Vickery, Edgar Jenkins, 1862-1940

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Vickery, Edgar Jenkins, 1862-1940

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  • Edgar Jenkins Vickery

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1862-1940

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Edgar Jenkins Vickery was born in 1862 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, to John and Mary Vickery. Orphaned young, at the age of fourteen he went to sea as a cabin boy. In 1887 he opened a book and stationary shop on Main Street in Yarmouth and, later, The Book Room on Barrington Street in Halifax. In Yarmouth, he also operated a circulating library, charging 2 cents per day or 10 cents per week. Vickery married Mary Katherine Dudman in 1888, with whom he had four children. Vickery died in 1939.

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Vickery family

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Edgar Jenkins Vickery was a member of the Vickery family.

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  • English

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