Hi, Because I had an address for my grandparents, I was able to find out that they were paying taxes, first in my grandfather's name and after his death, my grandmother was paying it. This was from City Hall. They had a lot of old records. Also, at the library of the Univ. there is a wealth of info on Newfoundland. I also found my grandfather's death notice even though it was a small notice on micro film. I live in Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard. Hope this helps some. Peg Nugent ----- Original Message ----- From: "art dalton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Free/Marcia" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:41 AM Subject: [NFLD-LAB] (no subject) > > HELLO listers, > > > > We have a problem that I hope one of you may be able to help us with: Are > there any centralized death records for St Johns ( late 1800's to early > 1900's) > > that might be kept in a City Hall or other such place? Also are there any > Central Cemetery records that would show date of death and possibly family > names? Please see below. > > > > For years all we knew about our paternal ancestors was that our > g-grandfather/grandmother were William Dalton(Dolton) and Deborah > Raine(Rhines). Both born in St. Johns, NL, William was born Jan 6,1848 and > Deborah was born abt. Sept 15,1840, they married May 31,1871 in St. > Johns. > > > > A year ago my brother went down to Lynn, MA, where they both died and > reviewed the available records to check the death notice for our > Great-Grandparents. William died Feb 29, 1904 at 55 years old. His parents > were listed as William Dalton and Susanna Biddiscombe, Susanna being born > in St Johns, NL and William being born in England. Deborah (maiden name > was > spelled Rhines) died March 20, 1936 at 95 years old. She was born in St > Johns. Her father's name was listed as John, born in England. No name was > given for her mother, but stated she was born in Newfoundland. > > > > After searching on the Newfounldand site, Chebucto, we found that Susanna > was born Sept 15, 1829 to George Biddiscombe and Elizabeth Harris. They > also > had a son James, born Feb 1827. Elizabeth died sometime in 1829 to 1831, > and > George married Anne Dowden on Jan 7, 1832. They had at least 2 children, > George Irwin, born Aug 3, 1834, and Margaret, born May 1. 1836. > > > > We also found that William Dalton (Dolton) and Susanna Biddiscombe were > married June 18,1847 at St Thomas Anglican Church in St Johns. Witnesses > were Catherine Biddiscombe and William Hiser. My brother sent an e-mail to > St. Thomas Church, looking for additional information from the marriage > record and they answered saying there was nothing further in the records. > > > > William and Susanna had the following children. Maybe someone out there > has > a connection to one of them. > > > > William, born Jan 6, 1848 ( Our Great-Grandfather as mentioned in the > beginning, married Deborah Rhines.) > > Catherine Theresa, born Aug 8, 1850 > > Elizabeth, born Feb 2,1853 > > Susanna, born March 18, 1855 > > William John, born Dec 31, 1856 > > Harriet, born April 3, 1860 > > Samuel, born Feb 26, 1863 > > Charlotte, born March 6, 1866 > > Annie Elizabeth, born March 18,1869 > > > > We have no information on any of their children, except William, the first > born. > > We have found a marriage for Catherine Dolton, spinster, St Johns, to > Thomas > Ryans (Ryan), bach., Pouch Cove on Oct 19,1872. Witnesses were > > Samuel Honeywell and William Hewardine. This may be our Catherine > Theresa, > but we have been unable to confirm that. > > > > We are hoping that someone may be able to help us find more information > on > William and Susanna. Our best hope now seems to be to find a death record > or burial information. We believe from information in city directories, > that > William died sometime in 1897/1898. Susanna died sometime after 1904. When > William, their son, died in Lynn, Mass. in 1904, his obituary stated that > he > was survived by and aged mother and 2 sisters in St Johns, Newfoundland. > > We do not know which 2 sisters. More than likely they were married, so an > obituary for William or Susanna might tell us their names. > > > > We also do not know when or where in England William was born, so that > makes > it nearly impossible to identify his parents. > > > > Does anyone know in which newspaper we would be most likely to find an > obituary and how it can be accessed ? > > > > We would appreciate any information that you have on any of these people > above. > > > > Thanks in advanced for any informaion that may be provided to us. > > > > Art Dalton > > Sanford, ME. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >