tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43793132705725179102023-10-30T01:46:24.466-07:00Cape Breton Genealogy: Point Edward GrantsDoug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-39189484013537887132009-12-27T08:15:00.000-08:002012-12-10T06:31:47.403-08:00Read_me_firstIntroduction and disclaimer<br />
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The following set of research notes on the Grant family of Point Edward, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada, is a labour of love, undertaken by the undersigned on 1 November 1999. It is likely to be a lifelong preoccupation.<br />
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The notes are more or less chronological in order of discovery, rather than a true family tree or GEDCOM file. The author hopes that will come later, but not much later. It is being posted in this form to ensure the material is published in some form, so as to be accessible to other researchers and not completely lost in the event of some unfortunate circumstance. A paper copy has been deposited with the Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University (formerly University College of Cape Breton or UCCB), Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.<br />
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A few notes of caution are in order. There are a few errors in the earlier parts of the notes which are corrected later, and early questions which are later answered. While questions, comments and corrections are always welcome, readers are invited to make sure that the information is not already included later in the set.<br />
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I would like to acknowledge the efforts of the late Elva Jackson, whose card file found in the Beaton Institute provided the platform from which much of this research was launched, and of Blair Grant of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, whose efforts at a family tree were also of great assistance in the early going. I will not attempt to list the many other contributors, for fear of omitting some of them.<br />
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Finally, the author does retain copyright over all this material. While researchers should feel free to make full use of the contents for private study or research, these documents cannot be reproduced for sale in any form, nor included in whole or significant part in collective works. When these works are quoted, attribution of source would be deeply appreciated.<br />
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Douglass L. Grant,<br />
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics,<br />
Cape Breton University,<br />
Sydney, Nova Scotia<br />
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As of September 2012, the author is also owner - operator of Doug Grant, Financial Counselling and Mentoring, centred in Kitchener, Ontario. Interested parties may consult the website dgrantfinancial.webs.com for further information.Doug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-51635477552465398092009-12-27T07:54:00.000-08:002012-01-29T16:29:57.575-08:00Part 9Results of recent research into descendants of Charles Grant in the Sydney - Glace Bay area of Nova Scotia,<br />Part IX<br /><br />Douglass L. Grant<br /><br />The Andrews Connection<br /><br />Note: In what follows, "DMBG" refers to the records of the Donkin - Morien - Birch Grove Pastoral Charge, an assemblage of churches, originally Presbyterian, afterward United, which shared ministerial services. Their records, which also include those from Broughton from certain periods, are at the Beaton Institute.<br /><br />On 26 October 1865, James Andrews, 20, farmer, of Coxheath, son of Charles Andrews and Ch. Nickson, married Ann Grant, 19, born North West Arm, daughter of Peter Grant and Mary Ann Doleman, in a Baptist ceremony at North Sydney.<br /><br />Birth records of Cape Breton County show that Alonzo Ervin Andrews was born on 19 May 1868 at Cow Bay to James Andrews and Ann Grant. The parents' marriage is given as on 26 October 1864 at Sydney.<br /><br />The 1871 census of Cow Bay shows a family consisting of James Andrews, 25, Ch. Eng., coal miner, English; Ann, 25; George, 4; Alonzo, 3; and Andrew, 2 months (born February).<br /><br />Death records of Cape Breton County show that Alonzo Herbin (?) Andrews, 5, son of James and Ann, died of croup on 28 June 1873.<br /><br />Birth records of Cape Breton County record the birth of William Norman Anderson (sic) on 26 July 1873 at Cow Bay. Parents were James Joseph Anderson (sic) and Ann Grant, who were married 26 October 1865 at the North West Arm.<br /><br />The 1881 census of Cow Bay shows, at p. 24, a family consisting of James Andrews, 35, Ch. Eng., English, miner; Ann, 35; George, 14; Thomas, 10; William James, 8; Alonzo Wilmot, 4; and Frederick, 2. The family lives close to the family of James and Eudevella Boutilier, the latter being Ann's sister.<br /><br />The 1891 census of Cow Bay shows a family consisting of James Andrews, 45, parents born NS, C of E, stableman; Annie, 45; Thomas, 19, miner; William, 17, labourer; Alonzo, 15, labourer; Frederick P., 12; John, 9; Harry, 5.<br /><br />The 1901 census of Cow Bay shows a family consisting of James Andrews, farmer, born NS on 20 July 1845; Ann, born 30 June 1846; Alonzo, labourer, born 31 October 1875; William, born 25 July 1873; Frederick, born 17 March 1879; John, born 13 July 1881; and Harry, born 8 July 1886.<br /><br />The 1901 census of Glace Bay shows a family consisting of George Andrews, born 3 September 1866, Presbyterian, miner; Mary B., wife, born 14 December 1871, Scottish; David, son, born 20 August 1891; Willard, son, born 20 July 1893; Mugery (Marjorie?), daughter, born 13 November 1899.<br /><br />The 1911 census of Glace Bay, Ward 6, shows at p. 11 a family consisting of Thomas Andrews, b. Feb. 1871; Sarah J. Andrews, b. March 1879; Georgina, b. Oct. 1899; Clifford, b. Aug. 1903; Elwood, b. July 1907; and Berland, b. April 1910. (This family does not appear in the 1901 census.)<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County show the following marriages of children of James Andrews and Ann Grant:<br /><br />On 27 November 1890, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Cow Bay, George Andrews, 24, miner, b. NW Arm, res. Cow Bay, son of James (stableman) and Ann, married Mary B. McCuish, 20, Cow Bay, daughter of Mary (father not named). Witnesses were James McCuish and Arthur Grant. [The records actually state George "Anderson", a name which occurs again on the same page. Given the coincidence of names, parents' names, father's occupation and place of birth, there is little doubt the surname should properly be "Andrews" rather than "Anderson". However, it is worth noting that there was a couple named James and Annie Anderson in Cow Bay in 1881, but there was no George among their children. The 1881 census for Cow Bay, at p. 43, also includes a family consisting of Margarett McCuish, 38, widow, b. Scotland, washerwoman; James, 15, b. NS, driver; Mary Isabella, 11; Christy, 80, widow, b. Scotland. While the mother's name is slightly discrepant, this record shows that this Mary McCuish had a brother James and that her father was deceased.]<br /><br />On 16 September 1902, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Glace Bay, William Andrews, 29, miner, born Port Morien, resident of Glace Bay, married Christie Ann McCuish, 20, born Port Morien, daughter of John and Margaret. Witnesses were Archie McLean and Carrie D. Bradford. Ceremony was performed by Rev. Wm. Meikle.<br /><br />On 22 February 1905, John Andrews, 24, miner, Port Morien, married Sarah MacDonald, 20, Mira, daughter of Roderick and Mary. Witnesses were Daniel Matheson and May Snow. Ceremony was performed by Rev. Wm. Meikle. (Note that Daniel Matheson was a first cousin of the groom.)<br /><br />On 20 November 1907, Harry B. Andrews, 22, fireman, Port Morien, married Margaret Ann Smith, 20, Port Morien, daughter of William and Minnie. Witnesses were Jessie B. McLean and Willie H. McLeod. Ceremony was performed by Rev. Donald N. McRae.<br /><br />Records of Black Brook Cemetery show that:<br />William J. Andrews died 16 June 1910, aged 37;<br />James J. Andrews died 13 August 1916, aged 71;<br />Anne Grant, wife of James J. Andrews, died in 1938 (her birth date is given as 1842);<br />Harry Andrews died in 1944 and his wife Margaret died in 1964;<br />George L. Andrews, born 1866, died in 1947;<br />Frederick P. Andrews died in 1947;<br />John Andrews died in 1969 and his wife Sarah Jane died in 1983.<br /><br />The publication "Deaths in Nova Scotia Mines, 1866 - 1973" indicates that William Andrews died in the Gowrie Mine on 16 June 1910. (Coincidentally, that date was the eleventh anniversary of the death of Arthur Grant and ten others in Caledonia Mine.) This is the fourth death discovered of descendants of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon in mining accidents.<br /><br />The 1911 census of Port Morien shows, at p. 14, a family consisting of Christy Andrews, 28, b. Feb. 1882, widow; Annie, b. May 1904; Margaret, b. April 1905; and Edward, b. Jan. 1907.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 4 January 1938 indicates that Mrs. A. Andrews had died at Port Morien at the age of 93 (97 in the headline). She was born in Leitches Creek and came to Port Morien at the time of her marriage. She was survived by sons John, Harry, Alonzo and Fred at Port Morien and George at Donkin; an adopted daughter, Mrs. S. Sullivan, Glace Bay; brothers William Grant, Caledonia and Henry Grant, Leitches Creek; and sisters Mrs. Ellen Matheson, Donkin and Mrs. Carter of Boston. [Henry Grant was the husband of Susan Stacey; their descendants are listed in Part IV of "Recent Research".]<br /><br />Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission indicate that Flight Sergeant Wilfred Andrews, 51 Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force died on Friday, 25 June 1943, at the age of 27. He was the son of John Henry and Sarah Jane Andrews, of Port Morien. Nova Scotia, Canada. His name is recorded on the Runnymede Memorial near Windsor, England, indicating that he has no known grave. Records of Black Brook Cemetery show the name of Wilfred Andrews, born 4 October 1915, who died 25 June 1943, recorded in conjunction with the same plot as John and Sarah Ann Andrews. Reports in the Post-Record of 3 July 1943 and 9 February 1944 indicate that he was survived by sisters Mtrs. William Bagnell of Glace Bay, Ethel (teaching staff, New Waterford), Florence of Glace Bay, Charlotte and Jean at home; brothers Kenneth Ferguson (with the RCAF in Quebec), and Roddie and Herbert on leave from the Canadian Army. This discovery brings to six the number of deaths of descendants of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon who died in war.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post indicates that Harry B. Andrews died of a heart attack on the night of 8 November 1944 as he left work at No. 24 Colliery, and his body was not found until the following morning. He was 60, and was survived by five sons and three daughters: Gordon, Clarence and Ernest at home; Stanley with the Armed Forces overseas; Harold, of Marconi Towers; Margaret (Mrs. Madden Monroe), Mary (Mrs. Robert Matheson, Port Morien), Edith (Mrs. William Tanner, at home). He was also survived by brothers George of Donkin, and John, Alonzo and Fred of Port Morien. Burial was at Black Brook.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post indicates that Fred Andrews died at the age of 68 on 12 May 1947. He had worked in the collieries for some years, than on a farm operated jointly with his brother. He was unmarried, and was survived by brothers George of Donkin, and John and Alonzo of Morien.<br /><br />His brother George Leonard Andrews died ten days later at the age of 81. An obituary in the Cape Breton Post indicates he was born in Coxheath, presumably before the family migrated to Cow Bay. His wife had predeceased him and was not named in the obituary. He was survived by one son, David, of Donkin [see obituary below], and by three daughters, Marjorie (Mrs. Edward Brann), Donkin; Georgina (Mrs. J. Scott Patton), Meriden, Massachusetts; and Ellen (Mrs. Edgar Phillips), Manchester, Massachusetts. Two brothers, Alonzo and John, both of Port Morien, also survived.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 12 January 1952 indicates that Clarence Andrews of Port Morien died the preceding day at the age of 43. His father Harry had died seven years earlier. He was survived by his mother, Mrs. Margaret Andrews; brothers Harold and Stanley in Glace Bay, Ernest in Port Morien and Gordon at home; sisters Margaret (Mrs. Maddin Munroe), Port Morien, Mary (Mrs. Robert Matheson) and Edith (Mrs. William Tanner), both of Glace Bay.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 12 January 1954 indicates that David Andrews of Donkin had died in hospital in Halifax the preceding day. His death at the age of 62 was a result of being hit by a car on Commercial St., Glace Bay, on Christmas Eve, 1953. He was unmarried, and employed at Caledonia Colliery. He was survived by sisters Marjorie (Mrs. Eddie Brann, Donkin), Georgie (Mrs. Scott Patten, Meriden, CT), and Ellen (Mrs. Edgar Phillips, Manchester, MA); uncles Alonzo and John Andrews of Port Morien; and a niece, Mrs. Mary McCann of Donkin.<br /><br />Records of Black Brook Cemetery indicate that Marjorie Brann, wife of Edward C. Brann was born in 1899 and died in 1960, and that Edward C. Brann was born in 1896 and died in 1978. As indicated above, Marjorie Brann was the daughter of George Leonard Andrews and Mary B. McCuish.<br /><br />Obituaries from the Cape Breton Post indicate that Alonzo Andrews died at the age of 90 on 16 April 1967, and that his wife Margaret Ann (daughter of Roderick and Mary MacDonald, sister of Sarah Ann MacDonald Andrews) died 2 April 1967. The couple had no children.<br /><br />The Social Security Death Index lists exactly one Georgina Patton, born 10 April 1901, died February 1978, in Stockton, California. This may be the daughter of George Leonard Andrews, mentioned above. The SSDI also indicates that an Edgar Phillips, born 3 Jul 1903, died in May 1978 at Manchester, Massachusetts, and that Ellen Phillips, born 22 Oct 1910, died in October 1982 at Gloucester, Massachusetts. (Both these communities lie in Essex County. However, there is another Ellen Phillips, born 1893, who died in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1973.) Research into these branches is ongoing.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 20 February 1982 indicates that Herbert F. Andrews, 75, son of John Andrews, died the previous day at age 75. He was survived by his mother, Sarah MacDonald; brothers Roddie and Kenneth of Port Morien; sisters Mrs. Mary Bagnell of Toronto, Charlotte at home, Florence (Mrs. William MacIntosh), Ethel (Mrs. Hugh Campbell), and Jean (Mrs. Clinton MacPherson), all of Port Morien; son Ian, of Oromocto, NB; and three grandchildren. Among the four nieces and eight nephews is Rev. Kenneth Bagnell, noted author. He was predeceased by a brother Wilfred in World War II.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 31 March 1983 records the death of Gordon Brann of Donkin on the previous day at the age of 45. He was the son of the late Edward Brann and Marjorie Andrews. He was survived by his wife, the former Ruth Murphy; daughters Marlene and Anne, and a son Gordon, at home; sisters Mrs. Mary McCann and Madge, both of Halifax, Sis and Loretta, both of Donkin; and 3 brothers, William of Connecticut, and Buddy and Lloyd, both of Donkin.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 10 April 1989 records the death of J. Roderick Andrews, 76, of Port Morien, son of the late John Andrews and Sarah MacDonald. He was a former Deputy Warden of Cape Breton County. He was survived by his wife, the former Allura Jardine; daughter Virginia Susan of Port Morien; son Wilfred Dana of Kentville; brother Kenneth of Port Morien; and five sisters, Mary Bagnell of Toronto, Charlotte Andrews, Ethel Campbell, Florence MacIntosh and Jean MacPherson, all of Port Morien; and five grandsons. He was predeceased by brothers Herbert and Wilfred. Burial was in Black Brook Cemetery.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of Tuesday, March 11, 2003 reports the death of Ethel Campbell, 83, Port Morien/Halifax, who passed away Monday, March 10, 2003, at the palliative care unit at the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax. Born in Port Morien, she was the daughter of the late John and Sarah Jane (MacDonald) Andrews. She was a teacher and principal for many years at Gowrie Memorial School until her retirement in 1985. She was an active member of the Home and School Association and a member of St. John's United Church, Port Morien. She is survived by sons, Wilfred (Linda), Port Morien, Jamie (Nicole), Halifax; sisters, Mary Bagnell, Ontario, Charlotte Andrews, Florence (William) MacIntosh, Jean MacPherson, all of Port Morien; brother, Kenneth Andrews, Port Morien; granddaughters, Lindsay, Vancouver, Margaret and Katie, Halifax. She was predeceased by her husband, Hugh in 1984, brother, Flight Sgt. Wilfred Andrews (RAC) 1943, Herbert and Roddie. Funeral service was scheduled for Thursday, March 13, in St. John's United Church, Port Morien with Rev. Michael Goodfellow officiating, with cremation to follow.<br /><br />Two obituaries in the Cape Breton Post, one from 16 February 2006 and the other from 23 May 2006 give details of the deaths of Gordon Brenton Andrews and his wife Bertha Genevieve Miles.<br /><br />Gordon Brenton Andrews 76, of Port Morien died on Tuesday Feb. 14, 2006, at the Glace Bay Health Care Complex. Born in Port Morien on Aug. 19, 1929, he was the son of the late Harry and Margaret (Smith) Andrews. After working with M.R Chappell for a number of years, Gordie worked with Devco for 28 years before retiring in 1984 due to medical reasons. Gordie was an avid sportsman, having played on several hockey teams before hanging up his skates at the age of 52. His favourite evening pastime was watching his beloved Toronto Maple Leafs on television in between the occasional game of cards and until recently, Gordie participated in the colliery bowling league. His daytime passions were oil painting in the winter, and gardening in the summer for which he won many awards at the local community fair. Gordie is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Bertha Genevieve (Miles); his daughter, Kathy (Fraser) MacLeod, Port Morien and their children, Andrew, Stuart, and Katelyn; son, Keith (Jeane), Sydney and their children, Keith Jr. Brent, Vanessa and Melissa; son,Kevin (Wendy), Glace Bay and their children, Tiffany and Kevin Jr.; son, Gordon Jr. (Susanne), Dartmouth and his daughter Jillian. Gordie is also survived by his sister, Margaret Munroe, Port Morien. Besides his parents, Gordie was predeceased by a daughter, Karen in infancy; brothers, Clarence, Harold, Ernest, Stanley; sisters, Mary Matheson, Edith Tanner and a brother and sister in infancy. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m., Friday, Feb. 17 at St. John's United Church, Port Morien, with the Rev. Laura Hunter officiating. Burial will take place in Black Brook Cemetery at a later date.<br /><br />Bertha Genevieve Andrews 1928-2006 of Port Morien died on May 21, 2006, at the Glace Bay Health Care Complex, after a lengthy illness. Born in Port Morien on April 21, 1928, she was a daughter of the late John and Adalaide (Murrant) Miles. Prior to her marriage, Bertha worked for a short time with H. Hopkins Ltd. before assuming her responsibilities as a full-time wife and mother. In addition to those listed above, she was also survived by two sisters. Besides her parents, Bertha was predeceased by her husband, Gordon of 52 years on Feb. 14, 2006, a daughter, Karen in infancy, and three brothers. A funeral service was held Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at 2 p.m. in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Port Morien. Interment will take place at Black Brook Cemetery following the funeral service for both Bertha and her husband, Gordon.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 5 July 2006 indicates that Joseph Burland 'Booie' Andrews 1936-2006 died on July 3, 2006. Born in Glace Bay, the son of the late Clifford and Esther (Murphy) Andrews, and so a grandson of John Thomas Andrews and Sarah McNabb (see reference to 1911 census above), he played baseball and hockey and was a member of the Cinderella Junior Miners hockey team 1955-56. Booie worked in No. 4 and No. 26 collieries, the machine shop and Devco's transportation department, retiring with 32 years service. He was a devoted member of Holy Cross parish. Booie is survived by his wife of 50 years, Dolores (Garcia) Andrews; daughters, Francine Crawford (Joe), Ontario, Annette Maxwell, Dolores 'Itsy' Neville (Leo), Gail (Shawn) Tobin, Paula (Billy) Ransome; grandchildren, Travis and Nadine Crawford, Ontario, Kirk (Jamie) Neville, Sydney, Ryan Tobin, Anthony and Andree Maxwell, Hayley Ransome, Tyler and Jessica McPherson; his devoted brother, Tommie (Theresa) Andrews; sisters, Rene LaBelle (Pat), Mary Carroll (Eddie); sister-in-law, Frances (Garcia) Browne, Texas; and a number of nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, Booie was predeceased by a son in infancy, sister, Vivian 'Dunnie' Virture, brothers-in-law, Willie Virture, Clarence LaBelle, Tony and Jackie Garcia, mother-in-law, Gertie (O'Handley) Garcia, stepfather-in-law, Juckey Jackson. Burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery, McLeod's Crossing, McKay's Corner.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 30 July 2007 indicates that Marjorie (Madge) Billard died 28 June at Harbourstone Advanced Care, Sydney, at the age of 84. She was born in Donkin, the daughter of Eddie Brann and Marjorie Andrews. She was survived by sisters Mary (Mamie) McCann, Halifax and Edna (Sis), Donkin; brothers William ("Hobo") (wife Lucy), Connecticut; Lloyd (Karen), 125 South St., Donkin; "special nephew" Dwight Smith (Phyllis), Donkin; and many other nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, "Budd" Billard; brothers Gordon (Ruth) and Buddy; and sister Loretta Brann, all of Donkin. She had resided in Halifax for some years. Her body was committed to the Dalhousie Medical Centre.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 31 August 2007 indicates that Margaret Blanche Munroe 95, passed away at Seaview Manor, Glace Bay on August 30, 2007. Margaret was the last member of the Harry and Margaret Andrews family of Port Morien. She was a member of St. John's United Church and until quite recently an active contributor of many handwork talents to the UCW. Margaret is survived by daughter, Irma Smith and son, Stanley (Carol) Munroe, Port Morien; grandchildren, Melani, Strasbourg, France, Brent, Calgary, Jennifer, Saint Joh), Andrew, Brantford, Jonathan, Calgary, Sarah, London, and six great-grandchildren. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by husband, Maddin Munroe; a son, Roy in infancy; son-in-law, Ralph Smith and siblings, Clarence, Stanley, Harold, Ernie, Gordon, Mary and Edith. Funeral service will be held at St. John's United Church, Port Morien, Sunday, September 2, 2007 with interment at Black Brook Cemetery.<br /><br /><br />Records of the DMBG include the following:<br /><br />Baptisms:<br /><br />Stanley Andrews Munro, son of Matthew (sic) Munro and Margaret Andrews, 4 December 1944<br />Ian Andrews, son of Herbert Andrews and Ethel MacLeod, 2 October 1945<br />Lillian Margaret Andrews, daughter of Ernest Eugene and Clara Annie Andrews, 9 January 1947<br />Robert Stanley Andrews, Port Morien, son of Kenneth and Elizabeth M. Andrews, 21 December 1950<br />Marlene Melissa Andrews, Port Morien, 11 September 1951, daughter of Ernest E. and Clara Andrews<br />Gwenyth Jane Andrews, Port Morien, daughter of Kenneth and Elizabeth Andrews, 17 December 1953<br />Virginia Susan Grace Andrews, daughter of Rod and Alvira Andrews, 2 June 1954<br />Keith Pearson Andrews and Kevin Parker Andrews, twin sons of Gordon and Bertha Andrews, 4 June 1954<br />Wilfred Dana Andrews, son of Rod and Alvira Andrews, 28 October 1956<br />Kathleen Marie Andrews, daughter of Gordon Andrews and Bertha Miles, 30 June 1959<br />Gordon Brenton Andrews, Port Morien, son of Gordon Andrews and Joyce Miles, 21 September 1963<br /><br /><br />Marriages:<br /><br />Herbert H.(?) Andrews, 37, of Port Morien, son of John Henry Andrews and Sarah Jane MacDonald, married Ethel F. MacLeod, 39, daughter of Alexander and Sarah MacLeod on 14 July 1943. Witnesses were Charlotte Andrews and M. A. MacLeod<br /><br />Kenneth Alonzo Andrews, 26, of Port Morien, son of John Henry Andrews and Sarah Jane MacDonald, married Elizabeth Margaret Smith, 23, daughter of Robert Stanley Smith and Christine MacPherson on 9 August 1949. Witnesses were Charlotte Andrews and Marion C. MacDonald<br /><br />Gordon Brenton Andrews, 24, of Port Morien, son of Harry Brenton Andrews and Margaret Ann Smith, married Bertha Genevieve Miles, 25, of Port Morien, daughter of John Parker Miles and Addie Mildred Murrant on 18 September 1953. Witnesses were William H. Penny Jr., and Helen Jane Miles<br /><br />Ian Alexander Andrews, son of Herbert, married Muriel Joyce Buchanan, 21, of Glace Bay, daughter of Kenneth and Muriel V. Buchanan. The ceremony is undated but is bracketed by other marriages on 31 August 1968 and 15 August 1969.<br /><br />Robert Stanley Andrews, 26, son of Kenneth Andrews and Elizabeth Smith, married Ruth Elizabeth Nicholson, 27, daughter of Lauchie Nicholson and Mae MacAulay on 26 August 1977.<br /><br />Keith Pierson Andrews, 28, police officer, son of Gordon Brenton Andrews and Bertha Genevieve Miles, married Jean Susan Cameron, 25, of Sydney, daughter of William Edward Cameron and Ernestine Duguid on 26 February 1983<br /><br />Deaths:<br />Mrs. Ann Andrews, 2 January 1938<br />George Andrews, 81, 23 May 1947, heart attack, buried Black Brook<br />Clarence Andrews, 43, 10 January 1952, buried Port Morien<br />David Reginald Andrews, 62, b. 20 August 1891, d. 10 January 1954, buried Black Brook<br />Mrs. Margaret Andrews, 76, Port Morien, 10 April 1964, heart attack<br />Mrs. Margaret Ann Andrews, 87, b. Mira, d. 2 April 1967, buried Oakville Cemetery, Mira (obituary above)<br />Alonzo Andrews, 91, Port Morien, d. 16 April 1967, buried Oakville (obituary above)<br />Mrs. Ernest Andrews, 52, b. 15 October 1918, d. 7 February 1970, buried Black Brook<br />Ernest Andrews, 57, b. 1917 in Glace Bay, d. 14 October 1974, lung cancer, buried Black Brook<br />Herbert Andrews, 75, Port Morien, 19 February 1982, heart attack<br />Sarah Jane Andrews, 97, Port Morien, 30 January 1983, heart attack, buried Black Brook<br /><br />The Matheson Connection<br /><br />As noted earlier in this narrative, Ellen Jane Grant, 20, daughter of Peter Grant and Mary Ann Dolman, married Daniel Matheson, 21, born Sydney Mines, son of Donald and Mary Matheson, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Gowrie on 25 March 1869. Witnesses were David Wilson and Peter Grant.<br /><br />This family appears in the 1871 census of Cow Bay at Part II, p. 8, consisting of Daniel Matheson, 22, Presbyterian, coal miner; Ellin 22, English; and William, 1.<br /><br />In 1881, they appear on p. 26: Donald Matheson, 32, Baptist, miner; Elen Jane, 32; William George, 11; Robert David, 5; Dan Leonard (no age stated). Note the change in church affiliation. They live next door to James and Eudevella Boutilier, the latter being Ellen's sister.<br /><br />In 1891, they appear on p. 43 of Part 1: Donald Matheson, 43, Baptist, miner; Ellen Jane, 43; William, 21, miner; Robert, 15; Daniel, 11; Margret, 9; Alex, 1. The family lives two houses away from John Woods.<br /><br />On 1 December 1892, in a Church of England ceremony at South Head, William G. Matheson, 23, collier (son of Daniel and Ellen), married Leah M. Spencer, 27 (daughter of Amos and Fannie Spencer, farmer). Witnesses were Alex'r McLean and Emeline Holmes.<br /><br />The 1901 census then shows two families. At p. 3, one finds Dan Matheson, born 10 April 1848, Baptist, miner; Elen, born 29 July 1848, English; Robert, born 25 April 1876, miner; Dan, born 18 August 1879, labourer; Maggie, born 29 March 1882; Alex, born 29 April 1890. At p. 2, there appears William Matheson, born 18 March 1870, Baptist, miner; Leah, born 1 February 1865 (ethnic origin not given, but "American" is crossed off), C/E; Eunice, born 9 March 1897, Baptist.<br /><br />On 7 December 1911, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Dominion No. 6 (now known as Donkin), Margaret Matheson, 28, born Port Morien, resident of Dominion No. 6 (daughter of Daniel and Ellen), married Gordon B. Wight, 26, miner, born Murray Harbour, PEI, resident of Dominion No. 6 (son of John and Anna). Witnesses were James E. Wight and Delia Wilson.<br /><br />Records of Christ Church Cemetery, South Head, show that Eunice Matheson, 22, died on 15 September 1919, and that Leah Marion Matheson, born 1865, died in 1927.<br /><br />Because of both lack of completeness and duplication of names, the directories of Cape Breton County provide a somewhat ambiguous record. For example, in 1907-8, there are 5 Daniel Mathesons, all miners, living in Glace Bay or Cape Breton County. Of these, only one is resident at No. 6. At the same time, Robert Matheson, Gordon Whyte [note change in spelling] and James Whyte are miners living at No. 6; William G. Matheson is a miner living at Port Morien; and Alexander Matheson, is a miner, resident at Reserve.<br /><br />In 1914, Alex is a miner at Reserve; D. L. and Daniel J. are miners at No. 6; Robert is an overman (mine foreman) at Dominion No. 6; and William G. is a miner at Middle Town (location unfamiliar to this researcher).<br /><br />In 1918-9, Alex N., D. L., and Robert are all miners at No. 6. In Glace Bay, there are two Alex Mathesons, one an overman at 432 New Aberdeen, the other Alex D., mine manager, off Brookside. Mrs. Dan Matheson lives on North Street, Glace Bay.<br /><br />In 1923, Alex N. is an engineer, D. L. a lampman, and Robert an overman, all at Dominion No. 6, while William G. is a carpenter at Port Morien.<br /><br />In 1928, all under listings for Glace Bay, Alex is a miner at Reserve, Daniel a miner at Dominion, and William a miner at Dominion No. 6. Mary Whyte is a supervisor with MT&T, resident at 742 Mechanic St.<br /><br />In 1948, in Glace Bay, George Whyte is the manager of Thompson and Sutherland (a hardware store), resident at 7 Fletcher St.. Alex N. Matheson is a fireman at Seaboard Power Plant, resident at 1 Lake Road; William G. Matheson is a clerk at CN Express, resident in Donkin.<br /><br />The partial family tree provided by Blair Grant which was the basis for this research project indicates, without citing authority, that Alex Matheson's wife had surname Murrant, and their children were Garfield, David, Donnie, George and Winona. Similarly, Robert Matheson's wife had surname McRae, and their children were Georgie, Robert, Willie, Rhodina, Ellen, and twins Grant and Holmes. D. L. had no children, and William George had one unmarried daughter.<br /><br />Records of St. Mary's Anglican Church show the birth of Elmer Verner Matheson on 31 March 1927 to Alex N. and Carrie Matheson, with baptism on 5 April. However, the name of this child does not appear in the following obituary.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 6 February 1964 indicates that Alex N. Matheson, 73, of Lake Road had died on 4 February. He was a native of Port Morien and a former resident of Donkin, formerly employed at No. 6 mine and Seaboard Power Plant. He was a member of St. Mary's Anglican Church. His first wife, Carrie Murrant, died in 1935. He was survived by his wife, the former Isabel Reid Johnston; sons Garfield, Donald, David and George; daughter Mrs. William Hillier, and two stepsons, all of Glace Bay. A brother, Robert Matheson of Donkin, also survived. [Evidently his sister and other two brothers had predeceased him.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 7 March 1997 indicates that Frances Olive Matheson, 74, had died the previous day in Glace Bay. She was the daughter of Richard Derbyshire and Sarah Clare, the widow of David Matheson, and a member of St. Mary's Anglican Church. She was survived by sons Gary in St. Catherines ON, Kevin in Reserve Mines, and David in Oshawa ON, as well as ten grandchildren.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 8 February 2003 indicates that Muriel Winona (Matheson) Hillier, 79, of 240 South St., Glace Bay, passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2003, at the Glace Bay Health Care Complex. She was born in Donkin, April 21, 1923, the daughter of the late Alex and Carrie (Murrant) Matheson. She was a member of St. Mary's Anglican Church. Winona was survived by her husband of 62 years, William J. Hillier; daughters, Carrie (Donnie) Donovan, Sydney, Muriel (Blaine) Kelloway, Glace Bay; sons, Sandy (Mary), North Sydney, Bob (Sandra) Antigonish, David (Linda), Terry (Deana), both of Glace Bay; stepbrother, Earl Johnson; 17 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brothers, Donald (Nita) Matheson, George (Annie) Matheson, both of Glace Bay. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by brothers, Garfield, David, stepmother, Bella Reid and stepbrother, Harold Johnson. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Glace Bay.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 15 September 2003 indicates that George Arthur Matheson, 82, a resident of Murphy Lane, Glace Bay, passed away the preceding day at the Glace Bay Health Care Complex. Born in Donkin, April 14, 1921, he was the son of the late Alexander and Carrie (Murrant) Matheson. He owned and operated a dental lab in Sydney for 35 years and was a life member of the N.S. Dental Technician Association. He was a member of St. Mary's Anglican Church, Glace Bay; was a warden and served on parish council of both Christ Church in Sydney, and St. Mary's, Glace Bay. He served overseas in the Canadian Dental Corps during the Second World War. A member and past-president of Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 005, Donkin, N.S. He was an active member of Cape Breton Clan Matheson. He was survived by his wife of 62 years, Anne "Etta" (Oldford) Matheson; daughter, Brenda (Dan), Port Morien; sons, Gerald (Jane), Sydney, Martin (Elaine), Sydney, Owen, at home; two grandsons, Donald (Paula) and Daryl, Sydney; and one great-grandson, Justin, Sydney; brothers, Donald (Nita); stepbrother, Earl Johnston (Anne); stepsister, Nelia Johnson; brother-in-law, William Hillier. Many nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by son, George in infancy; stepmother, Bella (Johnston) Matheson, son-in-law, Blaine Cochrane, brothers, Garfield, David, sister, Nona, stepbrother, Harold Johnson. Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery, Glace Bay.<br /><br />An obituary from the Moncton Times-Transcript of 26 May 2005 indicates that William "Bill" Matheson of Riverview, New Brunswick, died on 24 May in Moncton at the age of 78. He was the son of Robert Matheson and Sadie MacRae. He had worked for CN Railways for 44 years. He was survived by his wife of 50 years, Betty Godfrey; by children Bill (Jane) of West Dover, Dr. Leslie Matheson (Stephen Ritcey) of Halifax; Arthur (Shalini) and Claire (Richard Fowler), both of Ontario; Karen (Tony Janik) of Halifax; and Roderick of Riverview; by grandchildren Ian and Neil Matheson, Richard and Elizabeth Fowler, and Alexander Matheson; by sisters Rodena (James MacLean) and Georgie MacDonald, both of Glace Bay, and Margaret (Garry Wilcox); and by brothers Holmes (Sheila) and Grant (Nancy), both of Ontario. He was predeceased by a sister, Ellen MacDougall, and brother Robert. Interment is in Halliburton Cemetery, Pictou, NS. [Note that Margaret's name appears to be missing from the list provided by Blair Grant and reproduced above.]<br /><br /><br />Isabell Moffatt Fellows, descendant of Ann Grant Musgrave:<br /><br />Recall from Part V that Isabel Moffatt was the daughter of William Moffatt and Isabella Jane Musgrave, and so a great-granddaughter of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon. She married a man named Fellows and resided in the US. The 1880 US census includes the following family residing in Rockport, Essex Co., Massachusetts:<br /><br />James B. Fellows, 30, born Massachusetts, farm labourer<br />Isabell Fellows, 25, wife, born Nova Scotia<br />Henry C. Fellows, 8, and Willie Fellows, 6, both born Massachusetts<br /><br />She is the only Isabell Fellows in the United States at that time who was born in Nova Scotia.<br /><br /><br />The Brown Connection<br /><br />In Part V, it was mentioned that Jane Susan Moore, daughter of Alexander Moore and Eliza Maria Mugrave, and a great-granddaughter of Charles and Nancy, married George Brown. The 1881 census for Sydney, p. 63, household 285 includes the following family:<br /><br />George B. BROWN, 44, b. NS, Ferryman ,C. Methodist<br />Jane S. BROWN, 35, Baptist<br />Florence BROWN 9 ; Maude Brown, 7; Wesley Brown, 5<br /><br />The 1901 census of North Sydney, page 27, lists a family consisting of George B. Brown, pilot, born 16 February 1841; Jane S., born 2 November 1845; Maud V., milliner, born 7 June 1873; and Wesley A., telegrapher, born 13 September 1875. (According to John Touchings, George B. Brown was born in South Bar.)<br /><br />Records of the Rudderham Funeral Home, North Sydney, indicate that Jane Brown, born George's River, age 65, died 10 June 1911, and that George B. Brown, age 75, died 5 October 1912. Both were interred in Lakeside Cemetery<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County indicate that, on 10 September 1902, Henry Hubert Clark, 33, steelworker, of North Sydney, son of John and Eliza, married Maude Vinetta Brown, 29, born North Sydney, resident Sydney, daughter of George B. (occupation pilot) and Jane S. Brown. Witnesses were W. D. MacKay and Edith E. Musgrave. Several references in local directories (up to 1923) indicate that Henry was employed as a painter, and that the family resided at Centreville on the Northside.<br />Headstone transcriptions from Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney, give the dates 1872 - 1915 for Maud V. Brown, wife of H. H. Clark, and 1867 - 1956 for Henry H. Clarke himself. However, in his volume of obituaries from the Cape Breton Post, Wayne MacVicar gives 20 November 1955 as the date of death of H. H. (Harry) Clark, son of John Clark. (A second wife and two children of that second marriage are buried in the same plot.) Records of the Rudderham Funeral Home, North Sydney, indicate that Maude Clark, Centreville, died 1 January 1914 and was interred in Lakeside Cemetery, but the placement in the chronological list of burials suggests that the true date was 1 January 1915.<br /><br />John Touchings supplies the further information that Florence Brown married Jack Rainnie, and lists the following children of Maud Brown and Henry Clarke:<br />i. Marion Clarke;<br />ii. Florence Clarke.<br /><br />Further research into this line is ongoing.<br /><br />The Jackson Connection<br /><br />It was mentioned in Part V that Annie Wilson Moore, daughter of Alexander Moore and Eliza Maria Musgrave married Peter G. Jackson on 2 February 1876. John Touchings has supplied a great deal more information on this line, which I will quote nearly verbatim.<br /><br />ANNIE V. WILSON MOORE was born September 11, 1855, and died December 20, 1947 in North Sydney CB. NS.. She married PETER JAMES JACKSON February 02, 1876 in Georges River CB. NS., son of SAMUEL JACKSON and ANNIE SLATTERY. He was born July 22, 1845, and died July 25, 1930 in North Sydney CB. NS..<br /><br />More About ANNIE V. WILSON MOORE:<br />Burial: December 22, 1947, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North sydney CB. NS.<br /><br />More About PETERJAMES JACKSON:<br />Burial: August 02, 1930, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North sydney CB. NS.<br />Occupation: Merchant in North Sydney CB. NS.<br /><br />More About PETERJAMES JACKSON and ANNIE MOORE:<br />Marriage: February 02, 1876, Georges River CB. NS.<br /><br />Children of ANNIE MOORE and PETERJAMES JACKSON are:<br />i. ELVA MAY6 JACKSON, b. 1877; d. July 31, 1877, Died Infant Age 3 Months North Sydney CB. NS..<br />ii. DORIS MYRTLE JACKSON, b. January 10, 1879; d. January 13, 1879, North Sydney CB. NS. Died Infant.<br /><br />More About DORIS MYRTLE JACKSON:<br />Burial: January 1879, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North sydney CB. NS.<br /><br />iii. LAURA ETHEL JACKSON, b. 1880; d. May 23, 1887, from Diptheria North Sydney CB. NS..<br /><br />More About LAURA ETHEL JACKSON:<br />Died 2: at seven years old From Diptheria<br />Burial: May 1887, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North sydney CB. NS.<br /><br />110. iv. ROBERT ( ROBBIE ) PETER MOORE JACKSON, b. March 11, 1882; d. 1951, North Sydney CB. NS..<br />111. v. FRANK EMERSON JACKSON, b. March 16, 1884, Jacksonville Upper North Sydney CB. NS.; d. 1990, North Sydney CB. NS..<br />112. vi. ETHEL MARY JACKSON, b. July 1887; d. 1963, Missouri U. S. A..<br />113. vii. STANLEY HEBERT JACKSON, b. January 20, 1889; d. 1974, Massachusetts U. S. A..<br />114. viii. GRACE ELIZA JACKSON, b. August 25, 1891; d. 1979.<br />ix. PETER JAMES - PORTER BANCROFT JACKSON, b. June 1898; d. August 13, 1898, North Sydney CB. NS..<br /><br />More About PETER JAMES - PORTER BANCROFT JACKSON:<br />Burial: August 1898, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North sydney CB. NS.<br /><br />110. ROBERT ( ROBBIE ) PETER MOORE6 JACKSON was born March 11, 1882, and died 1951 in North Sydney CB. NS.. He married SARAH MARY NELSON May 24, 1911. She was born 1881 in Amherst NS., and died 1948 in North Sydney CB. NS..<br /><br />More About ROBERT ( ROBBIE ) PETER MOORE JACKSON:<br />Burial: 1951, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North sydney CB. NS.<br /><br />More About SARAH MARY NELSON:<br />Burial: 1948, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North sydney CB. NS.<br /><br />More About ROBERT JACKSON and SARAH NELSON:<br />Marriage: May 24, 1911<br /><br />Children of ROBERT JACKSON and SARAH NELSON are:<br />165. i. MARGARET GRACE7 JACKSON, b. 1913; d. 1993, North Sydney CB. NS..<br />166. ii. LLOYD PETER JACKSON, b. 1915, North Sydney CB. NS.; d. October 28, 2001, Highland View Regional Hospital Amherst NS..<br />iii. JAMES JACKSON, b. 1916, North Sydney CB. NS.; d. 1916, North Sydney CB. NS..<br /><br />More About JAMES JACKSON:<br />Burial: 1916, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North sydney CB. NS.<br /><br /><br />111. FRANK EMERSON6 JACKSON was born March 16, 1884 in Jacksonville Upper North Sydney CB. NS., and died 1990 in North Sydney CB. NS.. He married JENNIE EDNA ROSS June 10, 1908 in Centerville Sydney Mines CB. NS., daughter of MURDOCK ROSS and AMELIA NISBETT. She was born 1886 in Portree Northeast Margaree CB. NS., and died 1961.<br /><br />More About FRANK EMERSON JACKSON:<br />Burial: 1990, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North Sydney CB. NS.<br /><br />More About JENNIE EDNA ROSS:<br />Burial: 1961, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North Sydney CB. NS.<br /><br />More About FRANK JACKSON and JENNIE ROSS:<br />Marriage: June 10, 1908, Centerville Sydney Mines CB. NS.<br /><br />Children of FRANK JACKSON and JENNIE ROSS are:<br />167. i. DR. MILFORD ROSS7 JACKSON.<br />168. ii. RUTH ISABEL JACKSON.<br />iii. ELVA ETHEL JACKSON, b. 1909; d. 1986, North Sydney CB. NS..<br /><br />More About ELVA ETHEL JACKSON:<br />Burial: 1986, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North sydney CB. NS.<br /><br />iv. FRANCES AMELIA JACKSON, b. 1912, North Sydney CB. NS.; d. 1919, North Sydney CB. NS..<br /><br />More About FRANCES AMELIA JACKSON:<br />Burial: 1919, Lakeside Cemetery Johnson Road North sydney CB. NS.<br /><br /><br />112. ETHEL MARY6 JACKSON was born July 1887, and died 1963 in Missouri U. S. A.. She married HERMAN FRANZ JULIUS ZIEGENMEYER August 20, 1919, son of GEORGE ZIEGENMEYER and LISETTE DICKMANN. He was born in New Haven Missouri U. S. A..<br /><br />More About HERMAN ZIEGENMEYER and ETHEL JACKSON:<br />Marriage: August 20, 1919<br /><br />Children of ETHEL JACKSON and HERMAN ZIEGENMEYER are:<br />169. i. RUTH LISETTE7 ZIEGENMEYER.<br />ii. HELEN FRANCES ZIEGENMEYER, b. 1923; d. 1928.<br />170. iii. LEONARD GEORGE ZIEGENMEYER.<br /><br /><br />113. STANLEY HEBERT6 JACKSON was born January 20, 1889, and died 1974 in Massachusetts U. S. A.. He married THELMA GRANT November 16, 1916, daughter of ROBERT GRANT and ADA LEWIS. She was born in Point Edward CB. NS..<br /><br />More About STANLEY JACKSON and THELMA GRANT:<br />Marriage: November 16, 1916<br /><br />Children of STANLEY JACKSON and THELMA GRANT are:<br />i. JOYCE RIPPLE7 JACKSON, m. (1) EDWARD RUDDERHAM; m. (2) HENRY BUNTON.<br />171. ii. DORIS ADA JACKSON.<br />172. iii. ELAINE MARY JACKSON.<br /><br /><br />114. GRACE ELIZA6 JACKSON was born August 25, 1891, and died 1979. She married GEORGE CARMICHAEL, son of WALTER CARMICHAEL and HARRIET CANTLEY. He was born 1885 in Georges River CB. NS., and died 1967.<br /><br />Children of GRACE JACKSON and GEORGE CARMICHAEL are:<br />173. i. GEORGE HENRY7 CARMICHAEL.<br />174. ii. GORDON WALTER CARMICHAEL.<br />175. iii. VERNON JOHN CARMICHAEL.<br />176. iv. JAMES PETER CARMICHAEL.<br /><br />Notes added by DLG:<br />(1) Thelma Grant, who married Stanley Hebert Jackson, was a descendant of Alexander Grant,<br />son of Charles and Nancy, and so a member of this family tree in her own right.<br />(2) Elva Ethel Jackson, daughter of Frank Jackson and Jennie Ross, was a formidable<br />researcher into Cape Breton genealogy, and was the author of the card file and other resources<br />which contributed significantly to earlier parts of this series.<br />(3) There were at least two other marriages of children of Samuel Jackson and Annie Slattery<br />to members of the Musgrave family.<br /><br />Another McDonald Connection, another WWI fatality, and a marriage to a Member of Parliament<br /><br />As noted in Part V, Mary Bell Moffatt, daughter of Thomas Francis Moffatt and Ann Alice Musgrave, married Hugh MacDonald on 24 May 1876. The 1881 census for Sydney, page 32, household 135 includes the following family grouping:<br /><br />Hugh McDonald, 33, b. NS, contractor, Presbyterian<br />Mary McDonald, 31, b. NS, Baptist<br />Maggie McDonald, 4<br />Frank McDonald, 6 months, born November<br />Duncan McDonald, widowed, 70, b. Scotland, tanner<br />Sarah McAuskill, 20, b. NS<br />Joseph Jefferson, 55, b. NS, Farmer Labr.<br /><br />Information received from John Touchings indicates that this couple had a third son, Charles H. McDonald, who died in France during World War I. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial confirms that Charles Hugh McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McDonald of Sydney, member of the Canadian Engineers, died at age 28 on 12 July 1916 and was buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery in France. His attestation papers are available on line from the National Archives of Canada, and indicate that he was born 15 October 1887, lived at 65 Argyle St. in Sydney, and was a civil engineer. He took his oath of service on 23 September 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec, and his rank is given as "SPR" (presumably "sapper").<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that Hugh McDonald, contractor, born 15 December 1846, died of paralysis on 11 March 1929. Informant was Mrs. D. A. Cameron, daughter. He was a widower at the time of his death. Records of Hardwood Hill Cemetery indicate that Mrs. Hugh McDonald died (or was interred) on 16 June 1920, but no death record has yet been discovered.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County indicate that, on 8 December 1908, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Sydney, Daniel A. Cameron, 38, lawyer, born Sydney River, son of John and Sarah, married Margaret L. McDonald, 30, daughter of Hugh and Mrs. McDonald. Witnesses were W. D. MacKay and Albert M. McLeod.<br /><br />A front-page story from the Post-Record of 6 September 1937 indicated that Daniel A. Cameron, KC, MP had died in Montreal on 4 September of heart failure after surgery. He had graduated in law from Dalhousie in 1895, and served on municipal council before being elected to the provincial legislature and later, for two terms, the House of Commons. He represented the former constituency Cape Breton North - Victoria as a Liberal at the time of his death.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 24 May 1962 indicated that Mrs. D. Cameron had died the previous night at the age of 85. She had been born in Sydney, and she and her husband had no children. She was survived by a nephew, Clarence MacDonald of Halifax, and two neices, Mrs. W. T. Beazley of Montreal and Mrs. L. A. O'brien of Halifax. Both she and her husband were interred in Hardwood Hill Cemetery.<br /><br />A MacIntosh Connection<br /><br />In Part V, it is mentioned that Catherine (Kate) Moffatt, daughter of William Moffatt and Isabella Jane Musgrave, married James MacIntosh. The US census of 1880 includes the following couple, resident in Ward 24, Precinct 6 of Boston:<br /><br />James F. McIntosh, 32, b. NS, parents b. NS<br />Catherine McIntosh, 35, b. CB, parents b. CB<br /><br />This entry is unusual in that no occupation is shown for either. It is possible that they were newly arrived in the US in 1880 and had yet to find employment there. Also, one of the adjacent households consists of the following:<br /><br />Hattie L. Shaw, widow, 33, b. CB, parents b. CB<br />George S. Shaw, son, 3, b. Massachusetts, parents b. PEI<br />Edward T. Moffatt, BroL, 30, b. CB, parents b. CB<br />Alicia A. Moffatt, wife, 26, b. CB, parents b. CB<br />Daniel W. Hall, other, 23, b. NH, parents b. NH<br />Alice Hall, other, 21, b. NS, parents b. NS<br /><br />Again, no occupations are shown for any of the above. It is unclear what relation, if any, Edward T. Moffatt or Hattie Shaw had to Catherine Moffatt McIntosh.<br /><br />Bessie Grant Fairbrother Musgrave and Eva Fairbrother Musgrave<br /><br />Recall from Part V that Bessie Grant (widow of one Fairbrother) became the fourth wife of Bartholomew Peter (Bart) Musgrave, and that Hedley Musgrave, son of Bart by his first wife Annie Watson, married Eva Fairbrother. The US census of 1880 for Ward 24, Precinct 6 of Boston includes the following family:<br /><br />Alvin B. Fairbrother, 40, b. Maine, parents b. Maine<br />Bessie B. Fairbrother, 40, b. Cape Breton, parents b. Cape Breton<br />Cora B. Fairbrother, 18, b. Maine, parents b. Maine<br />Bessie G. Fairbrother, 8; Marion E., 7; Eva C., 5; Alice M., 2; Florence, 7 months.<br /><br />All the children except Cora were born in Massachusetts, and all had father born in Maine, mother in Cape Breton. A record on the Mormon website shows a marriage of Alvin B. Fairbrother, son of Reuben and Miriam, to Bessie Grant, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth, on 12 July 1870 in Boston. Evidently, Cora was the daughter of Alvin by an earlier marriage, and the younger children were daughters of Bessie. The Mormon website also shows that Alice Maud Fairbrother was born on 1 December 1877 in Boston. Also in this household is Matilda M. Grant, 25, b. Cape Breton, parents b. Cape Breton. Matilda is described as "Other" under "Relation" rather than "Sister-in-law", so it appears she was not Bessie's sister; she can be tentatively identified with the daughter of John H. Grant and Margaret Ann Moore, born 1846, died 1927, buried Lakeside. There are also two marriages recorded for a Cora B. Fairbrother, one to Horace B. Flood on 11 October 1883 in Skowhegan, Somerset Co., Maine, and one to Charles E. Maxfield on 2 October 1891 in Bangor, Maine; it is unclear whether either or both refers to the daughter of Alvin Fairbrother. Marriage data for Eva and Marion Fairbrother are in the next section. Research is ongoing into other members of this family.<br /><br />Further to Hedley Musgrave, Eva Fairbrother, and Forrest Musgrave, Rhodes Scholar<br /><br />Recall from Part V that Hedley Musgrave was the only son of Bartholomew Musgrave and Annie Watson. In the 1901 census of North Sydney (p. 19), he is listed as a telegraph operator, born 5 July 1873, and Presbyterian. He was residing with his father, stepmother Jane (born 1 December 1838), and sisters Edna, born 7 March 1880 (see below), and Annie, born 30 January 1884, together with five servants and numerous boarders.<br /><br />A reference on the Mormon website indicates that Hedley V. Musgrave and Eva C. Fairbrother, daughter of Alvin Fairbrother and Bessie Grant, were married on 1 October 1901 in Boston. (Marion F. Fairbrother, sister of Eva, married Ralph H. Cotton on the same date, apparently in a double ceremony.)<br /><br />City directories for Sydney show H. V. Musgrave resident on Park St. in 1905, Hedley V. Musgrave resident on Cromarty St. in 1907-8, Headley V. Musgrave at 32 Rigby Road in 1914, and at 26 Gigby Rd. (sic) in 1918-9. In all cases, his occupation is given as train dispatcher. He no longer appeared in directories beginning in 1923.<br /><br />The 1930 city directory for Halifax shows Hedley Musgrave, asst. supt. CNR, resident at 81 Oxford St., and Forrest Musgrave, student, at the same address. The 1950 city directory shows Hedley V. Musgrave with wife Eva resident at 12 Tupper Grove (a short residential street near the North West Arm of Halifax Harbour). He is shown resident at the same address in the 1951-3, 1954-5 and 1956-7 directories, but his wife is missing. A death certificate found through the Nova Scotia Archives website indicates that Eva F. Musgrave, wife of Hedley Musgrave, daughter of Alvin Fairbrother and Elizabeth Grant, died in Halifax on 30 August 1950. Cause of death was breast cancer. Burial was in Camp Hill Cemetery. Hedley Musgrave's name had disappeared from the city directory by 1960.<br /><br />By chance, his obituary was discovered in the 29 August 1961 edition of the Chronicle-Herald. This indicated that he had died the previous day in Toronto. His wife, Eva Fairbrother, had predeceased him, and he was survived by sons Forrest (Gerrard's Cross, England) and Melton [<em>sic</em>] (Willowdale, ON) and by daughter Madge (Mrs. E. G. Young of Halifax). (His name does not appear in any Toronto city directory, indicating that he did not work outside his residence.)<br /><br />An obituary from the 15 March 1989 edition of the Chronicle-Herald indicated that Madge Lorimer Young had died the previous day in Halifax, having been predeceased by her husband E. Gordon Young. She was survived by brothers Forrest and Milton, located as above, and her age was not given. An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of Thursday, 25 March 1976 indicated that Dr. Elird Gordon Young had died the previous day at the age of 79. He was a native of Quebec City, and former head of the Biochemistry Department at Dalhousie University. He was survived by a sister and by his wife. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.<br /><br />Similarly by chance, a news item was located in the Sydney Post of 4 December 1929, indicating that Forrest Musgrave, formerly of Sydney, was then doing graduate work in Chemistry at the University of Toronto and had been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. The alumni office at Oxford University has confirmed that Forrest Musgrave registered there in October, 1930, and received a D. Phil. from Oxford in 1933. His thesis indicates a specialty in physical chemistry. The Dalhousie alumni office was able to provide a birth date of 1 January 1908 and a date of death of 6 March 1991 for Forrest Musgrave. This is consistent with the one and only Forrest Musgrave appearing in the Social Security Death Index in the US; that individual died in England.<br /><br />An inquiry to the Rhodes Scholarship Trust revealed the following information:<br />"He lived at Frensham Cottage, 5 Dukes Wood Avenue, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, from September 1949.<br />"Married Elizabeth Biddlecom Rice on 26/12/1934 at Waukegan, Illinois.<br />"Daughter: Madge Elizabeth, born 26/1/40<br />"Daughter: Miriam Fairbrother Musgrave, born 15/6/54.<br />"Madge had a son called Alan Olby, born 18 November 1971 by some-one called TM Olby (no reference as to whether this is a spouse or partner).<br />"The following is a press cutting from The Electrical Journal, London, 11 April, 1958, which summarises his career:<br />" 'Dr Forrest F. Musgrave has been appointed personal assistant at Albright and Wilson Ltd to Mr Sydney Barratt, chairman of the Albright and Wilson group of companies. Dr Musgrave was formerly managing director of Lubrizol Great Britain Ltd. Canadian-born, Dr Musgrave graduated in chemistry at Dalhousie, and then as a Rhodes scholar took a doctorate in physical chemistry at Oxford. After early experience with Imperial Oil Ltd, a Canadian subsidiary of Standard Oil, he joined the Lubrizol Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio, as chemical research director, later becoming technical assistant to the president. Dr Musgrave was closely concerned in the establishment in the U.K. of Lubrizol Great Britain Ltd, formerly known as Anglamol Ltd. He was appointed managing director of that company in 1949.'<br />"From 1/2/58 - 30/6/68 he worked at Albright & Wilson Ltd, 68/114 Knightsbridge, where he was the Manager of the Overseas Department. From June 1968 he appears to have been totally retired."<br />Cathy Meder-Dempsey of Luxembourg, who is researching some other Musgrave lines, kindly pointed out that an obituary of 12 August 1956 from the Chicago Sunday Tribune noted the death of Milton Jerome Rice of Crete IL, who was survived by his mother, Mrs. Wilber L. Blows of Waukegan, and a sister, Mrs. Forrest Musgrave of England, among others. This partly confirms the marriage information above.<br />The US Social Security Death Index records the death of an Elizabeth R. Musgrave, born 30 September 1909, died 28 November 1993, reported by the US Consulate in England. Her Social Security Certificate was issued in Maryland.<br />Further research is ongoing into the descendants of Hedley and Forrest Musgrave, and the other children of Alvin Fairbrother and Bessie Grant.<br /><br />Further to Edna and Annie Musgrave<br /><br />As noted in the preceding section, Edna Musgrave was the daughter of Bartholomew Musgrave and Annie Watson, born 7 March 1880. She is noted in Part V as having married Harry E. Whitman, who died in 1951. An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 17 December 1964 indicates that Edna Whitman died the previous day in North Sydney. She was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Vivian Chambers, and three grandchildren. Headstone transcriptions from Lakeside Cemetery show that Harry Eben Whitman, 1881 - 1951 is buried with his wife Edna M. Musgrave, 1880 - 1964, with Bartholmew P. Musgrave, 1835 - 1923 and his wife Annie Watson, 1840 - 1884. Also interred in the plot is Annie Musgrave, RN, 1884 - 1943.<br /><br />Further to descendants of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant<br /><br />The following is a correction to a reference found among the children of Charles A. Munn and Katherine MacPhee in Part V:<br /><br />2. Nina Alice (18 July 1886 - 24 August 1979), m. John MacKay (d. 1 May 1919), res. Windsor, N.S.<br /><br />The date shown was the date of marriage of Nina Alice Munn and John MacKay, and not the latter's death. This marriage was a Baptist ceremony at Leitches' Creek conducted by Rev. G. M. Schurman. The groom was age 36, an electric conductor, born Londonderry, NS, son of John and Avril McKay. The bride's age was given as 32. Witnesses were Miss P. M. Bishop and Dr. D. R. MacRae.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County indicate that, on 20 December 1870 in a Presbyterian ceremony at Sydney Mines, Andrew Ross Musgrave, 27, blacksmith, born and resident at the North West Arm, son of John Musgrave and Isabel Watson, married Mary McKenzie, 21, also of the North West Arm, daughter of Rod and Sarah McKenzie; witnesses were Dunc. McSwain and Peter McKenzie. They also indicate that, on 25 December 1878 in a Presbyterian ceremony at Cow Bay, the same Andrew Ross Musgrave, now 35 and widowed, married Annie Smith, 31, daughter of John and Ann, born at the North West Arm and resident at Cow Bay; witnesses were Phillip B. Smith and Franklin Andrews.<br /><br />Also in Part V, it is stated, based on notes of Elva Jackson without stated source, that Mary Musgrave, daughter of Andrew Ross Musgrave and Ann Smith, married Edwin E. Lewis on 29 September 1897. No such marriage is included in the marriage records of Nova Scotia for that period, so the location remains unclear. In the 1881 census, Edmond Lewis, age 10, is the son of Alfred and Matilda Lewis of Ball's Creek. The youngest child is Milton, then aged two. In the 1901 census, Edwin Lewis is 30, still residing with his parents, and added to the family is Mary Lewis, born 18 September 1880, and Cecil Lewis, identified as a daughter, born 4 December 1898. It is evident, however, that the latter two were the wife and son of Edwin Lewis, since the 1911 census contains the following family in Dominion No. 6 (now Donkin):<br /><br />Lewis Edwin M Head M May 1870 41<br />Lewis Mary F Wife M Sep 1881 29<br />Lewis Cecil M Son S Dec 1897 12<br />Lewis Gordon M Sister S Dec 1902 8<br />Lewis Lindsay M Son S Feb 1905 6<br />Lewis Arthur M Son S ? ? ?<br /><br />Note that the gender of Gordon Lewis also appears discrepant. It should be noted that none of the other members of the family of Andrew Ross Musgrave appear in either the 1901 or 1911 census for any part of Canada.<br /><br />Unfortunately, it is now necessary to present evidence of one of Elva Jackson's very infrequent errors. Records of the Rudderham Funeral Home show that an individual named Louis Musgrave, age not given, died on 24 November 1911 and was interred in Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney. On-line death records of Cape Breton County indicate that this individual, Louis C. Musgrave, was aged 48 and married, and died at the Cape Breton Hospital; location of burial is not confirmed. In 1894, Lewis C. Musgrave, 28, son of George and Sarah Musgrave, married Lena Ball, and this couple is shown in the 1901 census as residing in North Sydney with daughter Bernice and two lodgers. However, this individual is shown in the 1911 census as an inmate at the CBH, while his wife and son Franklin are residing with Lena's sister Eliza in Ball's Creek. [Franklin died as the result of an auto accident in 1926, and Lena herself in 1930.] Elva Jackson's card file identifies Louis Musgrave, son of Andrew Ross Musgrave, husband of Laura Nichols, with this individual of a similar name, but that identification is erroneous. The dates of death of most of the children of Andrew Ross Musgrave remain unknown, except for Mary, discussed below.<br /><br />Records of the Rudderham Funeral Home show that Andrew R. Musgrave, age 78, died on 12 May 1921 at Pt. Edward and was buried there. Informant was his wife. [This death cannot be located in the on-line records available from the Nova Scotia Archives.]<br /><br />A headstone transcription from Mitchell Island Union Cemetery, Ball's Creek, contains the following:<br /><br />Musgrave Andrew R. Feb 14 1843 - May 12 1921<br />Annie S. Aug 12 1843 - May 12 1921 {Significance of this line is uncertain.}<br />Annie S. Aug 12 1847 - April 13 1934<br />cenotaph Mary N. 1851 - May 23 1877<br />Death records of Cape Breton County confirm that Anna S. Musgrave, born 12 August 1847 in Ball's Creek, daughter of John Smith (born Scotland) and Ann Denys (born Ball's Creek), died on 13 April 1934 of auricular fibrillation. Informant was her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Lewis of Pt. Edward. The death of Mary N. Musgrave (presumably the first wife of Andrew R. Musgrave) does not appear in the death records of Cape Breton County.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County show that, on 25 September 1928, at All Saint's Anglican Church, New Waterford, Cecil Ernest Lewis, 29, C/E, engineer, son of Edwin Ernest Lewis and Mary Musgrave, married Lily Frances MacKay, 26, born England, daughter of David Johnstone MacKay and Jane Price. Witnesses were Lindsay Lewis and Muriel MacKay. [Note that the bride is definitely not the daughter of Price McKay (see below) with the same two given names.]<br /><br />Death records of Cape Breton County, available on-line, show that Edwin Ernest Lewis, born 22 May 1870, son of Alfred Lewis and Matilda Rudderham, died on 29 June 1951. He was the husband of Mary Margaret Lewis, nee Musgrave. Informant was Cecil Lewis of Pt. Edward, his son.<br /><br />On - line headstone transcriptions of St. John's Cemetery, Point Edward show Edwin E. Lewis, 1870 - 1951, and Mary M. Lewis, 1881 - 1963, as well as Cecil E. Lewis, 1898 - 1979 and Lillie F. Lewis 1901 - 1987.<br /><br />Records of the (Anglican) Church of the Good Shepherd, Dominion, show the following marriage:<br /><br />Victor Rupert Rudderham, 23, of Westmount, son of Charles Rudderham and Dorothy Hunt (?), to Betty Alice Lewis, 19, Pt. Edward, daughter of Cecil Lewis and Lily Frances McKay on 7 January 1950.<br /><br />Also, on - line records of the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that Sarah Isabel Musgrave, born 12 December 1872, died on 6 December 1955 of uremia and cancer of the bladder. She was a registered nurse, and last worked in 1944. She was the daughter of Andrew R. Musgrave and Mary MacKenzie. Informant was Mrs. Edwin Lewis of Pt. Edward, her sister, with burial at Beechmont.<br /><br />A reference in the Social Security Death Index mentions a Chester Musgrove, born in 1892, whose SS card was issued in Massachusetts and who died in Minnesota in January, 1982.<br /><br />The rest of this subsection provides additional details on the family of Gertrude Moffatt and John Archibald Musgrave given in Part VI, contributed by Jeff Musgrave and his family.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County indicate that John Archibald Musgrave, b. St. John, son of Clarence and Henrietta Musgrave, married Gertrude Moffatt on 30 January 1905, in a Methodist ceremony at North Sydney.<br /><br />The 1911 census of George's River includes the following family:<br /><br />44 189 Musgrove J.A. M Head M Oct 1883 27<br />45 189 Musgrove Gertie F Wife M Oct 1886 24<br />46 189 Musgrove Ervine M Sister S Jun 1905 5<br />47 189 Musgrove Austin M Son S Jun 1907 3<br />48 189 Musgrove Henretta F Daughter S Mar 1909 2<br />49 189 Musgrove Hammond M Son S Mar 1911 2/12<br /><br />The birthplace of all family members is given as Nova Scotia.<br /><br /><br />On 16 May 1928, in a ceremony conducted by Baptist clergyman L. E. Ackland at the Bank of Commerce Building in Sydney, Gerald Ogle Jennex, 23, mechanic, born Halifax, son of Ogle Jennex and Emma Conrod, married Henrietta Alice Musgrave, 19, daughter of Archibald Musgrave (born Fredericton) and Gertrude Moffatt. Witnesses were John G. and Bayne Holmes. [Bayne Holmes was the sister of Gertrude Moffatt. The groom's father, Ogle Jennex, born in Jeddore, died on 30 May 1928 at the age of 47.]<br /><br />On 11 March 1930 in a ceremony at First United Church, Sydney, Austin Musgrave, 22, general labourer, son of the John Archibald Musgrave and Gertrude Moffatt, married Muriel Johnston, 20, of North Sydney, daughter of William and Esther Johnston. Witnesses were Fred Fraser Morrison and Mrs. A. H. Campbell, both of Sydney. Ceremony was performed by Rev. A. H. Campbell.<br /><br />John Archibald Musgrave, b. 6 September 1884, died 20 May 1946 of a diabetic coma, and was the son of Clarence Musgrave and Mary Preston according to the death record available on-line from the Nova Scotia Archives. Informant was his wife Gertrude.<br /><br />The same on-line records indicate that Gertrude Musgrave, daughter of Hammond Moffatt and Jessie Beaton, born 20 October 1886, died 14 October 1949 of acute myocardial infarction. Informant was Elizabeth Musgrave, declared as her "mother-in-law", but more likely the wife of her son Hammond Musgrave and so her daughter-in-law.<br /><br />The following refer to three sons and two grandsons of this couple.<br /><br />Records of Dooley Funeral Home indicate that Austin Musgrave died on 8 september 1962 at the age of 54.<br /><br />Headstone transcriptions from Lakeview Cemetery indicate that Hammond Musgrave is interred there with dates 1911 - 1963. Records of Dooley Funeral Home indicate he died on 13 April 1963, and was employed as a butcher.<br /><br />Headstone transcriptions from Lakeview Cemetery also indicate that Russell Musgrave had dates 1915 - 1960. Records of Dooley Funeral Home indicate he died on 10 July 1960. In addition, death records available on-line indicate that John Archibald Musgrave, son of Russell Musgrave and Carrie Martin, was born on 3 December 1946 and died on 16 April 1947. [This child is not included in the list in Part VI.]<br /><br />In addition, the following obituary appeared in the Cape Breton Post of Saturday, 25 January 2003.<br /><br />Russell Alexander Musgrave, 59, Port Burwell, Ont.<br /><br />Russell Alexander Musgrave, 59, of Port Burwell, Ont., formerly of Frenchvale,<br />passed away in St. Thomas, Ont., Jan. 18, 2003, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.<br /><br />He is survived by his wife, Mabel; son, John; daughter, Kathy; eight stepchildren; several grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.<br /><br />He is also survived by sisters, Gertrude (Ron) Cumming, Kingston, Ont., Beverly (David) Aker, Sydney Mines, Gwen (Ernie) O'Neil, Frenchvale, Shirley (Blair) Stamper, Scotch Lake, Ann (Thomas) LeBlanc, Black Rock, Cindy (John) Britten, Sydney, Ollie (Bud) Atkinson, Edmonton; brothers, Wayne (Gloria), Balls Creek, Gary (Paulette), St. Thomas, Ray (Phyllis), North Sydney, Lou, Toronto, Gordie (Susan), Edmonton, and Joe (Marguerite), Frenchvale.<br /><br />He was predeceased by his parents, Leonard and Martha Musgrave, sister, Lenna MacDougall, brother-in-law, Brian MacDougall and sister-in-law, Lois Musgrave.<br /><br />The funeral was held at Trinity Anglican Church, Port Burwell, Ont., Wednesday, Jan. 22. A memorial service for family and friends will be held in St. Mary's Parish, Frenchvale, 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27.<br /><br />[Russell Musgrave was referred to in the list of descendants of Jack Archie Musgrave and Gertrude Moffatt at the end of Part VI.]<br /><br />In addition, recall from Part V that William Howard Musgrave was the son of Charles Alexander Musgrave and Alice Theresa Woodill, born 1871. Death records of Cape Breton County indicate that Alice Musgrave, 30, married, daughter of John and Eliza Woodill, died in 1874 of a cold following childbirth; the exact date was unspecified, but surrounding deaths on the page narrow the range to between 7 September and 25 October.<br /><br />Marriage records of Halifax County indicate that, on 10 January 1883, Charles Alexander Musgrave, 37, widower, jeweller, son of Chas. and Ann, married Charlotte Cook, 27, born Stormont, daughter of Winthrop and Mary, in a Wesleyan ceremony at Halifax. [The bride's surname was unknown in Elva Jackson's records.] The 1901 census of Country Harbour, Guysborough County, includes a family consisting of Chas. A. Musgrave, b. 24 November 1844; Lottie A., b. 25 July 1857; Gertrude A., b. 2 August 1885; and Jennie A., b. 9 November 1887. The 1911 census of Country Harbour shows Chas. A. Musgrove, 67, and Charlotte A., 55, with slightly discrepant birthdates.<br /><br />Marriage records of Halifax County indicate that, on 7 February 1887, in a Universalist ceremony at Halifax, Albert Fielding, 20, express agent, son of James and Mary, married Ella M. Musgrave, 18, born Sydney, daughter of Charles and Alice. The only witness listed is the wife of the clergyman, Mrs. G. W. Kent.<br /><br />Marriage records of Guysborough County indicate that, on 6 July 1908, at Stormont, Alice Gertrude Musgrave, 23, born Halifax, daughter of Chas. A. Musgrave, agent, married Frederick William Horley, 32, baker, of 199 Lockman St., Halifax, son of W. J. and Mary Harley. Witnesses were Rhude Cumming and Jennie Musgrave. On-line records of the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that Gertrude A. Horley, 27, wife of Frederick W. Horley, died on 25 December 1912 of membranal colitis, and was buried in St. John's Cemetery, Halifax. A brief obituary published in the Halifax Herald on 28 December indicated that the deceased was indeed the daughter of C. Musgrave, and was survived by her husband and two unnamed children. [Her husband married Maude Myette on 13 June 1913 in Halifax.] Frederick W. Horley died 1 July 1939, and his obituary indicated that he was survived by a son Charles and a daughter Alice, both of Halifax. The latter was in the employ of W. H. Musgrave, her half-brother. [His second wife died on 26 December 1961, and an obituary published on 28 December mentioned no children; this appears to confirm that both surviving children were born of the first marriage.]<br /><br />Marriage records of Guysborough County also indicate that, on 12 October 1909, Jennie Adelaide Musgrave, 21, daughter of Chas. A. and Charlotte Musgrave, married Duncan Rhude Cumming, 21, son of John D. and Adeline Cumming of Stormont. Witnesses were F. W. and Alice G. Harley. The 1911 census shows D. Alexander and Jennie A. Cumming as a childless couple residing in Isaac Harbour, Guysborough County.<br /><br />On-line records of the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that Charles Alexander Musgrave, born 25 March 1843 at North Sydney, died 19 October 1922 in Stormont, Guysborough County, of nephritis, with burial in that community; parents' names were given as Alexander Musgrave and Mary Wells, both born Scotland, by informant Lottie Musgrave. Burial records of Stormont Cemetery, available on-line, confirm his burial there, but do not indicate that his wife is buried with him. An obituary published in the Halifax Herald of 27 October indicates that he was survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters, but only two sons are listed: Robert of San Francisco and W. H. of Halifax; the daughters are Mrs. Albert Fielding, Everett, Mass., and Mrs. Rude Cumming, "Cobalt, Wells".<br /><br />An obituary in the Halifax Chronicle - Herald on 5 January 1991 indicates that Charles Alfred Musgrave Horley, 81, had died on 3 January. He was a graduate of the Nova Scotia Technical College (now the School of Engineering of Dalhousie University) and worked at HMC Dockyard. He was survived by his wife, the former Sandra Faulkner, a sister Alice Horley Hennigan, and a nephew. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery.<br /><br />Regarding the children of the first marriage, in 1881, Howard, 10, together with his sister Maud, 11, and brother Robert, 8, were living with their paternal grandmother Ann Musgrave at Upper North Sydney. [Part V stated erroneously that his brother Leslie, then about 13, was also in the household.] There is a Cha'l. Musgrave, age 27, clerk, residing in a hotel in Halifax at that time. Marriage records of Halifax County show that, on 21 January 1893, in a C/E ceremony at Halifax, William H. Musgrove, 22, baker, born Sydney, son of Charles and Teresa, married Beatrice Farrer, 18, daughter of Leonard and Hannah. Witnesses were Franklin Pierce and Nellie Mollison. In the 1911 census of Halifax, this couple, with their daughter Alma, born September 1896, reside with Leonard and Hannah Tineras (?) [an evident mistranscription of "Farrer"]. On 16 March 1924, Beatrice Isabel Musgrave, 49, died of a cerebral hemorrhage. She was buried in St. John's Cemetery. On-line records of the Nova Scotia Archives show that, on 16 June 1925, William Howard Musgrave, 54, widower, merchant, born Sydney, son of Charles Alexander Musgrave and Alice Theresa Woodill, resident of 193 Brunswick St., married Jessie Blanche Walker, 47, widow, resident of Dartmouth, daughter of Joseph Thomas (actually Thomson) and Victoria Baker. [The same records show that Jessie B. Thomson married John E. Walker on 1 July 1896, and that John E. Walker died on 7 August 1920. In the 1911 census, they had sons Edgar and Gerald, daughters Mildred and Vera.] On-line records of the Nova Scotia Archives show that William Howard Musgrave, born 2 June 1871, died 5 May 1946 of a coronary occlusion. Informant was Mildred Shields, stepdaughter; he was buried in Fairview Cemetery. An obituary from the Chronicle - Herald of Monday, 6 May 1946 indicates that he had expired peacefully while raking leaves on Saturday, 4 May. He was survived by a brother Robert in San Francisco, by a son Gerald in Toronto, and by daughters Mildred (Mrs. R. B. Shields, Dartmouth), Vera (Mrs. J. W. Bowie, Dartmouth) and Ruth, at home. It is clear that Gerald, Mildred and Vera were in fact stepchildren; it is unclear whether Ruth was a daughter or stepdaughter. No record has been found regarding Alma Musgrave, daughter from his first marriage.<br /><br />On 13 April 1919, May Belle Musgrave, wife of Horace Crandall Musgrave, died at the age of 28 in North Sydney as the result of a premature childbirth. She was a native of Marble Mountain, and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery. On 28 July 1923, in a Baptist ceremony at North Sydney, Horace Crandall Musgrave, 34, widower, farmer, son of Alexander Musgrave and Catherine Daley, married Mary Margaret Hacala, 21, daughter of Martin Hacala (b. St. Pierre) and Margaret Stewart. Witnesses were John Ingraham and Ivan Bayley (see Part IV regarding the latter). An obituary from the Sydney Post - Record of 24 March 1948 indicated that Horace Crandall Musgrave, 59, had died the previous day in hospital in North Sydney. He was survived by a son Gordon of Halifax, and daughters Eleanor and Marguerite, both graduates of St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing in Glace Bay. Two sisters also survived, Mrs. Carey Corteir (sic), Prince Rupert, Sask. (sic) and Mrs. Elburne Banks, New Hampshire. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery. His on-line death certificate lists bronchiopneumonia as the principal cause of death, and indicates he was divorced when he died. [His year of death was incorrectly given as 1947 in Part V.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle - Herald of 29 November 1993 indicates that Marguerite Saunders, formerly Hacala and former wife of Crandall Musgrave, died on 27 November in Hamilton ON. She was predeceased by her first husband, her second husband Gerald Saunders, and son Gordon. She was survived by twin daughters Marguerite Casagrande, Stoney Creek ON and Eleanor (Mrs. Sherman) Rice, Digby.<br /><br />With respect to yet another branch of this extended family, recall from Part V that William A. Munn was a son of James Munn and Mary Ann Moffatt, and married Lydia Nisbet, daughter of Andrew Nesbit and Annie Ross, on 23 January 1879. Their children, from the 1881 and 1901 censuses of Sydney were:<br /><br />1. Eva, m. Charles R. Bown [Bowen in early records] on 25 July 1900 [Charles d. 15 December 1951]<br />2. Andrew b. 11 October 1882, m. Ella May Steele, Westville, 18 September 1907; d. 25 April 1935 in Inverness<br />[Ella died 3 February 1976]<br />3. Annie, b. 15 January 1885, m. William H. Ross of New Glasgow, 12 June 1907 in Sydney<br />4. Hattie, b. 12 March 1888; m. Frederick T. Dillon, Sydney, 1907 (exact date unstated in marriage records)<br />5. George, b. 22 September 1890<br /><br />William A. Munn, yard master, age 64, died on 10 July 1920 of an ammonia explosion at work. Lydia Maria Munn, b. 23 October 1858, d. 15 September 1947 of cancer. Burial was in Hardwood Hill in both cases.<br /><br />An obituary from the Sydney Post - Record of 16 September 1947 indicated that Mrs. W. A. Munn died the previous afternoon at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. C. R. Bown of 11 Ankerville St. She was the daughter of the late Andrew and Ann Nesbit of Centreville. Surviving were three daughters, Mrs. C. R. Bown, as above; Mrs. W. H. Ross of New Glasgow; and Mrs. C. M. MacLeod of Los Angeles, as well as several grand- and great-grandchildren. Burial was in Hardwood Hill. [Evidently both sons predeceased her, and daughter Hattie had married a second time.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 3 February 1976 indicated that Mrs. Ella Munn, 92, widow of Andrew H. Munn, died early that morning at the Cove. She was the daughter of the late John and Sarah Steele of Westville. Surviving were sons Lewis of Sydney and John of Hamilton, as well as two grandchildren.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 15 December 1951 indicated that Charles R. Bown had died the previous night at Sydney City Hospital. He worked as a commercial traveller for many years. He was survived by sons C. Roy Bown (b. 10 December 1900) of Canadian Industries Limited (CIL), Montreal, and W. E. Bown, VP of Dominion Steel and Coal Corp., also of Montreal, and five grandchildren. Interment was in Hardwood Hill.<br /><br />A son, Nesbit J. Ross, was born to William H. and Annie Ross in January 1909.<br /><br />Further to Josephine Isabel Moore, and a Gillis Connection<br /><br />Recall from Part V that Josephine Isabel Moore was the daughter of Alexander Moore and Eliza Maria Musgrave. Elva Jackson's card file indicates she married John W. Gillis on 17 November 1884 in Boston, then Charles Jefferson on 1 June 1898. Records of Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, show that Mrs. John W. Gillis, born Josephine Moore, joined on 8 May 1870, then rejoined by letter from First Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY on 29 May 1892. Her date of death is given as 23 May 1920.