Hi Carolyn, There was a Joseph Stanton in Cape Breton and with the same death date as you gave of 1929. Nova Scotia Archives www.novascotiagenealogy.com Joseph E. Stanton d. 16 Jan 1929, Marble Mountain, Inverness Co., Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. His birth place is listed as PEI - born 1827 - aged 101, married. Parents' names unk. Buried Lime Hill, Cape Breton, Jan 18, 1929. Informant - John D. McPhie, Lime Hill, CB Overseer of Poor for Dist. 16 This Jos. Stanton & wife Christie are on the 1891, 1901 & 1911 NS, Inverness Co. censuses. Their 1885 marriage is on the Nova Scotia website, above. This Joseph E. Stanton was a Widower at marriage. But in going over the death abstracts for Joseph & Mary's 2 children - it appears that Joseph Stanton, the father, had already died. http://archives.gnb.ca New Brunswick Newspaper Statistics There are other writeups on the children. Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 84 Number 2989 Rank 101 Date November 22 1892 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper Saint John Globe The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate. d. 22nd inst., of Bright's Disease, Joseph s/o mary stanton and late Joseph stanton, age 24, left mother, sister and brother. (Boston and P.E.I. papers please copy). Funeral from mother's residence, Protection Streer, St. John, Thursday morn. 9 o'clock. Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 88 Number 4074 Rank 101 Date October 30 1893 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper The Daily Telegraph The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate. d. Carleton (St. John) Oct. 29th, Maggie L. stanton d/o mary stanton and late Joseph stanton, 22nd year. Funeral from her mother's residence Protection street, Carleton, Tuesday, 8:30 a.m Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 90 Number 1375 Rank 101 Date October 31 1893 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper The Daily Sun The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate. Maggie J. stanton d/o late joseph stanton, died Sunday of typhoid fever at her mother's residence, Sand Point. The young lady, who had been for some time employed as typewriter by W.H. FRY, court stenographer, was popular among her acquaintances. Miss stanton was but 22 years of age. 1891 NB Census shows Mary Stanton, 58, Widowed with children Joseph & Margaret. One thing I noticed was that on the 1871 NB census with Joseph, Mary & the children, was a Martin Stanton, aged 26, PEI - possibly a brother - but nothing aft that. Shirley On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 1:21 PM, c&t <tbillen@maine.rr.com> wrote: > Thank you . I will check out the ancestry. Yes , there are a few others. > The Mary McCafferty is Mary Riordan. McCafferty was her maiden name . The > Riordan name was from her first husband who died. > > I am not sure of Joseph 's death , but think it was in Marble Mountain, > Nova > Scotia in 1929 , but have yet to prove it . Joseph was from PEI ... so far > have not located a birth / baptism for him there. Both of his children [ > Joseph & Margaret] died -- one in 1892 ; the other, 1893. > > Carolyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S. Olfert" <solfert@gmail.com> > To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:03 PM > Subject: Re: [ NB ] Saint John marriage look-up > > > > Their marriage record is on ancestry.ca - Acadia, Canada, Vital & > Church > > Records > > (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 but parents' names were not recorded. > > > > There appear to have been a few other Joseph Stantons in Saint John > around > > the > > mid to late 1880s - who married a Mary Doherty, Mary Quinn & Mary > > McCafferty - > > what's the death date of your Joseph and what were the names of his > > children? > > > > Shirley > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:32 AM, c&t <tbillen@maine.rr.com> wrote: > > > >> On 26 August 1866 Joseph STANTON married Mary RIORDAN at the Church of > >> the > >> Assumption in West Saint John . > >> > >> I have searched online NB Archives. Received the marriage date from > the > >> Saint John diocese folks. I have tried emailing the church , but email > >> comes back not deliverable. > >> > >> First I looking for the names of his parents . Second a copy of the > >> actual > >> marriage certificate . > >> > >> Also I am wondering if the city has records which would give me the > names > >> of the parents of Joseph STANTON . > >> > >> Thanks for any help as to where I go from here. > >> > >> C Billen > >> tbillen@maine.rr.com > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> List Announcements can be found at > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List Announcements can be found at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >