Robert Allen Cassidy
Allen and Edythe on their 50th anniversary 1961
Robert Allen Cassidy  ‏(I0058)‏
Name:
Robert Allen Cassidy

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 30 April 1879 45 39 Cassidy Lake, N.B.
Death: 8 May 1965 ‏(Age 86)‏ Fredericton, N.B.
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 30 April 1879 45 39 Cassidy Lake, N.B.

Alias Allen

Marriage Edith Blanche Freeman - 18 April 1911 ‏(Age 31)‏ Buctouche, N.B.

Death 8 May 1965 ‏(Age 86)‏ Fredericton, N.B.

Burial Cassidy Lake, N.B.

Reference Number 58
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Parents Family  (F004)
Francis Edward Cassidy
1834 - 1927
Janet Dunlop
1840 - 1908
Clara Ann Cassidy
1867 - 1965
William Wesley Cassidy
1869 - 1937
Matthew Richard Cassidy
1871 - 1960
Francis Edward Cassidy
1873 - 1954
Thomas Henry Cassidy
1875 - 1936
James Arlington Cassidy
1877 - 1929
Robert Allen Cassidy
1879 - 1965
Frances Jane Cassidy
1881 - 1976

Immediate Family  (F031)
Edith Blanche Freeman
1890 - 1961
Stanley Bernard Cassidy
1912 - 1993
George Leslie Gordon Cassidy
1913 - 2008


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Allen was born and lived most of his life at Cassidy Lake. In 1954 he retired from farming, closed up the homestead, and moved to Lincoln, N.B., just outside Fredericton. He was the last generation to work the farm. During his years at C assidy Lake he served as a County Councillor, Secretary of the School Board, and Justice of the Peace.

Allen was a very mild and conscientous person in everything he did. He was not outwardly religious, but he had very strong beliefs which he did not talk about, but rather portrayed in his everyday living. He was very kind but very strict, and when he was upset with his two sons, his lecture was short and to the point. He was always a real gentleman. His son Stan does not recall him using profane language. He did not play games or listen to music, although he would play 45's ‏(45 rpm records)‏ for visitors when it was necessary. He would read the paper page by page. He was always very tolerant and he enjoyed people. One could learn a lot by being with him. Stan has said that his ideas, his manners, his way of life, his work style, his trust taught Stan the basics of life which he will never forget and he has used every day.

Allen was given the farm by his father Francis Edward and was to pay each of his brothers and sisters $125 - which he was never able to do.

Stan recalls that his father, though hard-working, had problems with farming. For example, he was not too successful at determining where to plant potatoes or turnips in order to have the correct moisture content for the coming summer season. The other farm crops were hay, oats, some buckwheat ‏(which was ground at a mill in Southfield)‏, and lots of apples from a large orchard. There usually were about 20 head of cattle and some pigs. Up to about 1920, they raised a lot of sheep on the farm. Yarn was spun to knit socks, mittens, and other clothing.

In the winter there was lumbering for the mill by the wharf and also harvesting of wood for the wood stoves of the homestead. In the early 1900s, threshing was done by a machine powered by a team of horses walking on an inclined tread mill. Jim Cassidy would get on the tread mill and walk with the horses to help propel the tread mill. All that was ever available on the farm was horsepower.

Stan recalls woods workers boarding at the homestead. In the evening, the men would sharpen their double-bitted axes, one side was for chopping ‏(thin)‏ and one was for limbing ‏(thicker)‏. They would dry their socks and other wet garments under the Star wood stove. Work in the woods lasted from daylight until dark. You were required to be in the woods and ready to work as soon as it was light enough. Since the barn work had to be done before going to the woods, you had to rise at 4:00 am. Breakfast was typically meat and fried potatoes.

When hauling away the lumber, the sled would be loaded in the evening so that all that had to be done the next day in the morning before daylight was feed and harness the horses. The loads were so heavy that the sled runners had to be released from the frozen ground with a pevie ‏( a pole with a hook on it)‏ so that the horses could start moving. The lumber would be hauled to Norton, a distance of about 9 miles ‏(15 km)‏, and unloaded into a railroad boxcar. This process was repeated daily until the boxcar was full.

Life was always tough on the homestead. Everyone had to work hard to survive. This was still the situation when Stan was going to school in Sussex ‏(1919 - 1929)‏. He and his brother Gordon had to go home on weekends and holidays to help with the farming. Stan had a paper route in Sussex to help put himself and his brother through school. Room and board was $3.00 per week in Sussex.

The Kings County Record has the following references to R. Allen Cassidy:
Nov. 22, 1904: Mr. Allen Cassidy has charge of the cheese factory this fall and winter and will do the skimming here and send the cream to Sussex.

Mar. 26, 1906: Mr. Allen Cassidy has returned from lumberwoods at the Mouse Horn.

A very pretty wedding was celebrated on Wednesday April 18, 1911 at Buctouche at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. S.B. Freeman when their only daughter, Edythe Blanche, was united in marriage to R. Allen Cassidy of Clover Hill, Kings Co. Rev. J.B. Young was the official clergyman. The bride was attended by Miss Frances Cassidy, sister of the groom, while the groom was attended by William Weldon of Buctouche. Mr. & Mrs. Cassidy left on Wednesday by C.P.R. on a wedding trip to Toronto, Walkerton, the bride's former home and other points west, after which they will take up residence in Clover Hill, Kings Co.

Clover Hill: Born March 7, 1912 at Clover Hill to Mr. & Mrs. R. Allen Cassidy a son.

Jan 16, 1914: Mrs. Freeman, who has been visiting her daughter Mrs. A. Cassidy, has returned to her home in Buctouche accompanied by her grandson.

Jun. 19, 1919 Clover Hill: R. Allen Cassidy has purchased a grey car.


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Allen and Edythe on their 50th anniversary 1961Allen and Edythe on their 50th anniversary 1961  ‏(M45)‏
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Three Generations: ‏(L-R)‏ Peter, Stan, and Allen at Peter's graduation from UNB 1964Three Generations: ‏(L-R)‏ Peter, Stan, and Allen at Peter's graduation from UNB 1964  ‏(M19)‏
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Francis Edward, Allen, Edythe, Stan c. 1912Francis Edward, Allen, Edythe, Stan c. 1912  ‏(M20)‏
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Four generations: Allen, Stan, Rama ‏(Bruce Jr.)‏, Bruce c. 1964Four generations: Allen, Stan, Rama ‏(Bruce Jr.)‏, Bruce c. 1964  ‏(M50)‏
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Family with Parents
Father
Francis Edward Cassidy ‎(I0009)‎
Birth 27 February 1834 36 35 Sussex, N.B.
Death 25 October 1927 ‏(Age 93)‏ Cassidy Lake, N.B.
6 years
Mother
 
Janet Dunlop ‎(I0051)‎
Birth 6 March 1840 Redford, Ireland
Death 16 April 1908 ‏(Age 68)‏ Cassidy Lake, N.B.

Marriage: 6 November 1886 -- Boston, Mass.
-19 years
#1
Sister
Clara Ann Cassidy ‎(I0052)‎
Birth 20 September 1867 33 27
Death 18 August 1965 ‏(Age 97)‏
18 months
#2
Brother
William Wesley Cassidy ‎(I0053)‎
Birth 3 April 1869 35 29
Death November 1937 ‏(Age 68)‏
2 years
#3
Brother
Matthew Richard Cassidy ‎(I0054)‎
Birth 29 January 1871 36 30
Death 7 April 1960 ‏(Age 89)‏
2 years
#4
Brother
Francis Edward Cassidy ‎(I0055)‎
Birth 7 February 1873 38 32 Cassidy Lake, N.B.
Death 18 August 1954 ‏(Age 81)‏ Wolliston, Mass.
2 years
#5
Brother
Thomas Henry Cassidy ‎(I0056)‎
Birth 31 March 1875 41 35
Death 12 February 1936 ‏(Age 60)‏
2 years
#6
Brother
James Arlington Cassidy ‎(I0057)‎
Birth 9 March 1877 43 37 Welsford
Death 13 April 1929 ‏(Age 52)‏
2 years
#7
Robert Allen Cassidy ‎(I0058)‎
Birth 30 April 1879 45 39 Cassidy Lake, N.B.
Death 8 May 1965 ‏(Age 86)‏ Fredericton, N.B.
2 years
#8
Sister
Frances Jane Cassidy ‎(I0059)‎
Birth 29 January 1881 46 40
Death 23 September 1976 ‏(Age 95)‏ Fredericton, N.B.
Family with Edith Blanche Freeman
Robert Allen Cassidy ‎(I0058)‎
Birth 30 April 1879 45 39 Cassidy Lake, N.B.
Death 8 May 1965 ‏(Age 86)‏ Fredericton, N.B.
11 years
Wife
 
Edith Blanche Freeman ‎(I0119)‎
Birth 1 August 1890 Otter Creek, Ontario
Death 16 November 1961 ‏(Age 71)‏ Fredericton, N.B.

Marriage: 18 April 1911 -- Buctouche, N.B.
11 months
#1
Son
Stanley Bernard Cassidy ‎(I0120)‎
Birth 7 March 1912 32 21 Sussex, N.B.
Death 6 May 1993 ‏(Age 81)‏ Fredericton, N.B.
2 years
#2
Son
George Leslie Gordon Cassidy ‎(I0121)‎
Birth 30 November 1913 34 23
Death 2 July 2008 ‏(Age 94)‏ Moncton, N.B.