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David Thomas Pinkney

Male 1871 - 1925  (54 years)


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  • Name David Thomas Pinkney 
    Born 05 Jun 1871  Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Aug 1925  Queen's Hotel, Stratford, Perth County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I30829  All
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2009 

    Father William Pinkney,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Annie Weir,   b. York County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9409  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jane McGibbon,   b. 13 Sep 1865, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 26 Sep 1901  Delaware Township, Middlesex County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. David McGibbon Pinkney,   b. 22 Dec 1902, London, Middlesex County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1970  (Age 67 years)
     2. Margaret Ann Pinkney,   b. 26 Jun 1906, Seaforth, Huron County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2009 
    Family ID F9408  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 05 Jun 1871 - Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Aug 1925 - Queen's Hotel, Stratford, Perth County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    All the Town's a Stage
    All the Town's a Stage
    Excerpt from the attached newspaper article:

    Christopher Plummer, one of the festival stars, was so attached to the Queens during his first summer at Stratford he refused to vacate his quarters for a furnished house provided by the festival.

    Muriel and David Pinkney, owners of the hotel founded by Pinkney's father, had a standing rule for the festival cast. They could book rooms until opening night and then they were expected to find accommodation elsewhere. Rooms were booked solid by tourists for the entire season. The Pinkneys compromised in Plummer's case. "Provided there was a daily cancellation he could remain." The actor squeaked through on this arrangement until an August weekend. Everyone who had a reservation showed up. Before the last guests arrived, the Pinkneys decided on a course of action. They removed all their personal belongings from their suite, explained the situation to the late arrivals, offered them their well-appointed apartment instead of the reserved room and withdrew to the furnished house Plummer refused to occupy.

    "There wasn't anything else to do," recalls Mrs. Pinkney, who recently sold the hotel after the death of her husband and now regrets the move.

    "I lived in that hotel for the entire 27 years of my marriage. I arrived as a bride and left as a widow. I thought I would like a home of my own but now I miss all the excitement of incoming guests so much. It's so quiet - of course I can attend all the opening nights now which I could never do before."




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