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Hatfield - Mary Catherine b. abt 1840 Digby area

Re: Hatfield - Mary Catherine b. abt 1840 Digby area

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 2:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Hatfield
Bit more info you may or may not have:


HATFIELD, Joseph MT 61m 65w - African, farmer; RC
Jane 56m - - Irish
Stephen 22 -
William 20 *
Elizabeth 18 -
Jain 14 -

So, Joseph b. @1810-1816, widowed by 1881. Not sure what to make of the comments after he and Jane.
Jane b. @1815, Stephen, @1849, William, @1851, "Elizabeth" @1853, and "Jain" @1857.
MT stands for Marshalltown at head of St. Mary's Bay.

Stephen was b. 1848, Brighton, Digby Co, NS, d. Macaan/Maccan, Cumberland Co NS, on 21-Oct-1913, married Abigail Kenwood (Henwood) on 11-Jul-1874 at Parrsboro, Cumberland Co, NS., had Jennie (1876), Ira (1880), Burton (1884), and Minnie (1887). "Abby" was 16 when they married, probably born in Parrsboro to parents Charles and Ann. When he died in 1913, he was listed as either 84 or 54 (the latter would be correct, obviously), he died in Macaan, a pauper, married, born in Digby Co, NS, died of stroke with secondary listed as heart disease. He was CoE at time of his passing.

HATFIELD, William P - 30m 41m seaman
Emily - 38m 51m
James - 14 - step son
Charles - 11 21 "
Archie - 4 14
Michel - 2 10
Samuel - - 8
Edna - - 6

So, it would SEEM, William married an Emily, who had been previously married, and had a son, James UNK, who MAY have been adopted by William? Perhaps the later-born children are both of theirs? Archie married an Annie. listed as 31 on 17-Oct-1910 when he died at Weymouth, Digby Co, but listed as born in Port Gilbert, NS.
At Weymouth, Digby Co, NS, Archibald Hatfield, aged 30, bachelor, laborer, married Annie Maria Stoddard, 25, widowed, both residing Weymouth Mills, he was born per marriage record in Doucetteville, s/o Wm. and Emily, father was a carpenter. Annie b. St. John NFLD, d/o James and Sarah. Her father also listed as a carpenter. William and Annie had a son, Samuel Whitney Hatfield, b. 22-Jun-1909 at Weymouth Mills, Digby Co, NS, listed as coloured.

Must be the older Samuel, shown above as b. @1883, who at 39 in 1926 (would put birth closer to 1887), but listed birth as Doucetteville, Digby Co, NS, his father as William Charles Hatfield, and his mother as Emeline Melancon.
So, surely the parents fit, and it seems so does Doucetteville. In any case, on 30-Nov-1926, at Yarmouth, NS, he married Mary Frances Muise, 23, spinster, b. Eelbrook, Yarmouth Co, NS, d/o John Muise and Sarah Baker.

Re: Hatfield - Mary Catherine b. abt 1840 Digby area

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 2:25PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Sandy,

I added a bit more info. Actually, when it comes to the Digby Board, the original was under my ownership, so it's a sense of "parenting" in some strange way. When the Digby GenWeb started up in 1996 or 1997, I was the original host, and it's only had two others, since. Just got to be more than I could handle, and they eventually moved to Rootsweb, which had that happened on my "shift" I might have stayed on as the webmaster. Now, I have my own files to manage, and haven't updated the online database since 2007. Since then, it's more than doubled, with MANY Digby family histories tied into mine.

So, now you know why I've always tried to be helpful to those with Digby connections, for the past 17+ years. :-)

Cheers,

Jared/Jed

Re: Hatfield - Mary Catherine b. abt 1840 Digby area

Posted: 1 Sep 2014 1:18AM GMT
Classification: Query
Jared, THANKS!! You are terrific, and no, Sandy, my free trial expired and I can't see anything. lol I have to wait until a free payday to re-up. I will be sure to check it when I can. I have to admit, I'm getting excited. I've been trying to get information on this line for quite a while, and just discovered WHY this year.

Re: Hatfield - Mary Catherine b. abt 1840 Digby area

Posted: 3 Sep 2014 9:30PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Hatfield
Jared:

Just going over these recent posts. What is the source of this list (census?)?

HATFIELD, Joseph MT 61m 65w, etc.

Thanks,
-Sandy

Re: Hatfield - Mary Catherine b. abt 1840 Digby area

Posted: 4 Sep 2014 9:58AM GMT
Classification: Query
Digby County Census records (in this case for Marshalltown), as posted on the Digby County GenWeb. The extraction you see is for 1871 and 1881 Canadian Census years. Apparently, Joseph was on his own in 1881, per that record.

Jared

Re: Hatfield - Mary Catherine b. abt 1840 Digby area

Posted: 5 Sep 2014 9:18PM GMT
Classification: Query
Sandy, I just reinstated my account. Do you have a link to your tree?

Here is the odd info I recently found:
My father Robert Henry Nichols, son of Joseph William Nichols, for whom I can find very little info. He is in the censuses as Cruddas, although his mother Florence May Nichols did not marry Harry Cruddas until Joseph was 7. THAT was the first shock. I found her parents Robert Nichols and Eliza Jane Hatfield on her marriage certificate to Harry, which also lists her birthplace as Nova Scotia, though on the censuses she has New York with a mother from Michigan! *which I sincerely doubt* Also, I once spoke to Joseph's half sister who said she thought they were from Nova Scotia.
Just found Joseph Nichols Cruddas in the Ipswich, MA birth index. Daddy always said his father was from Peabody or Ipswich.

Biggest problem is, since Joseph died in WW2, and Daddy was his only child, I have no one alive I know of I can ask any of these questions. My parents died when I was a teen, so no help there either and Dad's mother is also deceased.

I do find a Florence May Nichols in Nova Scotia, but the age is wrong (not the real problem) and the family is wrong. I find no Robert Nichols in the censuses there after his marriage to Eliza Jane in 1875. The two Joseph Hatfields with wife Jane has me going in circles. I am pretty darn sure the "Jain" who was 14 in 1871 is my ancestor though. Thanks again, Jared for your insight.

Now, all I need is to find SOME record of Florence's birth to Robert and Eliza Jane "Jain" Hatfield. I'm sure there is a connection to Mary Catherine as Florence also died in Ipswich and apparently, her son (Illegitimate?) was born there.

Re: Hatfield - Mary Catherine b. abt 1840 Digby area

Posted: 5 Sep 2014 9:35PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Hatfield, Nichols
Dear Linda,

You do have an interesting puzzle on your hands. I think it's quite interesting your father was Robert Henry. The Robert Nichols that married Elizabeth (Eliza Jane), his father was Henry.

My tree is http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/65389189/family.

Do you also live in New England. I'm from Beverly, MA & my mother was born in Gloucester.

Re: Hatfield - Mary Catherine b. abt 1840 Digby area

Posted: 6 Sep 2014 4:25AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 6 Sep 2014 4:26AM GMT
Hi Sandy,

No, my father met a lovely singer in New York and when they married, he followed her back to her hometown, Houston, Tx. The family did stay up in that area though, and my dad was raised in Salem. There are Collins (paternal grandmother), Cruddas, and possibly Nichols relatives still there, but I haven't seen any of them since I was 7. I currently live in South Carolina.

It is looking like my Joseph Hatfield and your Joseph Hatfield might not be the same, but I'm still trying to find the missing links. Found this in my digging. Don't know if you've seen it, but I thought it was an interesting tidbit about Anselm.
http://www.museeacadien.ca/english/archives/articles/3.htm
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