Hi everyone I have been trying for 3-4 years to find out who parents of William Cartile are. He was born 1781 and died 1857. He married Hannah Purcell Dec 5 1821 In Portuguese Cove NS. It was spelled on differently Cartile or Carteel on documents. I know there was a Peter Cartile hanged in 1749 for stabbing an English sailor and I am pretty sure they were related somehow. This is the info I have on him: Came to Canada with his brother. He was issued a pilots license to pilot Halifax Harbour and transported merchandise to Halifax. One brother stayed in Halifax and the other returned to France. Gubelino (William) Cartile and Agnes Honora Hutchinson were sponsors to Samuels daughter Anna Marie. Deeds to land they owned had to be cleared in Spain. They must have been stone quarry men, they first lived in a cave they made under the cliff on which his house stood overlooking the Northwest Arm. They had contracts with the government to supply granite blocks for building the Dalhousie University. The record I have for a Cartile in Halifax records is in 1821 when William Cartile married Hannah Purcell of Portuguese Cove. Samuel Purcell was Hannah's father and when that family bought the property which is now called Purcell's Cove, Samuel Purcell deeded a piece of the Purcell land in Portuguese Cove to Hannah and William Cartile, and to Hannah's brother, John. After Wm. Cartile's death Hannah moved to the Purcell's Cove area and she appeared in census records as Hannah Walsh. Hannah was born in Portuguese Cove. If anyone could help, I would be most appreciative Thank you Carrie