----- Original Message ----- From: <nova-scotia-request@rootsweb.com> To: <nova-scotia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 4:01 AM Subject: NOVA-SCOTIA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 163 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: ARMSTRONG - Stellarton, Pictou - 1912-1951 (bob gillis) > 2. Re: ARMSTRONG - Stellarton, Pictou - 1912-1951 (bob gillis) > 3. Susan PURCHASE (Ds20065@aol.com) > 4. Re: Susan PURCHASE (bob gillis) > 5. Re: [LL] Gates, Mrs. Justin (Richard Hardwick) > 6. Susan PURCHASE (Ds20065@aol.com) > 7. Weekly Percentages of 1911 Census of Three Provinces > (muriel m davidson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:34:52 -0400 > From: bob gillis <robertgillis@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [NS-L] ARMSTRONG - Stellarton, Pictou - 1912-1951 > Cc: nova-scotia@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4672795C.8000202@verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Trena wrote: > > Skipton is in North Riding Yorkshire (NRY). There is a Farnhill in NRY, not > > far from Keighley. The Farnhill in which we found Eric L. ARMSTRONG was in > > fact in Worcestershire. The 1901 census says Worcerstershire, as does the > > 1891 census. I found Fernhill Heath Worcestershire (just north east of > > Worcester on the A38, just south of Martin Hussingtree), which could have > > been where he was from. > > I think that is the village. Not being familiar with the 1901 British > census, the Fernhill mentioned may have been an enumeration or election > district. > > On the ordnance Survey online map says: > > Lower > Town > Fernhill > Heath > > On the highest resolution map, Fernhill Heath appears to be an open > space, or heath just south of a built up area which may be Fernhill > (village). > > > With the accent, it may have sounded like Farnhill > > when the enumerator heard it, and Eric (or whoever gave the info) left o ff > > the Heath part. Entirely possible Eric was quite use to saying just > > "Fernhill", with no Heath attached. > > > > Still looking for an actual Farnhill in Worcestershire though. Could be a > > village of only a couple of hundred people, so not shown on any maps or not > > easily found. > > The only Farnhill in the Ordnance Survey Data Base is the one I gave, > If the name is stll in use it should be in tha data base. > > bob gillis > > > > > Toni ~ Ontario > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:46:06 -0400 > From: bob gillis <robertgillis@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [NS-L] ARMSTRONG - Stellarton, Pictou - 1912-1951 > Cc: nova-scotia@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <46727BFE.3020502@verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > jwyze1@gmail.com wrote: > > Thank you Toni for your suggestion. Thank you to everyone else who replied > > to my original message. My next question to ask is whether it's possible to > > find living descendants of Eric Armstrong and Martha Stevens, considering > > that you cannot look-up birth information until 100 years have passed. > > while the death registration say his wife was the late Martha Stevens, > there is no death record for a Martha Armstrong in NS prior to 1951. > > It is possible that Martha found out early that her marriage was > bigamist and not valid and left Eric/Brehnin and returned to Picton ON > where she had been born and perhaps her parents and relatives still > lived. So they had no progeny. > > when did Eric's daughter go to Canada? > > You can look up Armstrongs in Canada 411 and write the 231 that live in > NS and inquire if they are the descendants. > > Also ask on the Pictou Message Board if anyone knows of descendants. > You can also look up the name of the newspaper in Sellarton or new > Glasgow and write a letter asking about descendants. > > > > Jill is Brehnin as given on the marriage record the Welsh for Eric? Or > did he give a false name at the marriage. > > bob gillis > > > > > > As it was a neighbour who was the informant of Eric's death I'm assuming > > that he had no family in the vicinity, at the time of his death. I'm > > waiting to hear from the Herald (as per Shirley's suggestion) whether there > > was an obituary, which might gives some clues of living relatives. > > > > Thanks again. > > Jill Wiseman > > Bath, England > > ---------------------------------------- > > Basic List Commands: > > > > 1. 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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 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:48:20 EDT > From: Ds20065@aol.com > Subject: [NS-L] Susan PURCHASE > To: NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com, NewBrunswick-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c09.1a6c4f3c.33a44704@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Trying to get in touch with Susan PURCHASE who last had an address in > Newfoundland but I believed may have moved to New Brunswick. If you have a new > address for Susan, I would like to get it to reconnect with her on our MacLean > line > Don > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:42:08 -0400 > From: bob gillis <robertgillis@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Susan PURCHASE > Cc: NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4672F9A0.2060409@verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Ds20065@aol.com wrote: > > Trying to get in touch with Susan PURCHASE who last had an address in > > Newfoundland but I believed may have moved to New Brunswick. If you have a new > > address for Susan, I would like to get it to reconnect with her on our MacLean > > line > > There is no one in Canada411 with the surname Purchase in New Brusnwick. > > If you have her old address try searching the RW archives for a message > from her. > > bob gillis > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:15:40 -0800 > From: "Richard Hardwick" <RiHardwick@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [NS-L] [LL] Gates, Mrs. Justin > To: <brhodenizer@bwr.eastlink.ca>, <CAN-NS-OBITS@rootsweb.com>, > <Lunen-Links@rootsweb.com>, <robertaj@bwr.eastlink.ca>, "Rosemary > Rafuse" <rjrafuse@hotmail.com> > Cc: NOVA-SCOTIA <NOVA-SCOTIA@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <00a001c7af9a$b5ca8000$54b6c347@P4R800VM> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hello again Rosemary and all > > I have Mrs Justin GATES as (nee) Ida Mae SPURR, d/o William Robert > SPURR=Lavenia/Lavinia/Lovenia Henrietta HARRIS. Ida Mae was born 3 April > 1876 in Bear River, Nova Scotia and died 21 Oct 1956 in New Germany, > Lunenburg County. > > I have Justin C GATES, s/o John GATES=Meluzine Melzine FEINDAL. Justin was > born 27 Jun 1877 in New Germany, Lunenburg County and died 22 Jun 1946 in > Bridgewater, Lunenburg County. > > Justin=Ida married 25 Mar 1898 in New Germany and had 2 daughters, Nellie > and Eva Beatrice. > > ************************* > Would anyone know who the parents and grandparents were of the John GATES > who married Meluzine/Melzine FEINDAL? > *********************************** > > Thanks > > Richard Hardwick > > (Researching direct lines in Nova Scotia and New England - HARDWICK, > ARMSTRONG, BARTEAUX, SPURR, HENDERSON, BLACKMAR, MARSH) > RiHardwick@comcast.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rosemary Rafuse" <rjrafuse@hotmail.com> > To: <robertaj@bwr.eastlink.ca>; <Lunen-Links@rootsweb.com>; > <CAN-NS-OBITS@rootsweb.com>; <brhodenizer@bwr.eastlink.ca> > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 10:31 AM > Subject: [LL] Gates, Mrs. Justin > > > > Barss Corner Baptist Cemetery > > > > GATES > > Justin C. 1877-1946 > > Ida Spurr 1876-1956 > > > > Mrs. Justin Gates 1956 Bridgewater Bulletin > > > > The death of Mrs. Ida Gates, widow of the late Justin Gates, occurred on > > Sunday, October 21st, 1956, at the home of Robert Lantz,where she had > > resided for some time. Although in delicate health her death came very > > suddenly. > > > > The late Mrs.Gates was a highly respected citizen and was well known by > > the > > older generation. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William > > Spurr, of New Germany, and was 80 yeras of age. Following her marriage to > > Mr.Gates they resided in the United States for some time, later returning > > to > > the land of their birth. They took up farming at Stanburne where she > > resided > > until the death of her husband six years ago. > > > > Surviving are one daughter, Nellie (Mrs. Oliver Darcy), of Riviere, Mass.; > > five granddaughters and one grandson; and 11 great grandchildren. One > > brother, Stanley Spurr of Waltham, Mass., also survives. Her only sister, > > Bertha (Mrs. Kenneth Cahoon), of Tyngsboro, Mass., passed away in August. > > A > > daughter, Eva (Mrs. Hurdie Lantz) ,with whom she resided since the death > > of > > her husband, passed away in 1954. > > > > The funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, October 24, at the > > Baptist Church, Barss Corner, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Frank Locke. > > Hymns sung were "Rock of Ages" and "My Faith Looks Up to Thee." Pall > > bearers > > were all relatives of the deceased, Kenneth Lantz, Ira Langille, Joe > > Slauenwhite, Reginald Tupper, Bradford Lohnes,and Robert Lantz. > > > > The floral offerings were beautiful, a silent tribute to the departed. > > Burial was in the family lot in the Baptist Cemetery at Barss Corner. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Windows Live Hotmail. Now with better security, storage and features. > > www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA149 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LUNEN-LINKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:44:19 EDT > From: Ds20065@aol.com > Subject: [NS-L] Susan PURCHASE > To: NewBrunswick-L@rootsweb.com, NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d05.11be2935.33a47043@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Disregard my last message. I have made contact with Susan. > Don > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:36:26 -0400 > From: "muriel m davidson" <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca> > Subject: [NS-L] Weekly Percentages of 1911 Census of Three Provinces > To: <can-sk-regina@rootsweb.com>, <can-sk-saskatoon@rootsweb.com>, > <can-ab-vermilion-river@rootsweb.com>, <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <009601c7afb6$c212f740$0c02a8c0@your4dacd0ea75> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > To all:- > > Transcribers have been working hard -- but the percentages do > not seem to increase as fast as we would wish - especially in > British Columbia. > Percentages:- > SASKATCHEWAN........................ 97.18% > [Regina - 98.31%; Saskatoon - 91.82%; SIX districts 100%] > ALBERTA.....................................94.31% > [Calgary & Edmonton - 100%; 4 districts over 90%] > BRITISH COLUMBIA...................83.74% > [Nanaimo and Yale-Cariboo 100%] > > In spare time, go over the pages that are finished, add addresses, > as there was a change in these areas -- many places were renamed > from 1895 to 1911 -- add LINKS if necessary. > Let's see what the next week will bring -- more 100%ers? > > Muriel M. Davidson > Co-chair, Canada Census Committee > Brampton, ON > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NOVA-SCOTIA list administrator, send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NOVA-SCOTIA mailing list, send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA@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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of NOVA-SCOTIA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 163 > ******************************************* > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/843 - Release Date: 6/10/2007 1:39 PM > >