This photo shows George Victor Culbert on "his last run" with the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) in October, 1962.
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| George Culbert (far left) as he arrived into the Mildmay C.N.R. depot on "his last run." Image found on All Things Howick Facebook page, published on 12 Oct 2018. |
George Victor Culbert was born 8 November 1897 in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. He was the second of seven children born to Joseph Henry Culbert and Edith Sophia Swalwell.
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| George Victor Culbert's parents, Joseph Henry Culbert & Edith "Dolly" Swalwell and their cat in 1935. Photo courtesy of Nena Henriksen. |
George Culbert was a farmer until about 1924 when he got a job with the C.N.R., working there for 38 years before his retirement in 1962. For the latter 24 of those years, he was a section foreman.
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| The Mildmay CNR train station as it looked in 1968, six years after George's retirement. John D. Thompson photo |
In 1929, George married Elderenia Mildred Leake (also known as Allie) and they had six children.
George and Allie moved from Kincardine to Ripley in 1930; and from Ripley to Mildmay in 1938.
George Culbert died 20 July 1976, age 78, and is buried in Mildmay United Church Cemetery, also known as St. Paul's Cemetery, located on Highway 9 in Bruce County.
Although this was the end of the line for George, his descendants live on. George's eldest child, Victor Boyd Culbert (born 29 March 1931) died 14 May 2017 in Walkerton but some of George's other children are still with us. If you're a descendant of George Culbert or know how I might get in touch with his descendants, please let me know.
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| Photo by abrown at BillionGraves |
George Victor Culbert's Family Tree:
John Culbert & Mary Ward (great-grandparents)
Henry Culbert & Margaret Wall (grandparents)
Joseph Henry Culbert & Edith Sophia Swalwell (parents)
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