Hello - I am hoping someone in the Lower mainland might have some more information regarding the Savoy, Hennessy and Jardine families. The information below provides some information on these families' connections to the canning industry of the pacific coast - I wonder if any readers with ties to this industry can shed any more light?! Thanks! Robert Jardine Hello Robert, No, I would'nt mind at all if you reposted any or all of this Hennessy information. I feel that it should all be in the public domain. -Cheers, Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Jardine <mailto:[email protected]> To: 'MacCallum' <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:56 PM Subject: RE: [T-M] New Brunswick connections to New Westminster Ken - thanks for you detailed reply! My links to New Westminster were a bit of a brick wall - what would bring people from New Brunswick clear across the continent?! I just happened to 'Google' New West. and Hennessy together to arrive at the canning reference, and here we are!! My g-g-grandfather, James Kerr Jardine, is the puzzle in my family tree. Born in Napan in 1833, he married Elizabeth Hennessy (although I haven't pinned down the date), then the family lived in Cambridge, Mass., where my g-grandfather, William James Jardine, was born in 1881. As I said, I always wondered why the family went west! Would you mind if I reposted some of your information on the CAN-BC List? Someone out in the Lower Mainland might provide more info. Thanks!!! Robert (in chilly, but sunny, Saskatoon) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MacCallum Sent: January 15, 2005 9:48 PM To: Robert Jardine Cc: Tabusintac Subject: Re: [T-M] New Brunswick connections to New Westminster Hi Robert, Very nice to hear from you with your interesting question. The short answer to it is, yes, David Savoy Hennessy was related to your gr-gr-grandmother. He was, in fact, her older brother. Not only that, but David was not the only one of Elizabeth's siblings to settle on the Lower Mainland. Her eldest brother, Alexander Morrison Hennessy also settled in New Westminster after spending some time in Massachusetts just as Elizabeth had done, and one of her younger brothers, James Wasson Hennessy died in New Westminster on March 18, 1884. Alexander was a shoemaker, David was a fisherman/canneryman, and James was a hotel keeper. Perhaps you'd be interested in seeing what other information I've found out about your gr-gr-gr-uncles ? Alexander Morrison Hennessy was born in Burnt Church, New Brunswick on April 16, 1834, the first child of William Hennessy & Elizabeth Savoy. His wife's name was Elizabeth Cochrane, who was born in 1837 in New Brunswick. Their only child was named Agnes Ann Hennessy, and she was born on March 2, 1863 in Chatham, New Brunswick. According to the 1880 census of the United States, they were living in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts where Alexander made his living as a shoemaker, as his father had done. By 1890 they were living in New Westminster. Alexander died in New Westminster on May 6, 1902, and his wife Elizabeth died in New Westminster on August 13, 1894. Their daughter Agnes Ann married a Scotsman named James R Fortune, and had five children, James Alexander, Euphemia Orr, Beatrice May, William David, & Dorothy J Victoria. The three youngest children were born in New Westminster, the two eldest in the USA. Agnes Ann Hennessy-Fortune died in Silver Valley, British Columbia on August 24, 1933. David Savoy Hennessy was born in Burnt Church, New Brunswick on November 25, 1838, the fourth child of William Hennessy & Elizabeth Savoy. David was married twice, first to Subina Elizabeth Bennett who was born in Huron county, Ontario on May 11, 1857, and secondly to Sarah Allen Vance who was born in Perth county, Ontario on September 30, 1867. There were five children born to each marriage, all ten of them being born in New Westminster, British Columbia. The children of the first marriage were : -Sarah Elizabeth(Oct 10 1877) married James A Nelson -James Frederick(Feb 4 1879) -Charles Leslie(Jul 6 1880) married Margaret J Wyman -William David(Jan 8 1884) married Mary E Read -Alexander Ewen(Nov 9 1887) married Ada B Harold (! Robert, do you notice that this fifth child seems to have been named after David S Hennessy's partner in the cannery business !!!). David's first wife Subina died in New Westminster on December 9, 1888. The children of the second marriage were : -James Savoy(Oct 13 1892) married Elizabeth C Huff -Sabina Vance(Oct 13 1893) married Roy A Green -Margaret Lillian(Jul 13 1895) -David Sederquist(Dec 8 1897) married Maude A Abbott -Roy Mitchell Torrance(Nov 22 1900) mar Ellen A Connolly David Savoy Hennessy died in Surrey, British Columbia on January 8, 1924. His second wife Sarah died in New Westminster on October 13, 1929. James Wasson Hennessy was born in Burnt Church, New Brunswick in 1848. He was the ninth child of William Hennessy & Elizabeth Savoy. He married Sarah Ann Connor on March 18, 1881 in New Westminster, British Columbia. He died of consumption on Mar 18, 1884 in New Westminster. There are no known children of this marriage. So, Robert, as you can see, your gr-gr-grandmother did not migrate out to the west coast all by herself. The New Westminster Hennessys were among the pioneers of British Columbia. -Cheers, Ken MacCallum... ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Jardine <mailto:[email protected]> To: Tabusintac List <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 8:51 PM Subject: [T-M] New Brunswick connections to New Westminster Hi Folks! I am hoping someone might recognize one of the following men. "In 1870 Alexander Ewen, Alexander Loggie, James Wise and David S. Hennessy set-up a primitive cannery at Annieville on the Fraser River, three miles downstream and across the river from New Westminster, but it remained for Mr. Ewen to make a success of the new venture" (from http://www.goldseal.ca/wildsalmon/salmon_history.asp?article=8) Could this David S. Hennessy be related to my g-g-grandmother, Elizabeth Hennessy (wife of James Kerr Jardine)? James Kerr and Elizabeth were living in New Westminster by the 1890's. Robert Jardine