitoba University, in 1898. 2404-James Macdonald, born July rst, 1872; M.Sc. (McGill); married Lily Munro ; is General Manager of Transvaal and Delagoa Bay Collieries, and makes his home in Witbank, South Africa. Have one son. 2405-Mary Josephine, born June 14th, 1875; died February 14th, 1909. She was unmarried.

24A-RAc H EL Mc LANE, born June 23rd, 1834; died February 1916; married Stephen Mills. Their children were: 2¢1-Abner; 2¢2-William; 2¢3-Joseph; 2¢4-Alexander; 24A5-Reuben; 2¢6-Charles; and 24A7-Margaret (Mrs. J. H. Hewitt). Mrs. Mills married at sixteen, and lived over fifty years a widow. 24B-LAVINIA Mc LANE, born May 29th, 1836; died November 17th, 1836. A more extended history of William McLane, his wife, 24- Margaret McCurdy, and their descendants, and her ancestor, Janet Fisher, is in preparation by their granddaughter, 2402-Mrs. Margaret J. Hart, and may be available in print in the course of a year or so.

SUBSECTION FIVE

25-ALEXANDER MCCURDY, OF MUSQU0D0B0IT, AND HIS DESCENDANTS

25-ALEXANDER McCURDY, the fifth child of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy, was born at Onslow on July 1st, 1797. He married, in April 1821, Janet ((2r4r)-Janet, on Archibald Chart), the oldest daughter of Matthew Taylor Archibald (known as " Good Mat­ thew "), and Janet Guild of Musquodoboit. Matthew Taylor Archi­ bald was the second son of Matthew and Janet Archibald of " Bible Hill," Truro (M. 58). 25-ALEXANDER MCCURDY OF MUSQUODOBOIT

255-WILLIAM MCCURDY OF 25O-JAMES WATSON MCCURDY OF MUSQUODOBOIT MUSQUODOBOIT

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In 1813, the two brothers, 22-James Munro McCurdy and 25- Alexander McCurdy, came from Onslow to Musquodoboit, and chopped a field on a 300 acre lot their father had bought for them. This lot of land made two farms, and was owned and occupied by these two brothers for many years. Subsequently, it was divided again. James's half went to his two sons 227-Isaac and 22A-Thomas, and has since been sold to others. Two hundred acres were added to Alexander's half, which went to his two sons, 255-William and 250-J. Watson, and is now owned by a grandson, 255A-Roy B. McCurdy. A part of it is used as a Government Demonstration Farm. 25-Alexander McCurdy and his eldest son, 253-Matthew James, were two of the first Charter Members of " Rising Sun " Division of Sons of Temperance, which was instituted on January 1st, 1849, and still continues to meet week by week, over seventy years old. In this time some seven hundred members have been pledged to total abstinence. Mr. McCurdy's sons, as they reached the age limit, joined the Division, and the youngest son, J. Watson McCurdy, has now been a member for sixty-eight years, still endeavouring to advance the cause of Temperance. Nearly all of Mr. McCurdy's grandchildren have been members of this or sister divisions ; and now, some fifty of the great-grandchildren are still members. Isaac and Thomas, sons of James M., were, for a long time, very active members, and great debaters ; and some of their children are still in the work. As has been said, Alexander was active and interested in the advancement of Temperance ; and he used to tell the following story with great gusto : His house was beside the main road from Halifax to Guysboro ; but about all that had been done to give this highway the name of road was that it had been surveyed and the trees chopped, leaving stumps innumerable alongside the travelled path. A man from the East was returning from Halifax in hilarious mood, an earthen jug of rum slung from his saddle. But his joyous dreams were sadly shattered when, by some stumbling of the horse, or unsteady guidance by the· rider, the jug came violently in contact with one of the snags by the wayside, and the crash of the jug was followed by the loss of the whole contents. The look of consternation and woe upon the face of the luckless traveller failed to call forth much sympathy from the heart of Mr. McCurdy, and his words of comment were by no means words of comfort or solace. There is another story Mr. McCurdy used to relate: Old Becky Langley lived in the woods, between the head waters of the Musquo­ doboit and St. Mary's Rivers, fifteen miles either way to a house. Th~ mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

This woman was returning from Halifax with her ten-gallon keg of rum in her pung, and stopped at Mr. McCurdy's for the night. In the morning, as she was about starting on her way, Mr. McCurdy remonstrated with her about the liquor : " Oh, it's all right," she replied ; but he expostulated, " Some time it may be the cause of great harm." And so, strange to say, it turned out, for that very rum was the means of the death of the old lady. Soon afterwards, in a drunken brawl, induced by that same liquor, she was murdered. A little girl, the only eye-witness, made her way alone over that fifteen miles of desolate forest road, told the story, and in due time the slayer was apprehended, convicted, and hanged. So that two lives were lost as a result of that jug of rum. This little girl died an old woman about a year ago. Mr. McCurdy was received into the eldership of the Presbyterian Church during the Pastorate of Rev. John Sprott. He died on April 8th, 1889. The following is taken from a Halifax newspaper of October 25th, 1888;

"A FAMILY REUNION" " An interesting family reunion was held in Middle Musquo­ doboit last week when Mr. Alexander McCurdy of that place, and his nine children, again gathered together. They had not thus met since their mother's death in 1851, when they gathered around the grave. Two sons from Boston, and one from Halifax were present, and with their three other brothers and sisters of Musquodoboit, had been spending several days together. Mr. Alexander Mc Curdy is one of the oldest men in the Province, being in his ninety-third year; is still hale and hearty, and can read ordinary print unaided. During the present haying, he has been able to mow quite a bit. His children are all living except one who died in infancy, and their ages, with his own, aggregate five hundred years. "Mr. McCurdy was born in Onslow, and has distinct recol­ lections of the second American war. When a young man, he removed to Musquodoboit, where he acted the part of a pioneer in clearing and cultivating the farm on which he has resided for seventy years. He has been contemporary with six generations in his own family, as it was his grandfather who came to this country from the North of Ireland in the eighteenth century ; while now, both young Canada and young America include a number of his great-great-grandchildren. For fifty years he has Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 49

been an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, an office which he still holds." 25-Alexander and Janet McCurdy had ten children, namely: 251-Mary Jane; 252-Harriet; 253-Matthew James; 254-Sarah Margaret; 255-William; 256-Daniel; 257-Alexander; 258-Henry; 259-Walter, and 250-James Watson, the latter being the only one now surviving. Janet McCurdy, the mother of these children, died on May 3rd, 1851, and Alexander married Dinah Hutchinson in 1853. The latter died on October 3rd, 1887. Alexander McCurdy died on April 8th, 1 1889 : ' an old man, and full of years." 251-M AR y JANE Mc Cu RD Y, the oldest child of 25-Alex­ ander and Janet McCurdy, was born on May 16th, 1822, and died on February 23rd, 1900. She was married, on June 12th, 1856, to Henry C. Archibald, the third son of Ebenezer and Rebecca Archibald. Henry C. Archibald had previously been married to 223-Rebecca McCurdy, a daughter of 22-James M. McCurdy. Mr. Archibald died on April 1st, 1859 (M. 6I). His widow, 251-Mary Jane, on June 23rd, 1870, was married to (2226)-Alexander Archibald, the third son of William and Susan Archibald. Henry C. and Mary Jane (McCurdy) Archibald had only one child, 25u-Adams Tarbell, born on July 8th, 1857, who died in early manhood, in 1880.

252-H ARR IE T Mc Cu RD Y, the second child of 25-Alex­ ander and Janet McCurdy, was born on October 24th, 1824, and died on her birthday, on October 24th, 1909. She was married to Peter R. Clarke, and they had one daughter, 2521-Christie, who died young.

253-M AT THE w J AME s M c Cu RD Y, the third child of 25-Alexander and Janet McCurdy, was born in Middle Musquodoboit on November 27th, 1826. There he worked at his trade as a carriage builder. While still young, he moved to Halifax, accepting em­ ployment in the Customs Department. He married Jean Russell, of Elgin, Scotland, a sister of the Rev. Alexander Russell, for many years Agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and for a long time a Minister of the Presbyterian Congregation at Dalhousie, N.B. Some interesting sidelights upon the character of 253-Matthew James Mc Curdy may be had in the Biographical Sketch of the life of his son, 2536-Rev. James Farquhar McCurdy. The following comes from the pen of one who knew Mr. McCurdy well: " Shortly after his marriage, Mr. McCurdy suffered an accident which left him nearly blind. He went to Glasgow for an operation F 50 Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

which restored partial sight to one eye. It was a terrible handicap, and explains several severe accidents which befell him. " His was the reflective type of mind. He did not have University training, but he would have rejoiced in it with greater joy than many students feel, had it been his hap to study. Particularly would the sciences and philosophy have appealed to him. Then, too, he had the inventive bent. Many handy things about his workshop, where he played after office hours, were his invention. Probably he might never have succeeded in a business of his own ; for the hard, prac­ tical things of life often became overshadowed by thoughts of a more speculative and meditative type. Thus, as a trusted and valued em­ ployee he laboured to better advantage than in all likelihood as a manager of an independent business. "As a Christian, Mr. McCurdy excelled. 'He was a Good Man,' of the type of Barnabas. Kindness was the law of his lips, as it was of his spirit. He loved Biblical literature and the Works of the Divines ; while Milton and the Puritan writers were a treasure never failing. Friends came to him for counsel, all of whom were not of his own Denomination, nor even within the Protestant Church. All men respected him; many loved him." Mr. McCurdy died on February 17th, 1902. The children of 253-Matthew James and Jean McCurdy, all but the first two born in Halifax, were : 2531-William Russell, born September 7th, 1858; 2532-Janet Archibald, born August 14th, 1860; 2533-Alexander, born in 1862, drowned as a lad m in 1875; 2534-Margaret Russell, born October 25th, 1864; 2535-Elizabeth Russell, born August 26th, 1866; 2536-James Farquhar, born November 22nd, 1867. 2531-WILLIAM RussELL McCuRDY, the eldest child of the late Matthew J. McCurdy, of the Customs Department, Halifax, was proud of the fact that he was a Musquodoboit boy. His grandfather Alexander was also a native of Middle Musquodoboit-that district of Halifax county which received so deep an impression for good from such men as James Watson, the head of the school there ninety years ago, Rev. Dr. Sprott and Rev. Dr. Sedgwick, ministers of bygone generations. It was men like those who helped mould that part of this Province, and who contributed to make Musquodoboit what it is to-day in the character and intelligence of its people. Leaving Musquodoboit for the city of Halifax, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Mc Curdy brought with them two children, and in this city William thereafter resided. Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 51

Young McCurdy was not born to the purple. When ten years of age, the boy got a job with John Farquharson, merchant tailor and dealer in gentlemen's furnishings, in the one-story building on Gran­ ville Street, the site now occupied by the establishment of A. M. Bell & Co. This was not what he liked, so, when twelve years old, attracted by the moving wheels and machinery of the press-room in a printing office, he asked the late James Barnes, proprietor of the Presbyterian Witness, for a chance in the office. He got it, and ever since he has heard the sound of printing presses and breathed the atmosphere of newspaper offices. At the Nova Scotia Printing Company's Establishment, as the concern was then known, Mr. McCurdy learned the trade of a com­ positor-for those were the days before linotype operators and type­ setting machines. From this office the young man went to the mech­ anical department of the Morning Herald, and after less than a year there as assistant foreman, was appointed head foreman of the Morn­ ing Chronicle, perhaps the youngest man who ever occupied such a position in the city of Halifax. After a period in that capacity he returned to the Herald, joining the reportorial staff; and there have been few issues of the paper since which have not had, in one way or another, some impress of his work. One day, during the first few weeks of his connection with the paper, in August 1890, he was sent by the news editor to the Dock­ yard to interview Prince George, now King of England, and at that time Commander of H.M.S. Thrush. The Herald had, in its issue of August 2nd of that year, a half column account of McCurdy's inter­ view with the young Prince, now the reigning Sovereign ; and, although the information elicited from the coming King was not very extensive, it has always been a feather in the newspaper man's cap that he talked business with the King of England. There may have been no great financial rewards for him in pur­ suit of the newspaper business, but McCurdy had no complaint in this regard. He got good returns in the satisfaction of doing some­ thing, and there was the gratification of his enthusiasm in helping to record the history of this Province and of the world. When later a readjustment of the staff took place, the mantle of News Editor naturally fell upon Mr. McCurdy,and, to the time of his death, there were no signs of any diminution in his enthusiasm and success as a news getter and journalist. Not only on his own paper has Mr. McCurdy made a reputation as a newspaper man ; but in other papers and magazines has he done some good work. For many years he was the Halifax correspondent of the New York Herald., giving that paper many "scoops," and 52 Tb~ mccurdys of Oo\la Scotia

special articles. He was sent by the New York Herald to Cape Breton to interview Dr. Alexander Graham Bell on his flying-machine experi­ ments, when practical aviation was yet unknown, and that paper published an illustrated page of his article, complimenting the writer on his work. Articles like this were not infrequent. In 1908, as a guest of Lord Beaverbrook, then W. M. Aitken, he was one of a party that visited Porto Rico. On the return voyage, the steamship Coamo, on which he was a passenger, was stranded in a dense fog thirty miles from New York. The only paper in the world that had a direct account of the accident next morning was the New York Herald, which received from Mr. McCurdy a wireless dispatch of two thousand words ; and his story was given the most prominent position in its issue of March 3rd, 1908. McCurdy was half sick from the rolling of the ship which still lay on the sandbar, notwith­ standing the editor's certificate of him as a seafarer; but so pleased was the New York Herald that the following editorial was published on the same morning with the big " beat " : " The story of the stranding of the steamship Coamo, told in our columns this morning, was forwarded by wireless telegraphy by a New York Herald correspondent on board. Thru the dense fog which tied up all shipping in the harbor, and during the hours in which it was impossible for tugs to reach the stranded vessel, our correspondent was in touch with this office; and, being an ex­ perienced seafarer, furnished a graphic and accurate account of the accident. " All of which demonstrates the great value of wireless tele­ graphy, and the fact that when anything happens in any part of the world, the New York Herald generally has a man on the spot." The New York Sun has also received many articles from Mr. McCurdy's pen. One of these was a long interview with Admiral Erskine, giving that seaman's opinion of the U.S. warship Indiana, then in the Halifax Dry Dock; and which the Sun had as an" ex­ clusive." The Admiral was averse to expressing his opinion, but he gave it because of a favour he, Mr. McCurdy, had previously done him. The " Cabot" table in the Province Building was being un­ veiled, and the chief speaker was Admiral Erskine. After the pro­ ceedings were over, the Admiral sent Colonel Clerke, then the Gov­ ernor's private secretary, to bring a reporter to him. Mr. McCurdy was the man selected, and the Admiral said : " I left out all I wanted to say from that speech, and I said things I did not care about. Now, I want you to publish what I intended to say." The Admiral continued that what he wished most to impress on Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 53

the people was that Alfred the Great was the founder of the British Navy, and he wished a report of remarks on that line. He gave the ideas, which were amplified and printed in good style in the local press. The report pleased Admiral Erskine. A few days later, the Indiana came in, and the request for an interview was wired to Mr. McCurdy from the New York Sun. At first the Admiral declined to give one, but afterwards said : " One good turn deserves another, come to the Admiralty House to-morrow and I will give you some­ thing." The Admiral was as good as his word, and the following day the New York Sun's first page was embellished by a special feature story, giving the opinion of Admiral Erskine as to the build, sea­ worthiness and fighting qualities of Uncle Sam's warship then in port. An incident in Mr. McCurdy's career, which many will long re­ member, and many would probably desire to remain forgotten, was. the incarceration of this journalist in the Common Gaol in Halifax, upon the warrant of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia. The occasion was that Mr. McCurdy, in the spring of 1914, came into collision with the Legislature over some matter of no very great im­ portance; but the result was that when Mr. McCurdy was called before the bar of the House to reveal the sources of his information, he refused, and thereupon the Legislature ordered him to be confined to prison as in contempt of the Legislature. It may be taken for granted that Mr. McCurdy preferred to undergo any punishment which that august body might choose to inflict, rather than betray a professional confidence, even at the dictation of a majority of the Nova Scotia Legislature. In spite of a very busy professional life, Mr. McCurdy found some time for other things than work, notably in doing what he could for music in Halifax. He was an old member of the Orpheus Club ; was for many years on its committee, and for two years and more its. vice-president. Nearly every first-class concert or recital in Halifax since he joined and while he continued on the staff was written up and criticised by him. He was one of the executors of the George Wright Estate, with assets to administer of nearly $350,000.00. His wife was the only daughter of the late Colonel John D. Mackintosh, and is a niece of ex-Mayor J. C. Mackintosh. Mr. McCurdy has also been Secretary-Treasurer of Chalmers (Coburg Road) Church for many years. Mr. McCurdy died on July 11th, 1921. The children are : 25311-Jessie Marguerite Russell, born September 1895; 25312-Isobel Gatherer, born April 1897; 25313-William Mackintosh, born September 1899; 25314-John Archibald, born 1901 ; 54 Tb¢ mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

25315-Agnes Elizabeth, born November 1907. " On Friday afternoon of February 27th, 1925, at Trinity Church, Rev. L. J. Donaldson officiated at the marriage of Marguerite K., eldest daughter of Walter P. Willey, of Canard, to WILLIAM M. McCURDY, of Melvern Square, formerly of Halifax, a son of the late W. R. McCurdy. The bride was given away by her father, while John A. McCurdy, a brother of the groom, acted as best man. Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy will make their home in Melvern Square." 25314-JoHN ARCHIBALD McCURDY, the other son, is a journalist living in Halifax. "Oxford, September 1st, 1926, Rev. J. C. Wilson, of Springhill, assisted by Rev. B. D. Earle, were the officiating clergymen at the wedding, in Trinity United Church, this afternoon, at four-thirty, when Miss Elsie Ialeen Hue, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hue, was united in marriage to JoHN A. McCuRDY, son of the late W.R. McCurdy and Mrs. McCurdy of Halifax." 25314-John Archibald McCurdy and Mrs. McCurdy now have a daughter, 253141-Patricia Ann, born March 21st, 1929. 2536-JAMES FARQUHAR McCuRDY (Rev., B.A.) was born at Halifax on November 22nd, 1867, the youngest son of 253-Matthew James and Jean (Russell) McCurdy. He was named Farquhar after James Farquhar, banker and broker of Halifax, fellow townsman of his mother, who was also from Elgin, Scotland. James was sent to Albro St. School, and well remembers his teachers, particularly Abraham Archibald, who was Principal during the boy's last year there. Mr. Archibald was a Baptist. Of his two brothers, Isaac and Jacob, one was a Missionary to the Telugus in India. In his thirteenth year, James entered Halifax High School with a bursary earned by examination. The Principal, the Rev. Dean Gilpin, was a prince of classical teachers, feared rather than loved by the boys. W. H. Waddell taught English literature in those days. He had the faculty of making the boys love Shakespeare. How much they got by heart ! Julius Ca:sar from first to last, and great sections from many other plays. In the University afterwards, they learned more about Shakespeare, but from W. H. Waddell they learned the Poet's immortal speech. McCurdy's decisive religious experience occurred while he was attending High School. His home was always permeated with the spiritual tone. Family Worship morning and evening, with the singing of the Psalms, Scripture-Old Testament in the evening read verse-about by parents and children, New Testament in the morning read intelligently and therefore impressively by the father- Tb~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia 55

was never intermitted. Evening Worship was at nine o'clock. Mr. McCurdy remembers that for years, at 8.55 a Scotch Roman Catho­ lic, Alex. McKerron, used to ring the door-bell and come to worship with the family. Taking a place in the circle, he would read his verse with the rest, and join in the prayer. He would cross himself fer­ vently, but beyond that, so far as devotion went, he was not different from the others, and was without doubt as genuinely Christian as any of them. Every Sabbath after Morning Service (which all attended in Old Chalmers Church on Barrington Street, going out and locking the door behind them), the family would sit about the fireplace and say the shorter Catechism, fifty-four questions on the one Sabbath and fifty-three the next, under the direction of their father, who, without a book, put the questions, heard the answers, and commented on the teaching. The children were not allowed to go to Church in the evening until they were fifteen years old, but were taught by their Scotch mother at home, a woman who knew the Scriptures almost literally by heart, and whose prayers probably no city minister of her day could surpass. The mother taught her children to be "tithers." " One tenth belongs to God, besides that, give all you can," was her constant strain; moreover in all her life she practised what she in that respect preached. Naturally, the boy's religious instincts were early awakened in such a home, and under such Ministers as the Rev. C. B. Pitblado and the Rev. John MacMillan. But it was not until the coming of the Evangelists, Meikle and Gerrior, that his heart was fully opened. It was not the preaching only, it was the personal conversation that brought the lad to recognize the glorious Gospel. Mr. Angus S. Murray, then an Elder in Fort Massey Church and Superintendent of a Mission Sunday School on Albemarle Street, put the eager boy upon the road, so that, one night (Mr. McCurdy remembers the day, the hour, the very spot that won him, alone on the Common, on the way home from the tent at ten o'clock at night) the offer that Mr. Murray had irresistibly pressed : " Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out " was received and accepted. The boy stopped short in his tracks, went over the text as spoken to himself, and drew a line on the ground (they had been singing Over the Line in the tent), took his decision there and then for Christ, stepped over the literal line, and promised God he would pray for Salvation no longer, but, instead, would thenceforward faithfully serve Him as his Lord and Master. The difference in his life was not perhaps very great outwardly, but an incident which from this distance seems to have an element of humour in it may be told. McCurdy was not wicked, but he was 56 Tb¢ mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

troublesome in school and difficult with his teachers. A month or so after the memorable night on the Common, the Teacher of Science in the High School, A. J. Denton, M.A., halted the boy in going out after class. " McCurdy," he said, "you give me no trouble now, and you know your work." " I've been converted, sir," said the boy. "Well, I am very glad of it," replied Mr. Denton. Probably every soundly converted boy gives better satisfaction both at home and at school after that great event. In 1887, McCurdy entered Dalhousie University in Arts, and in 1891 graduated in due course and received his Bachelor's Degree. In that year, having determined to enter the Ministry, Mr. McCurdy went for the first time into the Home Mission Field as Student Catechist. In the Fall, he entered the Presbyterian College, Halifax, as a Student in Divinity. Dr. MacKnight was still Principal of the College. That term was his last, however. Dr. Pollock succeeded him. " Rabbi" Currie was in the Chair of Hebrew. The brothers Robert A. (now Sir Robert) and James W. Falconer were fellow students that first year. The next term, Mr. Robert A. Falconer (not so long afterwards to be made President of Toronto University, and to receive knighthood) was appointed Lecturer in Greek and New Testament Exegesis. Mr. James W. Falconer, too, was destined to come ere long to his brother's Chair at Pine Hill, where he abides in strength unto this day. In 1894, Mr. McCurdy graduated in due course, and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Halifax. During his Arts course, Mr. McCurdy had felt strongly impelled toward the Foreign Field as his life work. However, circumstances prevented the accomplishment of this design. Having decided that the Foreign Field was closed to him, Mr. McCurdy concluded that he would, as far as might be, serve by appointment to this Field or that, in the Homeland ; and that, as far as possible, he would refrain from candidating. Accordingly, he accepted appointment at Bon­ shaw, Hampton and Tryon, P.E.I., and was ordained there in 1894, where he remained for three and a half years. Being as yet unmarried, and feeling himself a free lance, Mr. McCurdy accepted a three months' appointment to the congregation of Clyde and Barrington. His next Charge was New Richmond, Quebec. It was a difficult field, and the hardness of the task, as may be supposed, did not leave the minister unscathed. New Richmond, nevertheless, won the heart of its minister, and that sentiment seems to linger with him. During the four years of his ministry there, Mr. McCurdy had the Governor-General of Canada-Lord and Lady Aberdeen and their family-for parishioners during the summer The mccurdys of nova Scotia 57

months, and model parishioners they were. Mr. McCurdy cherishes a set of Prof. Henry Drummond's works in ten volumes, bound in morocco, sent him by Their Excellencies from Scotland, after their return from Canada, with the inscription in His Lordship's hand­ writing: " From his old parishioners, Lord and Lady Aberdeen." A Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses was established by Lady Aberdeen in New Richmond, and thereafter was maintained by the congregation during Mr. McCurdy's ministry. From New Richmond Mr. McCurdy was called to Canard, in Halifax Presbytery. He was next appointed Minister of Redbank, N.B. In 1919 Mr. McCurdy resigned his Charge at Redbank, and at the request of Presbytery, undertook the work at New Carlisle, Quebec. Mr. McCurdy has now (May 1926) been thirty-two years in the ministry. In September I 898, at the beginning of his Pastorate in New Richmond, Mr. McCurdy married Amelia Jarvis, daughter of James Palmer of P.E.I. The Palmers were prominent in the history of the Province in their time. The Hon. Edward Palmer, a brother of the latter, was one of the Fathers of Confederation, and later was Chief Justice. Two other of Mr. Palmer's brothers were practising Attorneys at Charlottetown, as was also his only son, Hedley Vicars Palmer. The Rev. James F. and Amelia McCurdy had four children: 25361-Russell, twenty-six years old (in 1926) now in Western Canada. 25362-Helen, married to Mr. H. S. Conrad, accountant for Lincoln Mills Co. 25363-Jarvis, who has taken a Distinction Course in Arts and Sciences at Dalhousie, and graduated with Honours in 1926; and who has dedicated himself to the Foreign Field as a Missionary, thus. continuing a line of ministers in the family unbroken for a hundred years. He is looking toward India, but is not yet decided as to whether his sphere shall be Medicine or Divinity. 25364-Amelia, the youngest child, is taking a commercial course in Halifax, and also work in French at the University. Mrs. Amelia McCurdy died at Canard in May 1907, just at the outset of her husband's Pastorate there. Sixteen months later, Mr. McCurdy married her sister Ida at her home in Prince Edward Island.

254-SARAH MARGARET McCuRDY, the fourth child of 25-Alexander and Janet McCurdy, was born on December 1st, 1828 .. Tb~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia

She was married in 1853 to William Reid. Mr. Reid was born in 1828, and died on December 1st, 1871. He was the son of James and Jane (Whidden) Reid. His father died in October 1871, aged seventy­ four ; and his mother was well over eighty when she died. 254-Sarah Margaret and William Reid had seven children: 2541-Alexander J.; 2542-Rupert H.; 2543-John; 2544-Daniel; 2545-Jane McCurdy; 2546-Marion; 2547-Edgar M .. Mrs. Reid died on March 24th, 1914. 2541-ALEXANDER J. REID was born on January 10th, 1854. He keeps a general store at Shubenacadie. He married on January 21st, I 879, Bessie, a daughter of Alexander and Eliza Guild, and their family of ten all grew up to manhood and womanhood. 254u-BERTHA, the eldest child of Alexander and Bessie Reid, was born on October 17th, 1879. She was married by Rev. E. Smith to George Hanna McFetridge. Her husband was born on July 22nd, 1874, and was the son of John A. McFetridge and Ellen Leck, a daughter of William Leck of Taylor Settlement, a sister of Rev. G. A. Leck and Mrs. Rebecca Wachter, a missionary to Siam. Their family are: 254u1-Grace Helen, born September 19th, 1900; 254II2-Edith Bessie, born October 22nd, 1901 ; 254u3-Howard Lawrence, born July 3rd, 1903, and died December 10th, 1903 ; 254u4-Norman Leck, born July 1st, 1906; 254u5-Ronald Gordon, born January 9th, 1909; and 254u6-Alice Bertha, born September 5th, 1910. Mr. McFetridge at the time of his marriage was a book­ keeper in Halifax ; but soon afterwards started a general business at Milford Station. This was taken over by his father-in-law, Mr. Reid, and Mr. McFetridge then, with his family, moved West; first to Lacombe, Alta. ; next in 1909 to a homestead at Consort, Alta. ; and finally in 1920 to Chilliwack, B.C., where the family now reside on a dairy farm. 25412-MARY LoursE, the second child of Alexander and Bessie Reid, was born on August 28th, 1881. She was married on January 8th, 1902, to John Burris Archibald. The latter was born on Febru­ ary 27th, 1875, the son of Edwin and Sarah (Burris) Archibald. They have two children : 254121-Elizabeth Guild, born June uth, 19u, and 254122- Ira Douglas, born August 27th, 1916. 25413-WrLLIAM ARTHUR, the third child of 2541-Alexander J. and Bessie Reid, was born on April 9th, I 883. He married Cora Taylor. They are now living at Consort, Alta. ; and have eight children. The eldest daughter was married to Stanley Jackson, and they have one child. 25414-, the fourth child of 2541-Alexander Tb¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia 59

and Bessie Reid, was born on December I 5th, I 887, and is an accountant living at Shubenacadie. He married on December 30th, 1910, at Bathurst, N.B., Emma Jean Seeton. His wife was born on April 24th, 1890, and is a daughter of John W. Seeton of Montague, and Margaret (Vaughan) Seeton. Their five children are: 254141- Edith Margaret, born May 10th, 19II ; 254142-Gertrude Blanche, born November 17th, 1912; 254143-Agnes Jean, born January 1st, 1915, died April 26th, 1917; 254144-Lola Seeton, born March 13th, 1918 ; and 254145-Carl Roderick, born November 20th, 1922. 25415-CHARLES GORDON, fifth child of Alexander J. and Bessie Reid, was born on January rnt, 1890. He lives with his family at Shubenacadie. He married Ethel Kirk. They have four children. 25416-ALFRED EDWARD, the sixth child, was born on November 28th, 1891. He married, on December 30th, 1913, Ruth Emma Kerr, who was born on February 9th, 1895, and was the daughter of John K. Kerr and Emma Jane Annand. Mrs. Reid's father was the son of Samuel Kerr, and her mother was the daughter of David Annand, Sen. The children of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Reid are: 25416!-Marilla Margaret Reid, born July 16th, 1915; 254162-Ralph Gordon Reid, born June 14th, 1916; 254163-Earle Kerr Reid, born March 31st, 1919; 254164-Ronald Alfred Reid, born March 27th, 1922. 25417-RALPH DouGLAS, the seventh child, was born on April 2nd, 1893. He was killed in action at Vimy on May 9th, 1916. 25418-SARAH MARGARET, the eighth child, was born on June 16th, 1896. She was married on September 17th, 1919, to George L. Hart. Her husband was born at Baddeck on July 9th, 1889, the son of Albert I. and Fanny Hart of that place. He is now a farmer at Milford Station, Halifax County. Their children are 254181-Gerald Wilson Hart, born August 12th, 1920; 254182-Ralph Reid Hart, born September 6th, 1923, and 254183-Elizabeth Guild Hart, born June 26th, 1926. 25419-AGNES EDITH, the ninth child, was born on May 28th, 1898. She was married on July 4th, 1922, to Frederick Alexander Etter of Shubenacadie. Her husband was born on November 9th, 1891, the son of James Alexander Etter of Shubenacadie and Nancy Terry, formerly of Kentville. Their children are 254191-Stanley Alexander Etter, born Sept­ ember 24th, 1923 ; and 254192-Elizabeth Jean, born July 28th, 1925. 25410-HAROLD ALEXANDER, the youngest child of 2541-Alexander J. and Bessie Reid, was born on April 17th, 1900. He married 60 Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

Margaret Snide. They are living at Shubenacadie, and have one child. 2542-RUPERT H. REID, the second child of 254-Sarah Margaret and William Reid, was born on October 22nd, 1855. He lives at Middle Musquodoboit, and at the present moment, among other things, is Secretary of the Halifax County Exhibition. He married, on January ISt, 1879, Libbie Archibald, daughter of Matthew and Mary Archibald of Centre Musquodoboit. The children of Rupert H. and Libbie Reid are : 25421-ADA MARY, born on November 2nd, 1879. She was married to Ernest R. Nickerson, M.L.A., on December 26th, 1901, and they live at Shag Harbour, Shelburne County. Their four chil­ dren are : 25421 r-Harold E. Nickerson; 254212-Ralph M. Nicker­ son; 254213-Allan Nickerson; and 254214-Edith Nickerson. 25422-MATTHEW ARCHIBALD, born February 6th, 1881 ; married, on March 12th, 1905, Elizabeth McKinnon of Belmont, N.S.; and they reside in Montreal. They had two children who died in infancy. 25423-MARGARET McCURDY, the third child of 2542-Rupert H. and Libbie Reid, was born on August 29th, 1882. She was married on September 25th, 1909, to T. Wilson Creelman, and they resided in Halifax until her death on January 12th, 1913. They had no children. Mr. Creelman now lives in South America. Mrs. Rupert H. Reid died on March 3rd, 1883, and Mr. Reid married, on July 3rd, 1884, 2275-Sarah Bertha McCurdy, daughter of 227-Isaac and Ruth McCurdy of Middle Musquodoboit. The children of this second marriage are : 25424-AucE CAIRNS, born on December 31st, 1886. She was married to R. Baxter Fraser (the son of Donald A. and Ann Fraser) of Tatamagouche, on October 1st, 1912. They have no family. 25425-WARREN PERCIVAL, born on December 20th, 1890, married, on October 8th, 1917, 2591-Janet McCurdy, a daughter of 2 59-Walter and Agnes Mc Curdy. They reside in Middle Musquodo­ boit, and have no family. 25426-JOHN GORDON, born June 20th, 1894; died May 12th, 1895. 25427-HENRY DOUGLAS, born on March 5th, 1898; married Jean Sutherland of Malagash on December 25th, 1924. They reside at Pubnico, where he practises medicine. They have one child, 254271-Elora Alice, born in October 1925. 2543-JoHN REID, the third child of 254-Sarah Margaret and Wil­ liam Reid, was born on February 3rd, 1858. He was drowned when about fifteen months old, by falling into a cribless well. 2544-DANIEL REID, the fourth child of Sarah Margaret and Tbc mcCurdys of nova Scotia 6I

William Reid, was born on February 2rnt, 1860, at Brookvale, Musquodoboit. He married, on July 15th, 1886, Margaret Johnston Sutherland, of Shubenacadie, a daughter of Donald Sutherland of Edinboro', Scotland, and Annie Morton of Mauchlin, Scotland. The parents of Mrs. Reid came to Nova Scotia about 1854. The children of Daniel and Margaret J. S. Reid are : 25441-ANNIE MORTON SUTHERLAND, born September 12th, 1889. She died from wounds caused by fire in November I 894. 25442-SARAH MARGARET, born March 8th, 1889; married, on November 16th, 1916, to Charles Hedley Williston, of Halifax. Their children are: 254421-Donald, born March 28th, 1921 ; 254422-Mary Louise, born October 21st, 1924; and 254423-Joan Marie, born January 27th, 1926. 25443-JoHN BURRIS, born March 16th, 1890; married Carrie MacLean of Halifax on December 18th, 1916. He is a practising Physician. Their children are: 254431-John Burris, born January 28th, 1917; and 254432-Helen Margaret, born June 21st, 1922. 25444-RALPH KENNETH, born March 27th, 1892, is a merchant. 25445-SuTHERLAND GOWER, born September 17th, 1893, is a commercial traveller. 25446-DoNALD CALDERWOOD, born January 4th, 1895, was killed in action at Arras Station, France, on September 25th, 1918, and is buried at" D," Amiens Cemetery, France. 25447-DANIEL SPENCER, born October 6th, 1896, was killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge, France, on October 30th, 1917, and is buried at British Tyre Cott Cemetery, Belgium. 25448-JEssrn ELIZA CHAMBERS, born January 16th, 1899; is training for a nurse at Crozier Hospital, Chester, Pa. Mrs. Margaret J. S. Reid died on May 27th, 1913. In February 1919, Daniel Reid married Mary Murray Beck, a widow, of West Branch, , the daughter of William and Dolina (Grant) Murray. 2545-JANE McCURDY REID, the fifth child of 254-Sarah Margaret and William Reid, was born on October 3rd, 1863. She was married to Pineo Flemming, and died at Stewiacke several years ago. They had four children: 25451-Maud ; 25452-Edgar; 25453-Jean; and 25454-Carrie-all married. 2546-MARION REID, the sixth child, was born on March 3rd, 1866. She was married to Edgar Archibald who, with their family of six children : 2546!-Ida (wife of Neil Higgins) ; 25462-Harry; 25463-Lawrence; 25464-Douglas Earl; 25465-Marjory; and 25466-Donald-all live in British Columbia. 2547-EDGAR M. REID, the seventh and youngest of the children of Sarah Margaret and William Reid, was born on December 18th, 1868. He died in California about 1900. 255-W ILL I AM Mc Cu RD Y, the fifth child of 25-Alexander and Janet McCurdy, was born on May 9th, 1831. He married, on July 15th, 1856, Mary Ervin. He had ten children by his wife, Mary Ervin, namely: 2551-Ann Janette; 2552-Mary Archibald; 2553- Ervin; 2554-Harriet; 2555-Jane; 2556-Alexander; 2557-Charles Ervin; 2558-Robert Sedgwick; 2559-William Morris; 2550- Edwin John. Mary (Ervin) McCurdy, the mother of these children, died on June 27th, 1884, and Mr. McCurdy married, on November 25th, 1885, Margaret J. Reid, the widow of Sydney Archibald. There were three children by this marriage: 255A-Roy B.; 255B-Susan; 255C-Edward Grant. 2551-ANN JANETTE McCURDY, the oldest child, was born on July 7th, 1857. She was married, on May 15th, 1879, to Sydney Lindsay. She died on August 1st, 1922. They had four children: 255u-Everett, and 25512-Guy, who died in Boston; 25513-Munro at home; and 25514-Edith, a nurse in Boston. 2552-MARY ARCHIBALD McCuRDY, the second child, was born on June 5th, 1859. She was married, on May 27th, 1886, to Samuel Hanna, son of James and Abigail Hanna. She died on July 6th, 1918. They had six children: 25521-Frank, a banker in Western Canada; 25522-Norma, a stenographer in Halifax; 25523-Grace, wife of Ira McFetridge, merchant; 25524-William, with his family in Edmonton; 25525-Victor, who was gassed in the war and has died since; 25526-Hugh, a butter-maker in the West. 2553-SAMUEL ERVIN McCuRnY was born March 10th, 1861. He married, on November 27th, 1884, Mary Alice Wilson of Boston, and now lives in Eureka, Cal. They have three children: 25531- Blanche ; 25532-Peary; and 25533-Emily. All three are married. Their mother died in 1924. 2554-HARRIET McCuRDY, the fourth child of William and Mary McCurdy, was born on March 17th, 1863. On October 24th, 1889, she was married to William Bentley, son of John and Elizabeth Bentley. Their children are: 25541-Gertrude, at home; 25542- Elizabeth, a missionary in Trinidad; 25543-Harold, of the Musquo­ doboit Garage, whose wife was Blanche Logan; 25544-Vida, in the Royal Bank of Canada, and 25545-Margaret, organist in the church. 2555-JANE McCURDY was born on January 16th, 1865. She was married on February 9th, 1887, to Henry Murphy, son of James and Elizabeth Murphy. They moved to Alberta, and then to Vancouver, where she died on April 2nd, 1924. , Tb~ m~Curdys of nova S~otia

2556-ALEXANDER McCuRDY, the sixth child of 255-William and Mary McCurdy, was born on April 28th, 1867. He married, on April 29th, 1890, Lilla Ervin, daughter of Alfred and Elizabeth Ervin. He now resides in Morristown, New Jersey. Their children are : 2556!-Ralph; 25562-Hazel; 25563-Arthur; 25564-Wil­ liam; 25565-Henry; 25566-Alexander; and 25567-Archibald. 2557-CHARLES ERVIN MCCURDY, the seventh child, was born on August 1st, 1869. He married, on April 4th, 1895, Ada Williams, of Eureka, Cal. Their children are (in 1926) : 25571-Cyril, aged twenty-three; 25572-Verrill, aged nineteen; and 25573-Phyllis, aged fifteen. Mr. McCurdy left home at the age of eighteen, and worked his way to Boston, and after twenty years in that city, went West to Eureka, Cal., where he married. In 1903 he moved to Coquille, Oregon, where he settled on a ranch on the Fairville Road, a mile and a half from the town, and became a successful farmer and dairyman. Mr. McCurdy took an active part in church work in connection with the Pioneer Methodist Church in his home town. He was prominent in musical circles ; and, with a very fine voice, was a member of the choir for over twenty years, rarely missing a choir practice, even if, as a friend says, he waded the river with hip-boots, carrying his shoes under his arm. Mr. McCurdy died suddenly at his home in the West on Novem­ ber 1st, 1926. 2558-RoBERT SEDGWICK McCuRDY was born on October 15th, 1871. He married on May 9th, 1899, Fanny M. Morris, daughter of Dr. Charles and Mrs. Morris. They have three children: 25581- Greta; 25582-Ada, and 25583-Everett. The latter is about twenty years of age. One daughter, Greta, is married to Earl Logan. Mrs. Fanny M. McCurdy died in April 1917. Mr. McCurdy again married Jamesina Moore of Shubenacadie on September 9th, 1920. They have three children. As this page is being revised, the newspapers announce the death of Mr. Robert S. McCurdy on February 9th, 1927, as the result of an accident while chopping in the woods near his home in Middle Musquodoboit. Mr. R. S. McCurdy was a successful farmer, a useful citizen, an Elder in the United Church, prominent in musical circles, and leader in the church choir. Like several of his immediate family, he pos­ sessed not only a gift for music, but also a fine voice. 2559-WILLIAM MORRIS McCURBY, the ninth child of 255-Wil­ liam and Mary McCurdy, was born on December 17th, 1873. He married, on October 19th, 1910, Catherine S. Harden, of England. 2550-EDWIN JOHN McCuRDY, the tenth and youngest son of Tb~ fflcCurdys of nova Scotia

255-William and Mary McCurdy, was born on February 25th, 1878, and died on January 21st, 1884- 255A-RoY B. McCuRDY, the eleventh child of 255-William McCurdy, and first child of William and his second wife Margaret McCurdy, was born on October 19th, 1886. He married, on De­ cember 29th, 1915, Lulu Jane Guild, daughter of Francis H. and Mary Ann Guild. They have two children. 255A1-Francis and 255A2-Mary. The mother died in February 1925. Roy has the Home Farm which his grandfather, 25-Alexander hewed out of the woods a hundred years ago, and his mother lives with him. 255B-SusAN McCuRDY, the second child of 255-William McCurdy by his second wife Margaret, was born on November 8th, 1888, and died on December 16th, 1889. 255C-EDWARD GRANT McCURDY, the youngest child, was born on September 25th, 1892. He joined the 85th Regiment, and laid down his life at Passchendaele, France, on October 30th, 1917.

256-D AN IE L Mc Cu RD Y, the sixth child of Alexander and Janet McCurdy, was born on November 6th, 1833, and died on November 4th, 1897. He married Agnes Murdoch, and lived in Boston. A daughter, Hattie, was married to a Mr. Cook. Henry, a son, married May Clarke, and with his family lives in Boston. Charles, another son, lived only to early manhood. Several others of the children died young.

257-ALEXANDER McCuRDY, the seventh child of Alex­ ander and Janet McCurdy, was born on March rnth, 1836, and died in September 1836. 258-H EN RY Mc Cu RD Y, the eighth son, was born on October 6th, 1837, and died on April 9th, 1890. He married Sarah Jane Cutten, and went to Boston in 1860. Their adopted daughter Ida was married to Eben Hoffman, and their son, 2581-Harry, married Muriel McRury, with whom, and the children, the grand­ mother lived until her death on July 4th, 1924.

259-W ALTER Mc Cu RD Y, the ninth child of 25-Alexander and Janet McCurdy, was born on September 6th, 1840, and died on June 7th, 1907. He married Agnes Ervin, who was born on January rnth, 1841, and died on June 21st, 1917. She was the daughter of Charles and Ann (Kerr) Ervin. Their children are : 2591-Janet Ann; 2592-Bessie; 2593-Mary Jane; 2594-Sarah; 2595-Henry ; 2596-Charles Ervin ; 2597-Ernest Bayne. Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

2591-JANET ANN, the first child, was born on August 25th, 1866. She was married on October 8th, 1917, to 25425-Warren Percival Reid, son of Rupert H. and 2542-Sarah (McCurdy) Reid. They have no family, but adopted a little girl, Margaret, born October 16th, 1919. 2 592-BEssrn, the second child of 259-Walter and Agnes Mc Curdy, was born on April 19th, 1869, and died on November 9th, 1910. She was married on September 18th, 1889, to Alfred D. Murphy, a son of James and Elizabeth (Pearson) Murphy. Their family are : 2 5921- Mary; 25922-Lola; 25923-Walter; 25924-Lawrence; 25925- Ivan; 25926-Verna; 25927-Austin; 25928-Pearl; 25929-Merle; 25920-Wyman; 2592A-Roy. Of these, Mary, Austin and Pearl died in infancy, and Lawrence died shortly after returning from overseas. Lola is married to E. J. McConnell of Calgary, Alta. Mrs. Bessie Murphy died on November 9th, 19rn, and her husband married again and lives in California. The family are all in Western Canada. 2593-MARY JANE, the third child, was born on December 27th, 1870, and died on February 8th, 1913. She was married on January 16th, 1895, to James W. Murphy, a son of David and Susan (Lamon) Murphy. Their children are: 25931-Susan Edith; 25932-Walter McCurdy; 25933-Henry Thomas; 25934-Hilda May; 25935- Charles Reid; 25936-David; 25937-Mary Craig; 25938-Bessie Campbell-now dead. They spent a portion of their life in the Yukon, but now live at Hilden, Colchester County, N.S. 2594-SARAH, the fourth child, was born in November 1874, and died on March 31st, 1881. 2595-HENRY, the fifth child of Walter and Agnes McCurdy, was born on May 18th, 1877. He married on October 22nd, 1901, Sarah Emma Reid, a daughter of John G. and Elizabeth (Creelman) Reid. Their children are: 25951-Alice Loreen, born February 15th, 1903 ; 25952-Harry Raymond, born November 17th, 1904; 25953-Mabel Ruth, born August 22nd, 1909; 25954-Wilbert Erwin, born Nov­ ember 30th, 1914; 25955-Walter Reid, born September 19th, 1916. Of these, Alice Loreen was married to Roy Stanley Blades on Sept­ ember 30th, 1925. The latter is a son of William and Jennie (Ramsey) Blades. 2596-CHARLES ERWIN, the sixth child, was born on August 17th, 1879. He married, on December 10th, 1919, Alice M. Ladd, a daughter of J. H. and Phcebe Ann (McLeod) Ladd. Their family are: 2596!-Helen Agnes, born on October 25th, 1920; 25962- Gordon Ladd and 25963-Charles Ervin (twins) born on June 27th, 1922; and 25964-Lena Ann, born on March 26th, 1924. G 66 Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

2597-ERNEST BAYNE, the youngest son of Walter and Agnes McCurdy, was born on August 27th, 1884. He married, on Septem­ ber 21st, 1910, Georgie E. Cook, a daughter of George and Lucy (Merson) Cook. Their family are: 25971-George Ernest, born on January 14th, 1914; and 25972-Hollis Thompson, born on April 14th, 1919. They live in Ontario.

250-J AME s WAT so N Mc Cu RD Y, the tenth and youngest and only living child of 25-Alexander and Janet McCurdy, was born on October 6th, 1842. He married, on September 12th, 1878, Agnes Kerr, the daughter of James and Jane (Millen) Kerr. Mrs. Agnes McCurdy died on October 14th, 1897, aged forty-eight years. Mr. McCurdy, now in his eighty-third year, has seen much of the history of Musquodoboit in the making ; and has contributed his full share as a Christian and good citizen in the advancement of the community. A man of worthy convictions, he has led rather by example than by forcefulness. Among his neighbours, in the Church, and in the Lodge, he has always been an influence for good. Specially as a worker in and supporter of the cause of total abstin­ ence, he is well known throughout the Province among the Sons of Temperance, being a pillar of strength in the banner" Rising Sun" Division, that has shone through storm and stress for threescore years and ten. For around seventy years, from week to week, he has seen and given the right hand of fellowship to a regiment of McCurdys, one generation after another, as they stood and pledged themselves for the Cause on their initiation into that " Rising Sun " Division, and with its brightness still undimmed. James Watson McCurdy is a man who has meant much for Middle Musquodoboit. The children of J. Watson and Agnes McCurdy were: 2501- Foster Dixon; 2502-Jennie; 2503-James Kerr; 2504-Mary Jane. 2501-FosTER DrxoN, the eldest child of J. Watson and Agnes McCurdy, was born (as well as all the family) in Musquodoboit, on September 27th, 1879. He married Mary Campbell, daughter of Archibald and Jessie (Sedgwick) Campbell, on September 7th, 1905, and had three children: 25ou-Archibald, born June 30th, 1906; 25012-James Kerr, born December 20th, 1907; 25013-Mary Camp­ bell, born May 28th, 1909. Three weeks after the birth of little Mary Campbell, her mother died; and the babe has grown up at her mother's old home with her aunt in Tatamagouche. The father, 2501-Foster Dixon McCurdy, died at Innisfail, Alta., on July 17th, 1913, and his boys have since lived with their grandfather McCurdy and aunts in Musquodoboit. Tb~ mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia

2502-JENNIE, born October 24th, 1882, the second child, is living at the old homestead with her father. 2503-JAMES KERR, the third child of 250-J. Watson and Agnes McCurdy, was born on February 3rd, 1885, and died on June 13th, 1887. 2504-MARY JANE, the fourth and youngest, was born on March 29th, 1889. She was married to Adam Dunlop Burris on January 23rd, 1918, and their children are: 25041-George Douglas, born December 17th, 1918; 25042-Donald Douglas, born December 21st, 1919; 25043-Grace Muriel, born May 4th, 1921 ; 25044- Adam Dunlop, born September 29th, 1922.

