Scott Connection to Famous Christmas Song

This story is about Lawrence Scott, the son of Eliza Buttery of Grand Bay and William Scott of Fortune Bay.
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This story will probably be lost on the younger generations, but the ol' timers will find it interesting. Thomas Scott's (Fortune Bay's) grandson Lawrence Scott (my grandfather) was somewhat of a "singing preacher." He loved to sing, and my Mom often accompanied him on the piano.

Today Mom showed me a box of old sheet music, along with a folder containing correspondence between Lawrence Scott and Hugh Martin, Jr, the man who wrote Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. Hugh thought the world of my grandfather, and they were very close.

Hugh Martin, Jr. was a composer who worked with Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly, Lena Horne, Debbie Reynolds, Michael Feinstein, Jerome Robbins, and many others! The last song Bing Crosby ever sang in public was written by Hugh.

Here is some of the correspondence my Mom kept.

Here is sheet music that reads "for Elder Scott from Hugh Martin."

"For my beloved Elder Scott who is Number One on my personal Hit Parade!"...

Excerpt from a postcard

Letter Excerpt

Letter Excerpt

"...because you are such a very special person to me."

New NS Buttery Branch Discovered

It usually takes someone dying to find entire branches of people, and such is the case with a branch descending from Walter Frederick Buttery, 1888-1916.

Walter died tragically at the age of 27 from TB. He had 3 daughters who mostly lived in North Sydney, NS. His second daughter Rebecca M. Buttery (1912-1970) married Philip G. Francis (1907-1991) and until yesterday, I found no evidence they had children. WRONG! They had 7 children!

Rebecca's children are:

1. Margaret Jane Francis Ongo
2. Regis Cordella Rose
3. Walter Frederick “Buck” Francis
4. Clarence Francis
5. Arthur Francis
6. Dorothy Cross
7. Oswald “ozzy” Francis

They are not in order of age--don't know all of the birthdates yet. 

Arthur Francis died in 2011 and worked as a purser aboard Marine Atlantic vessels for most of his life, retiring from the Atlantic Freighter in 1992. He was a former member of the Canadian Navy, and a veteran of Iraqi war, "Desert Storm" serving with the Merchant Marines. He was a member of Branch #19 Royal Canadian Legion, the Cape Breton Naval Veterans and St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, North Sydney.

Cousins

Happy 2015, everyone! Hope you are well. I haven't posted in awhile because I've pretty much learned all I can learn--or at least have found everything to be found online. The other day I saw this clip on a British sketch comedy show. SO funny! This is dedicated to all of my newfound cousins! Cheers!