MacKay Champion Genealogy - Person Sheet
MacKay Champion Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJohn “Lester” Blades 
Birth Date10 Jul 1888
Birth PlaceEast Pubnico, NS
Death Date24 Feb 1973
Burial Date1973
Burial PlaceForest Hill Cemetery, Barrington, NS
FatherSamuel Blades (1861-1940)
MotherDamyann Devine (1870-1941)
Spouses
Birth Date28 Aug 1894
Birth PlaceBarrington, NS
Death Date9 Apr 1973
Death PlaceTidal VIew Manor, Yarmouth, NS
Burial Date1973
Burial PlaceForest Hill Cemetery, Barrington, NS
FatherHoward Benjamin Hitchens (1865-1945)
MotherEmma Roselia Bolton (1867-1957)
Marr Date9 Apr 1915
Marr PlaceBarrington, Shelburne County, NS
ChildrenFlorence Genevieve (1916-2001)
Gertrude Rosa (1917-2014)
Elsie (1919-1919)
Walter Howard (1920-1958)
Arthur “Art” Gordon (1922-1965)
John Lester (1934-1960)
Notes for John “Lester” & Olive “Ollie” Genevieve (Family)
All three brothers died tragically - Walter of Rheumatic fever, John of “suicide” and their oldest brother, Arthur, in a plane crash (https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650317-2) . Imagine the grief for the parents.