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Note: round 1903-1905, he moved to Winnipeg, where he was a fireman for the Winnipeg Fire Department for a year or two.
He was a Winnipeg Fireman until at least 1911 (he was listed as one in the 1911 Census od Winnipeg, Manitoba).. At some point, he was working for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He started as a "laborer", and over the course of his employment worked his way up to become a "Craft Foreman" at the CPR yards at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
He married Ethel Mildred Black 24 June 1908 in Arnaud, Manitoba, Canada. They had 4 children in Winnipeg. According to the children of his brother Will, the two families spent a great deal of time together. They visited several times a week, playing cards and other activities at home. For several years after P.N. and his family moved to Medicine Hat, they continued to come back to Winnipeg several times a year.
At some point in the 1920's, P.N. and his wife became estranged. She moved to Vancouver, British Columbia with the children for a few months, and came home again. Later, she left her husband and all of the children for months at a time. They were legally separated by 1924.
In 1929, her son Delbert died, and his mother blamed that death on his father.
His wife refused to give P.N. a divorce. He had met someone and fallen in love with her, but his wife would not let him go. Then, sometime in the early 1940's, she met a man in Seattle, and suddenly gave her approval for a divorce., P.N. then married for the second time, and all reports were that his second marriage was very happy.
In July of 1952, he had his will drawn up in Winnipeg. At some point following his retirement from the Canadian Pacific Railway, he bought a home in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia. He also bought a large boat, which he used for personal fishing, as well as taking out charters.
He died while fishing in a rowboat on Brentwood Bay. He was found in a drifting boat, slumped over, with a fish on his line. According to the newspaper, he had just hooked a fish, when he had a heart attack. His boat was found drifting, and two other fishermen towed his boat to the Marina, where he was pronounced dead. He was buried in his fishing clothes, which greatly upset some of his family, but probably would have met with his approval..
He left 2/3 of his estate, plus his home, to his widow, and 1/3 of the remainder to his three children. Each of the children received approximately $1,000 (Canadian).
Note: He was a servant in his home county in Nova Scotia in 1901. Sometime a
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