This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mlund Surnames: O'Brien, Towse Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/153.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry for the long delay respondin. You can find data on the Mary Elizabeth O'Brien/Robert Towse family here: http://www.gencircles.com/users/mlund/6/data/7151 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Greetings all. FYI. The latest issue of "Gordon Watts Reports is now online at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0108.htm Topics in this issue include the following: * - On a personal note * - Nova Scotia vital records * - Writing a narrative family history * - Renfrew County grave markers online * - 1911 Dublin city/county Census on line * - Yesterdays Journey updated The first article of this column is of particular personal interest to myself. In it I seek your assistance in helping my son and his fiancé win a contest to be married 'on air' on a radio station in Calgary. I ask that you read this article and follow through by casting your vote for Jennifer & Bruce. The article tells you how to do this. Your assistance with this will be greatly appreciated. Have a great day! Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Read my column, 'Gordon Watts Reports' at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.14/1425 - Release Date: 5/9/2008 12:38 PM

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rosaleetaylor1 Surnames: Sprague Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4659/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for info. John Thomas Sprague married Margaret Jane Roy and gave birth to Mary Ann Sprague (March 17, 1886). Mary later married Shaylor Cosman. I believe Thomas was in New Brunswick Canada at the time. Hope these name seem familiar to someone. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Penlan3 Surnames: Goodwin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4657.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for your reply. I have this information but thank you very much for your efforts. Samuel Goodwin is my mystery man. I cannot find substantiated information as to his real parents. His grandson Arnold Austin Goodwin ( 1909-1976) s/o Milford is my cousin by marriage. The fourth child not recorded in the 1900 census for Milford in Chelsea Mass. is Annie Pearl Goodwin who died young in 31 Jul 1894, Winchester, Mass. Thank you again, Penny Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dougayer Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4657.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Milford and Minnie Goodwin are found in the 1900 census of Chelsea, Mass. which records that he was born Feb 1866 and she July 1872 both in Canada. Milford immigrated to US in 1891. She had four children but only three were living. In the 1920 and 1930 censuses of Arlington, Middlesex Co., Mass. Minnie is shown as a widow. I find Milford Goodwin in the 1871 census of Westmorland Parish, age 5 years with the family of Samuel E. Goodwin, age 38, and his wife, Elizabeth, age 29. They appear in the 1881 census of Amherst Shore, Cumberland Co., NS Roy Read Goodwin, their first child was born 5 Nov 1891 in Somerville, Mass.; Lloyd L. (recorded as Kloyd L.) was born 26 Oct 1895 in Winchester, Mass.; and Reta was born 13 April 1897 in Winchester. (Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, from the NEHGS website, by subscription). Arnold is 10 years old in the 1920 census of Arlington. Nettie May Goodwin who married Theodore W. Hartley is found with her husband in the 1891 census of Westmorland Parish, Westmorland Co., NB. She was 21 years old and he was 25. Minnie Vivian (Read) Goodwin was the daughter of Eliphalet Read and Phoebe A. She appears in the 1881 census of Botsford Parish, Westmorland Co., NB. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Helena98 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4658/mb.ashx Message Board Post: New site with transcripts and pictures of headstones for some Albert County, New Brunswick cemeteries http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mhlewis/new_brunswick_cemeteries.htm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Penlan3 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4657.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you very much for your lengthy and informative reply, a lot of information to digest. I receved a response from someone who is a direct ancestor of the father of Elizabeth Somers, whose name is quoted as Robert Somers. Awaiting more information from this source. Milford Goodwin's son Arnold Austin Goodwin is my cousin by marriage, unfortunately he and his wife are both deceased, so impossible to get data there. I went through all the Nova Scotia records I could find to find any link for Samuel Goodwin/Gooden/Godwin and hit a brick wall.There are several Goodwin families in Yarmouth, Halifax & Colchester Counties, and another researcher from California and myself were trying to find a possible link with these families. However, although the familes appear to have originated in England, many generations back, each family appears to have resided in the USA in various states. One in Massachusetts,another family in Kittery, Maine and others in points south & west. Again I thank you for your kind response, I will take some time and digest the info. you sent. Thank You, Penny Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thomasamurray1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4657.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Penny, the following may not wholly resolve you questions, but may give some ideas. Particularly, that the surname is alterable, and that Nova Scotia genealogical sources should be consulted as well. Thomas The IGI gives Milford Goodwin as a s/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Somers) Goodwin, and to have been b. ca. 1866 in Canada, and m. Canada 1890. A marriage record places that marriage in Westmorland Co., NB. A newspaper announcement has Milford Goodwin, m. the Parsonage, Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB by the Rev. Wm. E. Hall 23DEC1890 Minnie V. Read. Milford was of Port Elgin, Albert Co., NB and Minnie of Bayside, Westmorland Co., NB. The name appears, in the 1851 census, as 'Gooden'. The reason for this is, apparently, because the progenitor of this part of the family, Daniel, wished to avoid certain persons. At: http://www.darkshire.org/~lizzard/geneology/pafn11.htm it is stated that: "Daniel Goodwin was apprenticed at an early age to a shoemaker. The shoemaker's wife ill-used Daniel, and he ran away. He is said at the time to have changed his name to Gooden. All his brothers spelled it "Goodwin". The whole Goodwin family came from Plymouth to Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts. David and 3 brothers, Enoch, William, and John, enlisted with the 1st Battalion of Governor Shirley's Regiment raised in New England in 1755 to attack Fort Beausejour and Fort Gaspereau and (Fort Mouton or Marston?) Daniel was present at the taking of Quebec (1759)." Thus, the spelling in the census may be deliberate rather than a misunderstood version of the enumerator's. Wilford also appears as Wilfred when his daughter, Annie Pearl Goodwin, d. Wincester, Massachusetts 31JUL1894. Minnie is likely the Minnie A. Reid, b. ca. 1869, d/o Harris H. and Jane Reid of Harvey Parish, Albert Co., NB in the 1881 census. Milford, and his parents, seem absent from NB in 1881; although there are many Goodwin's in Westmorland Co. The 1865 directory does not list a Samuel Goodwin, nor does that for 1867. The directory for 1871 does not list a Samuel Goodwin either. One trace of a Samuel Goodwin in Westmorland Co. is he who co-signed the marriage bond of William A. Barnes and Janie McDougall in 1864. Also, there was the marriage of a daughter: NETTIE MAY GOODWIN m. at her father's residence, Port Elgin, Westmorland Co., NB by the Rev. L. S. Johnson 21JAN1891 THEODORE W. HARTLEY where Nettie is given as the d/o Samuel Goodwin. While there appears to be evidence of the existence of a Samuel Goodwin, the lack of information in the 1881 census is troubling. For example, assuming that, since Wilford/Wilfred was b. ca. 1866, then his father was likely b. ca. 1836, give or take 10 years. Searching for Samuel's b. in that range in Westmorland Co. in 1881 produces no Samuel whose surname might be a variation or misspelling of Goodwin. A large number of Goodwin's b. in that range were in Westmorland Co., NB in 1881. Perhaps noticeable is Albert Goodwin, a blacksmith in Westmorland Parish, Westmorland Co., NB. He was b. NS ca. 1828, has a wife, Eliza (b. NB ca. 1835.) Children are: Clara (27), Bliss (24), Ella (22), Wilford (20), Ettie (17), Florence (15), Frances (12), Alice (8), Harold (7), Carvill (5) and Ethel (3.) It is the children, Wilford and Ettie, who suggest this may be the Samuel sought here. Albert, by JUN1893 when his daughter, Florence, died, had himself died; and had been a resident of Baie Verte. Some information gives Albert's family as: ALBERT D. GOODWIN (GOODEN) (s/o James and Frances (Fillmore) Goodwin) b. NS ca. 1828, d. East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA 12NOV1890 age 62 years, m. ELIZABETH (ELIZA) ANN MURPHY (b. NB ca. 1835.) When Albert died, he left a wife and 11 children. He may have m. a 2nd time as Albert D. Gooden m. Moncton, Westmorland Co., NB by the Rev. D. D. Currie 3AUG1878 Mrs. Elmina Witt. Both were of Moncton at the time. This is more likely Albert D. Godwin b. 20JUN1848 in Moncton in 1901. children: 1. CLARA A. GOODWIN (eldest daughter) b. ca. 1854, m. at the residence of her father, Baie Verte, Westmorland Co., NB (or Hopewell Cape, Albert Co., NB; both locations given in the same source) by the Rev. B. Wilson 25(or 24)SEP1881 WILLIAM HENNIGAR BLACK, s/o George Mason and Sarah (Smith) Black. William was of Dorchester. 2. AMBROSINE GOODWIN (2nd daughter) b. ca. 1855-6, m. 1st by the Rev. J. S. Allen 24DEC1879 RICHARD CATES (CARTER?); m. 2nd CHAPPELL SILLIKER. Richard was of Point de Bute, Westmorland, Ambrosine (Ambrozine?) was of Caie Verte. 3. BLISS GOODWIN b. ca. 1857, d. DEC1886 (as Bliss Gooden) 4. ELLA V. GOODWIN b. ca. 1859, m. at the residence of her father, Baie Verte, Westmorland Co., NB by the Rev. R. Wilson 18OCT1881 JOSEPH R. TAYLOR. Joseph was of Rockland, Westmorland Co., NB when married. 5. Dr. WILFORD (WILFRED) GOODWIN, MD b. ca. 1861. Also given as Wilfred, as Wilfred, s/o Albert Goodwin of Baie Verte when, in the spring of 1888, he was awarded a Doctorate in Medicine by McGill University in Montreal. 6. VIOLETTA (ETTIE) GOODWIN b. 10DEC1864, d. Amherst, Cumberland Co., NS 30NOV1922, m. LEONARD CARTER (b. 21JUN1850, d. 1928), s/o Robert and Phoebe Amanda (King) Carter 7. FLORENCE GOODWIN b. ca. 1866-7, d. at the residence of Joseph R. Taylor, Taylor Village, Westmorland Co., NB 14JUN1893 age 27 years. 8. FRANCES GOODWIN b. ca. 1869, m. Dr. E. A. GOODWIN 9. ALICE GOODWIN b. ca. 1873, m. CHARLES McGINN J. HAROLD GOODWIN b. ca. 1874 K. CARVILL GOODWIN b. ca. 1876 L. ETHEL GOODWIN b. ca. 1878, m. AUSTIN L. WRIGHT A web site on the Goodwin's at: http://www.hayward-logan.com/Goodwin/goodwin.htm is at least partially based on Arthur Owen's, 'Goodwin Family History in New Brunswick', AUG1998, deposited in the PAPEI. This mentions two Samuel's. SAMUEL GOODWIN b. ca. 1788, d. Baie Verte, Westmorland Co., NB 1873 (s/o Daniel and Thames (Palmer) Goodwin), m. KATE MOORE BRUNDAGE. Samuel is also given as possibly James. He appears to be the Samuel 'Gooden' in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB in the 1861 census, b. ca. 1789, living with James and Elizabeth Read. With him was a son or grandson?, Joseph 'Gooden' b. ca. 1847. This is confused with the information that, in the same census, Christopher and Stewart Goodwin were with their mother and her 3rd husband in Sackville. children: 1. STEWART GOODWIN 2. BULMER GOODWIN b. ca. 1840-5 3. CHRISTOPHER GOODWIN SAMUEL GOODWIN (s/o David William and Elizabeth (Rowley) Goodwin. Arthur's own site, at: http://ourmaritimeties.com/index.php does not appear to contain any immediate, relevant information, although a large segment of the Goodwin family appears. Things change when the spelling, 'Gooden', is considered. In the 1865 directory of Westmorland Co., there are: Gooden, Albert - Baie Verte Westmorland Blacksmith Gooden, Avand - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Daniel 1st - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Daniel 2nd - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, David - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, E. C. - Baie Verte Westmorland Trade Gooden, Ebenezer - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Hazen - Tidnish Ridge Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Henry - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Henry - Tidnish Ridge Westmorland Farmer Gooden, James - Tidnish Ridge Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Jeremiah - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, John F. - Baie Verte Westmorland Trader Gooden, Joseph - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Joshua - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Rufus - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, S. - Port Elgin Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Sampson B. - Baie Verte Westmorland Trader Gooden, Samuel E. - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Stephen - Port Elgin Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Stephen - Baie Verte Westmorland Trader Gooden, Thomas - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, Wells - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Gooden, William - Baie Verte Westmorland Farmer Here is Albert, obviously, later, a 'Goodwin', also a Samuel E. and an S. Gooden. There is a similar list in 1871, including: Gooden, S. B. - Baie Verte Botsford Westmorland Carpenter Gooden, Samuel E. - Baie Verte Botsford Westmorland Farmer The proximity of Baie Verte to Cumberland Co., NS also presents problems, and Samuel E. Gooden is not only not traceable in the 1881 census of NB (even when his surname is altered), but he is actually listed in Amherst Shore, Cumberland Co., NS in that years. Samuel E. Gooden, a farmer, was b. NB ca. 1833. This census, with other information, gives: SAMUEL E. GOODWIN b. NB ca. 1831-3, m. ELIZABETH SOMERS (b. NB ca. 1842.) Samuel may be the Samuel b. ca. 1831 in the family in Westmorland Parish, Westmorland Co., NB in 1851 as: Gooden John M Head 65 American Farmer Birth Gooden Jane F Wife 61 American Birth Gooden Nelson M Son 40 American Birth Gooden Joshua M Son 35 American Birth Gooden Jeremiah M Son 27 American Birth Gooden Elias M Son 24 American Birth Gooden Daniel M Son 21 American Birth Gooden Samuel M Son 20 American Birth Gooden Ann F Daughter 34 American Birth Gooden Adaline F Daughter 12 American Birth According to the IGI, this Samuel was the s/o John and Jane (Polly) Godwin, and m. Elizabeth Goodwin (?). The difficulty with the IGI is that contributors, not knowing the surname of the wife, will enter the maiden name; leading to mistaken conclusions. Otherwise they will enter such nonsense as 'Mrs. Goodwin'; suggesting that the husband married a widow of a relative. The question arise, then, was Elizabeth a cousins with the same surname; or was she Elizabeth with an unknown (to the contributor) maiden name with 'Goodwin' plugged in out of ignorance; or was she actually Elizabeth Somers; and this the Samuel being sought for. Elizabeth Somers may be Elizabeth Somers b. ca. 1858, d/o Theodore (b. 22SEP1828, s/o Martin and Sarah (Trites) Somers) and Elizabeth (Haley, b. ca. 1848) Somers. See: http://www.ourgenealogy.ca/ps03/ps03_167.html http://www.ourgenealogy.ca/wc02/wc02_326.html In Amherst Shore, Cumberland Co., NS in 1881; the spelling of the children's names leaves something to be desired. Milford Gooden (b. ca. 1866) is present in this census. All children are given as b. NB. children: 1. URSULA ('URCILLA') GOODEN b. ca. 1862 2. 'FELVIA' (?) JANE GOODEN b. ca. 1864 3. MILFORD GOODWIN, b. ca. 1866, m. Sackville, NB 23DEC1890 MINNIE VIVIAN REID (b. ca. 1872, d. 1937 4. NETTIE ('ENNETA') MAY GOODWIN m. at her father's residence, Port Elgin, Westmorland Co., NB by the Rev. L. S. Johnson 21JAN1891 THEODORE W. HARTLEY 5. MARY ALICE GOODEN b. ca. 1873 6. JOHN EDWIN GOODEN b. ca. 1875 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Penlan3 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4657/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for any info regarding one Samuel Goodwin who married possibly an Elizabeth Somers. They had a son Milford Goodwin b.1866 who married in Sackville,NB 23 Dec 1890 Minnie Vivian Read b.1872 d. 1937 in Westmorland Co., New Brunswick. Milford and his family moved from NB to Mass. USA and had 5 children Lloyd, Rita, Arnold, Roy, & Annie. Looking for the correct parents for Milford Goodwin & Minnie Vivian Read, but any information on this family would be appreciated. I can be contacted direct at: plane001@sympatico.ca Penny Lane, Hamilton, Ontario Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: arewerelated2007 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4613.