James
Ernest
Dempsey
Born in Herring Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Dorothy (Brackett) Dempsey
— married
5 Sep 1916 in Herring Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
[children unknown]
Died
at age 47
in At Sea, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| Created 6 Jan 2022
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Biography
James was born in 1892 in Herring Cove, Nova Scotia to Edward Dempsey and Teresa Reyno.[1] He was a Halifax Harbour pilot. He married Dorothy Brackett in 1916 in Herring Cove.[2][3] They had at least 10 children together. James died on March 28th, 1940 when he and 8 others and their pilot boat Hebridean of Herring Cove were lost at sea at the mouth of Halifax Harbour when it was accidentally struck by the British steam freighter Esmond.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DDDG-4RW2 : 27 May 2021). Baptism of James Ernest Dempsey in Herring Cove, September 15th 1892.
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CBV-42FK : 27 May 2021). Marriage of James Dempsey and Dorothy Brackett in Herring Cove, September 5th 1916.
- ↑ Nova Scotia, Canada, Marriages, 1763-1945. Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=154523
- ↑ Hebridean Pilot Boat Commemoration https://www.atlanticpilotage.com/hebridean-pilot-boat-commemoration/
- Census of Canada, 1901. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1147747
- Census of Canada, 1911. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1988091
- Census of Canada, 1921. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=5669587
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