SUBSECTION SIX

26-MARY MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND HER DESCENDANTS

26-MARY McCURDY, the sixth child of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy, was born on October 12th, 1799. She was married to Alexander Conkey of Tatamagouche on December 28th, 1820. She died on April 29th, I 862. Their children, as given in the Onslow Town Records, are : 261-Nancy Blanchard Conkey, born August 14th, 1822 ; 262-Sarah Conkey, born November 5th, 1824; 263-Harriet Ann Conkey, born April 23rd, 1827 ; 264-Margaret Jane Conkey, born March 22nd, 1829; 265-John McCurdy Conkey, born April 26th, 1831 ; 266-Mary Conkey, born? The only son, 265-John, died on May 30th, 1831. Now Miller, page 154, says of John Cock, a son of William and Catherine Cock, that he " was married to Jane, daughter of David Wilson and Mary Arbuckle his wife of New Annan in the year 1855. She died in the month of February 1867, and he was married again to Mary, daughter of Alexander Conkey and Mary McCurdy his wife, September 1869. They have one child." This Mary probably was born after John McCurdy Conkey, but never registered. In fact the close succession of birth dates would leave no other place for her ; and if born about 1833, she would have been thirty-six years old at the time of her marriage, or five years younger than her husband, John Cock. 262-S AR AH Co N KEY, the second child of 26-Mary (McCurdy) and Alexander Conkey, was married on December 29th, 68 Tbc mcCurdys of nova Scotia

1844, to 218-Robert William Kent, a younger brother of her aunt 21-Sarah's husband. 262-Sarah Kent died September 12th, 1871 (M. 352).

SUBSECTION SEVEN

2J-ISAAC MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND HIS DESCENDANTS

27-ISAAC McCURDY, the seventh child of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy, upon the death of his father, received the eastern half of the homestead farm at Onslow, his brother David obtaining most of the western portion. · He was born on November 15th, 1801, and married on January 21st, 1828, Nancy Blanchard, the eldest daughter of Edward Sher­ burne Blanchard of Bible Hill, a short sketch of whose family will appear elsewhere in this book under the title of " The Archibalds." Mr. McCurdy well deserved the name of " Isaac," i.e. " Laughter" (Gen. xxi, 3, 6), for among all of the brothers and rela­ tives at that day he had perhaps the sunniest and most cheerful dis­ position. It was a family characteristic of the McCurdys, some would say a failing, their love for a practical joke ; but with Isaac there generally was sufficient humour to cause even the victim to enjoy, at least ultimately, the occasion. Now it was no unusual thing in those times, a trip by sea to Boston, some on business or for the pur­ chase of goods, some just to see the great city. On one of these excursions Isaac McCurdy was one among a dozen or more of kin­ dred spirits. The journey had been rough and of a tedious week's duration, but as the craft sailed into Boston harbour, the necessity of dressing up impressed them all. But, alas, there was just one razor on board, the property, it happened, of Mr. McCurdy-and what was that among so many unshaved men? It would suffice, but to relieve the weariness of waiting, it was resolved that each in turn should shave just one side of his face, pass the razor to the next, and then make a clean-up on the second round. Naturally, Isaac as the owner of the razor should have first shave. So the coveted razor took its turn and completed its round, each man with his right cheek beautifully smooth; and then the blade came back to Mr. McCurdy. The bit of mirror was fixed tremblingly in the rigging ; a light breeze filled the sails as the schooner rippled speedily to her dock. But at that instant a yell came from Isaac : he had just finished his shave, indeed, taken the very last stroke, when unfortunately he nicked his ear. Yet that was not the worst; the sudden pain which compelled his cry had caused him to let go the razor, and it had fallen overboard. 27-ISAAC MCCURDY HIS WIFE NANCY MCCURDY

SAMUEL THOMPSON 273-MRS. JANE THOMPSON

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There were some so uncharitable as to cherish in their hearts the suspicion that he had done it on purpose. But that is hard to believe -unless you knew Isaac McCurdy. Just then the schooner touched the wharf, and the semi-shaven victims, hands over their bristly faces, rushed up the dock to the shelter of some friendly barber-shop, amid the hoots and laughter of the crowd gathered to welcome the arriving ship. Isaac McCurdy's courting days were not all ideal. Nancy Blanchard numbered near a dozen brothers and sisters who sat down with her at her father's table, and many a merry jest enforced a smile even from the staid elders at the ends of the table. On one of the evenings when Isaac was invited " to stay to supper " ; they had among other things, hot tea-biscuits. The appetites and the supply made a neck-and-neck finish, and just one lone biscuit remained on the plate. To Isaac, as the guest, the mother offered it. Those tea­ biscuits were adorably cooked, and Isaac felt he had yet a little room. He was a good actor, and, as his face assumed an innocently simpering smile, his hand went out, and he lisped : " I'll take it, if Nancy don't want it." There was a shout, but Isaac got the biscuit. To the second generation beyond those present that expression may be heard when the last biscuit is seeking comfortable quarters : " I'll take it, if Nancy don't want it" ; and so the saying (but not the biscuit) is here passed on to posterity. But as years went by, Mr. McCurdy's disposition gradually mellowed ; and while he still retained his keen sense of humour, his care was more and more for the happiness of others rather than for their discomfiture. There was, in some respects, a marked dissimilarity between Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy. He, six feet tall and strong of body, deliberate in his movements ; she, light in weight and short in stature, quick as a flash, neat and capable, yet of a very kind and lovable dis­ position. From a letter received in the summer of 1925 by the Editor from Isabella, the then only surviving child, it might be of interest to quote verbatim an extract, not only for its contents, but as an un­ conscious pen picture of Mrs. Mitchell herself. " You already know that there were seven sons and seven daughters. They all married and had families. Of the sons, five were Elders in the Presbyterian Church, and two were Ministers. I may add that none of them used tobacco in any form except the Ministers who indulged in an occasional smoke. Two of the brothers settled in Musquodoboit before railways were even thought of, at least in that part of the country. I recall a Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

little incident in connection with a visit my father and I made at his brother Alexander's-many years ago. We had said our 'good-byes,' and shortly after leaving my uncle's house we met old Mr. Sprott, a former pastor of their church,-a very clever but also eccentric old man, of whom you no doubt have often heard. We stopped and spoke. After a short talk and about to bid ' good-bye,' he said, ' let us pray.' At that time I thought it odd ; but now I feel it was rather pathetic : it was our last meeting. Before leaving the old gentleman entirely, I want to tell you of an occasion on which he preached in the Onslow Church, not the present commodious building, but the ' Old Meeting House.' Anyway, your Uncle Charles Blanchard (the Sheriff) was present, sitting almost in front• of the preacher. I don't remember any of his discourse now, but what appealed to me most in my young days. He said, ' Some people would not come to church without you sent the Sheriff after them.' Of course there was a smile, but he went on to say, ' you needn't laugh, it is all true, it is all true.' Most of the old faces will be gone now, and your son preaches to a new generation. Your recol­ lections of my father are quite correct. He had a very happy disposition. In his later years when he had given up the farm, he spent a good deal of time visiting the sick and aged. He was a good reader, especially enjoying a Scotch story. If he came across an amusing story, he would put it in his pocket and read to them the next time he paid a visit. He passed away on the day previous to his seventy-ninth anniversary. I happened to go home on a visit at the time. My sister came later. On her return to New­ castle, she brought our mother with her to spend the remainder of her days with us; but she (our mother) made her home with me.'' Isaac McCurdy died at Onslow on November 10th, 1880. His wife, Nancy (Blanchard) McCurdy, died at Newcastle, N.B., on September 10th, 1881, at the age of seventy-nine years, the same age as her husband. The children of Isaac and Nancy McCurdy were: 271-Edward Blanchard, born October 27th, 1828; 272-James McGregor, born August 12th, 1830; 273-Jane Walker, born November 6th, 1832; 274-Charles Augustus, born November 25th, 1834; 275-Isabella Birkmyre, born December 24th, 1837; 276-Isaac Richmond, Lorn February 1st, 1840; 277-John Waddell, born March 31st, 1844. Tb~ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia 71

271-Eo w ARD BLAN c HA RD Mc Cu RD Y, the eldest child of Isaac and Nancy Mc Curdy was the only one of this family of seven who did not live to maturity. In many respects he favoured his mother's side of the house, being of a gentler disposition, though cheerful and full of spirits. He died before reaching his fifteenth birthday on May 8th, 1843. 272-J AME s Mc GREG o R Mc Cu RD Y, the second son of 27-Isaac and Nancy McCurdy, was born on August 12th, 1830; and married, on November 13th, 1855, Mary Story McLaughlin. He moved to Moncton, N.B., and was a school teacher. His kindly disposition made him loved to an unusual degree in the community where he lived. Following the precepts of his forebears, he was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, strict in his own walk in life, and influential in all Church activities. In 1883, to afford a broader field for the future of her children, the mother moved with the children to Boston, Mass., the father continuing in Moncton, but spending all his spare time with the family till his death in 1886. He was buried in Moncton. 2721-ANNIE RENIGAR McCURDY, the eldest child of 272-James McG. and Mary McCurdy, born on November 16th, 1856, lives in Boston. She graduated from the Nurses' School of the Massachu­ setts General Hospital, and was for some years in charge of the House of the Good Samaritan, a privately endowed hospital in the Beacon Hill District of Boston. She is not married. 2722-CHARLOTTE VAUGHAN McCURDY, the second child of James McG. and Mary McCurdy, was born on June 30th, 1859, and died the same year. 2723-loA ISABELLA McCuRDY, the third child of James McG. and Mary McCurdy, was born on July 9th, 186!, and died in infancy in 1861. 2724-ELLA BLANCHARD McCuRDY, the fourth child of James McG. and Mary McCurdy, was born on September 20th, 1862. She married John David McBeath, formerly of Fredericton, N.B. They had one son 27241-John R. C. McBeath. Mrs. McBeath died in 1886, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. 27241-John R. C. McBeath, the only son of Ella and John David McBeath, was born on December 25th, 1885. He is a partner in a prosperous automobile distributing business. On August 20th, 1912, he married Maybelle G. Harvey, who was born September 18th, 1887. They have three children: 2724u-Elizabeth, born February 6th, 1914; 272412-John David, Second, born December 2nd, 1919; and 272413-Jean, born April 25th, 1921. 72 Tb¢ mtCurdys of no"a Stotia

2725-DoNALD J. McLAUGHLIN McCuRDY, the fifth child, and oldest son of James McG. and Mary McCurdy, was born on March 29th, 1865. He moved from Boston to New York, where he is engaged in the steamship business. He has a son, 27251-George, and a daughter 27252-Mary Madelaine. 2726-EDITH MAUDE McCuRDY, was born on November 4th, 1868. In 1893 she was married to John D. McBeath. They are now living in Boston. 2727:....GEORGE FREDERICK McCuRDY, the seventh child of 272- James McG. and Mary McCurdy, born on June 24th, 1870, re­ mained in Boston. He is District Freight Agent for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R.R. at Boston. He married Florence M. Bixby of Groton, Mass. They have one son, 27271-Roydon Whit­ comb, who is in the newspaper business in New York. 2728-HARRY SHERWOOD RoYDEN McCuRDY, the youngest son of 272-James McG. and Mary McCurdy, was born on September 15th, 1876. He remained in Boston till 1906, but is now living in Cynwyd, Penn., U.S.A. Mr. McCurdy is a civil engineer, and Member of the Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers, the Boston Soc. of Civil Engineers, the New England Water Works Assn., and the Municipal Engineers of New York City. His principal engagements were, in Boston, the Metropolitan Parks, the East Boston Tunnel, and the Boston Subway. From 1906 to 1914, in Kingston, N.Y., on the Ashokan Dams and Reservoir in connection with the Catskill Water Supply for New York. From 1914 to 1922, in Dayton, Ohio, working up the plans and assisting in the construction of the :flood-prevention works for the Miami Valley there. At the same time, he spent four months in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Cal., as consulting engineer on hydro-electric developments. In 1923-24, he was engineer in charge of public works in Manchester, N.H.; and left there to become construction engineer for one of the largest construction organizations in the country on the construction of the new Philadelphia Subway. Mr. McCurdy on April 2nd, 1912, married Mary Coyle Jordan of Shippensbury, Pa., a descendant of a line prominent on both sides of the family in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. They have three children : 27281-Richard Cameron, born July 28th, 1913 ; 27282-Elizabeth, born December 20th, 1915; 27283-Mary Janet, born April 25th, 1925.

273-J AN E WALKER M c C u RD Y , the third child and oldest daughter of 27-Isaac and Nancy McCurdy, was born on November Tbc mcCurdys of nova Scotia 73

6th, 1832, and died on September 23rd, 1906. She was married on November 13th, 1855, to Samuel Thomson, an eminent man in his time in Northeastern New Brunswick. On the occasion of his death, on October 26th, 1904, the local newspaper at Newcastle, N.B., had the following: " Samuel Thomson, K.C., the oldest practising Barrister in the Province was born at Chatham, N.B., on Oct. 17th, 1825. After receiving a grammar school education, he studied law with John Ambrose Sweet and George Kerr. Admitted an Attorney in 1848, he had been in the practice of his profession for forty-two years; for two or three years in partnership with Mr. Kerr, and since that time, alone. His practice has extended to all the Courts of the Province. He was Judge of Probate, Clerk of the County Court, Clerk of the Peace, Secretary and Treasurer of the County, and Clerk of the Circuits. He resided in Chatham till 1858, when, on his appointment as Clerk of the Peace, he removed to Newcastle ...." "Newcastle was startled on Wednesday afternoon last when the sudden death of Mr. Samuel Thomson was announced. Mr. Thomson was apparently in his usual good health when he went to the Postoffice for his mail shortly after 3 o'clock. He was on his way back to his office when he staggered and fell near the Baptist Church ; and when passers by reached him, he was dead. The news of his death caused profound regret not only in the County of N orthumber­ land, but through the whole Provil).ce. He was one of the last of a grand old group of Miramachi folks from whom the present generation draws its examples of talent and integrity. Mr. Thomson was generous and kind-hearted in disposition, and open and un­ affected in manner. He was one of the bright lights of the legal fraternity in the Province. It had been said of him that he really preferred defending criminals rather than prosecuting them. On one occasion he was told that as prosecuting attorney he made a better defence for a man charged with murder than did the defend­ ant's attorney. In reply he said that he realized too well that he had been on the wrong side." The funeral took place Saturday afternoon, attended with Masonic honours, and interment in St. James's Cemetery. Pall bearers were Mr. Justice Williamson, Hon. L. J. Tweedie, Mr. A. A. Davidson, Mr. W. A. Park, Hon. Allan Ritchie and Mr. Daniel Ferguson. In a Resolution of Condolence passed by the County Council, on the death of their" so efficient a Secretary Treasurer," Mr. Thomson is characterized as " a man who was filled heart and soul with kindly feelings for all his brother men, a citizen who was public spirited, helpful, charitable and generous, because it was with him a sweet 74 Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

habit of the blood to be so ; an official who performed his public duties with promptness and exactitude, but was ever careful that the rights of the individual should not be infringed upon in so doing ; one who in all the relations of private and official life was always frank, manly, courteous, open-minded and considerate toward all with whom he came in contact." Of 273-Jane Walker (McCurdy) Thomson, someone has said: " She was a perfect type of beautiful womanhood, beloved by every­ one who knew her ; queenly in appearance, and a devoted wife and mother." The following letter, written at the time of her death to her two daughters by 207-Prof. J. Fred. McCurdy, a nephew who knew her well and often had been at her home in Newcastle, may well deserve a space on this page : " Toronto, Sept. 27th, 1906. " Dear Annie and Lillie : " I had intended trying to utter my thoughts on your mother's death, but I have just read what Bella has written, and she has conveyed better than I can the feelings that are in my mind, so I shall not write at any length. " I would only like to say a word, not in the way of trying to comfort you (for that would be outside my range and power), but just to tell a little of what your mother seemed to me to be. I always thought her to be one of the most noble and beautiful women I ever knew. She was one of the ideal figures of my early boyhood, of my young manhood, and of my middle age. There was in her such a largeness of personal outlook, such a keen and true appreciation of and sympathy with what was essentially worthy in human life and character, such openness and simplicity of outward demeanour reflecting the perfect sincerity and purity of her soul, such prompt and loyal fidelity to her friends in their times of need or distress, such tolerance, patience and hope­ fulness, such an expression in her face and in her voice of the love and goodness that were latent or active in her heart, that it was a privilege and a blessing beyond estimation to know her well and to enjoy her friendship. No fairer or sweeter flower ever grew upon the McCurdy stem. My mother who knew her perfectly, often said to me : ' Jane is always the true woman.' In the old days when I was much in Miramichi, your mother made New­ castle a second home to me, and now I feel, in looking back, that my visits were the pilgrimage to a saint. " I think I have some faint idea of how the old place and the old scenes must seem to you now. But I feel sure that you will not lose, now' or at any time, the consciousness that the best and Th¢ mcCurdys of Oo\'a Scotia 75

most Precious part of the life that seems to have passed away still remains, and that its sweet and gentle influence is not limited by space or place or time. With deepest and fondest sympathy, Your affectionate Cousin. J. Fred. McCurdy."

The children of 273-Jane Walker (McCurdy) Thomson and Samuel Thomson were: 2731-Anna Gertrude, born December 23rd, 1859 ; 2732-Eliza Isobell, born March 29th, 1861 ; 2733-Charles James, born September 28th, 1862; 2734-Alma Kate and 2735- Addie Kerz, twins, born December 25th, 1864; 2736-Edward Blanchard McCurdy, born December 4th, 1865; 2737-George Kerr, born March 26th, 1870; 2738-Agnes Sarah Jean, born November 30th, 1873. 2731-ANNA GERTRUDE THOMSON, the eldest of these children, is now living in Boston with her sister, 2732-Mrs. Charles J. Butcher. 2732-ELIZA IsoBELL THOMSON, the second child, is the happy possessor of many names. Christened " Eliza Isobell," she was as a child always called" Lily" or" Lilabel," and this name later became the more staid" Lillian." In the foregoing letter, she and her sister Anna are called" Annie and Lillie." While Charles J. Butcher, as manager of the local agency of the Merchants Bank of Halifax (later called the Royal Bank of Canada) was at Newcastle, N.B., he was fortunate in meeting Miss Lillian Thomson, and their acquaintance eventually ripened into marriage on August 29th, 1886. Most of their married life was spent in Moncton. They had one child, a daughter, who died in infancy. Mrs. Butcher has been a widow since 1900, and is now living in Boston, where among other activities, she and her sister lead a busy life chaperoning college students, young ladies who are in Boston for the College year. 2733-CHARLES }AMES THOMSON, the eldest son of 273-Jane and Samuel Thomson, born September 28th, 1862, was admitted to the Bar of New Brunswick. He died unmarried on February 23rd, 1912. 2734-ALMA KATE THOMSON, one of the twins, known in her family as Kate, is now living in Montreal. Looking back to the days of her girlhood, there came to her home-town in Newcastle, N.B., a certain young man, one William Ewen Stavert as manager of the Branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia there. He was born in Summer­ side, P.E.I.; was a son of the late Robert McCall Stavert, and in the same bank where his father was manager at Summerside he received his early training. In Newcastle the young manager met Miss Kate Thomson, and on the eighteenth day of August 1889 they were married. Mr. Stavert's business abilities were of a high order, and Tb~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia

the Head Office sent him in turn to Kingston, Jamaica ; St. Johns, Newfoundland; Boston, Mass., and elsewhere, in which cities his special duty was to open new Branches of the Bank of Nova Scotia. For some years he had the management of the Bank of New Bruns­ wick, and also held high positions in the Bank of Montreal. The Great War found him overseas, devoting all his energies to war ser­ vice, and later he became Director of Finance in the Ministry of Information, and Accounting Officer in His Majesty's Treasury. In the year 1918, he was created Knight Commander of the Order of t~e British Empire by King George V, in recognition of excellent service. Sir William and Lady Kate Stavert have three children : 27341-EwART, born in 1893 ; 27342-JEAN, born in 1898; 27343-JHYRL, born in 1900. 27341-Captain EWART STAVERT was educated at McGill Uni­ versity, and is an Electrical Engineer. He enlisted during the first year of the war ; won distinction ; received the following medals : the 1914-15 Cross, Allied Service Medal, and British War Medal; was wounded and mentioned in despatches. JEAN and J HYRL ( the latter name pronounced J errol, but reduced among the family to the more endearing diminutive " Jeddie ") were educated in England and Switzerland. The three children are all now in Montreal ; Ewart and Jean at home, and J eddie married, with a home of her own, and now known as Mrs. A. Grahame Stewart. 2735-Aoorn KERZ THOMSON, a twin, born on December 25th, 1864, was married to Alexander Campbell Patterson, of Truro, a Barrister, and at one time the Town Solicitor. They had an attrac­ tive home on Willow Street. Mrs. Patterson was a great favourite in Church and social life, and gave a great deal of her time to charit­ able work, and visiting the sick. She had a large class of boys in St. Andrew's Sunday School. After a short illness in Halifax where she spent the last few years of her life, she died on June 6th, 1923. 2736-EowARD BLANCHARD THOMSON, the fifth child of Jane and Samuel Thomson, left home when quite a young man. He is em­ ployed in a large dry-goods business in New Bedford, Mass. He married there Elizabeth Winslow of New Hampshire. They have four children, three boys and a girl. 2737-GEORGE KERR THOMSON, the seventh child of 273-Jane and Samuel Thomson, is now practising dentistry in Halifax. The following is abstracted from the Who's Who of Dentistry, with date of December 1924. Tb~ m,Curdys of nova Scotia 77

" George Kerr Thomson, D.D.S., F.A.C.D., son of Samuel Thomson, K.C., Judge of Probate. Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada, March 26th, 1870. Passed examinations of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Societies in 1888. Graduate of Philadelphia Dental College, 1892. " He is President of the Canadian Dental Association, and President of the Halifax Branch of the Red Cross Society. Secretary of the Maritime Dental Association. Representative for Nova Scotia on the Dominion Dental Council. Chairman of the Oral Hygiene Committee of the Nova Scotia Dental Associa­ tion. Member of the Canadian Oral Prophylactic Association and Dental Hygiene Council. Honorary Member of the School Dentists Society, England. Member of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Societies. Member of the Senate, Dalhousie University. Reserve Officer in the Canadian Army Dental Corps. Dean and Professor of Hygiene and Clinical Preventive Dentistry of the Dental Faculty of Dalhousie Uni­ versity. Consultant of Massachusetts-Halifax Health Com­ mission on pre-school-age Dental Clinics. Member of Bright­ wood and Halifax and Country Clubs, Wanderers' Amateur Athletic Association, Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, Halifax Curling Club and Halifax Club. He has been President of the Nova Scotia Dental Association, and Secretary and Registrar of the Nova Scotia Board of Dental Examiners for twenty-five years. Secretary Faculty Maritime Dental College. Second vice-President of Canadian Dental Association and Chairman of the Committee on Dental Services in the Army. Officer in 63rd Halifax Rifles and Army Medical Corps. Major in Canadian Army Dental Corps for three years, 1915-1918, and Officer in Charge of Dental Services, 6th Division and Valcartier Camp. Representative of the Canadian Dental Association and Dominion Government to the International Dental Congress, 1914. Representative of Nova Scotia on the National Association of Dental Examiners. " He is the author of several articles in Oral Hygiene, Pre­ ventative Dentistry, Pre-school-age Dental Clinics, Travelling Dental Clinics, and Army Dental Services published in the Dominion Dental Journal and Oral Health, Toronto ; and was for some time Associate Editor of the latter publication."

Lest it be concluded that the subject of this sketch has con­ fined his attention altogether to things earthy, or rather porcelain ; it may be added that he is not only a member in high standing in the Th¢ mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia

I.0.0.F., but has been a singer in the choir and a teacher in the Sunday Schools of St. Luke's, Annapolis, Holy Trinity, Yarmouth, and St. Paul's, Halifax. Just what he is in disposition, is summed up perhaps somewhat too indulgently in a sentence out of a letter to the editor from his Aunt Isabella (Mrs. Mitchell), who says : " George, the youngest son, is a dentist living in Halifax, and just one of the VERY NICEST young men I know." She doubly underlined the words VERY NICEST. He married Adelaide, daughter of Captain Augustus Eagles, Annapolis Royal, in 1881. They have no children. 2738-AGNES SARAH JEAN THOMSON, the youngest child of 273- Jane and Samuel Thomson, born on November 30th, 1873, was married to R. Traven D. Aitken of New Brunswick (a brother of Lord Beaverbrook) who was admitted to practice in the Courts of New Brunswick in November, 1898, and who moved soon there­ after to Calgary. Mrs. Aitken died on April 19th, 1905. They had three children: 27381-Robert; 27382-Jean, and 27383-Katherine. Robert died on April 6th, 1905.

274-C HARLE s Au Gus Tu s Mc Cu RD Y, the fourth child of 27-Isaac and Nancy McCurdy, was born on November 25th, 1834. He married on October 1st, 1860, Alison (or Ellie) Blair (M. 176). Mr. McCurdy was a farmer in Onslow, living near and to the eastward of his father's home. While possessed of considerable in­ dependence of spirit, he was of an attractive disposition, with a noticeable vein of humour, and had many friends. A neighbour well qualified to speak, says of him : " He was of a very mild and in­ offensive disposition, and a splendid farmer and dairyman." He died on December 1st, 1905. The children of Charles Augustus and Alison McCurdy were: 2741-lDA ISABELLA, born November 9th, 1862; 2742-MARY BLANCH, born September 29th, 1864; 2743-LILLIE THOMSON, born September 8th, 1867; 2744-CHARLES AUBREY, born August 7th, 1875 ; 2745-AuGusTus BLAIR, born August 3rd, 1877 ; 2746-CHARLES BLANCHARD, born January nth, 1880. 2741-lDA ISABELLA, the oldest child, died on May 31st, 1877. 2742-MARY BLANCH McCURDY, the second child, and known among her folks as " Minnie," was married to William Mitchell of Newcastle, N.B. She died in 1924, in Vancouver. 2743-LILLIE THOMSON McCURDY, the third child, was married to P. G. McSween, and died in Edmonton a few years ago. Tb~ IDcCurdys of Dowe Scotia 79

2744-CHARLES AUBREY McCuRDY, the fourth child, died when less than a year old on March 21st, 1876. 2745-AuGUSTUS BLAIR McCuRDY, born August 3rd, 1877, the fifth child of Charles Augustus and Alison (Blair) McCurdy, did not take to the farm, in the steps of his ancestors. For some years he has been engaged in lumbering, in one capacity or another. At present he is connected with the Imperial Oil Company, distributing, where he finds his interest in a good team of horses of value. He lives just now on Bible Hill, on the road toward and near Onslow. He married Mabel Fulton of Debert, a daughter of Herbert H. Fulton. They have four children : 27451-Dorothy Allison, born August 18th, 1905 ; 27452-Maurice Dudley, born March 30th, 1908; 27453-Kenneth Fulton, born April 21st, 1911 ; 27454-Fairlie Pauline, born March 17th, 1913. The eldest, Dorothy, is a clever young lady, taking her " A" teaching licence when twenty; and in the Fall of 1925 becoming Principal of a school in Upper Musquodoboit. 2746-CHARLES BLANCHARD McCURDY, the youngest child of Charles Augustus and Alice McCurdy, is a machinist, and is now living near Boston, Mass.

27 5-I s A B E L L A B I R K M Y RE M c C u R D Y, the fifth child of Isaac and Nancy McCurdy, is to-day (1925) the only surviving member of the family. ·while on a visit to Newcastle, N.B., at the home of her sister, Mrs. Samuel Thomson, " Bella " met her future husband, James Mitchell, and they were married on November ISt, 1870. At the time of their marriage, Mr. Mitchell (who was born in Newcastle, N.B.) held the Office under the Dominion of Canada, of Inspector of Lights. His district stretched from Quebec to Halifax, and included Pictou and Prince Edward Island. At a later date he was appointed Sheriff of Northumberland, which honourable position he held for many years. Of him someone has said : " He had many friends, and he kept them." After the death of her husband, Mrs. Mitchell moved to Edmonton, living with her son. Isabella Mitchell is one of those of whom it might be said : " She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness." Her home was famed for its hospitality, and yet the guest would not realize that the hostess was not devoting her whole time to other than the things which entertain and amuse. With a great gift for management, Mrs. Mitchell possessed a happy, sunny disposition, which endeared her to all with whom she came in contact. Eighty summers have sat lightly upon her, and to-day she 80 Tb~ mccurdys of Oo\1a Scotia

has the same clear mind and memory, the same alertness and bright­ ness it would seem as thirty years ago. The Editor is indebted to her for many valuable bits of history, and in one lengthy, but very interesting letter, written in a strong, firm hand and practically without a tremor, as she closes the final page, she adds : " In your letter you gave me plenty of latitude, and if you have had patience to go through these pages, you will find I have taken longitude as well." So may the heavens be bright above her in the sunset of her life. Since writing the foregoing sketch, word comes that Mrs. Mitchell has passed away peacefully at her home in Edmonton. 2751-CHARLES RICHMOND MITCHELL, the only child of Isabella B. and James Mitchell, was born at Newcastle, N.B., on November 20th, 1872. He studied law and was admitted to the Bar of New Brunswick in I 897, and shortly afterwards settled in Western Canada at Medicine Hat, N.W.T., where for some thirteen years he practised Law. He was appointed District Court Judge for the District of Calgary in 1907. On the formation of Provincial Government under the Premiership of the late Hon. Arthur L. Sifton, he (Mitchell) was appointed Attorney-General and Minister of Education for the Province of Alberta in 1910, and continued a member of the Alberta Government until August, 1921, during which period he at various times filled the Offices of Public Works, Minister of Health and Municipal Affairs, and for nine years was Provincial Treasurer. On the retirement of the Liberal Government in 1921, he continued as a private member of the Alberta Legislature, and in November 1924 was selected as the Provincial Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, which post he still holds, and is the Representative of the Bow Valley Riding, having on June ISt, 1925, completed fifteen years of continuous service in the Alberta Legislature. He resigned the position of District Court Judge on entering the Alberta Government in June 1910. Apart from his duties as Member of the Legislature and Liberal Leader, Qe operates a 1,200 acre wheat farm. He has been married twice, and is now a widower with two sons and one daughter. His home is in Edmonton.

276-I s AA c R I c H M o N D M c C u R D Y , the sixth child of 27-Isaac and Nancy McCurdy, was born in Onslow on February 1st, 1840. For a time he farmed in Onslow, but later moved to Florida, where he died in August 1885. He married on July 4th, 1866, Mary McLane of Pugwash. The children of Isaac Richmond and Mary McCurdy were : 276!-HARRIET BLANCHARD McCuRDY, born on March 21st, Tb¢ m,Curdys of nova Scotia 81

1867. She was married to William Harlan (now deceased), a cattle buyer of Machias, Washington, in 1895. They had four children, two of whom are living, namely Edith, born in 1903, and James Richmond, born in 1914. 2762-EDITH PRIMROSE McCuRDY, the second child, was born on August 8th, 1868. She married Charles Greeves, a rancher, and went to Silverdale, Wash., to live, where they still are. Their children are : 27621-William Richmond, married and with four children; 27622-Edith Harriet, married with two children ; 27623-Laurence Winnifred, married with three children ; 27624-Celia Belle, married with two children; 27627-Florence, unmarried at home. They all live in the neighbourhood of Seattle. 2763-WINIFRED JEAN McCURDY, the third child of 276-Isaac Richmond and Mary McCurdy, was born on September 10th, 1869. She is unmarried. 2764-IsABELLA MITCHELL McCuRDY, the fourth child, was born on January 5th, 1871. She was married to James P. Mitchell, a lawyer, on January 15th, 1894. They had one daughter, 27641-Anne Wynnifred, born on November 9th, 1896, married Joshua Weimer of New York. They had no children. Mr. Mitchell died in March, 1898. His widow, 2764-Isabella, was married thereafter to Rev. William Nicolls in September 1899. They had four children, three of whom are living : 27642-Mary Isabella, employed with the Standard Oil Company, born on September 5th, 1900; 27643- J asper William, employed with his Uncle Edwin, born on November 29th, 1902, and 27644-Jessie Primrose, employed with a law firm, born on February 20th, I 904. None of these three are married. Rev. William Nicolls died on September 15th, 1922. It may be mentioned of him that his grandfather, Colonel Nicolls, Royal Engineer, was in charge during the re-building of the fortifications in Halifax. One of his uncles was the first Colonial Governor of New York. Mr. Nicolls' family date back to the reign of Mary Queen of Scots, one of the Nicolls having married a cousin of Queen Mary. 2765-MARY ETHEL McCURDY, the fifth child of 276-Isaac Richmond and Mary McCurdy, was born on June 27th, 1873, and died on May 27th, 1890. 2766-FLORENCE MARTELL McCuRDY, the sixth child was born on May 29th, 1875. 2767-AucE MYRTLE McCURDY was born on August 13th, 1879. She was married on April 24th, 1907, to William Bodge, of New York, a Patent Attorney. They have no family. 2768-ALEXANDER RICHMOND McCuRDY, the eighth son of 276-Isaac Richmond and Mary McCurdy, was born on August 11th, H 82 Tb¢ rnccurdys of Do\1a Scotia

1880. He enlisted in Montreal with a Battalion of the First Con­ tingent going to South Africa in the Boer War. He died in South Africa on May 15th, 1899. His name is on one of the Memorial Tablets in a church in Montreal. 2769-EDWIN Aucusrns McCuRDY, the ninth child of 276-Isaac Richmond and Mary McCurdy, was born on October 19th, 1881. He married Wilda B-- on January ISt, 1908. They have two children: 27691-Margaret McLane, born in 1909, and 27692-John Edwin. The father, 2769-Edwin Augustus is in the steam fitting business under the firm name of E. A. Kingsley & Co., New York. Mrs. Mary McLane McCurdy 276-Richmond's widow, re­ ~arried in June, 1890, George Kingsley of Kansas. They have no ISSUe. With the exception of 2764-Isabella, who was living with her aunt 275-Isabella Mitchell, in Newcastle, all of the family of Mary McLane, after the latter's second marriage, took the name of Kings­ ley. Mrs. George Kingsley is living at Nutley, New Jersey, and is now in her eightieth year. Her daughters, 2763-Winifred Jean, 2767-Alice, and 2766-Florence, live there also.

277-J o H N WADDELL M c Cu RD Y, the seventh and young­ est child of 27-Isaac and Nancy McCurdy, was born on March 31st, 1844, at Onslow. He married on October 7th, 1875, Mary Honor Gibbs of Halifax. On the death of his father, Mr. McCurdy took over the home­ stead farm at Onslow, and uniting industry with a well-balanced judgment, found in the farming profession some exceptional success. In farming, Mr. McCurdy was by no means a slave to ordinary rules which the leaders promulgate, in fact he took his own course, and it is pleasing to note that his methods, however heterodox, were successful. But after all, good plans well and industriously carried out were his secret. About 1900, he built in front of the old house a modern and handsome residence. Several of his children moved away and settled around Los Angeles. So finally Mr. McCurdy sold his farm to Mr. Barnhill, and himself moved Westward, and the family, or rather the larger number of them, were again to an extent united. The family of John W. and Mary H. McCurdy, all born in Onslow, were: 2771-Aubrey Edward; 2772-Honora Gertrude; 2773-Harry Bell; 2774-Rayno Mabel; 2775-Marion MargarP.t Jean. 2771-AuBREY EDWARD, the eldest of the children, was born on October 8th, 1876, and died on April 4th, I 877. 2772-HoNORA GERTRUDE for a while taught school at Baddeck 28-M.\TTHEW A. MCCURDY

(IJI 4)-DAVID ARCHIBALD (THE 16TH) FATHER OF AMELIA J. (ARCHIBALD) MCCURDY

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and elsewhere. Later she moved to Los Angeles, and there took a position on the Los Angeles Times. She married Andrew D. Grimes, and they now reside in Oakland, Cal. Mr. Grimes is General Superintendent of the Moore Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., the largest concern of its kind in the West, and second largest in the United States. They have two children: 27721-DoNALD, who is now (February 1927) twelve years old, in his first year at High School, and upholding the family reputation by leading his classes. The prize he cherishes most is a First Certifi­ cate of Merit in a " Shopping News" contest, with over 700 anta­ gonists. He has a very attractive disposition, is quite musical, a real leader, five feet eleven inches tall, and still going. 27722-RosEMARY, the second child, is a girl of seven summers, sweet, and with golden-yellow uncut curls, which nobody can have the heart to " bob." 2773-HARRY BELL McCuRDY is somewhat of a restless spirit, and began for himself in the Industrial Works at Sydney, N.S. He then moved to California. There in the West he divides his time between Los Angeles, Mexico, and the Pacific Coast generally. 2774-RAYNO MABEL also took up the profession of teaching, and followed her sister Gertrude to California. 2775-MARION MARGARET JEAN, the youngest child, after a sound general education, took up a business training and career. She was married on June 14th, 1916, to Leon W. Lindsay, of Moncton. Mr. Lindsay died on November 16th, 1923. Mrs. Lindsay, or as her friends call her, Jean, is now in business in Halifax. She is the only one of the family who has remained true to her Bluenose blood.

SUBSECTION EIGHT

28-MATTHEW ARCHIBALD MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND HIS DESCENDANTS

28-MATTHEW ARCHIBALD McCURDY, no doubt named after his maternal grandfather on Bible Hill, was born on January 9th, 1804, at Onslow, the eighth child of 2-James and (2I2)-Agnes (Archibald) McCurdy. He married on January 1st, 1828, (2532)­ Eliza Archibald, the second daughter of (253)-Samuel Archibald the third, and Elizabeth Archibald. His wife was born on February 3rd, 1810, and died August 21st, 1875, after a long and painful illness. Mrs. McCurdy was a first cousin of her husband, in that her mother, Elizabeth Archibald (the youngest daughter of "Deacon" Mat­ thew and Janet Archibald) was a sister of Agnes (Archibald) Mc Curdy, Tb~ mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

the mother of 28-Matthew A. McCurdy (M. 87-88). Sir Adams G. Archibald was a brother of Mrs. Matthew A. McCurdy, and of course also a cousin of Mr. Mc Curdy. Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy began their married life on a farm in Musquodoboit. In the spring of 1837, a violent epidemic of scarlet fever swept the Settlement, and they were called upon to lay three of their little children, Henry, Nancy and Amelia, in the cemetery there. Mrs. McCurdy, worn out with care and anxiety, and broken­ hearted over the loss of her children, went home to her mother, on Bible Hill. There she and her family remained through the winter, until their son, Edward Adams, was born in March 1838, when they returned to their Musquodoboit home. The following letter, written by the Rev. John Sprott to Mr. McCurdy at the time of the death of his three children, may be of interest: "Ap. 17th, 1837. " In the regions of the East, the natives place their happiness chiefly in domestic enjoyments. A Hindoo first digs a well, plants a tree and becomes the father of a child. Much of the happiness of parents consists in the dutiful behaviour of their children. A little cluster of olive plants around our fireside is a fine prospect. It lightens the toil of parents and sweetens their joys. Your fine prospects have been suddenly and sadly overcast. Fell Death, like an untimely frost has nipped those young budding flowers. Spring will return and you will soon see the flowers in the path, and hear the little birds sing in the wood ; but you will meet with your little babes no more till the last day shall dawn. It is a sad pull to the affections. The sight of children of the same age, of the same name or appearance, will awaken tender feelings. Our Saviour shed tears at the foreseen sufferings of Jerusalem. He wept at the grave of Lazarus. This noble example consecrated the tear of affection ; but we must not sorrow as those who have no hope. We trust that your children have reached a cloudless shore. They are not lost but gone before. They are safe in the bosom of Celestial Love." A letter written to a Miss Archibald by Rev. Mr. Sprott then, or shortly after the foregoing, may indicate the friendship existing between him and Mr. McCurdy: "To Miss Archibald: We planted three rose bushes in the garden in memory of Mr. McCurdy's children. They are beginning to bud, and afford a beautiful emblem of a future state. Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 85

That kind Providence which watches over the flowers of the field, and renews the foliage of the plant, will in due time repair the desolations of the grave. If the plant sends forth its leaves and loveliness, after the seed from which it sprung has suffered cor­ ruption in the ground ; shall not the same law of renovation extend to the human body, and re-animate the lively form? The youth and the child will rise with those who weep over their untimely graves, perfect as the firstborn of the Sons of Light, to meet the gracious welcome of Him who, in the days of His Flesh, took little children in His arms and blessed them."

But the home life of this estimable couple was not all lived under the shadow. A keen sense of humour in both husband and wife served to smooth over many a rough spot in the domestic pathway. Mr. Mc Curdy was at times exasperatingly forgetful of the smaller essentials of the household. On one occasion, after several reminders, he started out in the morning to the hayfield, leaving not a stick of firewood available. He was entitled to a sound scolding. Many a less fortunate man would have got his deserts. At noon, perfectly unconscious of the electric atmosphere pervading the kitchen, he returned, and with a glorious appetite inquired if dinner were ready. The table was all set, everything in place. His good wife asked him to go out to the chipyard and bring in the pot of potatoes. There he found them, washed, all ready, but raw and stone cold. In answer to his astonished expression, Mrs. McCurdy calmly explained that the warmest place available was out in the hot sun. Needless to say, that after proper apologies, her husband soon had plenty of wood, a roaring fire, and a cheerful meal. It may be added that Mr. McCurdy's memory was greatly assisted for the future. 28-Matthew A. McCurdy and his brother-in-law, (2533)-James Archibald, had bought adjacent farms in Musquodoboit. In 1845 a Colonel Gladwin came from England. He seems to have possessed money, for he purchased the two farms from Mr. McCurdy and Mr. Archibald; and the brothers-in-law then moved to Clifton, or Old Barns, as it was then called on account of some old French barns found standing when the later English settlers arrived from New England after the Acadian Expulsion. To Clifton then, Mr. McCurdy moved with his family, and there spent the remainder of his days. His wife Eliza (Archibald) McCurdy, died on August 21st, 1875. Mr. McCurdy later married, on August 31st, 1882, Miss Nicholas Ann Hislop. They had no children. He died on March 22nd, 1887, and was buried in the Clifton Cemetery, where also his wife Eliza and several of his children sleep. 86 Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

The children of 28-Matthew Archibald McCurdy and Eliza McCurdy were: 281-Elizabeth Jane; 282-Henry; 283-James and 284-Nancy (twins); 285-Amelia; 286-Edward Adams; 287- Albert and 288-Victoria (twins); 289-Emily; 280-Leander Frederick. 281-EL I ZAB ETH JANE Mc Cu RD Y, the eldest child, was born on December 27th, 1828. She was married on March 2nd, 1854, to John Christie, a son of Captain Richard Christie. Someone has said of Mrs. Elizabeth Christie that " she was a very patient, splendid woman." Mrs. Christie died on October 14th,. 1859, and her husband died on December 13th, 1872. They had two children: 28u-Laura M. L. Christie, the eldest, was born on January 3rd, 1856. She was married in 1875 to Charles Edwards of Truro. They have had six children. 2812-Richard Christie, the second child, was born on November 23rd, 1858, and died on June 21st, 1860. 282-HENRY Mc CURDY was born on November 7th, 1830, and died of scarlet fever on April 14th, 1837, in his sixth year. 283-J AME s Mc Cu RD Y, the third child of 28-Matthew A. and Eliza McCurdy, was born at Musquodoboit on December 15th, 1833, a twin of 284-Nancy. The lad was about twelve years old when his father and family moved to Old.Barns (which is Clifton) on to a farm purchased by the father from Jacob Yuill in 1842. This farm was later divided among the boys. Edward A. received a portion ; Albert another part, for which he paid his father an annuity of eighty dollars per year, and James received the balance for which he paid one hundred dollars per year. 283-James McCurdy married, on November 29th, 1858, (r3r44) Amelia J. Archibald, the fourth daughter of David Archibald the sixteenth (M. 43) of Elmsvale, Musquodoboit. James McCurdy was a strong man in a very limited environment ; a man who could have filled well a large place in a much wider sphere. From his farm he made a comfortable living. His children were soon capable of taking some share in the daily labour. He was able not only to keep his industrious flock in substantial circum­ stances, but the guests that so often sat at his board found a hospit­ able and generous welcome. In the matters of Church, community and public welfare, Mr. McCurdy took his full share of the burden. He was a man who would do things, who would put mind and energy into the tasks he under­ took. Thus, others might readily be found to contribute grace and 283-JAMES MCCURDY

AMELIA J. (ARCHIBALD) McCUllDY, WIFE OF 283-JAMES MCCURDY

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dignity to a Chairmanship ; Mr. Mc Curdy was where there was work to be done, the Secretary or on some active committee. In politics he was a staunch Conservative, and he took no pains to hide the fact. And when some election stirred the air, there, where the battle was hottest, look for " Jim " McCurdy. Others might, in such case, have raised up innumerable enemies, but even his strongest antagonists realized and admitted that in" Jim" McCurdy a straightforward and honest viewpoint and a dogged determination to achieve a proper object explained all, and in a manner justified all. In the cause of Temperance Mr. McCurdy was a tower of strength. For many years he held a commission as Justice of the Peace ; and in such official capacity, in things great and small, he was fair, fearless and incorruptible. On one amusing occasion, in the neighbourhood, some windows had been smashed as the result of boyish pranks. Upon information laid he, as the magistrate, fined the culprits, and required them to pay the full damage. It mattered not at all that one or two of his own sons were implicated, nor did a possibility of injustice or pique on this score seem to occur to the complainant : all were served alike, his own boys as well as the others. Mr. McCurdy had a keen sense not only of Roman justice, but of Roman retribution. Now, the McCurdys were great potato raisers. Incidentally, it may be added, that James McCurdy was the pioneer in shipping potatoes to the West Indies from his district. Incident­ ally also, a number of small boys in a potato field at " digging " time can cause a considerable amount of disturbance or discomfort or pleasantness, according to the viewpoint, using a potato as an offensive, very offensive missile. In the hand of an energetic boy a potato is not only a projectile, but an efficient weapon of defence. It may be added that a rotten potato, in particular, has a most striking way of impressing its inherent repulsiveness upon one's personality. Sometimes, to while away the tedium of potato digging, the Mc Curdy boys would stage an impromptu battle of spuds. Indeed, it took a very fine courage to" rush" a boy ensconced behind a barrel of potatoes. Now, Blanchard McCurdy, one of James's boys, was a dead shot, and with such slight protection as a barrel afforded, Blanchard threw a few casual potatoes at his fellow-worker in the field, the " hired man." The latter concluded that just what Blanchard at that par­ ticular moment specially needed, and indeed was hunting for, was a real good dressing down; and additionally, the " hired man" concluded, that it was his painful duty to administer the same forth­ with. But, as he started to " rush " his tormentor, he was met by a perfect barrage of potatoes, paradoxically good shots with bad 88

potatoes, a fusillade like from a vegetable machine-gun ; and nothing evidently remained for a discreet " hired man," but a hasty and orderly retreat. However, he lodged an energetic complaint in quick time with the parent. The judgment imposed was that young Blanch­ ard pick the balance of potatoes in that field alone, a punishment made to fit the crime, and which sentence Blanchard cheerfully, but in somewhat chastened mood, fulfilled. In connection with James McCurdy one cannot forget the wife and mother, Mrs. Amelia McCurdy. From two directions the Archi­ bald lines impinge upon this family ; for not only was the wife of James McCurdy an Archibald, but his mother was also. This will be quite evident from an analysis of the chapter relating to the Archibalds to be found on a later page. A certain writer, in speaking of the family, says among other things: "There are many intimate and personal things that one recalls, but hesitates to commit to the confidences of an interview, but I should like to mention· one thing. Mrs. James McCurdy was a woman of extraordinary quality. Often and often have I seen twenty-five around the dinner table as a normal condition ; in summer there were always two or three visitors who availed themselves of the family hospitality. James Mc Curdy was on every civic and Church committee far and near, and a constant stream of persons came and went continually. Amid the hustle and bustle of the home, Mrs. McCurdy remained the cultured mother of her family. The success of F. B. McCurdy and of the other members of that family, goes back to that mother in a dozen ways of which I know personally, to a woman who was not only in name, but in deed and fact a Mother of Men." It was and is to such a mother that the children look back, and rise up and call her Blessed. Mrs. Amelia McCurdy died on October 16th, 1899. There were fourteen children of James and Amelia Mc Curdy : 2831-Henry Adams, born January 24th, 1860; 2832-William David, born November 14th, 1861 ; 2833-Edward Adams, born February 29th, 1864; 2834-Matthew Henry, born November 16th, 1866; 2835-George Sedgwick, born March 20th, 1869; 2836-Eliza, born January 18th, 1871 ; 2837-James Bayne, born January 26th, 1873 ; 2838-Fleming Blanchard, born February 17th, 1875; 2839-Christina, born March 4th, 1877; 2830-David Archibald, born May 1st, 1879; 283A-Harriet Dickie, born March 16th, 1881 ; 283B-Annie Kaulbeck, born February 22nd, 1883 ; 283 C-Lillie Archibald, born December 20th, r 88 5 ; Tb¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia

283D-Nellie Claire, born December 10th, 1887. 283-Mr. McCurdy was again married to Eliza Bayne, a daughter of Dr. James Bayne and a sister of Rev. Ernest S. Bayne. Mr. McCurdy had no family by his second wife. · He died at Clifton on June 9th, 1912. 2831-HENRY ADAMS McCuRDY, the oldest child of James and Amelia McCurdy, died on December rnt, 1863, in the fourth year of his age. 2832-WILLIAM DAVID McCURDY was born on November 14th, 186!, and died on August 20th, 1913. He married, on September 18th, 1888, Laura Reid, a daughter of Robert and Mary Ann (Archi­ bald) Reid of Middle Musquodoboit, and sister of Doctor J. W. Reid of Windsor. Their children are : 28321-James Robert, born on July 12th, 1889, in Los Angeles, Cal. He died at Clifton some five years later, as the result of an accident, falling off a wagon, and being crushed to death by the wheel. 28322-Edward Percy, born at Clifton on June rnt, 1891. He is farming successfully in Clifton, as is evidenced by the fact that he bought and has paid for a valuable farm, the product of his ability and industry. He married Mary Sutherland, and they had three children, the first two of whom died in infancy. The third, 283223-Percy Allison, was born on February 26th, 1926. A certain legal friend of the Editor, of a somewhat pompous disposition, was speaking rather patronisingly of the farmers. He was quite peeved when answered, that while a good farmer might not have so much to show in cash for his work as the lawyer, yet it took more brains successfully to run a farm than a law office. This. incident was forcibly recalled when the above phrase was penned­ " he is farming " ; and when, in close relationship, came the sketch of brilliant performance on the part of the brother and sister. But after all, the place a man fills in his home community is not truly measured by diplomas however well deserved, but by help and sound counsel given, by obstacles surmounted, and by merited achieve­ ment. The degree of W .D ., when that Final Examination is passed with honours, is most to be coveted, for it stands for " Well Done." 28323-Eva, born on July 31st, 1895, married, on September 25th, 1918, George S. Hill of Onslow. They have four children: 283231-Margaret Allene, born on June 25th, 1919 ; 283232-Emily, born on March 19th, 1921 ; 283233-Charles Reid, born on August 16th, 1923 ; 283234-George Edward, born on September 16th, 1925. Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

They reside on the farm, once the property of Hugh Dickson, who married 2C-Rachel Crow McCurdy. 28324-William Harold was born on August rst, 1897, and married Eva Micklewright of Halifax. They have one child, Gerald Lewis, born on September 16th, 1926. In the Great War Harold went across and served at the Front in a machine-gun squad, and was later transferred to the air services. A sketch of his scholastic career, clipped from a Halifax paper, states : "He obtained his degree of B.A. at Dalhousie in 1921, and his M.A. in 1922 from the same University. He is a National Re­ search Fellow of Princeton, in 1922-24, and was Instructor in that Department of Physics at that University for 1924-25, receiving his degree of Doctor of Phylosophy in 192 5. He is an American National Research Fellow in Civics, 1925-6, and takes that Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1925-6." It may be added that he remained in the latter University an additional year. In regard to Bursaries, he took the Sir William Young Bursary from Colchester County given to the one making the highest standing and going through College. He graduated with great distinction and took his M.A. in Physics, receiving a Scientific and Industrial Research Bursary from Ottawa of $750.00 for research work. In the following year he received the 1850 London (England) Exhibition Scholarship, valued at $3,000.00, covering two years work, with the privilege of taking the course in any University in Europe, Canada or the United States. In 1927 he was appointed to the Staff of the Department of Physics of the University of Washing­ ton, Seattle, U.S.A., as Associate Professor. He has published a number of valuable papers on work dealing with the Atomic Theory. 28325-Emily Amelia was born on August 11th, 1900. She died on September 8th, 1914, following an operation for appendicitis. 28326-George was born on July 21st, 1902. After graduating from the Truro Academy, he, like his brother Edward Percy, has turned his mind to agriculture, and is now on the farm at Clifton. 28327-Margaret was born on July 30th, 1905. She took her degree of Bachelor of Science from Dalhousie in April 1923; in her seventeenth year, having also taken a Bursary before entering the University. Such was the marked ability shown by her in Chemistry at College, that she was offered the position of Assistant Instructor at Dalhousie, a position she retained for two years, at the same time studying and qualifying herself for her degree of Master of Science 2833·-EDWARD ADAMS MCCURDY

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which she took in 1924, while doing her required work as Instructor. At present (1928) she is teaching in a Private Girls' School (Low and Heyword) in Stamford, Conn. 2833:;-EDWARD ADAMS McCuRDY, the third child of 283-James and Amelia McCurdy, was born on February 29th, 1864, and died on January 18th, 1923. He married, on July 5th, 1898, Anna Ritchie Wheeler, of Runnymede, Que. The latter was born on June 15th, 1873, and died on October 7th, 1918. Mr. McCurdy joined the staff of the Merchants Bank of Halifax at Truro. The Truro banking business was originally a private enterprise of the late Martin Dickie, and was purchased by the Merchants Bank of Halifax, the name of which was later changed to the Royal Bank of Canada. But when Mr. Dickie sold out to the Merchants Bank, he still continued as manager, and it was with him that Mr. McCurdy began his career. Indeed it was none too luxuri­ ous at the start, for it amounted to board and lodging with Mr. Dickie, and a job in the bank, at fifty dollars a year salary, and doing the chores for Mr. Dickie. Eventually Mr. McCurdy was trans­ ferred to Maitland. Here he got an opportunity to study French in his odd moments, and he so improved the occasion, that after some further time spent at Bridgewater, he was placed in a responsible position at St. Pierre, Miq., where his French would be of material value, and so proved his ability that he was raised to the position of Manager. His command of both languages thereafter came into service ; for the next move was to a Branch Office of the Bank, at Montreal. The final move was to Newcastle, N.B. The population of this town and vicinity includes many French-speaking Acadians. At the time he took charge as Manager at Newcastle, his Bank was doing very little, as the great weight of the business was with the other Bank there firmly established. But by diligence and wise effort it later resulted in a reversal of this situation. At best, the business was not all engrossing; and, to utilize his time to advantage, Mr. McCurdy began writing Insurance. This action antagonized one at least of the Bank customers, who appealed to the Bank authorities to compel him to drop the insurance work ; with the result that an order to that effect came to Newcastle. Mr. McCurdy at once advised his Head Office that if they wished him to remain as Manager in a small town, and at small remuneration, they must permit him to augment his income in any honest way that did not sacrifice the time or real interests of the Bank ; and the Bank accepted Mr. McCtirdy's position as reasonable and just. Mr. McCurdy took a wide and deep interest in the business affairs and welfare of the community, investing freely and un- 92

profitably in local industries. For many years he was the active Secretary of the Board of Trade. He was a man who thought strongly and acted with vigour. So it was not unnatural that he should be nominated as candidate for Northumberland in the Dominion General Election of 1921, in which he failed of election by a small majority. Two things have been related of Mr. McCurdy. One that he always lived within his income, however small, and yet that he was of a generous spirit and always remembered the home from which he came on various anniversaries, to an extent sometimes that might seem lavish. The other was that he was " great," for he seemed ever able to " rule his own spirit." He kept always in control his anger or disappointment. The children of Edward A. and Anna McCurdy were : 28331-A. ELVA, born August 22nd, 1899, very like her father in character and disposition. It was while working in his insurance office that she got her fine business training. 28332-BLANCHARD ARCHIBALD, born November 20th, 1900; married, August 18th, 1927, Dorothea Marie Rosalie Radtke. 28333-ANNABEL RITCHIE, born June 12th, 1902; died September -1908. 28334-MARGARET ALLISON FLORENCE, born October 10th, 1905. Margaret has been attending Dalhousie University, not without distinction to herself. 2834-MATTHEW HENRY McCuRDY, the fourth child of James and Amelia McCurdy, was born on November 16th, 1866. He married on October 26th, 1912, AGNES RUTHERFORD, the daughter of Thomp­ son Rutherford and Margaret Park Rutherford, of Stewiacke. Mrs. McCurdy herself was born on February nth, 1868. When Henry was nearly twenty-two years old, he went to California with his brother William. After remaining for four years, he came back home and buckled down for some nine years on his father's farm. During this period his father and he went into the potato export business on a fifty-fifty basis, the son assuming the management end of the enterprise. Thereafter, Mr. McCurdy for some time has been employed on the Midland Branch of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, and in addition is Chairman of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Men. He also holds a com­ mission as a Justice of the Peace. Mr. Mc Curdy is a man of such modest and unassertive tempera­ ment as almost to deceive the casual acquaintance. It is only when one meets him many times or converses with his many firm 2834-MATTHEW HEKRY MCCURDY

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friends, that his fine qualities get into proper perspective and evidence. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. McCurdy have no family. 2835-GEORGE SEDGWICK McCURDY, the fifth child, was born on March 20th, 1869. He married on December 26th, 1893, Josephine Sanderson, eldest child of William Alexander Sanderson and Mary Crowe, of Beaver Brook, Colchester County, N.S. Mr. McCurdy started " Railroading " on the Intercolonial Railway, and then moved West about 1905, residing now in Moose Jaw, Sask. Since he went West, he has been in the employ of the C.P.R. as a locomotive driver. A brief description given a few days ago was : " A capable and careful engineer." Few people glimpsing casually into some engine cab at a man standing there in dirty blue overalls, realize the strain and responsibility on that one man's shoulders, as, hand on throttle and eye fixed ahead with watchful care, he holds in leash his monster engine and sinuous train of steel hurtling through space at a mile a minute, the lives of some hundred helpless passengers and a half-million of railroad stock depending upon his promptitude and judgment. But this is the daily burden which the locomotive driver must carry-to some persons, just a man in greasy overalls. Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy had seven children, namely: 28351-Mary Amelia, born August 9th, 1896. She married, on June 2nd, 1920, Wilbert Renville Graham, youngest child of Thomas and Eliza Ann (Frid) Graham, of Toronto, and formerly of England. They have no family, and reside in Hollywood, California. 28352-Sadie Clair, born December 13th, 1898; died in infancy. 28353-Harriette Blanche, born January 20th, 1900. She married, on June 16th, 1920, Maxfield Herman Stuart Weagant, elder son of Dr. and Mrs. George Herman Weagant (Laura Isabella Stuart), of Cornwall, Ontario. They have no children, and reside in Van Nuys, California. 28354-Mabel Clair, born on March 18th, 1901. She married, on August uth, 1923, Nathaniel George Turley, son of Ernest and Laura Fanny (Chadwick) Turley, of St. Helens, England. They reside in Moose Jaw and have two children: 283541-George Ernest, born February 28th, 1925, and 283542-Natalie Frances, born January 10th, 1926. 28355-Gladys Lillian, born July 24th, 1902. She married, on December 26th, 1925, Robert James McBurney, eldest son of Robert and Margaret (Bell) McBurney, of Bambridge, Ireland. They have no children and reside in Moose Jaw, Sask. 28356-Edward Selwyne (" Bud "), born October ISt, 1907. 94 Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

28357-George Howard, born December uth, 1915. 2836-ELIZA MCCURDY, the sixth child of 283-James and Amelia McCurdy, was born on January 18th, 1871. She is now residing with her sister, Mrs. Angus J. MacDonald, in Vancouver, B.C. 2837-JAMES BAYNE McCURDY, the sixth child of James and Amelia McCurdy, was born on February 26th, 1873, at Clifton. After receiving a sound school education, he left home at the age of eighteen, and joined the staff of the Merchants Bank of Halifax, in which he spent two years at Antigonish and two years at Guys­ borough, leaving there in 1895. He then moved to Boston, making a trip to Nova Scotia to be married, and returned to Boston. He moved to Sydney, C.B., in 1902; from there to Londonderry in 1902, and from the latter town to Truro in 1903. He then went West to Moose Jaw, where he became an engineer on the Canadian Pacific Railway. He relinquished that position, and in 1910 went into the Real Estate Business on his own account, and continued until 1916, when he served in Military District, No. 2, at Regina as Officer in charge of Records for two and a half years. He returned to Moose Jaw in 1918, and remained in that city till 1924, when he moved to Vancouver, his present residence, carrying on a Real Estate Business. On December 26th, 1899, at Guysborough, Mr. McCurdy married Blanche Georgina Hadley, who was born at Guysborough on February 15th, 1877. Mrs. McCurdy is the daughter of James Edward Hadley and Mary Elizabeth Russell, and granddaughter of Mr. Hadley the late M.P. for Guysborough. Their children are: 28371-James Edmund McCurdy, born December 1st, 1900, at Boston; died August 22nd, 1920, at Moose Jaw. 28372-Hazel Blanche McCurdy, born at Boston, November 30th, 1901 ; died at Boston, October 3rd, 1902. 28373-Reginald Bayne McCurdy, born at Sydney, July 6th, 1903. He is in the Real Estate Business at Vancouver. 28374-Edith Amelia McCurdy, born at Truro, October 18th, 1904. Is a nurse in Vancouver. 28375-Isabell Blanche McCurdy, born at Moose Jaw, June 12th, 1906. 28376-Bessie Russell McCurdy, born at Moose Jaw, January 13th, 1908. A Graduate in Domestic Science. 28377-Henry Blanchard McCurdy, born February 8th, 1909, at Moose Jaw, where he died, September 24th, 1909. 28378-Nellie Grace McCurdy, born at Moose Jaw, March 29th, 19u ; died there, April 5th, 1913. Tbc IDcCurdys of nova Scotia 95

28379-William Archibald McCurdy, born at Moose Jaw, May 14th, 1912; died there, March 23rd, 1913. 2838-FLEMING BLANCHARD McCuRDY, the eighth child of 283-James McCurdy and Amelia Janet McCurdy, was born at Clifton on February 17th, 1875. He was named after James Fleming Blanchard, a leading merchant of Truro, and a friend and relative of his father. Mr. Blanchard, in turn, was named after James Flemming, Esq., a distinguished citizen in the early settlement of Londonderry, N.S. The English spelling of the name is " Fleming," in that the people of this name were emigrants about the time of the Reforma­ tion from Flanders, the country of the Flemings, to London ; a people highly esteemed both for their industry and their integrity. Blanchard McCurdy, while not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, had many of the advantages of a well-to-do country home. He learned by experience the meaning of hard farm work, as well as the practical side of agricultural life. But the value of a substantial education was impressed on him early, and, with a special bent for mathematics and history, he made good progress at school. His teacher, later known as Conductor Everett Crowe, said of him : " Yes, I remember Blanchard McCurdy well. He was about ten years of age when I took the school at Old Barns. A stocky chap, in short pants ; nothing unusual about his appearance except that he had the build of a young giant, though not tall, and wore a full crop of jot black hair. He attended the school the four and a half years I taught there, and it is a fact that at the end of the last term I found I could not teach him anything more. You see he had caught up with his teacher. I had to tell him so. Blanchard McCurdy lived in a good atmosphere. The motto of our school was, 'Be fair, be manly.' That was the motto of the people of the district. I taught him during his most impressionable age. I have watched his career with a great deal of interest and personal pride. It gives me unbounded satisfac­ tion to know that he carries with him the motto of our school. I always knew he had brains. There were no half measures with him. Any­ thing he started in to do he accomplished. He knew the arithmetic from cover to cover. He turned things inside out to find out all about them. No matter what the task, he never left it partly finished. I think this spirit of determination has a great deal to do with Blanchard McCurdy's success. The Old Barns' school was a large one. We had many bright boys there. While McCurdy was a thorough student determined to master any task put before him, still I did not consider him a brilliant one. There was nothing spectacular about him, but he had that characteristic which stood for success in the end, and when I heard that he had been appointed Tb~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia

Minister of Public Works I felt rather good, for I really think that I had something to do with the moulding of that fine character." There is a general truth embedded in this last sentence, and Mr. Crowe may well be permitted to cherish the thought. The influence a public school teacher may exert upon the pupil in his most impressionable years can be a power throughout the whole lifetime of that pupil ; the reciprocal fact being that there must be in the child a something that will respond and react to the impulse. Very few at present would begrudge Blanchard McCurdy his first job with a neighbour, Robert Forbes, Esq., as a farm labourer at fifty cents per day, and hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. From this he graduated to a job at the princely salary of ten dollars per month, and " found." But with no outlay, and with no time to spend his money, the cash was" pure velvet," and saved up. But such work, for any ambitious boy, would be merely waiting for opportunity. That opportunity seemed to present itself when Blanchard applied for and obtained the position of messenger in the Halifax Banking Company, Truro, with a salary of one hundred dollars per year. This was in August 1890. Next month, the manager, Mr. Thomas A. 'H. Mason, in his report, remarked that this addition to the staff was " not much good." All the same, within four years, McCurdy was selected by the general manager, H. N. Wallace, to fill the highly confidential post of private secretary to the general manager, which position he filled so long as he remained in the service of the bank. But the way to success in the banking business is a slow and tedious path ; and, in the end, the best rewards are not very dazzling ; and the young man, looking into these facts, realized the situation. The education in affairs received incidentally by a studious and thoughtful youth as a bank official had in itself a high intrinsic value ; his spare hours were devoted to the study of banking, law and finan­ cial questions, and he became a regular contributor to the columns of financial journals, and when opportunity came, he was qualified to grasp it. So we find Mr. McCurdy, in April 1900, with the approval of the President and Directors, leaving the Halifax Banking Company, and founding the private banking firm of F. B. McCurdy and Company. "That he was," says a certain writer, "a man of broad vision " is indicated by the plans which he laid for the creation of this business. He successively connected the firm's head office and its business by direct private telegraph wires with the leading financial centres on this continent. He became the first non-resident member of the Montreal Stock Exchange ; entered into the invest­ ment field of Eastern Canada, where many have since followed him, Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia 97

established an extensive system of branches, and the house of F. B. McCurdy and Company became the leading investment house in Eastern Canada, indeed, among the leaders in Canada. A gentleman of national experience lately described the firm's head office in the city of Halifax as " the finest investment and stock brokerage premises in Canada." He " sent many ships to sea," and his ven­ tures prospered. Always fond of outdoor life, when he moved to city surroundings, Mr. McCurdy's attention was attracted to athletic games. In 1895 he joined the Wanderers' Rugby Football team. Aided by great physical strength he soon mastered the game, and became Captain of his team, which then continued its victorious career. In the season of 1900, being called away by domestic bereavement, he relinquished his position and place on the team. He was also a member of the Wanderers' ice hockey team, when that Club won the championship of the Maritime Provinces in 1899. In the course of a busy life he has always found time to go into the coverts for game birds, and to follow the rivers and streams for salmon and trout. Later on, when golf courses were established, naturally, he took up the game. He won the Maritime Provinces Senior Championship in 1925 and 1926, and has for various years been the President of that Association. He has filled the position of President of the Wanderers' Amateur Athletic Club, the Halifax Board of Trade, and other similar offices. He is a Governor of Ashbury College, Ottawa, and of Dalhousie University, Halifax. Since retiring from active public life, the Hon. Mr. McCurdy has devoted some time to various business activities in which Nova Scotians are interested. He has become a Director of the Bank of Nova Scotia, Vice-President of the Halifax Fire Insurance Company, Vice-President of the Eastern Trust Company, and President of the Trinidad Electric Company and the Trinidad Consolidated Tele­ phones. In the year 1929 Mr. McCurdy was invited by the Canadian Institute of International Affairs to visit Japan as one of their dele­ gates to the Third Biennial Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations, and attended the Conference which met at Kyoto, Japan, on October 28th. Impressed by the writings and speeches and public attitude of Hon. Joseph Howe in his fight for Responsible Government and the interests of Nova Scotia, Mr. McCurdy, in recent years, has acquired important interests in the Halifax Chronicle, with which Mr. Howe and other outstanding Nova Scotians have been identified. He has also acquired interests in other Provincial papers of merit for the I Tbi mccurdys of nova Scotia

purpose of facilitating publicity, news services and public discussion. It is also significant that on a tablet placed by the Nova Scotia Historical Society at the entrance of Mr. McCurdy's residence, "Emscote," on the banks of the North West Arm, Halifax, the following inscription appears :

THE BIRTHPLACE OF JOSEPH HOWE A.D. 1804

PATRIOT, IMPERIALIST, STATESMAN, ORATOR.

GRATEFULLY REMEMBERED AS NOVA SCOTIA'S LEADER IN OBTAINING RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT.

THE NOVA SCOTIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Blanchard McCurdy came well by his principles. To any cause or project which seems good to him, and in the interest of the Province, he gives the strongest sort of support, whether or not it meets with the particular favour of his political party. He deals with things on their merits. This attitude is not only characteristic, but in a fashion, inherited. His people, both McCurdy and Archibald, may have been strong and active in public affairs, but their country, and what appealed to them as right, stood before Party. Of many available illustrations, one might quote the well-known incident of Sir Adams G. Archibald, who chose defeat rather than yield to pressure from the Legislative Council, which entailed Universal Suffrage, a thing of which he strongly disapproved. The less-known instance is that of the Hon. W. F. McCurdy, who in 1886 would resign his seat in the House unless he got what he deemed justice for his county of Victoria. On the part of Blanchard McCurdy no better evidence of this can be given than a reference to the part played by him in planning and carrying out the campaign to resist the efforts of the late Sir Rodolphe Forget, in 1912, to acquire control of the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company. Discussing this fight on the Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 99

part of Mr. McCurdy, to have the operation and control remain in the hands of Nova Scotians, Colonel Cantley has said: "Yes, Mr. McCurdy played a conspicuous part in helping to retain control of' Scotia' in this Province when in 1912 a group of financiers under the leadership of Sir Rodolphe Forget endeavoured to secure control of the Scotia Company. " The spectacular effort made at that time by this group of financiers is still vividly remembered. The Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Cqmpany, under the Presidency of Mr. (now Chief Justice) Harris a'n.d his executive, had been making great progress, and the operations of ' Scotia ' gave large promise for the future. The magnificent assets it possessed in its coal and ore properties, their area and almost incalculable tonnage they contain, combined with the Company's exceptionally low capitalisation, gave ' Scotia ' the appearance of being a wonderful field for exploitation. Combinations might be effected with other corporations, and the Montreal group saw visions of great wealth, if they could only secure stock control of the company. "For some time they quietly bought' Scotia' shares, and soon their real purpose was obvious-rumours began to circulate on the ' Street ' that a fight for control was on-and with increased buying, the stock naturally rose very rapidly. It was felt that if control of ' Scotia ' was to be held in the Province, every friend of the Company must come to its assistance. "At this juncture Mr. McCurdy, who has always been a con­ sistent supporter of the Scotia Company, with large faith in its future under the exi~ting management, intimated that he would be glad to put the services of his organization at our command, and enlist the practical support of his friends and clients. This help was gladly accepted, and Mr. McCurdy and friends, by taking up large blocks of stock, materially assisted in turning the scales in favour of the home control of ' Scotia,' and decisively defeated the efforts of Sir Rodolphe Forget and associates. " The rest of the story is briefly told : it is a matter of local history how the Montreal party travelled to New Glasgow by special train, confidently expecting to return to Montreal preceded by the words of Cresar's famous dispatch : ' We came ; we saw ; we conquered,' -how the issue was in doubt until late in the day of the meeting, and how control was retained, but by a small majority. A large part of the credit for this victory must be attributed to Mr. McCurdy. He is, and always has been, an enthusiastic Nova Scotian with faith in her people, her industries, and ability of the people of this Province to develop successfully their own resources to the best advantage." 100 Tb¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia

It may be added that some years subsequently, by agreement be­ tween the Steel and Coal Companies and the approval of the respec­ tive managements, and with the assistance of Legislative authority, an Association of the Companies was brought about. Mr. McCurdy has always been recognized as a Conservative, and with quite definite views upon political subjects ; but he has shown no great aspirations for political life. However, in the Federal Elections of 1911, in seeking a candidate ofsuflicient calibre to oppose the Hon. W. S. Fielding in Shelburne-Queens, the Party selected Mr. Mc Curdy, and their choice was well vindicated in the manner of Mr. McCurdy's triumphant return. On July 19th, 1916, Mr. McCurdy was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of the Department of Militia and Defence, entailing the administration of the Department during the Minister's (Sir Sam Hughes) frequent and extended absences from Ottawa. After the creation of the Overseas Department of Militia and Defence with a Minister resident in London, -he became Parliamentary Secretary of the Department of Soldiers Civil Re-Establishment on February 21st, 1918. He was elected Member of Parliament for Colchester by acclamation on December 17th, 1917. Mr. McCurdy entered the Dominion Government and became one of His Majesty's Privy Councillors for Canada on July 13th, 1920, and was appointed Minister of Public Works. By acceptance of office as a Minister of the Crown he vacated his seat in the House of Commons and was re-elected on September 20th, 1920, by a majority of 1,444. Of late the Hon. Mr. McCurdy has been giving thought and study to the larger affairs and problems that confront the Dominion, and in particular the Province of Nova Scotia. Many of those old Col­ chester families were in olden times Liberals. Many of the McCurdys at Confederation remained Liberals ; while some, with other Liberals, upheld Confederation with the newly amalgamated Party, the Liberal-Conservatives. James McCurdy belonged to this latter Party, and naturally his son Blanchard would follow in his steps. So that if, at this late day, the Hon. F. B. McCurdy should begin to have his doubts as to the full benefits to Nova Scotia of the economic system of Canada, which had adopted high protective tariffs limited largely to manufactured goods, it would not be because of the re­ crudescence of old prejudices or inherited antipathies, but, if any­ thing, in spite of them. All the old political associations, all the Party inclinations would call for caution. The patriotic spirit that sings of a United Canada and an undivided Dominion whispers for silence. But after mature study and reflection, Mr. McCurdy came to a definite conclusion. Furthermore, he felt it his duty to declare him- Tb~ m,Curdys of nova S,otia IOI

self clearly in regard to the position he had taken. He might have placed himself on record by a letter to some obscure newspaper, and let it go at that. Instead, he chose the front offensive. Invited to speak before the Canadian Club of Toronto, on April 27th, 1925, one might say in the very citadel of High Protection, he gave an address which lacked nothing in force and definiteness. After reviewing the general facts of Confederation, he charged that the pact as made at that time had not been carried out loyally. He pointed out how our Nova Scotian industries and banks had vanished or been carried to Central Canada. Results had neither met fair expectations nor definite promises. One sentence in his very forcible and candid address then at Toronto will illustrate his con­ tention : " The economic system growing out of Confederation, and to which I take it that central Canada is committed, has been in operation long enough to give it a complete trial, and while seemingly suited to its needs, has proved to be a ghastly failure, so far as Nova Scotia is concerned." Coincidently with, or perhaps resultantly upon, Mr. McCurdy's stand, the Nova Scotia Government itself voiced a similar sentiment. But this was upon the eve of a general local election, there were other outstanding issues of a serious nature before the electors, and the then Government was defeated, and without much doubt on these latter points. The incident was the introduction by the Government and its passage in the Legislature of the following Resolution, as tabled : "WHEREAS, owing to the Maritime position of Nova Scotia, its remoteness from the principal centres of distribution in the Do­ minion, and the character of its natural productions, and the excessive cost of inland transportation, the natural markets for the principal production of this Province have always been found in other coun­ tries, and therefore cannot be assured to us by any system of Canadian protective tariffs ; " And whereas, the system of protective tariffs enacted from time to time by the Parliament of Canada has largely increased the cost of living to our people and the production costs in our industries, established a drain upon the resources of the Province and adversely affected and curtailed the industrial activities of our people ; " And whereas, the aforesaid system of protective tariffs has centralized the control and operation of the Banks, commerce, manu­ factories and business of the Dominion in the Central Provinces to the loss and detriment of this Province, further increasing the pro­ duction costs in our natural industries ; " And whereas, a protective customs tariff is designed to keep 102 Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

foreign produce and manufactures out of the Dominion, and there­ by increase excessively the cost of living, and the cost of production, which is inimical to the interests of Nova Scotia, whose natural and principal markets are outside the Dominion ; " And whereas, an economic system adapted to the needs and requirements of the compact and self-contained central portion of the Dominion, having large home markets and industries to protect, is quite unsuited to the needs and requirements of the almost detached Province of Nova Scotia, whose natural and principal markets are outside the Dominion ; "And whereas, the lumbermen, :fishermen, farmers, miners, manufacturers and other producers of this Province require an economic system that will reduce taxation and tariffs, and lessen their cost of living and cost of production to enable them to compete successfully and profitably in the competitive markets of the world ; " And whereas, the terms of Confederation and the distribution of the constitutional powers under the British North America Act have proved to be unfair, unjust and oppressive to this Province, and have taken from the Province the regulation of her trade, commerce and fisheries, and have subjected her to undue and excessive taxation without equivalent or reciprocal benefit or compensation, commer­ cially or industrially ; "And whereas, this Province, in 1867 and 1868, petitioned the Imperial Government and Parliament to repeal the said Act of Union so far as it related to this Province, on the grounds among others ( 1) that the Act had taken away from Nova Scotia the right to regulate her trade and fisheries, as well as the taxation to be paid on imports, the revenues from which were always amply sufficient for general and local purposes, and were rapidly increasing under the low tariff, and (2) that the disastrous consequences of the said Act to the Province had already been shown by the action of the first Parliament of Canada under the Act in adopting a high protective tariff in lieu of the comparatively free trade tariff which had previously existed in Nova Scotia ; "And whereas, in refusing these petitions, the Imperial Govern­ ment advised the accredited representatives of this Province in June, 1868, and again in 1869, at the same time instructing the Government and Parliament of Canada, that the Imperial Government was confident that it would be equally the wish of the Government and Parliament of the Dominion to relax or modify any arrangements made on the subjects of taxation, trade and fisheries, which might prejudice the peculiar interests of Nova Scotia; " And whereas, no satisfactory action has yet been undertaken Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

by the Government or Parliament of Canada to carry out in their full letter and spirit the instructions of the Imperial Government in these respects and the interests of Nova Scotia have been and continue to be thereby prejudiced and endangered ; "And whereas, Section 121 of the British North America Act provides that ' All articles of the growth, produce or manufacture of any one of the Provinces shall, from and after the Union be admitted free into each of the other Provinces ; "' Therefore be it Resolved, that it is the opinion of this House that subject to Section 121 of the said British North America Act, the regulation and control of taxation, trade and the fisheries of this Province should be relaxed and modified by the Government and Parliament of Canada in such a manner that the interests of Nova Scotia may be prejudiced no longer in such matters, and that business and industry may be encouraged and stimulated with the Province ; and " ' Be it Further Resolved, that it is also the opinion of this House that the Governor in Council should proceed with the least possible delay to prepare or cause to be prepared a statement of the particulars in which the interests of Nova Scotia have been prejudiced by the economic system of the Parliament of Canada, and should make application to the Government and Parliament of Canada for appro­ priate redress and remedies.' " Now, it will be carefully noted that neither the Hon. Mr. McCurdy nor, for that matter, the late Government of Nova Scotia asks for a repeal of the Act of Confederation. But he does say that the economic policies of Canada should be relaxed or modified in accord­ ance with the assurances given by the Imperial Government at the time, and which in effect would give Nova Scotia what she then demanded, namely, an effective voice in the control of her tariff, her trade and her fisheries. In pursuance of this Resolution passed by the House, a Royal Commission was appointed to further the purposes of the Resolution, and the five persons appointed to that Committee were: Hon. F. B. McCurdy, W. K. MacKean, A. E. McMahon, A. Handfield Whitman and D. H. McDougall, of which Committee Mr. McCurdy was appointed Chairman. But before anything of importance could be done thereunder, the Government itself was defeated at the General Election, and a new and Conservative Government formed under the Premiership of the Hon. E. N. Rhodes. Under the new situation so created, the Chair­ man of this Committee forwarded to the incoming Premier a letter as follows: 104 Tb¢ m~Curdys of Do\'a S~otia

COPY.

Halifax, N .S. July 17, 1925. Hon. E. N. Rhodes, P .C., Premier, Halifax, N.S.

Dear Mr. Rhodes, As of course you are aware the Legislature of the Province recently passed an Act " to authorize an inquiry respecting the interests of Nova Scotia prejudiced by the Economic System of the Dominion of Canada " and a Commission was issued by the Crown appointing as Commissioners to conduct the inquiry :

Fleming B. McCurdy, Albert E. McMahon, Daniel H. McDougall, A. Handfield Whitman, William K. McKean.

As Chairman of the Commission I called a meeting of my fellow members for 6th instant, at which the following were present, viz.: Fleming B. McCurdy, Albert E. McMahon, A. Handfield Whitman, William K. McKean, and at which the Commission was read and the object to be pursued was discussed. The Commissioners present unanimously felt that, in order that the new Government should have a perfectly free hand in the matter, they should properly tender you their resignations, which they hereby do, while at the same time expressing their complete willingness to proceed should the new Government desire them to do so.

Yours faithfully, (Sgd.) F. B. McCurdy, Chairman. Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia 105

To which was received the following reply :

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Office of the Premier. Halifax, 7th August, 1925. Hon. F. B. McCurdy, Halifax, N.S. Dear Mr. McCurdy, The demands upon the time of the Government of late, and more particularly on account of the strike negotiations, has prevented an earlier acknowledgment to your letter of the 17th ultimo. Owing to the formation of a new department of Natural Resources and Provincial Development, presided over by a Minister who will be more directly charged with many matters which would come under the consideration of your Commission, it is felt by the Government for the present, at all events, wise to accept your resignations. Faithfully yours, (Sgd.) Edgar N. Rhodes.

Mr. McCurdy had previously taken the position in public addresses that logically the onus rested on the Province of Nova Scotia to ascertain and authenticate the facts and the effect of Canadian policies on the industries and business of Nova Scotians. A great many citizens believed similarly, but the newly elected Provincial Government declined to proceed with such an economic inquiry. The need of such a public inquiry became generally apparent and agitation for an investigation proceeded. As a conse­ quence the Federal Government appointed the Duncan Commission in 1925 and an inquiry was held. While witnesses were heard on the subject of the economic system of Canada as it affected Nova Scotia, no report or finding was made in that connection, it being asserted by the Commission that it was not within its province to do so owing to the existence of a Federal Tariff Board. The Duncan Commission, however, made important recom­ mendations and as a result public action has been taken in respect to some of these to the advantage of the people, industries and govern­ ments of the Maritime Provinces. This alone has justified the 106 Tb¢ mcCurdys of Do\'a Scotia

agitation for a public inquiry and investigation in order that the facts might be authenticated and the attention of Canadian people drawn to the needs of these Maritime Provinces. Throughout Mr. McCurdy has been a consistent advocate of a careful inquiry and investigation believing that when the facts were disclosed appropriate remedies would become apparent. Mr. McCurdy believes that the economic system and the terms of Confederation have been onerous to the Maritime Provinces, and that if investigation were held, equitable remedies might be forth­ coming. No attempt has been made by him to suggest specific remedies, his idea being that these should be established through a competent public inquiry. For that reason he has consistently refused to prejudge conditions that have never been established. Many Nova Scotians held the view that it would assist the natural producers of Nova Scotia to reduce the Canadian tariff duties on manufactured goods. In that way they argue that the cost of living and producing would be lessened. Other Nova Scotians believed that the lot of our natural producers would be equally improved if the tariff duties on our natural products were raised commensurately with the tariff on manufactured wares. Still others argued that an ample remedy would be had if more favourable financial terms were granted by the Dominion to the various Pro­ vincial Governments in order to enable them more readily to meet the expanding costs of provincial administration. Various have been the suggestions made for a remedy by different publicists, but Mr. McCurdy took the view that if just grievances existed the facts should be ascertained and authenticated by a public inquiry. Meanwhile, it was unnecessary to conjecture inasmuch as a public inquiry with its incident publicity would be effective in acquainting the whole of Canada as to the true position in the Maritime Provinces and the possible existence of just grievances. In reviewing public documents and in urging investigation, the view of Mr. McCurdy has been that the economic policies of the Dominion should as promised be so relaxed or modified, that the peculiar interests of this Maritime Province should not be prejudiced, and that thereby the implied right of our people so to live and do business in this Province along natural lines may be restored. Control over trade, taxation and the fisheries had been taken from the Province against the will and expressed wishes of the people of the Province. He does not believe that that control should be exercised by Canada to our prejudice. His personal belief and ambition is that by modifying in some way the economic system of the Dominion, business, industry, and prosperity can be restored in Nova Scotia, FLORENCE B. (PEARSON) MCCl:RDY, WIFE OF 2838-HON. F. B. MCCURDY

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and a community of interest established throughout Canada that will render any discussion of Repeal or Secession unnecessary. The Hon. F. B: McCurdy was married on April 22nd, 1902, at Halifax to Florence Bridgeman Pearson. Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy reside at" Emscote," North West Arm, Halifax, and also spend a part of each summer in residence at " Queen's Pinehurst," South Brookfield, Queen's County. Mrs. McCurdy, who was born on August 27th, 1880, is the daughter of the late Hon. Benjamin Franklin Pearson and Julia Reading Pearson. Her paternal ancestor, Colonel Thomas Pearson was among the early settlers in Truro (M. 231). He was an English Officer, and came out to Florida, U.S.A., where he was married, and from Florida came to Truro about the year 1784. He resided in the house lately owned by Mr. Hiram Hyde from the time he came to Truro until he moved into his own house in the year 1809, being the same house in which Mr. Mackenzie kept an inn. S. B. Robie represented Truro Township in the House of Assembly from the year 1799 until the year 1806. This year Mr. Robie obtained a seat for the county of Halifax, and Mr. Pearson represented Truro until the year 18u. This year James Kent, Esq., of the Lower Village, offered as a candidate for Truro. There was a pretty warm contest, and Kent was returned with a majority of two or three votes. A scrutiny was demanded by Pearson, and when the Assembly met on February 6th, 1812, a Committee was drawn to try the matter, when it was proved that one or two of the votes for Kent were so bad that they were struck off. A very strong attempt was made to destroy the vote of Dumb John Johnson, but the Committee decided in favour of his vote being good, and Kent retained his seat with a majority of one vote. Colonel Pearson died on July 24th, 1818, and his wife, whom he had married before he came to Truro, died in February 1826. John Pearson, the second son of Colonel Thomas and Martha Pearson, was born in the year 1792. He was married to Esther, the youngest daughter of Robert McElhenny of Londonderry, in the year 1813. He died at Truro in July 1844. His widow died at her son's home at Masstown, July 13th, 1871, aged seventy-six years. Frederick M., the fourth and youngest son of John and Esther Pearson was born in Pictou, February 13th, 1827. He was married to Eliza Crowe, the daughter of James Crowe and Jane Fletcher, on April 4th, 1850. For a number of years he carried on a large ship­ building business at Masstown, importing and selling goods. He later moved to Truro, where he carried on a general merchandizing business. He held for some time a Commission as a Justice of the Peace. 108 Tb¢ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia

In the year 1869, Adams G. Archibald (M. 392) was elected to represent Colchester in the House of Commons of Canada, in the place of Hon. A. W. Maclelan who "accepted office." In 1870, Frederick M. Pearson was returned to represent Colchester in the House of Commons, in place of Sir Adams G. Archibald, who had accepted office as Governor of Manitoba. At the next General Election, Mr. Pearson was again returned to the House of Commons, on August 15th, 1872. . Frederick M. and Eliza Pearson had four sons and three daugh­ ters. Hon. Benjamin Franklin Pearson was one of these sons. 2838-Hon. F. B. and Mrs. McCurdy have two sons: 28381-Blanchard Pearson McCurdy, born September 22nd, 1903. He was winner of the Nelson Shield at Ashbury College, Ottawa, in 1921. After spending some time in Mexico, Blanchard Pearson McCurdy returned to Halifax, where on September I 1th, 1928, he married Julia Wier Douglas, daughter of John B. Douglas, Ex-M.L.A. and Mrs. Douglas. They have two daughters (twins), 2838u-Ann Pearson and 283812-Joan Douglas, born September 5th, 1929. 28382-Donald Reading McCurdy, born May 26th, 1908. At the moment ( 1929) Donald Reading is a third year Arts student of McGill University, Montreal. 2839-CHRISTINA McCuRDY, the ninth child of 283-James and Amelia Mc Curdy, was born on March 4th, I 887, and died on December 30th, 1929. She, like the others of the family, had a good education which she capitalized by school teaching. When teaching at Musquo­ doboit Harbour she met James C. Row lings of that place, and they were married at her home in Clifton on April 22nd, 1902. Her husband was born on October 24th, 1875, and is the son of George Rowlings and Emily Anderson. He is at present a mail contractor for the route from Halifax to Sheet Harbour. Their children are : 28391-James Blanchard, born August 18th, 1903; 28392-Emily Amelia, born August 16th, 1905; 28393-Margaret Anderson, born April 22nd, 1909; 28394-Helen Elizabeth, born August 3rd, 1914; 28395-Harry Winfred, born April 17th, 1918. The oldest son, James Blanchard Rowlings, was accidentally shot while in the woods on Thanksgiving Day, October 13th, 1919. 2830-DAVID ARCHIBALD McCuRDY, the tenth child of 283-James and Amelia McCurdy, was born on May 1st, 1879. He is at present engaged in business in Moose Jaw, Sask. He married, in: June 1907, Mary E. Gass, the daughter of George H. Gass and Hannah C. Swan. George H. Gass was the son of Henderson Gass, who, in Tbc mcCurdys of nova Scotia

turn, was the son of John Gass and Elizabeth Goggin Blanchard, the latter being an elder sister of Hon. Hiram Blanchard, a daughter of Jonathan Blanchard and granddaughter of Colonel J otham Blanchard. They have no family. 283A-HARRIET DICKIE McCuRDY, the eleventh child, was born on March 16th, 1881. She also took up the profession of teaching, and in 1900 obtained the school at Orangedale, in Cape Breton. Her cousin, Gertrude McCurdy, was at the same time teaching at Bad­ deck, and on a certain occasion, a dance was to be held at Masonic Hall in Baddeck, and Hattie was one of the guests. Here she met a Baddeck boy, Angus J. McDonald, who promptly fell in love with her. Angus was born at Little Narrows, Victoria County, N.S., on November 27th, 1876. His father was Murdoch McDonald, and his mother Isabella McPherson. At the momentous period referred to he was the head clerk in the dry goods department of McKay, Macaskill and Co.'s store at Baddeck. Eventually, on April 6th, 1901, they were married and continued in Baddeck for a time, but later, with their young daughter, moved West, and are now residing in Vancouver, B.C. They have one child, 283A1-Ruth, born in Baddeck. A friend who met her lately writes : " A fine looking girl, taking her third year at the University of British Columbia." 283B-ANNIE KAULBECK McCURDY, the twelfth child, was born on February 22nd, 1883. She was married on February 22nd, 1907 (her birthday) to Walter A. Henley. Miss Annie was teaching school at or near Spry Bay, Halifax County, N.S., and there met her present husband. He is in the insurance business, and they now reside at Newport, Vermont. They have four children: 283B1-Amelia Jean McCurdy, born March 2nd, 1908; 283B2-Margaret Claire, born December 19th, 1909; 283B3-Walter Graham, born January 18th, 1917; and 283B4-Betty Ann, born March 9th, 1927. 283C-L1LLIE ARCHIBALD McCuRDY, the thirteenth child, is a registered nurse, and makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Walter A. Henley. She was born on December 20th, 1885. Like so many others of the Clan, she was on Overseas Military Service during the Great War. 283D-NELLIE CLAIRE McCURDY, the youngest child, was born on December 10th, 1887. She also was a registered nurse, and in the War went across to France. Here she met her future husband, a surgeon in one of the hospitals. On their return they were married at the bride's home in Clifton on November 20th, 1916. Her husband Stuart MacVicar Fisher, M.D., L.R.C.P. & S. Edinburgh IIO The mccurdys of Dova Scotia

L.R.F.P. & S. Glasgow, F.A.C.P. Graduate 1909 Medical School, University, is the son of Colonel C. E. H. and Mrs. Fisher of Western Ontario. Dr. Fisher is practising very successfully in London, Ontario. Their children are: 283D1-Charles Frederick Stuart Fisher, born in 1919, and 283D2-Margaret 'Claire Fisher, born in 1922. 284-NANCY McCURDY, a twin sister of 283-James, was born on December 15th, 1833. She, on March 23rd, 1837, was carried away by the scourge of scarlet fever then raging through Musquodoboit in 1837. 285-A MEL I A Mc Cu RD Y, the fifth child of 28-Matthew _A. and Eliza McCurdy, was born on May 31st, 1836. When the terrible epidemic of scarlet fever which swept central Nova Scotia passed through Musquodoboit, she was the baby of the family, and was the first of Mr. McCurdy's family who succumbed to the disease. She died on March 20th, 1837, the first of three out of five of Mr. McCurdy's children then living who were taken. 286-E D w ARD Ao AM s Mc Cu RD Y, the sixth child of 28- Matthew Archibald McCurdy and Eliza McCurdy, was born at Bible Hill, Truro, on March 14th, 1838, and died at Clifton on August 28th, 1920. He married at Sheet Harbour, Halifax County, on November 6th, 1866, Jane Walker Waddell, who was the eldest daughter of Rev. James Waddell and Elizabeth (Blanchard) Waddell. She, Jane Walker Waddell, was born at Charlottetown, P.E.I., on December 19th, 1840. Her father, Rev. James Waddell, the son of Rev. John Waddell and Nancy Blanchard ( daughter of Colonel Jotham Blanchard), was born at Truro on May 24th, 1805 (M. 160), and died on March 21st, 1870. Her mother, Elizabeth Blanchard, the third daughter of Edward Sherburne Blanchard and Jean (Archibald) Blanchard and granddaughter of Colonel Jotham and Elizabeth (Treadwell) Blanchard, was born at Truro on October 3rd, 1819, and died on March 14th, 1897. Mrs. E. A. McCurdy's brothers and sisters are : William Henry; Eliza (Mrs.John Tupper); Edward Sherburne; Mary; Sarah; and John. Mrs. E. A. McCurdy passed away at her home in Clifton on August 2nd, 1926, and was reverently laid to rest beside her husband in Riverside Cemetery, New Glasgow. While, after the death of their three little children from scarlet fever, his parents were spending the winter at Mrs. McCurdy's father's home on Bible Hill, Edward Adams McCurdy was born. Within a few hours after his birth, he was dedicated by his father to a Life Work in the Ministry, should the way so open up to him. 286-REV. EDWARD ADAMS MCCURDY D.D.

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Shortly following his birth, his parents with their family returned to their Musquodoboit home. Years after his school days, Edward writes of his last teacher at Old Barns (or Clifton), Mr. Alex. Russell, whom many in Nova Scotia will remember as the agent of the Bible Society :

" He was a born teacher and carried on his work with signal success in other places and was several years in Old Barns. To me his instructions and the tastes and desires awakened by them opened up a new vista in life. I came to see the significance of things in various branches of study, and he led me on step by step in such a way that the pursuit of knowledge became a pleasure, and study which had formerly been such a drudgery became a real delight. " About the same time, too, so far as I can judge, my heart was opened to receive the Gospel, and to accept the Saviour. Soon afterward I began to desire to serve God in the Ministry if the way should open up to do so."

