George Edward Lydiard

1842 - 1905  (62 years)

• Name	George Edward Lydiard  [1]
  Birth	10 Aug 1842	Halifax, Nova Scotia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	George Edward Lydiard, was born in Halifax NS (shown on first marriage certificate # 109,) but moved with parents as a child to PEI. His mother was a daughter of the late Hon. John Morton, of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia. In his early days George was employed in the book store of his uncle, Major G. E. Morton, of Halifax. He learned telegaphy, possibly influenced by his grandfather, the Honourable John Morton, M. L. C., who owned The Cornwallis Bridge and Electric Telegraph Companies. When a mere youth came to Berwick to take charge of the first telegraph office in the village and also became station agent of the newly formed Windsor & Annapolis Railway. Station Agent Berwick and later Cornwallis. He resigned this position for 15 years to take care of his aunt's farm in Centreville. His aunt was Isabella Alice (Morton) b 9 May 1813, m 19 Sept 1839 Rev. William Thomas Wishart, b 9 June 1809 in Scotland. After her death he returned as Station Agent where he remained until 1898-9 when he went into the poultry business. His gravestone, lot 22, on East Maine St., in the Berwick, Nova Scotia cemetery reads: In Loving Memory - of - George E. Lydiard -died - May 26, 1905 - Aged 62 years. Ref: Hist of Lydiard Fam. 59; John Sanford Genealogy 181. Sanford Family Bible.
  Reference	Lyd 119
  Death	26 May 1905	Berwick, Kings Co., Nova Scotia   [1]
  Burial	Berwick, Nova Scotia   [1]
  Person ID	I17953	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Edward Langley Lydiard,   b. 25 Apr 1811, Halifax, Nova Scotia d. 2 Jan 1892, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Lydia Morton,   b. 23 May 1815, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia d. 6 Nov 1856, Charlottetown, PEI (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1839	Nova Scotia   [1]
  Family ID	F4567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	(Ella) Elvira Patterson Sanford,   b. 7 Oct 1861, Somerset, Nova Scotia d. 20 Apr 1945, Moose Jaw, Sask (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1882	Berwick, Nova Scotia   [1]
  Children	1. Robbie Webster Lydiard,   b. 15 Mar 1887, Centreville, Nova Scotia d. 13 Jul 1972, Victoria, British Columbia (Age 85 years)   2. Arthur Lemuel Lydiard,   b. 28 Sep 1888, Centreville, Kings Co. d. 26 Jul 1959, Vancouver, British Columbia (Age 70 years)   3. Emma Sanford Lydiard,   b. 19 Oct 1889, Centreville, Nova Scotia d. 9 Apr 1975, Vancouver, British Columbia (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F4568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Aug 1842 - Halifax, Nova Scotia Marriage - 24 May 1882 - Berwick, Nova Scotia Death - 26 May 1905 - Berwick, Kings Co., Nova Scotia Burial - - Berwick, Nova Scotia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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