This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COOK, SMITH, BURTON, McDONALD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SOC.2ACE/825.1 Message Board Post: Are you researching Joseph Cook, son of Manassah and Bethia Trask Cook? If so, contact me.

Hi, Muriel, I had a look at page 20 and boy, that was a hard one at the end of the page. I do have the following recommendations for the following entries on the page: line 4 = Wilson, Mabel line 8 = Cossaboom, Louise line 14 = Webber, Max line 18 = Cr?ss (surname) line 23 = Caines, Mason lines 31 through 39 = the surname ends in "bell" All the best of the season to you. Thanks so much for all your hard work donated to genealogy. Sheila Arthurs of Toronto (formerly Sheila Gertridge of Gaspereau, Kings, NS) _______ CAN-NS-DIGBY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: CAN-NS-DIGBY-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 136 Today's Topics: #1 A Special Christmas Present for DI ["Muriel M. Davidson" Administrivia: To unsubscribe from CAN-NS-DIGBY-D, send a message to CAN-NS-DIGBY-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the CAN-NS-DIGBY-D list administrator, send mail to CathyLee CAN-NS-DIGBY-admin@rootsweb.com. RULES of the mailing list and message board: 1 be nice 2 don't post anything involving money ( send private emails) 3 must contain relevant genealogy information. (i.e. thank yous should be private emails) Messages must NOT be posted that include: A commercial,fundraising, fee for service, or advertising message. CathyLee Digby Genweb Coordinator cathylee@ns.sympatico.ca http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/ Digby Mailing List Administrator Digby Message Board Administrator ______________________________Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:10:50 -0500 From: "Muriel M. Davidson" <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca> To: CAN-NS-DIGBY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: A Special Christmas Present for DIGBY Researchers To all:- I am wishing all who belong to the Canada Census Campaign list and the Committee a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. At the same time -- researchers in the town of Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia will be pleased to learn I have finished this section, pages 15 to 25 on http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/ However, should you wish to view these pages, and find errors, please let me know -- especially one page with more ?? than words http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/Test9.jsp?id=70324 I am only able to correct the pages with my name, but this might also reach the other two people who started this section. Looking for help with above given page -- the 1901 census is not helpful as I cannot make out the surname. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_ davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee --------------------------------- Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos

To all:- I am wishing all who belong to the Canada Census Campaign list and the Committee a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. At the same time -- researchers in the town of Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia will be pleased to learn I have finished this section, pages 15 to 25 on http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/ However, should you wish to view these pages, and find errors, please let me know -- especially one page with more ?? than words http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/Test9.jsp?id=70324 I am only able to correct the pages with my name, but this might also reach the other two people who started this section. Looking for help with above given page -- the 1901 census is not helpful as I cannot make out the surname. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_ davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SOC.2ACE/1305 Message Board Post: hi is there anyone who can help with the Savory family i an seeking a Florence B Savory b. aug 8 1895? and sister Violet b. around the same time. who were supposed to be born in Bear River can anyone assist me with finding out about this family ? i am not familiar with Canada records at all. thanks 3crow

To all -- At present, the 1911 census records are NOT a political item, but very definitely an integral part of our genealogical search. I have been using Automated Genealogy which only includes the first page -- microfiche would have both pages. Last evening, while transcribing Barrington Passage records in Shelburne County, I came across the first HOME GIRL, Mary Crowell in Family No. 101, age 59. This means if she is one of the Home Children, she would have been born 1852. http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/Test9.jsp?id=43155 [Do not worry -- I will be finishing the 50 lines -- I know the surnames] There have been many others, not listed as HOME Girl or Boy, but in a family listing are enumerated at the end of the family grouping. The family may have small children -- then we find older teens, all listed generally as Domestic. Very possibly we should be keeping the site and page number, also names of possible Home Children. There were about 100,000 sent over from Great Britain from about 1860 to 1930 -- at present there has only been 25% or more identified. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/ http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Comeau, White, Leblanc dit White, Fortier, Brown, Sjostedt, Kilroy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/363.1 Message Board Post: Hello Cousin! I too would like to know when he died. He was also my ggggrandfather. Leon and Monique died in 1901 and 1905 in MA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Robbins, Hewey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/906.1.1.1 Message Board Post: A little knowledge of history can greatly enhance a person's genealogical pursuits. I would love to have a dollar for every baby boy born in the mid 1800's who was given the middle name Wellington. Do an online search on the Duke of Wellington and the Battle of Waterloo and you will see why. Often a child will be named after a famous figure and then it will be carried through for a couple of generations but it usually has more to do with the time period the child was born in than any family history. Burdette

