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Springhill Record Aug. 30/45
Ida May Fullerton
-- d. at the home of her neice and foster dau., Mrs. John E. Webb, Springhill,
-- bur. Hillside Cem.
-- b. Lower Five Islands Aug. 13, 1870, youngest d/o Charles Henry and Mary Jane (Webb) Lewis
-- m1. Blair Nelson Sears of Sackville, N.B. (d. July, 1908)
-- m2. Robert Ezra Fullerton of New Canaan, 1929
-- she lived in the U.S. until the fall of 1941
survived by:
-- many nieces, nephews, and foster grandchildren
Springhill Record
June 19/41: Mrs. Simon Harris [Esther Jane] Webb
-- d. June 6 at Horton, ae. 79
-- bur. Riverbank Cemetery, Hantsport
-- b. Lynn, Col. co, d/o Charles & Catherine (Reid) Lewis
-- she lived at Lynn, Collingwood, Oxford, Washburn & D----n, Maine, Hantsport, and Horton
-- Mr & Mrs had their Golden Wedding Anniversery in Feb., 1940
survived by:
Her husband
son Stephen, Horton
son Andrew, USA
dau. Nellie, At Home
dau. Ada = Aubrey Caldwell, Melanson
bro. Stephen H. Lewis, Sommerville Mass.
niece Mrs. Hubert Pettigrew, Springhill
Springhill Record
Feb 26/42: Edna Perrin
-- d. Feb 21, ae. 28 d/o Mr & Mrs David Webb
-- she was buried out of All Saints Anglican Church
survived by:
Matthew Perrin (husband)
son Darien, 5
Junior, 4
Mary, 2
Floral Tributes from:
Uncle Bill, Aunt Anna, & Vivian; Uncle Bob & Aunt Flo; Uncle Art & Aunt Jessie; Uncle Gordon & Aunt Kate; Uncle Jack & Aunt Effie; Mr & Mrs Stewart Webb; Mr & Mrs Mert Webb; Mr & Mrs Elonzo Webb; Mr & Mrs Harris Webb
Springhill Record Dec. 2/48
Russell Thoronton Webb
-- d. Nov. 26 at Springhill, ae. 36
-- b. Oxford s/o Mr & Mrs David Webb
-- bur. Leamington Cem.
survived by:
-- wife Leota [Urquhart?] (see S/R Aug. 29/57 for some daus. listed)
-- 6 children (no names specified)
-- sis. Margaret = Lester Nelson
-- bro. Merlin, Springhill
-- bro. Arthur, Springhill
-- bro. Logan, Halifax
-- bro. Harry, "in the Canadian West"
Springhill Record Feb. 10/49
Mrs. Catherine Webb; wife of Gordon Webb
[-- formerly Catherine Theresa O'Neill]
-- d. Springhill Feb. 3, ae. 56
-- she lived Mountain Road
survived by:
-- her husband
-- dau. Rose = Walter Selkirk
-- grandson Robert
-- dau. Anna, at home
Springhill Record August 18/55
Stephen H. Webb
-- d. Halifax [VGH] Aug. 8, ae. 52
-- bur. Hantsport
survived by:
-- his wife
-- dau. Marilyn = J. E. Haystead, Dartmouth
-- Father Simon H. Webb, Hortonville
-- sis. Ada = Aubrey Caldwell, Melanson
-- sis. Nellie, Hortonville
-- bro. Andrew, U.S.A.
Springhill Record Feb. 9/56
Aubrey L. Caldwell
-- d. Feb. 2 at home in Melanson
-- funeral held at the United Baptist Church, Walbrook
survived by:
-- his wife (Ada Webb)
-- son Ivan
-- dau. Pansy = Nelson Jordan, Grand Pre
-- dau. Lily = Burton Jordan, Melanson
-- bros. Harold, John of Avonport
Springhill Record Feb. 9/56
Truro Weekly News Feb. 9/56
[note that neither newspaper ran an obituary, per se, but they both printed death notices with varying information.]
Alexander Stewart Webb
-- d. Jan. 31 at home in Economy after many months illness
[note the S/R incorrectly gives the DOD as Jan. 23!]
-- bur. Five Islands; service at the United Baptist Church
Those attending the funeral included:
son Owen & wife, Boston/Hallbrook, Mass.
son Norman & wife, Boston/Hallbrook, Mass.
