Hello Still interested in finding out about some of the Yarmouth County MILLERs. Does anyone know if Yarmouth Genealogies by George S BROWN is available on line? If not, I was wondering if someone might be able to do a couple of MILLER lookups? Thank you Richard Hardwick (Researching direct lines in Nova Scotia and New England - HARDWICK, ARMSTRONG, BARTEAUX, SPURR, HENDERSON) RiHardwick@comcast.net

Hello I am trying to determine the parents (and grandparents) of an Elizabeth MILLER (1846-1908) who was born in Yarmouth County and died in Annapolis County. She married Clarence Adelbert HARDWICK (1837-1923) in 1865 in Yarmouth County. Clarence was born and died in Annapolis County. They are both buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Annapolis County. Clarence and Elizabeth had 12 children, some of who are listed in the 1881 Canadian Census. But there are no parents listed for Elizabeth. A couple of their children, Alice and Eliza, went to live in Haverhill, Massachusetts with other MILLERs and I am trying to determine if these other MILLERs were siblings or cousins of Elizabeth. I think if I knew the parents, grandparents, and siblings of Elizabeth, I could probably figure out those MILLER/HARDWICK relationships. Thank you Richard Hardwick (Researching direct lines in Nova Scotia and New England - HARDWICK, ARMSTRONG, BARTEAUX, SPURR, HENDERSON) RiHardwick@comcast.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LeBlanc, White, Doucette Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EQC.2ACI/54.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi Jim You have probably found your family info by now , but in case your still interested, I have information on your family. I have the LeBlanc line back to Daniel Leblanc, with sources. Your Frotten line , I only have Elizabeth's parents, Cyrille Frotten & Judy . The family info was given to me by one of our cousins, Pearl (Holmes) Wheeler. (her grandfather was a son of Joshua A. Leblanc WHITE) My great grandfather Joshua Alexander LeBlanc (White), is your Joseph Henry White's brother. His real name is, Joseph Seraphin LeBlanc born 0ct 1856 in Eel Brook, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He married to Eizabeth Frotten on 24 July 1883 in Wakefield, Mass., by, J.A. Donnelly, Clergyman. Was your fathers name, James Walter White born 17 July 1907 in Reading Mass. ? He had 11 brothers and sisters. I am Donna L. (Jarvis) Zimmer, my line is: 1 . Joshua Alexander LeBlanc WHITE married to Mary Ann DOUCETTE. 2. Sarah Phebe WHITE married to Horace Justin HATCH. 3. Phebe Caroline HATCH married to Albert K. JARVIS. 4. Margaret L. Jarvis 5. ME- Donna L. (Jarvis) Zimmer Contact me by email: donna44@adelphia.net My family tree is posted on rootsweb.com ,database donna-42 Would love to hear from you. Regards, Donna Zimmer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: All Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EQC.2ACI/820 Message Board Post: Hail Canada! Home of the next Olympiad! A toast to the most ethical of Games! One of Many

Greetings all. FYI - the latest issue of 'Gordon Watts Reports' has been posted online. Topics include 1) Lovell's Montreal Directories now online 1842-1940 2) Scottish Songs (lyrics and more, online) 3) Irish Immigrants - online database 4) 1911 Canada Census - Ancestry.com vs LAC and Automated Genealogy The current issue may be accessed at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0083.htm Past issues may be accessed at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm This message may be forwarded to mail lists to which I do not subscribe. Please send any response to this message directly to me at gordon_watts@telus.net Have a great day! Gordon A. Watts Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Brien Crosby Corning Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EQC.2ACI/819 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the O'Briens of Nova scotia. Thomas O'Brien and Ruth Crosby (1798-1890's) Thomas O'Brien and Hannah Corning (1820 to 1890) Calvin O'Brien and Almira Burns Roberts ( 1854 -1922) and Roy G. O'Brien 1878-?) Counties include Digby and Yarmouth.

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/EQC.2ACI/818 Message Board Post: Mary Primrose (Pelton) Fuller, wife of Alfred C. Fuller. Were there children of this marriage? I am aware of the fact that Alfred C. Fuller died, but can only guess that his spouce is no longer living. I see many articles concerning Alfred's Fuller Brush Company and even references to Hollywood produced movies using his company in their movie titles. Surprisingly, I have seen much less on the Kings County native and his Yarmouth County spouse.

