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- 9 Aug 1888, - McCutcheon - Is Born, on the 4 August, the wife of,McCutcheon, of a son.
Ref: Acton Free Press, 9 Aug 1888 , page 2 , column 1.
3 Jul 1974 - Thomas McCutcheon- Area man dies while fishing:
A former Acton District man died while fishing in a favorite stream.
Thomas McCutcheon, 85, who had been born and raised on his family farm on Lot 8, Con 3, Erin Twp., had come back to his old home last Thursday, June 27, to enjoy an afternoon bout of fishing.
His wife Jessie accompanied him & sat in the car as he fished at a small pond on a farm neighboring the one on which he had lived. The farm is now owned by Murray Saint.
Missing - Alarmed when she missed her husband from view, Mrs. McCutcheon alerted a neighbor, Hugh Eckerich who which a friend, Wm. Ragg, went to look for the fisherman. They found him lying face down in water estimated about one foot deep. According to Guelph OPPolice, Dr J K Wilson of Hillsbury, pronounced him dead from a heart attach.
The McCutcheon family farewell known in the Acton area where Mr. McCutcheon had lived practically all his life. Besides his wife Jessie, he is survived by 3 children,
one daughter Merle, (Mrs. Andrew Lorette of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1974),
and 2 sons, Lawson of Easdale (1974) &d Lyal of Preston, Cambridge.
The Guelph O.P.P were alerted at 6.25 p.m It was first thought that Mr. McCutcheon had been drowned. Dr Wilson said however, he had died of natural causes. Mr & Ms. McCutcheon had lived on the Acton farm until approximately nine years ago when they moved 930 Queen St., Preston, Cambridge.
Ref: Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), 3 Jul 1974, p. 2 - - -
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1888 - 1974 (85 years)