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LAST NAME, First Name (Initials)Canadian Railway - Known Stations and Years
Aikens, ECCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1917sd, TD 1937sd ORT#3949
Ballantyne, TRCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1915sd ORT#?
Bain, JRCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1918sd ORT#1447
Barter, JMCNR Halifax TD 1955
Bellfontaine, WCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1918sd ORT#1365
Belyea, RACNR agt New Glasgow Div 1905sd ORT#274
Bernier, JORCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1940sd ORT#4425
Berthelot, LGCNR stns? yrs? TD 1951
Bettin, JACNR Watson 1945/72
Blanchet, PECNR stns? yrs? TD 1955
Boulet, GRCNR stns? yrs? 1942sd
Brown, FECNR agt-opr Imperoyal, relief TD Halifax 1960
Bruce, CHCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1911sd, TD 1919sd ORT#558
Bureaux, AGCNR stns? yrs? Halifax TD 1953
Burke, AJCNR opr Truro "HB", relief TD Halifax 1957
Calder, JCNR St Peters yrs? /r67
Calder, JasCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1917sd ORT#4449
Campbell, NMCNR New Glasgow TD 1950
Camus, GECNR agt New Glasgow Div 1912sd ORT#3496
Chisholm, JohnCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1916sd ORT#1216
Clark, Robert (Bob)DAR opr agt
. replaced Bob Taylor (see below)
DAR Kentville stn (time signal used to come through on the telegraph at 11:00AM-agts used this reference to adjust the station clock & their own watches - notes from Art Ward
Colburn, ADCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1912sd ORT#613
Colburn, RTCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1913sd ORT#841
Coleman, VPICR/GTR Halifax 1917 (dispatcher who saved hundreds of lives from two ships exploding in Halifax)
Coneen, HACNR Halifax TD1965 1941sd ORT#4057
Conrad, Mrs EACPR, CNR, Government Telegraphs - Montreal, Maritimes, Port William, BC
Corbett, JPCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1911sd ORT#539
Cox, Harlan PageCNR agt Brookfield (Colchester County) late 1800s-1909 /d1909
Dauphinee, Mrs CBCNR Halifax 'SU' Office 1927
Davis, HLCNR agt Halifax Div 1941sd ORT#4775
DeCoste, JasCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1907sd ORT#484
DeLaurier, AJCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1903sd ORT#390
Dunn, WMCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1918sd ORT#?
Ferguson, JSCNR stns? yrs? 1956sd
Fleming, Sir SICR 1850s, entire CPR system, sent first All-Red Route message 1902
Field, MECNR Darmouth yrs? /d67
Forbes, VictorCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1916sd ORT#2646
Foy, ACNR Island Point 1930/72
Forget, JR CPR eastern Canada, NWT on DEW line places? yrs?
Fraser, ChasCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1913sd ORT#894
Fraser, FCCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1902sd ORT#?
Fraser, JDCNR spr opr New Glasgow, relief TD New Glasgow 1961
Fraser, JLCNR New Glasgow TD 1965 1943sd

