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Notes: OBITUARIES: Telegraph Journal, October 30, 1957 Green – At the Saint John General Hospital, on Oct. 29, 1957, Harry Costello Green of 24 Horsfield Street, son of the late Louis and Elizabeth (Hart) Green, leaving his wife, two sons, two daughters, one brother, one sister, seven grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Funeral from the vestry of Shaarei Zedek Synagogue this afternoon with service at 2:30 p.m. Interment in Green-Hart Cemetery. The Evening Times Globe Wednesday, October 30, 1957, pp. 17 and 28 Harry C. Green Dies of Seizure Stricken by a seizure at his home, Harry Costello Green, manager and owner of Green's Ltd., head of King Street, died on Tuesday afternoon at the General Hospital. He was 68 years of age. The well-known tobacconist and merchant was born in Saint John, the son of the late Louis and Elizabeth (Hart) Green and had been a resident of the city all his life. Mr. Green was a member of the fourth generation of the first Jewish family to settle in Saint John. He had been manager of the business founded by his grandfather, Nathan Green in 1861, since the death of his father in 1922. For many years the store had been located in Saint John's uptown area. Prior to its present site at the Head of King Street, the store at different times was located on Charlotte Street, Prince William Street and in the City Market. Mr. Green had been ill at his home, 24 Horsfield Street, for the last week recovering from an attack of flu family members said. He was a member of the Congregation of Shaarei Zedek and of the Saint John lodge Bnai Brith. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Dora Corber of Saint John; two sons, Louis P., Saint John and Nathan Green, Montreal' two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Cohen and Mrs. Louis Citren, Saint John; one brother Hart Green, QC, Winnipeg, Manitoba; one sister, Mrs. I.A. Wyner, New York; seven grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held this afternoon from the vestry of the Shaarei Zedek Synagogue with service at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Green-Hart Cemetery, on the Old Westmorland Road. [There should be a couple of corrections made to this obituary - Harry was actually a member of the third generation of Greens in Saint John and the Greens actually arrived one year after the Hart family who are considered to be the founders of the community.] Gravestone reference code(s): JM 998.61.494. Memorial plaque in synagogue: Samuel Meltzer - A5.

Record Source: SJJHM Cemetery and Obituary Records

Fonds No.: SJJHM-S

File No.: 384

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

Repository: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

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