Next CCGS Meeting
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Amherst Police Station (Const. Francis Smith, Board Room), 21 Havelock St., Amherst, NS, take elevator on far left in lobby to second floor.
Following our meeting we will enjoy an evening of Show and Tell – so look in those old trunks or up in the attic for your unique item and bring it out to share.
Meeting is open to the public please feel free to join us.
Get you colourful family memorial leaves placed on the CCGS Memorial Heritage Tree and watch it grow. Add your own ancestors using the attached form and see the tree blossom with Gold, Silver and Greenery. Full news article posted in left column below our newest publications.
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Memories of Hansford
CCGS Publication Number 4 Price $10.00+ S & H
ISBN 0-9733643-5-1
30 pages
8 ½” X 11″
This is a fascinating recollection of Charles Wavrock’s memories of people and events along the Hansford Road from the 1920’s up to 1991. Families mentioned several times in the book are Beel, Chisholm, Dorn, Gray, Harkness, Embree, Hudson, King, Knight, Lockhart, Mattinson, Mayne, Rushton, Stewart, Sutherland, Tait, Thompson, Wavrock and Wood.
Many people came to know Charlie through his involvement with the Oxford Area Men’s Choir, the Oxford Pioneer Heritage Club and as a canvasser for the Canadian Cancer Society, the Kidney Foundation and the Oxford and Area Food Bank. He was recognized for his volunteer efforts in 1994 as Volunteer of the Year for his community.
Permission for the Cumberland County Genealogical Society to publish this book was given by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Wavrock. A surname index is included, along with photos, and a map of the area with legend.
This manuscript was written in 1991 while the Appendix A article was penned in 1912 by Myrtle Stevens.
Typed and proofread by members of CCGS