Fraser, Katherine
CNR? in charge of telegraphy offices Guysboro & Yarmouth - betn 1880-90
Fraser. LJCNR agt Halifax Div 1943sd ORT#?
Fraser, TDCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1914sd ORT#947
Genik, NMCNR New Glasgow div TD 1939, Halifax TD 1941 ORT#1079
Germaine, ECCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1916sd ORT#1051
Gillis, AlexanderCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1907sd ORT#544
Gillis, AHCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1920sd ORT#1892
Gillis, LBCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1911sd ORT#563
Gillis, HJCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1914sd ORT#861
Gillis, HughCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1911sd ORT#?
Gillis, MWCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1910sd ORT#488
Giroux, NormanCNR Spare Board during 1930's Telegrapher first in Maccan, NS (1935?-1941?), Dartmouth (1941?-1950?)& Agent Dartmouth 1950-1970
Grant, WHCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1916sd ORT#2209
Gunn, HCCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1914, TD 1929sd ORT#916
Hatfield, HPCNR New Glasgow Div TD 1939sd ORT#2838
Hiltz, EECNR agt Halifax div 1939sd ORT#2020
Hogg, HRCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1911sd ORT#521
Hull, CWCNR agt Halifax div 1937sd ORT#4106
Jamieson, ?CNR Canso 1930s (fa of below)
Jamieson, AudreyCNR Guysboro 1930s?, Toronto yrs?
Keating, JBCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1914sd ORT#4500
Keating, LMCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1918sd ORT#3438
Kennedy, Eddie SWU telegrapher 1920 Halifax, CNT, CPT, number of brokerage firms Montreal /d age 89 (kwn as an 'excellent telegrapher' - see also PQ)
Langille, RBCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1919sd, TD 1940sd ORT#1484
Langis, MACNR snts? yrs? TD 1952
Lawrence, TLCNR Halifax /d67
Lebans, RCCNR stns? yrs? 1945
Levangie, ATCNR New Glasgow TD 1965 1945sd
Lewis, SACNR stns? yrs? sd 1939
Lord, jean PaulCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1940sd ORT#4442
MacLeod, DLCNR agt New Glasgow Div TD 1917sd ORT#313
MacDonald, CJCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1900sd ORT#?
MacDonald, CJCNR opr Antigonish, relief TD Halifax 1963
MacDonald, EDCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1917sd ORT#2033
MacDonald, EugeneCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1907sd ORT#530
MacDougall, AFCNR agt Halifax Div 1917sd ORT#?
MacGregor, JACNR New Glasgow Div TD 1940sd ORT#3981
MacGregor, JDCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1911sd ORT#648
MacKay, JHCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1900sd ORT#1278
MacKay, JLCNR New Glasgow TD 1949
MacLeod, DLCNR New Glasgow div TD 1917sd ORT#313
MacLeod, RCCNR swing #6 Sydney Mines, relief TD New Glasgow 1956
MacLeon, CR CPR Halifax 1952-1960 / Toronto yrs?
Martell, JACNR agt New Glasgow Div 1914sd ORT#1030
McCluskey, Leo CCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1941sd ORT#4487
McCormack, WLCNR New Glasgow Div 1939sd ORT#3897
McBean, DWCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1901sd ORT#1900
McCormack, ARCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1912sd ORT#?
McCormack, WLCNR agt New Glasgow Div TD 1939sd ORT#3897
McCully, KFCNR New Glasgow div TD 1943sd ORT#3097
McDonald, John ACNR agt New Glasgow Div 1917sd ORT#3683
McDonald, JFCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1907sd ORT#?
McDougall, AFCNR Halifax div 1917sd ORT#?
McDougall, MJCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1916sd, TD 1937sd ORT#2396
McFarlane, PECNR agt New Glasgow Div 1899sd ORT#3832
McGillivary, ABCNR Sydney Mines yrs? /r67
McGillivray, JosephCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1910sd ORT#527
McGrath, WFCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1899sd ORT#?
McInerney, EJCNR stns? yrs? sd1928
McInnis, StephenCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1907sd ORT#225
McIntosh, JPCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1915sd ORT#2138
McIntrye, NormanCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1918sd ORT#?
McIssac, JSCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1915sd ORT#?
McKay, JDCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1915sd ORT#1041
McKenna, HFCNR New Glasgow div TD 1942sd ORT#?
McKenzie, JMCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1903sd ORT#215
McKenzie, MDCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1900sd ORT#397
McKinnon, BCNR opr Rockingham, relief TD Halifax 1956
McKinnon, CACNR opr "J" New Glasgow, relief TD New Glasgow 1951
McKinnon, JFCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1913sd ORT#?
McKinnon, JLCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1918sd ORT#3704
McLean, CJCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1917sd ORT#?
McLean, HRCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1918sd ORT#1378
McLellan, GACNR agt New Glasgow Div 1901sd ORT#4230
McLeod, DanielCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1918sd ORT#3209
McLeod, DLCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1907, TD sd1917sd ORT#313
McLeod, HBCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1915, TD 1940sd ORT#1079
McLeod, JBCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1916sd ORT#?
McLeod, JHCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1910sd ORT#1507
McLeod, SamuelCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1910sd ORT#489
McManaman, JMCNR agt/opr Elmsdale 1965 1943sd ORT#4236
McMillan, ABCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1902sd ORT#?
McNeil, ACNR agt New Glasgow Div, TD 1919sd ORT#1621
McNeil, ARCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1907sd ORT#490
McNeil, AlexanderCNR agt New Glasgow div 1906sd , TD 1929sd ORT#1621
McNeish, JWCNR stns? yrs? 1941sd
McRae, GDCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1914sd ORT#2467
Meagher, PMCNR Sydney 1935
Morash, FCCNR Halifax TD 1945
Moss, RBCNR agt-opr Musquodoboit, relief TD Halifax 1960
Murray, CRCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1907sd ORT#357
Murray, JGCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1918sd ORT#1709
Musgrave, AJCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1915sd ORT#?
Myers, SACNR agt Halifax div 1939sd ORT#2575
O'Halloran, JohnCNR Sydney 1955

Patriquin, Ellsworth
CNR agt Greenville Stn, Cumberland County

Patten, Frederick William
CNR agt River Phillip, Cumberland County /d 1927
Patten, RBCNR, CPR stns? 1955-62
Patton, Thomas HarrisICR? agt? (fa FW Patton above)
Picard, AlbertCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1940sd ORT#4394
Poitras, GilbertCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1940sd ORT#4401
Proulx, JHCNR stns? yrs? 1941sd
Rattray, DD CPR Canso years? / moved to Montreal yrs?

