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Re: Hoyt as Early Settler of Maugerville

Leej84 — 2013-05-27 15:48:43Z

New Hampshire and maine south berwick.a area near amesbury home to my Hoyt realatives from veteran land grants but a arge family

Samuel Smith born Scotland lived in Londonderry NH.

bonnie_dunton — 2013-04-28 20:54:48Z

Any information on Samuel Smith would be appreciated. His son Andrew, (a Loyalist) went to Canada.

Re: looking for Charters descendants from the Charters Settlement/ New Maryland, York County, New Brunswick

justlee60 — 2013-04-28 15:23:40Z

Hi Cindy

Currently I am also searching for the Scottish connection. I have found tidbits, but nothing I can verify as of yet. I too believe they are probably the sons of John and Jean. Have you found anything since your post to me?

Lyons, Benjamin A

hayleywells — 2013-04-20 21:39:00Z

Hi everyone,
I am looking for information on Benjamin A Lyons, 1922-1990 who may have been in the Sackville area in 1941. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Re: Knox Researchers - Northfield Parish (North Forks)?

higgll — 2013-03-18 12:55:26Z

I do believe that Stephen is buried in Redbank cemetery. However, I have yet to find any concrete evidence as to who Stephens parents are. There may have been another Stephen Thompson with a wife Ann in the area. The listed children in one 1881 census raises a flag in my opinion. If you have any additional information that might prove who the parents are I would love to see it. That's the problem with that generation. Record keeping apparently wasn't that important. The list of children I have in my tree is different than those listed in my brothers research. So there are a lot of grey areas that still need to be clarified. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Knox Researchers - Northfield Parish (North Forks)?

jerryleblanc1 — 2013-03-18 08:34:15Z

Hi,

Just doing this from memory.....in the 1861 census (not sure about the 1871 census for Queens County), isn't Stephen living with his parents, John and Margaret (nee Harper) Thompson? I can't remember if Stephen's headstone in the Redbank Cemetery in Chipman is located with all the other Thompsons (probably is).

Jerry

Re: Knox Researchers - Northfield Parish (North Forks)?

higgll — 2013-03-17 13:02:04Z

Stephen and Annie Thompson are my Great Grandparents on my fathers side. Their daughter Mary Olive is my fathers mother. I too have struggled to find relevant information. What information I have found can be found in my ancestry.ca tree "lmhiggins". Of particular interest to me is to find the parents of Stephen Thompson (born in Coal Creek in 1850). Sorry I can't be more helpful.

Sincerely,
LM Higgins

Humphrey(s) David & Adelaide Stewart Fiddler

mark_saaltink — 2013-03-06 00:34:26Z

I am looking for information on the parents, and date of death, of David Humphrey(s), b. PEI about 1843. Moved to Sunbury Co., NB after the 1861 census. Married a widow, Adelaide Stewart Fiddler (also from PEI) in 1869. They had three daughters.
According to some notes left by my mother, David and (his sister?) Janet Humphrey Fiddler were buried in Redbank cemetery, but I wasn't able to find them in the cemetery index on the NB Archives website.
Jane

Re: Descendants of Levi Parsons- MacFawn

vaneric56 — 2013-03-05 16:23:10Z

I am looking for relatives of James MacFawn, born 1848, listed in the 1881 New Brunswick Census. I see a McFan names earlier in 1851, but haven't connected.

Sheila Parsons at cavemen@hiwaay.net

Mary Powers 1846

preekstin — 2013-03-04 03:27:47Z

Searching for information on Mary Powers, born 1846 in Burton. Her second husband was William Bryson of Ireland (married 28 Jul 1875). She was previously married and had at least one child (Annie May Powers?) prior to marriage with William. Annie May was born in May of 1874 in Burton. Mary Powers was most likely the daughter of Irish immigrants.

