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Re: Moody

Thomas A. Murray (View posts)
Posted: 22 Apr 2005 5:33PM GMT
Classification: Query
What you have is the Moody family beginning in North America with Joseph and Johanna Moody. If Joseph was b. Ireland, and arrived about 1827, then he likely did so a single, young man and probably alone. I seem to recall that there was also an Alexander Moody at one time in Kings Co.; so the question is, did Joseph come alone? A John Moody b. Ireland ca. 1814 was in Sussex Parish, Kings Co., NB in 1851; married with children (including a Joseph b. ca. 1844.) John arrived 1832. A younger brother?
Also, there is the question, where in Ireland did he come from, and who were his parents? Actually, I would leave those questions and simply begin with Joseph. The next question is what was Johanna's maiden name? She was b. NB, possibly Kings Co., and possibly she is the only Moody buried in Titus Hill Cem. because she is buried with her family. This might be worth following up on. Johanna, Jr. was b. ca. 1832, so Joseph and Johanna, Sr. were m. between 1827 and 1832, probably about 1830, probably in Kings Co., or Saint John Co. The marriage registers for those counties are on microfilm at the Provincial Archives. It should be possible to determine her maiden name, and make some shrewd guesses as to her parentage.
Another step is, perhaps, determining who their children were, and what happened to them. A marriage bond for Joseph Moody, Jr, indicates he m. 1874 Jane Robinson. Birth records for their children give that she was, in fact, Hannah Jane Robertson (not the first time Robinson and Robertson have been interchanged.) The 1901 census gives her as Jane, so she went by her middle name.

So, we have:

JOSEPH MOODY b. Ireland ca. 1806, m. 1st JOHANNA _____ (b. NB ca. 1806, d. 15AUG1857 age 50 years, bur. Titus Hill Cem., Titusville, Hampton Parish, Kings Co., NB); m. 2nd LYDIA _____ (b. NB ca. 1815.)
children:
1st
5. JOSEPH MOODY b. 17JAN1841, m. 1874 HANNAH JANE ROBERTSON (b. 6FEB1851)
children:
51. ETHEL KATHLEEN MOODY b. Passekeag, Kings Co., NB 17APR1876, d. Kings Co., NB 20OCT1954
52. IRA D. S. MOODY b. ca. 1879
53. DWIGHT S. MOODY b. ca. 1880
54. GARNET W. MOODY b. 30APR1882
55. GORDON MOODY b. Passekeag, Kings Co., NB 23JAN1885
56. OSCAR W. MOODY b. 23JAN1885
57. ROY R. MOODY b. 4FEB1890
58. VERA GLADYS MOODY b. Passekeag, Kings Co., NB 5FEB1894

which may, or may not, be all of Joseph, Jr.'s children. This is on-line stuff, and relatively easy. The next step is to slog through the census returns for 1861, 1871 and 1891 on microfilm at the National Archives of Canada, available through inter-library loan; sometimes libraries already have them. Then, from the PANB, there are probate records, marriage registers, sometimes church records and headstone inscriptions, land records, etc. Check the county guide for Kings Co. at the PANB web site.
That's if that is what you want to do.
At the least, begin with your immediate family. Write down what you know, or guess (and differentiate clearly between the two), ask questions, get stories (and remember they may be incorrect), compile a genealogy, contact cousins, consult with experienced genealogists, and try every trick you can think of. Names and dates are relatively simple in most cases, it's getting the story that's hard; but eventually, one will emerge.
It may be that you are only interested in your own lineal ancestors. So, where you go from here depends on the question, what do you want to know?

Thomas

Re: Moody

Phyllis Lapointe (View posts)
Posted: 23 Apr 2005 12:41AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Donna,

I am also searching for my great great grandmother who was born Mary Moody. Mary was also born in Ireland in 1824. She was living in Upham, N.B. when she married Thomas Tait in 1844. They lived in Waterford, N.B. also in Kings County. Thomas and Mary had at least nine children. I have done much research on the Tait line but have not had alot of luck tracing the Moody line. There does not seem to be many Moody's in Kings County at that time. I have not been able to find who her parents were. Joseph Moody and Mary maybe brother and sister and they may have came into N. B. at the same time. There is eighteen years difference in the age if the given age is correct.Everything I have been able to find on Mary has been very sparce. Thomas is buried in the Cedar Camp Cemetery in Waterford. It appears that Mary is not buried with him. I have search the records in Hampton, N.B. and also
at Fredericton Archives with very little information in either place. I have been to all the cemeteries in Upham and did not find any Moody's buried there.
Phyllis

Re: Moody

Donna Dunlop (View posts)
Posted: 28 May 2005 12:01AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Phyllis, Just got back on-line and I don't have much to report except for the info that Thomas Murray has forwarded to me and being new at this Im going to start by confirming some of this info with my father in NB. Keep in touch Donna

Re: Moody

phyllis Lapointe (View posts)
Posted: 16 Jun 2005 1:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Donna,

I have some information on the Moody's if you would like to e-mail me direct I will give you what information I have. It maybe of help to you in your search. Today I found some information at the genealogy library that leads to believe that the first Moody's in New Brunswick were Loyalist.

Phyllis

Re: Moody

Posted: 20 Jun 2005 4:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Phillis, Sorry Im late in replying to your message, Ive tryed your home email address and it bounce back. I wish I knew you were going to NB as I would have gotten you to stop at my folks in Smthtown. There is a Moody Johanna buried at Titus Hill Cemetery not far from Upham. I believe she is in my line haven't found where as yet. I'll give you my home email address: donna_dunlop@rogers.com

Re: Moody

Posted: 7 Jul 2015 6:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
My name is Richard Chamberlain there were about 9 daughters and one son. My cousin has numerous letters with facts about the Moody's. As soon as I get them back I'lI'fill you in. They had a farm in Dunlop,New Brunswick ? They came over from Scotland. Elizabeth married Dosithey Chamberlain. They had 13 children. He was a farm hand and that is how they met. Margaret,. Merriam, Kitty, Jane, (she married Ebinezer Hicks), One of the Daughters married Alexander (last name), they had a son named Alexander Alexander. One sister married a White and one married a Brown. White & Brown are their last names. Merriam's daughter Elizabeth Moody married her first cousin. He isFred Chamberlain.
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