Weymouth is a rural village located in Digby County, Nova Scotia on the Sissiboo River near its terminus on Baie Ste. Marie. Current-day Weymouth was once called Weymouth Bridge (changed 1 December 1907), and Weymouth North was called Weymouth. Weymouth is supposed to have been named in honour of the previous settlement of the Strickland family from Weymouth, Massachusetts.
- from "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada (1908)" - WEYMOUTH, a post village in Digby County, N.S., on the Sissiboo River and on the Dominion Atlantic Railway, 24 miles from Digby. It contains 5 churches (2 Episcopal, 1 Methodist, 1 Baptist and 1 Roman Catholic), 8 stores, 3 hotels, 1 grist, 1 pulp and 2 saw mills, 1 furniture and 2 carriage factories, 1 branch bank (Royal), 2 printing offices Issuing weekly newspapers, telegraph and express offices. The population in 1901, was 658.
- from "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada (1908)" - WEYMOUTH BRIDGE, a post village in Digby County, N.S., on the Sissiboo River, on the Dominion Atlantic Railway. Western Counties branch, 21 miles from Digby. It contains 3 churches (Episcopal, Methodist and Roman Catholic). 10 stores, 3 hotels, 1 saw mill. 1 private bank, telegraph and express offices, Population of district in 1901, was 1,334.
- sent from / WEYMOUTH • BRIDGE / NO 8 / 82 / N.S. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer was proofed - 20 December 1880.
Canada Post Card have been cancelled with a fancy cork cancel - Lacelle No. 481, an "H" (initial H stands for the postmaster E.J. Hoyt) from Weymouth Bridge, Nova Scotia. Lacelle states in his book that the period of use for No. 481 (the normal H) was April 1882 to July 1888.
This Canada Post Card was addressed to: Mr. S. C. Northrup Esq / Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Stephen C. Northrup, of Yarmouth, merchant tailor;
Stephen Crawford Northrup, (b. 9 March 1848 in Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick - d. 26 December 1928 in Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA) - Burial - Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery, Kingston, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada.
His wife - Janet Eliza Cowan (b. 1853 in Digby, Nova Scotia - d.) - Marriage: 21 October 1874 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Around 1883 (Stephen) / 1886 (Janet) they immigrated to Boston, Mass. - his occupation in Boston was a custom clothing cutter.
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Message on the back of this Canada Post Card reads: I am going town tomorrow by train - be at your shop.
The sender of this Canada Post Card was Joseph Muise (b. 1854)
