Percy Seymour DAUPHINEE^[1]

1882 - 1949  (66 years)

• Name	Percy Seymour DAUPHINEE
  Birth	13 May 1882	Indian Point, Lunenburg, NS   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jan 1949	Nelson, Central Kootenay, BC   [3, 4]
  Burial	Memorial Park, Nelson, BC
  Person ID	I56297	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Henry Ambrose DAUPHINEE,   b. 15 Mar 1857, French Village, Halifax, NS d. 18 Oct 1936, Halifax County, NS (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Ellen Emily MURPHY,   b. 22 Feb 1857, Northwest Cove, Lunenburg, NS d. 6 Apr 1916, Halifax County, NS (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1881	Halifax County, NS   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F22995	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Annie Isabel FREDERICKS,   b. 9 Oct 1887, Head Harbour, Halifax, NS d. 16 Jan 1973, French Village, Halifax, NS (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1906	Halifax County, NS   [9]
  Children	1. Nora Mary DAUPHINEE,   b. 1 Oct 1907, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS d. 13 Apr 1926, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 18 years)   2. Lawrence Percy DAUPHINEE,   b. 15 Nov 1908, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS d. 17 Nov 1993, Berwick, Kings, NS (Age 85 years)   3. James Albert DAUPHINEE,   b. 1 Mar 1912, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS d. Abt 9 Aug 1981, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS (Age 69 years)   4. Harris Seymour DAUPHINEE,   b. 5 Mar 1914, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS d. 16 Sep 1999, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 85 years)   5. Arnold DAUPHINEE,   b. 18 Sep 1915, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS d. 8 Jul 1934, French Village, Halifax, NS (Age 18 years)   6. Allan Ernest DAUPHINEE,   b. 1917, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS d. 7 Apr 1988, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS (Age 71 years)   7. Ralph Milton DAUPHINEE,   b. 1921, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS d. 4 Apr 1989, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 68 years)   8. Victoria Alexandra DAUPHINEE,   b. 16 Apr 1921, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS d. 26 Mar 2004, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 82 years)   9. Hattie Muriel DAUPHINEE   d. 5 Nov 1923, Glen Haven, Halifax, NS   10. Jennie DAUPHINEE   d. Bef 1988, Canada
  Family ID	F26363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Laura KOSHKIN
  Marriage	25 May 1929	Trail, Kootenay, BC   [10]
  Family ID	F119285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Halifax, May 13 - Dreams of returning home and re-establishing domestic relationships which he had broken seven years ago, when, following a feud, he left his native village of Tantallon, were shattered for Percy Dauphinee when he returned yesterday from a British Columbia lumber camp and found his wife had been married for five [sic] years to another man.   The former Mrs. Dauphinee, more lately Mrs. Boutilier, is seriously ill, and Dauphinee has again disappeared.   Tantallon is a tiny, picturesque village some 25 miles from Halifax, situated on the deeply indented cove, St. Margaret's Bay. It was for many years a peaceful little hamlet where men made their living by fishing and farming. Then came the bootlegger and the rum-runner. St. Margaret's Bay was an ideal place for landing liquor cargoes and men forgot the art of fishing and tilling the soil. Farms grew weeds while midnight crews worked at landing mysterious cargoes.   A new spirit entered the village, a spirit of strife and jealousy, until Tantallon was divided into two factions. One group spied on the operations of the other and tipped off inland revenue men and customs officials when a cargo was to be loaded. There were reprisals, and shots were exchanged. Tantallon acquired a sinister reputation.   Percy Dauphinee was a strong man in one group and feared by the rival faction. One day a group of revenue men discovered one of the latter group presiding over a distilling plant, and shortly after he had been released from jail Percy Dauphinee disappeared completely. There were many sinister whispers and rumors of foul play. His wife gave evidence in an investigation that she believed he had been murdered and his body buried in a swamp near her house. After waiting five years, Mrs. Dauphinee married John A. Boutilier of Tantallon, a childhood sweetheart. [Copy or newspaper article provided by Elizabeth Taylor] Halifax, May 13 - Dreams of returning home and re-establishing domestic relationships which he had broken seven years ago, when, following a feud, he left his native village of Tantallon, were shattered for Percy Dauphinee when he returned yesterday from a British Columbia lumber camp and found his wife had been married for five [sic] years to another man.   The former Mrs. Dauphinee, more lately Mrs. Boutilier, is seriously ill, and Dauphinee has again disappeared.   Tantallon is a tiny, picturesque village some 25 miles from Halifax, situated on the deeply indented cove, St. Margaret's Bay. It was for many years a peaceful little hamlet where men made their living by fishing and farming. Then came the bootlegger and the rum-runner. St. Margaret's Bay was an ideal place for landing liquor cargoes and men forgot the art of fishing and tilling the soil. Farms grew weeds while midnight crews worked at landing mysterious cargoes.   A new spirit entered the village, a spirit of strife and jealousy, until Tantallon was divided into two factions. One group spied on the operations of the other and tipped off inland revenue men and customs officials when a cargo was to be loaded. There were reprisals, and shots were exchanged. Tantallon acquired a sinister reputation.   Percy Dauphinee was a strong man in one group and feared by the rival faction. One day a group of revenue men discovered one of the latter group presiding over a distilling plant, and shortly after he had been released from jail Percy Dauphinee disappeared completely. There were many sinister whispers and rumors of foul play. His wife gave evidence in an investigation that she believed he had been murdered and his body buried in a swamp near her house. After waiting five years, Mrs. Dauphinee married John A. Boutilier of Tantallon, a childhood sweetheart. [Copy or newspaper article provided by Elizabeth Taylor]

  
  

• Sources

  [S999] Elizabeth (Cardoza)Taylor. [S81] 1901 Census of *NS*, Halifax County, French Village, family #82. [S16354] The Vancouver Sun and Province, Obituary Notice for Percy Dauphinee; 15 January 1949. [S232] BC Vital Records, Deaths, Nelson, Reg. #1949-09-001503. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1881, page 111, #510. [S9505] Sandra (Nash) Wooden. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1881, page 111, #511. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, Cited by Iris Shea. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1906, book 1820, page 166, #117. [S232] BC Vital Records, Marriages, Trail, Reg. #1929-09-363947.