Halifax - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Edward Billing, Dry Goods Merchant in Granville Street,Halifax around 1830

davidholl2 — 2009-11-08 14:03:55Z

Hi Dianne,
My Great Grandmother was Emily Jane born Apr. 10, 1846 in Nova Scotia. She was the younger sister of your Great Grandmother Emma, born Aug 21st 1830 & baptised in St Pancreas, London. This was before her father Edward Billing & 1st wife Maria (nee Gohegan) moved the family to Halifax. Emma married Rev. John Brewster on June 15th 1850 in the Wesleyan Chapel, Brunswick Street, Halifax (He age 28, she age 19) The 1881 Census showed he living as a widow age 50 at 93 Gowthorpe Street, Selby. No one else in the house. Emma died age 85 on Feb 16th, 1916.
It is very sad that you were unable to make contact with Dennis Brewster in England before he died last year. Dennis & I did some joint research into both families. His father was Theodore Frederick Brewster (1893-1989) & Gt. Grandfather Frederick William Brewster(1857-1952). I will send you a photo supposed to show John Edward Brewster with Emma Brewster & Emily Jane taken in Stoke Newington about 1885. My email address is davidholl@btinternet.com
Regards,
David

Re: WHITE family Fall River/Windsor Jundtion area 1840s - 1850s

sheilatanner33 — 2009-11-05 17:46:52Z

Hi...I noticed somewhere on the net someone told you ( I think it was You) of a book called History along the Old Guysborough Road...not much about Thomas and William...if you email me sheila.tanner@ns.sympatico .ca I can tell you what it said...also my cousin has the book Families of Fall River and Windsor Junction...she looked through it and there was no mention of a White or Holland Family...there is a Family Tree on Ancestry.ca (subscription required...have you seen it...
Sheila Tanner
I am not related to this family in any way

Re: Edward Billing, Dry Goods Merchant in Granville Street,Halifax around 1830

eehoop — 2009-11-05 08:55:44Z

Again, this does not help the genealogy but here are 2 pictures of Granville Street:
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/imagesns/html/21998b.html
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/imagesns/html/31171.html

Josey

Re: Edward Billing, Dry Goods Merchant in Granville Street,Halifax around 1830

searching4corners — 2009-11-04 19:06:17Z

Hi David,

I just came across your message board and wanted to let you know that your ancestor, Edward Billing of Halifax, was also my gr-gr-gr grandfather. I believe that then means that we have a cousin connection of sorts...

I descend from Edward through his daughter, Emma, who married the Rev. John Brewster of Newfoundland at the Wesleyan Methodist Church on Brunswick St, Halifax in 1850.

I have been able to trace some details of their son, John Edward Brewster (my gr-grandfather), on down to me, but I have been having some trouble tracing the Billing / Brewster family histories back in NF and NS and beyond - records seem scarce and/or hard to locate - or, maybe I'm just not looking in the right places.

So, I am wondering if you can help me to find out more information about my ancestors in eastern Canada. Also, let me know if there is any information that you might be wanting from me to add to your family tree through the Emma Billing branch of it.

Ta, Dianne

WHITE family Fall River/Windsor Jundtion area 1840s - 1850s

eehoop — 2009-10-31 14:45:28Z

I am looking for information on an Irish WHITE family in Fall River or Windsor Junction area of Halifax County in the 1840s or 1850s.

My great great grandmother was Joanna [Ann] WHITE born ca 1833 in Ireland. She married Thomas HOLLAND ca 1852- 1853 and they had the following children:
Mary 1854 [my great grandmother]
Martha 1857
Thomas 1860
Charles Francis 1863
Annie 1867
John Edward 1870.

On the 1871 census they are living in Fall River, in 1881 in Barney's River, Pictou County - Thomas is now a lumberman. I do not have the 1861 census.

I do not have a marriage record for Thomas & Joanna, so do not know her father's name. Thomas's family were Protestants, but in 1871 & 1881 his & Joanna's family were listed as Roman Catholics, so I presume he converted in order to marry.

