Eastern Chronicle, New Glasgow, N.S., Thursday, 19 Nov 1942: Mrs. FRANK J. TOBINFrom the collection of Carolyn Wallace PICTOU- Nov.17- The death of Mrs. Frank J. Tobin, a well known and highly respected resident of Pictou took place at her home on Front Street on Thursday afternoon, Nov.12. She had been in poor health for about a year. Mrs. Tobin, who was 74 years of age, was born in Pictou. Previous to her marriage she was Christine MacDonald, a daughter of the late John and Annie MacDonald of Bay View, Pictou County. She was a member and active worker in Stella Maris Church, and was noted for her many acts of kindness and charity , which in most cases were done quietly and unobstrusively. No one who appealed to her kindness and generosity was not turned away empty handed. She is survived by her husband, F.J. Tobin, a prominent jeweller in Pictou for many years and who retired from active work only last year, and by a step-daughter, Elizabeth, Mrs. Stephen McGivern, Montreal and by two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Fraser, Pictou and Mrs. Ella Battye, New Glasgow. A step-son Jack Tobin, was a casualty of the First Great W