His father encouraged him to consider the matter carefully, and assured him of all assistance in his power. From his Pastor, the late Dr. McCulloch, he received not only encouragement, but valuable assistance in the study of Latin. While he continued his school work with Mr. Russell, he went up to Truro on Saturdays, often on foot, to Dr. McCulloch's study for these lessons. In the autumn of 1857, his nineteenth year, Edward attended Normal School at Truro for a year. In 1858 the Seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia was transferred from West River to Truro ; and, on its opening in Truro, Edward was one of the thirty-six students who formed the classes for that first Session. The next two winters he continued his studies at the Seminary in Truro; and in 1861-62 and 1862-63 was in Halifax for Theology, under the tuition of Drs. King, Smith and McKnight. He then, 1863, went to Scotland in company with his class and room mate for six years, Edward Annand. They left home in July, and in Edinburgh in the U .P. Hall took the classes (for three months) of Principal Harper and Dr. McMichael. Rev. John Paton was at that time home on furlough in Scotland, and the Nova Scotian students went to hear him. His address was mainly a glowing account of the work of Dr. Geddie in the New Hebrides. Our young Nova Scotians introduced themselves at the close of the meeting, telling Dr. Paton how they enjoyed his II2 Th¢ mccurdys of Oo\'a Scotia

address, and in turn were asked by him to join the New Hebrides Mission. But our Truro boy had set his heart, ere this, upon a Mission to the Jews; and toward the close of that year wrote to the Foreign Mission Board of his own Church, offering to go as a Missionary to the Jews, if the way should open up for such a Mission. After his return from Scotland he received from Rev. Dr. Sprott ( doubtless in reply to his own letter full of enthusiasm for this Jewish Mission) the following : To MR. EDWARD McCuRDY: I Received your kind letter with an apology as long as a Tartar lance. In writing letters to friends, I neither give nor accept of apologies, but go head foremost into the pith of the matter and stop when I have done. You have seen something of the world since you left home, and by this time you could not throw your purse far against the wind. You would soon tire of your visit to London; and, like Paddy, you would not be able to see the town for the houses. You would see the extreme of wealth and poverty on a great scale. I think that the beautiful vale of Colchester will be dearer to you than ever. You must be con­ vinced that a poor man may be as happy in Nova Scotia as in any country, eating his own lambs, clothed in the wool of his own sheep, and looking at his cows sleeping under the long shadows of his own trees. We have not the corn of Egypt nor the gold of Ophir ; but we have all the materials of a tranquil felicity ; and if a man steadily abides by his calling for seven years, and does not better his lot in that time, let him come to me and I will assist him. You talk of Missions in Foreign fields, and of bringing Jews and Gentiles under the attractions of the Cross ; but the souls of men are as precious at home as in distant lands ; and one pound will go further in Nova Scotia than ten pounds in India or Africa. The young soldier goes gaily into the field of battle at the sound of the martial music, and thinks of victories apd triumphs ; but before the night cloud has lowered, he has found a gory bed and a soldier's sepulchre. There is a romance in Missions as well as in the Army. The soil at the door of the Synagogue is very hard, and the ground is rough in Heathen lands ; but under the fostering care of Heaven, the trees of immortality will grow in any soil. Rev. Mr. McCurdy was licensed on June 13th, 1864, by the Presbytery of Truro in the church of Folly Village (now Glenholm), Tb¢ mcCurdys of nova Stotia u3

and preached the following Sabbath for Mr. Byers to his home con­ gregation. On board the steamer from Britain, he met a Mr. Warren, who for years had held a large interest in the Labrador Coast fishing. This man wanted to know why our Churches " busied themselves to send Missionaries to the ends of the earth rather than to these needy people within easy reach." He responded, " Give me the facts regarding your conditions, and I will call the attention of our Home Board to the situation." He did so, with the result that Mr. McCurdy himself was invited by the Board to take the post, and report fully the extent of destitution that prevailed. He writes : " During that Mission I spent the greater part of my time on the water, visiting 24 harbors, 120 families and 26 vessels. Most of my experiences were pleasant enough ; but on my way home we had very rough weather (in a fishing schooner) and one night were in great peril." He supplied in succession Glenelg and its neighbourhood in Guysborough County, then Carlton and Chebogue and occasionally Tusket and Argyle. In the year 1865 he was also supplying in Truro and Wallace River, and after Synod, in Poplar Grove, Halifax, and then again in Truro in the Autumn. After a short term in Musquodoboit Harbour and vicinity, he went to Liverpool for a few weeks. He still entertained his desire to take up a Mission to the Jews ; and when the Synod of 186 5 declined its sanction, he applied first to the Free Church of Scotland and then to the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland ; but received no support or encouragement from any of these Churches. These refusals he evidently accepted as the final closing of the door to him in respect of the Jews. He placed the whole matter before his own Foreign Mission Board, offering his services in any place they should decide, accepting their decision as the Master's Call. But they declined to take this responsibility. At this juncture, an unanimous " Call" came, and accordingly, he was ordained on June 20th, 1865, as Pastor of the new Congregation of Meaghers Grant, Musquodoboit Harbour and Clam Harbour. It was for him real pioneer work, an extensive field, the hardest, he said, he ever occupied as an Ordained Minister. The Free School law had recently been passed, and it was among his first, and pleasant­ est, duties to secure teachers and open up schools among Catholics and Protestants in six or seven places. It was during these early years, around 1868, that much sorrow came to his home in the death of their infant children. Mr. McCurdy's letters show a very high appreciation of the K II4 Tb~ mccurdys of Do\fa Scotia

kindness and sympathy shown his family by his neighbours. He mentions the family of William Anderson, and also Mr. and Mrs. Gardner. Speaking of the latter in connection with the death of his own little ones, he writes : " Curiously enough, these friends had buried their firstborn (a few months older) the week before, so that I had been studying and actually preached on the text ' of such is the Kingdom of Heaven' on the Sabbath immediately preceding our own bereavements. The truths prepared for others came home with peculiar preciousness and power to our own hearts at that time." In 1869 he was appointed by Synod a Member of the Foreign Mission Board, and continued in that office twenty-two years, till 1891. The spring after his appointment he accompanied Rev. R. J. Grant, a Missionary designate to Trinidad, on a tour through Prince Edward Island so strenuous as to tax to the uttermost Mr. Grant's strength, and to weary even Mr. McCurdy's rugged frame. Early in 1871, Mr. Mc Curdy received and accepted a " Call " from St. James's Church, New Glasgow. Following the Week of Prayer in 1875, New Glasgow and else­ where in Eastern Nova Scotia were deeply stirred by a gracious out­ pouring of the Holy Spirit, resulting in a genuine revival of lasting benefit. Prominent manifestations appeared first in Antigonish. Week after week the interest in the Prayer Meetings deepened. Rev. Mr. Goodfellow applied for assistance, and Mr. McCurdy gladly responded, and spent the last week of January in daily Meetings for Prayer. On his return to his own Church in New Glasgow, he found that the Spirit had preceded him. In St. James's Church the week meetings increased in attendance, 130 and then 250 of the people gathering of a night in Prayer. On the following Sabbath evening, and without pre-arrangement, the entire congregation of United Church came down and joined in the after meeting at St. James's. Two weeks later, the Kirk Congregation joined, and all three Congre­ gations continued meeting together until the first week of March, when, upon the recommendation of the joint Sessions, a United Com­ munion Service was held at which over five hundred Members sat down at the Lord's Table, of whom thirty-five were there for the first time. That evening the impressive services reached a climax when the Pastor of the Kirk Congregation rose and invited the meet­ ings to assemble the following week in his own Church. In response the assemblage rose to their feet and sang : " Behold how good a thing it is And how becoming well, Together such as brethren are In unity to dwell." Tb~ mccurdys of Do\1a Scotia

Of this occasion, Rev. Mr. McCurdy, at a later date writes: " The lapse of time which tests all things, only deepens my impres­ sion of the genuineness, power and value of that remarkable Revival." After the strain of those remarkable days, Mr. McCurdy felt the need of a short holiday and rest. This furlough he spent in the United States, and his memoirs describe in much detail his delight­ ful visit, and the many interesting persons and places met and seen on his journey. Returning by way of Toronto, he ran up to Bond Head to visit his relatives, Rev. and Mrs. William Fraser. At Montreal he was in time, on June 15th, 1875, to share in the celebration of the Union of the four negotiating Churches forming the Presbyterian Church in Canada. He returned from his holiday with renewed vigour. He says : " The next two years was a season during which my aim was to build up those who had recently been brought into the Church in such large numbers, as well as to continue direct personal effort to bring in those who still stood aloof." In 1886 came the " Centennial" of his Church. While this gave him much extra work, it also afforded much of rejoicing. The text of that Great Day of the Feast is yet preserved : " The Lord hath been mindful of us ; He will bless us." Having been appointed Convenor of the Synod's Committee on Systematic Beneficence in 1869, Mr. McCurdy wrote a series of articles upon the subject, much appreciated, and later published in full in the Record. In 1878 the General Assembly made him a Member of the Committee on Supplements. In 1889, after five years' service as Convenor of that Committee, Mr. Mc Curdy retired from the position. The General Assembly, in a resolution of thanks, say in conclusion: "And especially tenders to Mr. E. A. McCurdy, the Convenor of the Committee who is now retiring from that position, its grateful acknowledgments of the value of his wise and energetic services on behalf of the scheme, to which in large measure is to be attributed its signal success." In the summer of 1890, Dr. R. J. Grant came home from Trinidad on furlough. He and Dr. Alexander Falconer who had served Grey Friars Congregation eight years, were appointed to send them a man to fill that charge then vacant. Their choice was the Pastor of St. James's Church. But the neighbouring Minister of Pictou was not so sure but that he was needed at New Glasgow, and Mr. McCurdy himself was somewhat of the same opinion. But next spring he began to study the situation, and laid his views before his Session, and after a frank discussion, he placed his resignation in the hands of Presbytery. Dr. Falconer, hearing of his decision, said to n6 Th~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia

him: "And now, what about Trinidad?" Mr. McCurdy replied that he would at least like to see the state of the Mission, and, if the Church would pay his expenses, he would go for at least three months. He sailed from Halifax, and arrived at Port of Spain on August 2nd, 189 I. On the 9th of that month he conducted his first Service, a Communion, in Grey Friars Church. After four months, the congregation gave him a Call, which he accepted. Here, in addition to his work as pastor of this congregation, he found opportunity through the Press. He wrote some thirty tracts, which (10,000 copies of each) were printed and distributed over the Colony. In addition, he wrote about three hundred articles for the Press. At the end of June 1897, Mr. McCurdy gave up his Charge in Trinidad, and two years later was nominated by Synod as Agent for the Presbyterian Church, in succession to Rev. Dr. P. M. Morrison. This office he continued to hold until June 1914, when he in tum was succeeded by Rev. Thomas Stewart, then a Professor at Pine Hill, Halifax. He moved to his home in Clifton, " Retreat Farm," enjoying pleasant occupation in his garden and fields for nearly five years, until called to his permanent Rest on August 28th, 1920. He was survived by his widow and one son, Raymond. The children of 286-Rev. Dr. E. A. McCurdy and Jane Walker (Waddell) McCurdy were: 2861-LEANDER, born February 25th, 1868; died May 2nd, 1868. 2862-WrLLIAM, born May 24th, 1870; died May 24th, 1870. 2863-RoY McGREGOR, born August 9th, 1871; died March 8th, 1878. 2864-ELIZABETH WADDELL, born May 24th, 1873 ; died October 31st, 1874. 2865-MARY, born February 20th, 1874; died January 27th, 1876. 2866-ELIZA, born June 13th, 1877; died March 20th, 1878. 2867-RAYMOND, born February 17th, 1879. 2868-JAMES WADDELL, born September 17th, 1880 ; died August 8th, 1881. 2867-RAYMOND McCURDY, the only one of these children surviving infancy, married, on May 3rd, 1916, Margaret A. Crowe, a daughter of John Alfred Crowe and Edith (Loughead) Crowe. They now reside on " Retreat Farm," at Old Barns, formerly the property of his father, and previously a part of the homestead of Matthew A. McCurdy, his grandfather. Raymond McCurdy is engaged in agriculture. Their children are : 28671-Florence May, born March 24th, 1917. 28672-Alfred Earle, born May 4th, 1918. 28673-Roy, born June 28th, 1919, and died the same day. Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia II7

28674-Alice Amelia Jane, born October 22nd, 1920. 28675-Edward Waddell, born October 6th, 1922; died January 10th, 1923. 28676-Sherburne Graham, born March 30th, 1924.

287-A LB ER T M c Cu RD Y , the seventh child of 28-Matthew A. and Eliza McCurdy, and the twin brother of 288-Victoria McCurdy, was born at Musquodoboit on May 23rd, 1840. He came when very young with the others of the family to Clifton, where later he inherited a part of his father's farm. His life was that of an industrious farmer, with few incidents such as tend to make history. He had hardly completed his forty-fourth year, a comparatively young man, when, after a short illness, he died from pneumonia on February 29th, 1884, respected as a man of high Christian character and a worthy citizen. He was buried in the Clifton cemetery. Mr. McCurdy was twice married, first in the winter of 1869 to Sarah Augusta Donkin, fourth daughter of Thomas and Margaret (McQueen) Donkin of , Cumberland County, afterwards of Pugwash, where Mr. Donkin died. Thomas Donkin was a grandson of William Donkin who was one of the earliest pioneers of Cumberland County, and an intimate friend of Bishop Black. The Blacks, Oxleys, and Donkins were among the first Methodist families in that county, all coming from Yorkshire, England, to this new land together in 1772, or shortly thereafter. Thomas Donkin's wife, Margaret McQueen, was the daughter of James McQueen of Glasgow, Scotland, and Elizabeth Paton of Paisley, Scotland, who came to Amherst in the year 1819. Mr. McQueen was educated for the Presbyterian Ministry, but spent most of his life in teaching. He taught the first grammar school to be conducted in the town of Amherst, and many men prominent in a later day received their early education from him. Mr. Thomas Donkin died in Pugwash in the sixties, and his widow resided with her daughter, Mrs. McCurdy in Clifton and Truro until her death at the age of eighty-eight on April 20th, 1897. She is buried in the cemetery at Clifton. Sarah Augusta (Donkin) McCurdy, the first wife of Albert McCurdy, died in the spring of 1870, and was buried beside her father and sister in Pugwash Cemetery. By this marriage there were no children. Albert McCurdy married again on February 5th, 1873, Margaret Huldah Donkin, sister of his former wife. Their four children were born in Clifton. u8 The mcCurdys of nova Scotia

2871-Sarah Augusta, the eldest, was born on August 15th, 1874, and died on March 29th, 1875 ; 2872-Helen Mary, the second child, was born on May 2nd, 1876; 2873-Charles Edward was born on March 14th, 1878; 2874-Margaret Alberta, the fourth and youngest, was born on June 15th, 1883. When Margaret was less than a year old, her father died. His widow remained on the farm until the eldest daughter was fourteen, removing then to Truro that the children might have the advantage of better schools. 2872-HELEN MARY, on completing the course at the Truro Academy and Normal College, in 1897 went to Windsor to engage in teaching. Her brother, Charles, had also a good mercantile posi­ tion there, and so the widowed mother and other sister came too, and there they have since made their home, Helen continuously remaining as a teacher in the school from 1899 until 1921, when she resigned on account of ill health. 2873-CHARLES EDWARD removed to Brockton, Mass., where he now resides. He married Lottie Nilsson of Brockton, formerly of Charlottetown, P.E.I. They have two children: 28731-Helen Margaret, born May 6th, 1908, and 28732-Edward Nilsson, born June 17th, 1913, and both are attending High School at Brockton. 2874-MARGARET ALBERTA, the youngest daughter of Albert and Margaret McCurdy, married Albert Edward McMahon of Berwick, son of Francis McMahon of Aylesford, King's County. Mr. and Mrs. McMahon now reside at Kentville, where he holds the position of general manager of the United Fruit Companies of N.S. He has received many appointments to offices in the different organizations of the Town and Province, and is a prominent and public-spirited citizen.

288-V I c T o R I A M c C u R D Y , a daughter of Matthew A. and Eliza McCurdy, and a twin of Albert McCurdy, was born on May 23rd, 1840, at Musquodoboit. She was married at Clifton to Robert Allen Loughead, on December 25th, 1872. Mr. Loughead was a merchant at Truro. As one might assume, Victoria and Albert McCurdy were named after Her Majesty Queen Victoria and her Consort Prince Albert. The clergyman who baptized them wrote to the Queen of the event, and in due time a reply was received, a letter which is still retained by the family. The children of Robert Allen and Victoria (McCurdy) Loughead were: 2881-Annie Elizabeth, born December 25th, 1873 ; Tb~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia Il9

2882-Frederick Allen, born January 10th, 1877; died (drowned in Salmon River, near Truro, while bathing) June 27th, 1894. About the year 1904, Mr. and Mrs. Laughead moved to Baddeck, and there resided with their daughter, Elizabeth, until their death. Mr. Laughead died on September 6th, 1908, and his widow, Victoria (McCurdy) Laughead, on November 25th, 1914. 2881-Annie Elizabeth Laughead was married on July 10th, 1901, to 2A5-Hon. William Fraser McCurdy of Baddeck. They have one child, 2A5r-Allene Victoria McCurdy, born on October 4th, 1908. 289-E Mr LY Mc Cu RD Y , a daughter of Matthew A. and Eliza McCurdy, was born on August 5th, 1843, at Musquodoboit. She was married at Clifton on February 9th, 1871, to John Laughead (brother of her sister's (Victoria) husband), and lived at Clifton until her death on December 4th, r88r.

280-L E AN D E R F R E D E R r c K , a son of Matthew A. and Eliza McCurdy, was born on May 2nd, 1845, at Musquodoboit, and died at Clifton in early manhood on February 23rd, 1868.

SUBSECTION NINE

29-REV. DANIEL MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND FAMILY

29-DANIEL McCURDY, the ninth child of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy, was born on January 18th, 1806, at Onslow. Mr. McCurdy was ordained a Presbyterian Minister. For some years he had a congregation in Prince Edward Island, after which he removed to Ontario. His preaching it is said, while it lacked the graces of high oratory, was of a strong evangelical order, and received with much acceptance and edification by the hearers. In body he was not so rugged as some of his brothers, and his manner was mild and agreeable. In those troublesome days before the Union of 1867, he would not be drawn into controversy or quarrel, preferring to go his own way preaching the Message, and when Union came, accept­ ing it as a concrete manifestation of brotherly love and co-ordination for the Master. Mr. McCurdy was happily married on June 3rd, 1832, to (I75)­ Sarah, the eldest daughter of David Archibald, 3rd, and Hannah Blanchard. His wife was born in August 1800, and died on March 19th, 1870. They had two sons and two daughters. Their two sons and one daughter died young. Mr. McCurdy died at Halifax on 120 Tb~ mccurdys of no"a Scotia

January 8th, 1873. He with his children were all buried at Wallace, Cumberland Co. (M. 52). 291-J AN E Mc Cu RD Y, the only surviving daughter, lived for a number of years at 90 Pleasant Street, Halifax, where she kept a boarding-house. Among her guests were William Kandick and his three daughters. It was while stopping here during his Legislative attendance at Halifax that the Hon. William F. McCurdy met his first wife, Bessie Kandick, the oldest daughter of Mr. Kandick. Miss Jane McCurdy, a few years ago, moved to Truro, where she died.

SUBSECTION TEN

2O-REV. JOHN MCCURDY, D.D., OF 2-JAMES, AND HIS DESCENDANTS

20-JOHN McCURDY, the tenth child and sixth son of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy, was born on March 17th, 1808, at Onslow. He grew up to the standard height of the family till he reached his sixteenth year and then stopped growing ; the average stature of the seven sons being six feet, a fact which would seem to have been widely known. Mr. McCurdy, on one of his visits to New York, called at the famous publishing house of Robert Carter, and as the two were conversing, Mr. Carter, observing his height, remarked that he had heard of a man in Nova Scotia who had forty-two feet of sons, whereupon Mr. McCurdy remarked: "And I am one of them." He, with his brother, 29-Daniel, two years his senior, obtained the best schooling possible in the neighbourhood, and at sixteen he went with Daniel to take the seven years' course of neces­ sary study in preparation for the Ministry at the old Pictou Academy. There they completed their course together. Another Nova Scotian, later known as Rev. Dr. William Fraser, Minister of Bond Head, Ont., and long the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, was a fellow student, and in after years their brother-in-law, having married their sister, 2B-Nancy. In the spring of 1831, Rev. Mr. McCurdy came to Chatham as Minister of St. Andrew's Church, which had been founded in 1816 by Rev. James Thomson, who had been sent over by the Secession Church of Scotland in consequence of an appeal of residents of Chatham to the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia for the settle­ ment there of a regular Minister. Mr. Thomson died a few months previous to the arrival of Mr. McCurdy, having accomplished in fourteen years an almost incredible work for his parish and the whole community in various spheres of citizenship as well as religious Tb¢ m,curdys of nova Scotia 121

service. Rev. Mr. McCurdy was confronted on his arrival in Chat­ ham with an unexpected opposition to his settlement. During Mr. Thomson's ministry, the rapidly growing population of the town had included a large majority of adherents of the Established Church of Scotland, and the partizans of that persuasion now claimed possession of the Church property, so that Mr. McCurdy found the Church doors closed against him at his first official appearance. On the next Sabbath, he preached in a large house in the town, taking as his text the words : " Fear not, little flock, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom." Such was the beginning of a successful pastorate over the new congregation of St. John's Church, Chatham, which continued its connection with the Presbytery of Pictou till the first Presbyterian Union. This imbroglio, however, of ninety-five years ago, was serious enough to become a matter for government interference. The resort to force on the part of the claimants was returned in kind by the dispossessed minority till at length peace was only achieved after the arrival of troops from Fredericton, when a compromise was effected on the payment by the majority of an indemnity for their permanent occupation of the contested property. A suitable Church edifice waSa very soon erected in the centre of the town, and was attended by a goodly number of the Chatham people as well as by many Scots folk from the neighbouring farming district of Nappan. Here Mr. McCurdy preached twice a Sunday till his last illness, a period of over thirty-six years, his vacations consisting as a rule of his annual trips to Nova Scotia to attend meetings of Synod, at one of whose sessions he was elected Moderator. He used to drive his own horse, having with him at times a member of his own family. In this way the folks in " Acadia Cottage " in Chatham were kept in touch with relatives old and young in the home Province of their fathers, an occasional visit from any one of them being highly appreciated. As a preacher, apart from the solid and well-reasoned character of his discourses, he had that stately and commanding aspect, and that " great and solemn voice" (to borrow the words of a charac­ terization by his immediate successor), which contributed their share to his edifying public presentation of the Word of Life. As a pastor, besides faithfulness and vigilance in visiting his flock, he had certain qualities which specially fitted him for his office. One may mention in particular his remarkable memory for human faces, including those of little children, so that he knew and could call by name every child of his widespread flock. His sensibility in this direction was once exhibited when, in one of the New England States, he rightly conjectured that a certain man whose acquaintance he was then 122 Tb~ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia

making, having never seen him before, had come from Miramichi. He was also. infallible in his memory for individual horses. For instance, he recognized in N appan a horse he had once met while a student riding between Onslow and Pictou several years previously. His fondness for horses, as frequently happens, enabled him to con­ trol even the most vicious. An acquaintance of his had one such animal whose owner at times dared not enter into his stall. Casually informing Mr. Mc Curdy on one occasion of the horse then being in a dangerous temper, Mr. McCurdy asked to be allowed to see the animal at close quarters. The owner took him to the stable, where the presence of the two men excited the animal into a furious mood. Mr. McCurdy asked permission to make a closer acquaintance with the dreaded beast, and in spite of all warnings of the peril, approached the horse with soothing words, which by their very novelty, arrested the animal's attention. Their repetition with variations had a :softening and pacifying effect, which progressed so far that the owner was called to look into the stall, and to his amazement found the horse rubbing his head on Mr. McCurdy's shoulder. His interest in horses seems to have drawn out his latent sporting instinct, for one summer, happening to have two horses, he rigged up a tandem outfit, and in this fashion, with his two boys, drove through the town and out into the country, to the wonder and admiration, if not the .edification of all beholders. An internal disturbance marred the harmony between him and his co-presbyters toward the close of his ministry and life. He and his Session judged it well in 1864, to introduce into his church a cabinet organ, so as to maintain a suitable service of praise. An alarm was duly sounded through the Synod, and for four years he was practi­ cally under trial for maintaining the principle of liberty to employ the time-honoured Biblical accompaniment of instrumental music to the human voice in public worship. He defended this position before the Courts of the Church without active molestation or condemna­ tion on their part till June 1868, when, at the meeting of the Synod at St. John, after an ample justification of his sentiments and conduct, (reported in the Press as being" remarkable for its logic, force and dearness "), a Resolution was passed " that the use of instrumental music in the public worship of God is anti-scriptural." The vote was '67 to 1, but as a certain philosopher has remarked : " dies diem docuit." Yet the Presbytery did not interfere to remove the" accursed thing," as one of the old Church leaders called it, till after Mr. McCurdy's death, a year and a half later. His liberal and forward-looking disposition indicated by this episode was manifested also in his general attitude on other ques- Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia 123

tions. A listener recalls a remark made by Mr. McCurdy to the much younger Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Chatham, upon that portentous topic, the infallibility of the Westminster Confession. " It is absurd," Mr. McCurdy remarked to the evident scandal of the other Minister, " to maintain that we should be bound to hold precisely the same opinions as those propounded by men who lived more than two hundred years ago." In public questions of national or international moment, he was similarly broadminded and far­ seeing, taking of course no part in domestic politics. He made no secret, however, of his sentiments during the momentous discussions which preceded the entrance of the Maritime Provinces into Con­ federation, holding that, by reason of geographical, governmental and economic obstacles, the Union would turn out to be thoroughly impracticable, a view which, after a half century of experience of Confederation as worked out, results have not absolutely falsified. 20-Mr. McCurdy married on January 29th, 1835, Catherine Thomson (born in Auchterhouse, Perthshire, on March 3rd, 1815) the second daughter of the pioneer Missionary to Chatham. The officiating Minister was the Episcopal clergyman of Chatham, an Anglican being at that time the only Protestant clergyman who could legally perform the ceremony. Mrs. McCurdy was admirably adapted as a helpmate. She was her husband's counsellor and adviser in social and parochial affairs, a leader of the women of his charge in religious and benevolent services and withal watchful and tireless in her home duties and avocations. Her career of beneficent activity was singularly pro­ longed beyond the term of his earthly labours, to the thirty-two years of her wedded life were added thirty-two years more of service to the Church and to the community. Her living children being grown up and no longer a care to her, she now devoted herself more largely to the religious and benevolent vocation which. had to her become a second nature, and she became, by words and deeds, a benefactress to many of the poor, the suffering and the unfortunate. She retained all her vigour and vivacity till very near her eighty­ fourth birthday, on which date she succumbed to a brief and malignant attack of influenza. Mr. McCurdy's last illness was due to a chronic bronchitis, brought on in the autumn of 1866 by exposure to inclement weather while visiting some of his people in the country. After a short time he was confined pretty closely to the house, and depended on the Presbytery and on his brother Ministers for the supply of his pulpit. In the spring of 1867, he improved materially, and in June even conducted a whole Church Service without physical injury. Soon 124 Tbc mcCurdys of nova Scotia

thereafter he and his wife made a trip to Scotland, spending most of the time with his wife's relatives. The looked-for betterment of his health was not realized, for the weather was damp and chilly during most of their visit. On his return home he gradually lost strength, and passed away on New Year's Day of 1868, surrounded by his family. The Church which he founded is now a component of a single large congregation, induced by those spiritual centripetal forces into a three-fold Union. The children of 20-Rev. Dr. John and Catherine McCurdy were: 201-Christina; 202-Agnes; 203-James; 204-Harriet; 205-John; 206-Elizabeth; 207-James Frederick; 208-Henry Herbert and 209-Charles Neff, twins. 201-CHRISTINA McCuRDY, the eldest daughter, was born in 1835 in Chatham, N.B., and resided there until her marriage in 1859 to George Haddow of Dalhousie, N.B. Her home was in Dalhousie from that time until she and her husband removed to Toronto in 1918 to make their home with their eldest daughter, Mrs. George Keith. Dalhousie was a quiet spot, but Mr. and Mrs. Haddow lived a busy and useful life. Their home was famed for hospitality, and was the scene of many delightful re-unions of their children and grandchildren. Mr. Haddow carried on a business of considerable importance as general merchant and exporter of cured fish. One of the gratifying events of his later life was to receive from King Haakon of Norway the decoration of the Order of St. Olaf in recogni­ tion of his long service as Norwegian Vice-Consul. Mr. Haddow was actively interested in politics, and was twice returned as Liberal Member of the Dominion Parliament for Restigouche. In all these activities, Mrs. Haddow was a true helpmate. But it was in the work of the Church that both Mr. and Mrs. Haddow were most deeply interested. Mr. Haddow was an Elder in the Dalhousie Church for more than fifty years, and was Superintendent of the Sunday School for a like period. Mrs. Haddow taught a Young Men's Bible Class for a number of years, and was President of the Women's Missionary Society Auxiliary from its beginning. They were privileged to cele­ brate together both their golden and diamond wedding anniver­ saries, and on each occasion received from their relatives and friends many tokens of affection and esteem. Mr. Haddow died in Toronto in 1919, at the age of eighty-six ; while Mrs. Haddow is still living in good health at the age of ninety. Their family consisted of one son and four daughters. 20II-ROBERT HADDOW, the eldest child, was born in 1860. He was educated at the University of Toronto and Knox College, and Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 125

entered the Presbyterian Ministry and was ordained in 1886. After a term in the Home Mission Field, he was settled at Milton, Ontario, in 1888, where he served for seven years. He was Minister at Watford, Ontario, from 1897 to 1900. In the latter year he was called to Toronto to the work of Church journalism, and served as Editor of The Presbyterian (weekly) and The Westminster (monthly), until 1920, when he became joint Editor with Dr. G. S. Carson of The Presbyterian Witness, an organ of the whole Presbyterian Church in Canada. He is now a member of the Staff of The New Outlook. In recognition of his services to religious journalism, he received the Degree of Doctor of Divinity from Manitoba College in 1913. 2011-Rev. Robert Haddow married, in 1893, Eleanor Caldwell. They have three children: 20111-George Caldwell, born in 1895; 20112-William Robert, born in 1898; and 20113-Marion, born in 1899. The latter married, in 1924, Charles E. Catts, and these have a daughter, 201131-Eleanor Margaret, born in 1926. 2012-CATHERINE ELIZABETH HADDOW, the second child of 201- Christina (McCurdy) and George Haddow, was born in 1862, and died in 1872. 2013-BEssrn HADDOW, the third child, was born in 1864- She was married, in 1898, to George Alexander Keith, of the firm of George Keith and Sons, Seed Merchants, Toronto. Their children are: 20131-Haddow MacDonnell, born in 1899; 20132-William Strathearn, born in 1902; 20133-Margaret Gordon, born in 1905 ; and 20134-Christina Dow, born in 1909. 2014-HARRIET LENA HADDOW, the fourth child, was born in 1869, and is the only one of the family yet unmarried. She resides with her sisters. For some years she was Principal of the Girls' School at Point aux Trembles, Quebec, an important and successful Mission of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. 2015-GEORGINA HADDOW, the fifth and youngest child of Christina and George Haddow, was born in 187 5, and was married to John Mitchell Keith. The latter is a brother of George A. Keith, the sister's husband. Both brothers are Elders in St. George's United Church, Toronto, of which Rev. W. G. Bock, D.D., is Minister. Georgina and John M. Keith have four children: 20151- John Dow, born in 1908 ; 20152-Robert Haddow, born in 1910; 20153-George Gordon, born in 1912; and 20154-Ruth Strathearn, born in 1917.

202-A G NE s Mc Cu RD Y , the second child of 20-Rev. Dr. John and Catherine McCurdy, was born on February 27th, 1837, and died on June 3rd, 1914. She was the one matter of fact person of the 126 Tb~ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia

family. She was noted for common sense, fondness and capacity for hard work, passivity, gentleness, inexhaustible patience, and con­ tentment. She was devoted to the younger children, to St. John's Church and Sunday School, and to the poor and afflicted of her vicinage. In June 1873 she was married to William Anderson, an officer in the Customs Department, and a man of generous and chivalrous nature. He being a widower with four young children, she found in them several additional outlets for her ministry of cheerful helpfulness. To these was added a more intimate object of interest, when her own and only child, 2021-Catherine, familiarly called Katie, was born, who became at length her inseparable companion for the rest of her life. Agnes outlived her husband several years, and died, on the anniversary of her wedding day, in Campbellton, N.B., in the home of her stepdaughter, Mrs. Stafford Benson, a home in which Katie herself still finds a congenial abode.

203-J AME s Mc Cu RD Y, the third child, was born in 1839, and died in 1846.

204-H ARR I ET JANE Mc Cu RD Y, the fourth child, was born on June rnt, 1841, and died on March 22nd, 1884. She was a large-hearted idealist, and though unobtrusive and retiring, human­ istic also and ardent in all her personal attachments, her devotional endowment seeming to make them partake of the religious quality which marked and beautified all her behaviour. She had a cultivated intellect and a gift for music, her singing being singularly sweet and satisfying. In her early womanhood she was stricken with an incur­ able disease, which she accepted with equanimity as a part of her earthly discipline ; and which, during the many years she had to bear it, became an increasing burden, and yet seemed to ennoble her spirit and character up to the limit of mortal saintliness.

205-J o H N Mc Cu RD Y, the fifth child of 20-Rev. John and Catherine McCurdy, was born on April 22nd, 1843, and died on April 3rd, 1885. He was as a boy, and all through life, of a gentle, quiet and friendly disposition of marked aptitude for scientific study, and withal of a strong literary bent as attested by the authorship of several meritorious poems, written in his early twenties. He went from the Chatham Grammar School to study two years in the Presby­ terian College then functioning in Truro, N .S. ; and next entered McGill College Medical School, graduating M.D.C.M. in 1866, after a distinguished course. He practised first in St. John where, ere long, he was appointed resident physician and Superintendent of the General Hospital. After two years, he married Miss Marilla P. Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

Stiles, of Albert Co., N.B., and resigned his position, settling finally in his native town, where he soon established an extensive practice. His sympathy with his patients brought him a large clientage, especially among the poor and obscure. 207-Professor Fred. McCurdy tells how, in their summer vaca­ tions, he and his brother 205-Dr. John made some notable fishing trips together to one or another of the lower tributaries of the Miramichi and beyond. One of these made to the Tracadie river was made memorable by his visit of inspection to the Lazaretto in Traca­ die village, then in charge of a Sister, Miss St. John, of Montreal. After an unforgettable scrutiny of the more or less bodily dehumanized unfortunates, they talked with her of her own participation in their common life. She was a beautiful young woman, but she seemed more beautiful when, in response to an admiring comment of theirs on her heroic self-sacrifice, she spoke of the religious motives which animated her mission. On another occasion, when far from home, the doctor was con­ fronted with the case of a man who had just broken his leg. He found that amputation of the leg above the fracture was imperative. He had no equipment with him; but he sharpened a small hand-saw and as suitable a knife as could be found. The patient, a robust personality, went through the operation without flinching (though having no available anresthetic) and with great good humour. At the end his gratitude was inexpressible, none the less because only a trifling fee was accepted. When Doctor John died of Bright's disease, being not quite forty-two years old, his death was spoken of as" a national loss"­ a warm eulogy which was, perhaps, merely an expression of wide­ spread appreciation and gratitude. Mrs. McCurdy survived her husband, to whom she had been a devoted wife, barely one year, dying on April 8th, 1886, after a short illness. 205-Dr. John and Marilla McCurdy had eleven children: 2051-HERBERT, the oldest, born October 16th, 1868; died on December 5th, 1891, at Fairson, North Carolina. 2052-CLARA, the second child, was born on July 12th, 1870. She had a distinguished career. While earning her living in New York she married, on October 10th, 1901, Francis Andia, a Cuban business man, born in Barcelona, Spain. They lived happily together till her husband died in January 1903, leaving her a childless widow. She then returned to New York, and took a thorough course in nursing. Before many years had passed, she had made a name for herself through her skill, tact and intelligence ; so much so that during the 128 Tb¢ m,Curdys of nova Scotia

Great War she was asked by the King of Italy to go over and give courses of instruction in the treatment of typhoid fever, an invitation she had to decline because of her pressing engagements at home. Through her genius for friendship, helpfulness and practical bene­ ficence, she has become another Florence Nightingale with a modern adaptation. 2053-JoHN, the third child, was born in 1872, and died in 1876. 2054-MARY, was born on April 2nd, 1874, and died on March 5th, 1923. She was married, in April 1901, to W. J. Evans of Provi­ dence, R.I.; and they had two children, namely: 20541-Muriel, born on October 10th, 1903, died on March 19th, 1925 ; 20542- John, born on December 16th, 1907, now living in Providence, R.I. 2055-LrLY, the fifth child, was also a successful trained nurse in her time. She married William J. Dale of New Rochelle, N.Y., and they have four industrious children-three girls and one boy. 2056-FREDERICK, the sixth child, has had a life of hard and useful work, including efficient and notable service throughout the last two of Britain's major wars. For several years he has been engaged in railway construction in the Canadian West. 2057-JAMES, was born on November 19th, 1878, and died on December 20th, 1910. 2058-WrLLIAM was born in 1881, and died in 1883. 2059-HARRIET, the ninth child, was born in 1882, and died in 1883. 2050-SAMUEL, was born in 1884, and died in 1884. 205A-FRANCES, the eleventh and youngest child, was born on July 5th, 1885, and died on August 2nd, 1885. 206-E LI z AB ETH Mc Cu RD Y , the sixth child of 20-Rev. John and Catherine McCurdy, was born in 1845, and died in 1866. 207-J AME s FREDERICK Mc Cu RD Y, was born on Febru­ ary 18th, 1847, at Chatham, N.B., the seventh child of 20-Rev. John McCurdy, D.D. His mother was Catherine, daughter of Rev. James Thomson of Chatham, to whose church Rev. John McCurdy succeeded. She was the granddaughter of a Scottish Laird, Daniel McKay, who traced his descent from Robert Bruce. Frederick, who is said to have been a child of passionate and impulsive nature, and highly sensitive, was sent at the age of seven to the County grammar school, where his brother, 205-John (afterwards Dr. John McCurdy of Chatham), had preceded him. The Master was James Millar; the" Seminary," a one-roomed building, housing sometimes as many as eighty boys. In later years Frederick often amused his own chil­ dren with stories of his life in Chatham ; and among these tales none Tbc IDcCurdys of nova Scotia 129

was quite as popular as the account of the vagaries of "Jimmy Millar," eccentric, irritable, tyrannical, ignorant, and the pranks and scapegrace adventures of the none too fortunate boys who were his pupils. As an offset to these, it is pleasant to know of Frederick's friendship with three Roman Catholic youths-gentle, kindly souls, one of whom was studying for the priesthood. In a community filled with religious bigotry, these lads were broad-minded, generous and tolerant, and exerted a lasting influence upon the young lad. This was not the only broadening influence of his early youth. He was indeed far more fortunate than the majority of his generation in his freedom from the cramping influence of a narrow Puritanism, for his father was known as one of the most broad-minded and enlightened men in the Maritime Provinces of his day. There was also in Chatham a Mr. Charles Lloyd, a cultivated Englishman who made the boy free of his large library, and encouraged his interest in astronomy. This was one of his early passions, and has remained a hobby throughout his life. His children heard with astonishment (not unmixed with envy) that at the age of thirteen he remained up late in the evening in order to see for the first time the rising of Capella. They heard with even greater astonishment (not unmixed with awe) that he had read Paradise Lost through at the age of twelve ! In 1862, the " Presbyterian Academy" was established in Chat­ ham, under the principalship of William Crocket, a young Scotsman of great ability and insight. As Dr. Crocket, he was later appointed Superintendent of Education for New Brunswick. One year under this gifted teacher fitted Frederick for college, and he entered the University of New Brunswick at Fredericton at the head of the Freshman Class. To this day he maintains that he owes more to the teaching and inspiration of Dr. Crocket than to any of the many teachers of his subsequent life-more, indeed, than to any one in the world except his own parents. He had as fellow students at Fredericton Sir George Foster, and the late Sir George Parkin and Hon. Wm. Pugsley. The daughters of Sir George Parkin still recall the amusing stories told them in childhood by their father of midnight raids on the pantry of a none­ too-liberal landlady, led by young McCurdy. Frederick McCurdy was, needless to say, an all-round student, and won distinguished honours in Classics. When he was nineteen, his sister Eliza, two years his senior, died. It was his first bereavement, and a bitter grief to him. On his twentieth birthday he went to Dalhousie, a beautiful spot on the shore of the Baie des Chaleurs in Restigouche County, where he had charge of the grammar school for fifteen months, living in the home L Tb~ ID~Curdys of Oo\'a S~otia

of his sister Christina, Mrs. George Haddow. Mrs. Haddow is still living and in good health at the age of ninety-one (1927). She now makes her home with a daughter, Mrs. George Keith of Toronto. At Dalhousie his marked gift for teaching was first manifested. One gathers that his relations with his pupils (some of whom being as old as himself) were rather those of friendship than of master and pupil ; for he was much criticised by official visitors for lack of discipline. But, in a competitive examination of all the schools in the County, held just prior to his departure from Dalhousie, his pupils took all the first prizes and most of the second. A sore bereavement was the loss of his father who died in January 1868, when his son was scarcely twenty-one. He had anticipated that Frederick would study for the Bar ; but the lad preferred to fol­ low in his father's footsteps; so in September of that year he went to Princeton, N .J ., where he enrolled as a student in the Seminary, then the leading Presbyterian College of America. Here, for the first time, he found the atmosphere of culture and learning which he had craved. There was an excellent library, and every opportunity for study and research. The Principal, Dr. Hodge, was one of the most noted theologians of his day; but it was Dr. W. H. Green whose influence determined finally the direction of this young Canadian's life-work; for under this professor's inspiration and teaching was begun his lifelong study of Hebrew and the cognate languages Aramaic and Arabic. He was graduated from Princeton Seminary in 1871 ; but remained for eleven years, teaching and writing. In 1878, he was granted the Degree of Ph.D. by Princeton University. In 1873 he was appointed assistant to Dr. Green, taking charge of all the linguistic work of his department. This position he held until 1882, also teaching Sanscrit for a short time in the " College of New Jersey" (now Princeton University). His summers he spent usually in Chatham or Dalhousie. His great hobbies were fishing and foot­ ball. The former he could pursue to his heart's content during those long vacations on the Miramichi and in Restigouche County. The latter was his chief recreation during the college year, not only in Princeton, but later in Toronto, where he played with the students of Knox College until his fiftieth year. While at Princeton he took part in the first two inter-collegiate matches ever played in America, in both of which his Seminary team defeated the college. In these days of controversy between modernist and funda­ mentalist, it is interesting to learn that the young professor's with­ drawal from Princeton Seminary was the direct result of his liberal opinions. He was, in fact, one of the early leaders among the " higher critics." He was invited to read a paper at Johns Hopkins Tb~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia 131

University, dealing with the history of language. It was shortly after the death of Darwin ; and in this paper he took for granted the truth of the theory of evolution, at which the Princeton Faculty was greatly upset. Although he was generously urged by Dr. Green to remain another year, it seemed a good time to make the break which he had for some time desired, in order to go abroad and study. An evidence of the goodwill and esteem in which he continued to be held by the Seminary authorities, in spite of this serious difference of opinion, is the fact of their honouring him four years later, by appointing him to give the Stone Lectures on Assyriology and the Bible ; while in 1896 he was invited to give the principal address at a celebration held in honour of Dr. Green's semi-centennial as teacher and professor at the Seminary, at the conclusion of which address he received an ovation lasting, according to the Press of Philadelphia, more than five minutes. On July 26th, 1881, he had married Isabel Russell, daughter of Rev. Alexander Russell of Dalhousie. After a winter (his last) spent in Princeton, they paid a visit to Mrs. McCurdy in the old Manse at Chatham, and here their eldest daughter, 2071-Isabel Russell was born in May 1882. Soon afterward the father went to Germany, and was joined ere long by his wife and child. They remained abroad between two and three years, with headquarters first in Goettingen and later in Leipzig, where a second daughter, 2072-Harriet Russell, was born in December 1883. Besides the usual advantages of theatre, concert hall and art gallery, there were at these two Universities, great opportunities for study in the special field of Oriental research under Prof. Lagarde and Prof. Friedrich Delitzsch, both world­ renowned scholars: Mr. McCurdy found in these two men not only teachers of outstanding ability and inspiration, but warm personal friends. In March 1884, his sister 204-Harriet died in her forty-third year. After a few weeks in London, working chiefly in the British Museum, Mr. McCurdy returned with his wife and family to New Brunswick. The following winter was spent at his former home in Chatham, where he took charge of the services in his father's old church, and acted as head of a local committee for the enforcement of the Scott Act. In April 1885, his brother, Dr. John McCurdy, a skilful and well-beloved physician of Chatham, died at the age of forty-two years. The following summer the family took up its residence in Toronto, for the sake of its cultural advantages. At the New Year, Mr. McCurdy was appointed lecturer in Orientals at the University, and not long afterwards made full professor and head of the depart- 132 Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

ment, which pos1t10n he held until his retirement in June 1914. As the work expanded under his direction, he was provided first with an assistant lecturer, and later with two associates ; his personal teaching being then confined to honour and post-graduate students. In January 1886, a son, 2073-John Thomson, was born, and in August 1887, a third daughter, 2074-Jessie Catharine. Life in a great University is as a rule quiet and uneventful. In the case of Professor McCurdy it was varied by occasional travel, not infrequently by lecturing trips. These ranged from the usual " University Extension " lectures held in various Ontario towns, to more extended courses given from time to time in American Univer­ sities, at Ocean Grove, at Saratoga, and at the St. Louis Exposition. In 1894, he was awarded the honorary degree of LL.D. by his Alma Mater, the University of New Brunswick. His interests and activities were indeed many and varied. A characteristic sally of the late Rev. J. A. MacDonald (of the Globe) had reference to this. He was discussing with a group of friends the men who had attended a recent dinner. Sir Robert Falconer remarked: "McCurdy was there," to which Dr. MacDonald replied: " Oh, he isn't a man, he's a tribe ! " No account, however slight, of his years at Toronto University would be complete without a reference to his connection with the athletic life of the students. His interest in football and other sports brought him into close touch with the various teams and their individual members. He often accompanied " the first team " to Queen's or McGill on the occasion of inter-collegiate matches. That the men appreciated this keen interest was shown by their making him Honorary President of the Rugby Football Club. for seventeen successive years (1897-1913); also, at various times, of the Association Football Club, of the Inter-collegiate Hockey Club, and of the Tennis Club. Professor McCurdy's mother died in the old home at Chatham on her eighty-fourth birthday, March 3rd, 1899, after thirty-two years of widowhood. She was a woman of unusual and forceful personality. From her he undoubtedly inherited much of his intellec­ tual power, independent mind, and never-failing sense of humour. As an example of her caustic wit, her son relates with great gusto that on his return from church after he had for the first time occu­ pied his late father's pulpit, he asked his mother how she thought he had acquitted himself. "Very well, Fred," she replied, "but in your second prayer you told the Almighty a great many things which

He knew already much better than yourself." 1 Tb¢ mccurdys of no"a Scotia 133

Though most of his time, outside of lecture hours, was neces­ sarily spent in his study, this in itself helped to keep him in touch with his growing family, because when other men were in their offices, he was in his own home. He was never too busy to be disturbed when there was a question to be decided, or help to be given with lessons, and thus he had a more intimate share in his children's lives than most fathers. He was en rapport with their studies down to the smallest detail, and made it his business to know their teachers, and estimate the character and ability of these, to an extent which his children sometimes failed to appreciate. There was no lack of appreciation, however, when it came to the hours which he spent in reading to them. Grimm's Marchen and Hans Christian Andersen in German, the Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales; Uncle Remus; 's Sketches; Treasure Island and many others of Stevenson's novels. What priceless memories they are ! Reading aloud was done often at meal times as well, the book passed from one to another, so that no one should be penalized for his good offices by lack of adequate nutriment. There were also long walks with their father-walking then, as now, being one of his favourite recreations. These often led them far into the country where he would run like a boy, often racing his children, or with Don or Laddie, the big St. Bernards, who were family pets for many years. Mrs. McCurdy had a genius for home-making and its kindred virtue, hospitality, and for many years there were permanent in­ mates of the home who were not of the immediate family. She was a busy woman in outside affairs as well, being a leader in Church work, as well as in women's organizations connected with the University, and the first Editor of the Home Mission Pioneer, which she helped to found. With all this she was very domestic, and a gracious and kindly hostess, as the generations of students who were entertained in her home can gratefully testify. · The summers were spent in the country, either on the shores of the Baie des Chaleurs, or beside Lake Ontario, until 1899, when an island was bought at Go-Horne Bay, where the University of Toronto has established its Summer Club, on the Georgian Bay. This has been the second home of the family since that time. In 1912, Professor McCurdy was asked to take charge for the session of 1911-12 of the American School of Oriental Research, in Jerusalem. A sabbathic year was also granted by the University of Toronto, so that he was enabled to fill this post and spend some time as well travelling with Mrs. McCurdy and two of the daughters. Over two years were spent abroad at this time, the long summer • 134 Tb~ IDcCurdys of no"a Scotia

vacations enabling Prof. McCurdy to remain with his family except­ ing for a few months when he returned alone to his work in Toronto. There were visits of varying length to Greece, Italy, France, England and Scotland, and many months were passed in Germany, renewing old associations and forming new ones. Much profitable time was spent with his old friend, Prof. Friedrich Delitzsch, now lecturing in Berlin, as well as with Eduard Meyer, the most accomplished and original of living historians. The winter in Palestine, which included a lengthy visit in Egypt with the students of the Jerusalem School, was an interesting one for Prof. and Mrs. McCurdy and their daugh­ ter who accompanied them. They returned to Toronto in the autumn of 1912, and, after two more years spent in the service of the University, Prof. McCurdy retired. The Oriental department which he built up remains in the competent hands of successors whom he himself trained. In June 1914 death removed his sister, 202-Agnes (Mrs. William Anderson) of Chatham, at the age of seventy-seven. Much of Dr. McCurdy's time has been devoted to writing. Besides numerous articles on Biblical, philological and historical subjects published in current periodicals and encyclopredias, he translated for the American Edition of Lange's Commentary on the Bible, the sections of Hosea and the Psalms, with an original com­ mentary on Haggai. This was done immediately after graduation from Princeton Seminary. In 1881, he published Arya-Semitic Speech. The three volumes of his great work, History, Prophecy and the Monuments, appeared respectively in 1894, 1896 and 1901. In 1897 he wrote the life of D. J. MacDonnell, who had been his close personal friend in Toronto. He has been all his life a very keen student of international politics, and has at present in preparation a work dealing with the post-war world crisis. Prof. and Mrs. McCurdy have been living since 1920 with their daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. and Mr. Erichsen Brown, at 106 South Drive, Toronto. Their children are: 2071-IsABEL RUSSELL, the oldest, named after her mother, and born in 1882. She married in 1904, Frank Erichsen Brown, and they have four children, namely: 20711-John Price Erichsen, born in 1906; 20712-Isabel Russell, born in 1909; 20713-Gwethalyn Graham, born in 1913 ; and 20714-Frances McCurdy, born in 1917. 2072-HARRIET RussELL, the second child of James Frederick and Isabel McCurdy, was born in 1883 in Golis, near Leipzig, Germany, but came to Canada when she was eight months old. She was educated principally at the Model School and Havergal College, 135

Toronto, not taking any work for Degrees or examinations, but being a "special" student at the University. She studied Art in the studio of Mrs. Dignam, president of the Woman's Art Association of Canada, and later for two winters in New York at the Art Students' League. From July 1910 to September 1912, she was with her parents in Europe, Palestine and Egypt. During the academic year, 1910 and 19u, she was a student of the Fruen Schule der Innern Mission, in Berlin, Germany. In December 1912 she was appointed a Missionary under the American Board of Foreign Missions (North), and sailed for China in March 1913. Since that time, she has been engaged in Evangelical work in the District, of which Hwai Yuen, Anhwei, is the centre, largely doing country work, and travelling on many kinds of conveyances, of which the wheelbarrow is the humblest, the safest, and the most frequently used. During her two furloughs, 1919 to 1920 and 1915 to 1916, she has held a number of exhibitions of her paintings ( done during summer holidays in China, and during her earlier travels) in Toronto, Van­ couver, Florida and other American centres. The most important and successful exhibition was in January 1920 at the Touchstone Galleries, New York. 2073-JoHN THOMSON, the third child, was born in 1885. He graduated from Toronto University in 1908, and from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1911. After studying abroad, he began the prac­ tice of his profession in New York City. In January 1914 he married Winifred, the daughter of David B. Jones, of Chicago. Their children are: 20731-Nora, born in 1914, and 20732-Thomas, born in 1916. Dr. McCurdy has specialized in psychiatry and served during the war first with the British Army, and later with the American, as Divisional Psychiatrist. He is at present lecturing in Cambridge University, England, and is a Fellow of Corpus Christi. He has published six books on medical and psychological subjects. 2074-JEssrn CATHERINE, the youngest child, was born in 1886. She specialized in library work, graduating from the training school of the New York Public Library. After a brief professional career, she was married in August 1917 to Warren Heyward Burnet of Madison, N.J., where she now lives. They have one son, 20741-Warren McCurdy Burnet, born in 1920.

