George Thomas Bechervaise |
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His sister, ADA, was
married to Wilson Scott in New Carlisle and raised a large family. He
moved there,
after a stint working in the west, and was employed by The CNR railway
co. and served for 34 years as conductor on the passenger train before
resigning and taking up selling Life Insurance for The Great \west life
Insurance Co. As an Insurance salesman he traveled the Coast regularly
and knew many peoples; many who he had met through their traveling on
the train. He never got to speak French but his clientele consisted
of of both languages groups.
He married Evelene
Pearl Hall, a descent of the "United Empire Loyalist" group that had
settled there. She was a registered Nurse who had graduated from " The
Soldiers Memorial Hospital " in Campbellton , N.B. With no Health
Support in the communities at that time, she was a community resource
and did Home Care Services. In the 1940's she raised two boys , my
brother Kenneth and I, (Lynden).
During these years they
were getting themselves a house in New Carlisle but at the same time
Dad had the old Home in Gaspé torn down and used some of the
material to build a Home for his brother William and sister Nita.
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