| 1853. WILLIAM MAIR CUSHING |
| Sex: M
Birth: 25 October 1853 in Chatham, Quebec, Canada Death: 5 January 1925 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Burial: January 1925 Chatam, Quebec, Canada Occupation: Postmaster Lineage Note: William Mair Cushing (Lemuel Cushing13, Job Cushing12, Job Cushing11, Job Cushing10, Matthew Cushing9, Daniel Cushing8, Matthew Cushing7, Peter Cushing6, Thomas Cushing5, John Cushing4, William Cushing3, Thomas Cushing2, William Cushing1) Note: William was Captain of the 6th Fusiliers, Montreal, in 1878, and later Captain of the 11th Argenteuil Rangers. Removed to Elkhorn, Manitoba, in 1884, and has taken an active interest in municipal affairs, serving his district as Councillor and Reeve for 8 years, and has also been prominently identified with every progressive movement of the then pioneer settlement of this district. "Name:William Mair Cushing Place Vancouver Reg. Number: 1925-09-347690 Date: 1925 2 5 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 71 Event: Death Microfilm #: B13126 (GSU # 1927303)" Father: Lemuel Cushing b: 29 April 1806 in Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada; d: 18 May 1878 Mother: Catherine Hutchins b: 13 April 1816 in Lachute, Quebec, Canada; d: 11 February 1905 Marriage 1: Emily Stevenson b: about 1856 in Norway Married: 25 October 1893
Sources: 1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family). 2. Province of British Columbia, BC Archives, 2002, ORS 9300-40, http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca |