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SKIDD, WILLIAM A. (1877-1943)

SKIDD, WILLIAM A., electrician, fire chief, and high sheriff, 1923-43; b. Chatham, 21 Aug 1877, s/o Charles Skidd and Margaret Maher; m. 1905, Lillian Moar, d/o John Moar and Margaret McLean, of Chatham; d. there, 13 Jun 1943.

The son of a mill worker, William A. Skidd was employed as a stonecutter in 1901 and as an electrician in 1906. As a partner in Skidd Bros he helped wire many of Chatham's homes and public buildings for electricity. He made news in 1923 when he erected and wired a tall steel tower in connection with the light which Kenneth R. McLennan kept at Point Escuminac.

From an early date Skidd was a volunteer fireman in Chatham, and as chief of the squad for more than twenty years he was credited with giving Chatham an effective fire department. In 1923 he was elected president of the Maritime Fire Chiefs Association. In the same year, he was appointed high sheriff of Northumberland County, following the resignation of William F. Cassidy. He continued both as chief and sheriff until his death in 1943, at age sixty-five.

Skidd was active for a time in the County Liberal Association and belonged to one or more of the Catholic church societies. He and his wife, Lillian Moar, had three daughters and a son.

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[b] church records [m] World 29 Nov 1905 [d] Leader 18 Jun 1943 / Advocate 31 Oct 1906, 10 Jun 1923; Commercial World 17 Jun 1943, 30 Sep 1948; Leader 11 Jan 1973; MacMillan; official records (Moar/McLean marriage)


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