Thank you Mary! I found an additional item on Stephen CRISPO who m. Ellen/Helene/Natalie CHARPENTIER: Online transcription of “nominal return of the deaths within last twelve months [from the] 1871 census” Antigonish Co.; Harbor Bouche Div. 1: Stephen CRISPO, male, born in Nova Scotia, died May [1870], age 48 [implies b. 1822/23], Catholic, profession: Sea Captain, married. Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsantigo/dth1871.html In a message dated 1/21/05 7:03:36 AM, [email protected] writes: > I have a few notes to add on some of these folks (see below) > Mary F. >   ----- Original Message ----- >   From: [email protected] >   To: [email protected] >   Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:47 PM >   Subject: [Antigonish] Re: CARPENTER / CHARPENTIER, Havre Boucher > > <snip> > >   {Is the mother Ellen aka Helene b. ca 1832 d/o Louis CHARPENTIER & Marine >   MOMBOURQUETTE? I see that Helene had 2 marriages: 1st to unknown; 2nd to > Michael >   PETITPAS in 1872, so perhaps 1st marriage was to Stephen CRISPO?} >   Page 78, line No. 3 >   Name: Margaret Maria Crispo >   Sex: Female >   Date & Place: 29 January 1870 Harbour au Bouche >   Father, Occupation, & Place: Stephen Crispo, Merchant, Harb.Bouche >   Mother: Ellen Carpenter >   When & where married: 1852 Harbour au Bouche > >   From Evelyn's book "Havre Boucher: A Journey to the Past" p. 53, >   she mentions a Capt. Stephen Crispo, son of Mark Crispo, the first >   Crispo settler in the area.  Says Stephen was married to Natalie >   Charpentier, and it lists a child of theirs, Margaret Maria, b. 1870. > >   Also says Stephen died in 1870, and that Natalie married Michael >   Petitpas, and that they had one daughter, Delphine Elizabeth, b. 1877. > >   In the 1881 census on Familysearch.com, the houshold consists of >   Michael Petipas, 53, Patallie [sic] 49, Delfone 4 mos., Charles Crispo 20, >   Margaret Maria 11, John Peter Crispo 14. > >   So it would appear that Natalie and Ellen are the same person. > > <snip>