Hi Bill Think we corresponded before about shipbuilders or the National Archives. On the basis that any clue is better than none, I send the following:- ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Daniel F Johnson : Volume 3 Number 1424 Date : January 5, 1828 County : Saint John, Place : Saint John, Newspaper : New Brunswick Courier "m. Carleton (St. John) Thursday eve., by Rev. F. Coster, Ira MOSHER, Nova Scotia / Sarah THEAL third d/o Tertellus THEAL." ------------------------------------------------ From Daniel F Johnson : Volume 9 Number 841 Date : July 3, 1841 County : Saint John, Place : Saint John, Newspaper : New Brunswick Courier m. Saturday, by Rev. I.W.D. Gray, Ira MOSHER of St. John City / Catherine CHISHOLM d/o late Capt. H. CHISHOLM of the Royals and latterly Fort Major of Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland. ------------------------------------------------------ NB Bill, do you think it is very likely that the above is the second marriage of Ira Mosher after his first wife, Sarah Theall died in 1839?? ========================================================== From Daniel F Johnson : Volume 12 Number 122 Date : January 15, 1848 County : Saint John Place : Saint John Newspaper : New Brunswick Courier d. Newport, N.S., 4th inst., Ira MOSHER, age 44, several years resident of (St. John) city, left wife, family. --------------------------------------- Question: Is this the same Ira Mosher?? ================================================= From Daniel F Johnson : Volume 17 Number 1036 Date : October 22, 1858 County : Saint John Place : Saint John Newspaper : Weekly Chronicle m. Windsor, N.S., by Rev. Stewart, 13th inst., John BRYDEN, (St. John) city / Mrs. widow of Ira MOSHER. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Daniel F Johnson : Volume 25 Number 470 Date : September 16, 1867 County : Saint John Place : Saint John Newspaper : Morning News d. Saturday 14th inst., John BRYDEN's, of consumption, age 21, Sarah Theal MOSHER d/o late Ira MOSHER, Saint John ---------------------------------------------------------- I don't quite follow this tangled trail of data above and below. Have you reference data that might support it? =============================================================================== From Daniel F Johnson : Volume 32 Number 208 Date : November 8, 1872 County : Saint John Place : Saint John Newspaper : The Daily Telegraph m. Tuesday 5th Nov., by Rev. Theodore E. Dowling, Rector of St. George's Church, Carleton, Joel WATTERS, Carleton (St. John) / Miss Sarah Theall MOSHER, same place. =============================================================================