Collection search - Amherst Sub Office No. 1

Hierarchical level:

Item

Electoral district:

Cumberland

Date(s):

Established	Closing
1914-07-02	1975-07-02

Province:

Nova Scotia

Reference:

RG3-D-3

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Post Offices and Postmasters

Item ID number:

25961

Help page:

Additional information:

Distributing point - Amherst

Location - 100 yards north - 1955-07-05

Location - 19 Park St.

Location - 26 Hickman St. - 1920-11-18

Location - Pleasant St. - 1914-07-02

Source:

PSFDS03-(19011)

Postmasters names and service information
Name of postmaster	Date of birth	Date of appointment	Date of vacancy	Cause of vacancy
M.T. Shipley		1914-07-02	1915-01-04	Resignation
Arthur C. Casey		1915-05-06	1919-02-27	Resignation
Fred Warren Huestis		1920-01-07	1920-05-28	Resignation
Joshua Alex Hastings		1920-11-18	1923	Change in site
John B. Purvis		1923-11-30	1939-07-26	Resignation
Mrs. Albertine Shea		1939-08-14	Acting
Mrs. Albertine Shea		1939-08-29	1953-01-09
Herman Joseph Landry		1953-02-04	Acting
Herman Joseph Landry		1953-07-15	1955-04-04	Resignation
John Herbert Griffiths	*	1955-06-07	Acting
John Herbert Griffiths	*	1955-07-06	1958-11-10	Death
Mrs. Doris Leona Griffiths	*	1958-11-11	Acting
Mrs. Doris Leona Griffiths	*	1959-01-26		(still 1969-10-29) P.M.G.
R. Hickox		1972-05-03	1975-07-02	Temporarily closed

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

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