Anyone wishing a copy of the 1841 North Uist census that I extracted let me know. Margie Margaret Tuttle searching for LAWRENCE; FULLERTON, CAMERON, GIBSON Wolfville, NS B4P 1K5

John, Juanita,Dana, Allene & Bob, Many thanks for all the quick relies to my query. From the census pages and a pic of her nationnalization and her travel records to and from Halifax, this is my lady. The College of Nurses in Nova Scotia has been seeking information on this lady as she was one of the founding members of the organization, before moving to the US. Thanks again, Maureen

Continued. Hi folks, Over Christmas, I was the recipient of over 650 older obituaries for people with connections to the Margaree area; most from the 1960's, 70's and 80's. As they are mostly image files (only 6 or so are text files), I can't post them here. Instead, I will post lists of what I have in groups of 10, one or two per day, and will be happy to send them individually. Because of the volume, please don't ask for them all, as I don't want to tick of my internet provider :-). Also because of the volume, please be patient as I respond to specific requests. List 64 Tompkins, Miles Gregory [1886]-1974 Tompkins, Miles N. [1880]-1840 Tompkins, Patrick [1922]-1995 Tompkins, Patrick E. [1885]-1962 Tompkins, Patrick James [1903]-1981 Tompkins, Patrick Matthew [1914]-1998 Tompkins, Richard [1927]-1996 Tompkins, Richard Francis [1912]-1965 Tompkins, Rose [1895]-1965 Torres (Chiasson), Evangeline [1939]-1997 Trish Trish LeBlanc St. John's, NL Researching - LeBlanc, Aucoin, Cameron & MacLean families of Cape Breton and all families in the Margaree area http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/trish.leblanc/

Continued. Hi folks, Over Christmas, I was the recipient of over 650 older obituaries for people with connections to the Margaree area; most from the 1960's, 70's and 80's. As they are mostly image files (only 6 or so are text files), I can't post them here. Instead, I will post lists of what I have in groups of 10, one or two per day, and will be happy to send them individually. Because of the volume, please don't ask for them all, as I don't want to tick of my internet provider :-). Also because of the volume, please be patient as I respond to specific requests. List 63 Tompkins, John L. [1883]-1974 Tompkins, John W. [1925]-1996 Tompkins, Julia Ann ?-1972 Tompkins, Kevin Joseph [1933]-2003 Tompkins, Leo A. [1902]-1982 Tompkins, M. L. [1888]-1973 Tompkins, Marion T. [1959]-1982 Tompkins, Michael F. [1879]-1972 Tompkins, Michael James 1882-1958 Tompkins, Michelle [1963]-1978 Trish Trish LeBlanc St. John's, NL Researching - LeBlanc, Aucoin, Cameron & MacLean families of Cape Breton and all families in the Margaree area http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/trish.leblanc/

If anyone has a subscription to Ancestry would you do me a favor and check this name for me. Marion Eugenie Wrayton born 1882 in Barrington, NS. She was likely an RN from the Victoria General Hospital around 1900-1903. In 1911 she took a position as Superintendant of St. Joseph's Hospital, Glace Bay. I couldn't find her in the Social security index, but I did find a Marion E. Wrayton working with the North Worcester Health organization for the Prevention of Cruelity of Children in 1930 and 1931. In 1944 Marion applies for a late birth registration in NS but no place of residence in 1944 is given. I don't know if this lady is the same Marion born in Barrington, NS. I am thinking that border crossing cards might tell me something. Any help would be appreciated. Maureen McNeil

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Cape Breton Deaths February 10, 2009 Tuesday There are 6 obituaries for February 10, 2009. 1. Boone, James Leonard - published February 9, 2009 2. Campbell, Christina 'Tean' - published February 9, 2009 3. MacDonald (nee Holmes), Dorothy - published February 9, 2009 4. Morrison, Reginald Gordon - published February 9, 2009 5. Robertson, Todd - published February 9, 2009 6. Clare, Ronald Angus 'Bebe' - published February 9, 2009 James Leonard Boone, Ottawa Born in Dominion, Nova Scotia, Canada, July 24, 1944 - It is with sadness that we announce the passing of James Leonard Boone age 65 of 515-41833 Riverside Drive Ottawa, Ont. K1G 0E8. Len passed away at his residence on Sunday, February 8, 2009. Born in Dominion he was the son of the late James and Olive (Kuhn) Boone. Len will be sadly missed by his wife, Kay (MacLean), Ottawa, sisters, Ann (Bernard) McIsaac, Ottawa, Alice (George) Shorte, Nfld, brothers, Aubrey (Josephine) Boone, Halifax and Fr. Leo Boone, Glace Bay, sister-in-law, Kenzie and brother-in-law, Garfield Doherty. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, John and sister, Gladys. Cremation has taken place and interment will take place at a later date. Donations in Len's memory may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. ___________________________________________________________________________ Christina 'Tean' Campbell, Dundas Peacefully, at Wentworth Lodge, Dundas, Ont., Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at the age of 88. Beloved wife of the late Michael Campbell. Christina will be missed by her children, Alberta (Al) Howie, Donna (Steve) Childs, Zeda (Ron) Stickland, Tom (Sandy) Campbell, Sonia (Jim) Fella, Michelle Campbell (Ken), Lindsay Campbell, 18 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; sisters, Estelle Howie and Jean (Don) Grant; many nieces, nephews; family and special friend, Muriel McLellan. Predeceased by her infant son, Michael, parents, Jacob and Christina Snow, seven brothers and one sister. The family would like to thank the staff at Wentworth Lodge for the wonderful care that was given to their mother. Cremation has taken place and a private family service will be held at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to Bay Gardens Funeral Home, Burlington, 905-527-0405. Please sign the online Book of Condolence at www.baygardens.ca. ___________________________________________________________________________ Dorothy MacDonald (nee Holmes), 2009/02/07 - It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the death of our dear mother, Dorothy MacDonald, 84, of Truro, formerly of West Bay, Inverness Co., on February 7, 2009, in Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro. Born in Boston, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Florence Holmes. Memories of Dorothy will be cherished forever by her children, Allan (Catherine), Truro, Deborah (Don) Barrett, West Bay, David (Betty), Dartmouth, Lawrence (Stella), Sydney River, and Donna (Gary) Earles, Ottawa. She is also survived by her brother, Archie (Joan) Holmes, Halifax; close family member, Richard (Sharon) MacDonald, West Bay, and brother-in-law, John (Rosalie) MacDonald, Moncton, N.B. Dorothy was blessed with 14 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Dorothy's family was her life. She was a giver of love. Besides to her immediate and extended family, her unselfish nature reached many foster children who were touched by her love and devotion while in her care. Her many friendships formed in Glace Bay, Sydney River, West Bay and Truro over the years were a prized possession and she will be sadly missed by all. Dorothy was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Allan; foster son, Charles (Chuckie) Koziel and her brothers, Lawrence Holmes, England and Charles Holmes, Westmount. There will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held in West Bay United Church on Wednesday, Feb. 11, under the direction of Rev. Wayne Yorke. The service will commence at 11 a.m. followed by a reception in West Bay Hall, located adjacent to the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia. ___________________________________________________________________________ Reginald Gordon Morrison, Halifax - Reginald Gordon Morrison, 73, Halifax, died peacefully at the QEII Hospital on February 4, 2009 following a valiant battle with cancer. He was a son of the late Gordon Morrison of Sydney Mines and Bridgetown. He is survived by his mother, Grace of Halifax; brother, Ron (Bobbi) Morrison of Chester; sister, Shirley (Don) MacDonald of Florida and many much loved nieces and nephews, including Allan MacDougall, Toronto, Joyce MacDougall, Sydney, Shirley (Allan) MacCormack, Pennsylvania, Nancy (David) Nicholson , Saint John, and Linda (Ken) Penner, Antigonish. He was predeceased by his brother, Randolph of Vancouver; sisters, Bertha (Allan) MacDougall of Sydney and Joyce of Sydney Mines. Reg was the chief photographer with the N.S. Dept. of Mines and Energy, retiring in 1996. His remains have been cremated and burial shall take place at the Brookside Cemetery in Sydney Mines, in the springtime. ___________________________________________________________________________ Todd Robertson, Glace Bay Born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, November 9, 1974 - It is with deep sadness that Glenda and Cam Robertson, Reserve Mines, announce the sudden and tragic death of their adopted son, Todd, age 34, which occurred Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Glace Bay. Todd was born November 9, 1974 and grew up in Gardiner Mines. He was raised with three sisters, Jody MacGillivary (Greg), Reserve Mines, Shauna Robertson (Gary McNeil), Glace Bay and Arlene at home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Arrangements are under the care and direction of V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 16 Reserve Street, Glace Bay. Onlline condolences to the Robertson family are available through www.vjmcgillivray.ca. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Ronald Angus 'Bebe' Clare, Moncton Born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 13, 1933 - Ronald Angus Clare, 75, of West River passed away on Feb. 8, 2009, at the Moncton Hospital, with his family by his side. Ronald was born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, N.S., on May 13, 1933, the son of the late Ronald Wesley and Christine (MacDonald) Clare. Ron served in the military until he retired in 1978. He then went to work at Fundy National Park for several years. He was a past president of the Lions Club. In his younger years he was an avid curler being a member of the Fundy Curling Club and also curling at various other clubs. Ron was an old car buff. He will be remembered for his great sense of humour and for his quick wit. He was always smiling. 'Your gentle smile and generous heart will live with us forever.' He will be deeply missed by his wife, Shirley (Mercer) Clare; daughters, Sharon MacDonald (Jim), Moncton, and Ina Lynn Carter (Greg), Lower Cape; sons, Brian (Sandra), Fall River, N.S., and Ronald (Kathy), Riverview; his five grandchildren, Kelly, Christine, Jacquelynn, Eric and Mary; three great-grandchildren, Shantelle, Katie and Julia; two great great-grandchildren, Nevaeh and Carly; sisters, Joan Clare and Ina Clare, both of Woodpoint, Clara Pegg (Allen), Upper Leitches Creek, N.S., and Carol Sullivan (Clinton), Berwick, N.S.; brothers, Roy (Madeline), Woodpoint, Wesley (Margaret), Cape Enrage, Jim (Linda), Bellville, Ont., and Jack (Anne), Calgary, Alta. He will also be missed by several nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his stepmother, Margaret 'Peggy' (Steele) Clare. Honouring Ron's own wishes there will be no visitation. A memorial service will take place at the Albert County Funeral Home, Thursday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Alex Mosher officiating. Interment will be held in Cape Breton in the spring. No flowers please. For those who wish, donations to the Friends of the Moncton Hospital-Palliative Care Unit or to the Henri Cormier Lodge would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements are in the care of the Albert County Funeral Home, Hopewell Cape, N.B., 506-734-2780, www.albertcountyfh.com. Due to family allergies please refrain from wearing perfumes or scents to the service. "No" ******************************************************************************* Cape Breton Deaths courtesy of CBGHA http://www.cbgha.org

