I am not researching this family. WINTERS, Lawrence Matthew: December 21, 1994, The Chronicle-Herald/The Mail-Star, Page: C13: D-DAY VETERAN LAWRENCE WINTERS DIES: WINTERS, Lawrence Matthew - 77, Mushaboom, Halifax Co., died December 20, 1994, in Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital, Sheet Harbour. Born November 28, 1917, in Mushaboom, he was a son of the late Burton and Effie (Boutilier) Winters. He served from 1942-46 in the Second World War and was a D-Day veteran in the raid on Normandy Beach and other theatres of war including the battle of Arnan in Holland. He received his 50-year medal during the celebration of D-Day. After the war, he was employed with Scott Paper Company before moving to Souris, P.E.I., where he served with the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires on the ferry from Prince Edward Island to Magdalen Islands. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion in Souris; an active member of Courcelette Branch 58, Sheet Harbour and member of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Mushaboom. Surviving are his sons, Bradford, Barrie, Ont; David, Patrick, Fortune, P.E.I.; daughter, Dale (Mrs. Hartley Hendsbee), Half Island Cove, Guysborough Co.; brother, Ervin, Duncan MacMillan Nursing Home, Sheet Harbour; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Edith Croucher; sons, Blain; Roger; brothers, Henry, Elbridge, Otis, Adam, Holly, Earl; sisters, Dora, Bertha. Visitation will be 2-4, 7-9 p.m. today in Crowell's Funeral Home, Sheet Harbour, where a legion service will be 7 p.m. tonight followed by family prayers. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Thursday in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Mushaboom, Rev. Robert Richmond officiating. Cremation to follow. Donations to Canadian Cancer Society. Diana Lynn Tibert The Family Attic, home to Veterans of Guysborough County (April 15, 2007): http://www.angelfire.com/folk/guysboroughvets/Opening.html Roots to the Past (updated June 10, 2007): http://www.thefamilyattic.info/Roots.html <http://www.angelfire.com/folk/guysboroughvets/Roots.html>

Hi Friends of mine are traveling to Nova Scotia this summer and have offered to take some photos for me can someone please give me directions from New Glasgow to Glen Bard cemetery James River Antigonish Thank you Phyllis

Hi, I am trying to find any information on an Ned[Edward] Doyle son of Neil and Ann Doyle,whome left Gull Island NL, around 1924-30 for Nova Scotia,went to work at Mining somewhere in that provinceEdwin J Doyle _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us

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Richard Smith, Windsor, Nova Scotia died in 1977. Anyone have his obituary. Son of Violet & John Smith. D. Rafuse Dartmouth

Hi list! I am wondering. Did the Dutch Reformed Lutheran Church change its` name to Zion Lutheran Church, or are they two different Churches? Thanks, Jack Kelly.

Thank you Bob. According to the 1901 UK census Eric stated that he was born in Fernhill, Worcestershire. I can't find any birth or baptism record for Eric. His marriage record to Lydia Humphries in Cardiff, South Wales in 1901 states that his father's name was John Armstrong a Seaman. When Eric married Martha Stevens he was still married to Lydia. Everyone has been very helpful. I discovered more today than during the last seven years. Kind regards, Jill On 6/10/07, bob gillis <robertgillis@verizon.net> wrote: > > Richard Noble wrote: > > On the death notice for Eric Armstrong, it gives his wife's name as > Martha > > Jean Stevens. > > > > If you do a search under her name on the Vitals site, you come up with a > > marriage to a Brenhin Llewellyn Armstrong, born in Fernall England, the > son > > of John and Ruth Armstrong, in 1913. > > > Is 1913 the date of the marriage or the date of the Brenhin Llewellyn > Armstrong's birth? > > I decided to look it up. The above marriage took place in 1913 in > Truro, Colchester County. Brenhin was a mining engineer. > > There is no Fernwell in England or Wales per my British Road Atlas. > > Questions that Jill will have to answer. Where was Eric born, what were > his parents' names, and is Brenhin the Welsh for Eric? > > Jill. the Nova Scotia Vital Statistics can be found at: > https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ > > bob gillis > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Regards, Jill

