Wilbur Jordan MCCOOMBS was born on 28 July 1917 in East Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia. He died of cancer on 2 April 2004 at the age of 86 in Sandy Cove, Queens County, Nova Scotia. He was buried in the Sea Side Cemetery in Brooklyn.

McCOOMBS - Wilbur Jordan, passed away peacefully at home on April 2nd, 2004. Born in 1917, in East Port Medway, Queens County, to Russell and Annie (McGuire) McCoombs. Wilbur was a veteran of WW II having served with the West Novies, the Merchant Navy and the R.C.A.F.. "Mac" was a rear gunner on a Lancaster bomber that collided over Italy. He was captured and a prisoner for two years. He was a crewmember on the Empress of Britain at the time that ship was torpedoed. Following the war, Wilbur was employed with Bowater Mersey Paper Company for 32 years, retiring in 1979. While employed there, he played in the Mersey Band and was an instructor with the Air Cadets. After retirement, Wilbur was active in the P.O.W. Association, the West Nova Memory Club, Mersey Branch #38, Royal Canadian Legion, the Veterans Association and the Air Crew Association. He was a member of the Royal Arch Masons, Rossignol Chapter #6, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Queens County Housing Association. He was a member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Brooklyn and served as warden. He enjoyed curling for twenty years and taking part in Remembrance Day activities in local schools. He especially enjoyed meeting up with friends, playing cards at the Marina and attending local suppers. He is survived by daughters: Judi (Doug) Mehlman and Gail (Ernest) Hill, both of Beaverbank. Grandchildren: Stephanie, Jason (Silvia), Nicholas (Becky) and Jillian. Stepsister Shirley (Bob) Schmidt of Medford, Massachusetts. Wilbur was predeceased by his loving wife of 52 years, the former Dorothy Payzant and a sister Veronica. Visitation will be held Sunday, April 4th, 2004 from 2 until 4 p.m. and 7 until 9 p.m. in Chandlers' Funeral Chapel, Liverpool where a legion memorial service will be held at 7:00 p.m. and a Masonic memorial service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Funeral service will be held Monday, April 5th, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. in St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Brooklyn. Reverend Beverly DeVouge officiating. Burial will be in Seaside Cemetery, Brooklyn. Family flowers only, donations may be made to the Canadian Red Cross or to the Canadian Cancer Society. On line condolences may be made to www.chandlersfuneral.com

Tribute To Wilbur McCoombs
by Lanny DeLong
Wilbur McCoombs was a small man in stature but otherwise he was one of the biggest men I ever knew. I sat many times with him and ask questions of his past. What an exciting life he lived.
He was prisoner of war and escaped a couple of times. He was up before a firing squad and at the last minute was let go. He was able to survive the sinking of a torpedoed ship although he could not swim. On escaping from a prisoner of war camp he lived in the mountains of Italy in the winter with only sheep skins tied on his feet to keep them warm.
Oh how I loved to listen to his stories and Wilbur had the documentation to back them up.
When he told me of the time he was in a Lancaster Bomber as a tail gunner and collided with another Lancaster bomber and was able to survive the crash. I asked him about the first hours he spent after parachuting to the ground.
I asked ''how did you get caught?" and his answer was that he was hiding in a pumpkin patch and a dog smelled him out. I could always picture that scene. Little Wilbur in the pumpkin patch under the big pumpkin leaves.
Wilbur spent many hours at the Brooklyn Marina playing 45s and I am here to tell you if you were playing against him you had a very slim chance of winning he held the best cards time after time and would get that little grin on his face and give a little giggle each time he beat your play. We all thought the world of him at the Marina.
Wilbur never once had a bad word to say about anyone and if a conversation come along in that regard he would never get involved.
I visited Wilbur a few days before he left us and when I ask how he was doing he said "I am just waiting to die", he knew this was one time he was not going to escape and he accepted it. I like to think that "God" let Wilbur survive so many times so he could talk to people like myself and hope that we would learn from him. I will never be the man Wilbur was but I did learn many things from him and am very proud to be able to say I was a friend of Wilbur McCoombs.
Wilbur told me the last day I visited him that he wanted to make one more trip to the Marina and play a game of cards with us. He never made the trip but I can assure you he will be there many times in our conversations and thoughts.
Good bye, Wilbur. I will miss you as will all your Marina friends. Parents: Russell Wilbur MCCOOMBS and Annie Veronica MCGUIRE.

Spouse: Dorothy Marguerite PAYZANT. Dorothy Marguerite PAYZANT and Wilbur Jordan MCCOOMBS were married on 4 March 1942 in Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Living, Living.

William MCCOOMBS was born in June 1831. He died on 10 April 1915 at the age of 83. He was buried in the East Port Medway Community Cemetery. Parents: John MCCOOMBS and Catherine BROWN.

Spouse: Sophia WAMBOLDT. Sophia WAMBOLDT and William MCCOOMBS were married. Children were: Francis Pearce MCCOOMBS.

Thomas MCCORMACK was born in UNKNOWN. He died in UNKNOWN. May have had a brother, unnamed, who was apprenticed to William Smith the shoemaker of Liverpool who is reported to have died, by Perkins, in an entry dated August 4th, 1793. "A lad near seventeen years of age."

Spouse: Jane PARK. Jane PARK and Thomas MCCORMACK were married on 29 January 1834.

Living (private). Parents: Ronald Alan MCCORMICK and Living.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living, Living.

Ronald Alan MCCORMICK was born on 7 July 1958. He died on 1 April 2017 at the age of 58. He was buried in the Pine Tree Cemetery in Brownville Junction, Maine.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Ryan Alan MCCORMICK, Living.

Ryan Alan MCCORMICK was born on 18 June 1982 at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover Foxcroft, Maine. He died on 9 December 2023 at the age of 41. Parents: Ronald Alan MCCORMICK and Living.

Living (private).

Spouse: Living.

Living (private).

Spouse: Ann HILTZ.

Alexander Charlton MCDONALD was born on 20 March 1887 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. He died on 6 July 1971 at the age of 84. He was buried in the Mitchell Cemetery behind the Bethany United Church in Mill Village.

Spouse: Grace Matilda MITCHELL. Grace Matilda MITCHELL and Alexander Charlton MCDONALD were married on 12 June 1912 in Mill Village, Queens County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Alexander Mitchell MCDONALD.

Alexander Mitchell MCDONALD was born on 14 October 1913 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. He died on 21 March 1970 at the age of 56 at The Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. He was buried in the Mitchell Cemetery behind the Bethany United Church in Mill Village. Parents: Alexander Charlton MCDONALD and Grace Matilda MITCHELL.

Allan MCDONALD was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Margaret MCINTYRE. Margaret MCINTYRE and Allan MCDONALD were married. Children were: Matthias MCDONALD.

Barbara MCDONALD was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Joseph MCPHEE. Barbara MCDONALD and Joseph MCPHEE were married. Children were: Joseph Ernest MCPHEE.

Bernard MCDONALD was born on 18 July 1854. He died on 10 April 1939 at the age of 84. Parents: Peter MCDONALD and Christine MCPHEE.

Spouse: Margaret Elizabeth WADMAN. Margaret Elizabeth WADMAN and Bernard MCDONALD were married on 13 October 1885.

Catherine MCDONALD was born on 11 April 1855.

Spouse: William Edward MOSER. Catherine MCDONALD and William Edward MOSER were married on 5 February 1877 in Moser River, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Sarah Matilda MOSER.

Catherine MCDONALD was born on 10 November 1894 in Nova Scotia. She died on 7 December 1996 at the age of 102 in Essex County, Massachusetts. She was buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Spouse: Leonard Morton SELIG. Catherine MCDONALD and Leonard Morton SELIG were married in 1917 in Massachusetts.

Deborah MCDONALD was born in 1829. She died in 1907 at the age of 78.

Spouse: Samuel MOSHER. Deborah MCDONALD and Samuel MOSHER were married on 2 January 1848. Children were: Alan McDonald MOSHER.

Earl Robert MCDONALD was born on 19 July 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He died on 22 April 1973 at the age of 61 in Gravenhurst, Ontario. He was buried in the Mickle Memorial Cemetery in Gravenhurst, Ontario.

Spouse: Doris Blanche BERRIMAN. Doris Blanche BERRIMAN and Earl Robert MCDONALD were married on 28 September 1935 in Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia. They were divorced.

Eugene Dominick MCDONALD was born on 28 September 1922 in France. He died on 8 January 1976 at the age of 53 in Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Parents: Matthias "Matthew" MCDONALD and Georgette Marie BRIAND.

Eva May MCDONALD was born on 23 August 1888. She died on 7 February 1966 at the age of 77.

Spouse: William Angus CROFT. Eva May MCDONALD and William Angus CROFT were married on 16 October 1907.

Gladys Isabella "Molly" MCDONALD was born on 23 January 1909 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. She died on 19 November 1992 at the age of 83 in Guysborough, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. She was buried in the All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery in Canso. Parents: Robert William Daniel MCDONALD and Mariah Sarah SMITH.