>From nsobits.ca Halifax Herald 12/14/2002 PECKHAM, Jacob - Sydney, died December 12, 2002, in Cape Breton Regional Hospital. Born in New Waterford, he was a son of the late Matt and Rachael (Turbett) Peckham. Surviving are caregiver, Michael; wife, Mary Catherine (McNeil); brother, Gord Sr.; daughters, Marie, Theresa, Betty, Shirley; sons, Tommy, Joey, Wally, Dougie; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by first wife, Carrie Hart; son, Kevin; sister, Elizabeth; brothers, Bernie Sr., Wally, Nathon, Henry, John, Wilfred; four children in infancy. Visitation 2-4, 7-9 p.m. today in V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, New Waterford. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday in Salvation Army Citadel, New Waterford, Majors Max and Doris Snow officiating. " Kevin On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Arlene Ragan <arlene_whycocomagh@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone who has access to the Halifax Herald obituaries, could do a lookup? I am looking for a Jacob Peckham.I believe it might have been posted on Dec.14 2002. > > Thanks in advance to anyone who might help. > > Arlene > _________________________________________________________________ > The new Windows Live Messenger. You don't want to miss this. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NS-CAPE-BRETON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~podgursky/

Hi, I was wondering if anyone who has access to the Halifax Herald obituaries, could do a lookup? I am looking for a Jacob Peckham.I believe it might have been posted on Dec.14 2002. Thanks in advance to anyone who might help. Arlene _________________________________________________________________ The new Windows Live Messenger. You don’t want to miss this. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx

Hi Everyone: I am looking for any members of the McCUSPIC/McCUSPIE family in Richmond Co. and will be glad to share my data. I wonder if anyone has connected them to the family lines found in Inverness Co. Thanks, Margie Margaret Tuttle searching for LAWRENCE; FULLERTON, CAMERON, GIBSON Wolfville, NS B4P 1K5