<br /><br />The 1901 census of Ball's Creek shows (p. 16) a family consisting of Charles Jefferson, b. NS on 15 May 1844, Superintendant of Railway Section; Josephine, b. NS on 31 May 1853; and Elmor C. Gillis, b. NS on 3 August 1885, stepson. Records of Rudderham's Funeral Home, North Sydney, indicate Charles Jefferson died 28 April 1912, and Josephine on 23 May 1920 at George's River. Both were buried in Lakeside Cemetery.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County indicate that on 16 June 1908, in a Baptist ceremony at North Sydney, Elmore Clifton Gillis, 22, machinist, resident North Sydney, born Brooklyn NY, son of John [deceased] and Josephine, married Nettie Lovitt Rudderham, 20, of North Sydney, daughter of Thomas [builder and undertaker] and Sarah. Witnesses were Thomas L. Rudderham and Matilda M. Moore.<br /><br />Directories of Cape Breton County show Elmore Gillis resident on Peirce St., North Sydney, in the 1914, 1918, 1923 and 1928 editions. His occupation is described as employee of the NSS&C Co. in 1914, engineer in 1918 and 1923, and town engineer in 1928. In 1928, his wife's name is given as Christine.<br /><br />Records of Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, show that Elmore Gillis joined 7 March 1897, was dismissed to the Baptist Church, Liverpool, NS on 18 July 1934, but returned to Calvary from Brooklyn, NS on 3 November 1948. He died in 1962. Mrs. Elmore Gillis (first wife, born Nettie Rudderham) joined on 31 January 1909, and died 5 May 1919. [Records of Rudderham's Funeral Home, operated by Nettie's father, confirm this date of death.] In addition, Raymond and Norma Gillis joined this church on 17 April 1927, and were dismissed to the Baptist Church, Port Medway, NS (near Liverpool) on 31 May 1933.<br /><br />Records of the Dooley Funeral Home, North Sydney, show that Elmore Gillis, 77, born Nova Scotia, died on 16 June 1962 (the 54th anniversary of his first marriage), in hospital at North Sydney and was buried in Lakeside. Service was ordered by Mrs. Gillis. An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of Tuesday, 19 June 1962, gives his date of death as 17 June. His birthplace is given as Brooklyn, NY. He left his position as town engineer in North Sydney to become a steam plant enginner with the Mersey Paper Mill in Liverpool, from which he retired in 1950. He was survived by his wife, the former Christina MacKenzie, and a daughter and son by his first marriage, Miss Norma Gillis, teaching school at Eustache, Quebec (presumably St. Eustache), and Raymond, a papermaker at Baie Comeau, Quebec. There are no phone numbers listed to persons named Gillis in either of those communities, as of 2004.<br /><br />Death of widow of R. J. Logue; other details on Logue family<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County indicate that, in a Roman Catholic ceremony at Sydney on 24 February 1908, John Louis Shanahan, 29, clerk, born Halifax, son of John and Elizabeth, married Mary Theresa Logue, 20, daughter of Charles and Selina. [The handwritten record makes the bride's surname appear to be "Logan".] On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that John Louis (Lou) Shanahan, 57, died on 23 July 1935 of cancer of the stomach. He was married, a taxi driver, and resided at 50 Charlotte St., Sydney. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Sydney. (An obituary in the Sydney Post - Record indicated that he also operated a tobacco shop.) An obituary from the CB Post of Monday, 14 February 1966, indicates that Mrs. Mary Shanahan, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Logue, died the previous day. She was survived by a brother, R. J. Logue, and two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Strople, Sydney, and Mrs. Harry Barlow, Hopewell, New Jersey. The couple evidently had no children.<br /><br />The following obituary appeared in the Cape Breton Post of Monday, 3 February 2003, amplifying on a brief announcement on 1 February:<br /><br />Dorothy E. Logue 92, East Bay<br />It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Dorothy E. Logue. Mrs. Logue passed away peacefully at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, Friday, Jan. 31, 2003, after a brief illness. Born in Tracey, N.B., she was a daughter of the late Harry and Lillian (Currie) Mersereau. Mrs. Logue was a member of St. Mary's Parish, East Bay. Surviving are one daughter, Sharon (Kevin) Francis, San Jose, California; one son, Richard (Susan) Logue, Bedford, N.S.; four grandsons, Kirk (Danielle) Francis, Colin Francis, Toronto, Ont., Andrew and Mark Logue, Bedford, N.S. Also surviving are her sister-in-law, Bertha (Bob) Mersereau; nephews, Lynn and Jimmy and her niece, Ruth. Mrs. Logue was predeceased by her loving husband, Dr. Richard Logue, in 1986; two brothers, Bob and Gordon Mersereau; and one sister, Kathleen Mersereau. A memorial mass will be held in St. Mary's Church on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. with Fr. Frank Abbass officiating. Interment in the parish cemetery.<br /><br />Family Bible: Walter Grant<br /><br />Recall that Walter Grant was a son of John Grant and Maria Jefferson, born at the North West Arm. He married Ellen Andrews on 8 October 1878, and subsequently moved to Glace Bay. The following are the contents of a bible passed down in his family and that of his son Walter Henry Grant. This material was kindly provided by Earle Grant, son of Walter Henry Grant, through the kind auspices of his daughter Holly and her husband Bill Bailey.<br /><br />Births<br /><br />Lottie Louise August 6, 1879<br />George Edward July 18, 1882<br />Gertrude Alice January 20, 1885<br />Beulah Catherine December 12, 1887<br />Walter Henry June 29, 1895<br />Ida Ellen Mar. 14, 1892<br />Annie Grant April 29, 1886<br />Melburn Thomas Jan. 4, 1889<br /><br />Births of Walter Henry Grant & Helen Thompson, (married) Mar. 17, 1920<br /><br />Earle Thompson Grant April 24th, 1921 Sunday evening<br />John George " July 4th, 1923 Wednesday morn<br />Walter Henry Grant Mar. 23, 1925 Mon. evening; died Apr. 3rd, Friday, 10<br />days old, convulsions<br />Helen Katherine Grant June 1, 1926 Tues. afternoon; died Mary 23rd, 1927,<br />pneumonia & convulsions<br />Beulah Anne Grant July 31, 1927 Sun. morning<br />Harriet Tyson Grant Oct. 20, 1932 Thurs. aft<br />Shirley Patricia " Dec. 1, 1935 Sun. nite<br />Sheppard Fellis " Aug. 9, 1938 1:15 Aft.<br />Helen Katherine Grant Mar. 12, 1940 Tues. Aft<br />Irma (twin e Sheppard) Aug. 9, 1938 Died shortly thereafter<br /><br />[Note: The last line was seemingly added later, with an arrow leading to the line above.]<br /><br />Marriages<br /><br />Walter H. & Helen B. Thompson Mar. 17, 1920<br />Earle T. & Doris Bert Sept. 2, 1944<br />John & Mary Bates Sept. 1, 1947<br />Anna & Russel Fletcher Dec. 16, 1947<br />Ruth & Allan Frost April 18, 1953<br />Sheppard & Doris Morley June 5, 1971<br /><br />Deaths<br /><br />Lottie Louise Grant Died Apr. 26/1882 Age 2 yrs (*)<br />Annie Grant Died Apr. 29/1885 Aged 1 day<br />Melbourn Thomas Grant Died Oct. 29/1892 Aged 1 yr., 9 mon.<br />George Edward Died May 25, 1915 Age 32<br />Ellen Elizabeth Andrews Grant Died Oct. 17, 1924 Age 72<br />George Walter Grant Died Apr. 20, 1927 Age 74<br />Beulah Holmes Died Sept. 4, 1962 Age 74<br />Gertrude B. MacKenzie D: May 22, 1967 Age 82<br />Walter H. Grant D: Aug. 12, 1973<br />General Hospital Age 80 yrs. died Sun. 10:45 pm<br />Helen B. Grant D. Feb. 9, 1990 Age 90 yrs.<br />John George Grant D: Sept 24 (1996) Aged 73 yrs.<br />(Buddy)<br /><br />(*) followed by a few unreadable characters<br /><br />Children and other descendants of Alonzo Grant<br /><br />Headstone inscriptions from Gordon United Church Cemetery, Reserve Mines, have recently been published on the internet. They include the following:<br /><br />William 19 Feb 1902 Aged 17 yrs<br />Daniel 11 Dec 1901 Aged 4 yrs<br />sons of Alonzo & Catherine Grant<br /><br />In fact, William Grant, born 6 April 1883 according to the 1901 census, was the son of Alonzo Grant and his first wife Rebecca Boutilier, and so was a full brother to Rose Marion Grant O'Neill, who was discussed at length in Part VI. Daniel Grant was born 19 May 1897, by the 1901 census, and so was the son of Alonzo and Catherine. Thanks are due to Roberta Fraser for collecting and posting this data.<br /><br />An article from the Sydney Record of 28 January 1907 settles the question of the origins of the William Grant who died in No. 6 Colliery two days before. He was 26, a native of Scotland who had recently arrived, and was survived by a widow and two children in Scotland. This is included for the purpose of elimination only, as it is unlikely that he was a close relative of this family group.<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that, on 18 June 1919, James Murrant, 30, miner, son of Anthony and Margaret Murrant, of Big Glace Bay married Sadie Edith Grant, 26, of Dominion, daughter of Alonzo and Catherine Grant in a Presbyterian ceremony at Dominion. Witnesses were Mary Bramble (?) and Porter (?) Murrant. Ceremony was conducted by Rev. W. A. Whidden.<br /><br />A report from the Post - Record of 18 November 1942 indicates that Sgt. John Robert Grant, 20, son of Mr. & Mrs. John Grant of Brook St., Dominion, had been reported missing while on an operational flight with Ferry Bomber Command. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives his full name as John Robert Weldon Grant, and his date of death as 8 October 1942. No specific location is given. He was survived by his wife (name not given, but the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Cecil MacPherson of George St., Sydney), sisters Jean (a student nurse at the Glace Bay General Hospital), Ethel and Marjorie (at home); and brother Frank, with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals in Newfoundland, as well as his parents.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 15 May 2004 indicates that Mrs. Elizabeth Grant passed away Friday, May 14, 2004, at her residence after a long illness. She was born in Victoria, Nfld., on March 10, 1914, to Louise and Simon Clark. Mrs. Grant was a member of Gordon United Church, Reserve Mines. She is survived by sons, Lonnie (Jean), Dominion; Ken (Susie), Markham, Ont.; and Beryl Grant, Sydney; also, brother, Fred, Sackville, N.S.; sister Rita, Ontario; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Alonzo (Lon) in 1986, one sister and five brothers. Burial in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 3 December 2005 indicates that Donald G. MacLeod, 91, had died on 1 December. He was the son of Lauchlin MacLeod and Elizabeth Gilholm, and the husband of the late Reta Victoria Grant, daughter of John Grant and Annabella Johnstone, granddaughter of Alonzo Grant and Catherine MacDonald. (See Part VI. In that part, John Grant's wife is mistakenly identified as Mary Hillier. The latter did marry a John Grant who is not a member of this family tree.) He was survived by daughters Donna Elizabeth MacLeod, North Vancouver, BC; Sally (Donnie) MacLeod and Kathy (Stephen) MacAdam, both of Glace Bay; and grandsons John and Daniel MacLeod, Matthew and Grant MacAdam. Also surviving were a sister and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, son John Grant MacLeod, two sisters and six brothers. He was an elder of Knox United Church. Interment would be in Greenwood Cemetery, Glace Bay. [An obituary from the Post-Record of 2 December 1946 indicates that John Grant MacLeod, son of Donald MacLeod, had died the previous day at the age of 2 months. Funeral services were to be held from the home of his grandmother, Mary S. Grant, at 6 Pitt (sic) Street, Caledonia. Interment to follow in Greenwood Cemetery.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 6 September 2008 indicates that Margaret Catherine Hooper had died on 5 September 2008 in Glace Bay. She was the daughter of the late James Murrant and Sarah Grant (wedding above), and was born 22 August 1920. She was survived by her son Charles and wife Joyce (Murphy) of Port Caledonia, and grandchildren Annette and Charles. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles Hooper Sr.; two sisters, Mae Turner and Edith Turner; and a brother William. Burial was from St. Luke's Anglican Church, Port Caledonia.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 11 April 2009 indicates that Donald Lee Eagles, 85, of Berwick had died in Kentvile on 7 April. He was survived by his wife Ethel Grant (of 57 years), sons Robert of PEI and Munroe (Deborah Scott) of NY, daughters Annalee Cole of Bridgetown and Lorna of Ottawa, as well as six grandchildren (Nathan, Tyrone, Shawn, anthony, Graeme and Devon), two step-grandchildren (Katie and Scott More), one great-grandchild, and one sister.<br /><br />Miscellaneous references from the Presbyterian Witness<br /><br />The following were found through the alphabetical index to the Presbyterian Witness [PW] at the Nova Scotia Archives, and in an alphabetical file of deaths referred to in various newspapers of the time:<br /><br />Mrs. Peter Burchell (Bridget), Sydney Mines, died 17 June 1846 [Cape Breton Spectator, 24 June 1846, p. 5]<br /><br />Susan Jane Jerrett married Elijah Lewis, both of the North West arm, on 25 January 1853 [Cape Breton News, 27 January 1855, p. 3]<br /><br />Alexander Grant was married to Marianne Jane McLeod, both of North West Arm, at North West Arm, 14 February 1854 [Cape Breton News, 18 February 1854]<br /><br />Emily Grant married Peter Moffatt on 10 June 1862 at North Sydney [Cape Breton News, 19 July 1862, p. 3]<br /><br />Margaret Grant married John Nesbet, North Sydney, on 1 January 1862 at North West Arm [Cape Breton News, 11 January 1862, p. 3]<br /><br />Margaret Ann Nisbet (nee Grant), wife of John P. Nisbet, died 11 December 1862 [CB News, 27 December 1862, p. 3]<br /><br />Marlan Jane Grant died Saturday, 18 May 1872, wife of Alex Grant, eldest daughter of Capt. Wm. McLeod, North West Arm, CB, leaving large family [PW, 8 June 1872]<br /><br />Mrs. Sarah Grant, died 16 November 1874, at NW Arm, CB, at the age of 83. [PW, 28 November 1874] {This appears to be the Sarah Grant, age 79, who was resident with Charles Grant in the 1871 census of Ball's Bridge. If so, she was Sarah Musgrave, widow of Peter Grant, and the author's ggg-grandmother. It is unusual that this would be recorded in the Presbyterian Witness, however, since her marriage was in the Anglican Church, and most of her family had converted to the Baptist faith in the 1840's.}<br /><br />William H. Grant married Margaret McKenzie of the Forks, performed by Rev. A. Farquharson of St. Andrew's, 9 October 1879 [PW, 18 October 1879] {These are the author's great-grandparents.}<br /><br />Richard Logue of Western Union Telegraph, married Eva Dixon, Point Edward, on 17 January 1882 [North Sydney Herald, 1 February 1882, p. 3]<br /><br />Janie Grant, once of Pt. Edward, died 9 February 1882, Elgin, IL [North Sydney Herald, 1 March 1882, p. 3]<br /><br />Alonzo Grant and Rebecca Boutilier, Baddeck, 29 September 1883 [North Sydney Herald, 26 September 1883, p. 3] [This marriage is in Cape Breton County records, so the location given as Baddeck is doubtful.]<br /><br />Mrs. George E. Burchell, Sydney, died 2 July 1884 [North Sydney Herald, 9 July 1884, p. 3]<br /><br />Moriah Grant, daughter of William Grant, died 5 April 1885 at Glace Bay [PW, 25 April 1885] {This is the older sister of the author's grandfather, Alexander Malcolm Grant. This child appeared only in the 1881 census, and may well have succumbed to the diphtheria epidemic which claimed many children in 1885.}<br /><br />William Grant married Martha Rankin, both of Cow Bay, 15 July 1886 [PW, 24 July 1886]<br />{This is the son of Peter Grant, and grandfather of Blair Grant, among many others.}<br /><br />William D. Grant of Boston and Cape Breton died 6 March 1888 [North Sydney Herald, 4 April 1888] [It is unclear who this is, although the mention in the North Sydney paper suggests he was a native of that area.]<br /><br />Winfred C. Grant, North West Arm, died 10 October 1893 [North Sydney Herald, 24 May 1894]<br /><br />On 29 September 1896, James A. Grant of Glace Bay married Dollina Campbell, Grand Lake, at St. Andrew's Manse, Sydney [PW, 3 October 1896]<br /><br />On 29 October 1896, Seward Grant of Glace Bay married Caroline Andrews of Coxheath at St. Andrew's Manse, Sydney [PW 7 November 1896]<br /><br />On 6 January 1898, Mabel Grant, daughter of Alfred Grant of Bridgeport, married Henry Lewis at the Mitchell House, North Sydney [PW, 15 January 1898]<br /><br />On 2 March 1898, Theodore M. Grant married Sarah Beaton, both of Ball's Creek, at St. Andrew's Manse, Sydney [PW, 5 March 1898]<br /><br />Mrs. Alex Grant of Springfield, MA, died February 1899 [Bras d'Or Gazette, 8 February 1899, p. 3]<br /><br />On 21 May 1904, Edward J. Grant married Maggie Jackson at North Sydney [PW, 28 May 1904]<br /><br />In addition, the marriage of Rev. William Grant to Elizabeth Falconer is recorded at New Glasgow on 11 October 1886. While not a member of this family tree, this minister later served in both Cow Bay and Grand River.<br /><br />Descendant of Theodore Grant<br /><br />Records of the Nova Scotia Archives, available online, show that Alexander Grant, son of Theodore Grant and Sarah Beaton, applied on 26 March 1965 for a birth certificate, showing his date of birth to be 25 July 1901. Records cited were the 1911 and 1921 censuses, and school records. His address was then 509 E. Pine Way, Kelso, Washington, USA. The Social Security Death Index indicates that Alexander Grant with that birthdate died in Kelso, Cowlitz County, Washington in July of 1973.<br /><br />Descendants of Seward Grant<br /><br />Seward Thomas Grant was the eldest child of James Arthur Grant (son of John Grant and Maria Jefferson), and his first wife Mary Ann Andrews (daughter of John C. and Charlotte Andrews of Coxheath). They were married 1 January 1878, and the witnesses were Alex T. Andrews and Alice A. Lewis.<br /><br />Seward's date of birth is uncertain. He is described as one year old in the 1881 census of Ball's Creek, and 12 in the 1891 census of Glace Bay. On 29 October 1896, he married Caroline Andrews, 22, of Coxheath, daughter of George P. and Mary Ann Andrews of Coxheath. His age was then given as 20. In the 1901 census of Sydney, his birthdate is given as 7 May 1877, Caroline's as 17 April 1873, and their daughter Susan's as 12 October 1898. On 7 December 1915, Seward filled out an Attestation Paper on his enlistment in the Canadian army, and gave his date of birth as 7 May 1879; this form is available on-line.<br /><br />An obituary from the Sydney Post of 30 August 1935 indicates that Seward Grant, 57, had died in the Kentville Sanatarium on 28 August. He was survived by his wife Caroline, brothers John (stated residence in Ohio, actual residence in Alberta) and Dr. Kenneth Grant of Glace Bay; sisters Carrie, Ida, Mary and Bertha, all of New York, and six daughters: Mrs. Charles McDonald, King's Road; Mrs. William Carson, Terrace St.; Mrs. F. D. Jackson, Mrs. James Paige, Mrs. Albert Netile, all of New Haven, CT; and Mrs. Underwood of New York. Interment was in St. Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Coxheath.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 5 December 1955 indicates that Caroline S. Grant died on 3 December at the age of 83. Surviving were two sisters, Mrs. Henry Ball and Mrs. George Boutilier, both in the US; a brother, Alonzo Andrews of Coxheath; and six daughters: Mrs. Charles MacDonald and Mrs. William Carson of Sydney; Mrs. James Page, Mrs. Albert Nutile and Mrs. F. D. Jackson, all of New Haven, CT; and Mrs. Howard Underwood of Maryland. Interment was in St. Mark's Cemetery.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 21 April 1972 indicates that Mrs. Charles MacDonald, the former Mary Ann Susan Grant, daughter of the late Seward T. and Caroline (Andrews) Grant, had died the previous day in Silver Spring, Maryland. She was predeceased by three husbands, Charles MacDonald, Samuel Summerton and Lewis MacDonald. She was survived by one son, Lewis, of Philadelphia; three daughters, Gertrude (Mrs. Evan MacDonald, Oakville, ON), Caroline (Mrs. Roy MacDonald, Virginia), and Nettie (Mrs. Sonny Slade, Sydney); five sisters, Mrs. Ella Jackson and Mrs. Howard Underwood, both in Maryland, Mrs. Albert Nutile and Mrs. James Page, both in New Haven, CT, and Leah (Mrs. William Carson, Sydney). On-line transcriptions of headstone inscriptions from St. Mark's Cemetery indicate that M. A. Susan MacDonald is interred there in the same plot as Charles MacDonald (1900 - 1947), Lewis W. MacDonald (1893 - 1929), and children Caroline E. C. (age 1 year, 7 months) and Louis S. C. (Infant). Also inscribed on the headstone are the names of Samuel Summerton (1891 - 1918) with the notation "in France", and infant child Samuel S. Summerton. [The headstone is the only one on the south side of the church, the right side as seen from Keltic Drive. It is unclear why it is in this isolated location.