Replies below... ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Makowiec <[email protected]> To: SueNYC <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [Antigonish] LONG/CHISHOLM > At 04:34 PM 10-11-2004 -0400, SueNYC wrote: > > Looking for any info on Mary Long, born 6/11/09. She grew up in the Salmon > >River area, and for John Alexander Chisholm, born 10/5/06. He grew up in > >Antigonish and also lived in Heatherton. > > I'm guessing 1909 and 1906 on these. As we're somewhat past two centuries > of Scottish settlement in Nova Scotia, it helps to include them. You're right..it's 1909 and 1906...sorry about that. > > Also: > - Do you know the 'nickname' of the CHISHOLM family? In some families > (M'DONALDs and CHISHOLMs come immediately to mind) there would be so many > in an area, that to distinguish them, the families had nicknames. Some > were locational (Schoolhouse, the Bridge, the Ridge), some had to do with > occupation (Miller, Smith). This would be in addition to an individual's > nickname(s). I don't know of any, no. > - In addition to the above cited nicknames, people were also known by > parents' (generally father's) names - do you know any of those? John A. Chisholm's parents were Sarah and Joseph. I don't know Mary Long's yet. John Chisholm had 5 siblings, Florence, Ann, Colin, Jack, and Jenny, Ann is the only one still living. Mary had 6 siblings, Margaret (Peg), Edith, William, Richard, Kay (Katherine), Hugh Daniel, and John (Jack). All are deceased. > - I'm guessing that John Alexander and Mary were married? Do you have any > more information on them? Date of marriage? Place of marriage? Children? Yes they were. They are my grandparents. I have no idea when they married but I do know they married in Massachusetts. Lived in Roxbury, then Dorchester, then Brockton. They had 5 children, John Joseph, Jean Claire, Joan Ann, Donald William, and Rita Marie (my mom). My grandfather worked for the MBTA. Hope this helps!