Continued. Hi folks, Over Christmas, I was the recipient of over 650 older obituaries for people with connections to the Margaree area; most from the 1960's, 70's and 80's. As they are mostly image files (only 6 or so are text files), I can't post them here. Instead, I will post lists of what I have in groups of 10, one or two per day, and will be happy to send them individually. Because of the volume, please don't ask for them all, as I don't want to tick of my internet provider :-). Also because of the volume, please be patient as I respond to specific requests. List 62 Tompkins (Burns). Stella [1930]-1984 Tompkins (Doyle), Virginia [1892]-1962 Tompkins (MacDaniel), Genevive [1929]-1978 Tompkins (MacDougall), Elizabeth [1927]-1977 Tompkins, Clara [1902]-1990 Tompkins, David [1903]-1986 Tompkins, Donald M. [1916]-1983 Tompkins, Gerald Smith [1924]-1994 Tompkins, Gregory J. [1909]-1984 Tompkins, Jerome N. [1913]-1992 Trish Trish LeBlanc St. John's, NL Researching - LeBlanc, Aucoin, Cameron & MacLean families of Cape Breton and all families in the Margaree area http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/trish.leblanc/

Continued. Hi folks, Over Christmas, I was the recipient of over 650 older obituaries for people with connections to the Margaree area; most from the 1960's, 70's and 80's. As they are mostly image files (only 6 or so are text files), I can't post them here. Instead, I will post lists of what I have in groups of 10, one or two per day, and will be happy to send them individually. Because of the volume, please don't ask for them all, as I don't want to tick of my internet provider :-). Also because of the volume, please be patient as I respond to specific requests. List 61 Sheehan, Rita ?-1984 Shomphe (Doucet), Marie 1879-1962 Shomphe (LeBlanc), Mary [1910]-1986 Spagnolatti (Arsenault), Margaret [1927]-1995 Spagnolatti, Alphonse [1927]-2000 Taylor (McDaniel), Annie [1892]-1972 Taylor, Thomas Alexander [1929]-1997 Timmons, Harvey Joseph ?-1991 Timmons, John P. [1900]-1977 Timmons, Peter [1869]-1955 Trish Trish LeBlanc St. John's, NL Researching - LeBlanc, Aucoin, Cameron & MacLean families of Cape Breton and all families in the Margaree area http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/trish.leblanc/

Would anyone have the history on a home that was built (adjacent to the river) Seven Mile Bridge (west side) near Sydney Forks; The structure was 2 1/2 to 3 stories; may have been there prior to WW11 or earlier; in any event, it burnt to the ground last Saturday. The home was known to have a "spirited" past. Was there a book written about this place? I've heard that there was. my email address is s_mac_isaac@hotmail.com Cheers, Sandra _________________________________________________________________ So many new options, so little time. Windows Live Messenger. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx

Greetings again, I see that the first posting for today's obits has now appeared in the archives of this mailing list. So, with that appearing, I will leave things as are.. Just one more note on Cape Breton Deaths. Some will notice, that I have sent the same subject, but with the word Addition(al) in a second email. That is only done when the free online is missing obits for that day, that appear in the hardcopy of the same day..... It happens from time to time, when obits in the hardcopy appear on more than one page, it's not always caught by the free online site. Carol in still very sunny, deep blue sky, Vancovuer, BC. ******************************* Greetings all, There has been a change in the format of how the obituaries appear online for the Cape Breton Post, since last week... Before, they were viewed as one page. Now a person must view each obituary on it's own.... Some nights the obituaries are online and other nights, as in last night, it stated there were no obituaries for today, even though the online paper was updated last night at midnight Atlantic time. As of two hours ago, the obituaries for this paper online are showing "ten" in the free section. But another lister, informed me that one was missing from online. So I viewed the subscription online, and yes, one was missed, actually two were missing, and one was not in today's hardcopy but in Saturday's edition. I sent out the first email to the list, and then an additional. Only the additional posting came through and is in the archives. What has happened to the first email, must be out there in cyberspace.... I will wait a few hours to see if it appears in the archives, and if not, I will resend the original obituaries, with all the corrections. Then I will eliminate any of the previous obits listings for today.... So you may all be getting this Cape Breton Deaths for today a second time. So in the future, you may not get the obits as fast as before, and may have to wait till later in the day for them to appear. Carol out her in very sunny Vancovuer, BC ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NS-CAPE-BRETON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Cape Breton Post 01/02/09 Edith Archibald penned a novel set in Port Morien late in her life LEROY PEACH The Cape Breton Post I've written before of the legacy of Edith Jesse Archibald (1854-1936), the wife of Charles Archibald, manager of the Gowrie Mine, Port Morien (1861-1893). She was involved in every important national cause, from temperance to the vote for women and to the Victorian Order of Nurses. Only recently I learned that near the end of her life, in 1931, she wrote a novel called "The Token." Set in Port Morien and Homeville, its real value today lies in the insight it gives into Cape Breton culture in the 1870s. As far as the plot goes, it's a bit of a potboiler, one which requires a willing suspension of disbelief. In the novel, Port Morien becomes Grandport. It is winter and the mines are working half-time. The coal-loading wharf, with its mechanized trolley system, is in place and "great steamers are moored awaiting their cargoes." The weather is very cold and the ice clampers are in. Archibald describes the rows of poorly-insulated miners' houses. Several of these houses exist today. Former teacher Alan Carmichael, is a weighman at the mine. He is enamoured of a young widow, Sheila Morrison, a bit too flighty for her staunch Presbyterian grandfather, Angus MacRory. The inexperienced Norton Tyler, from Boston, is mine manager only because his father owns the mine. Alan and Tyler come in conflict over the dismissal of a boy worker, Tyler's possible implication in the disappearance of a French captain's sister, Madelon, and Tyler's interest in Sheila Morrison. They fight during a blizzard after a milling frolic, they fall over a cliff in Morien and are presumed dead. Unknown to the citizens, they are discovered on a ledge by the very French captain who has a grievance against Tyler and whose schooner happens to arrive at the right time. The captain is a rum runner and a cave in the cliff is the place that he hides his rum. He takes both men to St. Pierre Miquelon and he places Tyler in a nunnery to be cared for by the nuns but keeps Alan on board. They eventually recover. Tyler is taken to France on a steamer. The hot-tempered Alan, who thinks he has murdered Tyler, stays with the French captain and returns to Morien and meets secretly with his love, Sheila Morrison. Here's how the token factors in. In the Presbyterian Church at that time, one needed to possess a token in order to participate in communion. To obtain a token, one had to appear before the elders and be questioned on the Shorter Catechism. Sheila, a frivolous soul, fails the test. But the minister feels sorry for her and gives her the prized token of his ancestor. Sheila, to show her love for Alan, gives the token to him during their rendezvous. Meanwhile, Alan and Tyler join the seal hunt on different vessels and Alan rescues Tyler. They become reconciled. When a communion is later held in Grandport, Sheila cannot attend because she has no token and cannot reveal why. Eventually, Alan returns to Grandport, everything is sorted out and Sheila and Alan live happily ever after. That's the bare bones of the implausible plot. Next week, I'll discuss the cultural implications of the novel. LeRoy Peach lives in Port Morien and may be reached at leroy_peach@yahoo.ca. His column appears every week in the Cape Breton Post

Cape Breton Post on 18/01/09 St. Paul's Anglican Church, once detroyed by fire, approaching milestone anniversary LEROY PEACH The Cape Breton Post Sunday morning Jan. 25, 1920, was bitterly cold with a temperature of zero Fahrenheit. The rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Port Morien, the Reverend William Greatorex, hitched his horse to a sleigh for the trip to St. Luke's, Big Glace Bay. The weather was so cold that the tip of his nose was white. Evensong was at St. Paul's. Relaxing in his study before the evening service, the rector heard a bell tolling. He looked out and saw the church, built in 1874, in flames. A strong northeast wind drove embers over the village and into the sea. Parishioners decided to chop a hole in the side of the church near the altar to retrieve furnishings, including the organ and the pulpit. They removed the pulpit and one pew. The fire, which started in the basement from an overheated coal furnace, however, suddenly broke through the floor entrapping a man inside pushing the organ with its high scrolled back. He gave one mighty heave which tore the backing from the instrument and propelled it through the hole. He jumped to safety. Nothing else was saved. At a congregational meeting, Mr. Greatorex spoke of "the calamitous loss." He proposed a subscription list. A building committee consisted of wardens Fred Peach and P.J. Leslie, James Wadden, Clyde Shepard and the rector. In 30 minutes, $777 was raised. Mr. Greatorex reported that "the plum - we are not sure he did not mean to make a pun - was carried away by Mr. Thomas Peach (my uncle) in having made the first cash deposit." Father Brady, from St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, offered his hall for services and he instructed his congregation to give generously to the fundraisers. By Feb. 21, $1,967 was collected and added to insurance money of $2,000. Parishioners decided to design and re-build the church themselves. My father and my uncles, assisted by others, would start the re-building. They went about the county looking at other church designs. The boss was Tom Peach. He was joined by Murray, Fred, Charles, Henry and Abner Peach. P.J. Leslie, a merchant, transported to the building site by horse and wagon, lumber brought in from Sydney by train. The arches supporting the roof were designed by Charles Peach. They were duly cut, raised on men's shoulders and put in place. Charles also designed and built communion rail and the oak altar. The floor was cut and laid by my uncle, John Martell, the light keeper on Flint Island. Two days less a year, on Jan. 23, 1921, the new St. Paul's, built to the glory of God and demonstrating the faith of our fathers and mothers, opened for an evening service. The church was packed with clergy and parishioners. Archdeacon T.F. Draper preached. That evening the choir of St. Mary's, Glace Bay, came over in several sleighs to sing at the service. The Port Morien choir - all excellent singers - consisted of Fred, Murray, Charles and Abner Peach, Sarah (Peach) Cope, Gladys MacAskill, Lizzie Wadden and Mrs. Greatorex. Mr. Salton, the postmaster, was the organist. On Jan. 25, at 11.15 a.m., St. Paul's will celebrate its 135th anniversary with special music. The Reverend Vernon Reid will officiate. LeRoy Peach lives in Port Morien and may be reached at leroy_peach@yahoo.ca. His column appears every week in the Cape Breton Post

