My First Look-Up

Mom gave me these clippings yesterday. They are tattered and torn, and fortunately, I made copies several years ago. This was in my novice days of research, and my first time going to a place to find records. I went to the Fredericton library and asked for archived newspapers on two dates, and the kind librarian showed me how to thread the microfilm onto the projector and how to search. I still have trouble doing the threading. There I found the rest of the stories.

What I remember about my find was, besides being excited that I found the obituaries, on one of them, the obituary just carried forward into another social news story. No title - just another article altogether. I was quite bewildered; what did that story have to do with my great-grandparent's obituary. I guess they did that, way back when.

These are the obituaries of my great-grandparents, George W Hovey and Frances Elmina White Hovey. George died in 1916; Frances in 1925. The years were not given in the obituary.

Sudden Death of Pte. George Hovey

Member of 140th Battalion Passes Away At His Home At Marysville

Marysville, May 22 - the death of Pte. George W. Hovey, of C Co., 140th Batt, occurred at his home at eight o'clock Sunday morning after a brief illness of meningitis. The late Mr. Hovey has resided in Marysville all of his life and for a number of years was employed as a spinner in the cottton mill and enlisted in the 140th Batt. about two months ago in order to do his bit for the Empire. His sudden death came as a great shock to his many friends. 

He is survived by a widow and one daughter, Miss Alice Hovey, at home. Two brothers, Terrence, of Houlton, Me., and Hiram, of Bamidgi, Minnesota, and four sisters, Mrs. Alex. Herron, of St. Paul, Minn, Mrs. A. Woodbury, Calais, Me., Mrs. F. Slipp, Lowell, Mass., and Mrs. Harry Frodsham, of Gibson, also survive. 

The funeral took place this afternoon with full military honors. C Co., 140th, marched to Marysville in a body under command of Major Good. The casket, draped with the Union Jack, was borne from the home on a gun carriage drawn by six black horses from the 58th Battery. The pall bearers were comrades of the deceased soldier. After a short service at the house, the funeral procession, headed by the fife and drum band, proceeded to Main Street Baptist Church, where service was held by Rev. Dr. Roberts and Rev. H. H. Ferguson, after which the procession reformed and marched to the Baptist cemetery where interment was made. Three volleys were fired and the bugles sounded reveille, retreat, last post and lights out. The members of C Co. then paraded to baseball hill, where they had luncheon before marching back to Fredericton. The officers and men of C Co. are deserving of much credit for the manner in which the arrangements were carried out. The floral tributes were very numerous and beautiful, including:

Pillow: Wife and daughter

Wreath - Brothers and sisters

Basket of flowers - Gertrude Hovey and Gordon

Half circle - Mr. and Mrs. F. Collings, J. Hanson and D. Cameron

Flat bouquet - Mr. and Mrs. G. Pryor, T. Delong, Mrs. McInnis and Al. White

Half circle - C. Company, 12th platoon, 140th

Wreath - Officers C. Company

Wreath - Mule room

Funeral of Late Mrs. Frances Hovey

Members of the L.O.B.A. Lodges Conduct Burial Service at Marysville

Special to The Daily Gleaner

Marysville, N. B. Nov. 30. - The funeral of the late Mrs. Frances Hovey, of Moncton, took place Sunday afternoon from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ford DeLong, Fredericton, and was largely attended. Service was conducted at the home by Rev. I. A. Corbett, after which the funeral procession proceeded to Marysville, where it was joined by a large number of citizens who were present to pay their last tribute of respect to one who was a highly respected resident of the town for many years. 

Members of the L.O.B.A. from Fredericton, Devon, Marysville and Woodlands Lodges joined the procession at the junction of Bridge and Main streets and preceded the hearse to the Baptist cemetery, where interment was made. At the conclusion of the church burial service, the burial service of the L.O.B. A. was conducted in solemn and and impressive manner by Mrs. Margaret Hodges, Worthy Mistress, Mrs. J. Chappelle, Grand Chaplain, and Mrs. Beatrice Allen, Deputy Mistress. The pall bearers were W. F. Wister, W. C. Cameron, J. B. McInnis, A. Barton, John Hanson and Frank Collings. Mrs. Dell Hossick was director of ceremonies for the L.O. B. A. The floral tributes were numerous and very beautiful.