That's interesting Bob. That also is where Fort Sackville was/is... right at the mouth of the Sackville River. Perhaps this is the fort... blockhouse that has been mentioned in this ongoing correspondence. On 14-May-10, at 6:32 PM, bob gillis wrote: > On 5/13/2010 8:03 PM, Scott W. TEAL 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. > > The wife of a Johannes Schmidt died in 1762 per Don Shankle: > SMITH,Ann Margaret,D,1762-03-30,,SJAL,w/Johannes nee > Fulleary,,Lunenburg >> >> 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. > > The name Johannes is different than Johan. Johannes is essentially > Johan Johan; > > Normally the first Johan is the baptismal name and the second like > Peter is the Call Name or Ruffname. Except for the Johanneses they > were > called by and often recorded by the Call Name > > 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 NOVA-SCOTIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message