Roy Alexander Hutchinson
1897 - 1963 (66 years)-
Name Roy Alexander Hutchinson [1] Born 21 Feb 1897 [1] Gender Male Physical Description 5' 11¾", hair brown, eyes brown [1] Occupation farmer [1] Military World War I 
[1] Died May 1963 Nova Scotia, Canada [1] Notes
From H. M. GiCal, correspondent, note of January 4, 2014
He received the Kings Medal & DCM. Also received 20 £ sterling with which he made is first payment for a horse.
His obituary was published in 1963 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Roy Hutchinson - A prominent resident of Upper Musquodoboit died recently at his home at the age of 66. Roy Hutchinson, former municipal councillor and member of the municipal school board, was decorated for bravery during the First World War. He received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for service in France. Mr. Hutchinson is survived by his wife, the former Elsie Stewart; two sons, Donald and James; and five daughters, Hilda (Mrs. Philip Dean, Edith (Mrs. Douglas Higgins), Alice (Mrs. Vernon Stewart) and Judy, all of Upper Musquodoboit; and Lydia, of Saint John, N. B. Also surviving, one sister Jennie (Mrs. Henry Archibald), San Mateo, Calif., and 14 grandchildren. Two brothers and four sisters predeceased him. Funeral service will be conducted by Rev. J. D. N. MacDonald from Saint James United Church, Upper Musquodoboit, today at 2:30 p.m. Interment at Saint James cemetery. (Darres McCormick Collection; unidentified newspaper; undated. Halifax Herald published his obit on 18 May 1963) [1]
Person ID I390114 Sprague Family History on Guild Last Modified 27 Jan 2014
Father Benjamin Bowser Hutchinson, b. 4 Apr 1845, Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 1933 (Age 87 years) Mother Susan Eleanor Archibald, b. 25 Mar 1856, Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 1939, Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 82 years) Married 1876 [2] Family ID F59150 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elsie Norma Stewart, b. 22 Jan 1900, Stewarts Hill, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 27 Feb 1976, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 76 years) Married 19 Aug 1922 Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada [1] Children 1. Donald Hutchinson, b. 3 Aug 1923, d. 3 Sep 2001, Truro, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 78 years)2. Hilda Florence Hutchinson, b. 25 Jan 1925, Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 18 Oct 2013, Truro, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 88 years)3. Living 4. Alice Jean Hutchinson, b. 13 Oct 1933, Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 13 Nov 2013, Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 80 years)5. Living 6. Living 7. Living Last Modified 27 Jan 2014 Family ID F141484 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Military - - World War I 
Married - 19 Aug 1922 - Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada 
Died - May 1963 - Nova Scotia, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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