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Harold William Gloade

Male 1920 - 2001  (81 years)


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  • Name Harold William Gloade 
    • Harold William Gloade was born in Greywood, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, in 1920. His father, Newel Glade, was a Micmac Indian, born in LeQuille, Nova Scotia. His mother, Rose MacKay, was half Scotch and half German.

      The family moved to Truro, Nova Scotia in the spring of 1927 and lived exclusively with Micmac there, where he learned to speak Micmac fluently.

      He married Irene McDonald in 1938, enlisted in the Army in 1942, and was discharged in 1946. He moved to Ottawa and worked briefly at a department store, as a census clerk for the Department of Trade and Commerce, as a combine operator in Texas for two years, and in various jobs throughout his life.

      In 1983, he had his first short story published ad he as devoted his time to writing about people he remembers warmly.

      He now lives in Cambridge, Ontario. [1991]

      - "From My Vantage Point"
    Birth 1920  Greywood, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Jan 2001  Waterloo, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I4374  Hantsport Families
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2023 

    Father Newell Gloade,   b. 15 Oct 1870, LeQuille, Annapolis, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1966, PM Hospital, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Mother Rose Beatrice MacKay,   b. 5 Feb 1880, Upper Northfield, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1939, PM Hospital, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Family ID F1478  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Irene Agnes McDonald,   b. Abt 1921, Enfield, Hants, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 6 Jun 1938  Enfield, Hants, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Type: Roman Catholic 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Living
     6. Living
     7. Living
     8. Living
     9. Rose Gloade
     10. Stephen Gloade
    Family ID F1479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1920 - Greywood, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Jan 2001 - Waterloo, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Newspaper obituaries - Morley Sypher collection - HHS.

    2. [S2009] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, (website), Registration: Year: 1938 number: 89776.