Spouse: Ernest Knight HARTLING. Gladys Isabella "Molly" MCDONALD and Ernest Knight HARTLING were married on 11 January 1932 in Halifax County, Nova Scotia. They were divorced on 22 November 1958 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Kenneth Malcolm HARTLING, Robert Howard HARTLING.

Isabella MCDONALD was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Joseph Jocob FALT. Isabella MCDONALD and Joseph Jocob FALT were married on 14 August 1786 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Joseph FALT, John Christopher FALT, James FALT, Humphrey FALT.

Louisa MCDONALD was born in 1876.

Spouse: Stephen BECK. Louisa MCDONALD and Stephen BECK were married on 22 December 1894 in Upper La Have, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Elva May BECK.

Living (private).

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living.

Mamie Mildred MCDONALD was born on 28 March 1901 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. She died on 10 February 1975 at the age of 73 in Toronto, Ontario. Parents: Robert William Daniel MCDONALD and Mariah Sarah SMITH.

Spouse: George Allen HAWBOLT. Mamie Mildred MCDONALD and George Allen HAWBOLT were married on 28 July 1920 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Golda Muriel HAWBOLT.

Mary Elizabeth MCDONALD was born in 1826.

Spouse: John Leonard MOSER. Mary Elizabeth MCDONALD and John Leonard MOSER were married in 1848. Children were: Elizabeth MOSER, William Andrew MOSER.

Mary Matilda MCDONALD was born on 7 May 1904. She died on 21 June 1939 at the age of 35. Parents: Matthias MCDONALD and Flora Ann MACPHEE.

Spouse: Joseph Ernest MCPHEE. Mary Matilda MCDONALD and Joseph Ernest MCPHEE were married on 12 July 1927. Children were: Joseph MCPHEE.

Mary Teresa MCDONALD was born on 15 September 1891 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 2 March 1984 at the age of 92. She was buried in the Pine Tree Cemetery in Brownville Junction, Maine.

Spouse: William Joseph WADMAN. Mary Teresa MCDONALD and William Joseph WADMAN were married on 11 September 1913 in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Prince Edward Island. Children were: Hilda Frances WADMAN, Joseph Benjamin WADMAN, Marion Florence WADMAN, Violet Eileen WADMAN, William Claude WADMAN, Blanche Delverna WADMAN, Honorene Aletha WADMAN, Ila Marie WADMAN, Wayne Reginald WADMAN.

Matthias MCDONALD was born on 3 April 1846. He died on 7 February 1940 at the age of 93 in Clear Springs, Prince Edward Island. Parents: Allan MCDONALD and Margaret MCINTYRE.

Spouse: Flora Ann MACPHEE. Flora Ann MACPHEE and Matthias MCDONALD were married on 3 November 1903. Children were: Mary Matilda MCDONALD, Matthias "Matthew" MCDONALD.

Matthias "Matthew" MCDONALD was born on 15 August 1906 in Souris, Kings County, Prince Edward Island. He died on 18 November 1958 at the age of 52 in Massachusetts. Parents: Matthias MCDONALD and Flora Ann MACPHEE.

Spouse: Georgette Marie BRIAND. Georgette Marie BRIAND and Matthias "Matthew" MCDONALD were married. Children were: Eugene Dominick MCDONALD, Paulette T MCDONALD.

Myrtle Alice MCDONALD was born on 18 October 1903 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. She died on 1 October 1987 at the age of 83 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. Parents: Robert William Daniel MCDONALD and Mariah Sarah SMITH.

Spouse: Charles Walter PITCHER. Myrtle Alice MCDONALD and Charles Walter PITCHER were married on 3 July 1928 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. Children were: William Robert George PITCHER, Philip Herbert PITCHER, Lenora Muriel PITCHER.

Odessa M "Dessy" MCDONALD was born on 21 December 1871 in Mill Village, Queens County, Nova Scotia. She died on 7 July 1902 at the age of 30. She was buried in the Mill Village Community Cemetery.

Spouse: Isaiah Elias NAUSS. Odessa M "Dessy" MCDONALD and Isaiah Elias NAUSS were married on 24 May 1890 in Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia.

Paulette T MCDONALD was born on 21 January 1933 in White Plains, New York. She died on 10 December 2008 at the age of 75 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Parents: Matthias "Matthew" MCDONALD and Georgette Marie BRIAND.

Spouse: Joseph C BOCHETTI. Paulette T MCDONALD and Joseph C BOCHETTI were married.