Re: Benjamin Bailey/Susannah Wanty

LindaCCain — 2013-02-11 01:30:14Z

I saw a document online that listed a town in New York, but I haven't been able to re-locate it. It might have been part of the DeWitt tree.
Has anyone else seen it?

Re: Maria Nason or Minnie Nason

dzijab2 — 2013-02-09 22:21:57Z

Martha Ann Nason - b 30 Sep 1831 in (probably Sunbury County) NB, d 15 May 1911 and is buried in the Grass Cemetery, Waasis, Sunbury, NB. (It's a cemetery that's gone 'underground' in the past 20 + years.) Her parents were Samuel Nason and Betsy Grass (my line).

She married on 22 Dec 1849 in Sunbury Co, NB George Walter MacFarlane Sr. b 22 Nov 1829 in NB, d 10 Aug 1912 in Saint John, Saint John Co., NB and is also buried in Waasis, NB. They had at least 10 children.

She also married a man with the surname Hayter.

Re: Maria Nason or Minnie Nason

thomasamurray1 — 2013-02-08 05:59:35Z

GEORGE MacFARLANE (McFARLAND) b. 22NOV1829 (22NOV1825 on headstone?, ca. 1829?), d. 10AUG1912, buried Waasis Cemetery, Lincoln Parish, Sunbury Co., NB), m. 1st Lincoln Parish, Sunbury Co., NB 22DEC1849 MARTHA MARIA NASON (b. 14FEB1831 (ca. 1832), d. 29JUN1906 (15MAY1911?), buried Waasis Cemetery, Lincoln Parish, Sunbury Co., NB), d/o Samuel Nason.
In the 1851 census of Lincoln Parish, Sunbury Co., NB George (22) and Maria (19) McFarland had a daughter, Sarah (1), and lived next to Sam. (39) and Sarah (39) Nason. An announcement states that Maria Nason was the eldest daughter of Samuel Nason. At:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...
It is stated that Maria Nason b. 26MAY1834 was the d/o Samuel (b. 29DEC1812) and Sarah Ann (b. 14OCT1811) (Grass) Nason.
That Martha M. (buried with George) is Martha Maria is evidenced by her name transcribed as Martha M. on her headstone b. 14FEB1851 (or so it has been transcribed) The 1901 census gives George's wife as Maria b. 31SEP1831 so they are the same person with the transcription of their headstone being in error.
I suspect that the birth-date for Maria of 26MAY1834 was actually a baptism. Other than the 1901 census or a family Bible I cannot see how else such a precise date could be arrived at. That Warren Samuel Nason was b. the same date in the compilation and is also given as b. 26MAY1834 in 1901 also suggests that his birth-date was inadvertently applied to Maria. In 1851 Maria was b. ca. 1832. In 1871 'Mariah' was b. ca. 1832. In 1891 'Meriah' was b. ca. 1831. It would seem that she was born before 1834 and that she was also the Martha Ann b. ca. 1831 especially as, when married, she was the eldest daughter.
Also, although her headstone is said to have her d. 15MAY1911 a death record states that Mrs. Mary M. McFarlane of Waasis d. in Fredericton 29JUN1906. Their apparent absence in the 1911 census also suggests this was the correct date-of-death.
Judging from notes at:
http://www.nbgs.ca/firstfamilies/FAMILY-N-2006.pdf
The only Samuel Nason who might have been her father was the same living next door in 1851.

Thomas.

Re: Maria Nason or Minnie Nason

macnason — 2013-02-07 19:37:01Z

Maria and George MacFarlane were my great great grandparents. They are buried at Waasis in the family cemetery. If you would like details of their family please let me know by emailing me at macnason@gmail.com. Best wishes, Mac

Re: Knox Researchers - Northfield Parish (North Forks)?

johnhenryknox — 2013-01-31 18:50:28Z

I am a decendent of Charles and Eleanor Allen Knox. I know that Charles father was John Knox and is burried in Gagetown but who was John's father? I have seen material that he came to NS from Boxfield, Mass. but I am not able to verify this or who his father was. Any information would be appreciated.

John Knox

List of Ships Built at Oromocto

EarlWard47 — 2013-01-08 14:55:44Z

There used to be a Certificate in a glass frame hanging in the lobbby of the "old" Oromocto town hall on Macdonald Avenue ( It was also in the earlier Oromocto website, but now gone). I have tried to attached a portion of it here.

I was in Oromocto back in the fall past, and it appears that when the "new" town hall was opened, it disappeared, and I am assuming that someone with an interest in the history of Oromocto could possibley have taken it home for personal use.
Is there anyone out there that is aware of it.

Re: ALEXANDER JOHNSON,BORN 1829,in BURTON,SUNBURY CENSUS 1871

JeanneKline51 — 2013-01-08 01:22:37Z

In the Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Marriages, Vol. 1, book C0917, his name is listed as Johnston. The following is a transcript from the volume:

JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER, Burton, to JOHNSTON, Mary Jane, Maugerville, on 26, Jul 1853, by, AVG Wiggins (no denomination or church affiliation noted). Witnesses were: Andrew McCarthy / Robert Johnston.

In the 1851 Sunbury County Census, Burton Parrish it shows:

JOHNSTONE:
Andrew, husb, 51, Irish, Farmer:Prop, born 1800, entered colony 1820
Margaret, wife, 44, Irish, born 1807, entered colony 1826
Alexander, son, 23, Laborer, born 1828 entered colony birth
Eliza Jan, Dau 20, born, 1831
Robert James, son, 18, born 1833
George, son, 16, born 1835
William, son, 14, born 1837
Andrew, son, 12, born 1839
Frances, dau, 10, born 1841

Maugerville Parrish shows:

JOHNSTON, James, husb, 50, Irish, Farmer: Prop, born 1801, entered colony 1829
Jane, wife, 42, Irish, born 1809, entered colony 1819
Mary J, dau, born 1829, entered colony birth
James E, son, 20 born 1831
Margaret, dau, 18, born 1833
Isabella, dau, 15, born 1836
Andrew, son, 13, born 1838
Rebecca, dau, 10, born 1841
Eliza A, dau, 8, born 1843
George W, son, 5, born 1846
[---essa], dau, 2, born 1840

Re: Catherine Minetta Beatty (nee Thompson) - d. 1972

jerryleblanc_1 — 2012-11-26 16:14:07Z

Hi Kristen,

Thank you - that would be very much appreciated.

Regards,
Jerry

Re: Catherine Minetta Beatty (nee Thompson) - d. 1972

KristenTonksGill — 2012-11-26 16:09:15Z

Hi,

She passed away at the nursing home in Harvey, Swan's I believe is the name. I can try to find an exact date of her death for you. She was my great-grandmother, I unfortunately didn't get to meet her.

ALEXANDER JOHNSON,BORN 1829,in BURTON,SUNBURY CENSUS 1871

sheilacoulton1 — 2012-11-10 16:12:51Z

hi i am looking for info on alexander johnson, born 1829,he is in the 1871 census of burton,sunbury co.newbrunswick,canada,with him is his wife mary jane,would like to find info on this couple and their children.thank you sheila

Re: Searching for William Johnson and Evangeline/Angeline Allen

sheilacoulton1 — 2012-11-10 11:52:35Z

hi,haven,t found much for contacts,marriages are not available after 1961,but i did find a lot on elizabeth[carr] moore,s children with hugh,i can send you what i have found so far.i am unable to contact you through ancestry,my email address is sheila.coulton@bellaliant.net

Re: Searching for William Johnson and Evangeline/Angeline Allen

bvanstrom — 2012-11-07 01:23:33Z

Thank you for your research, Sheila! Yes, please feel free to email me directly with the contact information.

Re: Searching for William Johnson and Evangeline/Angeline Allen

sheilacoulton1 — 2012-11-06 20:47:04Z

hi, i was wondering if i can find any descendants here in newbrunswick,are you interested in contacting them, i did find elizabeth jane carr,married hugh moore,found marriaged for their children,i am going through my phone book looking for contacts,let me know. sheila

Re: Searching for William Johnson and Evangeline/Angeline Allen

sheilacoulton1 — 2012-11-06 14:52:58Z

hi, i found a birth in mass. u.s.a. for a son of ida m. allen and arthur j. damon, the son,s name was ralph damon born 1903 in mass. sheila

Searching for William Johnson and Evangeline/Angeline Allen

bvanstrom — 2012-11-06 02:40:18Z

Hello! Hoping to find some assistance with William Johnson (b. 1856 - d. 1931 and Evangeline/Angeline Allen (b. 1862 - d. 1896). They are my 2x great grandparents, but I'm having difficulty finding information about William's family entirely, and about Evangeline's family before they came to New Brunswick. Both families are from Ireland.

I received some wonderful help regarding Evangeline's family through this board a while back, so here is some information on her, for reference:

-- Her parents where John Palmer Allen and Mary Ann Carrigan (who later married John Carr). John's parents where John Allen and Ellen Sawyer. I see there are a few Allens in the area, but not sure how they are all related.

Here's what I have on William and would appreciate any help finding really anything on him other than what's listed below (and willing to share whatever I have, too):

-- William Johnson b. 14 Jun 1856 in New Brunswick, d. 28 Jul 1931 in Aitkin, Minnesota. Parents unknown but were of Irish descent.
-- In the 1881 Census, William was living with a Blair family, listed immediately before the Allens on the census form. He was a lumberman.
-- He married Angeline/Evangeline Allen in Oct 1881, and they were listed as being from Lincoln, Sunbury New Brunswick. Their witnesses were Evangeline's sister, Ida/Adah, and her (apparent) stepbrother Bedford Carr.
-- By 1885-1890 William and Evangeline were living in Minnesota, but may have also been in Maine for a time.
-- While in Minnesota, they had three children, and Evangeline (aka Lena) died in 1896 shortly after the birth of their third son.
-- After she died William married a woman named Nellie Brown, while living in Morrison County, Minnesota, but they did not remain married for very long.

Thanks in advance for any information you can share!

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

bqkirk1 — 2012-08-11 20:05:37Z

If you have any other questions reL Joseph, email me direct. Beverly

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

bqkirk1 — 2012-08-11 20:00:43Z

I have never found one, but I'm always looking.

Gallagher family, Minto, New Brunswick, Canada

GailDarby91 — 2012-08-06 14:27:43Z

I am looking for information on Francis James Gallagher (William Patrick Gallagher and Frances Josephine Monohan). He was born in 1926 and died in 1974 (possibly in Montreal).

He married Mary Stella Cogger (Patrick Cogger and Alice Mahoney) on June 18, 1952 at the Sacred Heart Church in Norton. He is listed as a policeman, living in Minto on the official notice of marriage. He is buried in the Sacred Heart cemetery in Norton, although I could not find a stone. It is possible that he is in the same plot as other family as I found some writing (hard to decipher) on the side of another stone.

The Gallagher family operated a store in Minto in the 1940s, after moving from Norton NB.

Any information would be appreciated.

Gail Darby
Ihjm05@hotmail.com

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

dafrancis72 — 2012-07-22 20:18:20Z

I do have a copy of the book but it does not mention Sherman Taplet b 1811 or 1812 who married Hadassah Ester Kinney. He relocated to Blaine Maine with son John and daughter Ann about 1840. It is his father I am looking for.

Deb Tapley

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

thomasamurray1 — 2012-07-22 04:46:50Z

it seems that I have Joseph Tapley who m. Eliza Campbell as a s/o Nathaniel Tapley if only because it seems that it was mostly Nathaniel's family who went to Upper Canada. That is the difficulty with earlier generations of the family, you have to make assumptions of that nature. It was years before I could distinguish between the Loyalist and pre-Loyalist branches. It is still difficult at times.

I did duplicate Joseph as a s/o Samuel, and I agree that was likely an error because he did go to Upper Canada. I had included him as he was, at least briefly, noted in Carleton Co. petitioning for and being granted land in 1826-8. yet he seem certainly in Norfolk Co., Canada West by 1851-2; later in Oxford Co.

I admit that making Sherman Tapley to be Samuel's son is an assumption, but at least at this time a fairly decent one. Is there any indication that Samuel left a will?

Thomas

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

FoxyCats — 2012-07-22 00:17:09Z

Cool, I always wondered where Joseph came from, he was always a wild card for me.

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

bqkirk1 — 2012-07-21 22:18:43Z

No, I never heard again from Janet Goode. Sorry.

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

KenDempsey50 — 2012-07-21 22:16:06Z

No, I never heard again from Janet Goode. Sorry.

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

KenDempsey50 — 2012-07-21 22:13:51Z

I have always assumed that Sherman was the s/o Samuel & Sarah Hubble Tapley, but I have never found any documented evidence. I have searched the Maine Archives twice for a death certificate for Sherman--nothing.

I do not have a son named Joseph of Samuel & Sarah Hubble Tapley. Or could you be referring to Joseph Tapley 1805-1880 who married Eliza Campbell? I have this Joseph as the s/o Nathaniel and Margaret Godsall Tapley?

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

thomasamurray1 — 2012-07-11 23:28:48Z

I was under the impression that it was accepted that Sherman Tapley (ca. 1812-3-15MAY1900) was the s/o Samuel and Sarah (Hubble) Tapley. Does not his death record name his parents? At least I make the assumption as Sarah was buried in Wicklow Parish, Carleton Co., NB and in 1835 Sherman was granted 300 acres in Wicklow Parish. Thus, while other members of the family moved to York Co. or to Upper Canada, it seems that it was Samuel and Sarah's family who first went to Carleton Co.

Samuel's brother, Joseph, also went to Carleton Co., but apparently to Woodstock Parish. I believe he was later in Norfolk Co., in what is now Ontario. However there other brother, Henry, seems also to have spent time in Wicklow Parish before going to Bridgewater, Aroostook co., Maine. Samuel, Jr. was also in Wicklow Parish in 1851, later also going to Maine. Yet another brother, James A. Tapley, was in Wicklow Parish.

I assume the Wicklow Parish members of the family, as they were contemporaries, were siblings and since Samuel and Sarah seem to have been the earliest members of the family in that area, I also assume they were the parents of those siblings. Probably the death records of those who went to Maine may be the best source of information or perhaps naturalization records?

Thomas

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

FoxyCats — 2012-07-11 12:39:23Z

Hi Bev, did you ever get a reply from Janet Goode?
I see no more inquiries/postings. Hey Janet, if you are still out there, I am a descendent!
By the way, does no one but me have the Harriet S. Tapley book. Seriously.
Hey, it is online on ancestry.com or you can buy it from a reprint book store, but the pictures are awful, it being a copy of the original print.

Re: Amanda Cameron

marcia29 — 2012-07-04 16:58:07Z

I too am trying to find out more on Amanda Cameron, living with uncle Treadwell in 1851 census.
I was hoping Henry Treadwell's wife was a sister to a William Cameron.
Marcia

Re: Wm. H. Mowat

thomasamurray1 — 2012-06-11 23:28:19Z

Wm. H. Mowat, in 1901, was b. 27JUN1839. A son was Wilfred (3SEP1873.) A birth record for Wilford Wood Mowat b. North Forks, Sunbury Co., NB 3SEP1873 makes him the son of William Henry and Phoebe Olive (Knox) Mowat. Apparently she went by her middle name as, in Sunbury Co., in 1891, William's wife, Olive, was b. ca. 1856. In 1881, Olive 'Mowatt' was also b. ca. 1856. In Northfield Parish in 1871 she is Olive Knox b. ca. 1856, d/o Charles (ca. 1800) and 'Ellenor' (ca. 1818) Knox. According to the IGI this is Charles Hill Knox (s/o John and Mary (Salter) Knox) and Eleanor Allen.

thomas

Re: Wm. H. Mowat

jrmowat42 — 2012-06-11 21:16:21Z

I know 3 decedents of mine named Wm.H. Mowat.
They are; (1) William Henry Mowat b 1800;wife Catherine McIntosh b1804, from Scotland,buried Chipman area.
(2) William Henry Mowat b 1839:wife Pheboe Olive b1856,daughter of Charlie Knox b1800 buried Chipman/Northfield area.
(3) William Henry Mowat b1864 ;wife Anne Jane (Owens)Knox b1862 daughter of Charles Knox born 1824.

All lived in Northfield,Sunbury Co.N.B,Ca.

John Mowat

Re: Maria Nason or Minnie Nason

1100abcxyz — 2012-06-02 21:59:48Z

Totally way out there information: There are many Nasons in northern Massachusetts, USA, specifically in Georgetown, Haverhill, Groveland.

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

bqkirk1 — 2012-05-26 23:18:10Z

I don't believe I ever did, or if I did, she didn't know who Sherman's parents were.

Re: TAPLEY: Samuel

dafrancis72 — 2012-05-22 21:20:48Z

Did you ever hear from Janet Goode? My ggggrandfather is Sherman Tapley M Esther Kinney in 1838. I am trying to figure out who Sherman's parents were.

Debbie Tapley

Re: Knox Researchers - Northfield Parish (North Forks)?

jerryleblanc1 — 2012-03-09 11:50:41Z

Listed below are the earliest connections I have between the Knox and Thompson line. Just wondering if there is anyone who has researched the descendants of any of these lines?

James and Emily Knox (parents):
- Daugther - Martha Jane Knox, married John Albert Thompson
- Daughter - Mehetable Knox, married Jeremiah Thompson
- Son - Samuel Leonard Knox, married Clementine Thompson

Charles Knox and Eleanor Allen (parents):
- Daughter - Sophia Ann Knox, married Stephen Thompson

Regards,
Jerry

Re: Researching my roots

kathrynnourse88 — 2012-03-07 04:35:46Z

Thank you Thomas for your informative post - I had forgotten that the two families had a common ancestor. and I agree that the picture that Earl posted does look earlier than he suggested - closer to 1850-1880 range.

Re: Researching my roots

thomasamurray1 — 2012-03-07 01:32:07Z

Thanks, Earl. This third picture, I would guess, is the same couple as the second. At least five years after (judging by the beard) but likely about 10 years later. Note that the dress style has not altered significantly.

About Sarah Elizabeth Trecartin, Alma Ring's mother. I keep running into the family of the Loyalist, Martin Trecartin, and suspect Sarah to be a member of that family in spite of contradictions. I am vaguely connected (in a distant by-marriage, sort of way) to the Ring's but not as such to the Trecartin's. Martin was a neighbour to some of my ancestors and, as I say, his family keeps popping up now and then, as in this apparent connection to the Tapley's.

Sarah I would guess to be a daughter of John (ca. 1815-15APR1881) and Elizabeth (ca. 1808-20FEB1892) Trecartin who seem to be the progenitors of a branch of the family in Carleton Parish (Saint John West), Saint John Co., NB. Another whom I believe to be the son of John and Elizabeth is John Edward Trecartin (8MAR1850-4JUL1921) whose death certificate gives him as a s/o John and _____ (Drake) Trecartin. This is one of those contradictions as the senior John I believe to be a s/o:

WILLIAM TRECARTIN b. ca. 1789, d. at the residence of his son, Carleton Parish, Saint John Co., NB 21MAY1860 age 71 years, m. SARAH DRAKE.

with William a son of the Loyalist Martin Trecartin. I am pretty much guessing and I find on-line genealogies referencing the Trecartin's at best unreliable and conflicting. The loss of so much of the 1851 census of Saint John County poses a wide series of problems.

Thomas

Re: Researching my roots

EarlWard47 — 2012-03-06 22:38:42Z

Not at all....I can attach the rest if you like....I think there are 6 more of the same period, most likley taken the same day!
They are in the back of an 19th century bible which was produced with photo album sleeves in the back with only these photos.
The written information only pertains to the Ward family, with Daniel Tapley's death, and Alma's parents John, and Sarah Ring's death information being the first entries, with that one picture only having Tapley on the back which leads me to think Tapley family, although I guess could be Alama's Ring family.
There was another interesting, original document, in the bible with birth, marriage, and death information going back to 1799 of William Chandler Brown, and his wife Elizabeth Kimball. It is a great read, and you can piece together a story of pieces of their life. It would have got into the Ward bible with their daughter, Lydia Savage Brown, marrying my ggrandfather William in 1860.
I am attaching pictures of him and her on their wedding day in 1860.oops appears that I can't attach the way they are saved now.
Here is another of the Tapley ones

Re: Researching my roots

thomasamurray1 — 2012-03-06 21:44:42Z

It is perhaps a reminder to us all to properly label photos for the future. Again, the one you have posted here appears mid-Victorian; about the time of or after the American Civil War or about 1850-1890. The gentleman appears to be about age 35-40 (b. ca. 1815-1855) and the lady about 25-30 (b. ca. 1825-1860.) Note there are no creases in the gentleman's trousers suggesting the period when creases were indicative of store-bought trousers that had been kept on a shelf rather than the more affluential bespoke tailoring.

There is to me such a similarity of features between the previous photo and the lady in this second photo that I cannot help but wonder if the are the same. If, as you suggest, we confine ourselves to the family of Capt. Daniel Fletcher Tapley, then this would suggest his wife, Eleanor Ann Brown, at ages of 18-20 and of about 30; or ca. 1856 and ca. 1866-70. Capt. Daniel would have been about age 40 in 1871. So these appear to be photos of that generation, rather than the next. If we went to the next generation of their family, then the earliest to be photographed (about 1898) would have been Daniel and Eleanor's surviving, eldest son, Fenwick, who would have been about 40-years old. I may be wrong in dating the lady's dress, but I cannot help but feel that it predates 1898.

Would you mind if I 'borrowed' these photos for my Tapley file?

Thomas

Re: Researching my roots

EarlWard47 — 2012-03-06 11:56:59Z

I have attached another of the pictures, for no particular reason except I truly wish I knew who they were, and if Tapley's, get them into the right hands.
I would love to prove them to be Ward's, but comfortable they are not.

Re: Looking for information on John and Mary Allen of Lincoln Parish

bvanstrom — 2012-03-06 05:13:10Z

Thank you!!! This information helped clear up so much for me. If there's anything related to this family you have questions about, please let me know.

Re: Researching my roots

thomasamurray1 — 2012-03-06 03:55:58Z

They were related, but distantly. Daniel Fletcher Tapley was of the family of James Robert Tapley, a Loyalist from Maine who went to Ireland after 1783, married, and came with a family to New Brunswick. Interestingly, he arrived in Sunbury Co., Nb just as your Tapley family (his not too distant cousins and pre-Loyalists) were moving into York Co. It can be very confusing.

James' grandfather, John Tapley, Jr., appears to have headed the initial incursion of the family into Maine. John, Jr. was the brother of Samuel Tapley, whose son, Samuel, Jr., was the father of Alexander Tapley. James Robert Tapley and Alexander Tapley appear, then, to have been second cousins.

Thomas