208-H E N R Y H E RB E R T M c C u R D Y and 209-C H A R L E s NEFF Mc Cu RD Y (twins), the youngest children of 20-Rev. John and Catherine McCurdy, were born in 1849, and died within a year later. 136 Tb¢ mcCurdys of Oova Scotia

SUBSECTION ELEVEN

2A-HON. DAVID MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND HIS DESCENDANTS

2A-DAVID McCURDY, the eleventh child of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy, was born at Onslow on July 29th, 1810. He married, on February 20th, 1832, Mary Archibald. She was born on May 28th, 1812, and was the third daughter of David Archibald the third and Hannah Blanchard (M. 50, 53), the latter being the fourth daughter of Colonel J otham and Elizabeth Blanchard (M. 254). David McCurdy, on his father's death, remained on his father's homestead at Onslow, and occupied himself with farming. In the spring of 186!, David McCurdy's daughter, 2A2-Hannah, was married to Angus Tupper, and the newly-wedded couple moved to Baddeck, C.B., where Mr. Tupper opened a store, partly financed by his father-in-law, buying out the Tom King property and business on what is known as the " Point." The goods were largely supplied by Messrs. Chambers of Truro. Mr. Tupper soon found the business too heavy for him, and on a Monday morning in the latter part of October 186!, David McCurdy, with his son Edward, left Truro by horse and waggon, and drove to Baddeck, arriving on Saturday afternoon of the same week, November 2nd, 1861. The road was from Truro to the Strait of Canso, thence to Mabou, thence to Whycocomagh, thence by way of what is Nyanza up through the foot of Hunter's Mountain, and from there to Baddeck. Mr. McCurdy stayed in Baddeck for about a week, and went home again by the same route, leaving with Mr. Tupper Edward to represent his father's interests. Mr. Tupper's health was failing, and he died on May 5th, 1865. Mr. McCurdy had involved himself heavily in the business, and was obliged to sell out his Onslow property and move to Baddeck, taking with him his whole family on the death of Mr. Tupper. Up to this time most of the business of the country was done at Baddeck by way of the water, but in a very few years as the country roads were built and opened up, Mr. McCurdy found that his store situated on the waterfront was not advantageous to obtain the fast developing rural trade. It was then decided to abandon the" King" store, and move up to a new store which they had to build on the main highway, on the site and in fact enclosed or underneath the present store of McKay, MacAskill & Co. This was done, and with his son, William, in partnership, the business of D. McCurdy & Son increased 2A-HON. DAVID MCCURDY

2AJ-MISS GEORGINA MCCURDY 2A5-HON W. F. MCCURDY

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rapidly. In the early" eighties," Hon. David McCurdy retired from the business, giving his share to his youngest son, Arthur. David McCurdy, on moving to Baddeck with his family, occupied as a dwelling a portion of the King building in which was the store. They then moved to the " MacIntosh " house, now occupied by Alexander Taylor, and from there moved later to the "Laughlin Campbell" house across the street from the Post Office. About 1873, Mr. McCurdy purchased a large property on the hill, part of the Twining Estate, and there built a large residence which for a time was occupied also by his son Arthur and family, and at another time shared with his son William and family. The McCurdys of Baddeck took a large interest in politics, and were Liberals. The Hon. David McCurdy first contested Victoria County in the General Elections of 1871, and was defeated, the vote being as follows: Hon. C. J. Campbell, 523; J. Ross, 505 ; D. McCurdy, 383; W. Kidston, 406. In November he was returned at a by-election. At the General Election in December 1874 he was re-elected, the vote being: John A. Fraser, 584; William Kidston, 394; D. McCurdy, 680; John Morrison (St. Ann's), 397. On August 15th, 1878, he was appointed to the Legislative Council, and resigned in March 1900. The Hon. David McCurdy was a man in whom the sense of duty largely predominated. At a casual meeting one would think him stern, almost hard, but to know him in the intimacy of his family he had a very lovable disposition. He was attached to the Presbyterian Church, but his religious inclinations were not so much ecclesiastical as evangelical, and he was far from narrow in his sympathies and denominational tolerance. In his later days he was somewhat deaf, a misfortune shared by many of the name, and on one occasion was returning from Church. The Minister, a young stranger, had a very weak voice, and a friend attempted to console Mr. Mc Curdy on the fact that he would not hear much of the sermon. " I did not expect to hear it," said Mr. McCurdy. ',< Then why," was asked in surprise, " did you come to Church ? " " I came to worship," was the reply. Mr. McCurdy passed away on June 13th, 1905, ninety-five years old. The children were: 2A1-John Archibald; 2A2-Hannah Blanchard; 2A3-Georgina; 2A4-Edward Walker; 2A5-William Fraser; 2A6-Henry Howard Douglas ; 2A7-Arthur Williams. 2A1-JoHN ARCHIBALD McCURDY, the eldest child of David and Mary McCurdy, was born in Onslow on January 27th, 1833. His first wife was 2142-Elizabeth Bryden who died December 27th, 1866, aged thirty-two years. About ten years later, Mr. McCurdy married Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

Mary Blanchard, a daughter of John Waddell Blanchard of Antigon­ ish. Mr. McCurdy died on April 23rd, 1883. Mr. John A. McCurdy's first farm was a short distance to the westward of the church in Onslow. When his father David Mc Curdy moved to Baddeck, the eldest son, John, purchased his father's property, part of the old homestead at Onslow, of Lot 7 of the Onslow Grants, and removed there. The old house was in decay, and so, shortly before the new owner, John A. McCurdy, took possession, his father had built a new one near the old site. It is now occupied by Mr. Arthur Hill. Mr. McCurdy had no children by his second wife, who died about ten years ago. The children of 2A1 -John A. and Elizabeth Mc Curdy were : 2Au-Susan, born June 10th, 1856; 2A12-William Gordon, born May 30th, 1859. 2Au-SusAN McCuRDY, the oldest child of John A. and Elizabeth McCurdy, after her mother's death, lived for a time with her grand­ father in Baddeck, and later removed to Antigonish. As a girl she had a very attractive though retiring disposition, and was a general favourite. In Antigonish she was married on October 18th, 1880, to Charles Nathaniel Cunningham, who was born on October 19th, 1846, and died on October 24th, 1919. They lived successively in Antigonish; Boston, Mass.; Tioga, Penn. ; Hyndham, Penn., and Tatamagouche, N.S. In Antigonish this Charles N. Cunningham in partnership with William Cunningham carried on a boot and shoe business. In Boston, Tioga and Hyndham, he worked at his trade, which was that of a tanner and currier. In the last two places he was in charge of the shops. In Tatamagouche he owned and operated a general store. The children of 2Au-Susan and Charles Cunning­ ham were: 2Au1-Charlotte Elizabeth; 2Au2-Howe Symonds and 2AII3-Ethel Blanchard (twins); 2AII4-Arthur Blanchard; 2AII5- Charles Gordon. 2Au1-CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM, born July 16th, 1881, the eldest child of 2Au-Susan (McCurdy) and Charles Cunningham, was married on October 5th, 1921, to James Gordon Bryden, who was born on March 20th, 1877. They first lived in Peace River, Alta., but at the present time are living at Waterhole, Alta. James Bryden is a telegraph operator. They have no children. 2AII2-HowE SYMONDS CUNNINGHAM, the second child (one of the twins) was born on November 2nd, 1884- On September 16th, 1921, he married Margaret Maud Caldwell, born September 25th, 1885. They have no children. Professor H. S. Cunningham, up to 1913, was on the farm at home. In the meantime he had taken his course at the N .S. Agri- Tb~ mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia 1 39

cultural College, Truro, graduating in the spring of 1912. In May 1913, he was sent to Cape Breton as Agricultural Representative, and remained at that work till 1918. It is well known that under Prof. Cunningham's inspiration, agriculture took quite a boom, specializing in turnips, and it is said that when he left there were single farms in Victoria County that grew more turnips than previous to his coming the whole County of Victoria collectively grew. During this period Prof. Cunningham completed his studies at MacDonald College, obtaining his Degree of B.S.A. from that institution in the spring of 1917. In the autumn of 1918, he was brought to Truro and placed on the teaching staff of the N.S.A.C. as Professor of Agriculture. In the spring of 1923 he ob­ tained a year's leave of absence and again studied at MacDonald College, obtaining the Degree of M.S.A. in the spring of 1924- In the autumn of 1924 he took over the Botany department at the N .S.A.C. At the present time (Oct. 1925) he is registered at Cornell University as a graduate student, and taking work leading to the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, specializing in Plant Pathology and Botany. 2A113-ETHEL BLANCHARD CUNNINGHAM, the other of the twins, born on November 2nd, 1884, died in August 1885. 2A114-ARTHUR BLANCHARD CUNNINGHAM, the fourth child of Susan and Charles N. Cunningham, was born on September 26th, 1886. He married, on September 4th, 1914, Melinda Tupper Buckler, born April 14th, 1896. He is a farmer, and they live at Tatamagouche on the home farm. Their children are : 2A1141-Lloyd Blanchard, born June 10th, 1915; 2Au42-Douglas Graham, born August 6th, 1916; 2Au43-James Gordon, born July 28th, 1917; 2A1144-Roland Howe, born February rst, 1919 ; 2A1145-Harold Murray, and 2A1146-Hector Clayton, twins, born March 26th, 1922 ; 2A1147-Phyllis May, born August 21st, 1923 ; 2Au48-Vera Fern, born March 27th, 1925. The oldest daughter Phyllis died on November 19th, 1923. 2Au5-CHARLES GORDON CUNNINGHAM, the youngest child of Susan and Charles N. Cunningham, was born on February 4th, 1888. He married on March 24th, 1915, Marian Saunders, who was born on November 5th, 1894. At the time of his marriage Charles had just graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College, and at once enlisted as a Veterinary Surgeon, and went overseas with the B.E.F. that same month. While overseas, he was attached to the Field Artillery as Veterinarian with the rank of Lieutenant. For some reason, Th¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia

Veterinary Surgeons were only signed on for a period of one year. Shortly after this period was up, he was sent to hospital with trench fever ; and when discharged from hospital was sent home. In the summer of 1918, he again entered the service, this time with the C.E.F. On this occasion he joined the Flying Corps, and was in training in Toronto when the Armistice was signed. He died on February 26th, 1920, from heart disease, no doubt the result of his strenuous life in the war period. Charles made Prince Albert, Sask., his home. Their children were: 2Au51-Arthur Gordon, born January 29th, 1917, died August 27th, 1918; and 2Au52- Eileen Marian, born February 21st, 1918. 2A12-WILLIAM GORDON McCuRDY, the second child and only son of 2A1-John A. and Elizabeth McCurdy, was born at Onslow on May 30th, 1859. After his mother's death he spent some time with his grandfather at Baddeck. He, then, as a young fellow, went to Boston. He certainly was a real McCurdy. Mrs. 2A21-John W. Blanchard tells the story of how she and her husband were on a trip to that city. Among other things, they planned to visit Gordon, but did not know his address or where located in the place. But on a street car, Mrs. Blanchard noticed a tall and sturdy young man at the end of the car, and finally turned to her husband with the whisper: " John, I am sure that is a McCurdy ." She had not seen Gordon since he was a little boy ; but on the strength of the family resemblance decided to ask the man if he knew where a Gordon McCurdy lived. And he certainly did, for he was Gordon himself. To-day, Gordon still holds his " heft " at the age of sixty-six, weighing 220 lbs., and going strong. About 1907 Gordon permitted himself a little visit to Chapleau in Western Ontario, to visit some relatives, the Dexters. While there, his able build and sterling character attracted the atten­ tion of the Chief of the Mounted Police, and Gordon was offered and accepted a position on that Force, and ultimately became In­ spector of Provincial Police. He continued in that position for fifteen years, and then gave it up for a position on the Industrial Govern­ ment Farm at Fort William. He married on September 25th, 1893, Clara Rayne of Onslow, who died on March 30th, 1918. They had two children: 2A121-CHARLES C. McCuRDY, born November 2nd, 1894, who married Lillian Manchie of Port Arthur. 2A122-GEORGE RAYNE McCuRDY, born January 1st, 1898; died July 28th, 1908.

2A2-HANN AH BLANC HARD Mc CURDY, the second child of 2A-Hon. David and Mary McCurdy, was born on December Tb~ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia

31st, 1835, at Onslow. She was named after Hannah Blanchard, a daughter of Colonel Jotham and Elizabeth Blanchard, of Truro. She was married in the spring of 1861 to Angus Tupper who had been an apprentice with Fleming Blanchard of Truro. The young couple then moved to Baddeck, and Mr. Tupper started a store there, partly financed by his wife's father. But Mr. Tupper's health soon began to fail, and he died on May 5th, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Tupper had no family. Further particulars regarding Angus Tupper may be found under the name of 226-Robert Sprott McCurdy. On October 24th, 1867, 2A2-Mrs. Tupper was married to William Henry Blanchard, Barrister, of Windsor. This couple lived an exceedingly happy life together. The Editor, a member of the household, can testify that he never heard even one word spoken in anger between them, not so much as a voice raised above its ordinary tone. Mrs. Hannah Blanchard was a wonderful housekeeper, and everything seemed to go along without the least effort. One day at noon, Mr. Blanchard came home from his office and announced casually that he purposed starting for England on the evening train, and would his wife care to accompany him. She at once accepted the invitation, and they set off that evening according to plan, and remained away for three months. On another occasion, as a boy of perhaps twelve years old, he was told after supper to go upstairs and put on his " Sunday clothes," as a few friends were expected in. The " Few Friends" was a big dance, a houseful, with a hot " sit down " turkey supper, and consider, an inquisitive boy of twelve around the house had not even had a suspicion of anything whatever unusual to happen. It seemed all in the day's work, with nothing ever at high pressure. Mrs. Blanchard died on April 1st, 1901, her last days saddened by tidings of the death of her step-son, Lieutenant Monson Goudge Blanchard, of whom she was very fond, killed in the South African War. The children of 2A2-Hannah and William Henry Blanchard were: 2A21-John Waddell, born November 18th, 1868; 2A22-Frances Louise, born July 26th, 1872; 2A23-Arthur Clarence Douglas, born September 18th, 1878. 2A21-JOHN WADDELL BLANCHARD, the oldest child, was born at Windsor on November 18th, 1868. He took up the study of Law, and was admitted to the Bar on October 27th, 1891. He never planned to practice Law, but preferred this study to an Arts Course, and as a more practical foundation for a business career. After a thorough apprenticeship in general merchandising with 2A6-H. H. McCurdy at Antigonish, he bought out the dry-goods establishment of the Tb~ mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia

late Fred Carver, on Water Street, Windsor. His store was destroyed in the great fire in Windsor on October 17th, 1897, and he rebuilt on the corner now known as the Blanchard Block. When his work as secretary of the Pidgeon Fertilizer Co. compelled a choice, he sold out his merchant business to devote his whole time to the Company. On November 16th, 1893, he married Laura Dexter of Anti­ gonish, a daughter of John and Sarah Sophia (Blanchard) Dexter. The! latter was a daughter of John Wad dell Blanchard, a tanner of Antigonish, the second son of Jonathan and Sarah Blanchard (M. 256). While of an enthusiastic temperament and energetic manner, 2A21-Mr. Blanchard never had really good health, his stomach being particularly tender, and to some foods reacting as if poisoned. He died from cancer on February 1st, 1924, at the age of fifty-five years. The following is extracted from the Windsor Tribune of date February 8th, 1924, under the heading:

"WINDSOR MouRNS Loss OF VALUED C1nzEN. " It is with a real sense of personal loss that we record the passing of our friend, John W. Blanchard, one of Windsor's most valued citizens, whose death has left the town in mourning, and his home circle sad and lonely. Mr. Blanchard made a brave resistance to the disease which necessitated an operation on Thursday of last week. Mr. Blanchard was a man quiet and unassuming, yet with an unusual devotion to his home, his friends and his native town. He was born in Windsor in I 868, a son of the late William Henry Blanchard, barrister-at-law. He received his early education at the Windsor Academy, where he made a splendid record. He entered the Law Office of his father, and later studied at Dalhousie Law College. Although well versed in law, he preferred a practical business career, and was for a time associated with his uncle, Mr. Henry McCurdy, in a wholesale and retail firm in Antigonish. There he married Miss Laura Dexter, and afterwards he with Mrs. Blanchard removed to Windsor, where he conducted a dry-goods business until 1897, when his store was destroyed in the great fire. He became associated with the Pidgeon Fertilizer Company, acting as secretary until the business was sold to the Colonial Fertilizer Company of the present day. Mr. Blanchard's loyalty and consideration for his home town caused him to see to it that in the merger the business continued here. As a member of the Windsor Board of Trade, he was also a big factor in securing for Windsor the splendid woollen industry-The Nova Scotia Textiles. Mr. Blanchard was ever actively concerned whenever the opportunity came to establish industries or promote Th¢ ffltCurdys of nova Scotia 143

commercial enterprises, and his wise counsels and keen business acumen rendered his services to the town invaluable. " In the settlement of private estates, and among his hosts of friends, Mr. Blanchard's judgment was sought and freely given on all occasions. "As a member of the Masonic Order, Mr. Blanchard had won considerable prominence. He was a Past Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia, and had held high offices in W elsford Lodge in his home town. He was also a member of Court Hali­ burton, I.O.F., and an active member of the Windsor Curling Club, in which he was at all times keenly interested. " Besides the fraternal Societies, Mr. Blanchard took a special interest in things literary. He was a member of Haliburton Society, King's College, contributing to its work as occasion offered. He loved his books, and was acknowledged on all sides to be the best reader of general events in Windsor. "The funeral services were held at two o'clock Monday afternoon, February 4th, the Rev. Henry Blanchard, Onslow, a nephew of the deceased, officiating, and the music led by the Presbyterian Choir, of which Mr. Blanchard had for years been a member. After the Service at the house, W elsford Lodge, A.F. and A.M., took charge of the procession to Maplewood Cemetery." The children of John W. and Laura Blanchard were : 2A211-Lilian Laura, born September 7th, 1895; died in infancy. 2A212-Ruth Beatrice, born November 9th, 1896. 2A213-Jean Sherburne, born January 27th, 1898. 2A214-Cecil Lawrence, born March 3rd, 1900. 2A215-Norman Dexter, born February 7th, 1902. 2A216-Elsie Margaret, born July 4th, 1909; died in infancy. 2A212-RUTH BEATRICE BLANCHARD, besides passing the usual grades in the Public School and Academy at Windsor, made a special study of music. Beginning at about eight years of age, she took music at the Girls' School, Edgehill, and later went to the Toronto Con­ servatory of Music, where she got her Degree-Licentiate, Asso­ ciated Board of Royal College of Music, London. She then taught piano for a while in Toronto, and later returned to her home town of Windsor, where she is now successfully teaching music. 2A213-JEAN SHERBURNE BLANCHARD, the third child, after concluding her studies in the Windsor schools, took a special course at Toronto University, particularly in Arts and Crafts. This she put to valuable use in the Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment, after the war. For a while she taught at Branksome Hall, Toronto, and in a Girls' School at Montreal. She married on September 2nd, 1927, George 144 Tb~ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia

Herbert Cartwright, C.E., who served in the Great War with a C.I.F. Siege Battery of Engineers. He is the youngest son of Arthur Cartwright, of Croydon, Surrey, England. 2A214-CECIL LAWRENCE BLANCHARD has the more outstanding incidents in his life well detailed in the following two extracts from · The Windsor Tribune. The first is from the Tribune of a date shortly after the Armistice, and is f ea tu red by a fine picture of the young soldier in Highland Uniform. The heading is :

"PTE. CECIL L. BLANCHARD, M.M., WINDSOR WAR HERO, AWARDED BAR TO MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY ON FIELD OF BATTLE.

" Not long since we recorded the fact that Pte. Cecil L. Blan­ chard, of this town, had been awarded the Military Medal. To-day it is with the pride of a friend and fellow-citizen that we announce for this gallant laddie the Bar of his Medal for further ' Acts of Bravery in the Field.' " Cecil was one of the many Canadian heroes who enlisted in 1915 as a mere lad, purely from a sense of duty. Being too young for the ranks, he begged to be allowed to go as a Bugler with the I 12th then being organized by Lt.-Col. H.B. Tremaine, with headquarters at Windsor. He had just entered the Freshman year of King's College when the irresistible call compelled him to join the colours in the fight for the common rights of humanity. " During the trying period of the first month's training here, and afterwards at Bramshott Camp in England, the youth of tender years gradually grew into strong manhood, a true-hearted soldier eager to do his bit in the trenches, offering his services for France whenever a draft was sent over the Channel. "Not until he was nineteen was he allowed to go to the Front. Since then he has modestly and quietly met and overcome all hard­ ships of perpetual mud, cold, and the horrors of bloody warfare from which naturally his sympathetic soul shrank with tenderness and loathing. "He went to France with the 25th Canadians, and in the uniform of that famous Battalion, also wearing the ' smile that won't come off.' " Of all the many brave and noble soldiers who have gone ' over there ' to give their lives if need be for Righteousness, none carried with them a braver heart or more modest demeanor than our kilted laddie from Windsor. Of him it may be truthfully said that he ever obeyed that injunction of a devout Highlander to his son whom he sent into battle with advice as follows : Tb~ mcCurdys of llova Scotia r45

" Dinna think yoursel' omnipotent, Gie Providence His due ; An' then fight for a' yer worth, Because the Lord expects ye to.

" The Tribune joins with other Windsor friends in sincere congratulations to this young hero, whose homecoming will bring into the national life of Canada only that which is best to help our great Dominion ' carry on.' " The second quotation is from a copy of the Tribune of a date in May 1925: " REV. CECIL LAWRENCE BLANCHARD, B.A., M.M. "The Presbytery of St. John, N.B., held a meeting in St. Andrew's Church of that city, Wednesday evening, to ordain Cecil L. Blanchard, B.A., M.M., of this town, who graduated this year from Pine Hill Presbyterian College. Mr. Blanchard is the eldest son of Mrs. and the late J. W. Blanchard of Windsor, a son and fellow citizen of whom the town is justly proud. " All Windsorians are familiar with the splendid war record of young Mr. Blanchard, who went Overseas a boy bugler, and returned a man unspoiled by all the horrors that he experienced, and fully determined to continue his training to fit him for the higher service in the Ministry of the Church. "In King's College, where he graduated in Arts, and afterwards at Pine Hill, the name of Cecil Blanchard stands high in the estima­ tion of his fellow students. " Mr. Blanchard has accepted a Call to the Church at Waweig, N.B., his induction following closely his Ordination Service." It may be added that Rev. Mr. Blanchard married on June 2nd, r926, Pauline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Harris, of Annapolis Royal. 2A2141-Joan Beatrice, born April 22nd, 1928. 2A215-NoRMAN DEXTER BLANCHARD is the youngest son of John W. and Laura Blanchard. To see him to-day, strong, energetic and tall, no one would suppose that as an infant he was so frail that his life was despaired of, and that he was left in his cradle during his first summer out in the open sun, with the hope that nature would put vigour into his wee body. As he and his older brother grew up, they were for a time of much the same height and inseparable. Their Uncle Arthur presented them as little fellows with a set of boxing gloves, and to see them "go to it" was very amusing. They were M 146 Tb~ mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia

real "sports," and developed a science that leaves a feeling that the " Ring " is poorer for the later abandonment of those gloves. Norman studied Arts and a term of Law at King's College. He articled as a law clerk with H. W. Sangster, Esq., and later trans­ ferred his Articles to Alfred Whitman, Esq., Halifax. He took his Degree of LL.B. at Dalhousie University, and was admitted to Practice in June 1926. 2A22-FRANCES LOUISE BLANCHARD, the second child of Hannah (Mc Curdy) and William Henry Blanchard, was born on July 26th, 1872, at Windsor. She married on October 3rd, 1899, Alexander Graham Munn of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. Mr. Munn was born at Harbour Grace in 1866, and was educated at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was Robert Stewart Munn, born in Rothesay, Scotland. It is interesting to note the appearing of this name " Robert Stewart," the name of an ancestor of Petheric McCurdy's wife, who was Margaret Stewart. · Some twenty years ago, Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Munn removed from Harbour Grace to Summerland, B.C., where they now are interested in fruit, having a fine orchard there. Their children are : 2A221-William Henry Blanchard, born February 26th, 1902; 2A222-Robert Russell, born September 7th, 1903 ; 2A223-Alexander Roxburgh, born November 7th, 1904; 2A224-Ruth Munden, born January 17th, 1906; 2A225-Margaret Louise, born May 14th, 1907 ; 2A226-Mary Graham, born July 15th, 1909; 2A227-Elizabeth Grace, born November 22nd, 1911 ; 2A228-Jean McCurdy, born December 27th, 1912; 2A229-David Munden, born April 6th, 1915. 2A221-BLANCHARD, the eldest son, after an Arts Course at the U.B.C., is now (1925) taking his fifth year (Medicine) at McGill. 2A23-ARTHUR CLARENCE DOUGLAS BLANCHARD, the youngest child of Hannah and William Henry Blanchard, was born at Windsor on September 18th, 1878. He was educated at the Public School in Windsor, King's College, and McGill University, graduating in Civil Engineering with degree of B.Sc. 1901. American Bridge Company, Trenton, New Jersey, draughtsman. 1901-6. Canadian Niagara Power Co., Niagara Falls, Ont., assistant engineer. 1906-7. West Kootenay Light, Heat & Power Co., Bonnington Falls, B.C., resident engineer in charge of construction of power development. 1907-11. City of Toronto, assistant engineer in charge of design and construction of various municipal works. 19u-13. City of Lethbridge, Alberta, city engineer. 1913-17. Greater Winnipeg Water District, Winnipeg, division engineer and assistant chief Tb~ mcCurdys of Oova Scotia 147

engineer in charge of aqueduct construction. 1917-24. Hydro­ Electric Power Commission of Ontario, chief field engineer in charge of field engineering for the Queenston-Chippawa Power Develop­ ment at Niagara Falls, Ontario. 1924-date. New Brunswick Electric Power Commission, St. John, N.B., engineer in charge of all hydraulic design and construction. Mr. Blanchard married on October 31st, 1908, Alice ("Elsie") Boyer Rust. The latter was born in April 12th, 1883, and is the daughter of Charles Henry Rust and Alice Preston Rust. Mr. Rust resides in Toronto and was at one time city engineer of Toronto. The children of Arthur C. D. and Alice Blanchard are: 2A231-Nancy Douglas, born September 12th, 1909; 2A232-John Rust, born August 29th, 1919.

2A3-G E o RGI NA Mc Cu RD Y, the third child of 2A~David and Mary McCurdy, was born at Onslow on June 3rd, 1840. She came with her parents when they moved to Baddeck, where she re­ mained till the death of her father. Then for a while she lived in Toronto, and now is living with her niece, Susan McCurdy Frost, in New York State. In a private record of the McCurdy family, I take from the pages as written by a Musquodoboit gentleman, the words opposite her name : " Georgina, who cared for her father to his 95th year." Surely an honourable tribute to filial love. But that was not the only tribute gleaned. In looking up some family history in the home village of Onslow, the writer met a very elderly lady, but as bright as a button, and in the course of conversation she remarked : " Georgina, Georgina McCurdy, yes I remember her as a little girl, and she was a little terror." Miss McCurdy in her younger days at Baddeck gave generously of her time and energy to good works. She had the family gift of a fine voice, and was a leader in the choir. Then, her Sunday School class found her always in her place. For some years she was the head of the Band of Hope. The writer was there first initiated into militant temperance. Parliamentary practice was to him a new thing. So, when the Lodge was " opened," the minutes of the last meeting were read. Somebody moved they be approved. My neighbour called out " I second it." Of course my turn was next, so I yelled " I third it." I foolishly thought in my youthful ignorance that it was like " Old Dead Horse," and just because I was a stranger I had no intention of being caught into saying " I eight it." But it was wonderful the way Miss McCurdy managed that Band of Hope. On the death of her brother Arthur's wife, Lucy, Miss McCurdy assumed the care of the four motherless children, and was indeed to Tbt mccurdys of n~"a Scotia

them as a mother. When the three boys, George, Douglas and Lucian, HER boys, were about ten, more or less, their father bought them some Sable Island ponies. The animals were absolutely unbroken, and those boys had the time of their life. It was so common a thing to see the creatures running away, some bits of harness trailing after them, that the Baddeck populace never looked twice. And yet Miss McCurdy would get into the rickety waggon with her boys, and never seem to mind or expect anything uncomfortable. It was the same way when the boys got their canoes. Miss McCurdy seemed quite content to take all the chances that were going, and the air was full of them. One day, just a year or two ago since the war ended, in Toronto, Douglas, the aviator, one of HER boys, came into his aunt's room and casually asked : " Aunt Georgie, how would you like to go up for a little fly?" "Well, Douglas," came the calm response, " would my being in the aeroplane make it any more unsafe ? " " Oh no, it goes all right with two." So, without further ado, Aunt Georgie accepted the invitation, and in an hour might have been seen serenely sailing over Toronto. Miss McCurdy would at that time be about eighty years young. This past summer she accompanied her niece on a tour over Europe. But Miss McCurdy excels in other things besides courage and devotion. She among the many capable McCurdy women is at the forefront, and for tact and executive ability she certainly is not surpassed. And capability is an outstand­ ing characteristic of the women of the Clan. To Miss McCurdy's credit may be placed a very large share in the organization and carrying on of the Ladies' Club of Baddeck. She was also a very efficient member of the Board of Trustees of the Baddeck Public Library, the latter one of the finest Public Libraries in Nova Scotia.

2Af-EDWARD WALKER Mc CURDY, the fourth child of 2A-David and Mary McCurdy, was born at Onslow on March 14th, 1842. This was the "Winter of the Big Snow." The roads were blocked, fences were covered, and travel practically impossible. His first schooldays were spent in the " old " schoolhouse on the hill near the present church. The first church building (which was later burned) was used alternate Sundays by the Presbyterians and Baptists, and with the best of feeling existing between the two denominations. When the Model and Normal School was built in Truro, Edward and his brother, 2A5-William, attended; Edward in the first department taught by Dr. John B. Calkin, and William in the second department taught by a Mr. Webster. The third department was Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 149

under Miss Christie. At the age of seventeen, in 1859, Edward left school and became a clerk in the store of Robert Chambers and J. Fleming Blanchard in Truro. Next year thereafter, the Prince of Wales visited Canada, and on that eventful day at Truro the Prince put up at McKay's Hotel beside the Common, and spoke to the people from the upper verandah. Various societies passed by in procession, and among them the Loyal Lodge of that old temper­ ance organization, the Sons of Temperance, of which Edward was an active member. In August of this year, 1860, Edward went to Dalhousie, N .B ., to enter the store of George Haddow, who had married Edward's cousin, 201-Christina, a daughter of 20-Rev. John McCurdy, the latter a brother of Hon. David Mc Curdy. Here Edward remained for about a year. It was then that his father and his brother-in-law Angus Tupper, as related elsewhere, purchased the premises and merchant business of Thomas King at Baddeck. So Edward was recalled from New Brunswick to go to Baddeck to represent his father's interests there. It was no small trip in those days. First, by mail coach from Chatham to Miramichi, one day. Then, by the old paddle-wheel steamer Lady Head, to Pictou, the next day. Thence home by stage, another dreary day to Onslow. Here he remained for a week or two, and then his father and he set out with horse and waggon for Baddeck, starting Monday morning, and driving over horrible roads via New Glasgow, Antigonish, Hastings, C.B., then to Hon. Mr. McKeen's, Mabou, William McKeen's, Whycocomagh, and finally arriving at Baddeck, each step consuming a day, on November 2nd, 186!. Baddeck then and thereafter became Mr. McCurdy's home, and on June 20th, 1865, he married Eliza Jane Hart, born June 23rd, I 840, a daughter of Joseph Hart, merchant. Joseph Hart belonged to an old and highly esteemed New England family, after whom (contrary to the general impression) the City of Hartford, Conn., was named. It was about 1874 that the big copper mines of Francis Ellers­ hausen were opened at Betts Cove, Newfoundland. Mr. McCurdy was then offered and accepted the responsible position of store manager. A couple of years later, in July, his family joined him. But in 1882, the mines failed, passed into the hands of a London and Glasgow company, and were practically closed down. Mr. McCurdy then returned to Baddeck and started a small business there on his own account, which continued till about 1886. Mr. McCurdy passed away on December 28th, 1927. Up to a short period before his death he was attending to his offices of Tb¢ mccurdys of no"a Scotia

Stipendiary Magistrate and Registrar of Probate for Victoria County, at Baddeck. 2A4-Edward W. and Eliza J. McCurdy had five children: 2A41-Alice May, born May 1st, 1866 ; 2A42-Georgina Maria, born April 7th, 1868; 2A43-Mary Isabella, born May 14th, 1871 ; 2A44-Charles Joseph Edward, born November 30th, 1872; 2A45-Francis Harvey William Henry, born October 1879. Mrs. Eliza Jane (Hart) McCurdy, died at Baddeck on March 29th, 1905, and was buried beside her daughter Alice in Knox Cemetery. Mr. McCurdy was again married at Castile, N.Y., by Rev. Mr. Pearson, Presbyterian Minister of Castile, on June 20th, 1908, to Mary Neufang, widow of a Mr. Smith. She was born in Germany on June 7th, 1851, of German parents, who emigrated to New York State when their daughter was three years old. Mrs. Mary (Neufang) McCurdy is not only a woman of great executive ability and a real home-maker, but of such a kindly disposition that she has attracted and kept many friends since she came, a perfect stranger, to Baddeck. She and Mr. Mc Curdy have no family. 2A41-ALICE MAY McCURDY, the eldest daughter, born May 1st, 1866, was a girl of strong courage. After a good school education in her home village, she studied stenography but preferred book-keeping and set out to the city and accepted such a position. But in the United States, when success seemed achieved, her health broke down and she came home a victim of tuberculosis, and died on February 27th, 1889. 2A42-GEORGINA MARIA McCuRDY, the second daughter, was born at Baddeck on April 7th, 1868. In her home duties at a very early age she showed remarkable executive ability, a promise sus­ tained in later years. She lived with her Uncle Henry for many years in Antigonish, and on January 16th, 1907, at Wedgeport, Yarmouth County, at the home of her sister, Mrs. (Dr.) Dechman, was married to Joseph R. McConnell. The latter was the son of William Hugh McConnell, shoe merchant of St. John, N.B., and was born on February 7th, 1876, in St. John. He was at the time of his marriage to Miss McCurdy, a widower with two children, Joseph Ralph McConnell, born September 22nd, 1903, and Percy Howard McConnell, born September 27th, 1905. Ralph has a position at the Dry Dock, St. John, and Percy Howard is with the Maritime Telephone Company at Halifax. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell moved to Sydney on April 15th, 1912 (the date of the wreck of the Titanic), where Mr. McConnell has since been in business up to the present time. They have no family. Tb~ m,Curdys of nova Scotia

2A43-MARY ISABELLA McCuRDY, the third daughter of Edward W. and Eliza J. McCurdy, was born on May 14th, 1871. She was a girl of a very affectionate disposition, always happy in the midst of a circle of friends. She was married at her home in Baddeck to Dr. Arthur A. Dechman of Sherbrooke (M. 52) on December 17th, 1896. For a time Dr. Dechman lived at Wedgeport, but later moved to Bridgetown, where he still practises. Mrs. Dechman died on December 17th, 1922. Their children were: 2A431-George Hart, born October 19th, 1897; 2A432-Alice Roosevelt, born February 2nd, 1900; died Decem- ber 17th, 1918 ; 2A433-Arthur Edward, born June 1st, 1903 ; 2A434-Walter Fairchild, born August 22nd, 1906. 2A431-GEORGE HART DECHMAN, the oldest child, married Edith May Smith of Glasgow, Scotland, in May 1923. 2A44-CHARLES JosEPH EDWARD McCURDY, the fourth child and eldest son of 2A4-Edward W. and Eliza J. McCurdy, was born on November 30th, 1872. He moved to Boston when only a young fellow and was not past twenty when he married Cora Murray, of Cam­ bridgeport, Mass. They have one daughter, 2A441-Olive. 2A45-FRANCIS HARVEY WILLIAM HENRY McCURDY, the youngest child of Edward W. and Eliza J. McCurdy, was born at Betts Cove, Newfoundland. He died of pneumonia when only sixteen months old, on February 8th, 1881, and was buried in the Cemetery at St. Johns, Newfoundland.

2A5-WrLLIAM FRASER Mc CURDY was born at Onslow on December 5th, 1844, the third son and fifth child of the 2A-Hon. David and Mary Mc Curdy. As a young man he was a very capable student, and passed his final examinations in the Truro Academy when only fourteen years of age, receiving a teacher's licence which qualified him to teach school when he would reach the proper age. He then went to work as a clerk with the wholesale and retail firm of Robert Chambers of Truro, with whom he remained until he moved to Cape Breton. In the early spring of 1863, his brother Edward, who had been in Baddeck with Angus Tupper (a brother-in-law), returned to Truro by way of a schooner from Baddeck to Halifax. The vessel was the Harriet Newel, owned and captained by Captain Donald McLeod of South Gut, St. Ann's, C.B. Owing to Edward's return, his brother William was sent down to take his place in the business and represent the interests of their father, David McCurdy. William started for Baddeck in the same schooner that had brought his brother Edward Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

home, and arrived at Big Harbour or Port Bevis, some eight miles from Bad deck, about the middle of June 1863. As the weather was calm, William left the schooner at Big Harbour, and started to walk to Baddeck. On the way he stopped at what is now called " Crescent Grove " and accepted the invitation of a hospitable farmer to have dinner. The house was over half a mile back from the road and was owned by a Mr. Anderson, the father of Mrs. Donald F. McRae, whose husband conducted a general store in Baddeck for a number of years. After dinner, William helped Mr. Anderson to graft some apple trees, and then walked the remaining two miles to the store at Baddeck. Curiously enough, this property seemed to be tied up with William F. McCurdy's destiny, for some twenty years later he purchased this " Crescent Grove" property, where he lived for a time and where his daughter Mabel was born in 1888. He then sold it to Dr. , and again in 1922 re-purchased from Dr. Kennan, and it was there he died on Tuesday morning, June 5th, 1923, just sixty years after his arrival there of a June day in Baddeck. After the death of Mr. Angus Tupper in 1865, the whole business was taken over by the McCurdys, and William went into partnership with his father under the firm name of D. Mc Curdy & Son. As time passed, the business increased greatly, and cattle and butter received from customers in exchange for goods were shipped by the schooner load to " French St. Pierre," yielding a very profit­ able trade. The McCurdys were men who took a wide interest in the welfare of the community, and were instrumental in bringing Mr. James W. Archibald ( a relative) and establishing a tannery in the vicinity, and also in establishing a small shoe factory on the " Point" supervised by William Proctor. This latter necessitated bringing several skilled workmen to Baddeck, among them the late A. J. McKay, a cutter in the shoe factory, and father of Kenneth J. McKay, senior member of the firm of McKay, Macaskill & Co. The wharf property was acquired and a shipping pier built thereon. After the retirement of the Hon. David and the entry of Arthur W. McCurdy, the business still further expanded. The business was separated, placing the heavy hardware down at the wharf. A news­ paper, the Island Reporter, was started, under Arthur as Editor. A meat curing business was begun, and a butcher from Halifax intro­ duced. A property on St. Patrick's Channel was purchased and a large wharf built there with intent to establish a branch business. But coincident with all the outlay necessary to this expansion, the back country upon which the business rested, got poorer and poorer. The young men were leaving the farms for the States or the mines. The net result was that on November 7th, 1887, the firm was com- Tb~ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia 153

pelled to make a general assignment to the representative of the Halifax Banking Company. It has been said that the unrecoverable book debts would have sufficed to have paid all the firm's indebted­ ness in full, and leave a fair balance to the good. William F. McCurdy had for many years, as early as 1882, been interested in gypsum shipments, and had opened a quarry at the Baddeck Bay on what is now the Estate. The closing of the merchant business left him free to devote his energies to gypsum mining. In 1890 he opened gypsum quarries at Port Bevis, and built a shipping pier 600 feet long at the very spot where he had first set his foot when he landed in Cape Breton. From this pier he built a narrow-gauge railway about two miles long to the main quarry, which was named " Eagle Quarry " owing to the fact that several eagles had there built their nests. Later he incorporated the Victoria <;;ypsum Mining and Manufacturing Co. and transferred his large holdings of Gypsum leases to the company, of which he was practi­ cally the one shareholder. A more attractive class of rock being uncovered at St. Ann's, his energies were transferred to this district, and he there built a railway three and a half miles long and a large shipping pier. Here he used two locomotives and about a hundred cars. For a great many years he was the largest employer of labour in the County of Victoria, having an average of IOO to 175 men in his employ at a time. Of few men could the proverb be quoted with more truth than of Mr. McCurdy," The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong," and if Mr. McCurdy did not reap the harvest of success which his industry deserved, it was not for want of in­ domitable energy, broad vision or good mechanical execution. The Hon. William F. McCurdy first contested Victoria for the House of Assembly on September 17th, 1878, and was elected under the following vote: John Morrison, 607; William F. McCurdy, 594; John Ross, 580; J. S. McLean, 368; William Kidston, 120. At the General Election in 1882, he was also returned, by the following vote, his colleague John Morrison being defeated : J. A. McDonald, 874; William F. McCurdy, 639; John Morrison, 522; D. J. McLeod, 498; John Munro, 159. In 1887, he contested Victoria for the Dominion House of Commons and was defeated by John A. McDonald, the vote being as follows : John A. McDonald, 836; William F. McCurdy, 773. On March 20th, 1900, he was appointed to the Legislative Council in place of his father who resigned, and continued to sit in the Legislative Council until his death. Mr. Mc Curdy was a Liberal in politics, and never held a port­ folio. At the same time he exercised a very strong influence in the 154 Tbt mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

councils of his Party in the House. He was not " out for himself," but kept the interests of his County and Province always in mind. The local statutes show a grant of money for a railway from Broad Cove to Baddeck. The inside fact is that he got this grant in the Act against the desire of the whole Government, and only by threatening to leave the Party. But he got it. During his first term in the Legisla­ ture, from 1878 to I 882, Mr. McCurdy was in opposition, being one of only three Liberals in the House. But in 1882 the Liberals were returned in the majority, and Mr. McCurdy got an opportunity to urge his belief in better bridges. In fact he was largely instrumental in the enactment of the " Larger Bridges Act," introduced by the Fielding Government under Chapter 20 of the Acts of 1883, and had begun the first of these large iron bridges in his own county, the first to be built being the " Red Bridge " over the in 1883, the " Forks" Bridge in 1883, the Middle River " Church" Bridge in 1885, the " Lower" Middle River Bridge in 1886, the Indian Brook Bridge in 1886, and a number of other large iron bridges in the county, lasting monuments to the enthusiastic efforts of Mr. Mc Curdy on behalf of his adopted county. In 1876, Mr. McCurdy, in company with William Kandick and friends from Halifax, took a trip to the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. There the model telephone was on exhibition by Dr. A. Graham Bell, and just as soon as the instruments came on the market Mr. McCurdy purchased three, with necessary wire, and installed them at his home; one in the shop, one at his father's house, and the third at his own home at Crescent Grove. This may have been the first telephone system in operation in Nova Scotia. When the late Doctor Bell, the inventor, visited Baddeck shortly after, he was amazed to find a telephone system established and in perfect working order at Baddeck, and took great delight in talking over the phone from Mr. McCurdy's residence to the store. He quite soon thereafter purchased the house adjacent to Mr. McCurdy's, and thereafter during summer months became a constant resident of Baddeck. The Bells and McCurdys became very great friends, and in 1888, when a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. William F. McCurdy, the infant received the name of their distinguished neighbour, Mrs. Bell-" Mabel Bell." On November 6th, 1877, William F. McCurdy was married to Mary Elizabeth Kandick, daughter ofWilliam Kandick (whose name was changed by Legislature from William Kynock to William Kandick for some reason unknown to the writer). Mr. Kandick was a wholesale merchant of Halifax with whom the McCurdy firm had 1arge dealings. Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia 1 55

The children of 2A5-William F. and Mary Elizabeth McCurdy were: 2A51-Charles William Kandick McCurdy, born at Baddeck, August 28th, 1878 ; 2A52-Albert Edward Kandick McCurdy, born at Halifax, June 19th, 1881 ; _ 2A53-Archibald William Clark McCurdy, born at Halifax, April 13th, 1884; 2A54-Mabel Bell McCurdy, born at Baddeck, July 2nd, 1888. On July 10th, 1901, the Hon. William F. McCurdy married his second wife, 2881-Annie Elizabeth Laughead, a daughter of Robert Allen and 288-Victoria (McCurdy) Laughead. They had one child, a daughter, 2A55-Allene Victoria, born October 4th, 1908. In 1913, Mr. McCurdy was appointed municipal clerk for Victoria, an office he held until his death. The Hon. William Fraser McCurdy died at his home in Baddeck on June 5th, 1923, in his 79th year. He was buried at Knox Church Cemetery in the McCurdy family plot. Six municipal councillors were his pall bearers, and walked with bared heads from the house to the churchyard, the procession so long that indeed it stretched from the house to the graveside, many friends not merely within but from outside the county being in attendance. His widow is now w.ith the University of King's College at Halifax, and holds the position of Dean of the lady students. 2A51-CHARLES WILLIAM KANDICK McCuRDY began his business career as a clerk in Philadelphia. He later returned to Cape Breton, and opened a store near the Quarries at Goose Cove. He is now the municipal clerk for Victoria, and resides at Baddeck. He married, on July 25th, 1916, Harriet Melina Chace Brown of Dundee, Scotland, daughter of George Chace Brown, who for twelve years was assessor, etc., for Fifeshire, Scotland, with headquarters at Cuper, Fife, until illness compelled him to resign his position. His death followed shortly after at Copplestone, Devonshire. Mrs. C. W. K. McCurdy, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, London, England, with the degree of Associate and also Licentiate, and in 1913 was presented with a fine medal by the Academy for proficiency in music. 2A52-ALBERT EDWARD KANDICK McCURDY as a young man went out to San Francisco, but had not long been there until he took sick and died in the hospital from an operation. He was buried in that city. 2A53-ARCHIBALD WILLIAM CLARK McCuRDY as he grew up was in delicate health. After a lingering illness from tuberculosis, he Tb¢ mccurdys of Oo\'a Scotia

died at his father's home in January 1912. He had an exceedingly bright mind, and showed special talent in literature. 2A54-MABEL BELL McCuRDY was educated as a stenographer, and for a number of years acted as private secretary to Dr. A. Graham Bell. She now owns and manages "The Little Green Light," a tea room at Bay View, Mass.