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bryant, Rankin(e), Winchester, Potter, Smith, etc. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/1304 Message Board Post: I have tried to correct this with "Lost at Sea" with no success. Benjamin Winchester Bryant b. 22 Dec 1818 at Clements, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia d.1844 on the "Tadmour" of a fever. His parents were James Rankin Bryant & Ann (nee Winchester) Bryant. Benjamin's father, Capt. James Rankin Bryant, died at sea in Dec 1831 from the "Caroline." Many vessels sailed from Bear River and Digby for Saint John on that clear day, and all were wrecked in a storm that was termed 'the worst in years." Of the passengers and crews on the vessels, none survived. Of the vessels that were destroyed that day, the only account is of the "Caroline" from Digby. Benjamin's widowed mother, Ann (nee Winchester) Bryant, married 2nd Jacob Roop and they are buried in Thomas Cemetery at Smith's Cove, Digby Co., Nova Scotia. No children as far as I know.

To All, I subscribed to this list at 10 am today and posted a message concerning a Comeau relative. By 2 pm, I had an the answer. I now feel like I am related to all French Canadians in Nova Scotia or, perhaps at least, Acadia. It's nice to be home. Thanks to all who have helped. Joyeux Noel! Susan Susan M. Mace Phone: 703 842 1684 Cell: 571 275 3518 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping

Dear Listers, I am researching William Thomas of Digby, NS. This man was a Loyalist who came to Digby in 1784, in themuster roll of disbanded Officers, discharged and disbanded soldiers and Loyalists mustered at Digby William shows in Timpany's Company as Capt. William Thomas, with a household containing 1 adult male, 1 adult female, 2 children under 10 and 3 servants. William was born in Pennsylvania to Richard and Elizabeth Walton Thomas. He was a Loyalist in Northampton County PA, and was sent to New York with the British after the battle of Yorktown, leaving from New York to Digby. William's wife Mary Rhodes Custer Thomas supposedly came to Digby with him. We have no information about this family beyond the above facts. I am looking for any information on them after their arrival in Digby, census records, marriage records, church records, names of the adult female, 2 children and servants stated to be with them who settled in Digby. This information is for a research project which will hopefully result in a followup of the lives of the Loyalists of Northampton County PA. All and any information on this man and/or sources we might research long distance would be most welcome, sources are also important on any info offered. We appreciate all the help we can get on this project, these are an interesting group of people to study. Sincerely, Judy McElderry -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/198 - Release Date: 12/12/2005

Léon was the son of Augustin Comeau b. 28 Aug 1799 and Marie Madeleine Gaudet b. 24 May 1803 Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Mace" <s_m_mace@yahoo.com> To: <CAN-NS-DIGBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 10:25 AM Subject: [CAN-NS-DIGBY] Leon Comeau and family > Hello List, > > Is anyone on the list related to Leon Comeau, born NS in July 1826, and > if so, do you know the names of his parents? Leon and Monique (nee ?) are > found as Household #1 on the St. Bernard, Digby county 1881 Census with > their children, as follows. > > Leon Comeau, 55, b. NS, Catholic, Farmer-July 1826 > Monique, wife, 58, b. NS, Catholic- Jan 1823 > Louis, 23, b. NS, Catholic-1857 (?) > Charles, 19, b. NS, Catholic-1862 > Emelie, 12, b. NS, Catholic-1869 > Marie, 9, b. NS, Catholic-1872 > Annie, (my ggrandmother) 7, b. NS, Catholic-Sep 1875 > Joseph, 4, b. NS, Catholic-1878 > Charly, 3, b. NS, Catholic-1879

