Hi folks, Just wanted to let those interested know that the book, The Eighty-Fifth in France and Flanders is now online at my 85th Battalion site---see link below. There are many references to individual soldiers and is an interesting read. When I get time, I will scan the photo's & map in the book to add to the site. Susan Gowen http://clix.to/susan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson (David and Susan) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DQC.2ACI/267 Message Board Post: Hi , I am looking fo imfo on David Anderson born in eighteen eighties in Clark`s Harbour,son of Charles and Lizette Anderson, most of family were sea captains, he married a Susan from Liverpool, that was probably between 1910-1916,he was drowned in an accident in Boston Harbour in 1923, i do not know Susan`s maiden name, and would like to know if they had children? It is possible Susan remarried as she would of been a young bride at time of accident. Would any Anderson`s living in Liverpool now be related to eith of them? I realize this was long time past but there may be someone in Liverpool who heard of them.I have a picture of them i could send copy if anyone has imfo. Deloris Anderson

There is a Waterloo in Ontario.Don't get too specific in searching Canada 411; just put in the name and Ontario, and add Waterloo if no results. ----- Original Message ----- From: <CAN-NS-QUEENS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <CAN-NS-QUEENS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:00 AM Subject: CAN-NS-QUEENS-D Digest V03 #77

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ehler/Hull Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DQC.2ACI/266 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Abraham or Angeline Ehler. They would have lived in the Guysborough county area most likely in Queensport from at least 1871 to1905. If anyone has any information I would greatly appreciate it.

Are you writing about the North Queens Heritage Centre at Caledonia -- it is on Hwy. 8. Muriel ----- Original Message ----- > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Davis, MacEwen > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/DQC.2ACI/265 > > Message Board Post: > > There are genealogy records in braille at this museum, written by William Sheriff (?) A blind man from Halifax started to translate them but got no further than the Bs. Is there anyone who could complete this study? We could possibly all learn from these. Am interested in the Davis and Mac Ewen families. > Gwen --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis, MacEwen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/DQC.2ACI/265 Message Board Post: There are genealogy records in braille at this museum, written by William Sheriff (?) A blind man from Halifax started to translate them but got no further than the Bs. Is there anyone who could complete this study? We could possibly all learn from these. Am interested in the Davis and Mac Ewen families. Gwen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kempton, Leary, Hammer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/DQC.2ACI/264 Message Board Post: Ethelinda Kempton (1877-1936), dau. of Charles Robie and Jane (MacEwen) Kempton m. 1. Howard Leary. Her dau. Jennie b. 1894 m. Richard Hammer and had a son Richard. Does anyone have any info. on this Hammer family? Ethelinda m. 2. Clayton Faulkner. Were there children of this marriage and where did they live?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Spears-MacEwen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/DQC.2ACI/263 Message Board Post: George W. Spears m. my great-aunt, Alice MacEwen b. c 1854. Does anyone have their birth and death dates? Did they have any children? Thank you. Gwen

Looking for any information on Gordon E. Broome- I have no parents or any other information- except that he was an attendant at Percy Alvin Broome's wedding in 1951. Thanks in advance for your help. Bill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coumans/Pride/Sargeant Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DQC.2ACI/262 Message Board Post: Hello, I am researching my great great grandfather, John Coumans Sr.(born 1795) who married Jane Sargeant. Thomas Coumans(born 1794) may be his brother. Thomas Coumans married Abigail Pride on Jan 8, 1824 in Liverpool, Queen County, NS. I do not know where. The marriage record should list Thomas Coumans parents and further, whether any other Coumans' family members were present. Does anyone have information of this record, or can they obtain the above information for me. Thank you. I live in Seattle, Washington. Thank you again in advance, Gabe

Surname of interest: BONET, BONNET, BONNETT, BONNETTE I am David Bonnett of Terre Haute Indiana USA. Am searching for information on family of John Anthony BONNETT, born August 1850, in "Waterloo, Canada" (no Province name found...have searched Ontario and Quebec without success), parents names unknown to me but parents born in Prussia. Special Note: Have recently found the Town of Waterloo in the County of Lunenburg NS, but could not find a mail list for there, so I am posting in nearby counties. The following is information from various records: Birthplace:Born "Waterloo, Canada" (no Province listed per marriage license of his son at Terre Haute, Vigo, IN 1905.). Birthdate: Birth year on his gravestone is 1851. (1880 US Census, Chapel, Talbot, Maryland lists John's birth as August 1850.) John's Parents are listed as born in Prussia in the 1880 US Census, Chapel, Talbot, Maryland. Marriage: Date and place unknown. Married Caroline Jantz (Yantsch--alternate spelling found.) Caroline was born in Kerchenberg, Austria, 9 October 1846. Caroline died in Detroit, Michigan, USA on 10 October 1946, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Newport, Kentucky USA. Children: Anna Teresa BONNETT b. abt. February 1874 in Marlette, Sanilac, Michigan USA. Edmund Anthony BONNETT b. 8 June 1880 in Cordova, Talbot, Maryland USA. Place and Date of death: Florida USA, abt 4 March 1930. Burial Place: Evergreen Cemetery in Newport Kentucky USA. (Buried 8 March 1930.) Known Timeline and Information Sources: 1850: Born Waterloo Canada (daughter and son's marriage applications). 1874: Daughter born Feb 1874 in Marlette, Sanilac, Michigan (daughter's marriage application). 1880: Living with wife and daughter in Chapel, Talbot, Maryland (1880 US Census). 1895: Living with wife, daughter, son in Edwards, Vigo, IN (Vigo County IN Directory). 1898-1920: Living in Terre Haute, Vigo, IN. (Terre Haute IN City Directories and US Census) 1930: Death and burial. (Cemetery records). John's Known Occupations: Worked as a brewmaster and steam and power engineer at breweries. Any and all help would be appreciated. Thank You. David L. Bonnett davidb40@netzero.net