2A6-HENR Y How ARD Dou GLAS Mc CURDY, the sixth child of Hon. David and Mary (Archibald) McCurdy, was born at Onslow on February 20th, 1848. As a boy he dropped the third name, Douglas, either objecting to the length of the name, or, it is said, to the sequence of the initials. From early childhood he had a most spontaneously friendly disposition, and while he always throughout his life bubbled over with fun, the kindness of his heart took the sting out of many of his merry pranks. He inherited in full measure the family regard for music, and the elders tell how, at worship, he would join lustily in singing the Psalm, long before he knew a syllable of the words, improvising to the melody his own rendition. Such words, for instance, as, " There's a great big hole in John's stocking; there's a great big crack in the wall," were not to edification, but his vocal earnestness in their rendition was permitted to pass for devotion. His kindheartedness and friendliness followed him all through and found continuous opportunity for exercise, wherever he saw that assistance or even a cheery word was possible. Frequently his hospitality might tend more than he had thought to his good wife's embarrassment, but, however much the home folk might realize and feel it, the guest was never aware of the overload upon the household menage. In his trips to the Old Country he delighted to impersonate the Innocent Abroad. On one occasion, at a large restaurant, he was served with a glass of ale, which the waiter took pains to tell him was Bass. Very casually he hailed the head waiter, and most kindly inquired after the health of Mr. Bass, the gentleman who made the ale. The waiter assured him that Mr. Bass was dead. " What, dead ! good gracious, and to think that I had not heard the sad news." On another occasion, accompanied by his nephew, 2A21-John Blanchard, he went into a large warehouse in Manchester. The proprietor had just installed a telephone system, and evidently was inordinately proud of it. He showed it to Mr. Mc Curdy. But Mr. Mc Curdy would not at first believe that it would work. Perhaps there was a fellow just on the other side of the partition ; or perhaps the wire was hollow. He even, when permitted most gingerly to try it himself, and hear the responding voice, jumped suddenly to the communicating door, to catch the con- Tb~ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia 157

ederate in the other room. " Indeed, it is wonderful ; what wonder­ ful things they do have in England." And then, apologetically, " You know we come from Canada." His irate nephew could hardly contain himself till a private opportunity came to expostulate. But his indignation simply died out at the bland explanation. "But, John, of course I could have told him that I had a telephone in my own store, and was personally acquainted with the inventor, but really, John, did you ever see a man more pleased with himself at the opportunity of showing off his 'phone to us poor ignorant Cana­ dians ? " And one might say that as a whole, there was always room in the laugh for more than himself, in Henry McCurdy's pleasantries. But after all said, there was much more than bubbles in Mr. McCurdy's character. He was far above the ordinary as a business man. As a citizen, he found time for the community interests. He was an active member of the Sydney Board of Trade, and its presi­ dent for the 1903-4 term. For years and up to the time of his death, he was president of the Sydney City Improvement Association. But even more, his ardent interest was in his Church. The Presbyterian congregation at Antigonish keenly felt his absence upon his removal to Sydney. In Sydney he connected himself as an active member with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, to the support of which and in connection with its duties, he was a generous contributor and ardent worker. His home life was one of the bright spots .in the memory of his surviving children. He combined the companionship of the elder brother with the responsibilities of the father. Henry H. McCurdy moved to Antigonish in 1869, and with the assistance of Mr. Charles Blanchard Whidden, opened up a General Store, with Mr. Whidden as a silent partner. With prosperity, Mr. McCurdy bought out his partner's share and ultimately built up one of the largest mercantile establishments in Eastern Nova Scotia. For a short period, Alexander C. McMillan, and then Henry K. Brine were his partners. In 1898, Mr. McCurdy opened a Branch Store in Sydney, and then, as the business of this branch quickly extended, in 1900 transferred his whole enterprise to Sydney. His two sons, John and Harry, began as clerks in their father's store, and in due time were taken into the business as partners. On September 23rd, 1875, Mr. McCurdy married Sarah Isabella McMillan, a daughter of John McMillan of Antigonish. Mr. McMillan was a well known and successful merchant with stores in Antigonish and the neighbouring community of St. Andrews. The city of Sydney, and in fact far beyond its bounds, was shocked by the news of Mr. McCurdy's tragically sudden death. Tb¢ mcCurdys of nova Scotia

The very picture of health and vigour, as someone has said," one of the manliest and handsomest men in Nova Scotia," he was stricken with appendicitis, and passed away within a week, on August 20th, 1906. The children of Henry H. McCurdy and Sarah Isabella (McMillan) McCurdy were: 2A6I-David Douglas; 2A6z-John Edward; 2A63-Harry Blanchard; 2A64-Mary Isabella; 2A65-Margaret Bauld; 2A66- Carnot Franklyn; 2A67-Ainslie Carlysle. 2A6I-DAVID DOUGLAS McCuRDY, the eldest son, was born in Antigonish on August 12th, 1876. He took his Arts course at St. Francis Xavier College, in his home town, and received his degree of LL.B. from Dalhousie Law School. He was admitted to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1906; practised for about two years with G. A. R. Rawlings, K.C., of Sydney, with whom he had been articled, and in April 191 ~ went to Moose Jaw, Sask. There he was admitted a barrister that same spring, and since that time has practised his pro­ fession in that city. Under a reciprocal arrangement made between England and Canada for the exchange of teachers in connection with the " Hands across the Sea" Movement, Miss Margaret Magdelen Giebler (one among the teachers so coming to Canada) had taken a school in Moose Jaw during 1914 and 1915. This was the occasion when David McCurdy was fortunate to make her acquaintance. She returned to England in 1916. In August 1918 David went to England with a military convoy from New York, and shortly after his arrival was married to Miss Giebler. They have no family. 2A62-JoHN EDWARD McCURDY, the second son, was born at Antigonish on June 26th, 1878. After a high school and academy education, he entered his father's business, and in due time was made a partner. Not only is John an excellent business man, as a result of careful training and natural ability, but he is an expert in many sports. As a" trap-shooter," he has won medals and prizes in Nova Scotia, Toronto, Chicago and elsewhere. In his younger days he collected prizes of various values on the track, as a sprinter, and on the quarter and half mile. His son, Howard, has followed in his footsteps, and may have broken even his father's speed record. Mr. McCurdy was married at Sydney on February 6th, 1907, to Bessie Chipman Parker. They have two children: 2A621-Howard Primrose, born March 31st, 1909, and 2A6z2-Elizabeth Primrose, born July 31st, 1918. 2A63-HARRY BLANCHARD McCURDY, the third child, was born at Antigonish on January 21st, 1881. As did his brother John, Harry early became connected with his father's business in Antigonish, and Tb¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia 1 59

through the drudgery and detail of his apprenticeship became well equipped for a strenuous and responsible business in later years. During his father's lifetime Harry was taken into the enterprise as a partner, and so, when the burden was suddenly placed upon the shoulders of the sons, they were well able to bear its responsibilities. While Harry had his strong inclinations for sport, and was indeed an expert runner, he early took a profound interest in religious matters. While quite young he was made an Elder in St. Andrew's Presby­ terian Church in Sydney. He married, on June 21st, 1905, Katherine Farquharson, a daughter of Rev. Alexander Farquharson, who had been Pastor of St. Andrew's Church, Sydney. They have four children: 2A631-Hugh Henry, born April 17th, 1906; 2A632-Gordon Alexander, born November 15th, 1907; 2A633-Barbara Isabel, born July 30th, 1910; and 2A634-David Graham, born October 3rd, 1913. 2A64-MARY ISABELLA McCuRDY, the fourth child and oldest daughter, was born at Antigonish on January 14th, 1883. " Belle," as she was so well known, was a gentle, dainty, fragile girl, loving and loved. She was not destined to live out the bright promise of her early days. She was called away on September 22nd, 1903. The fragrance of her sweet life will linger long in the memory of her many friends. 2A65-MARGARET BAULD McCuRDY, the fifth child, was born at Antigonish on June 14th, I 884. She was in delicate health most of her life, but bore up under illness with marvellous courage and spirit. She died at Sydney on February 7th, 1923. 2A66-CARNOT FRANKLYN Mc CURDY was born at Antigonish on August 1st, 1887. He had a most decided genius for music. His artistic taste was also displayed in the store, the display and show windows reflecting his talent. A skilful musician, he was organist at the Whitney Pier Presbyterian Church in Sydney, where his ability as a player of the pipe organ was much enjoyed. Failing health sent him on a holiday to the Pacific Coast. In a hunting expedition he was killed by a bullet deflected from the water. It was in December 1913 that this sad accident of his death took place. 2A67-AINSLIE CARLYSLE McCuRDY, the youngest child, was born at Antigonish on January 3rd, 1893. Unlike his brothers, he showed no aptitude for mercantile pursuits, but rather inclined toward mathematics. When quite young, he entered the Massachusetts School of Technology at Boston, and took up engineering. He has had grave concern for some time regarding his eyes, and to get away from the desk has taken up outside construction work, at which he is now engaged in Massachusetts. 160 Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

2A7-ARTHUR WILLIAMS McCURDY, the youngest child of David and Mary McCurdy, was born on April 13th, 1856. He no doubt got his second name from the hero of the Crimean War just concluded a month before his birth. In addition to the Public School, he took a course at the Collegiate Institute, the High School at Whitby, Ontario. He next was articled as a law clerk in the offices of W. H. & A. Blanchard at Windsor, and practically com­ pleted his four-year term, but did not take the examinations to qualify him for admission to the Bar. Instead, he went home to Baddeck and entered the merchant business of D. McCurdy & Son. Shortly thereafter he was admitted as partner, his father handing over his share of the business and retiring, and the business being continued with his brother William under the name of D. McCurdy & Sons. Upon the failure of the business on November 7th, 1887, Arthur obtained employment with Dr. A. Graham Bell as private secretary. Among his many duties came that of photographing certain experi­ ments, and it was not long until he became a very capable amateur photographer. While developing some films in the dark-room of W. H. Watson, the local photographer at Baddeck, Mr. McCurdy was struck with the idea that the little pair of rollers Watson had for rolling the film in the developing fluid might be the basis of a big thing. Why not build a little dark-room round the film rollers, with a bit of red glass window in the cover for observing the process of development progressing inside the box ? Well, why not ? So he experimented, and finally had a satisfactory model, and then got his Patent. But in the process he almost lost it. Someone in the United States constructing a portion of the model sensed the idea and started immediately for the Patent Office. But Mr. McCurdy eventually won out. As a result, he put on the market, through the Eastman Company, what he first called the Ebedek (e or ex, out of, and bedek, Baddeck) that is, Out of Baddeck. Later, however, the invention was known as the Eastman Developer. Mr. McCurdy always had a hankering for mechanics. When a boy he had an old turning lathe rigged up in the rear upstairs of the old " King" building in Baddeck. While at Dr. Bell's he got up some very ingenious gates that opened and shut by contact of the waggon wheel with a lever on the ground engaged as the vehicle approached or passed the gate. When Mr. McCurdy's daylight developing machine was accepted by the Eastman Company, he severed his business associa­ tions with Dr. Bell to devote himself exclusively to other inventions. Shortly after his second marriage he moved to Victoria, B.C. Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia 161

There he had his experimental laboratory, but at his country home, Malahat Park, he found his recreation in the out-of-door life, the hunting and fishing to which he had been so devoted in Cape Breton. Because of his success as an inventor, he was awarded the John Scott premium and medal by the Franklin Institute of 1903. Not only was Mr. McCurdy interested in matters scientific, but he was also active in community affairs wherever he lived. He was President of the Natural History Society of Victoria, and he was as well the Victoria centre of the Royal Astronomical Society. He was first President of the Canadian Club of Victoria formed in 1906. In an obituary editorial on Mr. McCurdy, the Daily Colonist of Victoria, B.C., says : " It was his interest and activity which con­ tributed to the erection of the Observatory at Gonzoles Heights, and when that was an accomplished fact, he turned his attention to pleading for the establishment in this part of Canada of the ­ physical Observatory on Little Saanich Mountain, which is now one of the chief points of astronomical research work on the continent. He was always striving to do good for the city and district in which he lived. He was a man of intense activity and of sound patriotic purpose. He interested himself in the things of life which count, and has gone to his reward with a knowledge of life well spent." He died suddenly in his rooms at Washington, D.C., of heart failure, while arranging for the commercial development of a recently completed invention. Mr. McCurdy was married twice. His first wife was Lucy O'Brien of Windsor, born November 18th, 1857, the daughter of William O'Brien of that town. She was a woman of most winsome disposition, bright and cheery, and during the short time of her life vouchsafed her in Baddeck, endeared herself to all. She died shortly after the birth of her youngest son. Mr. McCurdy married on October 2nd, 1902, in St. James's Cathedral, Montreal, Hattie Maria Mace. The latter was born in Sydenham, Ontario, on July 9th, 1877, the daughter of William Dennis and Calista Ann (Guess) Mace. The children of Arthur W. and Lucy McCurdy are : 2A71-Susan Winifred, born November 18th, 1881 ; 2A72-George, born September 23rd, 1883 ; 2A73-John Archibald Douglas, born August nth, 1886; 2A74-Arthur Lucian Salisbury, born March 18th, 1888. And of Arthur W. and Hattie Maria (Mace) McCurdy: 2A75-Harriet Mabel Mace, born September 4th, 1903; 2A76-Leonora, born May 2nd, 1905; 2A77-William Melville, born September 10th, 1907. N 162 Tb~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia

2A71-SusAN WINIFRED MCCURDY, the eldest child of Arthur W. and Lucy McCurdy, was born at Baddeck on November 18th, 1881. She was married at the residence of Dr. A. Graham Bell, Beinn Bhreagh, on December 18th, 1905, to Walter Archer ("Jack") Frost. Her husband was born on December 18th, 1875, the son of Professor Simeon Taylor Frost and Phoebe Wheeler. Professor Frost was a distinguished teacher, and had, as a friend said, " the most remarkable memory I ever knew." "Jack" studied and was admitted to practise law, but finds his forte to be literature. His name is well known among the story writers, and of late he has taken successfully to the production of Movie dramas. He has been for a while living in or near New York, but the family are now residing at Lakeville, Conn. They have but one child, a daughter, born July 25th, 1908, affectionately named after her great-·aunt, 2A7II-Georgina. 2A72-GEORGE McCuRDY, the second child of Arthur W. and Lucy McCurdy, was born at Baddeck on September 23rd, 1883. He married, on July 2nd, 1910, at Victoria, British Columbia, Anita Antoinette Heyland, born on September 17th, 1885, the daughter of Alfred Rowley Heyland, son of General C. B. Heyland, and grandson of Arthur Rowley Heyland of Ballintemple, in the county of London­ derry, Ireland, Major of the 40th Regiment, who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo, June 18th, 181 5. His wife's mother was Florence Macnaughton Jones, eldest daughter of Dr. William Macnaughton Jones. Mr. McCurdy is engaged in the practice and advancement of anresthesia. Their children are : 2A721-Florence Lucy Antoinette, born August 17th, 19u ; 2A722-William Arthur Maurice, born November 30th, 1912; 2A723-Beatrice Ethel Georgina, born January 4th, 1914. 2A73-JoHN ARCHIBALD DouGLAS McCuRDY, the third child, was born at Baddeck on August nth, 1886. As a boy he was full of energy, keen and fearless. He had an engaging personality, and Dr. Bell was early attracted to him. The Editor can mentally recall him in his boy-days tearing along with the crazy Sable Island ponies, or coming from the" Point" to Baddeck at top speed on a motor cycle. He early showed an ingenious and mechanical mind, and a dexterous hand. On one occasion his aunt " Georgie " and he were visiting at Dr. Bell's. His aunt had in some manner twisted or sprained her ankle, and Douglas was requisitioned to bandage it. After this operation very satisfactorily performed, Mrs. Graham Bell expressed her admiration for his craftsmanship. Douglas's answer was charac­ teristic : " Oh, that's all right, many a time I have bandaged the colt's hind-leg" ; a reference be it explained, not to his beloved aunt, but to one of his wild ponies. Tb¢ mcCurdys of nova Scotia

So when on February 23rd, 1909, Dr. Bell was considering some­ one to pilot his aeroplane, which would be the first to fly in Canada, it was not a surprise that he should see in this Douglas, cool, careful, and courageous, the ideal aviator for the momentous occasion. Many who were spectators on that day of days for Baddeck, will never forget the scene. The ice on the Bras-D'or Lake was hard and glib, and as the machine, mounted on its rubber-tired wheels, was moved toward the centre of the Bay, the people watched in silence. Then Douglas, with that cute little smile which is so characteristic of him, mounted to his seat. No one in that crowd envied him. Some sagely shook their head. But the word came, and with a quick turn of the propeller the engine started, and the blades whirled. " Let Go ! " and with all hindrance removed, the light aeroplane began to glide forward on the ice, gather speed, and amid the shouts of " She's up" from the excited throng, the machine lifted itself gracefully in the air, travelled a mile or two to the westward, turned around, and glided triumphantly back to its place of starting, landing easily on the ice. Douglas McCurdy had been the first person in Canada to speed above the firm earth, the first person actually to fly through the air, to fulfil the dreamer's vision as old as the days of Dredalus. To-day, with aeroplanes developed as they are, such seems almost a commonplace, but one can call to remembrance the eulogy of Horace, the Latin poet, upon the man with heart of oak and triple brass, who first essayed to launch out in his frail bark upon the raging waters. The aviator as well as the seaman is a common­ place to-day, but that fact by no means lessens the feat of the pioneer who first trusted himself to the treacherous billows, or still more dangerous atmosphere. , Mr. McCurdy is now living in Toronto. He married at Wood­ stock, Ont., on April 2nd, 1919, Margaret Millicent Ball. The latter was born on November 8th, 1898, the daughter of Robert Notman Ball of Woodstock and Margaret King of Ingersoll, Ontario. 2A73-Douglas and wife have two children: 2A731-Margaret Diana, born January 18th, 1921; and 2A732-John Robert, born May 20th, 1925. 2A74-ARTHUR LUCIAN SALISBURY McCuRDY, the youngest child of Arthur W. and Lucy McCurdy, was born at Baddeck on March 18th, 1888. He married Mary Hilda Burton of Toronto on Septem­ ber 25th, 1915. His wife is the daughter of Warren F. Burton of Toronto and Mary Robinson Atkinson. Lucian makes his home now in Toronto, and is engaged in selling automobiles. There is one child, 2A741-Peter Burton McCurdy, born on November 6th, 1918. 2A75-HARRIET MABEL MACE McCuRDY, the fifth child of Arthur Tbc mccurdys of llova Scotia

W. McCurdy, and first of his second wife, Hattie Maria (Mace) McCurdy, was born in Toronto on September 4th, 1903. She takes her first name from her Aunt Harriet Bell, and her second from Mrs. Graham Bell. She has attended the University of California, has taken a double major there in English and Zoology, and graduated with her degree of B.A. in May 1927. For two years she was a reader in English for Professor Kurtz, and for one year worked in Dr. Herbert Evans's laboratory of anatomical research. In September 1927 she entered the University of Iowa, specializing in her favourite subject of Zoology, in which department she has an enviable record, this post-graduate course being for her degree of Ph.D. 2A76-LEONORA McCuRDY was born at Baddeck on May 2nd, 1905. She attended the University of California, majoring in Economics, and graduated in December 1926, taking her degree of B.A. the following May. In her college work she took one of Dr. Flugel's courses in Economics, being specially interested in the sub­ department of Labour. At present she is attending the College of British Columbia, for the purpose of Normal training, with a view to teaching as a profession. 2A77-W1LLIAM MELVILLE McCuRDY, the youngest child of Arthur W. and Hattie Maria Mace McCurdy, was born at Victoria, B.C., on September 10th, 1907. He takes his name William from his grandfather Mace, and his second name from his grand-uncle Melville Bell. He is now only 6ft. rnins. tall, but has apparently decided to stop at that. Although his two sisters, Harriet and Leonora, passed their examinations at the top of their classes, Melville is the only one to have received a medal, receiving at High School the gold medal given by the Reeve of Esquimalt, much to the family surprise. Rather than a University course, he has entered the Bank of Italy, Long Beach, Cal., and has already had several satis­ factory promotions. While Dr. A. Graham Bell was wont to speak of Mrs. Hattie McCurdy as his" cousin," the relationship above suggested with the Bells is from the fact that Harriet Guess, an aunt of Mrs. Hattie McCurdy (her mother's only sister) was married in 1897 to A. Melville Bell (the father of Dr. A. Graham Bell) a year after the death of his first wife, 'the latter the mother of Dr. A. Graham Bell. Th~ mtCurdys of nova Stotia

SUBSECTION TWELVE

2B-NANCY MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND HER DESCENDANTS

2B-NANCY McCURDY, the twelfth child of 2-James and Agnes (Archibald) McCurdy, was born at Onslow, Nova Scotia, on November 18th, 1812, and was married to Rev. Dr. William Fraser of Bond Head, Upper Canada (Ontario) on October 3rd, 1844, by Rev. John Irvine Baxter, assisted by Rev. James Waddell. For the following extracts from most interesting biographies of Nancy McCurdy, her husband and descendants, we are deeply indebted to her daughter, 2B1-Mrs. Agnes F. Robinson of Toronto. Speaking of the occasion of Rev. Dr. Fraser's second marriage as related, to Nancy McCurdy, Mrs. Robinson goes on to say: "My father had not met Nancy McCurdy for more than ten years, but a memory remained of the girl in her Onslow home, sister to his classmates at the Pictou Academy, and a correspondence was begun which ended in their marriage. She was a tall slender woman with regular features and abundant dark hair worn in smooth bands with a becoming cap, as was the fashion for married women in those days. She was calm and dignified in manner, with a soft voice, and graceful in her movements. I do not remember ever to have seen her hurried, though she accomplished so much in her married life, which lasted somewhat over seventeen years. She was a devoted wife and mother, giving her whole time and strength to her family, over whom she exercised a gentle but firm sway. Her discipline was strict, but play and high spirits of youth were given much latitude. She herself enjoyed fun, and loved a good joke. How full and busy her life was, may be judged when it is remembered that there were already three children in the home to which she came as my father's second wife. " Living conditions in a country parish in that part of Upper Canada were not so easy in those days when almost everything required for the family had to be made at home. Our mother had also the duties of a farmer's wife added to those of a minister's wife, as my father owned and worked a farm of sixty-six acres on which our house was situated. "Nor was hospitality wanting. The house was small, and the family numerous, and it was not an uncommon experience for a child to go to sleep in one bed and awake in the morning in another (or more likely on the sofa in the living-room) to make room for some itinerant minister or colporteur or Bible Society Agent or what not. Such incidents were taken as a matter of course both by children and 166 Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

their elders. Indeed, it was the custom of the time. Nearly every house in the countryside kept the door always ' on the latch.' "My mother was the first to teach the making of good bread and the use of yeast in that community. I distinctly remember women coming from a considerable distance to get a ' starting ' of ' hop­ yeast,' and to be told how to make and use it. Up to that time ' salt-rising ' bread was the only kind they knew, and it was far from palatable. She was also a pioneer in the art of dyeing the yarns for homespun cloths, carpets, etc. She had herself an artistic taste which found expression in this way, and in the designing of rugs and cover­ lets. Pieces of fine embroidery done by her are still in existence, showing how skilled she was in artistic needlework. It was the love of the beautiful which led her to persevere in the care and rearip.g of house plants, in which she had great success under difficult condi­ tions, as the house was small and full of children, and the nights in winter bitterly cold ; but however tired she might be, she never failed to see that her cherished roses, fuchsias, or scented geraniums were well protected from the frost. " In 1851, our uncle, 29-Rev. Daniel McCurdy, visited us. I was a child of six on that occasion. He arrived on Christmas Day, without any previous notice. My mother wept for joy, which we children thought strange. It was very cold, a stormy day, and I well remember how he looked covered with snow. He might have been taken for a veritable Father Christmas. The next uncle who came was, 20-Rev. John McCurdy of Chatham, N.B., in 1858. The following year we had a visit from 2C-Aunt Rachel and her husband, Hugh Dickson, of Onslow. A cousin of our mother's, Mr. Edward Blanchard of Truro, also paid us a flying visit. " Some years later (I think about 1877), 27-Uncle Isaac and 2A-Uncle David visited us together. They spent a few days at Bond Head, and also at Whitby, which was my home. Uncle David's son, 2A7-Arthur, who afterwards became eminent as a scientist and inventor, had been a pupil of my husband's at the Whitby Collegiate Institute, and lived with us during that time. On the oc;casion of that visit of our uncles, my father had accompanied them to Toronto, and was driving about the city with them. They had just crossed one of the high bridges over the ravine at Rosedale, when the bridge gave way, and they barely escaped certain death which overtook those who were just behind them. Another somewhat striking incident in the lives of these uncles may be related here. Isaac McCurdy and his brother David were on a journey in the early times in Nova Scotia, and had stopped overnight at the house of a friend, probably a relative. They had planned to make an early start in the morning, Tb~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia

and, as the horses had to be fed, they were anxious not to oversleep themselves, but did not wish to disturb the family by striking a light. So Uncle Isaac got out of bed very quietly and found his way to the open-faced clock in the other room, and, raising his hand to ascertain the hour by feeling the dial, was not a little startled to come in contact with another human hand groping in the dark like his own ! Of course it was his brother David, on the same quest, at the same moment! " In 1860, Uncle Isaac McCurdy of Onslow came to see us at Bond Head, and was so urgent that my mother should return with him to Nova Scotia to spend the summer, that he prevailed upon her to do so, and to my great joy, I was allowed to accompany her. "Our first stopping-place in Nova Scotia was at the home of Mr. William Henry Blanchard, a rising young lawyer, and a brother-in­ law of Uncle Isaac's. We then went on to Truro and Onslow, where we found hosts of relations. Three months passed very quickly in a series of visits to these friends and to other relations in different parts of the country. We received everywhere the warmest welcome and the most abounding hospitality. " The affection with which' Aunt Nancy' was received showed what a favourite she had been in the various families. But they did not like her cap, and made her lay it aside and put her hair into ringlets on each side of her face, with side-combs to keep it in place, as she had worn it when she was a girl. " It seemed to me that Nova Scotia at that time was peopled with McCurdys, Archibalds and Blanchards. We found uncles and aunts, first cousins and second cousins all over the country. They had more leisure than the same class of people in Upper Canada. Wherever we went, they always seemed to have time to entertain visitors, and to drive us about the country. Evidently, even then, the pace was less feverish in the Maritimes. " My father came for us in September, and we went with him to visit his early home not far from Pictou. After two weeks we re­ turned to Truro, and, to my great joy, found that a cousin, 2A3- Georgie McCurdy, a few years older than myself, would accompany us home and spent the winter at Bond Head. " We were always thankful that our mother had been able to make that visit to her native place. It was her only holiday in sixteen years, and it was a great pleasure and comfort to her. In 1861, her health began to fail, and she became gradually weaker, until she passed away on April 7th, 1862. We were all young when she left us, the youngest, Willie, only eight. As long as she lived she fulfilled her 168 Tb¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia

duty to her family, training them ' in the nurture and admonition of of the Lord.' Blessed is the memory of such a mother." The Rev. William Fraser, D.D., who married Nancy McCurdy, was the son of Donald Fraser, Miller, of McLellans Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The latter was born in Inverness-shire, Scot­ land, and was brought by his parents, an infant in arms, to Nova Scotia on board the ship Hector in 1773. William Fraser was born at McLellans Brook, May 19th, 1808; graduated from Pictou Academy in 1834; in the same year came to Upper Canada as a Gaelic and English speaking missionary under the auspices of the Associate Synod of Scotland (Presbyterian), and ministered to scattered groups of settlers for one year in the district between London and Goderich. In 183 5, he was transferred by request of the United Presbyterian Synod of Upper Canada, called and inducted as minister of the congregation of Bond Head in the township of Gwillimbury, with outlying preaching places in three adjacent townships. Bond Head itself remained under his charge for forty-six years, until his retire­ ment in 1881. He then removed to Barrie, where he spent the re­ mainder of his life, which ended on December 25th, 1892, a:t the ripe age of eighty-four years and seven months. During his long ministry he was clerk of the Synod of the U .P. Church until the union of that body with the Free Church, forming the Canada Presbyterian Church, and joint clerk of the new body along with the Rev. William Reid, D.D., until the union of all four Presbyterian Churches in Canada at that time to form the Presby­ terian Church in Canada, in 1875, when he continued as one of its joint clerks along with Rev. Robert Campbell, D.D., and the Rev. Professor Mackerras. He held this office until 1889, when he retired owing to advancing years. He was accounted an expert clerk, and an authority on all matters of Church Order and Pro­ cedure. Almost throughout all these years he took an active interest in education ; was Superintendent (Inspector) of public schools for the township of West Gwillimbury; and was an examiner for teachers' certificates for the county of Simcoe. In the year 1875 he received his degree of Doctor of Divinity from the Theological Faculty of Queen's University, Kingston, in recognition of his long, arduous and eminently efficient services to the Church. He was thrice married ; first, in 1834, to Jane Geddie of Pictou, N.S., who died in 1841, leaving three children, all long since dead in adult life; later, in 1844, to 2B-Nancy McCurdy; again, in 1866, Tbc IDcCurdys of nova Scotia

to Maria J. Nicolas of Cuyhoga Falls, Ohio, U.S.A., who pre­ deceased him in 1885, leaving two children. The children of 2B-Nancy and Rev. William Fraser were: 2B1-Agnes; 2B2-James Bruce ; 2B3-Robert Douglas; 2B4-Harriet Archibald; 2B5-William Henry. 2B1-AGNES FRASER, the eldest child of 2B-Nancy (McCurdy) and Rev. William Fraser, was born at Bond Head, Ontario, on June 23rd, 1845. She was educated at the village school there, at Miss Henry's School for Girls, and later attended the Bradford High School. She was married on April 19th, 1870, to George H. Robinson, and lived for four years in Brampton, Mr. Robinson being headmaster of the High School there. In 1873, Mr. Robinson was appointed Principal of the Collegiate Institute in Whitby, Ontario, where they resided until 1883. They then removed to Toronto, where Mrs. Robinson now lives with her daughter. It is to her kindness, industry and ability that the Editor and, resultantly, those who read this Record are greatly indebted for the fine biographies of her parents, brothers and sisters gathered together in this volume. Her husband, George Hunter Robinson, M.A., was born near Bradford, Ontario, on August uth, 1844- He was educated at Public School, Bradford High School, Newburgh Academy, and the University of Toronto, from which latter he graduated in 1869 with high honours and a medal in Classics. He was headmaster of Brampton High School, 1869-73 ; Principal of Whitby Collegiate Institute, 1873-83 ; and then, giving up teaching, he joined the Agency of the Travellers' Insurance Co. of Hartford and removed to Toronto in 1883. He was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Review, and its Editor from 1884 to 1893. He returned to the " Travellers" in 1895 and continued in the insurance business until his death on December 14th, 1920. Besides the activities recited, he edited the Educational Monthly for a number of years, and was for six years on the staff of the Toronto Daily Mail and Empire. The Editor attended as a pupil for two years the Whitby Collegiate Institute, and looking back to that occasion with a maturer judgment, can appreciate the ability of his teacher, Mr. Robinson. He was a born teacher. His discipline was remarkable in its firmness mingled with suavity. Study under his direction was a joy rather than a drudgery, opened up new views to the mind, and trained the in- 170 Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

tellect to appreciate the things so made evident. Especially m " English " Mr. Robinson excelled. In 1888, Agnes (Fraser) Robinson was elected a Member of the Executive Board of the W.F.M. Society of the Presbyterian Church, and held office on that Board for twenty-six years, first as Secretary, then nine years as Editor of the Society Magazine, and was a Vice-President of the Board until 1915, when the Foreign and Home Societies united under the name of the Women's Missionary Society, on the Board of which latter she held office as first Vice­ Pres_ident until she retired in 1917, after twenty-nine years of active service. During this time she took a leading part in the founding and management of the Ewart Missionary Training Home, as Secretary and Treasurer of its Board, from its beginning in 1897 until it was taken over by the General Assembly in 1908, and became the Missionary and Deaconess Training Home of the Presbyterian Church. She continued to be a member of its Board until 1917, when she retired from all active duties. Mrs. Robinson, though past her fourscore years, still retains her full mental vigour and alertness, and keeps in close touch with the events of the day, particularly with those connected with her religious environment. The family consists of two children : 2Bn-VIOLET MARY NANCY ROBINSON, who was born in Bramp­ ton, and is now on the teaching staff of Branksome Hall, Toronto; 2B12-PERCY JAMES ROBINSON, born at Whitby, now Classical Master in St. Andrew's College for Boys, Toronto. He has one son, 2B121-Gilbert de B. Robinson, in his third year at the University of Toronto.

2B2-J A M E s B R u c E F RA s E R was the eldest of the boys in the little group of five who were Nancy McCurdy's children. He was born at Bond Head on October 13th, 1846.. No one, who remembers him as a boy, needs to be told what a lively, stirring lad he was, a leader in all sorts of boyish activities, and a daring, fearless spirit. He and his brother next in age were a pair of boys as full of pranks as any in the neighbourhood. Whatever he took in hand, whether work or play, he went into it with all his might. He attended High School at Bradford for two years, where he made the best use of his time, for though he was a good sport, he was also a keen student. Under the double strain of growth and study, his health became unsatisfactory, and leaving school by medical advice, he took a long holiday with an older brother on the farm. Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 171

There, in the course of a little more than a year, he finished his growth and regained health and vigour. While living with his elder brother, he was thrown from a building at a raising, resulting in a dislocated shoulder and a broken collar-bone. The nearest doctor was nine miles away. There were neither good roads nor comfortable conveyances, so next day, he and his brother walked the nine miles, had the shoulder and collar-bone put right, and walked home, a strenuous and painful experience for a boy of seventeen. Not long after, as the school teacher in the township of Amabel, he began on a " permit." The school term was for six months only, but the school was a success, and revived the hope in his mind that he might yet make something of his early education. Returning home, he secured a school on another " permit " as teachers were in demand in the long ago, and began his work, but through the kick of a horse and resultant blood-poisoning, he was laid up for more than six months, lost time as he thought it then. Shortly after recovery, he substituted for four months for a Southern refugee who was anxious to return home at the close of the U.S.A. War of 1862-65. While teaching in that school, a tragic incident occurred, which made a deep and lasting impression. A small party of young fellows and some girls set out for a lark one evening to rob a " bee-tree." Shortly after the tree was felled, a large, dead limb which the tree in falling had broken off, came down like a bolt out of the sky, struck one young man dead in an instant and seriously wounded his young bride at his side. One branch fell on each side of the young teacher, who was almost overcome with the shock of the tragedy. The following summer he matriculated as a student in medicine, and graduated in due course, an M.D. of Victoria University before he was twenty-three. After some months in practice he married Jane E. Wells of Aurora. But after two years, finding the irregu­ larity and exposure of rural practice too much for his strength, he followed the example of his revered father and his younger brother Douglas, by preparing for the work of the Ministry, com­ pleting his course in Knox College, Toronto, in 1874- Accepting the call of the Foreign Mission Board of the Canada Presbyterian Church, he went to Formosa in the end of 1874, as the first Canadian Medical Missionary, and as colleague of the Rev. G. L. MacKay. There he spent three years in the study of the lan­ guage and in inaugurating hospital work. He also planned and supervised the building of two Mission houses still in use in a good state of preservation at the end of a little over fifty years. 172 Tb~ m~Curdys of no"a S~otia

Near the end of the third year his Mission work closed by the sudden death of his young wife, necessitating his return to Canada with his motherless children. It was a deep disappointment and a crushing blow, from which it took some time to recover. In the spring of 1879 he resumed work in a Home Mission field, and was soon called and inducted as Minister of Queensville and associated congregations in the Toronto Presbytery, and remained in the same field for nearly five years. Late in October 1879 he married Miss C. Jane Anderson of Chatham, N.B., and gathered his children together once more in their own home. Accepting a call from Leith and Annan, near Owen Sound, Ont., early in 1884, he continued his Ministry there for almost thirty-three years, trusted and beloved by the people of his charge, and retired in October 1916, at the end of seventy, as Pastor Emeritus. In September 1924 his former charge and the Presbytery celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his Ordination, when a most appreciative illuminated address was presented to him. During his long Ministry, the social and spiritual welfare of his congregations was ever his first consideration. Absolute devotion to duty has been the ruling principle of his life. What he has found to do, he has done with all his might. Since retiring from regular work in 1916, he has made his home in Owen Sound, where he and his devoted wife have continued in a sphere of active service and helpfulness for the Church and com­ munity, surrounded by a circle of loyal friends, who hold them in loving respect and esteem. Since 1906 until Church Union in 1925, he was efficient clerk of the Presbytery of Owen Sound, and since 1916 its treasurer also. During his Ministry he served the Church as a member of its Foreign Mission Board for thirty years, for several years on the Committee that compiled the first Presbyterian Book of Praise, and for one year as Moderator of Synod. After the close of the war, for four years he was Secretary­ Treasurer of the Canadian Patriotic Fund for Owen Sound and vicinity ; busy years with many problems of re-establishment. For the first four years after its institution, he was Secretary for Owen Sound of the Ontario Mothers' Allowances. Since 1918 he has been an editorial writer for the only local paper in the city of Owen Sound, and still contributes his column or more daily on the events, situa­ tions, problems, personalities, etc., of Canadian life, general and local. He also preaches as opportunity offers, and is in every way an unusually young old man. His children by his first marriage to Jennie E. Wells are : Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 173

2B21-Lilian, for the last twenty years a registered nurse in Jersey City, N.J. 2B22-Edith, a teacher, and since 1896 wife of George M. Ritchie of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie's children are : 2B221-Mary, born 1897 ; 2B222-Bruce, born 1899 ; 2B223-Fraser, born 1901 ; 2B224-Julia, born 1903 ; 2B225-Wells, born 1906; 2B226-Mar­ garet, born 19rn. This 2B222-Bruce Ritchie has a small son, 2B2221-" Bobbie," born 1924. 2B23-Hattie, also a teacher, and since 1905 wife of Alexander M. Dewar, now of Iroquois Falls, Ontario. Their children are: 2B231- Mary, born in 1906 ; 2B232-Fraser, born in 1908 ; and 2B233- N ancy, born in 1909. 2B24-J. Wells, born in Formosa, in 1877, now manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Peterborough, Ont., and President of the City Board of Commerce. His children are: 2B241-Bruce Boyd, born in 1907; 2B242-Jean, born in 1908; 2B243-Douglas, born in 1913. Dr. Fraser had but one child by his second wife, namely 2B25- Dorothy, who, after a distinguished course in the University of Toronto, in 1917 graduated as gold medallist in Science, specializing in Biology, was appointed the same year Demonstrator in her department, served with great" promise for one year, and died on October 15th, 1918, an early victim of the terrible scourge of in­ fluenza following the close of the war in that eventful year. Her ability and attainments gave promise of distinguished service in the line of biological research. Her untimely end was a sore bereavement to her parents and family, and a great grief to a very wide circle of her personal friends.

2B3-RoBERT DOUGLAS FRASER, the third child of Rev. William and 2B-Nancy (McCurdy) Fraser, was born on June 19th, 1849. He was a restless, active, rollicking child. He was often told that he made more noise than all the others put together, which was only to say that he was full of vitality and energy, qualities which served him well in after life when he made heavy drafts upon them. He was quick at his lessons, both at the village school and at the Bradford High School, which he entered as a pupil in his twelfth year, the youngest boy in the school, but well abreast in his studies with much older boys. The headmaster of the Bradford School became Principal of the Newburgh Academy in 1862, and several of his pupils followed him thither, of whom Douglas Fraser was one, graduating from that Institution in 1864. He did not take work on the farm very seriously, though he did his rightful share while at home, but he made his escape from it early. 174 Tb¢ IDcCurdys of nova S~otia

Before he was sixteen he was earning his own living as a school teacher, and " saving up " for college. He taught in the Scotch Settlement, and afterwards at Corbett, now " Dunkerron," one of his pupils being his younger brother William. They drove from home ( about four miles) every day in a high " gig " with a very spirited grey mare. She was a creature of impulse and not amenable at all times to bit and bridle, but noted for speed and endurance. One of her favourite tricks was to whirl about suddenly and dash across a ditch and up a steep bank, if there was one handy, regardless of consequences. She gave them many a dangerous adventure, but nothing serious happened. Douglas was a popular and successful teacher and made friends quickly with all kinds of people. He entered Toronto University in 1867, and at his graduation in 1870 was winner of the Gold Medal in Natural Science. He then went forward with his Theological studies in Knox College, Toronto, and later in the Presbyterian College, Montreal, under Rev. Principal McVicar, graduating in 1873, and was ordained in the same year. In this year also he was married to Elizabeth Sarah Wilson, whom he had known from childhood, her father's family being closely identi­ fied with the Bond Head congregation. His first pastoral charge was at Cookstown, Townline and Ivy in the county of Simcoe. In 1875 he accepted a call to Charles Street Church, Toronto (later Westminster Church), where he remained until 1878, when he was compelled to take his family to the country on account of his wife's health. From 1879 to 1885 he was pastor of Claude and Mayfield, in the county of Peel, and from thence he was called to St. Paul's Church, Bowmanville, of which he was the minister until 1898. In all of these charges, he exercised a faithful and fruitful ministry, was much beloved, and made lasting friend­ ships. In 1898, Mr. Fraser was appointed by the General Assembly to be Editor and Business Manager of the Presbyterian Sabbath School Publications, which position he held for twenty-two years, retiring in 1920 at the age of seventy-one, with the status of" Editor Emeri­ tus." The work under this new appointment was very congenial to Dr. Fraser. Although he entered upon it without any previous experience in the publishing business, he had been for years a frequent contributor to denominational journals both in Canada anq the United States. Beginning in 1864, when a mere boy, he had maintained a close and active connection with Sunday School and Young Peoples' work, as teacher, superintendent, and minister, and had for many years recognized the need for adequate Lesson Helps and Papers suitable to the conditions of our own country and 175

Church. Although a very small beginning had been made in Canada prior to his appointment, as far as such helps had been used hitherto, they had for the most part been obtained from Britain and the United States. Thus, although in middle life, on entering upon this new enter­ prise, it was not altogether strange to him, and he threw into it all the keen zest and intensity of purpose of a younger man. He understood young people. His interest in them, and his remarkable facility in coming into touch with them and winning their confidences and affection, had always been one of his most engaging characteristics. In a very short time, the work was so well organized that three illustrated papers, a Teachers' Monthly and Quarterly Lesson Helps were being issued. From time to time, others were added as the requirements of the Church increased, until, at his retirement in 1920, a complete series of illustrated papers and lesson helps for Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes, not surpassed by any either in Britain or America, were at the service of the Church, with an aggregate circulation of about 300,000. In all these years, the business management of the publications was carried on so economi­ cally, and at the same time so efficiently, that it paid its way as a going concern, and never drew upon the funds of the Church, either for maintenance or expansion. Dr. Fraser was supported by the wise counsel of a committee of ministers and laymen, known in later years as the Presbyterian Board of Publications. This Board worked in friendly co-operation with a similar Committee in the Methodist Church and with the Presby­ terian and other Boards in the United States. Dr. Fraser was naturally the representative and spokesman of the Board in con­ ferences and negotiations with other bodies, and in 1914 was elected President of the " Sabbath School Council of Evangelical Denomina­ tions of the United States and Canada." He was also at various periods an active member of the Home Mission and Deaconess Boards of the Church. Knox College conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon him in 1906. The volume of work involved in these activities was very great, but Dr. Fraser possessed qualifications which specially fitted him to carry on large and varied undertakings. He had, in the first place, a vision of the need and importance of his task. It was his true voca- • tion. He had the gift of leadership, and was strong in initiative, always pressing on to new and better things, not satisfied with second-best in any part of his work, but holding up constantly a high standard of excellence before himself and his staff. And he was wise in the choice of his colleagues and assistants, without whose loyal 176 Tb¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia

co-operation success could not have been attained. He had, too, an extraordinary capacity for continuous hard work, in this respect taxing his powers of mind and body to the point of impairment of health. None but those closely associated with him knew the long and weary hours often extending far into the night, which for years he gave unstintingly to the publications. In these later years, almost his only outdoor recreation was at his island cottage at Go-Home Bay, in the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. Here for more than twenty years, Dr. Fraser spent part of each summer, though even in his holiday time he took his work with him. He and his wife liked to gather their children and grand­ children about them at their cottage, and the free outdoor life, especially the canoeing, was a great delight to the busy Editor. Dr. Fraser was a firm believer in Church Union, and though he was laid aside by ill health in the years when the negotiations were approaching completion, his interest in every step was intense. He and his brother, Rev. J. B. Fraser, were two of the very few sur­ viving ministers who had taken part in the Union of Presbyterian Bodies in 1875, who were also present at the consummation of the Union of the three denominations in June 1925. Not long after his retirement from active duty in 1920, a great affiiction befell him. Without any premonitory symptoms he was suddenly stricken with blindness. This was a heavy blow. He had been looking forward to a time when he should have a little leisure to read, perhaps to write and to take part in many pleasant things from which he had been debarred by his crowded and strenuous life. But this was not to be. Notwithstanding his disappointment, with characteristic courage he rallied his forces to face the new and trying conditions in which he found himself. One of the first things he undertook was to master the Braille system for the blind, and before very long was able to read with freedom in the Braille Scrip­ tures. This brought him much comfort. If he happened to be wake­ ful in the night, he would reach for his Bible and go over some favourite portion, and said that in doing so he found new and striking significance in many of the passages. He did not depend on the Braille system however, which at his age he could not follow rapidly, and being fortunate in having those about him who took time to read aloud to him, he was able to keep abreast of the news of the day and also to hear many books on a wide range of subjects. His interest in everything that was going on in the world and in his friends and all that concerned them was as keen as ever, and wonderful in a man who was not only blinded but was also a great sufferer from a mortal malady during the last two years of his life. His Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 177

patience and courage under these affiictions were almost unbeliev­ able. A few months after losing his eyesight, another heavy trial came upon him in the loss of his dear wife, who died very suddenly on February 25th, 1923. After that time he made his home with his daughter, 2B33-Mrs. David L. Keith, of Toronto, where he re­ mained until his death on November 12th, 1925. The four children of Dr. R. Douglas Fraser are: 2B31-DouGLAS W., now in business in Los Angeles, Cal. His children are: 2B3n-Robert Douglas; 2B312-Norman Philip; and 2B313-Elizabeth Mary. 2B32-ANNA, who married F. H. Small of Worcester, Mass. Their children are : 2B321-Alan Fraser and 2B322-Molly. 2B33-JANE WELLS, who married David L. Keith of Toronto. They have one child, 2B331-Charles David Fraser. 2B34-MARJORY McCuRDY FRASER, the fourth and youngest child of 2B3-Dr. R. Douglas and Elizabeth Fraser, was born on October 27th, 1893, at Bowmanville, Ont. She attended Toronto University, where she took her B.A. in 1915, and for two years was on the Staff of this University as demonstrator in Food Chemistry. She was married on August 31st, 1917, to Rev. John Mutch of Toronto. Her husband was born on October 24th, 1886, at Toronto, the son of the Rev. John Mutch of that city. He took his Arts Course at the University of Toronto, and Divinity at Knox College; his B.A. in 1908 ; his M.A. in 1915 and his B.D. in 1913 ; and was Ordained to the Presbyterian Ministry on December 13th, 1913. His various charges with date of induction are : Stouffville, Ont., December 13th, 1913 ; Presbyterian Publications, July 1st, 1917 ; Chaplain at St. John, Quebec, and Seaforth, England, July I 9th, 1918 to March, 1919; First Presbyterian Church, Truro, September 13th, 1920; Fort Massey, Halifax, 1927. The children of Rev. John and Marjory Mutch are: 2B341-John Fraser, born August 15th, 1918; 2B342-Alexander Douglas, born April 7th, 1920 ; 2B343-Roderick Charles, born September 13th, 1921 ; 2B344-David Gordon, born August 13th, 1924.

2B4-H ARR IE T AR c H IBA L D FR As ER, the fourth child of Rev. William and 2B-Nancy (McCurdy) Fraser, was born at Bond Head on June 25th, 1851, educated at the village school, and at Bradford High School; later (about 1872), spent some time in the study of music in Toronto, and was one of the group who attended the first course of lectures arranged specially for women and given 0 Tbc mccurdys of Do\la Scotia

by Sir Daniel Wilson and Prof. George Paxton Young at the Univer­ sity of Toronto. She taught music for a few years at Bond Head. On the removal of the family to Barrie, she made a long visit to her sister, Mrs. Robinson, at Whitby, returning to Barrie in 1885, where she re­ mained as her father's housekeeper and faithful attendant in his declining years until his death in 1892, when the home was broken up. She resided for the remainder of her life in the home of her sister Agnes, Mrs. G. H. Robinson, at Toronto. From childhood she was of a gentle, quiet disposition, and much beloved in her home and by school-mates and friends. Owing to an extreme shyness and consequent reserve of manner, only those most closely associated with her could form a just estimate of her worth. Those who had this privilege knew her to be a woman of rare character, loyal, sincere, affectionate, deeply conscientious and unselfish. She was devoted to her Church, and " did what she could " unobtrusively in its work as long as her strength permitted. In her later years, owing to failing health, she was obliged to relinquish active duties, but at all times she maintained a brave resistance to frequent attacks of illness, and would never allow herself to be considered an invalid. In the spring of 1921 she contracted pneumonia from which she was unable to rally, and passed away peacefully on April 16th, 1921, in her seventieth year.

2B 5-W I L L I A M H E N RY F R A s E R , the fifth and youngest of the children of Rev. William and 2B-Nancy (McCurdy) Fraser, was born on September 30th, 1853. He had an engaging disposition, gentle and affectionate but at the same time self-contained and independent, a personality that everybody liked, with a whimsical and pleasant humour peculiarly his own. He observed quaint turns of speech, and could reproduce them most amusingly. His genial friendliness made him a general favourite at school and elsewhere. He attended the village school until he was twelve, and then went on to the Grammar School at Bradford, six miles away, driving there and back with his sister Hattie. After two years at the Grammar School, he discontinued his studies for a period, and assisted in working on the farm belonging to his father. When only sixteen years of age, he took first prize at the county ploughing match. In his twentieth year, he resolved to go on to the University. In common with his older brothers, he had to make his own way, and his first step was to teach school and earn the necessary money. The Tb~ m,Curdys of Oo\'a Scotia 179

teacher at Bond Head had just resigned, and though he had no certificate, he was appointed without hesitation, conditional upon his passing the requisite examination, which he did successfully at the end of three months. It was here that he discovered his true voca­ tion, for he was a born teacher. After one year at Bond Head, he taught two years at Churchill in the township of Innisfail, and one year at Woburn in Scarboro township. He then took up the first year University Course, though not entered as a regular student, and in the following year, 1877, passed the senior matriculation with Honours. His career at the University was a brilliant one. He graduated in 1880 Gold Medallist in Modern Languages, and winner of a special medal for German prose, given by the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise, which was competed for by students in all the years. After graduation, he became Master in residence at Upper Canada College, where he remained for six years. He then spent some time in Europe pursuing his language studies, and in 1888 was appointed on the staff of the University of Toronto, and was Pro­ fessor of Italian and Spanish in that seat of learning until the close of his life, a period of twenty-nine years. In the intervals of College duty, he visited Italy and Spain from time to time, in order to gain a more complete mastery of the spoken languages of these countries. As an author of text-books, Professor Fraser's ability has been recognized by two continents. He prepared, in collaboration with Professor Squair, The High School French Grammar and Reader, which is almost universally used in Canadian and American schools and colleges, and, under the name of Heath's French Grammar has been widely adopted in Great Britain. He was also the author of a German Grammar in collaboration with Professor Vander Smissen. From time to time he published many articles and papers on educa­ tional subjects. In the long fight for the proper recognition of modern languages, and in securing for the University its rightful recognition at the hands of the Provincial Government, he rendered services by his able journalistic work which cannot be over-estimated. In 1883, Professor Fraser was married to Miss Helene Zahn, who was a true helpmate to him through life, and a companion in language study. He died at his residence at York Mills, on December 27th, 1916. Besides Mrs. Fraser, the family consists of: 2B51-W. CASPER FRASER, a graduate of the University of Toronto and Rhodes Scholar. He took a post-graduate course at Oxford, and is now a rising barrister in a well-known Toronto law firm, and 180 Tb¢ mccurdys of no"a Scotia

author of several works on Corr.oration Law. He married Lois McPhedrain in 1917. • 2B52-DONALD T. FRASER, M.C., B.A., M.B., D.P.H., Captain in R.A.M.C. during the World War, d\lring which time he served in Egypt, France and China, where he was one of those in charge of the Typhus Camp at Wei-hai-wei. At present he is Assistant Professor of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine at the University of Toronto, and engaged in research work and the preparation of serums and antitoxins at the Connaught Laboratories. He married Mary Shenstone, and has two children, 2B521-Donald, aged five, and 2B522-Nancy, aged three (in January 1926). 2B53-FRIEDA H. FRASER, B.A., M.B., is Professor Fraser's youngest child. She graduated in Arts and Medicine at the Univer­ sity of Toronto in 1925, and is at present an interne at the Hospital and Infirmary for Women and Children in New York City.

