Jerome Arnold DeMerchant - Feb 8., 1935 to March 31, 2001
This is a picture of my father in front of my Grandfathers sporting camps Tobique Narrows, NB. Circa 1938
It was several winters after this photo was takin my father was in a horrible accident. A little friend and Dad were sliding down a hill next to my Grandparents house. In the early 1940's there was very little traffic on the road at Tobique Narrows but unfortunately when the boys crossed the road a car struck the kids. When the driver of the car checked the condition of the children little Johnny Wallace was dead, he was approxiamtely 8 years old. My father was in a comma for 3 days and his parents were unsure on many occasions during this time if he would live.
This is also to the memory of Johnny Wallace who may be all but forgotten. John Wallace who died
February 10, 1943. May he play in the Garden of Heavan forever.
Norman Lawrence DeMerchant & Jerome Arnold DeMerchant
This is my Uncle Norman (Died 1970 in a car Accident) and Dad holding a Atlantic Salmon near thier home in Tobique Narrows NB.
Grad 53
Dad Graduated from Andover High School in 1953 and proceeded to the Nova Scotia Land Survey Institute the following year.
McCormack Dam Baie Comeau Quebec
Dad is the guy at the survey transit. I do not know the names of the other gentlemen.
Father and Daughter
This is a photo of Dad and my sister Helen in the front yard of our house in Nackawic NB. This is a very early photo of Nackawic, probably 1969.
Mom & Dad - New Years Eve 85-86
It's funny what people see when they stare at a photo. In this picture my father and mother are enjoying themselves at a next door neighbours new years eve party. The festivities were held in a heated garage no more than 20 feet from my bedroom, where I laid asleep. I can see through the walls behind my father and mother, to a little 14 year old boy who had it all. If only you could go back in time and tell yourself how lucky you were and cherish every second you have.
Photo Courtesy Art & Bev Jacobson.
Grampie and Granddaughter
This is a picture of Dad and Helen's daughter, Brianna May McQuillan in the summer of 1998. The photo is at my Fathers boyhood home in Tobique Narrows where he spent the final years of his life.