Does anyone have any knowledge of an Irish family in the area? I do not know when Joanna came to Canada or whether it was with family or on her own.

All help gratefully accepted. Many thanks.

Muriel MacMillan of Halifax

Les_AuCoin — 2009-10-31 04:45:42Z

I am searching for the above-named person, a descendant of Sylvain and Angelique Deveau, my great grandparents. Does anyone have information?

Re: Purcell's of Purcell's Cove Nova Scotia

wlq312 — 2009-10-31 02:37:10Z

Thank you sooooo much! I was beginning to think I would never find them! Do you know the family at all? My mother remembers three children but not much else. Dorothy would be my gAunt on my Mother's side. My email is wendyquerin@hotmail.com if you would like to exchange any info. Again, I thank you!!

Wendy in BC

Re: Hugh MUNRO & Margaret BROWN of Herring Cove + Ferguson's Cove

gdalton1957 — 2009-10-29 03:11:56Z

My Great Grnd Mother Isabelle Munroe's (b 1836) parents were Hugh and Margaret...There is a grave for a Hugh G Munroe B 1835 (her brother?) in an obscure cemetary in Herring Cove. I can share picts and docs that I have found.

Greg Dalton (Delouchry - Hughes; Delouchry-Munroe)

Edward Shanks of Halifax

SandraFletcherAndreassi — 2009-10-28 00:38:41Z

Hello, helping a friend and looking for information on the Shanks family of Halifax.
Edward Shanks was born about 1832 and is listed as a Teamster on the 1881 census. His wife was Mary Ann and also born around that time. They had Edward, Albert, Elizabeth, William George and Joseph. Does anyone know if this Edward is the son of James Shanks,shoemaker, who was the only Shanks in the area listed on the 1838 census?

Re: Purcell's of Purcell's Cove Nova Scotia

TruemanT — 2009-10-27 23:40:07Z

Hi Wendy
Have a marriage license for them -
ALLAN PATRICK KEEFE marries DOROTHY ELIZABETH CLARKE on 16 May 1933 in ST. THERESA'S CHURCH, HALIFAX, N.S.
He was a clerk, living on SOUTH KLINE ST., HALIFAX, born in FAIRVIEW, N.S., father is William and mother is Nora.
Dorothy was born in Halifax, living at Cunard St.,Halifax, father was ALFRED EDWARD CLARKE from Birmingham, England and mother was MARY SNOW.
Witnesses to the marriage were Margaret C. Keefe, 34 South Kline St. and Harold R. Hennessey, 32 South Kline St., with the clergyman being Michael Cole.

Hope this helps in your search.

Trueman - STAR1@EASTLINK.CA

Re: William Given 1837 halifax, canada

pagiven — 2009-10-26 21:04:58Z

Hello, looking for my Given connection. Have a James in Halifax in the 1930's Have verified their life in Saint John, NB 1850's Your comments are most welcome.

Re: Discharge in Halifax

eehoop — 2009-10-25 14:35:34Z

As far as I know, all discharge papers are at the Public Records Office in Kew, London. Those for discharges before 1855 have been filmed by the LDS & are available to borrow for a small fee at a FHC.

Depending on when the discharge was, the papers are filed either by date of discharge or by regiment or alphabetically. See the National Archives info sheet at
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/army/?WT....
and for officers:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/army/step...
for other ramks
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/army/step...

Hope this helps, Josey

Re: Discharch in Halifax

jgcordes — 2009-10-25 14:34:28Z

Hi Bryan,

I see you've been searching on your Edwards and Murley grandparents for quite some time.

Do you know what rank your grandfather Edwards had in the British Army? It can be difficult to find out anything in the case of a private (I know from experience in the case of my own grandfather). There is a much better chance if he was an officer.

