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   Henry Clinton Doane
 
 
  Name:
  
  Henry Clinton Doane
  Crew Member
  Schooner F. W. Roebling (Canadian)
   
  Date of Birth:
  December 24, 1875
  Place of Birth:
  Yarmouth NS
  Trade:
  
  Marine Engineer
  Religion:
  
  Methodist
  Date of Death: 
  December 6, 1917 (Halifax)
  Age at Death:
  41
  Cemetery:
  
  Chegoggin Cemetery, Yarmouth Co., NS
   
  Henry Clinton Doane was the son of Nehemiah (1847-1905) and Mary (Killam) 
  Doane (1849-1930) and husband of Mary Etta (Robinson) Doane (1876-1957) of 
  Yarmouth, NS. 
  Henry married Mary Robinson on July 23, 1898, at the age of 22, at Yarmouth.  
  They had one child, Leslie John Doane, born July 27, 1900. 
  The Schooner F. W. Roebling suffered severe damage during the Halifax Explosion and Henry Clinton Doane was 
  the sole fatality aboard.
  His headstone inscription reads: “In loving memory. Henry C, Doane, Killed in Halifax Explosion, December 6, 
  1917”
 
 