SUBSECTION THIRTEEN

2C-RACHEL CROW MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND HER DESCENDANTS

2C-RACHEL CROW McCURDY, the thirteenth child of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy, was born on November 8th, 1814. She was married on November 4th, 1834, to Hugh Dickson, the second son of John and Elizabeth (Moore) Dickson. Her husband was born on July ISt, 1809, and died on December 21st, 1887. He inherited his father's farm on Onslow Mountain, the same which his son William later occupied, and on which now reside George S. and 28323 -Eva (McCurdy) Hill. 2C-Rachel C. and Hugh Dickson had six sons and four daughters. Their son, Henry C. Dickson, was drowned in the Bay at the Board Landing Bridge on June 20th, 1862, aged twenty-five years (M. 249). Another son, Eli, married Hannah Archibald, and these are the parents of Major Hugh Dickson of Onslow. A daughter, Mary Jane, was married on July 8th, 1875, to George F. Crowe, also of Onslow. Mrs. Rachel (McCurdy) Dickson died on December 24th, 1896. Tbc mccurdvs of Dova Scotia 181

SUBSECTION FOURTEEN

2D-ELIZABETH HARRIET MCCURDY, OF 2-JAMES, AND HER DESCENDANTS

2D-ELIZABETH HARRIET McCURDY, the fourteenth and youngest child of 2-James and Agnes McCurdy, was born at Onslow on December 1st, 1817. She was married on January 28th, 1845, to (2536)-Isaac N. Archibald, the fourth son of Samuel and Elizabeth Archibald. Her husband was born at Truro on September 16th, 1820. He inherited a part of his father's farm, and was surveyor and commissioner for Crown Lands for Colchester. They had three children: 2D1-ELIZABETH S., born February 21st, 1846; 2D2- AGNES F., born August 2nd, 1849; and 2D3-JAMES MELVILLE, born April 18th, 1851, and who moved to Kansas, U.S.A. Mrs. Archibald died on February 4th, 1853. Mr. Archibald was married again to Sarah Stiles of Pictou on June 15th, 1853. These latter had four children. Mr. Archibald died on February 3rd, 1872, aged fifty-one years (M. 89). Tbc IDcCurdys of nova Scotia

SECTION THREE

3-HON. DANIEL MCCURDY, OF ALEXANDER THE " PIONEER "

3-D AN IE L Mc CURDY, the third son of Alexander and Jennet McCurdy, was born on April rnt, 1768, in Londonderry, N.S. He married Eunice Wright on August 4th, 1792. Just who her parents were is not possible at this date to say, but it is probable that James Wright, mentioned in an incident told by" Miller," was her father. Referring to the inducements held out in 1777 to the people of Colchester to join with the Americans in the Revolution, Miller says : " In 1777 two Justices of the Peace were sent from Halifax to Truro, Onslow and Londonderry to tender the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants, when there were but five found willing to take the oath. When their representatives went to the House of Assembly the next Session, they were not allowed to take their seats, on account of the people being suspected of disloyalty. At one time the people of Truro assembled at Eliakim Tupper's Inn, in the village, to consult about the matter. James Wright (who had been in His Majesty's service at Fort Cumberland, when he was discharged, was allowed to retain his musket and uniform), when he got notice of this meeting, put on his uniform, shouldered his musket, with fixed bayonet, and marched down and entered a crowded room in Mr. Tupper's house in a great rage. He flourished his gun, and cried out, ' Show me the man who will say anything against the rule of King George.' He soon cleared the room, some escaping by the door, others by the windows, without anyone being killed or wounded. No doubt but he was one of the five who took the oath of allegiance. They, soon after, made up their minds to remain loyal to the British Crown.' (M. 392). The dates are illegible on the tombstone of Eunice Wright McCurdy in the " Island " Cemetery at Onslow where she is buried. She was loved and esteemed through the whole countryside for her kind-heartedness and hospitality. It is related of her that often as travellers passed the house, she would go down and meet them at the road and invite them in for a cup of tea or a meal, and it was certain Tbc IDtCurdys of nova Stotia

that never a visitor left her door hungry. Daniel McCurdy and family · resided on the western portion of his father's homestead, and he, Daniel, built for himself the present house just west of McCurdy Creek at the fork of the roads, the house now known as the " Griffin " house. Mr. McCurdy died on July 18th, 1815. 3-Hon. Daniel McCurdy was a man of outstanding ability, and in 1799 (with Simon B. Robie of Halifax for Truro and Samuel Chandler for Londonderry) was returned to represent Onslow in the Provincial House. The following letter (of which the Editor has the old faded original) was written by Mr. McCurdy to his wife from Halifax on one of his trips to that City. " Halifax, March 13th, 1800. " Dear Eunice, " I have nothing particular to inform you, our business comes on so slow I know not when we will be done. I am well, hoping that you and our three little children are enjoying the same blessing. Let all our people know I am well and desire to be remembered to them. I sent by George Campbell twelve pounds brown sugar, he w:;is to leave it as convenient to you as he could, perhaps at Mr. Dicksons or Mr. Corbets. Remember me to Mr. Dickson's family. We expect to come down the lakes in a boat. I was to have a pair cart hubs from Joseph McCully. The cart spokes at Wm. Pollys ought to be blockd out for seasoning when the maple log is sawed. Mr. McBurnie will make the wheels some time this spring. " Remember me to Mr. Vincent. Let him fix the fences where he thinks it is needed as much as he can. I am your loving Husband " D. McCuRoY." The children of 3-Hon. Daniel and Eunice McCurdy, as regis­ tered were: 31-Rebecca; 32-Jeney; 33-0livie; 34-Charles Alexander ; 35-Samuel Wright ; 36-Mary ; 37-Daniel ; 38- James; 39-Eunice; 30-Elizabeth; 3A-Lavinia Brown. 31-REBECCA McCURDY, the eldest child of 3-Hon. Daniel and Eunice McCurdy, was born on March 14th, 1794. She was married to Samuel Clark on November 9th, 1813. Their children were: 3n-Eunice, born November 19th, 1814; 312-Jane McCurdy, born November 3rd, 1816; 313-James, born November 19th, 1818. 32-JENEY McCURDY or Jennet G. (Guthrie?), the second Tb~ mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

child of 3-Hon. Daniel and Eunice McCurdy, was born on February 22nd, 1796 (M. 181). She was married on September 15th, 1820, to Simeon H. Blair. (This date of marriage is from Onslow Town Records, and should be more reliable than another date in " Miller.") Mr. Blair was the youngest son of John and Nancy Blair, and was born in July 1798. He inherited the homestead part of his father's property, where he spent his life and died October 19th, 1866, aged sixty-eight years. The children of 32-Jennet and Simeon H. Blair were : 321-Eunice Wright; 322-Mary McCurdy; 323-Daniel McCurdy; 324-George; 325-Bessie; 326-Israel; 327-William; 328-Nancy Harriet. 321-E u NI c E WRIGHT BLAIR, the oldest child of 32- J ennet and Simeon H. Blair, was born on October 2nd, 1821, and died on January 25th, 1848. 322-M ARY M c Cu RD Y B LA I R , the second child, was born on February 8th, 1824. She was married on July 14th, 1847, to A. M. Wells. They had one son and two daughters. 323-D AN IE L Mc Cu RD Y BLAIR, the third child, was born on January 9th, 1827, and died on January 30th, 1827. 324-G E o R GE BLAIR, the fourth child, was born on January 9th, 1828. He was married to Matilda Harrison in June 1856, and they had two sons. 325-B Es s IE BLAIR, the fifth child, was born on March 7th, 1830, and was married to Rev. Henry Charlton in May 1855. They had eight children.

326-I s RA E L B L A I R , the sixth child, was born January 29th, 1834, and was married to Adila DeWolf in November 1868. They have one daughter. 327-WILLIAM McCURDY BLAIR, the seventh child of 32-Jennet and Simeon H. Blair, was born on May 25th, 1835, at Onslow, and died at his daughter's home at Shubenacadie on June 17th, 1919. He married on January 26th, 1864, Harriet, the daughter of Samuel J. and Alison J. Blair. Mrs. W. M. Blair was born on January 25th, 1841, and on that month and day 1927, celebrated her eighty-sixth birthday hale and hearty with her children, in fact four generations around her, at Kentville, at the home of her daughter, 3273-Mrs. M. P. Pyke. Mr. Blair inherited the homestead part of his father's farm. This property was owned by his grandfather, Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

John Blair and by his great-grandfather, William Blair. He was at one time Major in the Militia of Onslow. He also took an active part in the Agricultural Society, in fact in all things of an agricultural nature, and was chiefly instrumental in getting the first Cheese Factory in Colchester County started, which indeed was started on a site on his own farm, in 1871. 327-Colonel Blair, as he was generally known, had nine children: 3271-Wimburn Laurie; 3272-Jeanetta Allison; 3273-Carolina Roberts; 3274-Joseph Cullen; 3275- William Saxby; 3276-Stanley Howard; 3277-Bessie Cornelia; 3278-Mary Pauline ; 3279-Sarah Lillie. 3271-WIMBURN LAURIE BLAIR was born on March 24th, 1865. He married on April 7th, 1891, Bessie Bland, who died on October 6th, 1892. He married again Georgina McMillan of Sunny Brae, Pictou Co., who was born on April 29th, 1886, and died on October 18th, 1920. He married again Lillie Bell MacDonald of West Bay on January 1st, 1925. She was born on September 29th, 1891, at Boston. The children of 3271-Wimburn Laurie and Bessie Bland Blair were: 327u-William Thomas Blair, born April 14th, 1892, living at Kenville. And of Wimburn Laurie and Georgie McMillan : 32712-Althea Myrtle, born December rnt, 1898 ; 32713-Allister Fowler, born June 14th, 1906 ; 32714-James Earl, born May 23rd, 1909; 32715-Saxby Wimburn, born July 25th, 1912. And of Wimburn Laurie and Lillie Bell MacDonald : 32716-Laurie Wimburn, born September 28th, 1926. 3272-JEANETTA ALLISON BLAIR, was born on February 13th, 1867. She was married on October 28th, 1890, to Watson Smith, and now lives in Shubenacadie. Their children are : 32721-Cullen Blair, born December 19th, 1891; 32722-Alfred Dudley, born August 26th, 1893 ; died August 10th, 1904; 32723-Harriet Rae, born December 20th, 1894; died August 12th, 1895; 32724-Jeanetta May, born April 23rd, 1897 ; 32725-Harry Victor, born September 4th, 1903. 3273-CAROLINA ROBERTS BLAIR, the third child of William M. and Harriet Blair, was born on June 6th, 1869. She was married to Morley Pugsley Pyke on February rnt, 1893. He was born on November 29th, 1870, and was the son of Rev. John Martin Pyke and Ellen Barry Pugsley. Their children are : 186 Tb~ mccurdys of llo\'a Scotia

32731-Helen Blair, born December 17th, 1893. 32732-John Everett, born September 15th, 1895; married on September 3rd, 1919, to Myrna Marshall. They have one child, 327321-Shirley Aileen, born on July 17th, 1921. 32733-Harriette Louise, born August 20th, 1897; married on July 12th, 1922, to Gordon Neary. Their one daughter, 327331- Helen Louise, was born on June 18th, 1923. 32734-Caroline Beatrice, born on November 27th, 1898; married on January 24th, 1923, to Clarence Kinney. Their son, 327341-William Watson, was born on February ISt, 1925. 32735-Ronald Waldo, born on November 19th, 1901. 32736-Alfred Morley, born on November 22nd, 1903 ; married on May 26th, 1924, to Marguerite Taylor. 327361-Alfred Morley, their son, was born on March ISt, 1925. 3274-JosEPH CULLEN BLAIR was born on April 26th, 1871. He married on June 16th, 1898, Sada Van Horne. Their children were: 32741-Josephine Van Horne, born April 5th, 1899; 32742-Robert Cullen, born May 18th, 1901 ; 32743-Richard Gordon, born October 12th, 1903 ; 32744--Joseph Cullen, born February 20th, 1906. 3275-WrLLIAM SAXBY BLAIR, born August 24th, 1873, was married on August 16th, 1898, to Lena Zella Baird. Prof. Blair after a superior education, has been appointed Superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Farm at Kentville. To see him enthusiasti­ cally at work at this congenial occupation, one is reminded that this was the labour of some remote ancestor who first received the name of Blair, no doubt from the fact that he made his " Blair " so notice­ able and pre-eminent that he would be known thereafter as William, or whatever his name might be, " of the Blair," or, ultimately, " William Blair." For, according to Isaac Taylor, in his well-known book, Words and Places, BLAIR means a cultivated fertile plain, and is Gadhelic. Its kindred word in Hebrew is " Sharon." It is what the Professor himself might call a " reversion to type." The children of Prof. W. S. and Lena Zella Blair are: 32751-Helen Pauline, born March 7th, 1904; 32752-Donald Saxby, born March 16th, 1909. 3276-STANLEY HOWARD BLAIR was born on December 24th, 1875. He served through the Boer War, and died on August 9th, 1909, at Brandon, Manitoba. 3277-BEssrn CORNELIA BLAIR was born on January 22nd, 1878. She was married on June 30th, 1897, to Dr. Percy A. Holmes. Their children are : 32771-Lucile, born September 19th, 1898; Th¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia

32772-Lee, born February 23rd, 1900 ; 32773-Elaine, born January 31st, 1904. 3278-MARY PAULINE BLAIR was born on February 13th, 1880. She was married on September 17th, 1914, to Lionel Stevenson. Their children are : 32781-Mary Adele, born June 19th, 1916 ; 32782-Evelyn Blair, born February 3rd, 1918. 3279-SARAH LILLIE BLAIR was born on August 2nd, 1883. She was married on September 17th, 1903, to Arthur W. Bryant. Their children are : 32791-May, born on June 15th, 1905. 32792-Isabel, born April 30th, 1907; married Irvin Leonard Weller on July 18th, 1925. 32793-Lilian Blair, born November 3rd, 1909. 32794-Arthur Warren, born November 26th, 1914. 32795-Harriet Louise, born October 8th, 1916. 32796-Blair, born February rnt, 1921. 328-N ANCY HARRIET BLAIR, the eighth and youngest child of 32-Jennet and Simeon H. Blair, was born in Onslow on October 9th, 1838. She was married to Edmond W. Hamilton on September 21st, 1858. They had one son and three daughters who grew up, in addition to three children who died young (M. 182, 355).

33-OLIVIE McCURDY, as spelled on the Town Record, third child of 3-Hon. Daniel and Eunice McCurdy, was born on June 9th, 1798. She was married to Robert Upham on November 19th, 1818, by the Rev. John Waddell.

/ 34-CHARLES ALEXANDER McCURDY, the fourth child of 3-Hon. Daniel and Eunice McCurdy, was born on June 4th, 1800. He married on December 14th, 1829, Olive Blair (the youngest daughter of John and Nancy Blair), who was born on February 14th, 1805 (M. 182). They had one son and three daughters. They moved to Pugwash, where Mrs. McCurdy died on September 28th, 1860. Their children included : DANIEL, who died at the age of twenty-seven, unmarried; ANN, who married a Mr. Murray and had a family; NANCY, who died unmarried. All three children mentioned are said to have died of tuberculosis.

35-SAMUEL WRIGHT McCURDY, the fifth child of 3-Hon. Daniel and Eunice McCurdy, was born on May 3rd, 1802. On, 188 Tb~ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia

September 30th, 1807, his father came home, and brought with him for the boy some candy. As the little fellow backed away from his father with the candy, he fell into a large pot of boiling water, and was scalded to death.

36-MARY McCURDY, the sixth child of 3-Hon. Daniel and Eunice McCurdy, was born on May roth, r804.

37-DANIEL McCURDY, the seventh child, was born on April rst, r8o6. He married "Abbie" Dickson. He lived with his father, and continued after his father's death to live on the homestead. He had but one child, 37r-Matilda, who is now living unmarried at Pugwash. Mr. McCurdy died on December r8th, r887, and his wife, Abigail, died on June 4th, 189r, aged seventy-two years, according to a stone in the Island Cemetery at Onslow, erected to their memory by their loving daughter, Matilda. Under Mr. McCurdy's Will, his property is for the use of his daughter, and at her death to the children of his brother James.

38-JAMES McCURDY, the eighth child of 3-Hon. Daniel and Eunice McCurdy, was born on March 10th, 1808. A vessel was building in Mc Curdy Creek, and James and some other young fellows were playing near by in a hayfield. One boy, swinging a scythe, struck James and almost severed his foot at the ankle. Over four hours elapsed before the aid of a doctor could be had, and the boy was ever thereafter lame. His ambition had been to be a minister, but this accident prevented him from earning the money necessary to put himself through his studies, so he co11tinued on the farm with his father until his brother, Daniel, took over the homestead, when he removed to the " Collins " farm on the Tatamagouche Road. He inherited his mother's disposition for kind-heartedness. He assisted in the cheese factory owned by his brother-in-law, Simeon H. Blair, during nine years. He was, strange to say of a McCurdy, a staunch Baptist, and helped to build the Baptist Church at Onslow. On November roth, r836, he married Sarah Roberts Stilltson, of an old loyalist family of New Brunswick. Mr. McCurdy died on July 9th, r889. His widow, who was born on June 28th, r8r6, died on June uth, 1898. They had eight children : 38r-Elizabeth; 382-Olivia; 383-Eunice; 384-Janet; 385-Lucinda; 386-Ebenezer Fitch; 387-Mary; 388-Joanna. 381-ELIZABETH Mc CURDY, the eldest child of 38-James and Sarah McCurdy, was born on August 23rd, 1838. She was married to George McLeod of Bible Hill. Mrs. McLeod died on Tb~ mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia

May 16th, 1930, and the following is her obituary notice clipped from a Halifax paper : " TRURO, May 2oth.-The funeral of the late Mrs. Elizabeth McLeo

382-O Lr v r A Mc Cu RD Y, the second child, was born on November 27th, 1839. She was married in August 1859 to Walter Archibald, the youngest son of (2I7)-Alexander Leckie Archibald and Christianna N. Archibald (M. 62). Her husband was born in Truro, in May 1835. Their children were: 3821-FRANK, born in Truro on March 21st, 1861 ; 3822-ALicE;born in the year 1863; 3823-PERCY, the second daughter, born in 1864; 3824-MARY, the youngest, born on January 1st, 1867. Walter Archibald and family later removed to the United States. His father, Alexander Leckie Archibald, was the fifth son of Matthew and Janet Archibald, and was a Major of Militia. He represented the township of Truro in the House of Assembly from the year 1847 to 1851. There is a story told of Walter Archibald that illustrates the times. They had given a grand dinner party and Mrs. Archibald presented a table with its snowy white linen tablecloth and a lavish display of food. A great deal of ceremony and graceful politeness was the mode, according to the fashion of the rich. But one guest, slightly uncouth, by an awkward use of one of the sharp steel knives, Tb~ m~Curdys of llo\'a S~otia

cut his finger. He was skilled in "first aid," however, and without more ado, cut off a convenient strip from the lovely patterned table­ cloth, and nonchalantly bound it around his bleeding finger. And it was" manners" for the hostess to smile and say nothing. 383-EuNICE McCURDY, the third child of 38-James and Sarah McCurdy, was born on October 10th, 1839. She was married on March 25th, 1862, to Wren Johnson. They had six children, namely: 3831-Bessie, the eldest, who was born on August 6th, 1863. She was married to William Anderson, and they live in Peterboro, Ontario. 3832-Thomas, the second child of 383-Eunice and Wren Johnson, was born on May 16th, 1866. 3833-Marianna, the third child, was born on June 19th, 1868. She was married to Daniel Tewhrane, and they live in Auburn, Mass. 3834-Ebenezer, the fourth child, was born on August 20th, 1870. 3835-James, the fifth child, was born on October 15th, 1876. 3836-Ira, the sixth and youngest, was born on November 23rd, 1881. All the boys of this family died young, between the age of ten and twenty. Wren Johnson died on November 10th, 1905, and his widow was married to James Lorraine. They have no children. They live on the "Lorraine" Farm at Onslow. 384-J ANET Mc Cu RD Y, the fourth child of 38-James and Sarah McCurdy, was married to Charles Dickson. 385-L u c r ND A Mc Cu RD Y, was the fifth child of 38-James and Sarah McCurdy. She died unmarried on March 25th, 1878, aged thirty years.

386-E B ENE z ER Fr Tc H M c Cu RD Y, the sixth child of 38-James and Sarah McCurdy, married Cassie Langille. The family live in Truro. Their children are : 3861-Winnifred Stilltson; 3862-Elizabeth Irene; 3863-James Maynard; 3864-Edith Roberts; 3865-Effie Shirley. 387-MARY Mc CURDY, the seventh child of 38-James and Sarah McCurdy, was married to Frederick Fitch. 3871-Winnie Fitch, their one infant daughter, died on February 10th, 1878, aged seven months, and was buried in the " Island " Cemetery at Onslow.

388-J o ANN A Mc Cu RD Y, the youngest child of 38-James Tb~ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia

and Sarah McCurdy, is mentioned elsewhere as married to 2252- George James McCurdy, the son of 225-John Kent McCurdy.

39-EUNICE McCURDY, the ninth child of 3-Hon. Daniel and Eunice McCurdy, was born on September 13th, 1810. She was married to William Cutten.

30-ELIZABETH McCURDY, the tenth child of 3-Hon. Daniel and Eunice McCurdy, was born on November 8th, 1812. She died unmarried.

3A-LAVINIA BROWN McCURDY, the youngest child, was born on December 31st, 1815, and died on August 1st, 1816. Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

SECTION FOUR

4-MARGARET MCCURDY, OF ALEXANDER THE " PIONEER," AND HER DESCENDANTS

4-MA R GA RE T Mc CU RD Y, the fourth child of Alexander (the" Pioneer") and Janet McCurdy, was born in London­ derry, N.S.,on March 20th, 1770,and died in r8or. She was married to William Taylor (M. nr), the eighth and youngest son of Matthew and Elizabeth Taylor. Her husband was born in Truro on November 7th, r77r. They had one son and three daughters. 41-DANIEL TAYLOR, the oldest child and only son of 4- Margaret (McCurdy) and William Taylor, married a daughter of William Lynds of North River, and had a family of children. They removed to Illinois about 1835.

42-ELIZABETH TAYLOR, the second child of 4-Margaret and William Taylor, was married to Robert Blair of North River. Her husband was the eldest son of William and Mary Blair, and was born in Onslow on November rst, 1774- On the death of his first wife, Mary Hoar, in November r8ro, he married Elizabeth Taylor on March rst, 1814. Their children were: 421-J AME s BL Ar R, the eldest son of Robert and 42-Elizabeth Blair, was born on December rst, 1814- He was married to Phoebe Ann, a daughter of William Lynds and Margaret McCallum, his wife, on July 7th, 1835. They had five sons and three daughters. He and his sons were engaged since their removal to Tatamagouche in 1853 in running Stage Coaches from Truro to Tatamagouche, and from Pictou to River Philip, Cumberland County. 422-D Av ID BL Ar R, the second child, was born in Onslow on June roth, r8r6. He married Mary, a daughter of John Miens and Elizabeth Lynds of Wallace River on June 3rd, 1857. They have five sons. He inherits the homestead part of his father's farm. 423-M ARY BLAIR, the third child of Robert and 42-Eliza- Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia 193

beth Blair, was born on January 13th, 1820. She was married to William, the son of William and Margaret Lynds, on November 1st, 1839. They settled on the south branch of North River, and have four sons and three daughters.

424-M AR GARE T BLAIR, the fourth child, was born on December 30th, 1821. She removed to the United States, and was married there to George Glaison in the year 1858. 425-R o BERT BLAIR, the fifth child, was born on March 3rd, 1823. He married Jane, a daughter of William and Margaret Lynds, on January 15th, 1844. They have two sons and four daughters. He inherited a part of his father's farm and the sawmill, and resided on that part of the farm that was owned by Mr. Alexander Blair. 426-J o H N B L A I R , the sixth child, was born on September 12th, 1825. He married Mary Ann Walsh, of the State of Maine. They had one son who died when seventeen years old, and one daughter. 427-C HARLE s B LA IR, their seventh child, was born on March 4th, 1828. He removed to the United States and married there and had three sons. 428-H EN RY BLAIR, the eighth child, was born on November 12th, 1831. 429-E Lr z ABET H BL Ar R, the ninth and youngest child of Robert and 42-Elizabeth Blair, was born on January 13th, 1835. She was married to John, the son of David Murray and Mary Dickson, on February 8th, 1855. They have two sons and five daughters. Robert Blair, Senr., died on December 21st, 1843, aged sixty-nine years, and his wife, 42-Elizabeth, died on November 4th, 1855, aged sixty-two years (M. 169).

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SECTION FIVE

5-ALEXANDER MCCURDY, OF ALEXANDER THE "PIONEER "

5-A LEX AND E R Mc C U RD Y, the fifth child of Alexander (the" Pioneer") and Jennet McCurdy, was born in Onslow on February 24th, 1773. He married Lydia Gourley on January 21st, 1814. They moved to the West and trace of them is not obtainable. Tb~ m~Curdys of llova S~otia 195

SECTION SIX

6-ROBERT MCCURDY, OF ALEXANDER THE" PIONEER," AND HIS DESCENDANTS

6-R OBERT Mc CURDY, the sixth child of Alexander McCurdy, the "Pioneer," and Jennet McCurdy, was born at Onslow, Nova Scotia, on September 24th, 1775. He married, in 1794, Susanna Lynds, the eldest daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Lynds (M. 380). Mr. McCurdy settled about two miles up the Tatamagouche Road from the Onslow Church. He died on Septem­ ber 16th, 1863. His wife was born on September 2nd, 1776, and died on January 12th, 1862. They had one son: 6r-ALEXANDER McCURDY, who was born on February 5th, 1795. He married Margaret Sophia Conkey, a daughter of Israel and Mary Conkey, of Dutch descent, who came to Halifax from New York soon after Halifax was founded (June 8th, 1749). Margaret Sophia was born December 20th, 1802, and was a sister of Alexander Conkey, who married 26-Mary, the sixth child of 2-James McCurdy, second son of Alexander the " Pioneer." When she was about twelve years of age, her parents died, and she went to Cornwallis, King's Co., N.S., to live with a Mr. and Mrs. Manning, and later to Amherst, with her cousin, Mrs. Purdy, wife of Dr. Purdy. It was at Dr. Purdy's house she first met Alexander McCurdy. She died April 4th, 1843. They had ten children, namely: 6rr-R o BERT Co LL r Mo RE Mc Cu RD Y, eldest child of 6r-Alexander and Margaret Sophia McCurdy, was born on January 15th, r82r. When a young man he attended Horton Academy, and became a school teacher, teaching in Middle Stewiacke and Brook­ field, Colchester County. Later he became a skilled carpenter, and lived in Truro. After a number of years, he moved to Pictou, where he engaged in photography. When he retired from business, he moved to Lynn, Mass. He married Elizabeth Carter of Brookfield, N.S. She died in Lynn. After her death he made his home with his son, 6r rr-George, until his death on October rst, 1909. They had two children : 196 Tb~ m,Curdys of nova Scotia

6n1-GEORGE WASHINGTON McCuRDY, born September 2nd, 1850; was a photographer in Boston. He married Eliza (Lizzie) Clark of Brookfield, N.S., and lived in Lynn. They had two chil­ dren: 6IIII-Roy, who died when about two years old, and 6u12- Luther Archibald, with business in Boston, living in Lynn ; not married. · 6r 12-EMMA McCURDY, second child of 61 I-Robert C. and Elizabeth McCurdy, was born July 29th, 1855; was a graduate of Sackville Seminary; became a music teacher; married a Mr. Brown of New York City; died in New York, leaving one young child, Lillian Brown, who after her mother's death, lived with her uncle, 6u1-George McCurdy. After George's death (shortly followed by that of his wife), Lillian has kept house for the son, her cousin, 6u12-Luther. She is not married.

612-S A R A H A N N M c C u R D Y , the second child of 6 I - Alexander and Margaret Sophia McCurdy, was born on October 28th, 1822, and died July 21st, 1916. Before marriage she taught school. In 1850 she married Ephraim Howard of Wallace River (now Middleboro), Colchester County, who did quite a large business in farming, blacksmithing, bridge building and milling. He held a Commission of the Peace, and sat in the Municipal Council, with the exception of one term, from the date of the County Incorporation until his death in 1903. They had nine children: 6!21-BAMFORD, the first child, when a young man went to the United States ; married; lived in San Francisco, and died there at between sixty and seventy years of age, leaving a wife and one child, a daughter. 6122-WrLLIAM, a farmer, married Minnie Angevine of Middle­ boro. They resided there in what had been part of their father's first home. They had three daughters, being: 61221-Susan, who married a Mr. Henderson; 61222-Blanche, who married a Mr. Mitchell; and 61223-Ismae, who married a Mr. McIntosh. There are also several sons. 6123-DAvm, the third child of 6!2-Sarah Ann (McCurdy) and Ephraim Howard, married Maggie O'Brien of Middleboro, and resided there. He died in an accident with his team when about sixty years old. They had three daughters: 61231-Jennie, un­ married; 6!232-Sarah, unmarried, a school teacher; 61233-Elsie, who married Victor Faulkner of Noel, Rants County, and had one child, 612331-Florence. There are also several sons; one, 61234- George, married, lives in Middleboro. 6124-KENT, fourth child of 612-Sarah Ann and Ephraim Tb¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia

Howard; a farmer; married Mrs. Jane Fountain; lives in Middle­ boro, and had two children: 61241-Waldo, farmer, married Belle McFarlane; lives in Middleboro; has two children: 612411- Kathleen and 612412-Norma. 61242-Bertha, married a Mr. Ogilvie; has one child. 6125-THOMPSON A., a Baptist Minister, took courses at Acadia University, Wolfville; graduated from Newton Theological Institu­ tion, Mass. ; has had Pastorates in Vermont and Massachusetts ; married Mary (Mamie) Reed of Easton, Mass.; no children. 6126-GEORGE, who died at home when about twenty years old, unmarried. 6127-EDWARD; farmer; lives in Middleboro on the last home­ stead of his father; married Elizabeth (Eliza) O'Brien of Middle­ boro; had five children: 61271-Roland, who died when a child; 61272-Roy, married, lives in Middleboro, has four children ; 61273-Rhoda, married Elder O'Brien of Middleboro, lives in North Middleboro, has four children: 612731-Muriel; 612732-Eliza­ beth; 612733-Wendell and 612734-Roland. 61274-Gladys, married Howard Mitchell of Pugwash; lived in Pugwash; in 1925 moved to Everett, Mass., has three children : 612741-Marion; 612742- Donald and 612743-Edward. 61275-Wilfrid Thompson, graduate of Acadia University, with degree of B.A. (Class of 1927), Baptist Minister, preaching in Guysboro County, not married. 6128-MARGARET JANE, married Jacob Webb of Greenville, Cumberland County ; lived in Greenville ; moved to Edmonton, Alta., where Mr. Webb died the latter part of 1926; had twelve children. The widow resides in Edmonton. 6129-ENSWORTH, when a young man went to the United States; married ; lives in Tucson, Arizona.

613-M ARY JANE Mc Cu RD Y, third child of 61-Alexander and Margaret Sophia McCurdy, was born July 27th, 1824; married David Montrose of Wallace ; lived in Nova Scotia, Bath, Maine, and Lynn, Mass., and died in Nashua, N.H., on January 14th, 1912. Several of their children died very young, the others were : 6131-SusAN, who died when about ten years of age. 6132-MAGGIE, who married James Galley of Londonderry, N.S. Both died, leaving several children. 6133-GEORGE, lived in Lynn, Mass.; not married; died when about thirty years of age. 6134-JENNIE, married Charles Elliott, policeman of Lynn, Mass.; lived in Lynn; moved to Nashua, New Hampshire; had three children born in Lynn: 61341-George, lived in Nashua, N.H.; Tb¢ mcCurdys of nova Scotia

61342-Maude, died when a child in Lynn; 61343-Jennie, married, lived in Nashua. 6!35-WrLLIAM AUGUSTUS, married Emma Gray; was in the laundry business in Lynn ; both died in Lynn when about fifty years of age. They had two children: 61351-Guy, married, lives in Lynn, carries on laundry business. 61352-Zelina, married a school teacher in Boston, lives in Lynn. 6!36-EDWARD, born March 8th, 1866, lives in Lynn. 6r4-S USAN LYND s Mc CURDY, fourth child of 6!­ Alexander and Margaret Sophia McCurdy, was born December 28th, 1826; married Daniel Estes of Lewiston, Maine; lived in Lynn, Mass.; moved to Pownal, Maine, where she died July 4th, 1911. He died a few months later. No children. 615-ALEXANDER CoNKEY McCuRDY, fifth child of 61-Alexander and Margaret Sophia McCurdy, was born December 16th, 1829; lived in Wallace; moved to Lynn, Mass., then to one of the Middle Western States, then returned to Middleboro, N.S., where they died. They had three children : 6151-MARGARET ELIZABETH, married Zenas Douglas; lived in one of the Middle Western States, where she died. 6152-ANN ELIZA, married Fred Cotton; lives in Lynn, Mass. No children. 616-N AN c Y Mc Cu RD Y, sixth child of 61-Alexander and Margaret Sophia McCurdy, was born March 6th, 1831 ; married Augustus Merrill of Lynn, Mass. ; lived in Lynn until he retired from business and moved to Plymouth, Mass., where he died. She returned to Lynn, where she died August 14th, 1916. No children. 617-W r LL r AM C . Mc Cu RD Y, seventh child of 61- Alexander and Margaret Sophia McCurdy, was born July 1834; married, in Troy, N .Y ., Mary Ruth Brooks, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Walker) Brooks of Waterford, N.Y., who came from Yorkshire, England, in 1832. They had five children: 6r7r-MAUD, born August 28th, 1867 ; died June 19th, 1869. 6172-WILLIAM FREDERIC, born March 27th, 1869; died August 21st, 1888. 6!73-GEORGE HARRY, born January 14th, 1874; not married; has a position of trust in a bank in Grand Junction, Colorado ; lives in Grand Junction. 6!74-SusAN MAY, born January 6th, 1877; died February 28th, 1878. Tb¢ mccurdys of no\'a Scotia 199

6175-MABEL, born January 2nd, 1880; not married; lives in Grand Junction, Colorado. William C. McCurdy, foregoing, died in Grand Junction, Colo., January 8th, 1912. His wife died a few years later. 618-J OHN WADDELL Mc CURDY, eighth child of 61- Alexander and Margaret Sophia McCurdy, was born July 28th, 1836; married Lucretia Clark of Lynn, Mass.; lived in Waltham, Mass., where he had a large millinery business. Here for business reasons he changed the spelling of his name to" Macurdy." Among the better class of trade there was at that time a strong feeling against the Irish Catholic " Mc " and he was advised to make the change. His nephew, George Washington McCurdy, son of Robert Collimore McCurdy, followed his example, and George's son, Luther, of Lynn, Mass., uses the same spelling. 618-John Waddell and Lucretia (Clark) McCurdy had two children: 6181-RoLAND, married, lives in New York City; no children. 6182-MARTHA CLARK, formerly Secretary of Y.W.C.A. in Scranton, Pa., and Lawrence, Mass. ; now Director of Religious Education in a Baptist Church in Somerville, Mass. When the children were quite young, Lucretia Clark McCurdy died. Some twenty years thereafter, John Waddell McCurdy married Helen Merritt of Charlestown, Mass. They had one child: 6183-HERBERT, a musician; married; has one child: 61831- Herberi, lives in Waltham, Mass. 618-John Waddell McCurdy died April 7th, 1917, in Lawrence, Mass., and was buried in Waltham. Helen (Merritt) McCurdy died a few years earlier in Waltham. 619-O LI v I A Mc Cu RD Y, ninth child of 61-Alexander and Margaret Sophia McCurdy, was born August 7th, 1838; died April 7th, 1839. 610-DAVID LYNDS McCURDY, the tenth child, was born November 4th, 1840. He learned the trade of carriage building, in which he became quite skilled, some of his work taking first prize at a Provincial Exhibition at Halifax. He married, on November 29th, 1861, Esther Betts, daughter of Henry and Esther (Crawford) Betts, of Victoria, Cumberland County. They lived in New Annan, Col. Co., for a number of years, then moved to Maitland, Hants County. In 1880, they removed to Lynn, Mass., and in 1903 to Waterville, Maine, where Mr. McCurdy died April 18th, 1910. They had seven children : 6101-ANNIE KATE, born in New Annan, N.S., December 1st, 200 Tb¢ IDcCurdys of Dova Scotia

1862; married on May 5th, 1902, Amos Emery Holmes, grocer, of Oakland, Maine, son of Isaiah and Mehala (Cottle) Holmes of Oakland; lived in Oakland. Mr. Holmes died in Oakland, April 18th, 1915. His widow, Annie Kate Holmes now lives in Waterville, Maine. 6102-ALEXANDER ERNEST, born in New Annan, N.S., March 17th, 1864; married Elizabeth Kirk, daughter of William and Eleanor (McKeen) Kirk of St. Mary's, Guysboro County. He is a contractor and builder and cabinet-maker in Boston, and lives in Malden, Mass. Had seven children, three died in infancy: 61021- Seldon; 61022-Lloyd and 61023-Velsor. The others are: 61024- Prudence Kirk, married Earl Noyes Colby of Reading, Mass., lives in Reading, one child, 610241-Carroll Earle; 61025-Charles Azal, electrician, married Elsie Locke of Malden, Mass., lives in Malden, has three children : 610251-Glenna; 610252-Beverly and 610253- Charles. 6!026-Esther Eleanor, married Frederic Smith of Malden, Mass., lives in Malden, has three children: 61026!-Audrey; 610262-Robert Arnold and 610263-Dean Ernest. 61027-Ruth Lucille married Edwin Hughes Hardy of Maplewood, Mass., September 4th, 1925, lives in Melrose Highlands, Mass. No chil­ dren. _6103-MAGGIE MARGARET, born in New Annan, N.S., March 20th, 1866 ; electric needle specialist in Waterville, Maine ; lives in Waterville. 6104-LuCRETIA, born in Maitland, N.S., March 21st, 1868; died in Maitland, April 25th, 1873. 6105-SELDON RuFus, born November 21st, 1869, in Maitland, N.S.; Graduate, Acadia University, 1895 ; Newton Theol. Inst., 1899; Missionary to Burma (Baptist), 1900-1904, 1907-1914, 1920-1924; Pastor in Hudson, Mass., 1899-1900, Marlboro, Mass., 1904-1907, Providence, R.I., 1914-1920, Muskegon, Mich., 1925- --. He married Mattie Louise Clark in June 1899 at Lynn, Mass. Their children are : 61051-Bruce Hudson, born at Hudson, Mass., March 22nd, 1900; graduate Electrical Engineer, Harvard Univ., 1923, now with International Tel. and Tel. Co. in Madrid, Spain ; married April 24th, 1926, to Dorothy Curry of Somerville, Mass. 61052-Gordon Judson, born at Moulmein, Burma, India, October 30th, 1902; Graduate, B.A. and M.D., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., not married. 61053-Louis David, born at Moulmein, Burma, January 31st, 1904; died at Lynn, Mass., September 1904. 61054-Katherine Esther, born at Marlboro, Mass., January 15th, 1905; married Horace L. Romkey, September 8th, 1925; no children. Tb¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia 201

6106-EDGAR HENRY, born in Maitland, N.S., May 29th, 1871. He early became interested in the athletic work of the Y.M.C.A., and for a time acted as Physical Director in the Y.M.C.A. of Clinton, Mass., and of Taunton, Mass. He was Instructor in Athletics in Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S., from 1895 to 1901. After graduating from Horton Academy, he entered Acadia University, graduating in the Class of 1901, with the degree of B.A. He spent two years in the study of Medicine at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, and then two years at Rush Medical College, Chicago (University of Chicago), graduating in the Class of 1905 with the degree of M.D. He began the practice of Medicine at Bluehill, Me., remained there until 1911, when he moved to Rhode Island. In 1918 he took a special course in New York, in Eye, Ear, Throat and Nose work, which work he carried on with his general practice. On September I 1th, 1906, he married Etta May Elliott of Clarence, Annapolis County, N.S., a college mate at Acadia. On July 29th, 1927, they left their home at North Scituate, R.I., for a three weeks vacation by motor car through Nova Scotia, to visit old homes and friends. On the first day of the return trip, August 16th, 1927, when in Wolfville at the wheel of his car, he was suddenly stricken with angina pectoris, and although medical assistance was immediately secured at the hospital there, within two hours he passed away. He was a member of the North Scituate Baptist Church and of the Board of Trustees of that Body ; also a member of the Masons, Eastern Star and Oddfellows Societies. Burial was at Waterville, Maine. His wife returned to her home in North Scituate, R.I. They had no children. 6107-GEORGE LORIMER was born in Maitland, N .S., September 25th, 1877; was educated in Lynn, Mass.; book-keeper for a time, now buyer for dry goods house in Waterville, Maine ; lives in Waterville ; not married. While the McCurdys as a rule, and their ancestors in Ireland, were Presbyterian, it would seem that this branch, the descendants of 6-Robert McCurdy, were inclined to the Baptist denomination. One explanation is that Susanna Lynds, the wife of Robert McCurdy, was a woman of vigorous personality. She, much to the chagrin of some of her relatives and a staid community, went about "Preach­ ing," and in the doctrine that she preached was strongly Baptist. According to Patterson's History of Tatamagouche, her son, Alexander, appears as a signatory to the Call ( dated November 4th, 1840) to Rev. Robert Blackwood, a Presbyterian Minister, but he does not appear as a Communicant. Practically all his family, so a member states, were members or adherents of the Baptist Church. 202

SECTION SEVEN

7-JENNET GUTHRIE MCCURDY, OF ALEXANDER THE" PIONEER," AND HER DESCENDANTS

7-J E N NET GU TH RI E M c C U RD Y , the seventh and youngest child of Alexander (the " Pioneer") and Jennet McCurdy, was born in Onslow on November 8th, 1777. She was married to Luke Upham, 2nd, the son of Nathaniel Upham, who was the son of Richard Upham the first person named in the town­ ship of Onslow Grant. Jennet and Luke Upham had five children, among whom was : 71-ALEXANDER McCURDY UPHAM. This son was in 1836 returned for Onslow to the Legislature (M. 391). He was a farmer, merchant and shipbuilder. His residence and place of busi­ ness was at Lower North River, on the property later owned by Rev. John J. Baxter. On June 25th, 1826, Mr. Upham married Mary Cutten, by whom he had nine children. His eldest son, 7u-Henry M. (later a resident of Drayton, Dakota) is remembered as the first Inspector of Schools for the county of Colchester under the free school system of education for Nova Scotia. 71-Alexander McCurdy Upham, besides filling the positions already mentioned with fair success, was also a Deacon in the Onslow Baptist Church, and toward the close of his life, he engaged in shipbuilding. Though a person of few words, and not given to debating, for the advantages he enjoyed he was possessed of superior judgment, and was looked upon as one of the best members of society. His unexpected death on August 19th, 1841, at the early age of thirty-nine years and thirty-six days, was long regretted by a large circle of relatives and friends, as well as by the community in which he had passed a short though by no means inactive nor unimportant life. PART THREE

CHART FOUR THE ARCHIBALD FAMILY AS· CONNECTED WITH THE MCCURDY FAMILY The notation in parentheses and italicized in this Part belongs to the ARCHIBALD branch, while the McCURDY notation here appearing is in roman. Beginning with the "Four Brothers" Archibald :

(I)-DAVID (Esq.) (2)-SAMUEL (Senr.) (J)-JAMES (4)-THOMAS I I I I I I. (IJ)-John I (2I)-Ma~thew (25)-James (22)-John 2nd (24)-Dav1d 2nd (r7)-David 3rd,--m.--(2II)-Sarah also m. Hannah, dau. (2I2)-Agnes, m. 2-JAMES McCuRDY I I of Col. Jotham (2IJ)-Samuel Fisher (222)-William (245)-James, m .23-SARAH Blanchard (2I4)-Matthew Taylor McCuRDYof I I 2-James (I75)-Sarah, m. (2r4I)-Janet, m. 25-ALEx. McCuRDY, I 29-Rev. DANIEL of Musquodoboit (2226)-Alexander, m. McCuRDY (2I5)-Adams 251-MARY J. (170)-Mary, ·m. (2I6)-Ebenezer McCuRDY, widow 2A-Hon. DAVID I of Henry C. McCuRDY (2I65)-Henry C., m. 223-REBECCA and 251-MARY JANE McCuRDY (IJI)-David 5th (2I7)-Alex. Lackie I (2I78)-Walter, m. 382-0LIVIA McCuRDY I . (2I8)-John James (r3r4)-Dav1d 16th (2r9)-Jonathan (2Io)-Eleanor Wilson, m. Geo. Hamilton (2IA)-Jean, m. Ed. Sherburne Blanchard I (2IB)-Elizabeth-----:m.----253)-Samuel 3rd (r3r44)-Amelia, m. I 283-JAMES (253I)-Jean Isabella McCuRDY, of (2532)-Elizabeth, m. 28-MATT. A. MCCURDY Clifton (2533)-James (2534)-Sir Adams George (2535)-John E. (2536)-Isaac N., m. 2D-Euz. H. McCURDY of 2-James (2537)-Rebecca (2538)-Thomas Logan

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CHAPTER ONE

THE ARCHIBALDS

It is not the purpose of this chapter to give even an outline, let alone a complete or connected history of this illustrious family as a whole. Up to a certain date, 1873, the matter has been treated ably by Thomas Miller. It is a task even more onerous than the present work to take up the descendants of the Archibalds where Miller left off some fifty years ago, and continue his history to date, an under­ taking which doubtless will be carried on to completion eventually, though possibly in instalments, by some members of the family sufficiently interested. But, in recording the ancestry and connection of the McCurdy Clan, it was found that many of the Archibalds by marriage have united with the McCurdys, and thus the posterity of the two becomes the posterity of each. To the extent then that these families have intermarried, the ancestry of both parents is of material interest to their descendants. This circumstance of blood relation­ ship then, will be the controlling factor in this short sketch of some members of the Archibald family, being content to abstract from Miller's History of Colchester the merest outline, and giving page references on occasion by means of which the reader may trace in Miller's History the full facts which that volume has so laboriously preserved. " FouR ARCHIBALD BROTHERS," David, Samuel, James and Thomas, removed from Londonderry, Ireland, about 1757 to New Londonderry, New Hampshire. Thence they came to Nova Scotia, and arrived in Truro on December 13th, 1762. Of these brothers, only the first two require attention here. It is generally considered that a branch of the Archibalds is connected with the Campbells of Argyle. But there is not sufficient evidence available to determine that our Archibalds of Londonderry, Ireland, crossed from Scotland. Indeed, it is fully as probable that they arrived from South-east England, when or after Derry was first colonized from the vicinity of London. The name itself originated on 208 Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

the continent.of Europe. In Homemaking and its Philosophy, by the late William C. Archibald of W olfville, its author finds the name under various spellings, as, in French, Archambault; in German, Erchanbald; in Italian, Archibaldo. He gives the derivation, and no doubt correctly, from "Arch" and " Balder." The latter word was originally the proper name of a Norse divinity or actual King, Balder, the son of Odin and Freda, but later it lost its primary meaning and became a title, the equivalent of Prince. So the com­ bined words Arch-i-Bald came to signify Arch-Prince, Chief Prince. The name as now found in families, after ceasing to be a title, became many centuries ago a surname. Of these" Four Brothers," (r)-David Archibald, Esq., the eldest, became a very prominent citizen of Truro. "Miller" (M. 34) may be studied for interesting details of this gentleman's life. He was born on September 20th, 1717; married Elizabeth Elliott on May 19th, 1741, and died about 1795. A reference to the " Archibald" Chart, should materially assist in the study of this Archibald genealogy. The third son of David Archibald, Esq., was (r3)-John (M. 41), born in Ireland on August 18th, 1747. The oldest son of this {IJ)-John Archibald was (IJI)-David (M. 42), born in Truro on March 19th, 1769. He was known as David 5th, and married Letitia Barnhill. The second son of David 5th was (r3r4)-David (M. 43), born on September 12th, 1804, known as David 16th. The fourth daughter of David 16th was (r3r44)-Amelia J. Archibald (M. 43), who was born on September 10th, 1840. She married 283-J ames McCurdy of Clifton, son of 28-Matthew A. McCurdy. The sixth and youngest son of David Archibald, Esq., was (r7)-David Archibald (M. 50), who was born in Londonderry, N.H., on September 27th, 1758. He was known as" Clerk" David, or David 3rd. He married (2rr)-Sarah Archibald later referred to, he and her father being first cousins. On her death, he married Hannah Blanchard, a daughter of Colonel Jotham (not Jonathan) Blanchard, and a sister of Edward Sherburne Blanchard. The children of Edward Sherburne Blanchard (who married (2IA)-Jean Archibald, the daughter of (2I)-Matthew and Janet Archibald) (M. 66), in­ cluded Sheriff Charles Blanchard of Truro, Judge George A. Blanchard of Kentville, Jonathan Blanchard of Bible Hill (father of Charles Prescott Blanchard), James Fleming Blanchard, merchant, of Truro, Edward Blanchard, a well-remembered teacher in Truro, John Blanchard, a merchant in Kentville, and William Henry Blanchard, a barrister in Windsor, the latter father of the Editor, H. Percy Blanchard. Th~ mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

Colonel Jotham Blanchard (M. 254) came to Nova Scotia in 1785, and settled in Truro. He, as well as many of his relatives, had fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War, but he had become so thoroughly disgusted with the sordid spirit shown by many prominent leaders in the Republic, specially in their mercenary and mean attitude toward the Royalists and the confisca­ tion of their estates, that in his disillusionment, he left the country and came to this Province. His father was Colonel Joseph Blanchard of Nashua, N.H., whose father was Captain Joseph Blanchard. The father of Captain Joseph Blanchard was Deacon John Blanchard, who as a boy, came from England with his parents, Joseph and Ann Blanchard (or "Blanshar ") in 1637. This family was Norman­ French Huguenot, and had come to England in 1610, with others, to escape persecution on the Continent. Several of the family re­ mained in England, but Joseph as mentioned emigrated to America in 1637, and his brother, Thomas, two years later, followed in the Ship Jonathan. In religion this family were Calvinistic Protestants, associating themselves with the Puritans of England and the Con­ gregationalists in America. But when Colonel J otham Blanchard came to Nova Scotia, he found no Church there exactly corre­ sponding to his own, and with characteristic tolerance, threw in his lot with the Truro Presbyterians. Of the children of (r7)-David 3rd and Hannah (Blanchard) Archibald, one daughter (r75)-Sarah (M. 52) married 29-Rev. Daniel McCurdy, and another daughter (r70)-Mary (M. 53) married 2A-Hon. David McCurdy. Taking up now the second of the four immigrant Archibald brothers, namely (2)-Samuel Archibald, Senr. (M. 53), the latter was born in Ireland in 1719. He married Eleanor Taylor about the year 1743, and died July 15th, 1774. (2I)-Matthew, his eldest son (M. 54), was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1745. He came to Truro from New England in 1762, but returned for a short visit to New Hampshire, where he married, and brought to his Nova Scotia home, Janet Fisher in the year 1767. He built the house on the north bank of Salmon River, where he spent the remainder of his life, the house now occupied by the daughters of the late Rev. Dr. McCulloch. He was eminently pious, and from his careful use of the Bible, the locality took the name of " Bible Hill." One should not overlook, in studying the history of this particular branch of the family, the excellent religious influence that the wife and mother, Janet Fisher, may have exerted upon her posterity. She was the daughter of Deacon Samuel Fisher (M. 259), himself born in the North of Ireland, and of Scottish descent. Q 210 Tbt mccurdys of nova Scotia

Of the children of (2r)-Matthew (frequently called "Deacon" Matthew) and Janet Archibald, the eldest (2n)-Sarah (M. 55) married (I7)-David 3rd Archibald as mentioned. The second child (2I2)-Agnes (M. 55) married 2-James McCurdy of Onslow. The third child was (2I3)-Samuel Fisher (M. 55) named after his maternal grandfather. The fourth child (M. 58) (2I4)-Matthew Taylor (known as " Good Matthew ") was the father of (2I4I)­ Janet Archibald, who married 2 5-Alexander Mc Curdy of Musquodo­ boit. The fifth child was (2I5)-Adams (M. 59), a man of unusual talent and culture. The sixth was (2I6)-Ebenezer (M. 60), the father of (2r65)-Henry C. Archibald (M. 61), who married 223- Rebecca McCurdy, a daughter of 22-James Munro McCurdy. On the death of Rebecca, Henry C. married 251-Mary Jane McCurdy, a daughter of 25-Alexander McCurdy of Musquodoboit. On the death of her husband, 251-Mary Jane married (2226)-Alexander Archibald, a second cousin of her first husband. The seventh child of (2I)-Matthew and Janet Archibald was (2I7)-Alexander Lackie (M. 62), the father of (2I78)-Walter Archibald (M. 63), who married 382-Olivia, the daughter of 38-James McCurdy and granddaughter of 3-Hon. Daniel McCurdy. The eighth child was (2r8)-John James (M. 64) and the ninth was (2I9)-Jonathan (M. 65). The tenth child was (zrn)-Eleanor Wilson, who married George Hamilton. It was Barry Hamilton, a son of this George (M. 359), who married 224-Agnes Jane, a daughter of 22-James Munro McCurdy. The eleventh child of (2I)-Matthew and Janet Archibald was (2IA)­ Jean (M. 66), who (M. 259) married Edward Sherburne Blanchard. The youngest and twelfth child was (2IB)-Elizabeth (M. 66). She married her first cousin (253)-Samuel Archibald 3rd (M. 87). He was a son of (25)-James Archibald, the latter a brother of (2I)­ Matthew Archibald, whose family has been given, and both, of course, the sons of (2)-Samuel Archibald, Senr., the second of the " Four Brothers." The children of this twelfth child (2IB)-Elizabeth Archibald and (253)-Samuel Archibald 3rd were : (253I)-Jean Isabella (M. 88), who died in infancy; (2532)-Elizabeth (M. 88), who married 28- Matthew A. Mc Curdy (son of 2-James) and evidently first cousins ; (2533)-James (M. 88); (2534)-Sir Adams George (M. 88); (2535)­ John E. (M. 89); (2536)-Isaac N. (M. 89), who married 2D-Eliza­ beth Harriett McCurdy, daughter of 2-James, also first cousins; (2537)-Rebecca (M. 89); and (2538)-Thomas Logan (M. 89). Another son of (2)-Samuel Archibald, Senr., was (24)-David (M. 76), known as David 2nd. He had a son (245)-James (M. 83), who married 23-Sarah McCurdy, the daughter of 2-James McCurdy. Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia 2II

(22)-John Archibald 2nd (M. 67) was the second son of (2)­ Samuel Archibald, Senr. The eldest son of this John 2nd was (222)-William (M. 67) born September 19th, 1774. William also had a son (2226)-Alexander (M. 69), who was born in Musquodoboit on May 23rd, 1812. He first married Catherine, daughter of James and Jean Loughead of Clifton. On her death, he married 251-Mary Jane McCurdy, the daughter of 25-Alexander McCurdy of Musquo­ doboit, and the widow of (2I65)-Henry C. Archibald already mentioned. In passing, it might be added, as a matter of interest, that this (22)-John 2nd had a son (223)-Samuel B. Archibald, who was the father of (2238)-Wallace Archibald. (2238I)-William Charles Archibald, late of Wolfville, the author of the book already quoted in this chapter, was a son. of (2238)-Wallace Archibald. Isaac Chipman Archibald, of Halifax, is a son of (2238I)-William Charles Archibald.