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Sydney Post of 2 September 1947 indicated that Charles (Paddy Rory) MacDonald had died the previous day. He was survived by daughters Carolyn and Jeanette, stepdaughter Gertrude (Mrs. Evan MacDonald, Sydney), and stepson Lewis (at home). He was also survived by two brothers and three sisters, including Pessie (Mrs. O. L. Mader, Mira Road) and Annie (Mrs. Joseph Carson, Sydney). The 1948 City Directory for Sydney shows Mrs. Susan MacDonald and Mrs. Caroline Grant residing together at Rear 225 King's Road.<br /><br />An attestation paper filled out by Samuel Summerton on 3 December 1915 indicates that he was then single, an electrician, born 21 December 1893 in Portugal Cove, Newfoundland, and the son of Margaret Daw of Kelley Cove, Newfoundland. He served in the 106th Battalion, the same unit as Seward Grant. Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission indicate that S. Summerton, then of D Company, 26th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment), was killed on 25 September 1918, and is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France.<br /><br />On 15 May 2003, the following obituary appeared in the Cape Breton Post:<br /><br />Leah Evelyn Carson, 95, a resident of Harbourstone Enhanced Care (formerly, Atlantic Street, Sydney) passed away at Harbourstone on Tuesday, May 13, 2003. Born in Sydney, she was a daughter of the late Seward and Caroline (Andrews) Grant. Leah was a member of St. George's Anglican Church, the Women's Guild and the CWL. Surviving is her son, Joseph, Sydney. She was predeceased by her husband, William, sisters, Emily, Tilly, Jenney, Susanne and Ella and a brother in infancy. A funeral service will be held at St. George's Church, Friday, 2 p.m. with Rev. Jack Wainwright officiating. Interment in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens.<br /><br />Leah Carson's only son Joseph is reportedly unmarried.<br /><br />Information available does not allow the given names in Leah's obituary to be matched up with the surnames of husbands in the earlier obituaries, except for those of Ella Jackson. However, the following tentative identifications of the remaining four sisters have been made from the US Social Security Death Index.<br /><br />Matilda C. Nutile, born 17 September 1903, died 3 January 1997 in Vernon Rockville, Tolland County, CT. Her last benefit was paid in North Haven, CT. Albert C. Nutile, born 26 August 1904, died 17 February 1989; neither his last residence nor site of last benefit are specified. However, his certificate was issued in Connecticut.<br /><br />Howard Underwood, born 25 March 1906, died in November 1979 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Emily G. Underwood, born 20 August 1905, died 12 November 1994 in Richmond, Virginia. However, her Social Security certificate was issued in Maryland.<br /><br />Janet Paige, born 16 July 1909, died in August 1975 in West Haven, CT. James Paige, born 15 May 1909, died in June 1977, also in West Haven.<br /><br />Ella A. Jackson, born 20 November 1909, died in November 1994 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Her husband remains unidentified. Clearly, if both this and the preceding identification are correct, there is some error in birthdates, since these two were born too close together to have the same mother.)<br /><br /><br />Further to Descendants of Adam Lloyd Bayley and Henrietta Grant:<br /><br />Recall from Part IV that Adam Lloyd Bayley, physician, native of Jamaica, married Henrietta Grant, daughter of Charles Grant and Eliza Jane Ball on 5 April 1876.<br /><br />The 1881 census in North Sydney shows Adam L. Bayley, physician, 31, born Jamaica, living with Henrietta, 27, born NS, and Ivan A., 4, born NS.<br /><br />Records of Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney, show the baptism of a Royes Bayley, child of Adam Lloyd and Henrietta Victoria Maud Bayley on 29 June 1879, and the death of the same child, reportedly at the age of 6 months, on 22 October 1879.<br /><br />Unless otherwise noted, the following are derived from records of St. John's Anglican Church, North Sydney.<br /><br />Their son Ivan married Blanche Hacquail on 3 February 1903, and their daughter Jenny May married John Matheson on 28 September 1910.<br /><br />Alice Isabel Bayley, presumably their infant daughter, died at the age of 9 months on 15 June 1884. A. L. Bayley died at age 64 on 25 January 1913, and Henrietta Bayley died at age 66 on 7 July 1918.<br /><br />Records of Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney, show the baptism of Lloyd Bernier Bayley, son of Ivan Aikley Lloyd and Blanche Bayley on 17 February 1904.<br /><br />Claude Eric Bayley, son of Ivan and Blanche, was born 22 January 1915. Eric Claude Bayley married Dorothy Nema Rector on 4 October 1937. Roger Arkley Bayley, son of Eric and Dorothy, was born 21 April 1938.<br /><br />John Douglas Bayley Matherson (sic), son of John and May, was born 12 October 1914.<br /><br />Blanche Bailey died 6 October 1932, and Ivan Bayley died at age 58 on 16 March 1935.<br /><br />An obituary from the Sydney Post-Record indicates that Mary (May) Matheson died at age 62 on 13 September 1943. She was survived by one son, Douglas, and two nephews, Eric of North Sydney and Lloyd of New York.<br /><br />(There is also record of a Philip Bayley who died at age 70 on 15 August 1950. It is not known whether or not he had a connection with this family.)<br /><br />The same church records, confirmed by an obituary from the Cape Breton Post of the following day, indicate that John Douglas Bayley Matheson died at age 75 on 20 June 1990. His wife, Freda MacLean, daughter of Murdock MacLean and Jennie Haggett, died at the age of 81 on 15 April 1997, according to an obituary in the Chronicle-Herald. There was no indication of any siblings in the former obituary, and no indication of any children in either. It is therefore presumed that the line descending from Jennie May Bayley has died out.<br /><br /><br />Descendants of John Edmund Lewis and Caroline Grant<br /><br />As noted in Part IV, Caroline Elizabeth Grant was the daughter of John H. Grant and Margaret Ann Moore, born in 1844. She married John Edmund Lewis, son of Frederick and Eleanor Lewis (nee Pitts), about 1870. The marriage is recorded in Cape Breton County records as if in the late 1860's, but no details of date, place or parents is given. On p. 54, Part 2 of the 1871 census of Ball's Creek, John Edmund Lewis, 26, C/E, carpenter and farmer, and Caroline E. Lewis, 26, C/E, Scotch, and Ida G. Lewis, 1, are residing with Frederick Lewis, 65, Baptist, carpenter and farmer, Elenor, 62, Florence, 20, and Catherine, 18. [Marriage records of St. George's church show a wedding of Frederick Lewis and Eleanor Mary Ann Pitts on 27 June 1827.]<br /><br />The couple was resident in North Sydney in 1881, accompanied by children Ida, 11, Ward, 9, Ella, 7, Elmer, 5 and Fredrick, 2. In 1891, John E. Lewis is described as a house builder, and the children were given as Ida G., 20; Herbert Ward, 19, clerk in grocery store; Ella, 17; Elmer Ellsworth, 15; and Fred A., 13.<br /><br />A headstone transcription from Lakeside Cemetery shows that Caroline E., wife of John E. Lewis, died on 31 May 1898, at the age of 54.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County show that, on 24 October 1900, in a Baptist ceremony at North Sydney, John E. Lewis, 55, contractor, born Point Edward, widower, married Annie E. Rice, 50, spinster, daughter of Robert and Sarah. Witnesses were B. A. Musgrave and J. N. Armstrong.<br /><br />The 1901 census of North Sydney, at p. 7 of Part 1, lists John E. Lewis,born 15 October 1834 (sic), Welsh, contractor; Annie, born 15 May 1845; Ida, born 28 January 1870; Ella, born 24 May 1874; Elmer, born 8 November 1876, telegraph operator; and Frederick, born 17 April 1880, clerk groc. (?) store.<br /><br />By chance, two references in the records of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church were found which refer to Ward Lewis. On 13 January 1900, Ward Lewis was baptised at the age of 28, with F. McRae serving as sponsor. On 14 January 1900, Ward Lewis and Matilda Lakey (corrected to "Lahey", possibly incorrectly), both of North Sydney, were married at that church. Witnesses were Frank and Johanna Stephenson. It would appear the couple had eloped.<br /><br />The 1901 census for North Sydney shows, at p. 7, a family consisting of Ward Lewis, b. 18 March 1871; Matilda, b. 13 October 1870; and Vivian G., b. 15 November 1900. The 1911 census shows, also at p. 7 for North Sydney, a family consisting of Ward Lewis, b. March 1872; Matilda, b. October 1870; Vivian, b. Nov. 1900; Ida, b. May 1902; Herbert, b. June 1904; and Frederick, b. Dec. 1907.<br /><br />The 1903-4 directory for North Sydney shows John, contractor and builder, living on Park St.; Ward, carpenter, on Victoria St.; Ellmer, emp. Silicate Brick, boarding on Summer St.; Ella, saleslady Vooght Bros., boarding on Beech St.; and Fred, clerk, living on Regent St. By 1905, Mrs. John Lewis was a widow boarding on Caledonia St., and Ward was a carpenter on Victoria St. Ward Lewis appears in all directories from then until 1928 as a carpenter or contractor on that street, except that by 1948 he had moved to the north side of Queen St. The name of his wife is given as Matilda in the 1928 directory. There are also two Elmer Lewises living in North Sydney in 1948. Otherwise, there is no reference to the other children. The site of burial for John Lewis also remains unknown.<br /><br />The US census of 1920 showed Ida G. Lewis, 45, single, born Canada, Acting Pastor, residing in Meredith, Belknap Co., New Hampshire, as a boarder in the household of Frank A. Straun (?), 75, farmer; his wife Stella, 56, b. Canada, immigrated 1875, nationalized 1882; and Frank A. Straun, 9, grandson.<br /><br />An obituary in the Sydney Post of 17 January 1945 indicates that Ida Gertrude Lewis, 75, native of North Sydney, had died in Northampton MA as the result of a fall. She had been a missionary with the Baptist church, and had lived in New England for 40 years. She was survived by brothers Elmer, a railway station agent in North Windham, CT, and Ward in North Sydney. There are also two nephews mentioned, one, whose name is short but indecipherable, in Toronto and another, F. A. Lewis, in Shelburne. Both were evidently employed by the CNR.<br /><br />Information received from John Touchings and Wayne MacVicar led to an obituary in the Post-Record of 30 May 1955. The obituary indicates that Ward Lewis died at the age of 83 on 28 May 1955 at North Sydney. He is buried in Lakeside Cemetery. He was predeceased by his wife, two daughters, a brother and several sisters. He was survived by his brother Elmer E. Lewis of North Windham, CT, and sons Herbert C. Lewis of Toronto and F. A. (Fred) Lewis of Halifax, as well as two grandchildren, Lorna and Linda of Toronto. Ward Lewis was well known as a local historian.<br /><br />An obituary from the Post-Record of 19 January 1954 indicates that his wife, the former Matilda Lakey, was born in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1867 and died 17 January 1954, also at North Sydney at the age of 86. She was known in the community as a pianist and singer, and as "an enthusiastic member of the Liberal Party". The names of surviving sons are as above; it is indicated that Herbert worked with Canadian National Telegraphs, and Fred was the former supervisor of schools at Woodside, NS. The granddaughters are referred to as Noma Vivian and Linda Rose Lewis. She is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery. [It is stated in the obituary that her father was born in London, England, while her mother was a native of St. John's. However, the 1881 census for North Sydney shows Matilda Lakey with no siblings, and both parents born in Newfoundland.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Sydney Post of 7 August 1934 indicates that Vivian Gertrude Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Lewis, and died on 6 August 1934 at North Sydney at the age of 33, after a long illness. She was unmarried, and survived by brothers Herbert and Fred L. Lewis, the latter of Montreal. The obituary states she is buried in Lakeview Cemetery.<br /><br />No reference to an Elmer Lewis with birthdate in 1876 has been found in the US Social Security Death Index. Research into other members of this family is ongoing.<br /><br />Parentage of Alfred Grant and some notes on his descendants<br /><br />In Section 4, it was noted that there is conflicting information as to the parentage of Alfred Grant, whose year of birth is consistently stated as 1852. Elva Jackson attributes his parentage to Charles Bartholomew and Sarah Grant, with whom he resided in Ball's Creek in 1871. However, that census did not state relationship to the head of the household, and Alfred named his own parents as "Alexander and Ann" at the time of his marriage. This would suggest that he believed his mother to have been Ann Musgrave, and that he was a much younger brother of the Alexander Grant who married Mary Ann (Marianne or Marion) Jane MacLeod in 1854 and later migrated to Springfield, Massachusetts. This seems unlikely, since Alexander Grant (the elder) and Ann Musgrave were married in 1820, and so the latter would have been in her late 40's or early 50's by 1852. It would seem more plausible that he was instead the son of Alexander Grant (the younger), although the latter's wife was not known simply as "Ann" in any other record, and their marriage was not solemnized until 14 February 1854. It cannot be ruled out that Alfred, rather than Edward Grant (later a Baptist minister), was the natural child of Alexander Grant (the younger) and the young woman whom he was convicted of assaulting in 1850.<br /><br />Available records show the following concerning Alfred Grant. In the 1871 census, he is living with Charles Grant (60), Sarah Grant (40), Sarah Grant (79) at Ball's Creek (p. 34). His age is given as 19. On 30 November 1875, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Cow Bay, Alfred Grant, 24, farmer, of Ball's Creek (son of Alexander and Ann), married Christy Ann McKay, 23, of Whycocomagh (daughter of Malcolm and Maggie), witnessed by William Grant and Udvilla Boutilier [presumably the son and daughter of Peter Grant and Mary Ann Doleman]. In the 1881 census of Ball's Creek (p. 31), Alfred Grant, 28, farmer, is residing with Christy, 28; Mary Bell, 2; and Maggie, 11 months (born May 1880). Also in the household is Sarah Grant, 63; the age is inconsistent with both the women of that name shown in the 1871 census. In the 1891 census, Alfred Grant, 38, is a labourer residing at Leitches Creek (p. 16); also in the household are Christine, 38; May Belle, 12; Margaret, 10; Edward, 8; and Sarah J., 5, as well as Sarah Grant, 73, born NS, parents born Scotland, and identified as the mother of the head of the household. In the 1901 census, Alfred Grant, born 16 April 1852, is a miner, resident at Old Bridgeport (p. 1); also in the household are Christy, born 20 August 1853; Edward, born 2 July 1882; Sarah, born 2 April 1884; and Clifford, born 13 March 1893. The 1905 directory for Cape Breton mentions an Alfred Grant, labourer, resident at 207 Townsend St., Sydney. The 1907 directory does not mention Alfred Grant, but he is listed in 1914 as a miner resident on Mitchell Avenue, Dominion, as is his son Clifford. In 1928, there is a May Grant resident on Mitchell Avenue.<br /><br />Baptism records of Epworth Methodist (now United) Church, Glace Bay, show the baptism of Clifford Murray Grant, Dominion No. 1, on 2 November 1901. No parents are named.<br /><br />Marriage records for Cape Breton County show that, on 21 May 1904, in a Presbyterian ceremony at North Sydney, Edward John Grant, 22, labourer, born Ball's Creek, son of Albert and Christina, married Maggie Jackson, 18, born Ingonish, daughter of James and Sarah. Baptism records of St. Matthew Wesley Methodist (now United) Church show that Sarah May Grant, daughter of Edward J. and Maggie Grant, was born 22 July 1904 and baptised 14 August 1905. Records of the former Rudderham Funeral Home in North Sydney indicate that Edward Grant, 25, died on 7 July 1907, and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery. There is no information on his parentage nor on the party responsible for the arrangements in the funeral home records, no obituary for him in the Sydney Post nor Halifax Herald, and no evidence of a marker for him in Lakeside Cemetery.<br /><br />Information from the volume "Sparling, Musgrave and other related Loyalist Families of Cape Breton Island", privately published by Lark Blackburn Szick, indicates (without citing the source of the information) that Margaret Jackson subsequently married Harry Jones. Her children by the first marriage were Frederick V. Grant, who was adopted by James William and Harriet Ramsey Meade of North Sydney, and Sarah. She also bore two children by the second marriage. Frederick Meade appears in the 1911 census with his adoptive parents, and married Vernette Emberson Glover of Gravenhurst ON (who was actually resident in Toronto as of 1911); their only child was Evelyn Leita Meade. The latter married Henry C. Kranz, and their children are Suzanne Catherine, Katherine Elaine and Leita Margaret Meade Kranz. Sarah Grant married Joe Usifer (spelled "Usifier" in Lark Szick's book), and Lawrence Usifer was their only child. Her husband was better known as Paul Lavalle, a prominent bandleader and composer from the 1930's through the 1960's. Their marriage ended with divorce in 1946, and her husband then remarried.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 4 September 1972 indicates that Margaret Jackson Grant Jones died on 1 September in Alderwood Guest Home in Baddeck at the age of 86, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Baddeck. She was survived by two sons, Fred Meade of Ingonish and Fred Jones of Lower Sackville, and a daughter, Sarah Usifer of Brockton MA. A daughter and several siblings predeceased. [No record of her marriage to Harry Jones has yet been found, nor of the death of her daughter Katherine, whose dates are given by Lark Szick as 1912 - 1916. However, city directories indicate that Maggie Grant, tailoress, widow of E. Grant, roomed at 100 1/2 Commercial St., North Sydney, as of 1908, and that Mrs. Margaret Jones and Fred Jones resided at 971 Victoria Rd., Whitney Pier, as of 1928. Furthermore, on-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that James Henry Jones, born Ottawa, died in Sydney on 19 February 1923, and that Frederick Jackson Jones {parents James Henry Jones and Margaret Jackson} married Elizabeth Anne Jones {a native of Athens NY, and apparently unrelated}on 22 August 1932, also in Sydney. The Chronicle - Herald's obituary records Margaret's name as "Mrs. Harvey Jones". An obituary from the Chronicle - Herald indicates that Frederick Jackson (Ted) Jones, born in North Sydney on 8 April 1909, died in Windsor NS on 1 April 1997. He was predeceased by his wife, Stella Ross Hennigar. No children were listed as surviving. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Windsor.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 2 November 1982 indicates that Frederick Vincent Meade, 77, of 6 Union St., Sydney, had died the previous day in Sydney City Hospital. The obituary indicates that he was born in North Sydney, and mentions only his adoptive parents, James and Harriet Meade. Surviving were his wife, the former Melvina Hart; one daughter, Evelyn (Mrs. Henry Kranz of Brampton ON); a stepson, Robert Dicks of Pictou; one sister, Sally Usifer of Westmount; and eight grandchildren. Burial was in Forest Haven.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 29 August 1984 indicates that Mrs. Melvina Rex Meade, 76, of New Glasgow and formerly of Sydney had died the previous day in New Glasgow. She was a native of Newfoundland, daughter of Mesheck and Fannie Hart. She was predeceased by three husbands, including Frederick V. Meade. Among the survivors was a stepdaughter, Evelyn (Mrs. Henry Cranz, Brampton ON). Burial was in Forest Haven.