Cape Breton Post on 25/01/09 Flint Island was home for some families in the mid-1900s LEROY PEACH The Cape Breton Post Flint Island, the little republic sitting six miles from Port Morien, continues to fascinate me. Recently, I came upon pictures of the island taken by Clara Dennis, a Nova Scotia travel writer in the 1930s, that show a different island than we know today. Ms. Dennis visited Flint Island in 1937 when my uncle Johnny Martell and his large family lived there. One photo depicts the boat slip in the northwest cove, a dangerous landing area because the prevailing winds were from the northwest. Another picture is a distant shot of the island. What I notice mostly is the landmass in 1937, much reduced today by erosion. Today the sandstone reefs which ring the lonely outpost are more prominent, making the island area that much more treacherous. A picture exists as well of my uncle's son Willie and his wife Edna (Blakeney) Martell, formerly pen pals and newly married, holding their infant daughter Wilma. Edna grew up on Jeddore Island, N.S. Today, Flint Island is about the length of a large oil tanker. I know this because one summer my wife and I walked past the Donkin Mine out to the point of Cape Perce to view the birds, the seals and the island. It was a high-sky afternoon. The sea was a glistening blue. When we looked toward the island, a huge oil tanker was passing on the other side. As the tanker draped the island, it was exactly the island's length. For that spectacular picture, I had no camera. But what of life on Flint Island in the 1930s? I've written often of the resilience and tenacity of my cousins who lived there as well as the tragedies that befell them. Among Clara Dennis' papers was a letter written to her by Edna Martell dated Aug. 24, 1942. In it, we get a glimpse of island life. We learn, for example, that there was scant reading material in that outpost, a landmass frequently cut off from the outside world. Edna thanks Clara for three magazines, although she doesn't say what they were. In 1942, Willie and Edna had two children, Wilma and William Jr. She says, "My two little ones had the whooping cough last winter but are real well now." Such an illness would have been scary on an island. One of the earliest personal memories I have was my father administering to me kerosene oil mixed with molasses for the whooping cough! She says in the letter that she would be moving ashore to Morien Sept. 15, 1942, so that her older child, Wilma, could attend Gowrie School. She says that her husband was building a house for them. That house is owned today by their daughter Jeannie. We learn something, as well, of the resourcefulness of those on an island. She says that they are preserving lobster, mackerel and raspberries and that "the men are swordfishing and have harpooned a 300-pound one." She promised to write sooner and requested a copy of Clara's travel book, "Cape Breton Over." Yes, in 1937 a grander island was filled with the voices of children and the activities of adults. All the romance is gone today. Only the lighthouse stands and the seabirds and the seals have the place to themselves. LeRoy Peach lives in Port Morien and may be reached at leroy_peach@yahoo.ca. His column appears every week in the Cape Breton Post