Hello William:- I checked my one Down Home source, other than obituaries, -- The Diary of Simeon Perkins --- Extracts. I am familiar with the COOKE name, also the POWER name, but seems I did not copy any notation -- if there were any. The notes are taken from the original Simeon Perkins Diary, a joint effort by myself and a cousin, Robert Ford Kirkpatrick. These are posted at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/ Muriel M. Davidson ----- Original Message ----- This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: POWERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DQC.2ACI/261 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information about Lucinda POWERS, b abt 1798 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, d. 1870 New Carlisle, Bonaventure, Quebec. Married William COOKE of Paradise, Newfoundland. > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/03

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: POWERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DQC.2ACI/261 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information about Lucinda POWERS, b abt 1798 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, d. 1870 New Carlisle, Bonaventure, Quebec. Married William COOKE of Paradise, Newfoundland.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McNutt, Harlow Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DQC.2ACI/233.2.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi Georgina, Martin McNutt (1804-1885) and Jerusha Harlow (1804-1882) were my ggg-grand parents. If you're still looking for info I can sent you what I've found. Bye for now, Wendy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Berriman, McNutt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DQC.2ACI/233.2.2 Message Board Post: Hi Tim, Elsie Eileen Berriman (1899-1970) and Andrew Vernon Lovett McNutt (1876-1957) were my great-grandparents. I would love to read the article you wrote on the McNutt family as well as any photos you may have. Thank you so much for your time. Bye for now, Wendy

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/DQC.2ACI/163.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes. The connection to our family is through their daughter Hattie Louise who married Rowland Matthews whose daughter Leah Bernice married Paulus Varner from New Germany and raised their family in Jordan Falls, Shelburne County. Thanks again. Wally Buchanan

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/DQC.2ACI/163.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Just answered Denise and see your message. I have Angeline Augusta Weir married to William Allen Blackburn on 10/28/1869 in Mill Village, Nova Scotia. Daughter of Leonard and Anne Weir. Would this be the people your looking for? Donna

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/DQC.2ACI/163.1.2.2 Message Board Post: Denise, Great hearing form you. Would love to share what I have. Leonard Wear born abt 1826 in Mill Village, Queens County, Nova Scotia. Died Oct 1902 in Dunbars Corner, Nova Scotia of a Heart Attack. Occupation Lumberman. Married Anne E McKenzie abt 1847. Children Angeline Augusta, Cordelia, Calvin, Lorenzo, William Leonard born 12/23/1856, Joseph A, Amanda, Allister, Mathias. Do Not have much on Lorenzo, but hope to improve on that this weekend at a family reunion. Lorenzo Weir and Charlotte Armina Comeau were married 9/4/1881 in Bear Reiver, Nova Scotia. They had 12 children. Allister, Josephine, James, George, Stanley, Charlotte, Ethel, Lillian, Wilbur, Stella, Frank, Laura. Frank is my grandfather. Lorenzo and Charlotte (Lottie) are buried in Wytopitlock, Maine. Will send this much tonight. More on the children tomorrow. Hope to hear soon. Donna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Buchanan, Acker, Hallett, Varner, MacAlpine Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DQC.2ACI/163.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I have Angeline Weir married to William Blackburn in our son-in-law's family tree. I would appreciate any background info on her ancestors. Thanks. Wally Buchanan

To all:- The topic is really not OFF TOPIC -- as it concerns family members who fought and died in Korea. The following URL is the editorial from today's Brampton Guardian:- http://www.thebramptonguardian.com/br/editorial/editorial/story/1225240p-1458909c.html [URL must be on one line, but will open if split] Those in attendance included a busload from Sunnybrook Veteran's Wing -- Korean War veterans who need care. My interest? A young Canadian from Liverpool, Nova Scotia who enlisted in Camden, New Jersey - US Navy medical corpsman -- attached to a US Marine unit -- Search for USS BENFOLD In tribute to 516 + 1 Canadians!! Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Brampton, ON -- formerly Liverpool, Nova Scotia --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/03