J.P. Messervey

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J.P. Messervey

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      • John P. Messervey

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      1890-1982

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      John Perham “J.P.” Messervey (1890-1982), mining engineer and government administrator, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada October 6, 1890 to Albert Frederick Messervey and Miriam Louise (Perham) Messervey. A graduate of Nova Scotia Technical College, J.P. Messervey joined the Nova Scotia Department of Public Works and Mines in 1922 and became Deputy Inspector of Mines in 1936. He directed rescue operations at the Moose River mine disaster that same year. From 1947 to 1958, Messervey was Deputy Minister of Mines, retired in 1958. Messervey wrote 3 pamphlets on minerals in Nova Scotia, taught mining at the Nova Scotia Technical College in Halifax, NS (dates unknown), and was involved in creating films for training miners. He married Hilda Louise Massey (1913-1997) in 1965. He died in Halifax on September 6, 1982.

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      created 2024-04-18 Karen White

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          Nova Scotia Property Online database, Service Nova Scotia https://novascotia.ca/sns/access/land/property-online.asp accessed 22 April 2020.
          Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics database, Nova Scotia Archives https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1904-92505669&Event=birth&ID=185306 accessed 23 April 2020.
          “Distinguished Civil Servant Retires” article in Halifax Mail Star newspaper issue June 23, 1958 page 4 on microfilm no. 7473, Nova Scotia Archives.
          Obituary for J.P. Messervey in Halifax Chronicle Herald newspaper issue September 7, 1982 on microfilm no. 6178, Nova Scotia Archives.
          Obituary for Hilda Louise Messervey in Halifax Chronicle Herald newspaper issue April 14, 1997 on microfilm no. 9612, Nova Scotia Archives.

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