A Glassblower's Children

A while back I shared the story of Adam J Lippert and Catherine Ann Mason – he was a glassblower who died at 43 leaving Catherine a widow with 3 small children – John Joseph, Adam Henry, and Charlotte Elizabeth.

John Joseph was married a few times based on the records but I found only 2 - the marriage to Laura Belle Grimes (1920) and her sister Bernice F Grimes (1948)

Steubenville Herald Star, 27 Jul 1959

John J Lippert, 76 of 1856 Oregon Ave, retired Follansbee Steel Corp, paymaster, died Sunday at 940 am at the Ohio Valley Hospital.  He was born Dec 26, 1882, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Adam and Catherine Lippert.  He was a life member of St Peter's Church.  Mr Lippert is survived by his widow, Mrs Bernice Grimes Lippert at home; a sister-in-law, Mrs Margaret Banks also at home; one sister, Mrs Otto F Stenburg of Toledo, Ohio; a stepson, John Doyle of Hamburg NY and two brothers, Fred M Spindler of Steubenville and Adam H Lippert of Banning, Calif.  Friends may call at the McClave Funeral Home from 7pm until 9pm today and from 2pm to 4pm and 7pm to 9pm Tuesday.  Requiem High Mass will be offered Wednesday at 930 am in St Peter's Church with the Rt Rev Msgr Henry J Grigsby officiating.  Burial will be in Mt Calvary Cemetery.  The Rosary will be recited Tuesday at 8pm at the funeral home.

courtesy of Sadie May

Adam married Florence Mary Thompson in 1908 and later relocated to California with their daughter Edna Mae.

The Desert Sun, 10 Aug 1976

Private services were held Monday for Edna Mae Maleski, 66, 169 Ocotillo Ave, Palm Springs, who died of leukemia Friday at the home of her daughter in Palos Verdes.  She worked in the restaurant business with her husband, Stanley, in the Pomona area for more than 20 years.  After moving to Palm Springs in 1968, Mrs Maleski became interested in consumer activism.  She frequently contributed to the "Letters to the Editor" section of The Desert Sun, especially concerning city spending.  She is survived by her widower, Stanley Maleski; her mother Florence Lippert; three sons, Stanley Maleski Jr of Lakeport, James Maleski of Palm Springs, and Steven Maleski of Upper Lake; five daughters, Barbara O'Reilly of Palos Verdes, Mary Spengler of Indian Harbor Beach, Fla, Joan Sanka, Teresa Maleski, and Kelly Maleski, all of Palm Springs, and nine grandchildren.  The family has requested donations to the Edna Maleski Foundation of Saint Mary's Medical Center in Long Beach in lieu of flowers.

Charlotte married Otto Stenberg in 1917

Toledo Blade, Thurs, 24 Dec 1987
Mrs Charlotte E Stenberg, 94, formerly of 106th Street, Died yesterday in Manor Care Nursing Home, where she had lived since 1985.  She was the widow of Otto Stenberg.  Services will be at noon Saturday in the Jasin Mortuary, where the body will be two hours before services.

A Little Family

Writing the blog and the family research is more than just tracing my family line.  

It’s about sharing any stories I find and remembering that someone…was there…..

This little family of three is one of them – I wish I had an obit and/or pictures

James Lauchlin ‘Laughie’ MacLean was the 4th son, and one of 11 children, born at Strathlorne, Nova Scotia to William John McLean and Jessie Ann McLean.

Like his father, he was a farmer and he married Catherine Ann ‘Cassie’ Fraser at Truro in 1927.  They lost one child in 1940...

..then Laughie and Catherine both died in a car accident in 1959.   

They are buried at the St John's United Church Cemetery in Strathlorne, Nova Scotia but I wonder if there was more?

Lauchlin & Cassie's Marriage Certificate
Catherine's Death Certificate

Remembering the Old Fox

This is one of those families where there are no children to carry on the line or the story.  I would love to find Florence's obit.

Chester married Emily 'Florence' Mason, the daughter of George Mason & Mary Jane Mason in 1911 (George was the son of John Mason & Charlotte Arbuckle).  

Florence died in 1958 and her family is buried at the Lorne Street Cemetery in New Glasgow, NS.  Chester and Florence had one child, Melda who did not have any children of her own.

Chester ‘Old Fox’ Gregory – Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame Inductee

 In 1903, Gregory began playing hockey as a young boy with the Highland Brigade in Charlottetown. In 1905, the Gregory family moved to New Glasgow where he began playing for various New Glasgow clubs. Between 1905 and 1910 he was a member of four championship teams: Moncton, New Glasgow, Stellarton, and Glace Bay and was given the nickname "Old Fox" by his peers. It was in 1910 that Gregory turned pro with the very powerful New Glasgow Black Foxes Hockey Team of the Nova Scotia Professional League.

