NINA S. STRIGHT (CLARKE) b. Crapaud, PEI 12AUG1878, d. 1905, m.? JOHN STRIGHT (b. PEI).
I guess that the S. in her name stands for Stright as, when her father, William Stright, died 19JUN1879 age 42 years, her mother, Isabella Sophia Clark, m. 2nd 20SEP1904 her cousin, Ephraim Clark (Clarke), and Nina may have taken her step-father’s surname. See:
http://www.islandregister.com/gamble1.htmlIn the birth record of her son, Heath
http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141A1b.aspx?culture=en-C...http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141B7.aspx?culture=en-CA...she was Nina Clarke. However, I see no certain evidence that she ever was a Clark/Clarke (except for that birth record and except that it was her mother’s maiden name) or that there was a John Stright.
In 1901, Nina Stright (b. 12AUG1879) was a ‘domestic’ in Botsford Parish, Westmorland Co., NB working for ‘Mathias’ and Elizabeth Treen. The 1901 cenus is often inaccurate as to birth-dates, most often being out one-year due to the method of computation. Heath Stright, her son (b. 4APR1900), was a lodger in the same household. Nina is indicated as single. Also in the household was Willie Briggs (16APR1890). Willie is given as a s/o Israel and Olive Ellen (Burns) Briggs. Heath’s father, in his birth and marriage records, is John Stright but I cannot find John in 1891 or in 1901.
In Lot 29, Queens Co., PEI, in 1891, Sophia (45) Stright had William (21) and Mabel (13) Nina (given as ‘Mina’) (11) Stright. William may have been the William Streit (10), in Lot 29 in 1881, living with James and ‘Hanah’ Inman. It is not wholly unusual for people to be listed twice in census returns, but also in Lot 29 was a widow, ‘Sofieau Straight’ (35) and her children, Leslie T. (18, Leslie Thomas Stright, b. Crapaud 28JAN1863, m. Clara Elizabeth Field), ‘Georg’ W. (16), Charles L.? (14; Charles Joseph Stright, m. 2nd 10NOV1890 Lilla Jane Clark), ‘Haray’ S.? (12), William H. (9), Edith R. (7), Mable G. (3) and Nina (1). Sophia (Clark) Stright d. 8NOV1931 age 85 years. She and her 1st husband are buried in the Tryon People’s Cemetery, Lot 29, Queens Co., PEI.
In 1911, Heath Stright (APR1900) is a servant to Mathias and Lizzy Treen. Next door, in the household of John and ‘Nancey’ (Nancy Grant) Dulenty, is Hattie Stright (SEP1904), a ‘servant’ also. Samuel Matthias Treen (b. NS 30MAR1837), m. 15MAR1865 Elizabeth H. Wall.
Nina’s brother, Leslie Thomas Stright, had an extensive family discussed at:
http://www.theleefamily.org/genealogy/histories/Anderson.pdf“Six Botsford Anderson And Their Families”, Shirley Anderson, 13JAN2001. In particular is:
“One of the lines of business carried on in the early days was that of carriage building. Most of the men who worked at this trade were also wheelwrights and painters. Leslie's father was the earliest carriage builder to operate in Crapaud when he leased land there for a carriage factory in 1870. Leslie, the oldest son, learned the trade with his father and established his own carriage building business in Murray Corner.
“He was a boat builder as well and held a Master's certificate to navigate boats up to twenty tons. For many years he was a local Justice of the Peace. Leslie's maternal grandfather, Michael Clark (ca 1780-1862) who settled in Tryon, PEI, m. Sarah Gamble (1781-1865) in 1798, d/o James Gamble, a native of Ireland. Their son, Michael Clark, Jr. (1805-1880) m. Mary Ann Muttart (1802-1870) in 1827, d/o George & Elizabeth (Morley) Muttart, and had Isabella Sophia Clark (1846-1931).”
Interestingly, these families appear to have been descended from William Wright, Loyalist, of Bedeque, PEI, making them my rather distant cousins. Elizabeth (Wright) Anderson, with whom the family begins, would be my 1st cousin about 5 or 7 times removed.
See:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...http://ourmaritimeties.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I20723...http://ourmaritimeties.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I20738...http://ourmaritimeties.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I4282&...http://records.ancestry.ca/william_henry_stright_records.ash...http://records.ancestry.ca/william_stright_records.ashx?pid=...http://gamblegenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I9586&...http://www.ancestraltrails.ca/walker%20for%20web-o/p948.htm Children:
1. HEATH STRIGHT b. Bayfield, Westmorland Co., NB (or Cape Traverse, PEI) 4APR1900, m. United Church of Canada Parsonage, Bayfield, Botsford Parish, Westmorland Co., NB 19JUN1932 LILLIAN ASHE (b. Harbour Grace, Newfoundland ca. 1905), d/o William and Eliza (Dove) Ashe.
They had a daughter, Shirley Elaine Stright, who m. Douglas Edward Wall, s/o John Wesley and Audrey Nora (Wentzell) Wall.
Thomas.