Q2 CHART FIVE (" BELL" CHART)

THE McCuRDY LINE TO MRS. A. GRAHAM BELL

Beginning with the "Refugee" McCurdy Brothers : I I I PETHERIC David William John DANIEL I James I I I I James THOMAS Samuel Daniel Daniel I I JOHN MCCURDY, ALEXANDER McCuRDY the "PIONEER" emigrated to America in I7 45 at age of 2I I I I I I I I I Elizabeth Ann Sarah Jeanette Lynde John RICHARD I I I I John Griswold Charles Johnson ROBERT HENRY Richard Lord Alexander Lynde a daughter I I I I GERTRUDE MERCER MCCURDY, Theodore Richard Aldrich m. Hon. Gardiner Greene Hubbard [ I Caroline McCurdy Augusta McCurdy m. Dr. A. Graham Bell Tb¢ mccurdys of Do\'a Scotia 213

CHAPTER TWO

MRS. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

It is well known to many that Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell is related to the McCurdy families in Nova Scotia, indeed that her mother was a McCurdy, and it may be interesting to see just what and how distant is that relationship. Starting with the McCurdy Refugee Brothers : Petheric, David, William, John and Daniel, the first fact is that Alexander McCurdy the" Pioneer," who came from Nova Scotia, was the son of Daniel, the son of James, the son of Petheric. A reference to the " Bell" Chart will perhaps be of assistance. This Alexander McCurdy is of course the ancestor of all the Nova Scotia McCurdys, and came to Nova Scotia in 1762, he being the great-grandson of Petheric. There are at present, perhaps, insufficient data to connect with certitude the ancestry of the McCurdys of Mrs. Bell's line with any special one of the McCurdys formerly in Ireland. However, it is positively known that a certain JOHN Mc Curdy was born in Ireland in 1724; came to America in 1745 at the age of twenty-one years, and, apparently having means, started as a merchant in New York City. He '' is believed to have been of the third generation in descent from one of the Five Brothers." This would make him and our " Alexander " second and third cousins at the furthest ; and, if descended from Petheric, and additionally from James, still nearer. This latter supposition, however, is improbable, as there is a pretty full record of the descendants of Petheric of this generation, among whom " JOHN " does not appear. The weight of evidence is that "JOHN" was the grandson of Petheric's brother Daniel, who had four sons : James, Thomas, Samuel and Daniel, and that Thomas, one of these sons, was the father of JOHN. Even with these four sons, the mere process of elimination might be followed to exclude both Samuel and Daniel, but while it is sufficient for the purpose to say that without question this distinguished family is a branch of the McCurdy Clan descending from one of the Refugee Brothers, and to that extent connected with the descendants of Alexander, yet a 214 Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia

close analysis of the facts makes JOHN the son of Thomas, the son of Daniel, who was the youngest brother of Petheric. This JOHN Mc CURDY had seven children : Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, Jeanette, Lynde, John, and RICHARD. RICHARD McCURDY, in turn had one daughter and five sons, the latter being John Gris­ wold, Charles Johnson, Robert Henry, Richard Lord, and Alexander Lynde. ROBERT HENRY McCuRDY had two children : Richard Aldrich, who was President of the Mutual Life Assurance Co. of N.Y., and GERTRUDE MERCER McCuRDY, who married Hon. Gar­ diner Greene Hubbard. The daughter of the latter was MABEL GARDINER HUBBARD, the wife of DR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. Another son of Robert Henry McCurdy was Theodore, the father of the Misses Augusta and Caroline McCurdy, who have a summer home, " Baycroft," beautifully situated on the Bras-d'or Lakes near Baddeck Village, Nova Scotia. Tb¢ mccurdys of no"a Scotia 215

EPILOGUE

Having brought the Chronicles of the McCurdy Family to this point, it remains only for me to say that I have sought in the foregoing pages to record for the instruction of the widely scattered members of the McCurdy family, and of those connected with it by marriage or descent, the true history, so far as it can be established, of those outstanding figures whom we must regard as the true progenitors of our family. I have taken Petheric of the " Cairn " as the man from whom all living members of our widely scattered family have descended, but tradition tells us that the family came originally from Ireland. It is difficult, of course, nay well-nigh impossible, for us to look backward two, three or four hundred years, and attempt to portray clearly and distinctly the incidents of those distant times, and the men who enacted them. We know from what historians have done for us and given to us, that the story of life in Ireland, and in Scotland too, in those wild and troubled years is full of rapine, bloodshed and assassination. It must have been a time when violence, robbery and murder stalked unchecked through the land; when no man's life, no woman's life or honour could be long held safe, when the quiet enjoyment of life and property as we know it in the happier times in which our lot is cast was not even dimly conceived of, and horrible injustice and hideous cruelty were the lot of most men. But through it all men lived and toiled and fought. They married and brought children into the world to take up in their turn the burdens and dangers of existence, and so through all these dark ages, our own family, the McCurdy family, whose living representatives we are, maintained its place and name. If we possessed or could command the power of piercing through the impenetrable cloud of darkness with which the passage of time has obscured the lives and doings of our progenitors of early times, concerning whom what knowledge we have is limited to the tradi­ tions which family pride has handed down from generation to genera­ tion in the tales told at the fireside, much would be made clear to us that exists now in the form of legendary lore. We may be sure that these stories told from age to age to eager listeners would lose nothing of their greatness or importance in transmission, and that 216 Tb~ mccurdys of nova Scotia

pardonable family pride would cherish a very keen sense of its former greatness to be handed down from father to son. But while this may be so, there remains the question of how much of this pious tradition is based on fact. Some basis of fact we must suppose existed in the beginning as the foundation for these legends ; how much we can never know, for the mists of long past ages hide too well. In those dark days when the written word was as yet a thing unknown, and to remain unknown for generations to come, the only record a man could leave behind him was the spoken word, in the tales which were told of the deeds performed by his fathers. These came in time to form the legend or tradition in which the family history was incorporated, to be handed on from father to son, from age to age, a cherished inheritance, religiously regarded and implicitly believed. And tradition tells us that one of the earliest progenitors of the McCurdy family was one of those rude strong figures which stand out even to-day in the dim chronicles of that distant past. A pro­ minent man in his day and generation, the son of one of those petty chiefs or kings in Ireland who by virtue of birth, or strength, or some other quality, good or bad, for we must not look too closely, had seized or acquired the rulership of his Clan. The son stands out for a moment, a dim shadowy figure, it may be unlovely, fierce and brutal, but we must suppose a man of native force, who in his stormy life was to play his part and transmit to his sons those characteristics which, moulded subsequently by the environment and the conditions of milder ages, were to give to the McCurdy family the strength and individuality which has enabled it to survive and to play no mean part in the activities of this Western Continent. But I make no attempt to frame any family tree or chart previous to the time of Petheric of the " Cairn." I content myself with the tradition that Petheric could trace his descent from Irish kings, and that in some earlier age his fathers had left Ireland and had settled on or near the island of Arran. It is certain that even in very ancient times there was much intercourse between Ireland and the Western Coast of Scotland. We know this as a fact from the life of Columba, who left Ireland early in the seventh century and founded on the small and lonely island of Iona that body of Christian believers who in God's providence were destined to keep alive, during subsequent ages of darkness and bloodshed, the spark of a living religion. It does no violence then to our beliefs if we accept this legend or tradition as incorporating the true life history of our family, and so I have decided to give it here to the readers of this little Family History in the form in which it has come to me, for I cannot think that it is the duty of the historian to exclude in matters of this kind all Tb¢ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia 217

legend, all tradition simply on the ground that it cannot be verified. It cannot, in the nature of things, be verified, and it is submitted that though we may choose to regard it as legend or tradition, there is without doubt some substratum of truth or fact upon which it rests. For otherwise it would not have taken shape. I may claim, however, that in taking Petheric of the "Cairn" as the first to figure on our Family Chart, we have left behind us the field of legend or tradition, and have arrived at a stage in our history when our feet are on firm ground, and the clouds and mist of an uncertain past have been dispelled by the light of fuller knowledge. From the time of Petheric of the "Cairn," there is no difficulty in tracing the genealogical tree through his several sons down to our own period, which has been done in the foregoing pages, with special regard, however, to his son, James, and grandson, Daniel, through whom that branch of the family to which I belong descends. As I have said elsewhere, no attempt has been made to trace the other branches descending through the other sons of Petheric. It would be altogether beyond the scope of this work to attempt to do so. Their descendants are doubtless to be found in number as the sands of the sea, wherever our civilization has spread, but the work of tracing them must be left to other hands than mine. Before closing, however, I desire to say that this little work, the Record of the McCurdy's of Nova Scotia, has been undertaken in no vainglorious spirit, nor with any desire to go in any particular beyond what is true. We are not asked to think of any of our remote progenitors as demigods or supermen. We may be sure that they were men of like passions and weaknesses with ourselves, who lived, it is charitable to remember, in rough and turbulent times which knew not the restraints of that kindly civilization which has permitted mankind to attain and to enjoy that liberal measure of contentment and happiness which prevails in our own more peaceful age. Their faults were the faults of their time. Rude, violent and lawless they may sometimes have been, but they lived in a rude, violent and lawless age, and it must be counted to them for well-doing that they had the strength and courage to keep their hold on life, and to transmit to their descendants the patrimony of a sound stock and an honoured name. We shall do well if we keep this ideal before us, and strive, each in his day and generation, so to live that we may pass on to those who may come after us the Family Tradition unbroken and unsullied. F. B. McCuRDY. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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INTRODUCTION TO INDEX To assist the reader in the use of this Book, the Arlington System of notation has been applied, and has been explained in the Editor's Note at page xvii. It is urged that this system be studied thoroughly, as a clear knowledge of the same will give a better understanding of the different genealogies, avoid confusion in similar names, and add the significance and guiding value of the numerals preceding the names. Certain lines of the Archibald family are connected closely with the McCurdys, and it has been deemed well worth while to devote a separate chapter to such members of this family. Not only so, but the Arlington Notation belonging to the Nova Scotia branch of this family has been in some instances included. This particular Archi­ bald Notation is shown in italic figures in parentheses. Do not confuse the two separate McCurdy and Archibald Notations. They are distinct both in printer's type and in reference. Additional to the ~aiden name, a name in parentheses is the surname assumed on marriage.

INDEX

As to significance of numerals preceding names, study introduction to Index.

Arlington System of Notation, xvii Archibald-continued Aitken, R. Traven D., 78 (2r7)-Alexander Lackie, 2IO 2738-Mrs. Agnes Sarah Jean (r3r44)-Amelia J., 86, 208 Thomson, 78 (r)-David, "Esquire," 205, 208 Ancestral McCurdys, xix (24)-David 2nd, 2IO Anderson, William, 126 (r7)-David 3rd, " Clerk," 208, 2m 202-Mrs. Agnes McCurdy, 125 (rJI)-David 5th, 208 Andia, Francis, 127 (r3r4)-David 16th, 208 2052-Mrs. Clara McCurdy, 127 (2r6)-Ebenezer, 2IO Archibald Chart, 205 2231-Ebenezer Charles, 29 History, 207 (2ro)-Eleanor Wilson (Hamilton), Derivation of Name, 208 30,210 Numerical Notation, xviii, 205 (2rB)-Elizabeth (Archibald), 210 " Four Brothers," xviii, 205, 207 (2532)-Elizabeth (McCurdy), 83, (2r5)-Adams, 18, 210 210 (2534)-Sir Adams George, 84, rn8, (2532)-Eliza (McCurdy), 83, 2IO 210 2D-Mrs. Elizabeth Harriet Mc­ (2r2)-Agnes (McCurdy),16, 30,210 Curdy, 181 (2226)-Alexander, 49, 21 I " Four Brothers," xviii, 205, 207 220 Tb~ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia

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Archibald-continued Blair-continued (.u65)-Henry C., 29, 49, 210, 2II 324-George, ix, 184 Isaac Chipman, 21 I 428-Henry, ix, 193 (2536)-Isaac N., 181, 210 326-Israel, ix, I 84 (245)-James, 42, 210 421-James, 192 (25)-James, 2IO 3272-Jeanetta Allison (Smith), 185 231-James, 42 32-Mrs. Jennet G. McCurdy, ix, (J)-James, 205, 207 183 (2533)-James, 85, 2IO 32-Mrs. Jeney McCurdy, ix, 183 (2r4r)-Janet (McCurdy), 46, 210 426-John, 193 (2rA)-Jean (Blanchard), 30, 208, 3274-Joseph Cullen, 186 210 424-Margaret (Glaison), ix, 193 (rJ)-John, 208 423-Mary (Lynds), 192 (22)-John 2nd, 2II 322-Mary McCurdy (Wells), 184 (2535)-John E., 210 3278-Mary Pauline (Stevenson), John Burris, 58 187 (r70)-Mary (McCurdy), 136, 209 328-Nancy Harriet (Hamilton), 187 251-Mrs. Mary Jane McCurdy, 425-Robert, ix, 193 49, 2I0, 2II 3279-Sarah Lillie (Bryant), 187 25412-Mrs. Mary Louise Reid, 58 Simeon H., 184 (2r)-" Deacon " Matthew, 16, 46, 3276-Stanley Howard, 186 210 3271-Wimburn Laurie, 185 (2r4)-Matthew Taylor, " Good 327-Colonel William McCurdy, Matthew," 46, 210 184 382-Mrs. Olivia McCurdy, 189 3275-Prof. William Saxby, 186 (2537)-Rebecca (McDonald), 210 Blanchard, William Henry, 141, 208 223-Mrs. Rebecca S. McCurdy, 2A2-Mrs. Hannah Blanchard 29, 210 McCurdy, 136,140 (2)-SamueI; "Senior," 205,207,209 2A21-John Waddell, 141 (223)-SamueI B., 2II 2A212-Ruth Beatrice, 143 (2r3)-Samuel Fisher, 2IO 2A213-Jean Sherburne (Cart- (253)-Samuel 3rd, 2IO wright), 143 (r75)-Sarah (McCurdy), II9, 209 2A214-Rev. Cecil Lawrence, 144 (2rr)-Sarah (Archibald), 208, 210 2A215-Norman Dexter, 145 23-Mrs. Sarah McCurdy, 42 2A22-Frances Louise (Munn), 146 (4)-Thomas, 205, 207 2A23-Arthur Clarence Douglas, (2238)-Wallace, 2II 146 (2r78)-Walter, 189, 210 Colonel Jotham, 23, uo, 209 (222)-William, zrr Sheriff Charles, 208 (2238r)-William Charles, 208, 2II Nancy (McCurdy), 68 Bayne, Eliza, 89 Edward Sherburne, I 10, 208, 210 Bell-McCurdy Ancestry, 212-214 Judge George A., 208 Bell Chart, 212 Hannah, 136 Dr. Alexander Graham, 214 Jonathan, 208 Mrs. Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, Charles Prescott, 208 212, 214 James Fleming, 95, 208 Bent, Margaret (McLane), 44 H. Percy, xvii, 208 " Bible Hill," 209 Hon. Hiram, 23, 109 Blair, 325-Bessie (Charlton), ix, 184 Jonathan, 23, 109 3277-Bessie Cornelia (Holmes), 186 Nancy (McCully), 23 3273-Carolina Roberts (Pyke), 185 Ancestry, 209 427-Charles, ix, 193 Brown, Frank Erichsen, 134 323-Daniel, ix, 184 2071-Mrs. Isabel Russell Mc­ 422-David, ix, 192 Curdy, 134 429-Elizabeth (Murray), ix, 193 6n2-Mrs. Emma McCurdy, 196 42-Elizabeth Taylor, ix, 192 Bryant, Arthur W., 187 321-Eunice Wright, ix, 184 3279-Mrs. Sarah Lillie Blair, 187 221

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Bryden, William, 21 Dale, William J., 128 214-Mrs. Susanna Kent, viii, 21 2055-Mrs. Lily McCurdy, 128 2141-James, 21 Dechman, Mrs. Mary (McLane), 44 2142-Elizabeth (McCurdy), 21, Dr. Arthur A., 151 1 37 2A43-Mrs. Mary Isabella Mc­ 2143-Mary Jane (Irving), 21 Curdy, 151 Burnet, Warren Hayward, 135 21\431-George Hart, 151 2074-Mrs. Jessie Catherine Mc­ Dewar, Alexander M., 173 Curdy, 135 2B23-Mrs. Hattie Fraser, 173 Burris, 2504-Mrs. Mary Jane McCurdy, Dickson, Charles, 190 67 384-Janet McCurdy, ix, 190 Butcher, Charles J., 75 429-Mrs. Elizabeth Blair, 193 2732-Mrs. Eliza Isobell Thomson, Major Hugh, 180 75 2C-Mrs. Rachel Crow McCurdy, Byers, James, 39 180 22733-Mrs. Mary Ruth McCurdy, Eli, 180 39 Captain Ira, 45 Cartwright, George Herbert, 143 Estes, 614-Mrs. Susan Lynds Mc­ 2A213-Mrs. Jean Sherburne Blan­ Curdy, ix, 198 chard, 143 Etter, 25419-Mrs. Agnes Edith Reid, Charlton, Rev. Henry, 184 59 325-Mrs. Bessie Blair, 184 Evans, W. J., 128 Christie, John, 86 2054-Mrs. Mary McCurdy, 128 281-Mrs. ElizabethJaneMcCurdy, Fisher, Dr. Stuart McVicar, 109 86 283D-Mrs. Nellie Claire Mc­ 28u-Laura M. L. (Edwards), 86 Curdy, 109 Clark, Samuel, 183 283D1-Charles Frederick Stuart, 31-Mrs. Rebecca McCurdy, ix, 183 IIO Clarke, Peter R., 49 283D2-Margaret Claire, uo 252-lvirs. Harriet McCurdy, 49 " Deacon " Samuel, 209 Cunningham, Charles Nathaniel, 138 Janet, 46, 209 2Au-Mrs. Susan McCurdy, 138 Fitch, Frederick, 190 2Au2-Prof. Howe Symonds, 138 387-Mrs. Mary McCurdy, 190 2A114-Arthur Blanchard, 139 Flemming, James, 4, 95 2Au5-Charles Gordon, 139 Fraser, 2B1-Agnes (Robinson), 165, 169 Cutten, William, 191 2B32-Anna (Small), 177 39-Mrs. Eunice McCurdy, ix, 191 2B25-Dorothy, 173 Cumminger, 23-Mrs. Sarah Mc- 2B31-Douglas W., 177 Curdy, vii, 42 2B52-Prof. Donald T., 180 234-Captain John, 43 2B22-Edith (Ritchie), 173 235-Ebenezer, 43 2B53-Frieda H., 180 236-Samuel, 43 2B23-Hattie (Dewar), 173 237-Jesse, 43 2B4-Harriet Archibald, 177 238-Alexander, 43 2B2-Rev. James Bruce, M.D., 170 239-Isaac, 43 2B24-J. Wells, 174 230-William Henry, 43 2B33-Jane Wells (Keith), 177 Cock, 2153-Mrs. Janet Kent, 22 2B21-Lilian, 173 21533-Sarah Maude, 22 2B34-Marjory McCurdy (Mutch), 266-Mrs. Mary Conkey, 67 177 Conkey, Alexander, 67 2B-Mrs. Nancy McCurdy, viii, 165 26-Mrs. Mary McCurdy, vii, 67 2B3-Rev. Robert Douglas, 173 261-Nancy Blanchard, 67 2B51-W. Casper, 179 262-Sarah (Kent), 67 2B5-Prof. William Henry, 178 263-Harriet Ann, 67 Rev. William, 165, 168 264-Margaret Jane, 67 Frost, Walter Archer, 162 265-John McCurdy, 67 2A71-Mrs. Susan Winifred Mc­ 266-Mary (Cock), 67 Curdy, 162 222 Tb~ mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

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Gass, George H., I08 Hubbard, Hon. Gardiner Greene, 212, Mrs. Elizabeth Goggin Blanchard, 214 I08 Mabel Gardiner (Bell), 212, 213, Glaison, 424-Mrs. Margaret Blair, ix, 214 193 Ingraham, John W., 25 Green, 2403-Mrs. Lavinia Fraser Mc­ 2192-Mrs. Mary Campbell Kent, Phee, 46 25 Guthrie, Jennet (McCurdy), vii, 3, II Johnson, 383-Mrs. Eunice McCurdy, Haddow, George, 124 190 2013-Bessie (Keith), 125 Wren, 190 201-Mrs. Christina McCurdy, 124 Keith, 2013-Mrs. Bessie Haddow, 125 2015-Georgina, 125 David L., 177 2014-Harriet Lena, 125 George Alexander, 125 20II-Rev. Robert, 125 2015-Mrs. Georgina Haddow, 125 Hart, 2402-Mrs. Margaret Janet Mc­ 2B33-Mrs. Jane Wells Fraser, 177 Phee, 46 John Mitchell, 125 25418-Mrs. SarahMargaretReid,59 Kent, 2102-Albion Stevens, 26 Hamilton, 224-Mrs. Agnes Jane Mc- 217-Alexander, viii, 24 Curdy, 30 2155-Charles Archibald, 23 Barry, 30 2100-Charlotte Ruth (Smith), 28 22434-Edgar Hill, 30, 32 2101-Clara Emma (Smith), 26 224335-Edith Sara, 31 21561-Clarence G., 23 224333-Eva Margaret, 31 210-Daniel McCurdy, viii, 25 Edmund W., 187 21566-Edward Sherburne, 24 22431-Elizabeth Kent, 30, 31 219-Edward Blanchard, viii, 24 George, 30 2157-Emily (King), 24 22432-George Barry, 30, 31 2154-George Archibald, 22 2243-James Munro, 30 21563-George Morrow, 23 22433-Lewis William, 30, 31 21562-Prof. Harry Arnold,D.D., 23 328-Mrs. Nancy Harriet Blair, 187 2178-Dr. Hedley Vicars, 24 224334-Rae Parker, 31 213-James, viii, 21 Robert, 30 21-Mrs. Jennet McCurdy, vii, Henley, Walter A., 109 viii, 19 283B-Mrs. Annie Kaulback Mc- 2153-Janet (Cock), 22 Curdy, 109 2I06-Johanna Eliza, 27 283B1-Amelia Jean McCurdy, 109 John, viii, 19 283B4-Betty Ann, 109 215-John, viii, 21 283B2-Margaret Claire, 109 2156-John Harvey, 23 283B3-Walter Graham, 109 21545-Leonard Ross, 22 Hill, George S., 89 Margaret, 30 28323-Mrs. Eva McCurdy, 89 2II-Martha, viii, 19 Holmes, 6101-Mrs. Annie Kate Mc­ 2192-Mary Campbell (Ingraham), Curdy, 199 25 3277-Mrs. Bessie Cornelia Blair, 216-Mary Jane, 24 186 21564-Nancy Blanchard (Fraser), Dr. Percy A., 186 24 Howard, 6121-Bamford, 196 218-Robert William, viii, 24, 68 6123-David, 196 Mrs. Sarah McCully, 23 6127-Edward, 197 212-Sarah, viii, 20 6129-Ensworth, 197 262-Mrs. Sarah Conkey, 67 Ephraim-196 21565-Susan (Lyons), 24 6124-Kent, 196 214-Susanna, viii, 21 6128-Margaret Jane (Webb), 197 2103-Silas Blair, 27 612-Mrs. Sarah Ann McCurdy, ix, William, 31 196 Kerr, John K., 59 6125-Rev. Thompson A., 197 22D-Mrs. Susan McCurdy, 42 6122-William, 196 Kingsley, George, 82 Tbc mccurdys of nova Scotia 223

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Logan, Mrs. John W., 36 McCurdy-continued Lorraine, James, 190 2771-Aubrey Edward, 82 383-Mrs. Eunice McCurdy, 190 Augusta, 212, 214 Laughead, Robert Allen, 118 2745-Augustus Blair, 79 288-Mrs. Victoria McCurdy, I 18 2592-Bessie (Murphy), 65 2881-Annie Elizabeth (McCurdy), 28376-Bessie Russell, 94 118, 155 2271-Beveridge Munro, 38 John, II9 28332-Blanchard Archibald, 92 289-Mrs. Emily McCurdy, 119 28381-Blanchard Pearson, 108 Lynds, William, 193 2276-Brenton Haliburton, 41 423-Mrs. Mary Blair, 192 61051-Bruce Hudson, 200 McBeath, John David, 71 2A66-Carnot Franklyn, 159 2724-Mrs. Ella Blanchard Mc­ 34-Charles Alexander, vii, 187 Curdy, 71 274-Charles Augustus, viii, 78 27241-John R. C., 71 2596-Charles Erwin, 65 McConnell, Joseph R., 150 2557-Charles Ervin, 63 2A42-Mrs. Georgina Maria Mc­ 209-Charles Neff, viii, 135 Curdy, 150 2746-Charles Blanchard, 79 McCully, Rev. Samuel, 23 2A44-Charles Joseph Edward, 151 Sarah (Kent), 23 2A51-Charles William Kandick, McCurdys, Ancestral, xix 1 55 McCurdy, 28331-A. Elva, 92 Caroline, 212, 214 202-Agnes (Anderson), viii, 125 2722-Charlotte Vaughan, 71 25315-Agnes Elizabeth, 54 201-Christina (Haddow), viii, 108 224-Agnes Jane (Hamilton), viii, 2839-Christina (Rawlings), 108 30 2052-Clara (Andia), 127 2A67-Ainslie Carlysle, 159 Daniel (father of " Pioneer "), vii, 287-Albert, viii, 117 xiii, 3, 6 22A1-Albert, 42 3-Hon. Daniel, vii, ix, II, 182 22523-Albert Clarence, 33, 34 29-Rev. Daniel, vii, 19, II9, 209 Alexander, the " Pioneer," vii, 3 37-Daniel, vii, 188 5-Alexander, vii, II, 194 256-Daniel, viii, 64 25-Alexander, vii, viii, 19, 50 David (uncle of " Pioneer "), vii 61-Alexander, vii, 195 David (brother of " Pioneer "), vii 257-Alexander, viii, 64 2A-Hon. Daniel, vii 2533-Alexander, 50 6ro-David Lynds, ix, 199 2556-Alexander, 63 2830-David Archibald, 108 615-Alexander Conkey, ix, 198 2A61-David Douglas, 158 221-Alexander Miller, viii, 29 2278-Dexter Franklyn, 41 22A-Alexander Thomas, viii, 42 22734-Dr. Dexter Scott, 39 6102-Alexander Ernest, 200 28382-Donald Reading, 108 2768-Alexander Richmond, 81 2725-Donald J. McLaughlin, 72 2272-Allen, James, 38 27451-Dorothy Allison, 79 2767-Alice Myrtle (Bodge), 81 2A73-" Douglas," 162 2A41-Alice, May, 151 2276r-Douglas, 41 285-Amelia, viii, IIO 386-Ebenezer Fitch, ix, 190 25364-Amelia, 57 271-Edward Blanchard, viii, 71 Andrew, vii 286-Rev. Edward Adams, viii, IIO 283811-Ann Pearson, 108 2A4-Edward Walker, viii, 148 2551-Ann Jeanette (Lindsay), 62 255C-Edward Grant, 64 2721-Annie Hennegar, 71 28322-Edward Percy, 89 283B-Annie Kaulback (Henley), 2833-Edward Adams, 91 109 28356-Edward Selwyne, 93 6ro1-Annie Kate (Holmes), 199 6106-Dr. Edgar Henry, 201 2A7-Arthur Williams, 160 2769-Edwin Augustus, 82 22731-Arthur Davis, 39 2550-Edwin John, 63 22614-Arthur Murray, 37 28374-Edith Amelia, 94 224 Tbt mcCurdys of Dova Scotia

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Mc Curdy-continued McCurdy-continued 2726-Edith Maude, 72 283A-Harriet Dickie (McDonald), 2762-Edith Primrose (Greeves), 81 109' 2253-Eliakim Tupper, 35 22B-Harriet Judson, viii, 42 2836-Eliza, 94 252-Harriet (Clarke), 49 Elizabeth (Aunt of the " Pioneer"), 204-Harriet Jane, vii, 126 vii 2554-Harriet (Bentley), 62 2D-Elizabeth Harriet (Archibald), 2072-Harriet Russell, 134 vii, 19, 181 2A75-Harriet Mabel Mace, 163 30-Elizabeth, 191 2872-Helen Mary, n8 229-Elizabeth Miller, viii, 41 25362-Helen, 57 281-Elizabeth Jane (Christie), viii, 258-Henry, viii, 64 86 282-Henry;, viii, 86 206-Elizabeth, viii, 128 208-Henry Herbert, 135 381-Elizabeth (McLeod), ix, 188 2A6-Henry Howard Douglas, viii, 2535-Elizabeth, 50 156 2724-Ella Blanchard (McBeath), 2595-Henry, 65 71 2831-Henry Adams, 89 289-Emily (Loughead), viii, II9 6183-Herbert, 199 6112-Emma (Brown), 196 2772-Honora Gertrude (Grimes), 2597-Ernest Bayne, 66 82 39-Eunice (Cutten), vii, 191 27-lsaac, vii, 68 3u-Eunice, ix, 183 227-lsaac, viii, 38 383-Eunice (Johnson) (Lorraine), 276-lsaac Richmond, 80 ix, 190 2277-Isaac Sedgewick, 41 28323-Eva (Hill), 89 2071-lsabel Russell (Brown), 134 2838-Hon. Fleming Blanchard, 28375-lsabell Blanche, 94 xi, 88, 95, 215 2764-lsabella Mitchell (Mitchell), 2501-Foster Dixon, 66 81 22732-Frank Church, 39 2764-lsabella Mitchell (Nicolls), 81 22521-Frederick Everett, vii, 33 275-lsabella Birkmyre (Mitchell), 2056-Frederick, 128 viii, 69, 79 2252-George James, vii, 33 25312-Isobel Gatherer, 53 228-George Washington, viii, 41 James (grandfather of the "Pion- 6111-George Washington, 196 eer "), vii, 3 6173-George Harry, 198 2-James, vii, 16, 210 6107-George Lorimer, 201 22-James Munro, vii, 28 2A72-George, 162 38-James, vii, ix, 188 2727-George Frederick, 72 222-James, 29 28326-George, 90 250-James Watson, viii, 66 2835-George Sedgwick, 93 272-James McGregor, viii, 7x 2A3-Georgina, viii, 147 283-James, viii, 86 2A42-Georgina Maria (Mc- 203-James, viii, 126 Connell), 150 207-Ptof. James Frederick, viii, Gertrude Mercer, 212, 214 128 28355-Gladys Lillian (McBurney), 28321-James Robert, 89, 93 2837-James Bayne, 94 61052-Dr. Gordon Judson, 200 313-James, 183 2A2-Hannah Blanchard (Tupper) 3536-Rev. James Farquhar, 54 (Blanchard), viii, 36, 140 2503-James Kerr, 67 2773-Harry Bell, 83 273-Jane Walker (Thomson), viii, 2728-Harry Sherwood Royden, 72 72 2A63-Harry Blanchard, 158 312-Jane, 183 276!-Harriet Blanchard (Harlan), 2555-Jane (Murphy), 62 80 25363-Jarvis ,57 28353-Harriette Blanche (Wea­ 7-Jennet Guthrie (Upham), vii, gant), 93 202 225

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McCurdy-continued McCurdy-continued 32-Jeney ("Jennet") (Blair), vii, 28334-Margaret Allison Florence, ix, 183 92 21-Janet (Kent), vii, viii, 19 2A65-Margaret Bauld, 159 22C-J ennet (Brown), ix, 42 2775-Marion Margaret Jean (Lind- 384-Janet (Dickson), ix, 190 say), 83 2532-Janet Archibald, 50 6182-Martha Clark, 199 2591-Janet Ann (Reid), 65 Mary (Aunt of the " Pioneer "), vii 2502-Jennie, 67 26-Mary (Conkey), vii, 67 25311-J essie Marguerite Russell, 53 36-Mary, vii, 188 2074-Jessie Catharine (Burnet), 251-Mary Jane (Archibald), viii, 49 135 387-Mary (Fitch), ix, 190 283812-Joan Douglas, 108 613-Mary Jane (Montrose), ix, 197 388-Joanna (McCurdy), 33, 190 22522-Mary Alice, 34 John (uncle of the "Pioneer"), 2254-Mary A., 35 vii 22733-Mary Ruth, 39 20-Rev. John, vii, 120 2552-Mary Archibald (Hanna), 62 225-John Kent, viii, 32 2593-Mary Jane (Murphy), 65 277-John Waddell, viii, 82 2504-Mary Jane (Burris), 67 205-Dr. John, viii, 126 2054-Mary (Evans), 128 2Ar-John Archibald, viii, 136 2A43-Mary Isabella (Dechman), 618-John Waddell, ix, 199 151 25314-John Archibald, 53 2A64-Mary Isabella, 159 John (Bell Ancestry), 212, 213 2742-Mary Blanche (Mitchell), 78 2073-Dr. John Thomson, 135 28351-Mary Amelia (Graham), 93 2A62-John Edward, 158 28-Matthew Archibald, vii, 83 2A73-John Archibald Douglas, 253-Matthew James, viii, 49 162 2834-Matthew Henry, 92 61054-Katherine Esther (Romkey) 226rr-Muriel Tupper, 37 200 2B-Nancy (Fraser), vii, 165 3A-Lavinia Brown, viii, 191 284-Nancy, viii, rro 280-Leander Frederick, II9 616-Nancy (Merrill), ix, 198 22737-Leona Ethel, 40 283D-Nellie Claire (Fisher), 109 2A76-Leonora, 164 33-Olivie (Upham), vii, 187 22735-Leslie Briggs, 40 382-Olivia (Archibald), ix, 189, 210 283C-Lillie Archibald, ro9 619-Olivia, ix, 199 2743-Lillie Thomson (McSween), 225211-0rma Mary, 34 78 253141-Patricia Ann, 54 22736-Lillie Gray, 40 Peggy (Sister of the " Pioneer"), 2055-Lilly (Dale), 128 vii, 3, 9 22763-Louise, Hilda, 41 Petheric (of the " Cairn"), vii 2A74-Lucian Salisbury, 163 2C-Rachel Crow (Dickson), vii, 180 61 rr2-Luther Archibald, 196 2774-Rayno Mabel, 83 385-Lucinda, 190 28373-Reginald Bayne, 94 22615-Lyall Radcliff, 37 31-Rebecca (Clark), 183 2A54-Mabel Bell, 156 223-Rebecca S. (Archibald), viii, 28354-Mabel Clair (Turley), 93 29 6103-Maggie Margaret, 200 Richard (Bell Ancestry), 212, 214 Margaret (Aunt of the" Pioneer "), Richard Aldrich (Bell Ancestry), vii 212, 214 4-Margaret (Taylor), vii, 192 Robert Henry (Bell Ancestry), 24-Margaret (McLane), vii, 43 212, 214 22"616-Margaret Louise, 38 2279-Richard Christie, 41 2274-Margaret Harriet (Ridlon), Robert (Uncle of the "Pioneer"), 40 vii 2534-Margaret Russell, 50 Robert (of the " Cabry "; brother 28327-Margaret, 90 of the " Pioneer "), vii 226 Tb~ mcCurdys of nova Scotia

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McCurdy-continued McLane-continued 6-Robert, vii, ix, II, 195 247-Elizabeth (Dickson) (Mills), 225212-Robert George, vii, 34 viii, 45 226-Robert Sprott, viii, 35 2457-Elizabeth A., 44 611-Robert Collimore, ix, 195 243-Esther (Fraser), viii, 44 2273-Robert Oliphant, 38 2474-Freeman, 45 2558-Robert Sedgwick, 63 2456-Harriet, 44 255A-Roy B., 64 248-Henry, viii, 45 25361-Russell, 57 2454-Henry C., 44 23-Sarah (Archibald) (Cummin- 249-James, 45 ger), vii, 19, 42 2458-John J., 44 254-Sarah Margaret (Reid), viii, 57 241-John, viii, 44 612-Sarah Ann (Howard), ix, 196 Joseph, 43 2275-Sarah Bertha (Reid), 40 245-Joseph, viii, 44 2255-Samuel, 35 2450-Joseph A., 44 2553-Samuel Ervin, 62 24B-Lavinia, viii, 46 35-Samuel W., vii, 35 2452-Margaret, 44 6105-Rev. Seldon Rufus, 200 24-Mrs. Margaret McCurdy, vii, 2261-Stanley Tupper, 37 viii, 43 22D-Susan (Kerr), viii, 42 244-Mary Ann, 44 614-Susan Lynds (Estes), 198 2455-Minnie, 44 2An-Susan (Cunningham), 138 24A-Rachel (Mills), viii, 46 2A71-Susan Winifred (Frost), 162 246-Sarah Jane (Hutchinson), viii, 288-Victoria (Loughead), viii, n8 45 22A2-Victoria Ann (Archibald), 2451-William B., 44 42 William, 43 259-Walter, viii, 64 McLeod, George, I 88 I-William, vii, 15 381-Mrs. Elizabeth McCurdy, ix, 220-William Henry, viii, 42 188 255-William, viii, 62 McPhee, Archibald, 46 2A5-Hon. William F., viii, 151 240-Mrs. Ann Graves McLane, 617-William C., ix, 198 viii, 45 2531-William Russell, 50 2401-Dougal, 46 25313-William Mackintosh, 53, 54 2404-James Macdonald, 46 2559-William Morris, 63 2402-Margaret Janet (Hart), 46 2A12-William Gordon, 140 2403-Lavinia Fraser (Green), 46 2A77-William Melville, 164 Merrill, 616-Mrs. Nancy McCurdy, ix, 2832-William David, 89 198 28324-William Harold, 90 Miller, Alexander, 28 2763-Winifred Jean, 81 Margaret, 28 McDonald, Angus J., 109 Thomas, 29 283A-Mrs. Harriet Dickie Mc­ Mills, 24A-Mrs. Rachel McLane, viii, Curdy, 109 46 283A1-Ruth, 109 Mitchell, James, 79 Rev. William, 31 275-Isabella Birkmyre McCurdy, McFetridge, George Hanna, 58 viii, 69, 79 254u-Mrs. Bertha Reid, 58 2751-Hon. Charles Richmond, 80 McHeffey, George H., 31 Montrose, David, 197 McLane, 2459-Adam D., 44 613-Mrs. Mary Jane McCurdy, 242-Alexander, viii, 44 ix, 197 2489-Alice Blanche (MacHattie), Munn, Alexander Graham, 146 45 2A22-Mrs. Frances Louise Blanch­ 245A-Allan, 45 ard, 146 240-Ann Graves (McPhee), viii, 45 2A221-William Henry Blanchard, 2453-Charles, 44 146 2488-Clarence Archibald, 45 Murray, David, 193 2484-David William, 45 429-Mrs. Elizabeth Blair, ix, 193 Tb¢ IDcCurdys of nova Scotia 227

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Murphy, Alfred D., 65 Reilly, 214-Mrs. Susanna Kent, viii, 21 2592-Mrs. Bessie McCurdy, 65 Charles, 21 2593-Mrs. Mary Jane McCurdy, . Ridlon, 2274-Mrs. Margaret Harriet 65 McCurdy, 40 Mutch, Rev. John, 177 Ritchie, George M., 173 2B34-Mrs. Marjory McCurdy 2B22-Mrs. Edith Fraser, 173 Fraser, 177 Robinson, George H., 169 Nelson, John Gordon, 20 2Br-Mrs. Agnes .Fraser, 165, 169 212-Mrs. Sarah Kent, viii, 20 2Br2-Percy James, 170 2124-George W., 20 2Bu-Violet Mary Nancy, 170 Nicolls, Rev. William, 81 Romkey, 61054-Mrs. Katherine Esther Notting, Thomas, 20 McCurdy, 200 John Harris, 19 Rowlings, James C., 108 21 r-Martha Kent, viii, 19 2839-Mrs. Christina McCurdy, Palmer, James, 57 108 Hon. Edward, 57 28392-Emily Amelia, 108 Parker, Sara, 3 I 28395-Harry Winfred, 108 Patterson, Alexander Campbell, 76 28394-Helen Elizabeth, 108 2735-Mrs. Addie Kerz Thomson, 28391-James Blanchard, 108 76 28393-Margaret Anderson, 108 Pearson, Colonel Thomas, 107 Russell, Jean, 49 Hon. Benjamin F., 122, 107 Rev. Alexander, 49 Frederick M., 123, 107 Small, F. H., 177 Florence Bridgeman (McCurdy), 2B32-Mrs. Anna Fraser, 177 107 Smith, 2101-Mrs. Clara Emma Kent, Pyke, Mrs. Carolina Roberts Blair, 185 26 Reid, 25421--Ada Mary (Nickerson), 21016-Dr. Gordon Kent, 26 60 John Arnold, 26 25416-Alfred Edward, 59 3272-Mrs. Jeanetta Allison Blair, 25419-Agnes Edith (Etter), 59 185 2541-Alexander J., 58 Watson, 185 25411-Bertha (McFetridge), 58 Sprott, Rev. John, 70, II2 25415-Charles Gordon, 59 Stavert, Sir William Ewan, 75 2544-Daniel, 60 2734-Mrs. Alma Kate McCurdy, 25447-Daniel Spencer, 61 75 25446-'Donald Calderwood, 61 27341-Capt. Ewart, 76 2547-Edgar M., 61 27342-Jean, 76 25410-Harold Alexander, 59 27343-Jhyrl, 76 25427-Dr. Henry Douglas, 60 Stevenson, Prof. Lionel, 187 2545-Jane McCurdy (Flemming), 3278-Mrs. Mary Pauline Blair, 187 61 Taylor, 41-Daniel, vii, 192 25443-Dr. John Burris, 6I 42-Elizabeth (Blair), vii, 192 2546-Marion (Archibald), 61 4-Mrs. Margaret McCurdy, vii, 25412-Mary Louise (Archibald), 192 58 William, vii, 192 25422-Matthew Archibald, 60 Thomson, Rev. James, 120 25417-Ralph Douglas, 59 Judge Samuel, 73 Robert H., 40 2735-Addie Kerz (Patterson), 76 25414-Robert Sedgewick, 58 2738-Agnes Sarah Jean (Aitken), 2542-Rupert H., 60 78 254-Mrs. Sarah Margaret Mc­ 2734-Alma Kate (Stavert), 75 Curdy, viii, 57 2731-Anna Gertrude, 75 25418-Sarah Margaret (Hart), 59 2733-Charles James, 75 2275-Mrs. Sarah Bertha Mc­ 2736-Edward Blanchard, 76 Curdy, 40 2732-Eliza Isobell (Butcher), 75 25413-William Arthur, 58 2732-" Lillie " (Butcher), 75 William, 58 2737-Dr. George Kerr, 76 Tb¢ mccurdys of nova Scotia

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Thomson-continued Wells, A. M., 184 273-Mrs. Jane Walker McCurdy, 322-Mrs. Mary McCurdy Blair, viii, 72 ix, 184 Tupper, Angus, 36 Wright, Eunice (McCurdy), 182 Annie (Logan), 36 James, 182 Eliakim, 35 Upham, 71-Alexander McCurdy, vii, Eliza, 36 202 Harry C., 36 7-Mrs. Jannet Guthrie McCurdy, Henry, 36 vii, 202 George L., 36 Luke, vii, 202 Mary Alice, 33, 35 33-Mrs. Olivia McCurdy, ix, 187 Rachel, 33, 35 Robert, 187 Susan, 35 Yuill, James, 38 Waddell, Rev. James, no Ruth, 38 Jane Walker, no