Collection search - Sight Point

Hierarchical level:

Item

Electoral district:

Inverness - Richmond

Date(s):

Province:

Nova Scotia

Reference:

RG3-D-3

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Post Offices and Postmasters

Item ID number:

17394

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Additional information:

Distributing point - Inverness

Location - 1 mile north - 1945-08-31

Mail route - Inverness and Sight Point

Nature of premises - Dwelling house

Post office permanently closed 1964-11-30 owing to its limited usefulness

Status - Way office in 1868

Source:

PSFDS03-(21389)

Postmasters names and service information
Name of postmaster	Date of birth	Date of appointment	Date of vacancy	Cause of vacancy
D. McEachern (PM in 1868)			1880	Death
William Rankin		1823-08-18	1927-03-14	Death
Mrs Dugald McEachern		1880-02-13	1913-08-19	*
John McDonald		1913-10-01	1923	*
John D. Rankin		1927-04-22	1932-03-31	Closed
Mrs Agatha Rankin (re-opened)	1892-08	1937-09-21	1945-08-22	Resignation
Joseph Rankin	*	1945-08-31	Acting
Joseph Rankin	*	1945-10-24	1964-11-30	Resignation, closed

*In compliance with the Privacy Act (1983), certain personal information has been deleted from this file.

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