[the following persons all from Springhill]
Mr & Mrs Walter Selkirk
Mr Gordon Webb
Mr & Mrs Jack Webb
Mr & Mrs Thomas Brown
-- many floral tributes including "Dad and Mother Langille"
Amherst Daily News Jan 18, 1958: Simon H. Webb
Springhill Record Jan. 23/58 has slightly variant information
-- b. Five Islands s/o Charles and Lavina (Lewis) Webb
-- d. at home in Hortonville [Kings co.], ae. 93
-- bur. River Bank Cemetery, Hantsport
-- a retired United Church of Canada Lay Minister who served the parishes of
Washburn, Lubee, & Searsport, Maine
Boylston, Guysborough Co.
Northport, Cumberland Co.
Walton Circy, Hants Co.
survived by:
-- dau. Ada = Aubrey Caldwell, Melanson [Kings Co]
-- dau. Nellie, at home
-- son Andrew, East Wymouth, Mass.
predeceased by:
-- His wife, Esther Jane (Lewis) "d. 16 years ago"
Springhill-Parrsborro Record June 19/58
Glenn Roberts, ae. 23
-- recently died suddenly at Coburg, Ontario
-- bur. June 13
-- "His parents and he were former residents of Amherst and also Parrsborro"
Springhill-Parrsborro Record Aug. 21/58
David [Bell] Webb
-- d. suddenly at his home on Athol Road, Aug. 11
-- bur. Mapleton Cem.
-- b. 1886 in Springhill s/o John & Esther Webb
-- m. Marguerite Johnson, 1911
-- 7 children born to this union
-- he retired from the mines three years ago but continuted to maintain a farm
-- he was a Salvation Army member
survived by:
-- his wife
-- son Harry, Calgary
-- son Logan, Halifax
-- son Arthur, Toronto
-- son Merlin, at home
-- dau. Margaret = Lester Nelson, Springhill
-- bro. John, Springhill
-- bro. Gordon, Springhill
-- bro. William, Springhill
predeceased by:
-- son Russell
-- dau. Edna
Floral Tributes:
-- basket: Sadie, Harris, & Edna
Managaement & Staff of Webb Engineering
-- wreath: Employees of Webb Engineering
Springhill Record
July 6/72: John Edward Webb
-- d. June 27 at Springhill
-- bur. Hillside Cem., Springhill
-- b. Dec. 16, 1883 s/o John C. & Esther (Marsh) Webb of Lower Five Islands
-- m. Effie Welton, 1912 and lived at Five Islands where he worked as a millwright and a blacksmith
-- 1925: he moved to halfway River where he had a farm and worked as a blacksmith
-- 1941: he moved to Springhill to work in the mines
-- he retired in 1953 due to ill health
-- he was an adherent of the United Baptist Church and a former member of the LOL
survived by:
-- his wife
-- dau. Irene = Hilton Fife, New Canaan
-- dau. Neva = _____ Hiler, Southgate, California
-- sis. Cora = James Adams, Lower Five Islands
-- sis. Florence = Robert Lewis, Lower Five Islands
-- bro. William, Springhill
predeceased by:
-- dau. Gladys = Harold Angus (d. 1967)
-- granddau. Davida Brown (d. 1949, ae. 10)
Springhill and Parrsborro Record Aug. 5/81 p. 5 Ivan Webb
-- d. Aug. 1, of Lower Five Islands, ae. 28
-- b. Five Islands
-- s/o John and the late Mary (Lewis) Webb
survived by:
-- sis. Shirley, Five Islands
-- sis. Irene = Aubrey Eagles, Five Islands
-- sis. Evelyn = Arthur George, Parrsborro
-- bro. James, Economy
-- bros. Eddie, Vincent, Robert, and Aurle, all of Five Islands
Dec 21/61: Mrs. Millie Webb
-- see also Springhill Record Dec. 14/61 for a brief death notice
-- d. Dec 7 in Canonsburg, P.A.
-- b. Westchester "81 years ago"
-- d/o Henry Purdy and Emma Ralston Purdy
-- wife of the late W.O. Webb [he d. 1928]
-- buried Westchester, family lot in the Purdy cemetery [next to the UB Church]
issue:
dau. Grace = William Thomposon, Canonsburg, PA (M. lived there 1928 to 1930's)
son Glen, Amherst (M. lived there 1930's to 1946)
son Harold, Sharonville, Cincinnati
son Ross, Lexington, Kentucky
son Guy, Moncton N.B.
son Carl d. 1948
Oct. 18/62: Edgar Willigar Roberts
-- d. Oct. 3 at Coburg, Ontario, ae. 51
-- bur. St. Peter's Cem., Coburg
-- b. Parrsborro
-- m. Miss Vera M. Webb 1943 at St. Georges's Anglican, Parrsborro
-- [actually they were married in 1935 per the church register]
-- predeceased by their only son Glenn in 1958
