Seymour Lawrence Jeffers (1908 - 1988)

Born 6 Sep 1908 in Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Lily Amy (Tingley) Jeffers — married 30 Jun 1931 in Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1988 at age 79 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Seymour was born on the 6 of September in 1908 to the parents of James Jeffers and Mary (Smith) Jeffers at Stewiacke, ^[1]where his parents had moved to from Parrsboro. ^[2]A few years after his birth, Seymour and his parents moved to Oxford, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

After losing his mother, Mary (Smith) Jeffers at the age of 6, he was raised by his father and older sisters.

On the 30th June 1931, Seymour married at the Baptist Parsonage in Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada to Lily Amy Tingley, daughter of Lewis Tingley and Caroline (Chappell) Tingley . ^[3] First living on Handel Street in Oxford for about 8 years, before buying property on McCormick Street, South Oxford from the Nova Scotia Land Settlement Board.

Seymour was a farmer and owning a pair of horses, managed to find work, some day jobs; others may last for a week or even longer. For a few years, Seymour made the mail delivery in Oxford from the Post Office to the train, twice a day, once at 11 a.m. and then again at 3 p.m. In the evening, he will make the trip from Oxford to Oxford Junction train station, delivering the mail from the Post Office and any passengers that needed transportation. Other jobs included hauling lumber to the train, building a sawmill on Foundry Street, cutting logs in Hansford, hauling light poles to Street Ridge when they were putting in the electric, help building houses and the Irving Garage on the flat. As a farmer, he also supply milk to the local community. Later in life, he worked for the Oxford Desk Company, where he had the misfortune to loose three fingers and thumb on his right hand in July 1963 while operating an automatic cut-off saw. ^[4] His last job before retiring was as night watchmen for Gordon's Greenhouses Limited.^[5]

Seymour passed away on the 9th of June in 1988 at the Hospital in Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ^[6]He was buried in the Oxford Pine Grove Cemetery, Oxford, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Certificate from Nova Scotia Vital Statistics
2. ↑ "Canada Census 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9R-75SP : 16 March 2018), Seymour Jeffers in entry for James L Jeffers, 1911; citing Census, Colchester Sub-Districts 14-31, Nova Scotia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,683.
3. ↑ Marriage. "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBK-6MKB : 8 November 2017), Seymour Lawrence Jeffers, 30 June 1931; citing Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 63018, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
4. ↑ Accident Report. Oxford Journal Newspaper, Thursday, 25 July 1963, page 1.
5. ↑ Personal Information from his son.
6. ↑ Obituary. Halifax Chronicle Herald Newspaper, on Friday, 10 June 1988, page 49; and in the Oxford Journal Newspaper on Wednesday, 15 June 1988, page 11.
7. ↑ Funeral writeup was published in the Oxford Journal Newspaper on Wednesday, 22 June 1988, page 9.

• "Maine, Alien Arrivals, 1906-1953", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CY83-DK3Z : 14 May 2020), Seymour Jeffers, 1927.
• "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLJM-5W1 : 14 November 2019), Seymour Jeffers, 1927.
• 1911 Canada Census from Canada Library and Archives Collection.
• 1931 Canada Census from Canada Library and Archives Collection.