[For reference the obit is pasted below my signature] In my notes, I have: Joseph (aka John) GERRIOR / GIRROIR m. Mary Ellen McCARTHY / CARTY. Children [birthdates thanks to Lloyd Boucher!!]: i. Joseph b. 23 Oct 1886, d. bef Jan 1982; m. ? ii. Margaret Estelle b. 21 Sep 1889; m. ? iii. Gertrude Mary b. 8 Sep 1893, d. bef Jan 1982 [did she marry James MacMILLAN?] iv. Mary Ellen b. 17 Sep 1896, d. Jan 1982; m. John William TAIT Does anyone have the parents of Joseph (aka John) GERRIOR who m. Mary Ellen McCARTHY? Thanks in advance, Eileen Avery Santa Barbara, California In a message dated 8/27/04 , [email protected] writes: > Chronicle Herald, 27 January 1982. > > ANTIGONISH - Mary Ellen Tait, 85, of Antigonish and formerly of Grosvenor, > Guysgorough County, died Monday in St. Martha's Hospital here. > Born in Tracadie, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Ellen > (McCarthy) Gerrior. > She is survived by two daughters, Irene (Mrs. Joseph Bowie), Heatherton, > and Theresa (Mrs. William John MacDonald), Antigonish; three sons, Edward, > Mattie Settlement; Allen, Antigonish, and Colin, Mulgrage; 12 grandchildren > and a great-grandchild. > Besides her husband John William, she was predeceased by a sister > Gertrude and a brother Joseph. The body is in Curry's Funeral Home, > Antigonish. Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Peter's Church, > Tracadie, Rev. Frank Morley officiating, with burial in the parish cemetery. > >