Cape Breton Post on 07/12/08 Fanny Cohen recalls some details around miner's strike of 1925 LEROY PEACH The Cape Breton Post In her I00 years, Fanny Cohen has lived through some turbulent times, not the least of which were the labour disputes of 1923 and 1925. The need for coal and steel lessened after the First World War. Mines worked sporadically. Miners relied upon company stores. A consortium called Besco, originating primarily in Halifax, was formed in 1920 to run the steel mill and coal mines, the sources of two-thirds of provincial revenues. As markets contracted, the under-capitalized company consistently rolled back wages, attempting to solve their problems on the backs of miners. Hence the labour strife of 1923 and 1925. Fanny remembered the strike of 1925 and beyond. "I wish that I could erase it from my memory," she said. Children could not attend school and there was "widespread poverty and in some cases starvation," according to Don MacGillivray of Cape Breton University. Federal and provincial governments absolutely refused to help. By June, the company cut off credit from its stores. There were no safety nets such as foodbanks. Mining families were therefore left to starve. Miners had to rely upon farmers, churches and the goodwill of merchants such as the British Canadian Co-operative, which opened a soup kitchen. Federal politicians from Cape Breton sided with Besco. The provincial Liberals offered absolutely no relief until late in the strike when they gave the miniscule sum of $20,000 to the Red Cross to improve health. The United Mine Workers only provided $10,000 a week near the end of the strike. On the other hand, the federal government sent aid to sufferers from a hurricane in the Leeward Islands. The focus of the provincial and federal governments was to protect the mines. Enter the provincial police and the Canadian militia. "We lived on Pitt Street and the mine was at the head of the street," Fanny said. She recalled the sounds of the horses ridden by policemen clip-clopping down the street every night from the mine. Her father, a merchant, once sent Fanny with a basket to a very poor lady, a former customer, and she had to run the gauntlet of cat-calling policemen. The lady was reluctant to take the basket because there were other starving families in the neighbourhood. Later in the strike, the town issued chits which families could exchange for food at merchants that they dealt with previously. Bakers delivered bread. One woman came to Fanny's mother crying over the quality of the bread, which was spongy in her hands. Some help came from across Canada. There were soup kitchens in schools. The children were asked to bring a bowl and a spoon. Fanny recalled that two young boys brought the bowls but they did not have the spoons and had to put their fists in the bowls. The next day they were provided with spoons. This piece only scratches the surface of this devastating time. But as I researched the strike, and especially as I read about the legendary J.B. McLachlan, I was becoming more infuriated, for it reminded me that we Cape Bretoners are defined by past exploitation from outsiders. MacGillivray reported that in 1927, the distinguished Canadian poet Dorothy Livesay said when she entered Cape Breton she couldn't understand why this "new land" was not a province. For years, I've wondered about that myself. LeRoy Peach lives in Port Morien and may be reached at leroy_peach@yahoo.ca. His column appears every week in the Cape Breton Post

Cape Breton Post February 09, 2009 Novel provides insight into what life was like in Cape Breton in the 1870s LEROY PEACH The Cape Breton Post Edith Jessie Archibald's 1931 novel "The Token," set in Port Morien in the early 1870s, reveals much about the culture of Cape Breton at that time. First of all, we learn something of the different strata of society, their customs and beliefs. For example, the underground manager, Dan Matheson, lives in a well-appointed house, the miners in draughty cottages. The retired farmer Angus MacRory has an extensive farm, with "the finest house around," near False Bay Beach - an estate called "Moorlands." The characters are well drawn. Angus MacRory is described as a "dour and austere" elder who makes a priority of the rules of the kirk. The skeptical Alan Carmichael rejects Calvinism. The flighty Sheila Morrison embraces the modern over the religious. Tyler Norton is a Boston dandy with contempt for Cape Breton's Scottish customs. Archibald has a great ear for dialect and accent and an understanding of the times, especially the isolation of Cape Bretoners. All the less refined members of Grandport speak with a pronounced brogue. Old Chon Duncanson has been to the "Boshton Shtates." He says, "'Tis a terrible ways aff, and manŠI'm saying - for it iss maself has been more as two times ofer that weary lang road!" He is one of a few people who leave the island. The scenario which best illustrates the times is the "tucking frolic," nowadays called the milling frolic. Jessie Archibald describes it with amusement and insight. It represented the 19th century version of party time. On a winter night, the young set come by horse and sleigh to Moorlands dressed to the nines. The ladies especially wear long, colourful gowns with bustles. Sheila Morrison "wore a Stuart tartan skirt of finest homespun." In fact the author says, "Those were the days when everyone wore homespun." One guest named Lizzie Ellen Blaisdell, however, has returned from Boston with the latest fashion, a crinoline, which makes her colourful gown voluminous. She performs with her partner the latest Yankee dance called The Dip. Young people like it; Angus MacRory is scandalized. The main object of the frolic is to shrink on a long table the lengthy "bolt of homespun." The hidden agenda is, of course, romance. As the cloth is worked back and forth, singers sing lengthy Gaelic songs and Scottish ballads. They intersperse these offerings with "Yankee songs" from Boston, one of which is "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," an 1864 civil war composition. The frolic ends in a supper and a dance, with much playing on the violin. Food is plentiful at Moorlands - huge pieces of beef roasted on a revolving "jack" suspended from a "crane" and in the chimney home cured hams. The frolic produces an interesting phenomenon common at the time. Angus MacRory, objecting to the worldliness of the participants, especially Lizzie Ellen, and the conflict between Alan and Tyler, goes into a trance and sees the devil standing by Alan with blood on his hands. He possesses what still exists today, "second sight." In sum, Archibald portrays a relatively static society, communal, with little mobility, and a set of values informed by strict religious beliefs and a definite class system. Yet there is some reaching after change. Although her plot leaves much to be desired, she writes of life in the 1870s with intelligence, humour and sympathy. LeRoy Peach lives in Port Morien and may be reached at leroy_peach@yahoo.ca. His column appears every week in the Cape Breton Post