I'm mainly writing because I was intrigued by the Murley connection. I gather from other posts I have seen that you think Alice Maude was d/o Thomas Murley and Sarah Pike, of Bay of Islands, Newfoundland. I think it is possible that Alice had a sister Lillian E Murley who married Thomas A Shortt of Dartmouth / Halifax. This Thomas Shortt had a sister Mabel who married my great-grandfather Robert Henry Edwards (this was an Edwards family of Scottish descent, rather than your Welsh Edwards); it was RH Edwards' second marriage. I know a grandson in Halifax of Thomas Shortt and Lillian Murley.

Some of the connections above are in my genealogy pages at http://www.cordes.ca/genealogy/ . Feel free to write to me at the address available there.

Regards,
John Cordes
Halifax

Re: WHERE IS SOBER ISLAND?

alisa488 — 2009-10-25 13:46:09Z

there is myers in sheet harbour my aunt is married to a myers they now live in alberta, but his brother tommy myers is still in the area

Re: WHERE IS SOBER ISLAND?

alisa488 — 2009-10-25 13:29:06Z

there is Spear's living in the area, as of a jane livingstone spears I dont know that name inside the door of the church on sober island there is a listing of most of the graves there, i havent been there in a while here is a number for a spears in the area he might be able to give you some info 902-885-2677
(Lourie Spears)

Re: WHERE IS SOBER ISLAND?

WallyRL — 2009-10-25 13:03:06Z

Diane: The Church and Cemetary on Sober Island is St. Margarets of Scotland (Anglican).
I think the Records are held by the St. James Parish, Port Dufferin.

Kay (Parkman) LAMB, in Tennessee, has done a lot of research; I gave her some information on Jane (Livingstone) Spears.

Is the "MYERS" from Sheet Harbour?

wallacelowe@eastlink.ca
kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Wallace 'Wally' Lowe

Re: WHERE IS SOBER ISLAND?

dinah126 — 2009-10-25 12:21:18Z

Found your 2006 posting because I googled Sober Island. I wanted to find cemetery listings for the area.

My aunt and I have been researching your grandfather's family. Jane Livingstone Spears was a sister of my great-grandmother from PEI.

Would appreciate hearing from you.

Dianne Myers
Toronto

Discharch in Halifax

BryanEdwards69 — 2009-10-25 11:55:31Z

My Grandfather William John Edwards took his discharge from the British army in Halifax (around 6 weeks before the boer war broke out (1895-6) I believe. Then Married Alice Maude Murley 1n 1897. I am trying to find his army records . Any help would be appreciated. Thank You
Bryan Edwards

Re: tombstone photo needed

pwwbear — 2009-10-07 19:39:29Z

Correction on date of death, Nov. 2003.

tombstone photo needed

pwwbear — 2009-10-07 19:01:37Z

I am assisting in Canadian Siberian Expedition Force website a collogue is putting together. Could someone the living in the Halifax/Dartmouth area please take a photo of the headstone of Harold Radford, the last CSEF man left standing. He died on November 7, 2007 at age 106.

Harold is buried in the Dartmouth Memorial Gardens Cemetery, grave reference: Garden of Prayer 1505 B3. I phoned the cemetery on Tuesday and was told they would gladly accompany anyone who is taking the photo to the grave site if they ask at the office during business hours.

You will get credit for the photograph on the website.

Re: tombstone photo needed

pwwbear — 2009-10-09 17:17:27Z

Thank you so much, you will be credited on the website. Will email you the site link when it is up and running.

Re: tombstone photo needed

pwwbear — 2009-10-08 22:46:38Z

please email them to pwwbear@gmail.com along with your name for credit on the website.

Tracey/Chapman/DeWolfe/Leslie

Christine_Leslie — 2009-10-15 21:02:16Z

I am looking for any information on my husbands grandmothers family. Her name is Laura Beatrice DeWolfe Leslie. She married Myles Cameron Leslie. She is from Sheet Harbour, NS. I am really trying to find out about her grandparents, Joanna (Johanna) Tracey Chapman. Lauras parents were Henrietta Chapman and Henry DeWolfe.