Thank you to Shirley and Kevin for your helpful replies. I'll follow-up all of your suggestions. It would be nice if there is an obituary. I don't know whether Eric married again or had children in Canada. He left a wife and daughter in Wales and his youngest daughter Amy went to live with him in Canada. She died a spinster in Victoria BC in 1983 Yes Kevin, I have found the passenger manifest from Liverpool to Canada. Thank you. Kind regards, Jill On 6/10/07, Kevin Podgursky <kpodgursky@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jill, > > Have you already fround the passenger manifest for his trip from > Liverpool to Canada? > > I'm not sure if people from South Wales had to be Naturalized > http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-505-e.html > > or if they needed to register for the 1940 National Registration > http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogie/022-907.006-e.html > > You can also try > http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > which aims to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, > marriages and deaths for England and Wales > > Kevin > -- > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~podgursky/ > > > On 6/10/07, jwyze1@gmail.com <jwyze1@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Everyone > > After seven years of searching it's possible that I might have found the > > death record of my great grandfather. Eric Lionel ARMSTRONG left > Maesteg, > > South Wales in March 1912 and went to Stellarton to work as a coal > miner. > > The Registration of Death states that an Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG age 71 > > years and 11 months died in November 1951. He was a coal miner from > Wales > > and a widower. > > > > When Eric ARMSTRONG left the port of Liverpool for Halifax, Nova Scotia > in > > 1912 he was 31 years of age, a coal miner from Wales, travelling to > > Stellarton, Pictou. He also lived in Minto, New Brunswick for a while > > before returning to Stellarton. > > > > The death of Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG was registered by a neighbour so > it's > > possible that Llewellyn could have been Lionel. The dates, age, > location > > and occupation all seem to fit, so I'm almost convinced that I have > found > > the right man. > > > > Please can anyone tell me whether it's possible to find any more > information > > for Eric and where to look? Or suggest the name of a reliable > researcher. > > > > Thank you. > > Jill >

Hello Everyone After seven years of searching it's possible that I might have found the death record of my great grandfather. Eric Lionel ARMSTRONG left Maesteg, South Wales in March 1912 and went to Stellarton to work as a coal miner. The Registration of Death states that an Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG age 71 years and 11 months died in November 1951. He was a coal miner from Wales and a widower. When Eric ARMSTRONG left the port of Liverpool for Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1912 he was 31 years of age, a coal miner from Wales, travelling to Stellarton, Pictou. He also lived in Minto, New Brunswick for a while before returning to Stellarton. The death of Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG was registered by a neighbour so it's possible that Llewellyn could have been Lionel. The dates, age, location and occupation all seem to fit, so I'm almost convinced that I have found the right man. Please can anyone tell me whether it's possible to find any more information for Eric and where to look? Or suggest the name of a reliable researcher. Thank you. Jill

Richard Noble wrote: > On the death notice for Eric Armstrong, it gives his wife's name as Martha > Jean Stevens. > > If you do a search under her name on the Vitals site, you come up with a > marriage to a Brenhin Llewellyn Armstrong, born in Fernall England, the son > of John and Ruth Armstrong, in 1913. Is 1913 the date of the marriage or the date of the Brenhin Llewellyn Armstrong's birth? I decided to look it up. The above marriage took place in 1913 in Truro, Colchester County. Brenhin was a mining engineer. There is no Fernwell in England or Wales per my British Road Atlas. Questions that Jill will have to answer. Where was Eric born, what were his parents' names, and is Brenhin the Welsh for Eric? Jill. the Nova Scotia Vital Statistics can be found at: https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ bob gillis

On the death notice for Eric Armstrong, it gives his wife's name as Martha Jean Stevens. If you do a search under her name on the Vitals site, you come up with a marriage to a Brenhin Llewellyn Armstrong, born in Fernall England, the son of John and Ruth Armstrong, in 1913.

Hi Jill, Have you already fround the passenger manifest for his trip from Liverpool to Canada? I'm not sure if people from South Wales had to be Naturalized http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-505-e.html or if they needed to register for the 1940 National Registration http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogie/022-907.006-e.html You can also try http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ which aims to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales Kevin -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~podgursky/ On 6/10/07, jwyze1@gmail.com <jwyze1@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone > After seven years of searching it's possible that I might have found the > death record of my great grandfather. Eric Lionel ARMSTRONG left Maesteg, > South Wales in March 1912 and went to Stellarton to work as a coal miner. > The Registration of Death states that an Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG age 71 > years and 11 months died in November 1951. He was a coal miner from Wales > and a widower. > > When Eric ARMSTRONG left the port of Liverpool for Halifax, Nova Scotia in > 1912 he was 31 years of age, a coal miner from Wales, travelling to > Stellarton, Pictou. He also lived in Minto, New Brunswick for a while > before returning to Stellarton. > > The death of Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG was registered by a neighbour so it's > possible that Llewellyn could have been Lionel. The dates, age, location > and occupation all seem to fit, so I'm almost convinced that I have found > the right man. > > Please can anyone tell me whether it's possible to find any more information > for Eric and where to look? Or suggest the name of a reliable researcher. > > Thank you. > Jill

Kim, thank you for the very complete explanation of how the VS recording system worked. I am resending to LL and NS for others' edification. bob gillis Kim Stevens wrote to me: > I have worked with the originals. > > On a quarterly basis those authorized to perform marriages filled out > pre-printed forms and submitted them to Halifax. There the country > registers were created from the quarterly forms -- which is why all those > marriages are not in chrono or alpha order, or even in the right book. They > are in chrono order only on a quarterly basis by submitter in what was then > know as "book index" format. > > Then the annual alpha index was created from the "book index" county > registers. > > Not all of the quarterly reports have survived in the NSARM, so in some > cases the first transcription from quarterly form to book-index county > register is the "closest to the source" record. > > Now, there are several ways errors could have crept in. > > The original quarterly reports by marrying official were probably made up > from individual slips of paper recording the marriages as they occurred. > Some slips could be lost or forgotten -- and in fact, if you follow the > quarterly reports sometimes a forgotten entry from a previous quarter is > included. Or if the quarterly report is submitted late, marriages from the > next quarter are included. Because there is a break in the registers each > year, January and December seem to be the months with the most out of order > by year entries. > > Then in retranscribing the quarterly reports to the county registers, > another error opportunity creeps in, especially for those officials with bad > handwriting when the transcribers were unfamiliar with the names in that > part of the county. > > And then the alpha indices leave another area for error. > > And then compound this by realizing that for much of the period of civil > marriage records being available, spelling was phonetic rather than fixed. > As in the church records, the same name can be spelled several different > ways within the same entry -- but all the same phonetically. That is, > spelling was very flexible, and orthographic differences in names were not > used or recognized -- that came much later. > > Licenses were separate matters. If you had a license, it was signed off on > by the minister and returned to the license office. But licenses were not a > part of the civil marriage registers. You could be married, as before, by > license or banns, and as far as the civil registrars were concerned, it was > noted but made no difference. > > We have to be very careful about projecting today's practices on older > times. This essentially was simply a civil recording and reporting of > marriages for whom the ministers already had civil authority, but for which > the recording was via religious rather than civil registers. That is, > adding an additional reporting responsibility, this time to civil > authorities. It did not change at all how people really were married, or > change the nature of the persons authorized to marry them -- it is simply an > added civil reporting responsibility. > > I know in one case where the Anglican minister was also the civil registrar. > When civil registration started in Oct 1864, he simply stopped making > entries into his religious marriage register. In his mind, it was all the > same, and his previous civil responsibility he had had to make a marriage > register for his church no longer was necessary when he had to make a direct > civil report. > > All this comes out of British practice, not North American traditions, and > must be approached with that cultural baggage in mind. > > Regards, > > Kim > > -----Original Message----- > From: nova-scotia-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:nova-scotia-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of bob gillis > Sent: Saturday, 09 June, 2007 13:49 > Cc: Nova scotia; Lunen-Links > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Lunenburg County marriage recorded in > KingsCountyRegister. > > > Dave Tanner wrote: >> An overly simply explanation might be that these county record books >> were in alphabetical order on a shelf at a Provincial office. >> >> K for Kings would be next to L for Lunenburg and maybe the wrong book >> was taken down in error to record a Lunenburg entry. > > That is a possibility. However it depends on how the provincial records > were kept. I think we are looking at the Pprovincial copies of the > Registers and compilations of Marriage Slips. > > In Massachusetts form the early 1840s, the town entered the information > from the marriage slip into a Register, this register was copied and > sent to the State. Errors were made in making the register transcriptions > > What was the procedure in NS? I note that the earlier records are the > images of the registers. I do not know if the registers we see are the > county copy or the provincial copy. Later records are the marriage > slips or copies thereof with a notation on the slip of the book and page > numbers. > > Did the county send the marriage slips to Halifax where they were > entered into the registers by by the provincial authorities in county > registers, or did the County Registrar enter the marriage slip info into > the county register. > > The procedure must have changed at some point but on line we cannot > browse the pages of the registers to see when a change was made. > > bob gillis > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. 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Tuesday, August 13, 1974...The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, N.S. CHURCHILL G. GUYE, SR. SHELBURNE - Churchill G. Guye Sr., 77, Shelburne, was buried following funeral service at Christ Church, Shelburne, conducted by Rev. David Ferguson. Born in Shelburne, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Guy. He was a Veteran of the First World War, and founder of the Loyalist Branch No. 63 of the Royal Canadian Legion, Shelburne. He was a member of the Anglican Church Brotherhood and an honorary member of the Nova Scotia Guides Association. Surviving are his wife, the former Marguerite Turpin; three sons, Churchill Jr., and George, both of Shelburne; Charles, British Columbia; four daughters, Marie, Hamilton, Ont.; Eula (Mrs. Harold Smith), St. Croix; Doris (Mrs. William Moules), Antigonish; Jane (Mrs. Peter Strange), Shelburne. He was predeceased by his wife, Mildred, one son, Augustus, and three daughters, Ethel, Lillian and Florence. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, Shelburne.

