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| − | Harry worked briefly at the Mt. Uniake | + | Harry worked briefly at the Mt. Uniake gold mines before choosing to work for the D.A.R. from 1901 to 1942. After working unofficially for a number of years as a conductor, in 1918 he was officially promoted to the position where he was best known to patrons of the D.A.R. |
Harry even met his wife as a railway man in the course of work. One winter the train from Yarmouth to Halifax was snowbound at Annapolis Royal. The train crew came to the hotel to eat but Harry mistook the hotel-keepers daughter for some of the hotel help and asked for a date. The rest is family history! Harry and his family moved to Halifax from Annapolis Royal after their third child. The family survived the Halifax explosion but moved back to Kentville shortly after and lived their days out there. | Harry even met his wife as a railway man in the course of work. One winter the train from Yarmouth to Halifax was snowbound at Annapolis Royal. The train crew came to the hotel to eat but Harry mistook the hotel-keepers daughter for some of the hotel help and asked for a date. The rest is family history! Harry and his family moved to Halifax from Annapolis Royal after their third child. The family survived the Halifax explosion but moved back to Kentville shortly after and lived their days out there. | ||
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| + | Harry often served as the conductor on the DAR's [[Train No. 96]]. On one trip in the fall of 1937, he rescued "Kitty", the [[Kentville Station]] cat which had somehow boarded the train and was headed to Halifax. Harry rounded up the cat and returned the cat to Kentville on the next train west.<ref>[[Advertiser_1937-11-11_Railway_Notes|George Bishop, "Railway Notes", ''The Advertiser'', Nov. 11, 1937]]</ref> | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 7 March 2021
Thomas Henry Taylor (1879 - 1947)
(or as everyone knew him, Harry Taylor.)
Harry worked briefly at the Mt. Uniake gold mines before choosing to work for the D.A.R. from 1901 to 1942. After working unofficially for a number of years as a conductor, in 1918 he was officially promoted to the position where he was best known to patrons of the D.A.R.
Harry even met his wife as a railway man in the course of work. One winter the train from Yarmouth to Halifax was snowbound at Annapolis Royal. The train crew came to the hotel to eat but Harry mistook the hotel-keepers daughter for some of the hotel help and asked for a date. The rest is family history! Harry and his family moved to Halifax from Annapolis Royal after their third child. The family survived the Halifax explosion but moved back to Kentville shortly after and lived their days out there.
Harry often served as the conductor on the DAR's Train No. 96. On one trip in the fall of 1937, he rescued "Kitty", the Kentville Station cat which had somehow boarded the train and was headed to Halifax. Harry rounded up the cat and returned the cat to Kentville on the next train west.[1]
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Gallery
No. 33 at Wolfville Station circa 1901 to 1911.
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Birth Record
Marriage Certificate
Death Certificate