Re: British Army Garrison- Halifax 1878-83

jcorcillo2 — 2009-10-20 12:49:32Z

Attn John Cordes
My Grgrandfather , Thomas Southam Shelbourne, was listed as being"private soldier in 62nd Reg of Foot" on his sons birth cert. Do you have any info ,or know where I can find same, on this Regiment in early 1860's? He was married to Isabel Fredericks of st Margarets Bay.
Thanks for any help.

Re: Abraham, Ann and Emma Louisa Harris (1857), Halifax and Cape Breton

ChrisErswell — 2009-10-20 18:17:08Z

Many thanks for the info. That is a intriguing. My paternal great grandfather travelled to Gibraltar, Bermuda and India too, but that is not surprising since it sounds like he and your ancestor were in the Royal Garrison Artillery together. They must have been close friends of my great grandparents to be the witnesses at your ancestors' wedding.

I have my own genealogy family site at: http://genealogy.erzz.com/

where you can see a photo of my great grandma as an old woman living in Berwick on Tweed, England. I have no photo of the great grandfather. There is also a copy of the marriage certificate.

It is at:

http://genealogy.erzz.com//mediaviewer.php?mid=M12

Double click on the image to make it big enough to read.

You register with the site if you like.

Re: Abraham, Ann and Emma Louisa Harris (1857), Halifax and Cape Breton

ChrisErswell — 2009-10-21 13:44:44Z

Could you please give me a link to the page where George and Emma are identified as witnesses?

I tried to find Mhow in India on Google maps and also Multimap, but could only one in Madhya Pradesh not West Bengal. How do you know it was W Bengal?

Re: Abraham, Ann and Emma Louisa Harris (1857), Halifax and Cape Breton

ChrisErswell — 2009-10-21 13:24:47Z

My great grandfather George Harry Erswell (a Sgt Major) and great grandmother Emma Harris had the following children in the following locations. My grandfather Harry Walter Erswell was born in Bermuda 26 November 1879--he was career army too. Laura was born in 1882 in Gibraltar. Frances Annette was born in 1885 in Woolwich, London. Alice was born but died at birth in 1887 in Gibraltar. Emma was born in 1889 in Berwick on Tweed, England. Godfrey was born but died at birth in 1890 in Berwick on Tweed. Charles Godfrey was born in 1892 --probably Berwick. Mabel was born in 1893 probably in Berwick.

It appears that family left the army sometime between 1887 and 1889 to settle in Berwick on Tweed. The family became publicans owning several pubs in Berwick.

George Harry died in 1910 in Berwick. Emma survived him and lived into her 90s living in Berwick.

I don't know anything about where George Harry served in India. If your ancestor was in West Bengal, it seems possible that George and Emma would have served there too since they were in both the Royal Garrison Artillery and were obviously close friends.

Re: Tracey/Chapman/DeWolfe/Leslie

bcmcknight1 — 2009-10-19 21:54:33Z

John Jason Chapman married Joanna Theresa Tracey (age 27),
7 Oct. 1867 in St. Peters RC Church, Sheet Harbour. This Church should be able to provide her family details.
Forget her date of death, but after the 1881 Census and before 1888, when John Jason marries Cecila Helen Cole.
John Jason Chapman dies 23 Jan. 1895 and is buried in the
RC Cemetery in Lower Ship harbour.

Searching for Silas/Elias F McLellan, b 1822/1823, somewhere in Nova Scotia

carolwithers42 — 2009-09-30 13:17:38Z

I'm looking for information my G-g grandfather, Silas / Elias F. McLellan, born somewhere in Nova Scotia, Canada; the names and birth-marriage-death dates of any siblings Silas may have had; his parents names and their birth-marriage-death dates; both were born in Nova Scotia; the names and birth-marriage-death dates of any siblings they may have had; and the same for Silas' grandparents.

