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    1. [Q-R] Cemetery Report : Sept 12, 2019 " Tim's Coming and Going "
    2. William Fleming
    3. 11:35AM brings me to Pine Wood Cemetery at Granby, Quebec @ 62F. I looked here for the Digby and Sherry names and it did not show up through a thorough search. But, they could be there with out a head stone. ( Brian Hill alert) Fermor A. Shunyo            1881 -1944. Josephine H. Phoenix              1872-1937. W. Reginald Topp              1913-1965. Eurana B. Kenison             Died Dec 17, 1917 age 65 years 3 months and 3 days. Frederick A. Pow            Died Dec 7, 1920 age 47 years 4 months and 4 days(P). Rufuf Ball             1905-1986. (< is that male or female?) Robert Low                  Born Scotland 1860, died 1941. George Legge               Born June 16, 1861 and died July 21, 1932. Dexter May Mitchell                   1859-1935. Chesley M. Wilson                  Born Jan 5, 1901 and died Sept 22, 1964. Charlotte M. Sinnamon              (< is she related to Cinnamon?) Born July 2, 1872 and died Feb 28, 1914. Ernest Mock 1870-1937.           (< no I wouldn't think of mocking him) Henry C. Sample                   Born Jan 7, 1872 and died Jan 5, 1955. Marion Lavina Wetherbee           (< Is that like a spelling bee?) Born March 21, 1854 and died Jan 10, 1922. John Jack Horner                  (< may have sat in the corner, eating his Christmas Pie, but we'll never know) 1879-1954.(< all these cemetery mysteries...................) W. Oscar Buckley                     Born Manchester, England Aug 10, 1876 and died Naval Hospital, Chatham Kent, England Dec 6, 1896. William Buckley                      Born Montreal Sept 6, 1898, killed in action, Battle of the Somme Sept 29, 1916. H. Donald Buckley                 Born Montreal July 1, 1893, Died at Sea, Feb 11, 1918 WW 1  1st Quebec Dept. Battalion, (Buried - Davy Jones Locker) ( Remember Lady Sybil Grey? She was the daughter of Albert, 4th Earl Grey, (< I think he made tea)1882-1966, British Royals. She became a VAD, during W W 1. Speaking 40 years after the war, I thought her words were very complimentary to Canada, " If I were a young man now I think I would emigrate to Canada, that land of sunshine and illimitable possibilities, where if you are prepared to work hard you can hardly fail to succeed.") Rev. William English                         Born Feb 2, 1819 Ely Cambridge, England died Feb 1, 1888. Keyworth A. Cowley                Born Aug 30, 1898 and died Aug 23, 1974. John Doe                    (<Quebec has these also, could they be related to the ones in the U.S.?) 1823-1896. Zygmunt A. Sliz                   Born Aug 10, 1919 and died Aug 23, 1997. Olden Harris                   Died Feb 13, 1891 age 65 years. Myrtle Winfred,                       drowned Sept. 3, 1892 age 7 years 2 months and 12 days. Dollina MacDonald Gray                           Died March 1891 Ada Woodhead                    1891-1976 (P). Ward Arthur Pow                      1901-1982 (P). Walked 1.6 miles in this " Home of the Grim Reaper " It was excellent, little sun, nice and cool. Vacated at 1:15PM @ 64F. And, now for a short break at Tim's.  Gulp, gulp, gulp...........................great coffee ! 2:31PM brings me to Anglican Cemetery on Cowie Street/Rue Cowie, Granby, Quebec @ 67F. William Marshall                      Born Glascow,/Glasgow, Scotland Sept 28, 1874 age 84 years. Robert Cunningham                        Born Scotland and died July 2, 1872 age 87 years and 3 months. " Oh, where are the mourners? Alas! There are none.He has left not a gap in the world now he's gone.Not a tear in the eye of child, women or manTo the grave with his carcase (carcass) as fast as you canRattle his bones over the stonesHe's only a pauper whom nobody owns." Wilderness Streeter                  Died Feb 16, 1909 age 75 years(P). William Hugh Miller                     Born Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland Died Sept 9, 1896 age 51 years. Frier Gulline                       Born 1907 and died 1944 in Holland, Killed WW 2. Conliffe E. Savage                         1897-1950. Olwen M. Hughes                   1908-1976. Frederick W. Taylor                       Born Liverpool, England 1869-1955          wifeMinnie A. Blampin               1874-1958. Robert Nicol                     Born Aberdeen, Scotland Nov 14, 1822 and died Feb 3, 1897. Samuel Ray                        Born Logan, Longford County, Ireland Died Jan 19, 1896. age 75 years 6 months and 10 days. Robert Paye                      Born Kings County, Ireland Died 1865 age 86 years. Samuel Butterworth                      Born Feb 15, 1821 Lancashire, England Died March 1, 1904. Mary Anne Morrison                     Born April 19, 1824 Denney, Sturlingshire, Scotland and died July 19, 1908. Mary Ann Ciphers                        Born Pennsylvania Dec 30, 1827 and died Aug 27, 1904. Robert Ainslie                    Born Roxburgshire, Scotland and Died Dec 14, 1883 age 51 years and 9 months. Whipple Wells O'Dwyer                      Born March 26, 1822 and died Nov 14, 1888 imlah H. Keep                           Born Shorain, Vermont March 31, 1809 and died Sept 30, 1882 age 73 years. ( How about Cromwell, 'ya remember that guy? Talk about having a bad time after death. His grave was in Westminster Abbey and he was dug up and dragged on a sled to Tyburn prison where his corpse was executed. I thought you could only execute someone if they were alive? And the head cut off and put on a pike. And it wasn't a turnpike either.) They had it rough back then.) Joseiah A. Herrick                           Born Dummerston, Vermont May 22, 1808 and died Jan 8, 1876. George Boyd                     Born Roxburgshire, Scotland March 10, 1801 and died April 15, 1879. Capt. Christmas Evans                  Royal Flying Corps, Born 1898 Skewan, Wales and died 1929, Pilot WW 1, killed in a flight accident May 12, 1929 (P). Richard Frost Esq.                      Born 1783 and died 1840  Founder of Granby, Quebec in 1825. Alexander McKechnie                    Born The Island of Islay, Argyleshire, Scotland Oct 15, 1814 and died Oct 2, 1900. Thomas Arrowsmith                       1864-1926. C.E. Pillsworth                      Born Liverpool, England and died Nov 9, 1905 age 78 years 3 months and 27 days. David U. Graveline                      Born Sandy Lake, New York, and died Melbourne Oct 12, 1892 age 58 years 8 months and 6 days   wifeMary Ann Hobbs                       Born Westwood, Wiltshire, England and died April 16, 1919 age 84 years. Palmer Cox                      1840-1924  Founder of the Brownies, he bestowed a priceless heritage on children.  (P). Walked 1.9 miles in this " Rotting Grounds " Vacated at 4:08 PM on a very cool excellent day. Another great day with the dead. Might as well stop and have another Tim's. BestBill              Help keep our dead alive, remember them.

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