Plummer and McDermid Families

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Plummer and McDermid Families

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        Dates of existence

        1862 - 1976

        History

        George Plummer (1862 – 1934) settled in Parksville in 1887. After first living on a property on the north-west side of Englishman River, the Plummers purchased land in 1889 on the south-east side of the river, built their home and established a farm. George Plummer raised livestock and worked on road crews. In addition, The Plummers had a son, Frank (1885-1972) and two daughters, Harriet (Hattie) (1889 – 1976) and Victoria May (1891 – 1974).
        Frank Plummer worked as a teamster for the Alberni to Nanaimo stagecoach line and served in World War I. In 1908, Hattie Plummer married Will McDermid. He had arrived in Parksville from Ontario in the early 1900s and had begun work as a teamster at a logging camp at Englishman River. In 1910, the McDermid

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        Parksville

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        George Plummer purchased land in 1889 on the south-east side of the Englishman River and established a farm to raise livestock and worked on road crews. Frank Plummer worked as a teamster for the Alberni to Nanaimo stagecoach line and served in World War I. Will McDermid arrived in Parksville from Ontario in the early 1900s and had begun work as a teamster at a logging camp at Englishman River.

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        Full

        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        January 2, 2021

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        • English

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