In 1822 / 23, Silas was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. The 1861 Census of Canada shows Silas living in Cumberland, Nova Scotia. He married Sarah Bent (b 22 Oct 1824 in Nova Scotia; d 25 Nov 1907, Los Angeles, California, USA), (best guesstimate, between Jan 1852 to Jan 1854) possibly in Amherst, Nova Scotia. They had 4 children, all allegedly born in Amherst, Nova Scotia: Ezra Wiggins McLellan (b 29 Aug 1854; d 28 Apr 1925; m Lizzie Augusta Read, 12 Mar 1879, San Jose, CA, USA); Fred Robert McLellan (b Apr 1856; d. ?, San Bernardino County, CA, USA; married Clara Haskell, 1878, San Jose, CA, USA); Bessie L. McLellan (b 21 Aug 1858; d 9 Apr 1937, Salinas, CA, USA; m Frank Morris, 1891), and Hedley Shafter McLellan (b 2 Jan 1861; d 29 Jan 1929, either in Los Angeles, CA, USA or Ottawa, Canada). Silas may have had a brother named George O. McLellan. Between 1864 and 1867, the entire McLellan family moved from Nova Scotia to San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA, USA.In the 1870 US Fed Census, Silas states both of his parents were born in Nova Scotia.

What little information I have comes primarily from brief notes I found written by my grandmother. Most of that information is confirmed on Ancestry.com. No matter which genealogy website I've gone to to try to learn more, I've thus far been unable to get beyond the information stated above. Thanks in advance for any additional information you might be able to provide.

Carol Withers
carol.withers@comcast.net

Looking for info on Sarah F Bent, b 22 Oct 1824, NS, Canada

carolwithers42 — 2009-09-30 12:43:08Z

I am looking for information on my G-g grandmother, Sarah F Bent (b. 22 Oct 1824, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. 25 Nov 1907, Los Angeles, CA, USA; am guessing her middle name might be Frances); the names and birth-marriage-death dates of any siblings Sarah may have had; her parents' names and birth-marriage-deaths dates (both were born in Nova Scotia), and the names and birth-marriage-death dates of any siblings they may have had; and the same for Sarah's grandparents.

Sarah married Silas / Elias F. McLellan, marriage date unknown (best guesstimate, between Jan 1852 to Jan 1854),location unknown, possibly in Amherst, Nova Scotia. They had 4 children, all supposedly born in Amherst, Nova Scotia: Ezra Wiggins McLellan (b. 29 Aug 1854; d. 28 Apr 1925; m. Lizzie Augusta Read, 12 Mar 1879, San Jose, CA, USA ); Fred Robert McLellan (b. Apr 1856; d. ?, San Bernardino County, CA, USA; m. Clara Haskell, 1878, San Jose, CA); Bessie L. McLellan (b. 21 Aug 1858; d. 9 Apr 1937, Salinas, CA, USA; m. Frank Morris abt 1891), and Hedley Shafter McLellan (b. 2 Jan 1861; d. 29 Jan 1929, either in Los Angeles, CA, USA or Ottawa, Canada). Between 1864 and 1867, the entire McLellan family moved from Nova Scotia to San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA, USA. In the 1870 US Fed Census, Sarah states her parents were born in Nova Scotia.

What little information I have, I've put together from sketchy notes I found, written years ago by my grandmother. Most of that information is confirmed on Ancestry.com. No matter which genealogy website I've gone to to try to learn more, I've thus far been unable to get beyond the information stated above. Thanks in advance for any additional information you might be able to provide.

Carol Withers
carol.withers@comcast.net

Re: tombstone photo needed

LynwoodWebber — 2009-10-08 21:38:10Z

I have 4 photos for you. Need your email
Lyn

Re: British Army Garrison- Halifax 1878-83

eehoop — 2009-10-18 20:46:59Z

Try this website:

http://www.cordes.ca/genealogy/regiments/britishregiments_ha...

Re: HOLLAND family Truro Road & Barney's River

eehoop — 2009-10-05 20:00:48Z

Since my last post I have been sent by a kind poster on nsroots the 1871 census entry Thomas Holland 46, wife Ann 38 & children Mary 17, Martha 14, Thomas 10, Charles 8, Annie 4 & John Edward 8 mo in Windsor Road. Then in 1881 they are in Barney's River, Pictou; Mary [married 1876]& Martha have left home.

