I ran into this when researching my book "Ketchum's Folly" more thna ten years ago..Ketchum's railway was built on gthe Isthmus of Chignecto, but at that time "isthmus" was a popular word for any thin stretch of land connecting two larger stretches. I recall running across the phase "blockhouse and isthmus" when it referred to what is now the Dutch Village area of Halifax...does this make a closer geographical connection to your Schmidts?..."Dutch" was actually a corruption of "Deutch" (German) and some Swiss spoke German. Jay Underwood Elmsdale Newly-released "Ghost Tracks" supernatural stories from Nova Scotia's Ralways. Railfare*DC Books of Montreal. Also by Jay Underwood: http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html ---- John Cordes <[email protected]> wrote: > I should qualify (correct!) one thing I said below: the list > of heads of families is not restricted to Halifax -- that is my > mistake. I do not know which "Block House" is being referred > to. I am also not positive about "Isthmus" but *guess* that it > probably refers to what is meant even now by 'isthmus' in Nova > Scotia, namely the Isthmus of Chignecto. Not at all sure about > any of this -- anyone? > > John > > On [2010-05-13 at 06:29pm] John Cordes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > > > I will quote your whole message for completeness, but only > > want to comment on the last part, the appearance of the name > > "Johannes Schmidt" in a volume of the Nova Scotia Historical > > Society. There is a "1" in each of the columns, Males above 16 > > and Females above 16 for a Total of 2. > > > > The list appears in what seems to be a rather complete census > > of Halifax, dated July, 1752: > > > > A list of the families of English, Swiss, etc., which > > have been settled in Nova Scotia since the year 1749, and > > who now are settlers in the places hereafter mentioned. > > > > It is interesting that this Johannes Schmidt is not living > > with the "Swiss and Germans in the North Suburbs". > > > > John Cordes > > > > > > On [2010-05-13 at 05:30pm] bob gillis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In Don Shankle's Downeast > Lunenburg BMDs at > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~downeast/ > > > there are these references to a Johannes Schmidt > > > > > > 1. SMITH,Ann Margaret,D,1762-03-30,,SJAL,w/Johannes nee Fulleary,,Lunenburg > > > > > > 2. SMITH,Ann Margaret,M,1784-08-17,,ZLL,Rafuse, Johan Jacob s/Johannes,, > > > *d/Johannes* [emphasis mine] > > > > > > 3. SMITH,Jacob,M,1784-09-04,,ZLL,Dimon, Jetta Eliz,,s/Johannes, d/Franz > > > > > > 4. SMITH,Mary Cath,M,1780-04-20,,ZLL,Clattenberg, Peter s/Peter,,d/Johannes > > > > > > Does anyone know anything about Johannes and his family? > > > > > > Chris Young has on his web site at http://www.seawhy.com/namef.html: > > > > > > FULLEARY: Church-Marriage/Death-Records; > > > FULLER: Sailed on the Merry Jacks in 1749; Obituary-1961-1992; > > > > > > The Merry Jacks was one of Corwallis' ships > > > > > > Googling for "Johannes Schmidt" +"merry jacks" I find two pages both > > > different OCRs of the same document. > > > > > > > 260 Nova, Scotia His[torical] Society. > > > > > > > > AT THE BLOCK HOUSE AND THE ISTHMUS. > > > > > > > > HEADS OF FAMILIES. Johnnes Schmidt, 1 > > > > > > (I cannot tell what classification of people this number 1 apples to: > > > M.16, F>16, M,16 or F<16; I assume M>16. > > > > > > Can anyone tell me what volume of the C of NHS this Census or listing is > > > in what is the listing and in what year the listing or Censuswas made? > > > > > > bob gillis > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 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 [email protected] > ------------------------------- > 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