Hi folks: I was just doing a search through McAlpine's Halifax City Directory and my 2x gr. g'father's occupation was listed as: Foreman, Magazine Ordnance Dept (or, sometimes Yard). Can anyone on the list explain to me what the "magazine" is/was? Also, for one particular year, his occupation was shown as Foreman, Taylor's Yard. Were they one and the same?? Many thanks! Sandi Bellefeuille, Mississauga

Hi Sandy, My first thought is that it was for military storage (weapons, trucks etc). take care, Phil On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:42:42 -0400 (EDT) Sandi Bellefeuille <rjsbell@rogers.com> wrote: > Hi folks: > > I was just doing a search through McAlpine's Halifax >City Directory and my 2x gr. g'father's occupation was >listed as: Foreman, Magazine Ordnance Dept (or, >sometimes Yard). Can anyone on the list explain to me >what the "magazine" is/was? Also, for one particular >year, his occupation was shown as Foreman, Taylor's Yard. > Were they one and the same?? > > Many thanks! > > Sandi Bellefeuille, > Mississauga > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands:

Hi Sandi: Depends on the year. Way back when, it meant a powder magazine, i.e., where gunpowder was stored. Later, a magazine was where other types of ammunition/explosives were (and still are) stored as well, e.g., artillery shells, bullets, mines, missile warheads, TNT. Ordnance is a military term for weapons/ammunition (although, in the US Army, the Ordnance people repair things like trucks and tracked vehicles as well). :-) -----Bob H----- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi Bellefeuille" <rjsbell@rogers.com> To: <nova-scotia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:42 PM Subject: [NS-L] Magazine Ordnance Dept. > Hi folks: > > I was just doing a search through McAlpine's Halifax City Directory and > my 2x gr. g'father's occupation was listed as: Foreman, Magazine Ordnance > Dept (or, sometimes Yard). Can anyone on the list explain to me what the > "magazine" is/was? Also, for one particular year, his occupation was > shown as Foreman, Taylor's Yard. Were they one and the same?? > > Many thanks! > > Sandi Bellefeuille, > Mississauga > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/776 - Release Date: 4/25/2007 > 12:19 PM > >

Sandi The Magazine was the location where the armed services stored their ammunition It was located on the Shores of the Bedford Basin and where the second Halifax explosion occured in 1947 Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi Bellefeuille" <rjsbell@rogers.com> To: <nova-scotia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:42 PM Subject: [NS-L] Magazine Ordnance Dept. > Hi folks: > > I was just doing a search through McAlpine's Halifax City Directory and > my 2x gr. g'father's occupation was listed as: Foreman, Magazine Ordnance > Dept (or, sometimes Yard). Can anyone on the list explain to me what the > "magazine" is/was? Also, for one particular year, his occupation was > shown as Foreman, Taylor's Yard. Were they one and the same?? > > Many thanks! > > Sandi Bellefeuille, > Mississauga > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message