<br /><br />The Social Security Death Index indicates that Sarah M. Usifer, born 22 July 1904, died in January 1992; her certificate was issued in Massachusetts, but the location of her last benefit was not specified. However, an obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 22 January 1992 indicates that Sarah Mae (Sally) Usifer died on 18 January in Sydney City Hospital. Her age was given as 87. Her parents are named as Margaret Jones and Edward Grant. She had been active in several organizations in the US before returning to Canada. She was survived by a son, Larry, of Sydney, and a brother, Ted Jones, of Noel NS, as well as six grandchildren and one great-grandson. She was predeceased by a brother, Fred Meade, and a sister, Catherine. [In fact, Catherine and Ted were half - siblings, children of Margaret Jackson's second marriage.]<br /><br />The same database shows that Lawrence Usifer, born 5 October 1941, died 11 December 2002; in this case, as well, the certificate was issued in Massachusetts but location of last benefit was not specified. However, an obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 13 December 2002 indicates that Lawrence Henry Usifer, 61, of Sydney passed away peacefully Dec. 11, 2002, at the New Halifax Infirmary. Larry was the son of the late Paul Lavalle (stage name for Joseph Usifer, 1908 - 1997) and the late Sarah (Grant) Usifer. He is survived by his children, Steve Lawrence (Karen), Timberlea, Sue Usifer (Joe Beck), Terence Bay, Sharon Tobin (Mike), Blackett's Lake, Dave Usifer (Jeannine Duchesne), Eastern Passage, Debbie Grant (Terry), Ingonish (later Howie Centre), Danny Usifer (Nicole Buchannan-Usifer), Dingwall; Larry was also survived by the mother of his children, Sandra Usifer, Ingonish, as well as 11 grandchildren. Larry was actively involved in the volunteer work of various charities in his community. He had a fond appreciation for all varieties of music. Like his father, Larry was a gifted, multi-talented musician. Cremation had taken place, and his ashes were later scattered from Cape Smokey. (More precisely, his wife was Sandra Marie Jackson, a granddaughter of Margaret's brother James Ward Jackson.)<br /><br />Marriage records for Cape Breton County indicate that May Belle Grant, daughter of Alfred and Christina Grant, was married twice. Both were Presbyterian ceremonies at North Sydney. The first took place on 6 January 1898 to Henry Lewis, 23, blacksmith, of North Sydney, son of William and Flora; Mabel was resident at Bridgeport, and witnesses were Horace Kindress, M. D., and A. D. MacKenzie. The second was on 17 April 1902 to William Thomas Burt, 26, labourer, born Twillingate, Newfoundland, son of Silas and Harriet. Witnesses were A. S. Dunham and Margaret McKinnon. The bride is identified as Mabel (Grant) Lewis, a widow. Records of the Rudderham Funeral Home show that Henry Lewis, 23, died on 23 December 1899, of drowning at the Pier in North Sydney. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery, and arrangements made by Norman Lewis. The Sydney Daily Record of 29 December 1899 confirms the nature of the death, and indicates that he was married with one son.<br /><br />The 1901 census of North Sydney includes a household, number 79, headed by Flora Lewis, widow, and including Mabel Lewis, daughter-in-law, born 10 May 1878; Laura Lewis, granddaughter, born 27 March 1898; and Henrietta Lewis, granddaughter, born 31 January 1900. (Evidently, the newspaper report erred in the gender of the child already born at the time of Henry Lewis' death, and there was a posthumous child about a month later.) In the 1911 census, Laura Lewis, born March 1898, was living with Hugh and Flora Stewart, Sydney Mines, and identified as a granddaughter. (The widowed Flora Lewis had married Hugh Stewart in 1903.) Henrietta, now with surname Burt, was living with her mother and stepfather in Sydney, with half-siblings Edward, born Nov. 1902; Henry A., born November 1904; Winnie, born Jan. 1907; Alfrieda, born August 1908; and Edna, born September 1910.<br /><br />Death records available on-line at the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that Alfred Grant died 28 May 1918 in Dominion of endocarditis, aged 78. He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Ocean Avenue. (His age at death is highly discrepant with earlier records, which suggested he was 66 at the time of his death.) The same records show that Christine Grant, widow, age 70, born Grand Mira, died of pneumonia at Bay St., Whitney Pier, on 21 February 1919. She was an adherant of the Salvation Army, and was buried in Eastmount Cemetery.<br /><br />On-line records of the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that Sarah J. Grant, 31, daughter of Alfred Grant, died of pneumonia on 15 December 1918 at the Cape Breton Hospital, Sydney River. Burial was in the hospital's own cemetery the following day, which implies that her body was not claimed by the family. That cemetery contains no individual grave markers.<br /><br />Marriage records available on-line at the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that,on 17 May 1923, Cyril Knight, 33, trader, 3 Lingan Road, born Barbados, son of James Gold (?) and Morgan Night, married Laura Marian Lewis, nurse, 25, res 32 Franklin St., Sydney, daughter of Harry Lewis and May Grant. The ceremony was conducted at the Knight residence and witnessed by Sarah Knight and Norman Crawford.<br /><br />Marriage records available on-line at the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that, on 10 April 1924, Samuel Fiander, 24, steelworker, born Fortune Ban NF (son of Robert and Jane), married Edith Winnifred Burt, 19, daughter of William Burt and May Grant. Witnesses were J. A. McDonald and Mrs. Mary McDonald.<br /><br />Marriage records available on-line at the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that, on 29 September 1927, Wesley Severn Drodge, 25, steelworker, Salvationist, born NF, of 120 Central St., Whitney Pier (son of William and Ushella (?)), married Henrietta Lewis, 27, Salvatinist, 68 Fisher St., daughter of Harry (born Boularderie) and Mabel Grant. Witnesses were Leonard Mansfield of New Waterford and Hazel Grace Spears, also of 68 Fisher St. The ceremony was conducted by J. G. Oliver, staff officer with the Salvation Army.<br /><br />Death records available on-line at the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that, on 28 June 1927, Shirley Knight, born 28 January 1927, infant daughter of Cyril Knight and Laura Lewis, died of pneumonia. Burial was in Eastmount Cemetery.<br /><br />Death records available on-line at the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that, on 11 May 1929, Laura May Knight, wife of Cyril Knight, died in Sydney and was buried in Hardwood Hill. Her parents were not named on the death certificate.<br /><br />Marriage records available on-line at the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that, on 26 July 1927, in a Church of England ceremony conducted at 134 Henry St., Whitney Pier, Clifford Grant, 30, res 25 Curry Lane, son of Alfred Grant (b. Ball's Creek) and Christie McKay, married Annie Hart, 30, widow, of the same address, daughter of Michael Gardiner of Reserve Mines and Helen Smart. [The same records show that Sarah Ann Gardiner, 20 married Charles Hart, 27, of Dominion on 21 October 1914. Charles Hart died on 2 May 1925 of pulmonary tuberculosis.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Sydney Post of 7 July 1945 indicates that May Belle Burt died the previous day at the age of 68. She had resided in Sydney for 40 years. Her husband, William Burt, had been killed in an accident at the Steel Plant in 1934. She was survived by daughters Mrs. Wesley Drodge, Mrs. Sam Fiander, Mrs. Fred Hoban and Mrs. Bernard Lee, all of Sydney, and four sons, Edward (641 Victoria Road, with whom she resided), Harry, Herbert and Gordon, also all of Sydney. Burial was in Eastmount Cemetery. [Note that no siblings are named as surviving.]<br /><br />A headstone has been located at the back of Eastmount Cemetery off East Broadway in Whitney Pier, indicating that William T. Burt was born in 1876 and died in 1934, and his wife May Burt was born in 1878 and died in 1945. Freda Burt (1908 - 1924) and Lillian Burt (1916 - 1932) are also buried in the plot. In addition, on-line death records from the Nova Scotia Archives indicate the Myra Lillian Burt, born 10 September 1916, died on 12 December 1932 of consumption, and confirm that she was also a daughter of William T. Burt and Mable Grant.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 29 November 1948 (p. 3) indicates that Henrietta Drodge, 49, had died after a brief illness. She was survived by her husband Welsley, and sons Reginald, Gordon and Howard, all at home. Three sisters and four brothers also survived, namely, Mrs. Sam Fiander, Mrs. Fred Hoban, Mrs. Bernie Ley, and Harry, Edward, Herbert and Gordon Burt, all of Sydney. She was a resident of Fisher St. in Whitney Pier, and an adherant of the Salvation Army. Interment was in Eastmount Cemetery. The death certificate, available on-line, confirms that she was the daughter of Harry Lewis and Maye Grant, and indicates that cause of death was unknown.<br /><br />Death records available on-line at the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that Clifford Grant, aged about 48, of 185 Laurier St., Whitney Pier, widower, died on 21 April 1952 by his own hand. (Census records from 1911 indicate that he was born in 1893, and so his true age would have been about 59 at the time of his death.) Annie Grant, born 17 April 1894, died 2 November 1941 of coronary thrombosis. She was the daughter of Luke Gardiner. Both were buried in Hardwood Hill.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of Monday, 19 January 1959 indicated that Harry A. Burt, 54, had died suddenly on 17 January at Sydney City Hospital. He had been employed at the steel plant for over 40 years. He was an adherent of Trinity United Church, and resided at 1003 Victoria Road. He was survived by his widow; sons Howard, Edgar, Harry Jr., and William, all of Sydney, and daughter Florence (Mrs. John Austery [apparent misprint for Anstey]) also of Sydney. Three brothers, Edward, Herbert and Gordon, all of Sydney, and three sisters, Mrs. Samuel Fiander, Mrs. Fred Hoban, and Mrs. Bernie Ley, all of Sydney. Interment was in Forest Haven.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of Monday, 11 November 1968 indicated that Mrs. Laura Burt, 61, a native of Newfoundland, had died on 9 November. Her husband, Harry, had died nine years before. Surviving were a daughter, Mrs. John Anstey, of Sydney River; and sons Howard and Harry, both of Sydney, and Edgar and William, both of Toronto. Burial was in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens, near Sydney.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of Monday, 1 March 1971, indicates that Samuel Fiander, 74, had died on 27 February. He was survived by his wife, a son Herbert of Sydney, and a daughter Florence, Mrs. Hugh Bailley, of Rexdale, Ontario, as well as two sisters and a brother. Burial was in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 17 September 1986 indicated that E. Winifred Fiander, 79, of 113 Bay St., Sydney, had died the previous day in Sydney City Hospital. She was the daughter of the late William and May (Grant) Burt. She was survived by one son, Herbert, at home, and a daughter Florence (Mrs. H. Bailey) of Allison ON, as well as two sisters, Mrs. Edna Hoban and Mrs. Marion Ley, both of Sydney, and three brothers, Edward and Gordon of Sydney and Herbert of George's River, as well as four grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Samuel, four sisters (Dolly, Freda, Lillian and Laura), and one brother, Harry. Interment was in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens. (Her niece, Florence Anstey, also provides the information that her date of birth was 14 January 1907.)<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of Friday, 14 July 1989, indicates that Gordon Richard Burt, 71, died on 10 July in Newmarket, Ontario. He had retired from the Steel Plant in 1982. He was survived by a daughter Joyce (Mrs. Ron Howes) of Nairn, Ontario, two brothers, Edward of Sydney and Herbert of Georges River, and two sisters, Edna Hoban and Marion Ley, both of Sydney, as well as three grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Jean Crowley, a son Terry, four sisters, Dolly, Freda, Lillian and Winifred, and a brother Harry. Burial was in Forest Haven.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of Friday, 7 December 1990 indicated that Edward Burt, 88, formerly of Kitchener Street, Sydney, died the preceding day in Breton Bay Nursing Home. He was a retired steelworker, and a member of the Salvation Army Church, Whitney Pier. He was survived by his wife, the former Grace C. Smith; a son Edward of Brampton, Ontario; sisters Edna Hoban and Marian Ley of Sydney; a brother Herbert, Georges River, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son Gordon; four sisters, Freda, Lillian, Dolly and Winnifred, and two brothers, Harry and Gordon. Burial was in Forest Haven.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of Saturday, 16 March 1991 indicates that Harry Thomas Burt, 55, Lingan Road, had died on 14 March in Sydney City Hospital. Born in Sydney, he was the son of the late Harry and Laura (LeRiche) Burt. A member of Holy Redeemer Parish, he worked for the City of Sydney for 24 years. He was survived by his wife, the former Margaret French; daughters Sherry (Mrs. Philip Nearing) of Dartmouth and Wendy (Mrs. Douglas Burke) of Sydney; sons Scott, Tracey, Brent and Trevot, all of Sydney; sister Florence (Mrs. John Anstey), Sydney River; brothers Howard of Sydney, and Edgar and William, both of Toronto, as well as four Grandchildren. Burial was in Resurrection Cemetery, Sydney Forks.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of Wednesday, 17 May 1995 indicates that Edna Gertrude Hoban, 84, of 21 Tower Heights, Sydney, had died the previous day in the Regional Hospital. She was a member of the Salvation Army Sydney Citadel. Surviving were sons Ernie of Sydney, and Douglas of Moncton; daughter Jean (Mrs. James Quinlan) of Sydney; brother Herb, Groves Point; sister Mrs. Marion Ley of Sydney River; 10 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick Normal; brothers Ed, Gordon and Harry; sisters Winnifred, Lillian, Dolly, Laura and Freda. Burial was in Forest Haven. [Note that "Laura " probably refers to a sister-in-law rather than a sister.]<br /><br />Obituaries from the Chronicle-Herald of Wednesday, 30 April and Friday, 31 October 1997 indicate that Elizabeth J. Burt, wife of Herbert Burt and daughter of the late William and Annie (Young) Almon died on 28 April, and that Herbert himself passed away on 29 October. Herbert was survived by sister Marion Ley of Howie Centre, a caregiver and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, son Boyd Anderson, brothers Edward, Harry and Gordon, and sisters Henrietta Drodge, Winnifred Fiander, Edna Hoban, Lillian and Freda Burt. Burial was in Forest Haven in both cases.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 8 December 1998 indicated that Edgar Alfred Burt, 67, of Windsor ON had died on 6 December. He was the son of the late Harry and Laura Burt. His wife Clara Bates predeceased him in 1986, and by a brother, Harry Burt. He was survived by siblings Howard Burt and florence Anesty of Nova Scotia, and William Burt of Toronto. Interment was to be in Toronto, following cremation.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 20 January 2001 indicates that Howard Douglas Burt, 74, had died on 18 January. He was a son of the late Harry and Laura (Leriche) Burt. He was survived by his wife Rita, son Howard (wife Donna) of Sydney; granddaughters Amanda and Melissa; sister Florence (Mrs. John Anstey), a special niece, Judy MacLean (wife of Donald), and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. He was predeceased by brothers Edgar and Harry. He once played with the Sydney and Whitney Pier Baseball Club, and worked at Sydney Steel, Pyro Minerals, Kaiser Strontium and MacIntyre Chev - Olds, as well as a driver examiner for the Registry of Motor Vehicles. Burial was in Forest Haven.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 11 December 2006 indicates that Eva "Marion" Ley of Howie Centre had died on 9 December at the age of 86. She was the daughter of William Burt and Mae Grant, was predeceased by her husband Bernie in 1974, and was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She was survived by daughters Evelyn Oakley of New Victoria, Myrna (Pat) Delaney of Sydney, Diane MacInnis of Howie Centre, Debbie (Dave) Mullins and Florence (Frank) Sampson, both of Howie Centre; by sons Gordie (Dorothy) of Ottawa, Billy (Alice) of Alora, ON, Brian (Tonya) of Oshawa and Donnie of Howie Centre; by 23 grancdhildren, 34 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.<br /><br /><br />Further Information on members of the Burchell family<br /><br />The 1901 census of Sydney Mines shows a family consisting of Roderick Ferguson, b. 28 June 1873; Bessie H. Ferguson, b. 1 May 1878; and Mabel Ferguson, b. 17 September 1900. This family resided on the same street as William and George Burchell, and Malcolm Stewart, in Sydney Mines. This appears to be Bessie Howard Burchell (see obit for Hedley Burchell below), although no marriage record for the couple can be found. The genealogy of the Burchell family constructed by Mike Burchell indicates this couple had two more children: William, b. 1 May 1904, and Earl. Mabel married an Ahearn, but details are private. (A Roderick Fergusen (sic) appears in the 1881 census for North Gut, Victoria County. He was 8, and the son of Angus and Christina Fergusen. The "Automated Genealogy" database shows no Fergusons living in Victoria County in 1901.)<br /><br />An obit / news story from the Sydney Post of 21 December 1903, indicates that Roderick Ferguson, 30, was killed by a fall of stone while driving a horse at Sydney No. 1 mine (later Princess). His wife is identified as the former Bessie Burchell, and the story indicates they had two children (not named).<br /><br />In the 1901 census, Mabel Ferguson's birthdate is given as 17 September 1900. In the Social Security Death Index, a Mabel Ahearn appears with that birthdate who died in Quincy MA in March 1966.<br /><br />An obituary in the Post-Record of 18 April 1933 indicates that Mrs. Cecil Bragg, daughter of Alex Burchell of Sydney Mines, had died the previous day. She was 25, and was survived by her husband and five young children (unnamed), her father, brothers Harris in Montreal and Wesley in Sydney Mines, and one sister Anna Belle MacKenzie, also in Sydney Mines.<br /><br />An obituary in the Post-Record of 29 May 1933 indicates that Mrs. Charles Burchell, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles MacDonald of Sydney Mines, had died the previous evening after a brief illness. Neither her age nor first name is given. She was survived by sons Harry of Detroit and Leslie at home, and granddaughter Lois, also at home. (See "The Burchell Connection", Part 8.)<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that Emma Burchell died on 9 May 1935 at age 73 of cardiovascular and renal disease. Informant was her husband, Headley Burchell. Undertaker was McRae, and burial was in Brookside Cemetery.<br /><br />An obituary in the Post-Record of 15 May 1939 indicates that Hedley Burchell died on 13 May of a heart attack at the age of 79. He was survived by daughters Mrs. T. Hastings of Boston, Mrs. Alonzo Malloy of Toronto, and Mrs. William Collier of Sydney Mines; sons Alexander and Blowers, Sydney Mines, and Robert, California; brother Charles; sisters Mrs. Susan Stewart and Mrs. Bessie Ferguson, all of Sydney Mines. His wife had predeceased him four years before.<br /><br />An obituary in the Post-Record of 12 August 1944 indicates that William Burchell, 57, died the previous evening. (From Part 8, he was the son of George Burchell and Elizabeth Boyd.) For 16 years, he had been manager of the pasteurization plant of the British Canadian Coop. He was survived by sons Wilfred (vice-principal of New Glasgow High School) and James (pilot with Canadian Pacific Airlines, Portage La Prairie); one sister, Ella (Mrs. D. S. Crosby, Arlington, MA); and two brothers, Murray (Stoneham, MA) and George (Boston). Interment was in Trinity Cemetery. [An obituary on 8 May 1943 indicated that his wife, the former Mary Jane Baxendale, had died on 6 May.]<br /><br />An obituary in the Post-Record of 5 February 1954 indicates that Mrs. Susan Stewart, 80, had died the previous night at the home of her sister, Mrs. Bessie Ferguson, Fraser Ave., Sydney Mines. She was survived by one son, William E. Stewart of Sydney Mines, one sister, with whom she resided, and one nephew, Charles Johnson of Springfield Farm, Bras d'Or. While the obituary does not so state, she was the daughter of William Burchell and Matilda Musgrave. Her death is also recorded in the records of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Sydney Mines, with burial in Brookside Cemetery.<br /><br />A very brief obit in the Chronicle-Herald of 11 December 1964 indicates that Mrs. Bessie Ferguson, 86, formerly of Sydney Mines, had died at the Cove in Sydney the previous day. She had lived there for six years. She was survived by a daughter, Mrs. William Ahearn of New York, and a son William of Sydney Mines. (That period of widowhood, almost 61 years, must be somewhere close to a record.)<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 24 January 2007 indicates that George Cecil Bragg 79, North Sydney/Halifax, N.Sof Halifax, passed away on 18 January at his home in Halifax, N.S. Born in North Sydney, he was a son of the late Cecil M. and Elizabeth (Burchell) Bragg and stepmother, Florence (Herald) Bragg. He had a long career with London Life, retiring in Halifax, and a love for recreational flying. He was survived by companion, Sylvia Mattinson and only son, Marc (Sharon), Enfield, N.S.; sisters, Ethel (Pat) Vienotte, Bridgewater, Margaret Clarke, North Sydney; brothers, Bill (Barbara), Ontario, Wayne (Brenda), Bras d'Or; several nieces and nephews. George was predeceased by brothers, James, Morgan, Russell and sister, Mae Kibyuk. [An extract from his mother's obituary from 1933 appears above.]<br /><br /><br />Further to the McKay Connection:<br /><br />The following family is found in the 1901 census of Bridgeport, at Subdistrict f-4, p. 40: John Boutlier, b. 17 April 1851; Ann, b. 1869; Mary, b. 17 August 1880; Alace, b. 17 May 1892; Thomas, b. 22 July 1898; Charles, b. 9 June 1900; Robert McKay, brother-in-law, b. 1883. Mary and Alace are Roman Catholics, the rest Anglican, so it would appear that John's first wife was Roman Catholic, but that he reconverted to the Anglican church on his second marriage. It would appear that John Boutilier had had two children with his second wife Ann McKay by 1901, contradicting the statement in Part 8. As appears below, this couple had at least one more child.<br /><br />The following families are found in Part 1 of the 1911 census of Dominion:<br /><br />P. 8: Price MacKay, b. March 1878, miner, Anglican; wife Sadie, b. October 1882; Viletnetlda, b. April, 1904; Price, b. Nov. 1904; Lillie Frances, b. Oct. 1905; William G., b. Dec. 1908; George, b. Oct. 1910<br /><br />P. 12: Lawrence MacKay, b. Oct. 1872, miner, Anglican; wife Saralin, b. May 1877; Dory (?) May, b. August 1902; Luis Brand (?), b. May 1903; Annie Florence, b. Jan. 1905; Michael, b. May 1906; Anna Sus(an?), b. Dec. 1908; Sydney (son), b. Feb. 1910.<br /><br />P. 21-2: Charles MacKay, b. August 1878, miner, Anglican; Susan, b. January 1875; Rosey, b. May 1903; Gilbert, b. April 1905; Charet (Charlotte?), b. Sept. 1906.<br /><br />In addition, the following family appears on p. 17 of the census for Ball's Creek:<br /><br />Anna MacKay, b. Feb. 1847, widow; Robert, b. June 1885, farmer; Earl, b. Jan. 1887, farmer; Daisy, b. May 1894; Kate, daughter-in-law, b. January 1890; Willie Boutilier, grandson, b. Oct. 1905; Violet MacKay, granddaughter, b. July 1910; and a boarder. It would appear that Kate was the wife of Earl, although the latter is shown as single on that page, and that Violet is their daughter. It appears Willie Boutilier is the son of Annie McKay and John Thomas Boutilier; the former reportedly died in 1906. This also appears to confirm that Anna's husband William McKay was the person of that name who died in 1909 and was buried in Hardwood Hill Cemetery.<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that, on 19 November 1909, William McKay, 68, farmer, resident of Ball's Creek, married, died at the Hamilton Hospital, of shock resulting from an injury which occurred six weeks before. Undertaker was T. L. Rudderham, with burial in Hardwood Hill. Records of that cemetery show the following two burials:<br />McKay Ann Sydney 7 Jun 1893 74 D 5 5<br />McKay William Balls Creek 19 Nov 1909 68 D 5 5<br />The former would appear to be the mother of William. No record of the death of Ann Grant, wife of William, has yet been found.<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that, on 1 December 1914, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Reserve Mines, Albert Snow, 25, miner, Methodist, son of John Snow and Emma Parnell, married Daisy McKay, 21, Anglican, resident of Dominion, born Leitches Creek, daughter of William McKay and Anna Grant. Witnesses were John Snow and Philomena Clark. Clergyman was D. J. Nicholson.<br /><br />A very brief report in the Sydney Post of 30 October 1917 indicates that Lawrence MacKay of Dominion No. 1 had died of typhoid fever on 27 October.<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that, on 21 November 1921, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Reseerve Mines, Alex Munroe, 21, of Dominion No. 1, son of Alex Munroe (born Middle River) and Jessie McLean, married Rosella MacKay, 20, daughter of Charles (born Leitches Creek) and Susie MacKay. Witnesses were Murdena Munroe and Neil M. MacPherson. Clergyman was Chester A. Ritchie.<br /><br />Marriage records of Church of the Good Shepherd (Dominion) and All Saints Anglican Church (New Waterford), show the marriage of George Henry Boutilier to Anna Florence McKay, 18, both of Sydney Mines, on 18 May 1922. No parents were named in the church records. However, on-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that the groom was the son of John Benjamin Boutilier, born Coxheath, and Annie Margaret Boutilier, and that the bride was the daughter of Lawrence Bernard MacKay, born Ball's Creek, and Sarah Ann Boutilier. Witnesses were Sadie Cuzner and Mrs. Joseph Boutilier (the on-line version shows the second witness as William Boutilier, and that both witnesses were from Sydney Mines). The marriage certificate indicates that the ceremony was actually performed in Sydney Mines.<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that, on 2 August 1927, in a United Church ceremony at Reserve, Seward Sydney McKay, 23, miner, of Dominion No. 1, son of Lawrence McKay and Sarah Ann Boutilier, married Elizabeth McIntyre, 21 of Reserve Mines, daughter of William E. McIntyre (b. Sydney Mines) and Ada Clarke. Witnesses were Bessie Porter of Sydney Mines and Robert Clarke of Reserve Mines. Ceremony was performed by Rev. Chester A Ritchie.<br /><br />The same church records show a marriage of Lily Frances MacKay, 26, to Cecil Ernest Lewis, 29, of Pt. Edward, on 25 September 1928. Parents are not listed. (Cecil, b. 4 December 1898, was apparently the son of Edwin and Mary Lewis, resident with his parents Alfred and Matilda Lewis, in Glace Bay in 1901.) The on-line records show the existence of such a marriage, but the actual certificate is not accessible.<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that Horace McKay, born 1 April 1914, son of Earl McKay and Catherine McDonald, died on 19 March 1924 of tubercular meningitis. Undertaker was Campbell and Wadden, and burial in the Rabbits Town (i.e., Centreville) Cemetery.<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that, on 17 October 1924, in an Anglican ceremony at Sydney Mines, Henry Yates, 18, miner, son of Henry (born Wales) and Elizabeth M. Meech, married Annie McKay, 17, daughter of Laurence (dec.) and Sarah Ann Boutilier. Witnesses were Wm. Jas. Boutilier and Mrs. Sadie Cuzner. Clergyman was Rev. John MacKinlay. [See obituaries below.]<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that, on 24 February 1925, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Dominion, George Louis Reid, 21, son of George Reid (born So. Wales) and Mary Reid, married Dolly McKay, 19, daughter of Charles McKay (born Leitches Creek) and Susan McKay. Witnesses were Chas. MacKay and Dolena Myles, both of Dominion. Clergyman was Rev. D. C. MacLeod. (The bride was evidently the daughter born in September, 1906, referred to as "Charet" in the 1911 census.)<br /><br />Baptismal records of the same combination of churches show the following children baptised on 1 October 1933:<br />Emma Snow, b. 8 April 1933, d/o Albert and Daisy, Dominion<br />Corinne Matilda Reid, b. 7 July 1933, d/o George and Dolly.<br /><br />Records of Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines, show that the following children of George Henry Boutilier and Annie Florence McKay were baptised there:<br />Eleanor May Boutilier b. 5 August 1922, c. 1 October<br />Laurence Benjamin Boutilier, b. 30 July 1923, c. 30 July<br />Henry Eugene Boutilier, b. 16 August 1924, c. 5 October<br />Bernard Archibald Boutilier, b. 7 August 1925, c. 24 February 1926<br />George Arnold Boutilier, b. 27 June 1926, c. 14 November<br />Albert Henry Boutilier, b. 14 November 1927, c. 13 May 1928<br />Lorne Eugene and Shirley Elva Boutilier (twins), b. 4 June 1930, c. 27 July<br />Alda Muriel Boutilier, b. 18 August 1933<br /><br />An obituary from the Post-Record of 6 August 1934 indicates that Samuel McKay, 17, of Sydney Mines had died by drowning that day. He was survived by three brothers and four sisters, who are not named. His mother had remarried and was then Mrs. Robert Boutilier of Main St. [The story goes on to assert that his father, Lawrence McKay, had fallen into a well at Dominion and drowned "several years ago". This contradicts the report in the newspaper at the time.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Post-Record of 6 April 1938 indicates that the unnamed four-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Munroe had died that day. Besides the parents, three sisters and one brother survived. [See the obit for Anna Jeanette Clements below.]<br /><br />Marriage records of the (Anglican) Church of the Good Shepherd, Dominion, show a marriage of William Edward Snow, 22, son of Robert and Daisy, to Sarah Elizabeth Skiffington, 21, daughter of Gideon and Elizabeth, on 27 June 1939. [The name Robert seems to be in error. See obit below for William Edward Snow.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Post-Record of 5 July 1939 indicates that Joseph Wellington Lewis of Ball's Creek had died the previous day. He was survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Murray Boutilier of Wadden's Cove, Cordella and Maude, both at home; and two sons, Clifford, nurse at Sydney City Hospital, and Phillip. [Further information on these descendants can be found in Part 8, in his wife's obituary.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Post-Record of 10 August 1939 indicates that Charles MacKay, 63, of Dominion No. 1 died that morning. He was survived by his wife, two daughters, Rosie (Mrs. Alex Munroe) and Dolly (Mrs. Joseph Reid), both of Dominion, one son Gilbert, two brothers, Earle and Robert MacKay of Dominion, and three sisters, Mrs. Albert Snow, Dominion, Mrs. Joseph Lewis of Ball's Creek, and Etta Blair of Boston.<br /><br />Contradicting the statement that Charles was survived by his wife is an obituary for Mrs. Charles McKay from the same newspaper of 15 October 1935, listing the same children as above. Her father, William Boutilier, had died in a fire at Wadden's Cove the previous year at the age of almost 100. Among the survivors is a sister, Mrs. Robert Boutilier of Sydney Mines, whose first husband was Lawrence MacKay.<br /><br />Marriage records of Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines, show the following marriages:<br /><br />On 22 December 1942, Raymond Earl Fleet, 23, of Halifax (s/o Reuben and Kathleen Fleet of Montreal), married Eleanor Mae Boutilier, 20 d/o George Henry and Anna Florence Boutilier.<br /><br />On 5 November 1949, James Preston Parks, 26, of North Sydney, s/o William and Lorna (?), married Shirley Elva Boutilier, 19, d/o Henry and Anna.<br /><br />On 6 March 1953, Nelson Jenkins, 19, of North Sydney, s/o Mark and Mary, married Alda Muriel Boutilier, 19, d/o Henry and Anna.<br /><br />[However, the last two marriages both apparently ended by divorce. Obituaries from the Chronicle-Herald of 25 August 1984 for Nelson Jenkins, 50, of Toronto and of 12 June 1989 for James Preston Parks, 65, of North Sydney indicate that each was married to a different woman by the time of his death, and that neither was predeceased by a first wife. Children are named in both obituaries, but it is unclear who was the mother of those children in either case.]<br /><br />Baptism records of Trinity Anglican also show that, on 16 May 1943, the following two children were baptised:<br />Richard Garland Boutilier, b. 19 May 1941, s/o Eleanor Mae Boutilier<br />Murray Bernard Fleet, b. 24 February 1943, s/o Raymond Earl Fleet & Eleanor Mae Fleet<br /><br />In addition, those same records show the baptism on 14 May 1942 of twin girls, Joan and June, both 10 May to Alexander McKenzie, soldier, and Dora May McKay.<br /><br />An obituary from the Post-Record of 16 August 1943 indicates that Mrs. Robert Boutilier, whose first husband was Lawrence McKay, died the previous day. She was survived by five daughters (Mrs. Charles Miles of Dominion No. 1, Mrs. Harry Yates of Passchendaele, Mrs. Thomas Anderson of Dominion No. 1, Mrs. Henry Boutilier and Mrs. Garfield Jones of Sydney Mines) and three sons (Murray and Bernard of Sydney Mines, and Pte. Sidney, serving overseas). Two sisters and four brothers also survived. Burial was in Trinity Cemetery, Shore Road. Her second husband, Robert Boutilier, had died on 13 July of the same year, but his obituary yields no additional information.<br /><br />An obituary from the Post-Record of 5 August 1944 indicates that Private William Snow, 27, had been killed in action in France. He was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Albert Snow of Dominion. (His mother was Daisy McKay, daughter of William McKay and Anna Grant.) He was survived by his wife, the former Sarah E. Skiffington of Donkin, and a daughter Phyllis. Besides his parents, he was survived by sisters Alma and Myrtle at home, and Mrs. Donald MacLeod of Glace Bay, and brothers Roy and Lloyd at home, and Freddie, also in the armed forces. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website indicates that his date of death was 14 July, and that he is buried in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, France.<br /><br />A front page story from the Post of 19 December 1944 indicates that Earl MacKay, 56, born in Ball's Creek, previously resident in Dominion, now of Connaught Ave., Glace Bay, was one of three miners killed in an accident in Dominion 1-B Colliery involving a runaway "rake". He was survived by his wife, a son Raymond (then a prisoner of war in Germany), and four daughters: Violet in California, Audrey (with the RCAF in British Columbia), Mrs. Ray Bennett in Ottawa, and Shirley in New Brunswick. [The last named had been married to Hugh Frederick Purdy of St. Stephen the previous year.] On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives give his death as 58, his address as 70 Connaught Ave., and informant as Mrs. Ray Bennett, daughter, of the same address. [Earl MacKay joins Arthur Grant, Arthur Boutilier, William Andrews, Wilfred Andrews, Rod Ferguson and Malcolm Stewart as members of this family tree or spouses of members all killed in mining accidents.]<br /><br />[An obituary from the Halifax Chronicle-Herald of 8 September 1992 indicates that Katie Ann McKay, 100, had died in Toronto. She is buried in Centreville Cemetery beside Earl, above. No further information is contained in the obituary.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Post-Record of 14 August 1946 indicated that George Henry Boutilier, 47, of Sydney Mines had died on 12 August. He was survived by his wife (the former Annie Florence McKay, see above); sons Arnold, Bernard, Albert, Lawrence, Richard and Ronald; daughters Eleanor (Mrs. R. Fleet), Shirley and Olga. He had been in failing health since his period of war service. Butial was in Trinity Cemetery.<br /><br />Marriage records of the (Anglican) Church of the Good Shepherd, Dominion, show the following marriages:<br /><br />Ellsworth Irving Clements, 21, Glace Bay, son of Charles Robert Clements and Lilly Kennedy, to Anna Jeanette Munroe, 21, daughter of Alex Munroe and Rosella McKay on 26 June 1945.<br /><br />Clayton Ivan Reid, 18, son of George Lewis Reid and Charlotte MacKay, to Deborah Littlewood, 18, daughter of Gertrude Littlewood of New Waterford on 29 May 1948.<br /><br />Victor Rupert Rudderham, 23, of Westmount, son of Charles Rudderham and Dorothy Hunt (?), to Betty Alice Lewis, 19, Pt. Edward, daughter of Cecil Lewis and Lily Frances McKay on 7 January 1950.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 5 January 1960 indicates that Mrs. Harry Yates, 47, had died the previous afternoon after a lengthy illness. She had resided in Passchendaele for 35 years. She was survived by her husband, six sons (Ronnie, Reserve St., of the Glace Police; Henry, Black Harbour, NB; David, Peel St.; Garfield, Kentville; Charles and Robert, at home), and seven daughters (Evelyn [Mrs. Pat Saunders, Woodstock, NB], Doreen [Mrs. Leo Favaro, Donkin], Mabel [Mrs. Henry MacDonald, Reserve St.], Thelma [Mrs. Bert Hurley}, and Sandra, Carol Anne and Drucilla, at home). She was also survived by sisters Mrs. Mabel Jones of Sydney Mines, Mrs. Mayme Myles of Dominion, and Florence of Toronto, and by brothers Sidney, Murray and Bernard MacKay, the last of Connaught Avenue. There were 15 grandchildren. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery. [Her headstone gives her year of birth as 1908.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 11 November 1968 indicates that Sidney Seward McKay, 58, of Halifax died the previous day. He was the son of the late Lawrence and Sarah McKay of Dominion. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth; three daughters, Mrs. Beverley Dagenais of Dartmouth, Mrs. Gordon Campbell of Halifax and Mrs. Donald Howe of Dartmouth; two sons, Lawrence of Toronto and Nelson of Glace Bay; three sisters, Mabel Jones of Sydney Mines, Mamie Miles of Dominion and Florence Sickle of Toronto; one brother, Bernard of Toronto; and 16 grandchildren.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 5 March 1980 indicates that Harry Yates, 74, formerly resident in Glace Bay, had died in Scarborough the previous day. He had moved to Ontario on retirement in 1964. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Annie MacKay, of Dominion. The six sons are as listed above, except that all but David reside in Ontario. Surviving daughters were Evelyn (Mrs. Pat Saunders of NB), Doreen (Mrs. Leo Favero of Detroit), Mabel (Mrs. Tom Quigley of Ontario), Thelma (Mrs. Everett McGarrigle of Ontario), Sandra (Mrs. Jim Glover of Ontario), and Carol Ann (Mrs. Joseph Peters of Ontario). He was predeceased by a daughter (apparently Drucilla) in 1968.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 15 May 1982 indicates that William Robert (Bill Jack) Boutilier of Gardiner Mines died on 14 May. He was the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. John Boutilier. He was survived by his wife Marcella; a son Charles, of Gardiner; a brother Charles, of River Ryan; and a sister Millie (Mrs. Fred MacKenzie of New Waterford). He was predeceased by a daughter Charlotte, by two brothers and by seven stepsisters. (His wife Marcella, daughter of William Boutilier and Minnie Snow, died at 90 on 18 March 1995, according to an obit in the Chronicle-Herald of 20 March. The information is the same as above.)<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 24 February 1984 indicates that Charlotte "Dolly" Reid, 78, of Dominion, died the previous day. She was a daughter of Charles and Susan (Boutilier) McKay and a widow of the late George Joe Reid. She was survived by sons Lawrence of Reserve Mines, and Charles, Alvin and Bradley, all of Dominion; daughters Corinne (Mrs. Ephraim Tutty) of Dominion, Arlene (Mrs. Clarence MacKinnon) of Toronto and Murdena (Mrs. John Young) of Germany; 27 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son Clayton; a sister, Rosie Munroe; and a brother Gilbert MacKay. Burial in the Centreville Cemetery.<br /><br />An obituary, apparently from the Coastal Courier, indicates that Mrs. Viola May Brewer, 81, of Sterling Road, Glace Bay, died on 4 July 1985. She was survived by daughters Mary (Mrs. John MacDonald of Toronto), Vangeline (Mrs. Angus Chiasson of London, Ontario), