I should have added: ... and of course there's still no clue how the name Slau(e)nwhite gets into the picture. John On [2007-06-07 at 10:36pm] John Cordes <John.Cordes@dal.ca> wrote: > Bob, > > How about this marriage record? > > Anna A. Patten and William F. Smith married 1901 in Halifax > County > > 1901 - Book: 1819 - Page: 274 - Number: 333 > > He is William Francis Smith, from Sambro, age 30, s/o Henry & > Annie. She is Anna Archibald Patten, age 35, from Sydney. > > Seems close except for one thing: she is listed as a > spinster. Hm... > > John > > On [2007-06-07 at 06:53pm] John Cordes <John.Cordes@dal.ca> wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > > > I guess it goes without saying that you didn't find a > > marriage registration for Wm. Francis Smith and Annie > > Slauenwhite? > > > > John > > > > On [2007-06-07 at 06:50pm] Bob Hegerich <bobh36@cox.net> wrote: > > > William Francis SMITH is b. 16 Oct 1871 [NS Births, 1871, > > > book 1810, page 123, #1029] at Bald Rock, s/o Henry and Ann > > > Elizabeth (GRAY) SMITH, who m. 29 Jan 1870 [ibid]. He dies > > > 09 Aug 1954 at Halifax [NS deaths, 1954, book 1954, page > > > 4071]. Now here's the puzzle. > > > > > > On his death certificate, his wife says she is Annie > > > SLAUENWHITE SMITH. However, at this point, I haven't even > > > the foggiest notion who she might be. Either my brain has > > > temporarily ceased functioning, or she is someone I haven't > > > seen before. Either way, if anyone has a clue as to her > > > identity, I would really like to hear from you.

Adding one more ingredient into the mix; the Ann Archibald (Patten) Smith found below actually died in July 1940 - still married to William F Smith and living at the Queen St. address in Halifax where Bob's WF Smith died. So there is a period of 14 years between this first wife's death and Wm. Francis's death in 1954 during which he presumably married again, to the mysterious Annie Slaunwhite. John On [2007-06-07 at 10:46pm] John Cordes <John.Cordes@dal.ca> wrote: > I should have added: > > ... and of course there's still no clue how the name > Slau(e)nwhite gets into the picture. > > John > > On [2007-06-07 at 10:36pm] John Cordes <John.Cordes@dal.ca> wrote: > > Bob, > > > > How about this marriage record? > > > > Anna A. Patten and William F. Smith married 1901 in Halifax > > County > > > > 1901 - Book: 1819 - Page: 274 - Number: 333 > > > > He is William Francis Smith, from Sambro, age 30, s/o Henry & > > Annie. She is Anna Archibald Patten, age 35, from Sydney. > > > > Seems close except for one thing: she is listed as a > > spinster. Hm... > > > > John > > > > On [2007-06-07 at 06:53pm] John Cordes <John.Cordes@dal.ca> wrote: > > > Hi Bob, > > > > > > I guess it goes without saying that you didn't find a > > > marriage registration for Wm. Francis Smith and Annie > > > Slauenwhite? > > > > > > John > > > > > > On [2007-06-07 at 06:50pm] Bob Hegerich <bobh36@cox.net> wrote: > > > > William Francis SMITH is b. 16 Oct 1871 [NS Births, 1871, > > > > book 1810, page 123, #1029] at Bald Rock, s/o Henry and Ann > > > > Elizabeth (GRAY) SMITH, who m. 29 Jan 1870 [ibid]. He dies > > > > 09 Aug 1954 at Halifax [NS deaths, 1954, book 1954, page > > > > 4071]. Now here's the puzzle. > > > > > > > > On his death certificate, his wife says she is Annie > > > > SLAUENWHITE SMITH. However, at this point, I haven't even > > > > the foggiest notion who she might be. Either my brain has > > > > temporarily ceased functioning, or she is someone I haven't > > > > seen before. Either way, if anyone has a clue as to her > > > > identity, I would really like to hear from you.

John Cordes wrote: > I should have added: > > ... and of course there's still no clue how the name > Slau(e)nwhite gets into the picture. I think that it would not be too difficult to program the search engine for the VSs to include a search on the given name of the spouse in a marriage record. AIR there are 236 marriage records with Slauenwhite. Bob can go through the records and find an Annie who married a Slauenwhite. > > John > > On [2007-06-07 at 10:36pm] John Cordes <John.Cordes@dal.ca> wrote: >> Bob, >> >> How about this marriage record? >> >> Anna A. Patten and William F. Smith married 1901 in Halifax >> County >> >> 1901 - Book: 1819 - Page: 274 - Number: 333 >> >> He is William Francis Smith, from Sambro, age 30, s/o Henry & >> Annie. She is Anna Archibald Patten, age 35, from Sydney. >> >> Seems close except for one thing: she is listed as a >> spinster. Hm... >> >> John >> >> On [2007-06-07 at 06:53pm] John Cordes <John.Cordes@dal.ca> wrote: >>> Hi Bob, >>> >>> I guess it goes without saying that you didn't find a >>> marriage registration for Wm. Francis Smith and Annie >>> Slauenwhite? >>> >>> John >>> >>> On [2007-06-07 at 06:50pm] Bob Hegerich <bobh36@cox.net> wrote: >>>> William Francis SMITH is b. 16 Oct 1871 [NS Births, 1871, >>>> book 1810, page 123, #1029] at Bald Rock, s/o Henry and Ann >>>> Elizabeth (GRAY) SMITH, who m. 29 Jan 1870 [ibid]. He dies >>>> 09 Aug 1954 at Halifax [NS deaths, 1954, book 1954, page >>>> 4071]. Now here's the puzzle. >>>> >>>> On his death certificate, his wife says she is Annie >>>> SLAUENWHITE SMITH. However, at this point, I haven't even >>>> the foggiest notion who she might be. Either my brain has >>>> temporarily ceased functioning, or she is someone I haven't >>>> seen before. Either way, if anyone has a clue as to her >>>> identity, I would really like to hear from you. > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 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 NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >