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David McGibbon Pinkney

Male 1902 - 1970  (67 years)


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  • Name David McGibbon Pinkney 
    Born 22 Dec 1902  London, Middlesex County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Oct 1970 
    Person ID I03312  All
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2009 

    Father David Thomas Pinkney,   b. 05 Jun 1871, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1925, Queen's Hotel, Stratford, Perth County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother 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 
    Family ID F9408  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living Knechtel 
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2007 
    Family ID F0725  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Dec 1902 - London, Middlesex 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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