Obituaries

29 Jul 2023 Falkenham, Ernest (Ernie) Melvin, (aka “Mr. Intensity” aka “the OG”), 75, of Harmony, NS, passed away on July 29, 2023, surrounded by his family after a courageous (and downright stubborn) battle with cancer. Ernie was born on August 20, 1947, to the late...

2 Mar 1964 Daniel Allan McDonald, 79, passed away Monday, March 2 in the Boundary Hospital after a short illness.  He was born at Cape George, NS where he took his schooling.  Before coming to Grand Forks in 1918 he had worked in Anyox and Phoenix as a carpenter at...

4 Dec 1947 Mrs. Mary MacDonald. She died at St. Martha's Hospital, Dec. 4, 1947, at the age of 64, Mrs. Mary MacDonald, Big Marsh. Born at Cape George, daughter of the late John Gillis and Christine MacDonald, she was the wife of Dan MacDonald, Big Marsh. She leaves...

2 Dec 1915 At St. Martha’s Hospital, Antigonish, on Nov. 19th, 1915, of appendicitis, Raymond , beloved son of Dan J. McInnis of Cape George Point, Atn., aged 13 years.  Notwithstanding the best medical skill, his Creator took him unto himself while still in his youth...

27 Apr 1940 Christie MacNeil, an aged and respected resident of Georgeville, N.S. died at her home April 27, 1940. The late Miss MacNeil was 73 years of age, daughter of Donald and Annie (Campbell) MacNeil. Except for a period of five years in Boston, she lived her...

15 Apr 1940 Margaret Eccles (MacEachern) - The death occurred Monday, April 15, of Margaret, loving wife of Frank W. Eccles, after a long illness which she bore with patience and fortitude until the end. The deceased was 53 years of age, and was a native of Cape...

24 Jan 1940 Well Known Citizen Is Called Suddenly - Returning from Antigonish to his home at Livingstone's Cove, John J. MacPherson, well known and highly esteemed resident of the Cape district, died suddenly at the home of the mail contractor, John J. MacDonald, last...

14 Oct 1939 There died at his home October 14th, John Roderick MacNeil, son of Mr and Mrs. James MacNeil, Big Marsh, on his twenty-first birthday, consoled by the last rights of the Catholic Church of which he was a devoted member. He was a young man of sterling...

Oct 1939 John J. MacDonald. (Brierly Brook). Sudden and unexpected passing....Born at Arisaig. 1908 married Margaret Jane Chisholm, Cape George.....Beside his sorrowing wife and three sons, John, Colin and Lauchlin and James Clarence, who were present at his bedside...

10 Jul 1939 Mrs. Dougald MacDonald. On Monday, July 10, Anna M. MacDonald, nee MacInnis, beloved wife of Dougald MacDonald died in Newton Hospital in her thirty second year after a short illness. She had successfully recovered from an attack of pneumonia only to be...

10 Jul 1939 Mrs. James Kelly - There died at United Hospital, fortified by the last rites of the Church, July 10, 1939, Isabel, wife of James Kelly and daughter of the late Angus MacEachern and Mary MacInnis, Winchester, Mass., following a ten month illness which...

15 May 1939 The death of John A. MacGillivray at South Side Cape George on the afternoon of May 15, 1939 brought widespread sorrow to his community where he was born fifty years ago and where his early youth and last years were spent. Since the death of his wife four...

25 Apr 1939 Donald MacPherson, one of Nova Scotia's oldest residents, passed to his reward on April 25, 1939 at his home in Dunvegan, Inverness County. Mr. MacPherson was in his 102 year. He was a son of Martin MacPherson, a native of Georgeville and his wife Mary...

30 Dec 1938 Mrs. Hugh MacInnis. At her home in Boston, On Dec 30, 1938, there passed to her eternal reward Mrs. Catherine MacInnis, beloved wife of the late Hugh (Colin) MacInnis. She was the oldest daughter of the late John and Sarah Beaton who moved from Inverness,...