William [Thomas' father] was married to a Martha. He was born 1788 in Luddenden, Yorkshire, England & died 1858. Martha was born in 1790 & died in 1839. William married a second time in 1852 to Margaret Irving. William's parents were James 1755 - 1818 born Midgely [near Luddenden, both near Halifax, Yorkshire] & Susannah 1760 who also had James 1767 & Betty 1795.

Does this resonate with anyone's research?

Re: Charles Francis Holland

eehoop — 2009-10-19 11:54:01Z

It's a long time since you posted & you may have all the connections you need but here goes....

Charles Francis HOLLAND born 1863 was the brother of my great grandmother Mary MURRAY nee HOLLAND born 1854. They were 2 of the children of Thomas HOLLAND [born 1825 in Fall River, NS son of William & Martha] & [Jo]Ann[a] White [born ca 1833 in Ireland]. Charles married Elizabeth Mary GRACE [daughter of Edwin & Adelaide] in 1887. Their children were George 1891 & Agnes [Mary Margaret] 1898. George married Veronica HARTRY in 1924, one child I know of Bernard Francis HOLLAND. Agnes married John Archibald GILLIS in 1928.

Would be very pleased to make contact with you and exchange information. Email address eeh_oop at yahoo dot co dot uk.

Re: British Army Garrison- Halifax 1878-83

jgcordes — 2009-10-18 21:33:57Z

In addition to the regiments listed in date order at

http://www.cordes.ca/genealogy/regiments/britishregiments_ha...

you should be aware that certain types of regiment were posted more or less continuously in Halifax; these would include the Royal Regiment of Artillery (aka Royal Garrison Regiment) and the Royal Engineers.

John Cordes
Halifax

Re: British Army Garrison- Halifax 1878-83

jgcordes — 2009-10-20 19:57:26Z

jcorcillo2 wrote:

Attn John Cordes:
My Grgrandfather , Thomas Southam Shelbourne, was listed as being"private soldier in 62nd Reg of Foot" on his sons birth cert. Do you have any info ,or know where I can find same, on this Regiment in early 1860's? He was married to Isabel Fredericks of st Margarets Bay.
Thanks for any help.

No, sorry, I don't have any more detailed information about this regiment.

By the way, my email address is provided on the Regiments site we have been discussing.

Re: British Army @ Halifax Garrison c.1895-1905

wgc517 — 2009-10-18 16:57:20Z

HI Lisa,

As I start to read through your other post, I am sure we are looking for the same family and may even be related ourselves. I would love to hear from you. My emamil address is wills_gary_c@yahoo.com

Re: Tracey/Chapman/DeWolfe/Leslie

dyork46 — 2009-10-20 11:52:41Z

Information taken from Robert Kim Stevens book on Ship Harbour Families:
Jacob Tracey was b. abt 1810 in NS. He married Eliza Purcell on 18 Nov 1835 at St Paul's Halifax. She was b. abt 1806 and died 24 Sep 1859 at Ship Harbour. He remarried but Johanna's mother was Eliza.
Johanna Theresa is listed as 6th child in his list of children, b. abt 1846, East Ship Harbour, m. John Jason Chapman, 7 Oct 1867 at Ship Harbour by Rev. Martinus Maas.
Email me at dyork@accesswave.ca and I will send you the full text concerning John Jason & Joanna Theresa.
Dorothy

Re: Borgal Family

gerrardjan — 2009-10-04 20:50:42Z

I am also in the Borgal family, my mother was a Borgal, daughter of Harry & Alma Borgal Pleasant Harbour N.S.

grammiejam@ns.aliantzinc.ca

Jan

Re: Henneberry

silversadie — 2009-10-19 20:55:01Z

Hello Basil,
I missed this message and I'm sorry for the delayed response. My mother used to talk about your gr grandmother being one of the funniest people she ever met. She also remembered her taking her by the hand and walking her to the cemetary to visit my grandmother's grave to leave flowers.She was very supportive after her sister's death.
Laura was her favorite Aunt and she once told me that she would sometimes tell the odd dirty joke and that she was very mischievous and had a great laugh.
It was so thoughtful of you to respond and I hope you forgive the delay .

