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- aka Shel. In his marriage registration, Sheldon was listed as a bachelor, 23, Methodist, resident of Town of Orillia and an Express Messenger. His father was listed as being born in Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada. Buried in Belleville Cemetery, Plot I-4-6.
Halifax - Chronicle Herald, 30 June 1975
TRURO - Nathan Sheldon Eaton, 75, of 128 Park Street, Truro, died Sunday morning in the Victoria General Hospital.
Born in Canning, he was the son of the late Nathan and Minnie Bigelow Eaton.
Mr. Eaton was a member of the St. Andrew's United Church and a retired supervisor of Canadian National Railway which he had served 48 years. He is survived by his second wife, the former Josephine Harris; one daughter Cheryl (Mrs. E.G. McDonnell), Kingston, Ont.; one step-daughter Gerry (Mrs. John Hilchey), Truro; one step-son, John McElhiney, Toronto; two sisters, Stella (Mrs. Leander Eaton), Cunard; Ann (Mrs. Burnel Cox), Wolfville; three brothers, Victor, Shediac, N.B.; Levy, Toronto and Hartley, Puerto Rico; and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by one son Jack, and by two sisters.
The body is resting in Mattatall Funeral Home, Truro, where funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, with Rev. George MacLean officiating. Burial will be in Belleville, Ont. on Thursday. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Nova Scotia Heart Foundation.
Following from Cheryl Louise (Eaton) MacDonnell:
Sheldon started working for the Canadian National Railway at age 17 in Orillia, Ontario in 1917 cleaning out stables. He worked his entire career with CNR Express retiring in Belleville as CNR Express Superintendent, Rideau Area. Was a CNR Express Agent in Orillia (twice), Cobalt, Exeter (twice), Englehart, Woodstock, North Bay and Belleville (twice).
Sheldon remarried on 4 December 1965 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada to Josephine Elizabeth (Harris) McElhiney. She was born 18 September 1901 and was the widow of Captain McElhiney. She had two children, "Gerry" Geraldine (McElhiney) Hilchey born 18 August 1926 and John McElhiney born 15 April 1938, who never married.
Following from The Nova Scotia Eatons
Halifax Herald 8/13/2003EATON, Josephine Elizabeth - 101, Truro, passed away peacefully in Williams Country Home, Hilden, August 12, 2003. Born in Canning, Kings Co., she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Laura Harris Chipman.She was predeceased by husbands, Capt. Gerald C. McElhiney, MC, and N. Sheldon Eaton; infant son, Bobby; sister, Dorothy Popple, Exeter, England; brother, William Harris, Canning. She is survived by sister, Kathleen Quigley, Halifax; daughter, Geraldine (John) Hilchey, Truro; son, John McElhiney, Truro; stepdaughter, Cheryl (Rev. Ted) MacDonnell, Barrie, Ont.; niece, Jacqueline Bagwell, Exeter, England; nephew, Courtenay Popple, Honiton, England; grandsons, Robert Hilchey, Truro; David (Carol) Hilchey, Chester; step-granddaughters, Virginia (Paul) Eichhorn, Kitchener, Ont.; Janet (Tom) Small, Midhurst, Ont.; great-grandsons, Andrew and Stephen Hilchey, Halifax; step great-grandsons, Zachary, Matthew, Joseph, Kitchener, Ont.; stepgreat- granddaughters, Dakota and Devyn, Midhurst, Ont. She graduated with a B.A. from Acadia University, Wolfville in 1922 and the summer following from the Provincial Normal College. After a brief teaching career in Canning, she married Gerald McElhiney and eventually settled in Truro. Active in community life, she was a charter member of both the Truro University Women's Club and the Scotia Chapter, I.O.D.E. and a member of St. Andrew's United Church, where she sang in the choir for many years. For several years following Capt. McElhiney's death in 1944, until her subsequent marriage to Sheldon Eaton in 1965, she provided ""a second home"" for many aspiring teachers attending the Provincial Normal College/Nova Scotia Teacher College. Cremation has taken place. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Colchester Community Funeral Home, 512 Willow St., Truro, where the family will hold a visitation Thursday, August 14, from 7-9 p.m. A family memorial service will be held later in the Chapel of St.Andrew's United Church, Truro. Burial in the McElhiney family plot in Maplewood Cemetery, Windsor. Memorials may be made to The Memorial Fund or Choir Fund of St. Andrew's United Church, 55 King St., Truro, NS B2N 3K8 or a charity of choice. Family flowers only. The familywould like to thank the Williams Country Home, Hilden and staff for the care and concern shown over the six years she resided there.
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