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Alexander living with Michael and Agnes in the 1901 census was the son of her brother John. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: arewerelated2007 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4613.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Agnes (Reid) Fitzpatrick is my great-great grandmother. I haven't been able to find anything on her brother, Alexander and there is no mention in any of the family information I have about a brother named James, so I would love to chat more with you about this. My email is arewerelated2007@yahoo.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thomasamurray1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4656.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It appears that at least some of the Allen's, and possibly some of the Dobson's, are my distant cousin. The site at: http://www.islandregister.com/silliker1.html may be of interest. Mary (Strang) Silliker was my several times great aunt. Thomas Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mlindareid Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4613.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the info!! Agnes Reid had a brother named Alexander (like her father). My aunt beleived he, too, went to Port Elgin. The boarder Alexander would be her brother ... born 1885. I see him in the 1901 Census, but I see only older Alexanders in the 1911 Census. He must have moved on ... or at least out. Thank you for this starting point!! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KatNS Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4613.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi. If you go to the following website http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA Go under search, then cemeteries, then New Brunswick cemetery and search for Fitzpatrick in Westmorland County, you will find buried in Port Elgin Cemetery, Agnes and her husband Michael. If you go to http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.jsp Search under 1901 census, New Brunswick, Westmorland County, and use the surname of Fitzpatric without the "k" it will find you the family of Michael and Agnes, living in Port Elgin, as well as boarder Alexander Read. In the 1911 census, same page, they can be found with the surname spelled the right way. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mlindareid Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4613.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi: Do you have any info on the Agnes Reid who married Michael Fitzpatrick?? My great-grandfather, James Reid, and his brother, Alexander, came from Paisley, Scotland, in 1866. Alexander (Sandy) brought his family, and Agnes was the name of one of the daughters. James Reid settled in Westville (Albion Mines,) Pictou County, and Alex and family settled in Oxford, Nova Scotia, but my aunt believed Agnes went to Port Elgin, Westmorland County. That is where the trail stops. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thomasamurray1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4656.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: ANDREW H. DOBSON (s/o George John and Lavinia (Polly) Dobson) b. Baie Verte, Westmorland Co., NB 26(or 24)JAN1815, d. Plainview, Pierce Co., Nebraska 23JUN1910, m. 1st MAR1836 AMELIA ALLEN (b. ca. 1819), later divorced; m. 2nd ACSEY E. (KNAPP?) SARGENT (b. Ohio ca. 1844.) Andrew's mother, Lavinia (b. NB ca. 1792) was likely of Loyalist parents as, in 1880, in Roscoe, Winnebago Co., Illinois, she gave both parents as b. Massachusetts. She lived with Ephraim and Ann Allen, both b. NB, and one might think that Ann (b. NB ca. 1819, parents b. NB) was her daughter; and that Ephraim (b. NB ca. 1818, father b. NB, mother b. NS) might be Amelia Allen's brother. Andrew appears as 'Anden' Dobson in the 1880 census of Arvonia, Osage Co., Kansas; which gives rise to questions about the spelling of Acsey's name. Andrew was b. NB ca. 1816, parents b. NB; Acsey was b. Ohio ca. 1844, father b. Pennsylvania, mother b. NY. Children were: John W. (b. Illinois ca. 1866) and Elmer V. (b. Kanasa ca. 1875) Dobson. Another Dobson, nearby in 1880, in Arvonia, Osage Co., Kansas, was John P. Dobson (b. NB ca. 1810, parents b. NB), with a wife and son; very likely Andrew's brother. Andrew's father, George, is given as b. NB 8FEB1786, d. Winnebago Co., Illinois OCT1871, and to be the s/o George and Ann Christian (Somers) Dobson. George, Sr. (1751-1809) is said to have been b. Ingleby, Arncliffe, Yorkshire, England, the s/o George and Mary (Baker) Dobson. The IGI has numerous entries for members of this family at: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp George, John and Richard Dobson petitioned for land in Westmorland Co., NB as early as 1801, suggesting they may have arrived about that time. The earliest grant, in Botsford Parish, Westmorland Co., NB 21NOV1810, not only included David, John and Richard Dobson, but Benjamin Allen, Jr. and George and Matthew Allen. So the families were likely close neighbours. Another grant, the same day in the same place, has Benjamin Allen (presumably Sr.), Ephraim Allen, Jonas Allen, John Dobson and George Dobson. While many members of the Dobson family seem to have left for the US, an example of prevailing relationships between the Dobson's and Allen's is the marriage of George Dobson at the Parsonage, Baie Verte, by the Rev, A. S. Tuttle 30JAN1868 to Margaret D. Allen, 3rd d/o Richard Allen, all of Bayfield. I suspect that a thorough search of the Dobson's would include one of the Allen's. Families in Botsford Parish in the 1851 census at: http://automatedgenealogy.com/censusnb51/Subdistrict.jsp?id=83 suggest both were very large families by that time. See also: http://users.eastlink.ca/~bettydobson/richarddobsongeneration01.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~damery/WE/cem/we-a02.html http://ca.geocities.com/inkspotter1/surnames/barker.htm http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbpast/myfam/dobson/index3.htm http://www.trenholm.org/allensNB/WC_TOC.htm and numerous other web sites. Try searching for: Dobson Westmorland Brunswick all together. Thomas Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: annbradshaw1 Surnames: Dobson, Trenholm Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/4656/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seeking the birth parents of Andrew Dobson. He married Amelia and had children Sarah, Joseph, and Abram. They moved to the Rockford, Illinois area around 1845. Sarah married a Trenholm. Is anyone else working on this family? Thank you. Ann in Indiana Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: IanIreland51 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/1167.1.2.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Layton was son of Benjamin and William was son of Layton. William married Flossie Bell Adams March 1st. 1908. they had 2 sons Ralph Chase (my grandfather),he married Maizie Hicks. and Wallace whom nobody can find........he left home possibly adopted and went by the name Wallace Kilborne , possibly moved to St John NB. married a Mary somebody and they had 2 children 1boy and 1 girl. Heather Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: 23devon Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/1167.1.2.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't have William listed as a son of Benjamin and Mary. I have: Maria b. 1861 m. Charles Edward Crossman (my grandmother's brother), killed at the railway crossin in Aulac. Their children were brought up by relatives. Rhoda b. 1841, m. George Buck Card. Hiram m. Sarah Ann Card. I had two Layton Card's listed but realize they are the same one. Shirley Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: IanIreland51 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newbrunswick.westmorland/1167.1.2.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: That is the family ....i have Layton and his father before him ( Benjamin & Mary ) and am trying to go back further as well. what i am looking for is William son of Layton & Catherine.also looking for Williams sons Ralph and Wallace. I know Ralph was raised by relatives (as his mother left one day and never returned) i have nothing on Wallace.any hepl would be great. Heather Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.