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Roscoe Alfred Fillmore
Lumsden, New Brunswick
, Canada
DiedNovember 20, 1968(1968-11-20) (aged 81)
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Political activist, horticulturalist, author
Spouse
Margaret Munroe
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(m. 1913)​

Roscoe Alfred Fillmore (10 July 1887 – 20 November 1968) was a Canadian radical political activist,

horticulturalist, and author from New Brunswick and later Nova Scotia.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Born in the tiny farming community of Lumsden,

Albert. Like his father and many working-class people from the region, Fillmore traveled to the United States for work. While in Portland, Maine, he heard a soapbox speaker for the Socialist Party and he started his path to socialism. Upon returning home, he eventually became the "region's most active socialist agitator" for the Socialist Party of Canada in the Maritimes before World War I.[5]: 92  On November 10, 1909, he was arrested in Saint John for attempting to give a speech. He was charged with obstructing a sidewalk and ignoring police orders to move on.[6] The case attracted the attention of "Big Bill" Haywood, one of the leading figures of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) who attempted to pay for his bail, which was declined by Fillmore who wanted to fight the case in court.[7] His charges were later dropped.[8]

Fillmore's 1923 USSR entry visa

In the early 1920s, he joined the

RCMP for several years, including at the nursery he owned and funerals he attended.[9]
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He was an active writer for the Steelworker and Miner, a weekly newspaper for union workers in Nova Scotia. It was published in Sydney, Nova Scotia between 1933 and 1954 to around 30,000 subscribers.[10]: 103 

He also published four books on gardening and was nicknamed "Mr. Green Thumbs" for his abilities.[11] His papers are held by Dalhousie University in Halifax.[12] The acquisition was considered, at the time, the "single most important acquisition" in the understanding of radical politics in Nova Scotia.[13]

Personal life

In 1913, Fillmore married Margaret Munroe. He moved to the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia in 1924,[14] where he created an apple orchard.[8] Fillmore also created the gardens at the Grand-Pré National Historic Site's memorial park in 1938, while he worked as its head gardener. His grandson, Nicholas Fillmore, published a book about Fillmore titled Maritime Radical: The Life and Times of Roscoe Fillmore.[14]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-921284-49-9
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  2. JSTOR 30302728
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  3. JSTOR 30303477
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  4. ISBN 978-1-897071-49-6
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  5. JSTOR 25139925
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  6. ^ "LEADER AT HOTEL; DISCIPLE IN CELL". da.tj.news. Daily Telegraph. November 11, 1909.
  7. ^ "Street Orator Arrested". The Province. 1909-11-11. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-03-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Maclean, Andrew (18 March 2023). "The secret life of a beloved gardener, author". The Daily Gleaner. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  9. OCLC 37370003
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  10. ISSN 0700-3862
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  11. ^ "Author of books on gardening dies in N.S." The Ottawa Citizen. 1968-11-22. p. 42. Retrieved 2021-03-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Roscoe Alfred Fillmore fonds - MemoryNS". memoryns.ca.
  13. ISSN 0701-161X
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  14. ^ a b Robb, Bill (1 May 2003). "Reacquaint yourself with Roscoe Fillmore". Times & Transcript. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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