Greetings all. FYI - the latest issue of 'Gordon Watts Reports has been posted online. Topics include In Memorium - Sandra Devlin; Legal action of Information Commissioner; ScotlandsPeople adds BMD data; University of Toronto libraries; New from Library and Archives Canada; New Ancestry.com resources at Vancouver Public Library; Elizabeth Lapointe appointed to ISFHWE The current issue may be accessed at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0082.htm Past issues may be accessed at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm Have a great day! Gordon A. Watts Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC

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/EQC.2ACI/817 Message Board Post: LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON MARY OLIVIA POWELL, born abt1831 ,COUNTY UNKNOWN,NS. SHE died abt1922, AROUND BERWICK, KINGS CO., I THINK. SHE MARRIED JOHN PORTER born abt.1854, CORNWALLIS, KINGS CO., HE WAS born abt.,1826,COUNTY UNKNOWN, NS. DON'T KNOW WHEN OR WHERE HE DIED. THEIR CHILDREN WERE -----AMY, born abt.,1867------ETTA OLIVIA,born abt.,1870,CORNWALLIS,------FREEDOM EFFIE, born abt.,1873,CORNWALLIS,-------EMERY,born abt.,1887.WOULD LIKE TO FIND INFORMATION ON MARY AND JOHN'S PARENTAGE AND THE WHERE ABOUTS OF THEIR CHILDREN. ANY INFORMATION GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS, WENDY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FORTIN, FORTUNE, FORTON, FRAUGHTON, FONTAINE, LEROY, ROI, ROY, LEJEUNE, FOURNIER, GALLANT, MIUS, CHAUVET, JESSO, JESSOME, JESSEAU, JESSAUME, BABIN, MARCHE, MARSH, JOSEPH, GUIDRY, GUÉDRY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/816 Message Board Post: I’m searching for the parents and the first wife of my ancestor FRANÇOIS F0RTIN [FRANCIS FORTUNE], perhaps FRANÇOIS FONTAINE. Although this query might be on a forum that is not Fortin, I have posted it on all forums where another Surname is associated with my FRANÇOIS F0RTIN to disseminate as much information about FRANÇOIS F0RTIN as possible, so please bare with me. I’m hoping someone who reads this message and knows anything about the census records for the deported Acadians in France or the French families of Québec might be able to link my François Fortin to a known family based on the information provided below. According to the 1818 Census of Bras d’or Cape Breton, FRANÇOIS F0RTIN was 75 years old and would have been born circa 1743. Whether or not the age recorded is correct is somewhat uncertain. François Sr. only has one known son, also named François who was born in 1793. This would mean François Sr. was 50 years old when François Jr. was born. Although this would not be unreasonable, it does suggest that perhaps François Sr. Fortin may have been younger than recorded in the census. One thing that supports an older age is that the Fortin family was noted for it’s longevity. François Jr. Fortin as well as many of his children lived well into their 90s. In the 1818 census, François listed his Country as “France” and his father’s birth place as “France”. Other French families in this census also listed “France” in these categories, but have been shown to have been born in St. Pierre et Miquelon. So it’s possible that the “France” FRANÇOIS F0RTIN refers to in the census is some place other than continental France such as St. Pierre et Miquelon or Québec, depending on how he viewed French territory in this time period. However France cannot be ruled out either. When FRANÇOIS F0RTIN was married the second time, his name was recorded as “FORTANG”, which also suggests the possibility that the name may have been “FONTAINE” or perhaps BELLE-FONTAINE. FRANÇOIS F0RTIN was living among the French families of Bras d’or listed at the end of this post who were recorded on a petition drafted up in 1799 by the families for a priest to visit once a year. They all lived in the same section of Bras d’or, next to each for the most part which can be shown through land grant maps as well as through the 1864 map of Cape Breton Island by A. F. Charles. Every single family was related to the other in the list. The one common thread that runs through these families are they ARE predominantly descendants of the LEJEUNE and the LEROY families with the FOURNIER-JESSEAU family being added to the mix. They were also all of French-Aboriginal descent and were coined with the moniker, “The Bras d’or Indians”, a term which exists to present day. Many of their descendants are also found in Newfoundland. As you go through the list of names found further below, of which many are my ancestors, you will note how the families are clearly interwoven into each other. What is clearly missing, is the relationship of François Fortin to the other families. François Fortin is not found on the outskirts of these families, but dead smack in the middle of the mix which does suggest the Fortin family of Bras d’or was also of French-Aboriginal ancestry. Below are some possible scenarios as to who François Fortin was: 1. Was FRANÇOIS F0RTIN a descendant of the LeRoy family and perhaps not a FORTIN but a FONTAINE? There was a Louis Fontaine who married Marie Madeleine Roy who would have been related to the LeRoy family above, but to date he is only supposed to have had one son also named Louis. However if Louis Fontaine or his son had a son named François it might help to explain why François Fortin is found among the other LeRoy descendants. 2. Was François married to a Lejeune or a LeRoy? To date I have found nothing in the records to support this, but the families had been deported to France. Did some member of the core families marry François Fortin while in France during the deportation period? If François was truly French, this might explain why he would end up in Bras d’or, Cape Breton with the other families. I don’t have access to the census records in France so I have no way of verifying a possible marriage. 3. Was François FORTIN a FOURNIER or did he marry a FOURNIER? The FOURNIER family was married into the LEROY family through the marriage of JEAN FOURNIER TO GENEVIEVE LEROY. Perhaps François married one of their daughter or was a Fournier himself. 4. Did François FORTIN marry someone from the other French families found traveling among the families of Bras d’or also married into the LEJEUNE, LEROY AND FOURNIER families: a. John Joseph Marsh & Marie Théotiste Babin b. Joseph Marmeau & Marie Victorie Babin 5. There was also a Jean FORTON married to Marguerite Guy in Stephen White’s dictionary on Acadian Families who had a son Jean-François born in Québec May 4, 1712, with no further information on the family. 6. The last scenario is the family of Julien Fortin or Julien Frontain found in the Yarmouth region of mainland Nova Scotia married to Ann Mius whose family was deported to Boston and returned to Nova Scotia, possibly grandson of Jean Forton above. Some members of the Lejeune family below also descend from the Mius family, another French-aboriginal family. Was François Sr. younger than the age given in the census and the son of Julien Fortin or perhaps the brother of Julien Fortin? François Jr. married Susan Boutilier. The Boutilier family appears in Bras d’or in the same time period as the other families. The Boutilier was found for the most part in the Lunenburg area of mainland Nova Scotia which is the same area of the province (Souther Shore) that the Frontain family of Julien Frontain was located. Did François Sr. Fortin travel with the Boutilier family to Bras d’or? 7. In 1870 there was a death record for Theophis? Fortin who drowned in Sydney Harbour while swimming. He was 21, unmarried and was born in Québec. Unfortunately he died before the 1871 census records were taken. Could this indicate a link between the Fortin family of Bras d’or and the Fortin family of Québec?? or was he just taking a swim while on shore leave from a ship that came into the harbour?? The records recorded on the page in the register did not list the person reporting the death. Any information any one could provide in tracing the parents of François FORTIN-FRONTAIN-FORTON-FONTAINE??? would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to email me directly. I have posted what I know about the descendants of François Sr. Fortin on World Connect: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=zaxciel-fortune Eric Burton Vous-pouvez m’écrire en français aussi… This is a partial list (12 of 15) of the names found on the 1799 petition in Bras d’or for a priest. 1. FRANÇOIS LEJEUNE: Son of JOHN CHARLES LEJEUNE and MARTINE LEROY Spouse of MARGARET BRIARD LEJEUNE, daughter of CHRISTOPHE LEJEUNE and LOUISE HACHÉ DIT GALLANT 2. JACQUES LEJEUNE : Son of CHRISTOPHE LEJEUNE and LOUISE HACHÉ DIT GALLANT. Spouse of CATHERINE JESSEAU, daughter of JEAN JESSEAU and MARIE ANNE FOURNIER, daughter of JEAN FOURNIER and GENEVIEVE LEROY. 3. GEMMY ROSS: Possibly James Ross, Spouse of HARIETTE LEJEUNE aka GRANNY ROSS - daughter of JOHN CHARLES LEJEUNE and MARTINE ROY. 4. CHRISTOPHE LEJEUNE: Son of GERMAIN LEJEUNE and MARIE GUÉDRY. Spouse of LOUISE HACHÉ DIT GALLANT. 5. JEAN-BAPTISTE LEJEUNE: Son of CHRISTOPHE LEJEUNE and LOUISE HACHÉ DIT GALLANT. Spouse of MARIE LEROI, grand-daughter of CHARLES LEROY AND MARIE CHARLOTTE CHAUVET. 6. ******************************************************************** ****** FRANÇOIS FORTIN: ********************************** ****** SPOUSE UNKNOWN, PARENTS UNKNOWN ****** ******************************************************************** 7. CHARLES LEROY: Son of CHARLES LEROY and MARIE CHARLOTTE CHAUVET. Spouse of MARIE KENNEDY. 8. PAUL BRIARD Son of GERMAIN LEJEUNE and MARIE GUÉDRY. Spouse – HÉLÈNE - Mi'kmaw. 9. JOSEPH LEROY Son of CHARLES LEROY and MARIE KENNEDY. 10. JEAN JESSOT [JESSEAU]: Spouse of MARIE ANNE FOURNIER. MARIE was the daughter of JEAN FOURNIER and GENEVIEVE LEROY. 11. JOSEPH LEJEUNE: Son of GERMAIN LEJEUNE and ANNE MARIE TRAHAN, Spouse of MARTINE LEROY. 12. JOSEPH LEJEUNE: Son of JOSEPH CHARLES LEJEUNE AND MARTINE LEROY Spouse of AGATHE LEJEUNE, daughter of CHRISTOPHE LEJEUNE and LOUISE HACHÉ DIT GALLANT Note : This JOSEPH LEJEUNE might also be Joseph CHRISTOPHE LEJEUNE son of CHRISTOPHE LEJEUNE and LOUISE HACHÉ DIT GALLANT. Joseph was married to ELIZABETH LEJEUNE, daughter of JOSEPH CHARLES LEJEUNE AND MARTINE LEROY. Land grant maps list the following in sequential order, descendants of the above. 1. Henry Jessome-Jesseau 2. Thomas Jessome-Jesseau 3. John Jessome-Jeasseau 4. Francis Lejeune-Lejeune 5. ****Francis Fortune-Fortin Jr. 6. Gabriel Lejeune 7. John King-Roy 8. Alexis King-Roy 9. Marie Babin - Mother of Joseph Marmeau, linked by marriage dispensation to Lejeune family 10. John Leitch – no link to other families that I know of 11. John Baptiste Young-Lejeune Alternative spellings only listed to facilitate search efforts of others: Charles King, Charles LeRoy, Charles Roi, Charles Roy, Louise Gallant, Francis Young, Francis Lejeune, John Young, John Lejeune, Martine Roy, Martine LeRoy, Martine LeRoi, Martine Roi, Chysotome Lejeune, Jean Jessaume, Jean Jesso, Francis Fortane, Francis Fortang, Francis Fortain, Marmeau, Marmot, Marmond, Fraughton.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCBRIDE/MACBRIDE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/815 Message Board Post: John was born about 1864/65, I think, in Canada or America. He left home and arrived in England. His English army papers state that his father, Charles, was living in Yarmouth in 1889. Charles was maybe a signwriter. There was, maybe, a younger sister called ?rma. This is all the info I have about my grandfather. Can anyone help please.

