Lemon Hill is located between Upper Musquodoboit and Dean in the former Halifax County which is now part of HRM. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Cordes" <[email protected]> To: "John D. Wilson" <[email protected]> Cc: "Nova Scotia List" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] [nsroots] LEMON HILL > John, > > I don't know the answer to your query -- the only reference > to "Lemon Hill" I see in my files is in Jennie Reid's > "Musquodoboit Pioneers", where the following appears: > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > James Drady > > James Drady took up a grant of 300 acres in Middle > Musquodoboit on March1, 1787. His grant was west of John > Braden's. Three men, John Braden, James Drady and Patrick Creigh > each took up grants of land on March 1, 1787 and next to each > other, this makes it appear they knew each other quite well and > were perhaps friends in Ireland before coming here around 1783. > James Drady worked in Halifax as a carpenter and his will refers > to carpenter tools. If he lived in Musquodoboit it was for a > short period. Then in Upper Musquodoboit William Drady took up a > grant of 88 acres on Mill Lake. James had 3 sons and 3 daus. > Duncan - no record. George - no record. Margaret md Daniel Daye > and is buried in Pioneer cemetery. d Jan. 27, 1897 age 67. > Mary md. William Chamberlain- no record. Susannah md. > ----Farnell - no record. William Drady first lived in Dean then > moved to Mill Lake. > > PAGE 260. > > Some of the first Dradys are buried on brink of hill by Mill > Brook on Mill Lake. > David Drady, father d. July 20, 1855 age 51 yrs. > Esther, mother d. Oct.7, 1883 age 72 yrs. > William H. d Nov. 1,1912 age 73 yrs. > Harriet his wife d Nov.8, 1916 age 73 yrs. > son David d Feb. 27,1886 age 20 yrs. > > David R. Weeks 1864-1944 > Eva his wife 1869-1946 > William D. son killed in Caribou Gold Mines > June 17, 1911 age 15yrs. > (These are inscriptions on stones). > > 1. William H. Drady md. Harriet Lemon (sister of William Lemon > of Lemon Hill) > etc. > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > Whether this is of any significance to your search, I cannot say. > > Regards, > > John Cordes > Halifax > > > On [2010-04-13 at 03:55pm] John D. Wilson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I am looking for the location of LEMON HILL in Nova Scotia. >> It appears not to be a village as it is not listed in Place-Names and >> Places of Nova Scotia. >> Have an idea it may be in Cumberland County. >> Seems there may be a hall or Legion there. > ---------------------------------------- > 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