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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Blaikie, J.A., 1862-1938
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Description area
Dates of existence
1862-
History
John Arthur Blaikie was born 25 May 1862 in Great Village, Nova Scotia, the son of John M. and Adelaide (McLellan) Blaikie. He married Sarah M. Spencer, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Spencer at Great Village, Nova Scotia on 29 December 1884. Blaikie was an accountant and entered the customs service in 1889 and was appointed customs collector in 1890. He served in this position for thirty years. He also audited the books of the Acadia Mines Company. He died in 1938 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wendell Peppard, in Glenside, Pennsylvania and was buried in the Mahon Cemetery in Great Village, Nova Scotia.