Jay and Scott: Thanks for your contributions, which both appear eminently sound. While not precisely consistent, at least they place the location much closer to Halifax, making more sense in the context than my suggestion. Note to Jay -- I do believe I may have run across that Dutch - Deutsch idea on occasion, over the years... <vbg> John Cordes On [2010-05-13 at 09:10pm] [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 On [2010-05-13 at 09:10pm] Scott W. TEAL <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > The Block House and the Isthmus as far as I know was the area where > Eaglewood Subdivision now exists in Bedford, Nova Scotia. Roughly that > area at any rate give or take a few miles / km. For a less specific > answer - Bedford. > The Johannes Schmidt mentioned - I think I have a death date for him > somewhere. He only fathered 2 or 3 daughters and died fairly young, > about 1762 from what I recall. > I've never had any cause to suspect that he - this "Johannes Schmidt" > was the father of Johann Jacob Schmidt of Broad Cove. Johannes > Schmidt / John Smith........rather common name. > - Scott > > ---- 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: <snip> > > > > 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

When I was doing the research for my book I found out that the Foreign Protestants from the ship Gale were sent out to the "isthmus' to clear the land for a fort. So that could also have been what is the Park at the end of Spring Garden Road today, or out Bedford area. They stayed there until it was completed, and it was some distance from the settlement at that time. Barb On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:47 AM, John Cordes <[email protected]> wrote: > Jay and Scott: > > Thanks for your contributions, which both appear eminently > sound. While not precisely consistent, at least they place the > location much closer to Halifax, making more sense in the > context than my suggestion. > > Note to Jay -- I do believe I may have run across that Dutch - > Deutsch idea on occasion, over the years... <vbg> > > John Cordes > > > On [2010-05-13 at 09:10pm] [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > On [2010-05-13 at 09:10pm] Scott W. TEAL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > The Block House and the Isthmus as far as I know was the area where > > Eaglewood Subdivision now exists in Bedford, Nova Scotia. Roughly > that > > area at any rate give or take a few miles / km. For a less specific > > answer - Bedford. > > The Johannes Schmidt mentioned - I think I have a death date for him > > somewhere. He only fathered 2 or 3 daughters and died fairly young, > > about 1762 from what I recall. > > I've never had any cause to suspect that he - this "Johannes Schmidt" > > was the father of Johann Jacob Schmidt of Broad Cove. Johannes > > Schmidt / John Smith........rather common name. > > - Scott > > > > ---- 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: > <snip> > > > > > 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. 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