In Vital Stats - when searching for marriage of Della Naugle and William Spencer both of Halifax County I get a marriage from Colchester County. Would anyone have this marriage on their radar? Much obliged, Judy

Paula Jones wrote before 2 Jun 2007: > Hello Everyone > > I am searching for any information about James Peter Strum born in > Dartmouth,N.S. sometime between 1838-48. Parents Thomas and Elizabeth Strum. > Married Susan Emino Sept. 16, 1902 as a widower. Possibly he had a son > George by either Susan or his previous marriage. His death certificate lists > him as divorced. There is only one James Strum in the 1881 Census, age 54, labourer, living in Dartmouth with wife Mary and 6 children including a son George age 8. A their first son son is age 20 they were married before 1860/1. > > I would appreciate any information anyone might have about him or his wife > Susan Emino. > > Another possible name is Susan Bowden/Bawden/Borden who came from Cornwall > England with her siblings about 1880. In 1887 - Book: 1834 - Page: 125 - Number: 30 Susan Borden age 25 born Cornwall married Eli Emino in Caledonia Queens county. > > If any of this sounds remotely familiar I would love to hear from you. I think here may be errors in James' info on the Marriage to Susan Emino for age and parents. bob gillis

Dave Tanner wrote: > An overly simply explanation might be that these county record books > were in alphabetical order on a shelf at a Provincial office. > > K for Kings would be next to L for Lunenburg and maybe the wrong book > was taken down in error to record a Lunenburg entry. That is a possibility. However it depends on how the provincial records were kept. I think we are looking at the Pprovincial copies of the Registers and compilations of Marriage Slips. In Massachusetts form the early 1840s, the town entered the information from the marriage slip into a Register, this register was copied and sent to the State. Errors were made in making the register transcriptions What was the procedure in NS? I note that the earlier records are the images of the registers. I do not know if the registers we see are the county copy or the provincial copy. Later records are the marriage slips or copies thereof with a notation on the slip of the book and page numbers. Did the county send the marriage slips to Halifax where they were entered into the registers by by the provincial authorities in county registers, or did the County Registrar enter the marriage slip info into the county register. The procedure must have changed at some point but on line we cannot browse the pages of the registers to see when a change was made. bob gillis

I originally posted to Lunen-Links. I am posting this summary to both LL and NS as an interesting question. > The marriage of Drusilla S(Sarah) A Rhynard (Reinhardt) to Whitman > Croft on 1 Sep 1879 at LaHave Islands is recorded in the Kings County > Register. > > I assume this was a transcription error when the marriage slips were > recorded in the provincial register. The marriage was performed in the Church of england, LaHave islands, the groom was of West Dublin, the Bride of LaHave Islands and the officiating minister was Rev J S smith. Neither location was near a county boundary. DesBrisay does not have an Index so J S Smith may be in the history but very difficult to find. Does anyone have a better explanation why this marriage would be in the Kings County Regiter and not the Lunenburg. bob gillis Kim Stevens replied: > There are lots of "out of county" marriages recorded in the civil > marriage records. > > This comes about because the marriages are reported according to the > home base of the marrying preacher, not where the marriage took > place. A lot of the circuits included more than one county. This is > especially true for early Baptist marriages, and for RC marriages in > the counties with a small RC or Methodist population. > > There are lots of Lunenburg marriages from the interior around New > Ross recorded in the Kings Co registers. > > Also, even ministers with a smaller circuit would travel for > pleasure, and often marry during their travels -- reporting the > marriage to the civil authorities when they got home and did their > quarterly reports. > > This is one reason why it is important to record the name of the > marrying minister when transcribing the civil marriage registers. By > doing a sort by minister rather than by surname, you can find out > where the religious marriage records for the same marriage may be > found -- sometimes with different or more data. And Joe Whitbyeplied: > That may not be the case. If the groom, who in most cases buys the > marriage licence, was living in Kings County then he most likely > purchased the licence there and it seem that where ever the licence > was purchased may dictate where it gets registered. I have run into > other marriages where the couple were married in one county but found > the marriage recorded in another.

Monday, October 30, 1939...The Halifax Chronicle, Halifax, N.S. SARAH MAHAR Well-known and highly respected in Glen Margaret where she lived most of her life, Miss Sarah Mahar, died in Halifax on Saturday in her 89th year following a long period of illness. One brother, Joseph Mahar, and several nieces and nephews survive. The funeral was held yesterday at Glen Margaret.

To all:- When the census percentages reach the 90%+ number, one is able to look forward to the end of transcribing. However, it takes a number of pages to complete even 1.00% so we must keep going! Percentages as of this evening:- ALBERTA...................................91.44% - Calgary - 100%; Edmonton - 99.96%; McLeod - 98.80%; Medicine Hat - 99.13%; Victoria - 94.78% BRITISH COLUMBIA ...............82.78% - Nanaimo 100%; Yale-Cariboo 95.68% Anybody wishing to transcribe and need instructions, please contact SASKATCHEWAN .....................96.55% - !00% -- Assiniboia; Battleford; Humboldt; Mackenzie; Moose Jaw; Qu'Appelle - 99.63%; Regina - 96.78% Any transcribers finding names that cannot be deciphered? The "hot-key" is only the "?" - if some letters can be read - replace others with ? Personal request -- Correct any errors -- or check what the enumerator has written -- it might not be correct. Fireworks ready for July 1 --- or Civic Holiday in August? Muriel M. Davidson Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, ON