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Robert Eustace Jr. of Canso, Nova Scotia

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Robert Eustace Grave Marker at Canso, Nova Scotia	Robert Eustace Jr.
Robert Eustace (1873-1949) married Sarah Flaherty in 1898 in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died April 2, 1916 when she was 38 years old. Robert Eustace Jr. was the son of Dr. Robert Eustace who was born in 1845, Tullow, County Carlow, Ireland and died April 26, 1883. Robert Eustace Jr. worked as a foreman in a local fish plant in Canso, Nova Scotia. They had nine children. Dot, Rose (born 1902), Robert (born 1898), Jessie, Alice, Mary, Joe, Hardy, and Pat.
HALIFAX, May 1, 1883-Dr. Robert Eustace of Canso, Guysboro, died very suddenly at his home in that place under very mysterious circumstance. He was sick but little over twenty four hours, and during that time suffered great agony, showing every symptom of poison. He also said himself (that he had been poisoned, and another physician, who, unfortunately, arrived too late to be of any service, expressed the same opinion. The remains however, were consigned to the grave without any official investigation into the cause of the sudden death having been made. The British Colonist; Halifax, Nova Scotia; May 15, 1883. Dr. Robert Eustace was educated in Edinburgh, Scotland in medicine and became the first doctor in Canso, Nova Scotia. Robert Eustace was the son of Hardy Eustace of Newstown, County Carlow and Bridget Anne Browne. They were married in 1838 and had 11 children.

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