Peter MCDONALD was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Christine MCPHEE. Christine MCPHEE and Peter MCDONALD were married. Children were: Bernard MCDONALD.

Robert William Daniel MCDONALD was born on 13 February 1876 in Scotland. He died on 30 November 1935 at the age of 59 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. He was buried in the Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax.

Spouse: Mariah Sarah SMITH. Mariah Sarah SMITH and Robert William Daniel MCDONALD were married on 11 April 1900 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Mamie Mildred MCDONALD, Myrtle Alice MCDONALD, Gladys Isabella "Molly" MCDONALD.

Living (private). Parents: Living and Living.

Isabella Grant MCEACHARN was born on 15 October 1859 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. She died on 7 May 1942 at the age of 82 in Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia. She was buried in the Milton Community Cemetery.

Spouse: Claude Welsford HARTLEN. Isabella Grant MCEACHARN and Claude Welsford HARTLEN were married on 12 October 1881 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Children were: Otis Rudolph HARTLEN.

Living (private). Parents: Living and Living.

Living (private).

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living.

Living (private). Parents: Phillip Wesley MCFARLAND and Madeline Rose FRALICK. Parents: Robert Henry FORDE and Eleanor Murdock FRALICK.

Phillip Wesley MCFARLAND was born on 26 June 1930 in Calgary, Alberta. He died on 17 December 2000 at the age of 70 in Edmonton, Alberta. He was buried at the Westlawn Memorial Gardens in Edmonton, Alberta.

Spouse: Madeline Rose FRALICK. Madeline Rose FRALICK and Phillip Wesley MCFARLAND were married on 18 December 1953 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Living.

Daniel Allen MCFAYDEN was born on 20 September 1875 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 25 February 1930 at the age of 54 in Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia.

Spouse: Ida Maude SCHWARTZ. Ida Maude SCHWARTZ and Daniel Allen MCFAYDEN were married on 20 December 1927 in Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia.

Living (private).

Spouse: James Frederick PARNELL.

Elsie Eleanor MCGILLIVARY was born on 23 May 1911 in Gabarus, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia. She died in 2001 at the age of 90.

Spouse: Clarence Edwin ERNST. Elsie Eleanor MCGILLIVARY and Clarence Edwin ERNST were married on 29 June 1927 in Gabarres, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Inez Marion MCGILLIVARY was born on 18 September 1909 in Gabarus, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia. She died on 11 March 2011 at the age of 101 at Cove Guest Home in Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia. She was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Gabarus, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia.

Spouse: Gilbert Arthur ERNST. Inez Marion MCGILLIVARY and Gilbert Arthur ERNST were married on 22 December 1927 in Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia.

Maude MCGILLVARY was born on 20 March 1874 in Nicholsville, Kings County, Nova Scotia. She died on 16 May 1950 at the age of 76 in Simpsons Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. She was buried in the St. John in the Wilderness Cemetery in New Germany.

Spouse: David Oabaiah ZWICKER. Maude MCGILLVARY and David Oabaiah ZWICKER were married on 16 October 1895 in Auburn, Kings County, Nova Scotia.

John Sixtus George MCGINLEY was born in 1875 in Bathurst, New Brunswick. He died on 29 August 1907 at the age of 32 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was buried at the Mount Benedict Cemetery in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Spouse: Lillian Ethel DOLLIVER. Lillian Ethel DOLLIVER and John Sixtus George MCGINLEY were married on 18 August 1899 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Kenneth Edward John MCGINNIS was born in 1956 in St. John, New Brunswick. He died on 3 August 2015 at the age of 59 in Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia. He was cremated.

Spouse: Living.

Sarah Ethel "Sadie" MCGINNIS was born on 10 March 1894 in North Brookfield, Queens County, Nova Scotia. She died on 9 November 1970 at the age of 76 in Aylesford, Kings County, Nova Scotia. She was buried at the Aylesford Union Cemetery in Aylesford, Kings County, Nova Scotia.

Spouse: Henry James WHYNOTT. Sarah Ethel "Sadie" MCGINNIS and Henry James WHYNOTT were married on 3 May 1910 in Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia. Children were: Drucilla WHYNOT.

Brigette Frances MCGINTY was born in 1834. She died on 21 August 1922 at the age of 88 in Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia. She was buried in the Old St. Gregorys Roman Catholic Church Cemetery in Liverpool.

Spouse: Cornelius Uhlman RHYNO. Brigette Frances MCGINTY and Cornelius Uhlman RHYNO were married.