The monthly meeting of Shelburne County Genealogical Society will be held at the Barrington Municipal Administration Building Tuesday 14 February, at 7:30 p.m. Special speakers Debbie and Darren our two Busy D's who are compiling information for our newest venture " Churches of Shelburne County". Everyone welcome. Wally Buchanan President

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Buchanan, Hallett, Hemeon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/814 Message Board Post: Looking for Frederick Hemeon born 16 June, 1886, Sandy Point, Shelburne County. Married 1917 in Shelburne, Emma Harriet (Hattie) Bristol or Bristal who may have come from Yarmouth County. They are known to have had an adopted son Francis Preston who was born in 1918.

not receiving any mail. Checking to see if thie comes back to me. Kim & Mike Heisler 2613 Windsor Rd. RR#2 Chester N.S. B0J-1J0 Searching Family names: Whiteheads,Hunter,Swinimer, Wilsons, Watts, Wentzells,Wiles, Rileys, Killam, Bonds, Heislers, and many other family names in our lines. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.5/256 - Release Date: 2/10/2006

list Is anyone working on Brittains of Yarmouth NS I have brothers Arvard Hamilton (1890-1977) and Keneth Harlow Gates (1913-1885) grand sons of Allen Menard Gates & Winnifred Hamilton of Kemptville Yar. Co. NS . An Ima Brittain married both of these men. She married Arvard as 2nd wife, 1943 and 1st in 1935 and was divorced in 1946. I feel there were 2 Ima's, as one Ima was already married in 1943 when the other was still married to Kenneth, not divorcing till 1946. Does anyone know who their parents were ? The query came from Kenneth's step dtr. in Scarborough Ont. Thanks for any info. Bernice Allen Thunder Bay Ont.

List I am looking for info on Camilla Allen married 1868 William Vickery (1847---) Documented records from Boston Mass. shows that they were both born Yarmouth NS An 1880 census. Camilla is age 30, born 1850 An 1900 census, she is 51, born 1849 The marriage register of 1868, she is 21, born 1847 Family records show her as dtr. of Ebenezer Allen (1823-1868) of Little River Yar. Co. NS. For some unknown reasonshe has given Gideon & Margaret Allen as her parents on the marriage registery. Gideon & Ebenezer were brothers who married Sims sisters. Gideon is my gt.gt. grand father and a descendant of Joseph Allen of Melbourne NS ,who Clement Doane of Yarmouth did a genealogy. Why is there so much conflicting info ? Any info would be very much appreciated. Thanks Bernice Allen Thunder Bay Ont.

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/EQC.2ACI/813 Message Board Post: I am looking for information and/or pictures of the old Blacksmith shop in Carleton.

I want to thank everyone who has responded to my request for Yarmouth information relative to our planned trip there. The information is still coming in, but it is beginning to create an unanticipated problem. I sincerely try to respond to everyone, but in this case it may not be possible, so please accept this as my blanket thank you to everyone. I still hope to write a more personal thanks to everyone as I get the information organized and can go through it all, but it is now looking like I may not get to everyone. I thank you again, one and all. As I go through this information, it has occurred to me that it might make a good online source for a companion webpage for this list, since I happen to be List and Board Admin. Perhaps at some future point I will put it together and make it available to everyone online, but that is a future project for another time. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net

Family historians visiting the Yarmouth area will enjoy a visit to the Argyle Township Court House and Archives [ATCHA] in Tusket and could even benefit from collections to be found there (e.g. church records on microfilm for the Yarmouth area). Meanwhile, you can visit the web site in advance: http://www.argylecourthouse.com/ Treasures listed on the web site include "manuscripts (unpublished genealogies)" which are listed alphabetically and easy to find. For example, there are 10 for CANN and any number for POTHIER (my grandmother's line). Tusket is only a short drive from Yarmouth. See the maps linked to ATCHA's web site. Best wishes to everyone planning a trip to southwestern Nova Scotia in the near future. I wish I could go again! Frances >------------------------------ >CAN-NS-YARMOUTH-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 11 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Yarmouth trip this summer ["David E. Cann" <decann@infionline] > >Administrivia: >To contact the CAN-NS-YARMOUTH-D list administrator, send mail to >CAN-NS-YARMOUTH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > >______________________________ >------------------------------ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:22:08 -0500 (GMT-05:00) >From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> >To: CAN-NS-YARMOUTH-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: ><14044679.1138911728313.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> >Subject: Yarmouth trip this summer >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >First of all, as Admin of this list I would appreciate it if anyone >responding would do so OFF LIST to the address below, as it is not >strictly on topic for the list. I thank you for your cooperation in >that respect. > >In a few words, my wife and I have talked about a trip to Yarmouth >for some time now, and recently we decided to stop procrastinating >and do it this summer. That is about as far as we have gotten so >far, just deciding to do it, so now we are looking into some of the >logistics of such a trip. To that end, I am asking any of you who >happen to live there or have been there to share information (online >or otherwise) on the following: > >1. Lodging - A "bed and breakfast" or something similar in the >Yarmouth area would suffice, as we will likely do little else there >but sleep and be gone most of the day otherwise. > >2. A local genealogical society - I have been wanting to join one >there anyway, so now would be a good time to do it, though I will >likely not be a frequent visitor to their meetings. > >3. Resources, preferrably online, where I can gather information >myself and do some early planning for the trip. > >4. Anything else you feel might be helpful. > >We are currently planning on driving up from the Washington, D. C. >area, but have not set any specific dates yet. July seems most >likely at this point, but that is to be decided in the near future. >I welcome any information or online resources you might be willing >to share. > >I thank you in advance for your help. > >David >List Admin > >David E. Cann >decann@infionline.net > >--------------------------------

First of all, as Admin of this list I would appreciate it if anyone responding would do so OFF LIST to the address below, as it is not strictly on topic for the list. I thank you for your cooperation in that respect. In a few words, my wife and I have talked about a trip to Yarmouth for some time now, and recently we decided to stop procrastinating and do it this summer. That is about as far as we have gotten so far, just deciding to do it, so now we are looking into some of the logistics of such a trip. To that end, I am asking any of you who happen to live there or have been there to share information (online or otherwise) on the following: 1. Lodging - A "bed and breakfast" or something similar in the Yarmouth area would suffice, as we will likely do little else there but sleep and be gone most of the day otherwise. 2. A local genealogical society - I have been wanting to join one there anyway, so now would be a good time to do it, though I will likely not be a frequent visitor to their meetings. 3. Resources, preferrably online, where I can gather information myself and do some early planning for the trip. 4. Anything else you feel might be helpful. We are currently planning on driving up from the Washington, D. C. area, but have not set any specific dates yet. July seems most likely at this point, but that is to be decided in the near future. I welcome any information or online resources you might be willing to share. I thank you in advance for your help. David List Admin David E. Cann decann@infionline.net