Hi Trena: I haven't had communication with you and your family in a long time... I would appreciate an update if you get any (or have any) new RICE information. Happy New Year! Thanks, Cluney ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:52 PM Subject: [NFLD-LAB] Meshack Rice and Family > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Rice > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.newfoundland.notredamebay/440/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Researching Meshack Rice and his son Alfred of Twillingate. Alfred was > born in 1849 in Twillingate. Does anyone have these individuals in their > family tree or could tell me more about them? Meshack would be my GGGreat > Grandfather. > > The 1836 census of Twillingate shows 3 families named Rice, all Anglicans. > James Rice lived on the North Island, was town constable and seemingly > also a farmer. On the South Island, at Little Harbour , lived two Rices. > One was Jonathan, a fisherman with 2 boats but no servants. The other was > Meshack, also a fisherman with one boat and no servants. > > So if Meshack was living in Little Harbour in 1836 then he may have been > born there or had more children than Alfred. I don't even know what > Meshack's wife's name is. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. > > (I posted this a while ago but was hoping to put it out again because I > haven't had any new leads on this family hopefully someone out there may > know something) > > Trena