Perhaps this just shows that no one single source of information should be accepted as 'gospel'. Here's another Government of Canada site which *does* list Mill Stream: http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/cmasl-rmrrl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=1212006 It is classed as a Locality in the Metropolitan area of New Glasgow, Pictou County -- at least that's the way I read the table. Some historical information about Mill Stream can be found here: http://www.parl.ns.ca/placenames/pictoum.html#Millstream Finally, I strongly recommend John Cardinal's superb collection of places in NS: http://www.johncardinal.com/ca/ns/ which links to maps for each place. John Cordes Halifax On [2010-03-16 at 09:50am] bob gillis <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/15/2010 2:47 PM, Robertson, Scott (Toronto - Finance) wrote: > > snip > > > Both were living in Mill Stream at the time of the marriage. > > Looking up Mill Stream at http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php > > I find: > > Querying Geographical Names of Canada > Formerly Official : List of Records > > Your query sent was > Name : mill stream Feature type : All > > Name Other Name Prov Feature type Location > Mill Stream MacVicars Brook N.S. River > Millstream Berwick N.B. Unincorporated area > Mill Stream Mill Brook N.B. River > Mill Stream Saunders Brook N.B. River > > Returned number of records = 4 > > No Town, Village or Hamlet with that name. > > The shadings as given do not make sense. I changed and moved as per Info. > > bob gillis

From: Place Names in Pictou County: MILLSTREAM, Pictou County This settlement is about a mile west of Springville on the road leading to Hopewell. In 1878 a large saw mill, a grain mill and a furniture factory were located here. The East Branch of East River has many small brooks such as Mill Stream which flows from Grant's Lake and Lime Brook which flows through Springville. Among early settlers were Mrs. Baxter Campbell and Joseph H. Grant. James Grant one of the passengers in the Hector settled first in Kings County. He came from Urquhart, Scotland. He moved from Kings County to Caribou, Pictou County, finally settling at Mill Stream in 1790. He erected a mill on a stream issuing from Grant's Lake on a site some twenty rods further down than the one later occupied by Grant's Mill. This was the first regular grist mill on the East River. When James Grant died in February, 1822, there were twelve families living at Mill Stream and Lime Brook. The names of John G. Grant and William Grant as farmers and proprietors of a sawmill and a tannery with a post office address at Springville are shown under dates of 1844 and 1833 respectively. Early ministers at Springville were Rev. Angus McGillivrary who died in 1869 and Rev. James MacLean who passed away in 1914. Dr. William R. Grant who was born in 1811 and died in Philadelphia in 1852 was a distinguished physician and surgeon. http://www.parl.ns.ca/placenames/pictoum.html Jay Underwood Elmsdale NS >From Jay Underwood and Railfare*DC Books "Ghost Tracks": http://www.railfare.net/Ghost%20Tracks.html "From Folly to Fortune": http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html "Built for War": http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Cordes" <[email protected]> To: "Nova Scotia" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Burris / Parker families of Mill Stream area > Perhaps this just shows that no one single source of > information should be accepted as 'gospel'. > > Here's another Government of Canada site which *does* list > Mill Stream: > > http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/cmasl-rmrrl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=1212006 > > It is classed as a Locality in the Metropolitan area of New > Glasgow, Pictou County -- at least that's the way I read the > table. > > Some historical information about Mill Stream can be found here: > > http://www.parl.ns.ca/placenames/pictoum.html#Millstream > > Finally, I strongly recommend John Cardinal's superb > collection of places in NS: > > http://www.johncardinal.com/ca/ns/ > > which links to maps for each place. > > John Cordes > Halifax > > > On [2010-03-16 at 09:50am] bob gillis <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 3/15/2010 2:47 PM, Robertson, Scott (Toronto - Finance) wrote: >> >> snip >> >> > Both were living in Mill Stream at the time of the marriage. >> >> Looking up Mill Stream at http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php >> >> I find: >> >> Querying Geographical Names of Canada >> Formerly Official : List of Records >> >> Your query sent was >> Name : mill stream Feature type : All >> >> Name Other Name Prov Feature type Location >> Mill Stream MacVicars Brook N.S. River >> Millstream Berwick N.B. Unincorporated area >> Mill Stream Mill Brook N.B. River >> Mill Stream Saunders Brook N.B. River >> >> Returned number of records = 4 >> >> No Town, Village or Hamlet with that name. >> >> The shadings as given do not make sense. I changed and moved as per Info. >> >> 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

Thank you John and Jay for the complete information on Mill Stream and the additional sources.. I cited the source I had for my information on Mill Steam I still think that the Mill Stream that Scott Robertson is asking about is in either New Brunswick (more likely) or Québec. There are no Burris in Pictou County in the 1881 Census. The only Hiram Burris in Canada in the 1881 Census in the one living in Brookfield Corner, Colchester County which is in the western part of the county on old Route 2 between Truro and Shebenacadie, while Springville is in the center of Pictou county 35 miles east of Brookfield. In the 1901 Census Hiram Burris was recorded as being born in NB. He is not in NSHVS The 1871 Pictou and Cumberland Census have not yet been transcribed so I cannot check. I gave up on looking in the 1891 Census after waiting for over 5 minutes. bob gillis On 3/16/2010 11:21 AM, John Cordes wrote: > Perhaps this just shows that no one single source of > information should be accepted as 'gospel'.snip