Samuel and Lillian...
The year
was 1920.
The Great
War to end all wars had finally
drawn to a close and Samuel
Kingston had returned
to
his
hometown of Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada
physically unscathed.
Samuel and Lillian...
was 1920. The Great War to end all wars had finally
drawn to a close and Samuel Kingston had returned to
his hometown of Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada
physically unscathed.
He had served overseas as a Gunner with the 28th Field Battery, participating in the great Allied victory at Vimy Ridge.
The setting was Miramichi Hospital. Samuel had been stopping by the area hospital to visit his sister, a patient at the time. It was during those stop overs that he became acquainted with Nurse Lillian Loggie and the two began dating.
The only known story of courtship known to the author was that on each outing, Samuel had always brought Lillian a box of chocolates and she had told him that all those chocolates were costing him unnecessarily. At a later time, in the presence of town society members, Sam produced a brown paper bag with some chocolates inside only to have Lillian sweep them under where they were sitting. Lillian had reflected later those had been chocolates she would have preferred he had kept to consume himself.
Samuel A Kingston was born January 23, 1893 along the Northwest Miramichi River, in an area known locally as Three Islands. Remnants of his birthplace can be detected amongst tall alders above the Wayerton Bridge.
Records indicate he was baptized a few months later on the 2nd of April at St. Thomas's Church, Red Bank.
Miramichi Area Lumber yard, 1930'sSamuel was a successful Lumber man by occupation and later lived in the town of Newcastle.
He died on the 17th of July, 1965 and was buried in the Old Section of St. Mary's Cemetery
Lillian Isabella Loggie was born September 12, 1892 in the Miramichi area community known as Lower Napan. Records indicate she was baptized at St. Andrews Catholic Church, in nearby Loggieville.
Lillian Loggie (left) at nurse's school around 1918Lillian was a Registered Nurse by occupation and was living in Lower Napan when she met Samuel.
She died at age 91 on July 5th, 1983 and was buried beside her husband in the Old Section of St. Mary's Cemetary, in the former town of Newcastle.
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