This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stevens Thurber Teed Corning Lewis Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.digby/437.509/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My husband was Robert Nelson Thurber b. 14 Jun 1928 d 08 Feb 1988 at Duncan, BC, Canada, son on Genevieve Pearl Stevens and Lindsay Ambrose Thurber. Genevieve was the daughter of George Calvin Stevens (b 7 Sep 1856 at Freeport NS, d 06 Nov 1923), and Eusebia Celeste Teed (b 25 Sep 1856 at Freeport NS, d 18 Dec 1952 at Red Deer, Alberta), m 24 Dec 1881 at Freeport. Her siblings were Harold Melbourne b 17 Oct 1882; Iva Myrtle b 10 Nov 1885, Maude Achsa b 23 Mar 1889; Verna Blanche b 10 Nov 1893, Sarah Gwendolyn (Sadie) b 06 Apr 1899, Mina Louise b 14 Apr 19903 and Constance Marie b 30 May 1906. They were all born in Freeport. George Stevens was the son of Lyman Stevens and Elizabeth Corning. The forefathers of the Nova Scotia Thurbers were Samuel b 05 Mar 1775 d 24 Jan 1846. He was a Loyalist from Long Island and came to Nova Scotia in 1783. He married Mary Polly Lewis. Burden Thurber came to Nova Scotia from Long Island New York in 1783 with son Samuel. He died in 1822! at Freeport, NS. John Thurber b 1626 at Stanton, Lincolnshire left England in 1671 with 6 of his 8 children and settled in Rehoboth, Mass. He married Priscilla ?. John's father was James Thurber born 1594 Stanton d 1626. I hope this information may be helpful to you and I would appreciate receiving any other information about the Stevens/Thurber family history that you may have.