Dead In Halifax

Daniel Perry Sampson was the last man hanged in Halifax. Recently, evidence has been discovered that Sampson was FRAMED. A legal battle is underway to clear his name. You can learn more and contribute here:

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William Charles Jackson was missing the tips of 3 fingers when he signed up for No 2 Construction Battalion, Canada's only all-Black unit in the First World War. He was discharged a year later due to scoliosis, bronchitis & other conditions. He died of TB in 1921. Camp Hill

Walter Adolphus Johnson was 25 years old when he signed up for the No.2 Construction Battalion. He worked as a chef before & after his military service. Johnson lived on Maynard Street near Roberts. He died of coronary thrombosis. Fort Massey.

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Thomas Goffigan was 15 years old, 5’2” & 95lbs when he volunteered for the No 2 Construction Battalion, Canada's only all-Black unit in WW1. He served 19 months in France. He died at 19 & is buried behind Emmanuel Baptist Church in Upper Hammonds Plains.

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Private John Richard Lambert was 18 when he signed up for No 2 Construction Battalion, Canada's only all-Black unit in the First World War. He died of TB while lifting rail track in New Brunswick to be shipped to France. Camp Hill.

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Number 18 on the walking tour at Christ Church Cemetery Dartmouth marks where remains of African Nova Scotians from a church burial ground on Crichton Ave were relocated to in 1977. Their original graves were expropriated for housing.

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The zinc marker for Grace Darling Pinhiero (Pinheiro) in Camp Hill shows an unopened rosebud, symbolizing a life cut short. She died April 1 1889, at 5 years & 5 months old.

Grace's mother Rose's born in Halifax . Her father Charles was born in Barbados.

Camp Hill

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“Drowned at Sea,” James H Martin was a ship’s cook born in Antiqua, West Indies. “Seafarer” was the 2nd most common profession for Black men in Halifax at the time, after “labourer.”

Camp Hill

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Henry William Bundy was born in Cherrybrook. He served in No 2 Construction Battalion, Canada's only all-Black unit in the First World War.

Henry & his son Milton died in the Kay's Department Store fire in 1950. They lived on Creighton St.

Camp Hill

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Rev William White was born in Virginia & moved to NS in 1900 to attend Acadia. He was chaplain for No 2 Construction Battalion & first Black commissioned officer in the CEF. After the war White was minister at Cornwallis St Baptist Church until his death in 1936.

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George Henry Joseph Diggs (Dieggs in military records,) lived on Grafton St with his mother when he signed up for No 2 Construction Battalion in 1916. She received $15/month because he was her only means of support. He served in England & France until demobilization in 1919.

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Pte James Downey was only 16 when he signed up for the No 2 Construction Battalion, Canada's only all-Black unit in WW1. He probably fudged his birth date. He signed up with his cousin George, later an Olympian & patriarch of the 'boxing Downeys'. Camp Hill

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Hudson Roy Gannon was turned away by the No 2 Construction Battalion for being underage. He went on to work as a porter for CNR for 20 years. He lived on Creighton St with his wife Margaret. He died of heart disease at age 49. Camp Hill

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Camp Hill was historically segregated, but it wasn’t universal. Charles Cooper was a Black man who lived on Creighton St & worked as a teamster. He is not buried in the so-called “C-S,”probably because he could afford a plot elsewhere. He died of kidney problems in 1893.

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I think this is carved in James Hay’s workshop and there is a range of complexity to the designs that probably reflected price. This was probably on the low end - but it remains a favourite of mine. Excited to see your photos!

Last year I completed the first complete photo survey of OBG since the 80s. The range of carving quality among the stones in OBG is pretty amazing. I would say that this stone falls close to the low end of that range. OBG is such an amazing place and a wonderful repository of Halifax's history.

"the most outstanding African Nova Scotian clergyman of his generation"

Wellington Ney States, born in Wolfville in 1874. Pastor of the Victoria Road United Baptist Church. Dartmouth Common Cemetery.

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Trueman Gass was a painter originally from Bass River. He lived on West St. He died January 30, 1939 of pulmonary tuberculosis. His wife Mary Joudrey died four years earlier of bronchial pneumonia. She was living in the Woodside NS Hospital with Huntington’s disease. Camp Hill.

Gordon James Foster & Jonathan Bennett Burton were neighbours in Jollimore Village off Purcell’s Cove Rd. They fell down a well January 30 1951. They were both 3 years old. Camp Hill.

Mary Kelly died of cancer at the VG Hospital Jan 30 1940. She lived on Creighton Street near North with her husband James.

A 2014 photo online shows this marker intact & in place but it was broken & leaning against a headstone when I took this in July 2019.

Camp Hill

On January 11, 1916 Bandsman Thomas Lawlor reported he'd been having stomach pains. He died of stomach cancer less than a month later. He played in the Princess Louise Fusiliers Band, 66th Battalion. He was 44. Fort Massey.

George Frederick Lincoln was three months old when he died from "diarrhea," January 26, 1876. His twin sister Annie died 8 months later of bronchitis. Their father Henry served in the 1st Battalion of the 60th Royal Rifles. Fort Massey

ERECTED
BY
CHARLES BINNS JUNE AND
ELIZABETH ANNE HIS WIFE
TO
perpetuate the Memory of their
two infant sons
JAMES DIX CANTELO WHO
died August 2nd AD 1839 Aged 13
Months and 14 days
CHARLES THEODORE WHO
died January 23rd 1842
Aged 14 days

OPBG Charlottetown

"Here lyeth the body of Robert Nesbit of Halifax, Blacksmith who departed this life January 23 1783, aged 60 years."

Old Burying Ground, Halifax

Sgt Paul Wilson was born in Altofts, Yorkshire England. He died suddenly of heart failure January 22, 1917 while on duty at the Sandwich Battery in Spryfield. He was 46. Fort Massey.

Alice Walsh was 80 years old when she "burned to death" Jan 21, 1916. Fire records show a fire at the School For The Blind, and Alice's address matches.
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Her sister Margaret died of old age three years later. Neither sister ever married. Mount Olivet.

“Torpedoed At Sea” Lewis Nelson Morrison was the surgeon aboard the merchant ship SS Lady Hawkins when it was torpedoed by Germany’s U-66 January 19, 1942. He was 44. Fairview Lawn Cemetery

"This is the Burying Place Appointed
For Robert Knox and Family
Here lies inter'd the Body
of MARY YOUNG the
Widow of WILLIAM YOUNG
Formerly an Inhabitant
of New York. She departed
this life the 17th of January
1788 Aged 84 Years"

Old Burying Ground

"In Memory
of
ALEXANDER ANDERSON
Who Departed this Life
13th of January 1806
Aged 3..."
Old Burying Ground

Sacred
To the Memory
of
Capt. ALEXANDER FULLERTON
who departed this Life
on his passage from Jamaica
January 10th 1816
Aged 21 years
Old Burying Ground