jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca wrote to me: > I finally got the NS Historic Vital Statistics site to work for me! > Must be a failing of the processor in my laptop, it takes a little > longer than I expected. Charles DeWolf Cleveland was a farmer, living > at Clarence (not Claremont)when his son Eugene was married. Thanks to > all for your helpful advice. Your original query asked how Charles could afford to send two sons to college to study engineering. Annapolis County was andstill is one of the best farming areas in NS. If Charles had inherited or bought a good amount of land he could have been fairly well off. Eugene and his sister Ida married the same day 5 May 1880 in the Baptist Church Bridgetown. There is no Cleveland living in Clarence in the 1881 Census. I find Eugene and James living in Turtle Mountain Manitoba in1 881. I do not find Charles or Margaret Cleveland in the 1880 US, 1881 Canada or British Census. bob gillis > Jay Underwood wrote: > On a railway-related topic, I am seeking details of the life of > Charles DeWolf Cleveland (m. Margaret Fitch, Aylsford NS), who > lived at Claremont, Annapolis County ca. 1850-1860. > I have family details (children, wife etc.) but I > would like to know how he made money to enable him to send at > least two sons to school to study mechanical engineering? Also, > having difficulty locating Claremont, Annapolis County. Has the > name of the community changed over the years?