Cleadie, >From Dan Johnson's NB VR from Newspapers database, it would appear your Amelia was NOT the Amanda who died in Jun-1880 at Indiantown: Date January 2 1873 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper The Daily Telegraph m. Portland (St. John) Monday eve., Dec. 30th, by Rev. W.B. Boggs, C.B. PIDGEON / Amanda MUNRO eldest d/o Donald MUNRO, both of Indiantown (St. John). However, since you noted they married BEFORE 1872, then perhaps your Amelia and Caleb divorced? Likely same Caleb married Charlotte Cunard, at Saint John, in 1866 Now, as for Richard Burpee McLean, he married on 31-Dec-1878, aged 28, bachelor, to Amanda M. Hamilton, aged 24, spinster, at South Rawdon, Hants Co, NS. Both born South Rawdon, he to John and Bonnie (McLean), and she to Joseph and Sarah (Hamilton) 1871 Census for South Rawdon (Rawdon South), Hants Co, NS: Sarah Jane Hamilton 41 Arthur Hamilton 17 Amanda Hamilton 16 Alida Hamilton 14 Joseph Hamilton 12 Not sure where Alice fits in.... > I have found an Amelia Margaret Hamilton, b. 5 Dec 1854, South Rawdon, > Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. > Died 11 Jun 1880, Indiantown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada > > > She is thought to have married Caleb Burpee Pidgeon, bef 1872, when her > first child (of 6 children) was born. (His wife was known to have been an > Amanda, and her death date is as listed above.) > > > She is also a marriage, ca 1872, to a Richard Burpee McLean (1850-1937) > with six children. (as in new Family Search) > > Does anyone know how I can prove, which, if either marriage is correct. > > Thanks for any help, Cleadie Barnett > > ---------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------ Jared "Jed" Handspicker jedh@jedh.com "Knowing how you could have done things better in the past doesn't change it, but it does help illuminate the future." (JWH - 2012)