Redmond, Nicholas
CNR agt Halifax, early 1900s
Reeves, GHCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1910sd, TD 1918sd ORT#388
Reeves, JDCNR agt Halifax Div 1917sd ORT#220
Reeves, JWCNR Halifax div 1917sd ORT#220
Reeves, MJCNR swing #4 Stellarton, relief TD New Glasgow 1954
Roberts, WHCNR New Glasgow TD 1965 1943sd
Robicheau, VW CPR Digby 1937 later to Hamilton
Robinson, Miss ML CNR Halifax 'SU' Office 1939
Rogers, MCNR Halifax TM 1931/72
Ross, JRCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1903sd ORT#289
Ross, HWCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1923sd ORT#?
Rouillard, JHCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1940sd ORT#4403
Roulston, GLCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1899sd, TD 1916sd ORT#246
Roy, HACNR Richmond yrs?/d72
Roy, JYCNR stns? yrs? TD 1951sd
Scott, WJCNR New Glasgow TD 1951
Scott, WLCNR agt Halifax Div 1938sd ORT#?
Scott, WLCNR agt Halifax div 1939sd ORT#4499
Shaw, JECNR stns? yrs? 1941sd
Sirois, Rene PCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1940sd ORT#?
Smith, Bessie MissCNR Hubbards 1940s?
Smith, CSCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1919sd ORT#?
Smith, RRCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1903sd ORT#?
Spencer, SECNR stns? yrs? 1942sd
Steele, ACNR New Glasgow div TD 1943sd ORT#4223
Steele, NeilCNR agt New Glasgow div 1916sd, TD 1937sd ORT#3492
Steeves, LawrenceCNR New Glasgow 1940-60?
Stevens, JWCNR agt Halifax Div 1938sd ORT#1482
Stewart, LFCNR TD 1939sd ORT#3757
Stewart, J McKenzieCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1917sd ORT#?
Stone, WHCNR agt Halifax div 1919sd ORT#1508
Taylor, Robert (Bob)DAR opr Brooklyn Hants Co, Annapolis Royal
. ard 1955-60
. helped teach Morse Code to Cubs/Scouts (looking back, this took some concentration on his part because the telegraph code used on the railway was different than International Code) - notes from Art Ward
Teed, JLCNR stns? yrs? TD 1951
Terris, BWCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1916sd ORT#562
Tibbetts, FECNR agt New Glasgow Div 1896sd, TD 1913sd ORT#2366
Townsend, JKCNR New Glasgow TD 1949
Tremblay, IonaCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1940sd ORT#4460
Vance, Wibert (Webb)CNT messenger Halifax 1940
Violette, ElmerCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1940sd ORT#4395
Wade, Chester (CA)started rwy in 1904 as asst agt Bridgetown, NS on Dominion Atlantic Railway, then west to SW Sask, SE Alberta with CPR
. Back east to Quebec & Halifax in 1914 where had building supply business
. Went west in 1922 enroute California
. Made it to Regina then hired on CNR
. Retired 1950 & returned home to Tupperville, NS
. Died 1987, age 100
. Sons were Neil Graham, Robert Allen,and Grant Withers, all CNR agents. Grdsons were Fletcher Ross and Kenneth Allen, both oprs and grdaughter Marilyn worked the telegraph office Winnipeg. Bros Reginald, Norman, Ernest & Albert all were involved building rwys, the National Transcontinental & Grand Trunk Pacific
. small village/siding in NW Ont, near Minaki named Wade named for the family (see Wade, Fletcher ONTARIO 2 webpage for further rwy family info)
Walter, AWCNR stns? yrs? 1942sd
Whynott, FCCNR agt Halifax div 1919sd ORT#4034
Williams, MFCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1916sd ORT#1242
Williams, RobertCNR agt New Glasgow Div 1916sd ORT#1087
Wood, WHCNR New Glasgow div 1894sd ORT#?
Young, JRCNR opr Stellarton, relief TD New Glasgow 1961
Yuill, CFCNR Halifax TD 1965 1944sd

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