Gregory's career highlight was playing in the old National Hockey League. He "rose to hockey greatness from a humble beginning in his native Charlottetown as he racked home a countless number of goals…" He was a hockey player who "knew exactly how to put the puck in the net." Gregory retired from playing hockey in 1928, but continued to be involved in sports. He coached hockey in Charlottetown and at St. Francis Xavier University. Chester Gregory died on November 5, 1966, at the age of 82. He is an original Sport Hall of Fame Inductee. NS Sport Hall of Fame

Unknown Paper, 7 November 1966 (Hand dated)
Well Known Maritime Sportsman, Chester C. Gregory Dies Saturday

New Glasgow- Chester C. Gregory, for many years a leading Maritime hockey player and former New Glasgow town councilor, died here Saturday night.  He was 82.  Born in Charlottetown, Mr. Gregory was an electrical maintainer with the CNR, retiring in 1948.  Over his long life he was active in many fields, especially in sport.  In his adopted town, where he was a resident for 56 years, the municipally owned stadium is his outstanding monument.  He served as a member of both the rink and boxing commissions.  In later years he became interested in dog breeding and showing. His animals were shown in circuits in the Maritimes, the United States and the Canadian west coast. He was active in kennel club work in this area and was a member of the Canadian Kennel Club.  Hockey had him performing with a number of towns, particularly Moncton and New Glasgow.  He played both as an amateur and a professional and while at Renfrew, Ont., he was urged to go into what is now predecessor of the NHL.
OWNED RINK
At one time he owned and operated the Stellar Rink in Stellarton and helped develop many young players.  As a coach he served in the thirties for a season with Charlottetown's entry in the Big Four.  He was one of the first nominated for the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame.  During his town council years, he served on various committees and with then mayor Michael Dwyer was active in the preliminary work to the new Aberdeen Hospital.  After his hockey days were over he took up curling and when he was well over 70 skipped a rink to the President's prize at the local Bluenose rink.  In his last years he concentrated on his dogs and the work of the New Glasgow Kennel Club. He specialized in Boston Terriers.
SURVIVORS
He is survived by his wife, Jean, a daughter, Mrs. Melda Dewar; and a brother, Oliver, in Charlottetown.  He was predeceased by his first wife, the former Emily Florence Mason and several brothers and sisters.  The remains are resting at the Ross Funeral Home.  A memorial service will be held this evening by the Knights of Pythias here; Mr. Gregory was a veteran in this fraternal organization.  The funeral will be held at St. George's Anglican Church Tuesday at 2 p.m.  Interment at Lorne Street Cemetery. He was buried on 8 Nov 1966 at Lorne Street Cemetery in New Glasgow, Pictou Co, Nova Scotia.

 

Halifax Herald, 4 Jan 2005
DEWAR, Melda Olga - Formerly of Abercrombie Road, New Glasgow, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2005, in Valley View Villa.  Born in New Glasgow, she was the daughter of the late Chester Charles and Emily Florence (Mason) Gregory.  She was a graduate of New Glasgow High School and Maritime Business College.  She was employed at Trenton Works and in the insurance business, retiring from Atlantic Insurance Ltd.  She was a member of Saint Georges Anglican Church and a former member of the Golf and Curling Club.  She is survived by cousins.  Cremation has taken place.  There will be no visitation by request.  A memorial service will be held in R.H. Porter Funeral Home, New Glasgow, at a later date with burial in Lorne Street Cemetery.  Donations may be made to The Lodge That Gives Halifax.

Eureka!

'Eureka Village' by Helen Opie

Along the west bank of the West Branch of the East River in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, there is a town called Eureka – a village built up mainly as a result of the woolen mill and the mines in Ferrona.  

c1909 - Pictou Station

It was connected to other towns such as New Glasgow, Stellarton, Riverton and Hopewell by the InterColonial Railway.  The ICR, one of the first Crown Corporations in Canada became the Canadian National Railway around 1918.  In Eureka, the freight station was at Eureka Siding. 

courtesy of Jody Marie MacKeil

Charles Magee was a farmer’s son from Merigomish married a Mary Arbuckle and later, the young family relocate to Eureka-Ferrona where Charles found work with the local iron works – back breaking work which later affected his lungs.  

The bottom fell out of Ferrona when the iron company closed shop and moved to Sidney, NS; however, his son worked for the railroad.

William James Magee married his sweetheart Hazel Munro, in 1915 at Eureka. 

courtesy of Jody Marie MacKeil

Pictou Advocate, Wednesday, April 1, 1987
William James Magee, 97, Valley View Villa, Riverton, Pictou County, died Thursday, March 26 at the Villa. Born in Piedmont, he was a son of the late Charles and Mary Anne (Arbuckle) Magee. He had been a resident of Sutherland's River since 1980. He was a station agent at the CNR station in Eureka for 40 years. He was a member of Zion Presbyterian Church and Caledonia No. 28, Oddfellows Lodge, Hopewell. He is survived by a daughter, Iva (Mrs James Roper), Nepean, Ont.; two sons, William, London, Ont.; Vernon, Sutherland's River; a brother, John, New Glasgow; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Hazel Munro; a brother, Andrew; three sisters, Emma, Georgia and Violet. Funeral service was held Monday, March 30 at H.W. Angus Funeral Home, New Glasgow, Rev. J. Donald MacKay officiating. Spring burial will be in Riverton Cemetery. Donations may be made to any charity.