Hello List, Is anyone on the list related to Leon Comeau, born NS in July 1826, and if so, do you know the names of his parents? Leon and Monique (nee ?) are found as Household #1 on the St. Bernard, Digby county 1881 Census with their children, as follows. Leon Comeau, 55, b. NS, Catholic, Farmer-July 1826 Monique, wife, 58, b. NS, Catholic- Jan 1823 Louis, 23, b. NS, Catholic-1857 (?) Charles, 19, b. NS, Catholic-1862 Emelie, 12, b. NS, Catholic-1869 Marie, 9, b. NS, Catholic-1872 Annie, (my ggrandmother) 7, b. NS, Catholic-Sep 1875 Joseph, 4, b. NS, Catholic-1878 Charly, 3, b. NS, Catholic-1879 In the 1901 Census, Louis Comeau (b. 24 May 1856) and Family are Household # 2 on the St. Bernard Digby census. I beleive that Louis, as the eldest, remained in Nova Scotia. 1 7 Comeau Louis M Head M 24 May 1856 44 1 8 2 Comeau Marie F Wife M 25 May 1857 34 (sic) 1 9 2 Comeau Rose F Daughter S 30 Sep 1886 14 1 10 2 Comeau Lucie F Daughter S 27 Aug 1888 12 1 11 2 Comeau Marie F Daughter S 30 Jul 1890 10 1 12 2 Comeau Raymond M Son S 9 Jun 1892 8 1 13 2 Comeau Monique F Daughter S 4 Feb 1896 4 1 14 2 Comeau Bernard M Son S 14-Mar-01 The rest of the family emigrated to Haverhill, Ma in 1886 and are found thru out the 1900-1930 US Census, still living with or next to family. Any help would be greatly appreciated. From a former Bostonian, Merry Christmas! Sue (researching Comeau and LeBlanc dit White) Susan M. Mace Phone: 703 842 1684 Cell: 571 275 3518 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rice, Thomas, Potter, Smith, Bryant Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/906.1.1 Message Board Post: In our family file we have: Jonas Wellington Rice b.1839 in Digby Co., NS I have wondered where the "Wellington" came from, and now I'm wondering if it is just a coincidence that your Rice gggrandfather was also given the middle name of Wellington . . .

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thomas Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/132.1 Message Board Post: A 30 Apr 1890 article in the "Daily Telegraph" of St. John, New Brunswick reports that St. Clair Thomas - 2nd son of Capt. Charles P. Thomas of Sandy Cove - was lost at sea from "Meteor" (aged 30) on 18 Jan 1890.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thomas Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/1044.1 Message Board Post: A 30 Apr 1890 article in the "Daily Telegraph" of St. John, New Brunswick reports that St. Clair Thomas - 2nd son of Capt. Charles P. Thomas of Sandy Cove - was lost at sea from "Meteor" (aged 30) on 18 Jan 1890.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/1303.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much for your reply. I do think this may be the correct family. Her mother died when she was 7 or 8. But there are more siblings then I knew about.

forwarded by Listadmin, List doesn't allow CC CathyLee Digby Genweb Coordinator cathylee@ns.sympatico.ca http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/ Digby Mailing List Administrator Digby Message Board Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Dunbar" <ddunbar@idirect.com> To: "Ralph Portter" <leerhp@hotmail.com>; <CAN-NS-DIGBY-L-request@rootsweb.com> Cc: <nsroots@ednet.ns.ca> Sent: December 11, 2005 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [nsroots] re - attn Bill Dunbar of Montana Ralph, I've been watching this thread with interest. My great grandfather, William H. Dunbar, was born in the Digby area and raised his family there until he moved to Grand Manan in 1884. Although I haven't been able to prove it, I believe he was descended from the Dunbar loyalists of New York. I'd be interested in exchanging what information I have on the Dunbars of Digby. Don Dunbar Toronto Ralph Portter wrote: >Dear Bill Dunbar: >A letter is on the way to your address. I Scanned your Dunbar genealogy >notes & it seems >to be too long to print; however, I will save them for future reference. >The TRC supercisor >was able to to view them in his office. I am from Joseph Dunbar the >Loyalist of Digby who >came from NY area. > >Did you ever consider a published genealogy? I am in the process of >organizing the Digby Dunbars >& others also. >Ralph HSJ Portter > >_________________________________________________________________ >Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft. SmartScreen >Technology. >http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&S U=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN. Premium right now and get the >first two months FREE*. >___________________________________________ >nsroots mailing list >nsroots@ednet.ns.ca >http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots > > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/1303.1.1 Message Board Post: Nevermind the Mary/Alice comment. Didn't pay close enough attention to realize Mary was a daughter of Henry's. Suspect Alice must have passed before 1901, then. Jared

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/1303.1 Message Board Post: From the 1901 Canada Census for Hillsburgh, Digby Co, NS: 12 33 128 Smith Henry D M Head W Feb 10 1849 52 12 34 128 Smith Mary F Daughter S Mar 4 1884 17 12 35 128 Smith Rachel D F Daughter S Dec 27 1886 14 12 36 128 Smith Harry M Son S Oct 27 1889 11 12 37 128 Smith Gertrude L F Daughter S Aug 27 1891 9 Perhaps "Alice" was "Mary Alice"... and, the "L" with Gertrude may have been mistranscribed or just improperly entrered. Of course, another possibility is that she had more than one "middle" name. Jared

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/1303 Message Board Post: I am looking for birth information on my grandmother Gertrude Blanche Smith. I believe she was born August 27, 1891 in Hillsburg or Bear River, Nova Scotia. Her parents listed on her marriage certificate are Henry Smith and Alice Winchester