Cape Breton Post February 09, 2009 Torquil MacLean has a valuable place in the history of the Englishtown ferries RANNIE GILLIS The Cape Breton Post It was around 1870 when Torquil MacLean started to ferry people across the narrow body of water between Englishtown and Jersey Cove. He used a large row boat and if you arrived on horseback, you would sit in the boat while your horse swam behind, tied to the boat by a short length of rope. After a few years Torquil decided that he needed a larger boat, so he had one built in Wreck Cove, where he was born and raised. Kenneth Morrison and his son Alexander (Sandy) were excellent ship-builders and they produced a row boat about 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. It had a flat bottom and two sets of oars. Although the boat had a normal bow, the stern of the vessel was square, which made it easier to get things on and off. It could carry two horses and one wagon, along with several passengers. Needless to say it was not an easy task to row this ferry back and forth across St. Ann's Gut, but Torquil and his helper were up to it. He charged 25 cents to transport a horse and wagon and five cents for each passenger. By 1919, with the help of his sons, Torquil was transporting the royal mail in addition to his regular passengers. The mail for northern Cape Breton would arrive from Baddeck, was sorted at the post office in Englishtown and then ferried across to Jersey Cove, where a horse and wagon would take it on to the end of the road in Wreck Cove. (The Cabot Trail and the road over Cape Smokey did not open until 1932.) Torquil, who was still working at the grand old age of 81, died a few days after Christmas, 1921. He is buried in the Englishtown cemetery, just a few yards from the ferry service that he operated for more than 50 years. The provincial government had taken over the ferry service in the summer of 1921. A new, motorized, wooden ferry was built at Bay St. Lawrence, in northern Cape Breton, and taken around to St. Ann's Bay. At the same time a total of four wharfs were constructed, two at Englishtown and two on the Jersey Cove side. Two of these were used when the tide was low and the other two when the tide was high. This new ferry was about 35 feet long and 11 feet wide, and had a square stern for loading and unloading. She had a 12-horsepower motor, with a reverse gear and could carry only one vehicle. She remained in use for 15 years, until 1936, when she was replaced with a new boat that could carry up to three cars. In 1952 a new larger ferry took over the Englishtown service. She was named "The Highland Lass" and had been built at the Marine Railway in North Sydney. She was retired after 10 years and was replaced in 1962 by a much larger boat called the "Gordon S. Harrington." I would like to thank Jo-Anne Wood, of Utah Valley State College in the United States, for making it possible to access historical information relating to the early history of the Englishtown ferries. Rannie Gillis is an author and avid Celtic historian whose column appears every week in the Cape Breton Post. We welcome your comments on this column or any other material appearing in the Post. You can write c/o Letters to the Editor; Cape Breton Post, 255 George St., PO Box 1500, Sydney N.S., BIP 6K6 or Fax to (902) 562-7077 or e-mail ranniegillis@ns.sympatico.ca