Re: Sober Island/Sheet Harbour Families

N1PTA_1 — 2009-10-01 20:30:14Z

Do you know who Lulu Eaton was?
Thank You!
:-)
Jim Verge
Eastern Connecticut via Western Masachusetts

British Army Garrison- Halifax 1878-83

theantiquarian2 — 2009-10-18 18:40:57Z

Does anyone know if the Royal Regiment of Artillery was stationed at this barracks around 1878.I am looking for a James Watson who married a local girl Ellen McDonald in Halifax in 1878.

Re: British Army Garrison- Halifax 1878-83

theantiquarian2 — 2009-10-19 12:09:30Z

Thank you very much

Re: Abraham, Ann and Emma Louisa Harris (1857), Halifax and Cape Breton

theantiquarian2 — 2009-10-20 17:18:27Z

I was very intrigued to find this post. My ancestor was a British soldier from Hertford, Herts in the Royal Regiment of Artillery named James Watson. In May of 1878 he too married a local girl in Halifax named Ellen McDonald. On the Nova Scotia gen website for their marriage the witnesses are George Erswell & Emma Harris.
James went from Halifax to Gibraltar then to India before returning to Hertfordshire by 1901.

Re: British Army Garrison- Halifax 1878-83

theantiquarian2 — 2009-10-20 16:34:55Z

I think you forwarded this to me in error but I think the Regiment you are referring to is what after the late 1800's became the Wiltshire Regiment.

Re: Abraham, Ann and Emma Louisa Harris (1857), Halifax and Cape Breton

theantiquarian2 — 2009-10-22 13:59:21Z

Certainly www.novascotiagenealogy.com
name search Watson, James year 1878. You will have to download the viewer to see it. I found this only seems to work with Internet Explorer.
Year 1878, book 1816 page 245 #412 Mcdonald/Watson

Mhow,Madyha Pradesh is correct,not sure where I got West Bengal from. Mhow was at one time one of the largest British Military establishments on the continent. On census records (1901) for the birthplace of the children 1887-91 it was identified as Central Mhow, India. James Regiment was the Royal Artillery, they have a museum at Woolwich and a website www.firepower.org.uk. They undertake research for a fee. There were many British Regiments stationed at the Royal Garrison in Halifax the R.A was just one.

Re: Abraham, Ann and Emma Louisa Harris (1857), Halifax and Cape Breton

theantiquarian2 — 2009-10-21 11:45:07Z

Thank you for this. It's always interesting to find tid-bits of information that gives us insight into the lives of our ancestors. James & Ellen were my great-grandparents. I wonder now since George was stationed in the same places as James if he was in Bermuda 1878-1883. I have yet to discover where he went in this period. A child was born in Gibraltar in 1883 and two others in Mhow, West Bengal after 1887.
Thank you

Re: Information regarding John Roache and/or Susan Ryder (b. Halifax Nova Scotia)

bethshepherd_1 — 2009-10-25 03:19:16Z

I think these people were my grandparents. Did they live on Stairs Street? I am the daughter of their daughter Alice, who died in 1995. I am currently researching the Halifiax Explosion for a short story about my mother's memories of that day.
Cheers!
Beth

Re: Heffler

gailjudge9 — 2009-10-21 10:12:17Z

Hi Rosanna:

With respect to your message of Feb. 26 2004 I am curious if you have found any new information on William J. Hefler and Luticia Arthur and their family. The only William Hefler/Heffler that I have that comes close in age is a William Hefler b. June 8 1883 married Lora Shoughrow. William dies August 11 1970 in Los Angeles County, CA and Lora died Feb 21 1943 Ventura, CA. They had Evely, and Lyndon. All the other Williams are born too early, too late or the right time but die as infants.

I hope to hear from you

Information

paulettebabin — 2009-10-24 03:25:36Z

Iam looking for info on my father in law Nathan Babin from Nova Scotia he was born in Nov 1912