{If you are reading this message with a subject heading "DURKEE, HUSKINS, CROFT" and wish to respond please use the message with the subject heading "Re: [NSYarmouth] [Le]Roy DURKEE [DURKE]" I'm posting the exact same message with two different subject headings in case there maybe someone with an interest in the HUSKINS or CROFT families who would be interested in this thread, but trying to keep everyone with an interest on the same page, so to speak} Hi, I really want to thank all those who have contacted me with support, suggestions, advice, information .... but especially T*. of Yarmouth; Be.G. of California; and B.A. of Thunder Bay. I'm still "digesting" and sorting all the new information for more leads and background, but here is some new information (to me!): Stephen Shaw's Siblings: ____________________________________________ 1 Aaron (1825---) died in West Indies 2 Margaret (1826-1907) m. 1847 Thomas Haskel 3 Emily (1828---) m. Samuel Flint 4 "Himself" (1831---) m. 1856 Rachel MacRae 5 Almira (1834-1916) m. James Foote 6 Richard R (1836---) m. 1861 Martha Tedford 7 David (Lost at sea Oct. 1861) 8 Lucy (1843-1927) m. Joseph Tedford 9 Alice A (1848-1937) m. 1st Capt Jacob Durkee (s/o John) m. 2nd Jacob Harris ____________________________________________ Annie Marion Shaw [??Durkee??] (age 28 - born Sandford- living Sandford - parents: Stephen and Rachael) [re]married September 16, 1899, in Yarmouth, to Asa Crowell HUSKINS (age 23 years - born Cape Sable Island - living Sandford - Parents: Joseph and Sophie) __________________________________________ 1901 Census of Canada District: NS YARMOUTH (#42) Subdistrict: Hebron H Page 10 Line 20 116 Huskins Asa M Head M Aug 26 1874 25 21 116 Huskins Annie M F Wife M Jul 10 1868 31 22 116 Huskins Laurence C M Son S May 7 1890 10 mo - - - - - 30 118 Shaw Stephen M Head M Oct 11 1868 69 31 118 Shaw Racheal F Wife M May 10 1837 64 ___________________________________________ 1911 Census of Canada Nova Scotia / Yarmouth / 17 Rockville / page 5 Line 36 51 Huskins Joseph M Head M Jul 1839 71 37 51 Huskins Annie F Wife M Dec 1852 58 38 51 Huskins Asa M Son M Aug 1876 34 39 51 Huskins Annie F Daughter-in-law M Jul 1869 41 40 51 Huskins Lawrence M Grandson S May 1900 11 41 51 Huskins Lillian F Granddaughter S Apr 1903 8 _____________________________________________ John W. Durkee remarried October 13, 1906, in Cambridge [Massachusetts?] (age 38 - divorced - 2nd marriage - in the restaurant business) to Lillian CROFT (age 24 - Born: Nova Scotia - Daughter of: Wallace and Hannah (MELVIN) Croft _____________________________________ 1901 Canada Census District: NS ANNAPOLIS (#26) Subdistrict: Clarence F-1 Page 8 Line 18 78 Croft Wallace W M Head M Oct 5 1858 42 19 78 Croft Hannah F Wife M Nov 8 1863 37 20 78 Croft Flora M F Daughter S Nov 26 1882 18 21 78 Croft Eva A F Daughter S Jun 4 1884 16 ___________________________________________ My grandfather signed his 1917 US Military Registration Card as "Roy Durkee", of Peabody, Massachusetts. *The copy of this card was a very important & significant gift to me ___________________________________________ I would like to learn as much as I can about the lives of Annie Shaw, John W. Durkee, and especially my grandfather Roy Durkee ........... still looking for answers. Kind Regards, Douglas Halifax, Nova Scotia ak746@chebucto.ns.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Fevens" <ak746@chebucto.ns.ca> To: <CAN-NS-YARMOUTH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [NSYarmouth] [Le]Roy DURKEE [DURKE] > Hello, > > As a "follow-up" to my last post .... The ancestors of John W. and Annie are > pretty much known, but I am hoping to learn more of the history of John W. > and Annie's family and their descendents, .... maybe connect with one of my > distant relatives who can tell me, for example, why Annie, Herman and Roy > were living at the Shaw's in 1891. At some point before 1920, Roy worked > (or was supposed to have worked?) as a stonecutter in a quarry in > Massachusetts. After 1920 Roy's family is back in Overton, Yarmouth County, > Nova Scotia where Roy died in 1921. > > Kind Regards, > Douglas Fevens > Halifax, NS > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Fevens" <ak746@chebucto.ns.ca> > To: <CAN-NS-YARMOUTH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 7:16 PM > Subject: [NSYarmouth] [Le]Roy DURKEE [DURKE] (cut and paste job) I have started to research my grandfather Leroy DURKEE, (also known as Roy). He was born in Sandford, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia in 1890, the son of John W. Durkee (b. 1866) and Annie SHAW (b. 1866), the daughter of Stephen and Rachael Shaw. The records of the Society of Genealogy of Durkee indicate that John and Annie had four children: Herman Frederick Durkee - Born 1885 - Sandford - Married Florence HARRIS - 1908 Yarmouth Roy Douglas Durkee - Born 1892 [sic] - Sandford - Married Maud JEFFERY - 1917 Peabody, Massachusetts Clifford Sidney Durkee - Born 1895 - Sandford - Married Edna Beatrice BAIN - 1918 Chegoggin, Yarmouth County Lillian Durkee - Born @ 1898 - Yarmouth County - Married Delbert TROTT - The earliest record I have is the 1891 census for Centre Town Yarmouth. Roy, his brother Herman and their mother, Annie are living with her parents, Stephen and Rachael Shaw. Roy's age is given as one year old. I found Stephen and Rachael on the 1901 census but Roy and his family were nowhere to be found. The next record I have is a copy of Roy and Maud's marriage registry from Massachusetts. My copy declares Roy's name to be "Roy D. Durke" Age "27 years" Birthplace "Sandford, Nova Scotia" Occupation "Laborer". The bride's full name "Maude Francis Jeffrey" Age "24 years" Birthplace "Overton, Nova Scotia" Surname After Marriage "Durke" I do not have a lot of information, so any bit of knowledge of these families that you might share with me would be greatly appreciated. If you feel more comfortable emailing me privately, please do, just put "Durkee" in the subject line. Best Regards, Douglas Fevens