Nova Scotia Postal History / Customs Canada Small Queens Registered Cover - 11 June 1889 - PICTOU (Pictou County), N.S. (cds cancel / postmark) to Truro, Nova Scotia

PICTOU is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km north of the larger town of New Glasgow. The population of Pictou in 1860 was about 3200 - by 1911 was 3,500 and by 1956 was 4,534.

The Customs House was built circa 1873 according to designs by Halifax architects Stirling and Dewar for the Federal Government. The Second Empire structure features a double façade looking out to the harbour and in to the town. The massive building was a forceful statement made by the federal government of a young country, an indelible imprint on the town’s streetscape. LINK - www.willowhouseinn.com/Explore/Pictou-Sightseeing

The building was built to house the offices of the Customs and Immigration branch of the federal government.

The Post Office at PICTOU opened in 1812.

sent from - / PICTOU • N.S. / PM / JU 11 / 89 / CANADA. / - cds cancel - this cds hammer was proofed - 9 December 1883.

- with additional handstamp - / CUSTOMS (crown) CANADA. / JUN 11 1889 / PICTOU, N.S. / - oval marking in purple ink...

- small queens tied by fancy segmented cork cancel...

- sent by registered mail - / R / - large R in oval marking - 3 cents letter rate + 5 cents registration fee = 8 cents / - from - 8 May 1889 to - 31 December 1898 the rate per oz was 3 cents.

- arrived at - / TRURO / PM / JU 11 / 89 / N.S. / - cds arrival backstamp

Addressed to: Mr. Charles M. Dawson / Truro / N. S.

Charles Murray Dawson
(b. 3 March 1854 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada - d. 15 December 1940 (aged 86) in Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada - Burial - Truro Cemetery, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Born in Pictou Co., Nova Scotia, Canada on 03 Mar 1854 to James Dawson and Janet (Jesse) Murray. Charles Murray Dawson married Ellen Dickie and had 6 children. He passed away on 15 Dec 1940 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.

On October 31st, 1919, "The Pictou Advocate" carried a story headlined "Pictonian Retires After Faithful Public Service - 45 Years in Railway Work in Canada - Over Two Score Years a Resident of Truro". Charles had started working for the Intercolonial Railway which eventually became the Canadian National Railway. Part of the article follows: He has been a bright, painstaking and most intelligent official and he surely deserves the "well done" for his labors.

His wife Ellen DAWSON died suddenly from a fall on September 17, 1934. Charles remained in his home until his death on the 15th December 1940. Although he had lived in Pictou or Truro all his life, his sons left Nova Scotia and his descendents now are spread all over the continent.

Their son - Lieutenant Howard Charles Dawson (1894 - 1917) was killed in action in France during WWI - LINK to his Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/56397335/howard-charles-dawson

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