Daphne, If you look in Automated Genealogy under the surname Wilkenson in the 1911 Census for Nova Scotia, you'll find your missing family. Regards, Deborah Baillie Ottawa > Original Message: > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:45:11 -0300 > From: "Daphne Hurst" <dshurst@pei.sympatico.ca> > Subject: [NS-L] East Street, Sydney, NS > > > ...I've been unable to find the family in Automated Genealogy, which could mean > they were missed completely in the 1911 census or the last name was > mis-spelled. They may have lived somewhere else between Louisbourg and East > Street, and if there were no houses in that part of East Street until after > the census it would at least confirm that they were not at that address > then. They are not under the Louisbourg census or under any other census in > that area. > > The names are John Alvah Nicholson (head, born 1874), Mabel Nicholson (wife, > born 1880), Alma Nicholson (born 1903), Wesley Alexander Nicholson (not the > one in Dartmouth) (born about 1904), and Grace Mabel Nicholson (born about > 1905). It would be helpful to locate the census entries to determine the > ages of the children and if there were others born before the 1911 census. > > Thanks for any help you can provide! > > Daphne Hurst > Summerside, PEI > > > > > ------------------------------ > >