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Robert “Bob” Cessford

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Birth	:	15 May 1857 Harvey, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
Death	:	16 Oct 1925 Comox, Comox Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Burial	:	Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Courtenay, Comox Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate	:	49.7109700, -124.9906700
Plot	:	A-263a
Description	:	Robert "Bob" Cessford. Son of John "Jack" Cessford & Margaret Grieve. Born 15 May 1857 in Harvey Settlement, NB. Died 16 Oct 1925 in Comox, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A. Occupation Miner, Farmer. Bob went to BC in the 1880s, worked his way across Canada on the CPR, and settled in the Comox District of Vancouver Island. Copied from newspaper obituary: Lived Many Years In Comox District Late Mr Robert Cessford Came to Cumberland in Eighties. A resident of the district for 37 years and of the Courtenay section of it for the past twelve, Mr Robert Cessford passed away on... Read More	Robert "Bob" Cessford. Son of John "Jack" Cessford & Margaret Grieve. Born 15 May 1857 in Harvey Settlement, NB. Died 16 Oct 1925 in Comox, BC. Buried in Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Section A. Occupation Miner, Farmer. Bob went to BC in the 1880s, worked his way across Canada on the CPR, and settled in the Comox District of Vancouver Island. Copied from newspaper obituary: Lived Many Years In Comox District Late Mr Robert Cessford Came to Cumberland in Eighties. A resident of the district for 37 years and of the Courtenay section of it for the past twelve, Mr Robert Cessford passed away on his homestead last Friday after an illness of two weeks. Mr Cessford was one of the New Brunswickers who came out to British Columbia in the eighties. He worked his way across Canada on the C.P.R. and came to Cumberland where he worked for the Robert Dunsmuir, Ltd. and later for the Canadian Collieries for twenty-five years. He left the mining town to take up farming. He tackled a piece of uncleared land twelve years ago near the Puntledge Indian reserve and by dint of unremitting labor cleared twenty acres of it and made it one of the best homesteads in the district. In August of last year lightning set his barn on fire and in an hour he had lost barn and crops, home and farm implements. Unfortunately he had had very little insurance. This was a heavy blow from which he never seemed quite to recover. But there was no definite illness till two weeks ago when he took to his bed and died in his sixty-eighth year on Friday. Mr Cessford left to mourn his loss his wife, Messrs. J. T. Cessford, W. W. Cessford, R. J. Cessford (sons), Mrs R. F. Lefley, of Victoria, Mrs Harold Grant, of Camp 2, and Miss Margaret Cessford (daughters), Mr W. D. Cessford of Vancouver, Albert Cessford of Princeton, Thos. Cessford of New Brunswick (brothers) and Mrs Pollock of New Brunswick (sister). The late Mr Cessford was a charter member of Cumberland Lodge A.F. & A.M. and a charter member of Union Lodge No. 11 of Oddfellows at Cumberland and both orders took part in the funeral on Tuesday afternoon, which was under Masonic auspices. The funeral service was conducted from the family residence, the Rev. W. T. Beattie officiating, to the Presbyterian cemetery at Sandwick, where interment took place. The pall-bearers were Messrs. D. Thomson, P. McBryde, D.R. Macdonald, S. Horwood, H. G. Blackhall and Len Piket. The principal mourners attending the funeral included a number from Denman Island, where Mr Cessford had many relatives and friends. They had the following children: John Thomas "Tom" Cessford William Wallace "Bill" Cessford Ethel Cessford Lena Cessford Robert James "Bob" Cessford Margaret Jane "Peggy" Cessford .

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Robert “Bob” Cessford's memorial is located at: Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Courtenay, Comox Valley Regional District, Canada.
When did Robert “Bob” Cessford death?
Robert “Bob” Cessford death on 16 Oct 1925 in Comox, Comox Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
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Latitude: 49.7109700
Longitude: -124.9906700

Family Members:

Parent

John “Jack” Cessford

(1834 - 1907)

Margaret Isobel Grieve Cessford

(1834 - unknow)

Spouse

Isabella Piercy Cessford

(1869 - 1931)

Siblings

Thomas “Tommy” Cessford

(1871 - 1959)

Children

John Thomas “Tom” Cessford

(1890 - 1961)

William W. Cessford

(1892 - 1957)

Ethel Cessford Lefley

(1894 - 1957)

Lena Cessford Grant

(1896 - 1980)

James Robert “Bob” Cessford

(1899 - 1949)

Margaret Jane “Peggy” Cessford Constable

(1902 - 1990)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Courtenay Civic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.7109700, -124.9906700

2. Sandwick Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.7034400, -124.9911000

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Coordinate: 49.8333330, -125.1333330

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Coordinate: 49.5332240, -124.6677350

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Coordinate: 49.7874417, -124.3893139

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Coordinate: 49.2762920, -124.8608780

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Coordinate: 49.2689800, -124.8491900

16. Opetchesaht Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.2691028, -124.8274667

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Coordinate: 49.2684300, -124.8294700

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Coordinate: 49.2641100, -124.7528900

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Coordinate: 49.3409200, -124.4505200

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Coordinate: 49.3287315, -124.3437805

21. Saint Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.2896100, -124.3680300

22. Yates Cemetery
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Coordinate: 49.3033714, -124.3305283

23. Morpheus Island Cemetery
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