28 Oct 1928 Fatal accident - Dougald C. Gillis, a native of Georgeville was killed in New York Saturday morning. Mr. Gillis had been employed as a lineman by the Edison Electric Company for two years in New York, after spending five years in Boston. No particulars...

13 Sep 1928 At her home at West River, after receiving the last rites of the Church, Margaret Smith, aged 84, widow of the late John Smith.... Surrounded by friends and relatives she calmly passed away on Sep. 13, 1928. Mrs. Smith was a daughter of the late Alexander...

12 Feb 1923 At Georgeville, N.S., on Feb. 12th inst, John A. Gillis in the 74th year of his age.  Kind, upright and a good neighbor, he was highly esteemed in the community.  A practical and sincere Christian and a devoted member of Holy Church, he led an exemplary...

12 Jan 1923 At Georgeville, Ant. Co., on January 12th, Hugh J. McPherson, in the 74th year of his age.  Kind, upright and a model of Christian patience he will be missed by everybody in the community.  He led a blameless life, always resigned to the Divine will, and...

15 Dec 1922 At Georgeville, Ant. Co., on Dec. 15th, 1922 after a short illness, borne with Christian resignation to the Divine Will and fortified by the last rites of Holy Church Mrs. Sarah MacDougall.  Deceased was in the 93rd year of her age.  She led a good...

30 Nov 1918 At St. Martha’s Hospital , Antigonish, on Saturday, Nov, 30, Mrs. Daniel Beaton, Ballantynes Cove, aged 55 years The deceased, who had been in ill health for many years, always led a good, kind and industrious life, and by her amiable disposition, endeared...

29 Oct 1918 At Halifax, N.S. on the 29th day of Oct., of Spanish Influenza in the 28th year of her age, Mary McDonald, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan J. McDonald of Cape George Point.  Deceased always led an honest, kind and industrious life, which earned...

16 May 1948 Died at Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow on May 16, 1948, Herbert Louis MacEachern, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Angus MacEachern of Winchester, Mass. On the death of his parents he came to Cape George with his uncle, Robert MacInnis, when a lad of ten and...

13 May 1948 John R. MacLellan. At St. Martha's Hospital, May 13th, John R. MacLellan was called home to his eternal Father at the early age of 22. He was son of Mr. and Mrs. John George MacLellan, Big Marsh, Antigonish Co. While attending St. F.X.University he became...

4 Apr 1948 Mrs. Alexander Cameron. The death occurred at the Aberdeen Hospital on Sunday morning, April 4, of a highly respected citizen of James River at the age of 64 years, in the person of Mrs. Alexander Cameron. The deceased has been in ill health for four months...

17 Mar 1948 Allan Adams, widely known resident of Livingston's Cove, died Wednesday morning in St. Martha's Hospital. He was 70 years of age. Born at Hillsborough , C.B., the son of the late Allan Adams and Margaret (MacEachern) Adams, he came with his parents to...

1948 **shortened information - long obituary. Mrs. W. J. Walsh of Cloverville Road, Antigonish. Was in failing health for some months, Mrs. Walsh's death occurred after only two days of acute suffering. Mrs. Wash, nee Elizabeth MacEachern, daughter of the late Captain...

15 Nov 1947 Mrs. Catherine Heffernan. Catherine, widow of the late John Heffernan, passed away suddenly, Nov. 15, of heart failure at her home in Georgeville, at the age of 68 years. Daughter of the late Donald MacEachern and Annie MacInnis MacEachern, Cape George,...

6 Aug 1939 Edward Whalen, employed at the farm of William McMillan, Livingstone's Cove, died suddenly Saturday, death evidently being due to a heart attack. He went for the cows in the morning, and just before he reached the barn on the way back he was seen suddenly...

7 Jun 1939 Leo O'Leary, Queensport, was drowned Wednesday morning while lobstering off Livingstone's Cove. According to reports available at press time he had gone out with John Dan Brown to move some traps to a better location . The sea was rough and a heavy wave...

9 Jan 1920 At Ballantynes Cove, Antigonish County, January 9, Austine Alexander, infant child of Colin F. and Ella MacDonald, aged one month and nineteen days.  

6 Feb 1905 At Morar, Antigonish County, on the 6th inst.,  Annie, relic of the late Andrew Gillis, in the 86th year of her age, leaving six sons and a large number of grandchildren to cherish her memory.  Fortified by the rites of the Catholic Church of which she was...

1905 At Cape George Point, on the Feast of the Epiphany, in the 87 year of his age, Lewis, son of the late Alexander  McEachern.  Deceased bore his illness with Christian resignation, and was strengthened  and prepared by the rites of Holy Mother Church.  He leaves a...

19 Mar 1923 At her home at Georgeville on March 29th, Martha, wife of Dan A. McInnis, after a short illness.  The mother of nine young children, seven boys and two girls, the death of this estimable young woman has deeply touched the people along  the St. George’s Bay...

5 Apr 1923 At Georgeville, Ant. Co., on April 5, Mary infant child of Dan A. MacInnis.  She went to join her mother who gave up her life for her seven days before. She leaves seven little brothers and two sisters, who loved her during her short early stay.  

6 Jun 1927 Funeral services for Alex McLean, accidently killed at Kerry, Oreton, June 6, will be held at 10:30 A.M. today at the Smith funeral home, 209 South Third street, Kelso, Washington.  Mr. McLean was born in Georgeville, Antigonish county, Nova Scotia,...

1920-2012 Violet E. Haskett - Violet died at home in Cape George, Antigonish County, on  April_6, 2012.  She was the daughter of the late Elizabeth (MacPhie) and Ernest Ballantyne. She was born in Antigonish and received her early education there, attending...

1939-2015 It is with heavy hearts that we, the family of Buddy MacEachern announce his sudden passing on Wednesday, August 5th, 2015, five days before his 76th birthday. Buddy took his last breath at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital with his loving wife of 53 years by his...

1930-2013 Linkletter, Robert Wilton, 83, of Livingstone's Cove Antigonish Co. NS, passed away suddenly on February 8th, 2013 in St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish. Born in Merland and later of Malignant Cove, Antigonish Co., Robbie was a son of the late...

5 Jun 2008 MACEACHERN, Patrick Derek, 20, of Cape George, Antigonish Co. passed away June 5, 2008 in the QEII Hospital, Halifax as a result of a motor vehicle accident.  Born in Antigonish, he was a son of Daniel and Lorine (Hannigan) MacEachern.  He was a...

1947-2014 Hanway (nee Adams), Lois Dianne, 66, of Cape George, passed away on July 13, 2014, at home following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.   Born in Antigonish, she was a daughter of the late Alex and Ella (MacPhie) Adams of Cape George....

15 November 2012 MacEachern (nee MacNeil), Joyce Marie, 85, of the Sherbrooke High Crest Nursing Home, formerly of Cape George, Antigonish Co. passed away peacefully on November 15, 2012. Born in Sydney in 1927, she was the daughter of the late Gordon M (She was fond...

6 January 2017 MacEachern, Isabel "Nanny", age 97 of Cape George passed away Friday Jan. 6, 2017 peacefully with family at her side at the R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home, Antigonish. Isabel was born in Mulgrave in 1919 to the late Thomas and Marcella Moore. Nanny was...

23 July 1912 At Cape George, N.S., on Sunday, July 23rd 1912, Mrs. Ellen Boutilier, wife of Sheldon B. Boutilier, of SS. Suffolk, and daughter of the late Stuart Ballantyne, Cape George.  Deceased had been visiting her mother for some six weeks.  Tuesday...

28 November 2018 Gillis, Mary Elizabeth, with broken hearts and a profound sense of loss, the family of Mary Gillis, 93, of St. Ninian Street, Antigonish, announce her peaceful passing on November 28, 2018 at home. Mary, a woman of enduing faith, was born August 2,...

25 Sep 1905 At Georgeville, Sept. 25th, Catherine Campbell, relict of the late Alexander McInnis, at the age of 73.  She leaves one son and five daughters to mourn the loss of a kind and affectionate mother.