Hi, I have Ann Barnes born St. Pierre and Miquelon married Morgan Snook 1775 in Fortune, NL. They had Eleanor 1763, Susan 1775 and Morgan 1783Also have Andrew Barnes who married Dorothy Eustace. 1791 All of these before those you list so may not be the same family. Pat, in Michigan On Dec 31, 2009, at 8:19 PM, wbrose wrote: > Hello Everyone! > > I am new to the list and was hoping that I could get some > information regarding my family tree. I have been researching the > surname of BARNES and have hit a brick wall for so long now that I > am getting discouraged. The biggest obstacle is the lack of > closeness in the family unit. My parents were not married when I was > born and my father never adopted me after they were married so my > surname is ROSE and not BARNES. This I found out only after my > father had passed away and I was grown. Needless to say, the only > info I have is from my Aunt and it is not much, but here it goes. > > Apparently my clan started in Lincolnshire, England and then > immigrated to Newfoundland. My information begins with two brothers > Thomas and William who were the first to come to Newfoundland. > > Thomas had four children (don't know his wife's name): > > Slster? Who married an England > > John Thomas (9/1852) who married Susannah Lush > > William Henry (1861-1914) who married a Dawe > > Sue who married John Normand > > William also had four children: > > Samuel, George, William and Thomas > > The rest of the info I have is the descendants of Thomas and there > is no more mention of William. John Thomas Barnes and Susannah nee > Lush had three children: > > John Charles (10/1875-26/04/1948) who married Fannie Taylor > (1886-23/01/1921) > > Henry (09/1885) > > Sarah (28/05/1880) who married Charles Snow > > Next, John and Fannie had 11 children: > > May (01/05/1899) - rumour has it she was born in Boston > > Mildred who married Leopold Caines - she was rumoured to be born in > Boston as well > > Wilmot (1901) who married Bob Haines > > Lester Uriah Barnes (1904-1941 he was lost as sea in the North > Atlantic on March 16, 1941 while a Merchant Marine aboard the Rio > Dorado) who married Mary Ellen Rose (my parents) > > William Henry (22/04/1906) who married Eliza Jane Morgan > > Annie (1907) who married John Barrington > > Violet (1910) who married Al Porter > > Jack (1911) who married Dorothy Mahar > > Rita (1912) who married George Littlejohn > > Art (1914) who married Jessie > > Fred (1917) - apparently all eleven children were baptised in > Foxtrot, Newfoundland > > Unfortunately, this all I have to go on and I don't even know if the > dates are correct. If anyone out there can help me out in anyway at > all, it would be greatly appreciated. Any help at all will be > appreciated. A million thanks in advance. > > William Rose > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NFLD-LAB-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message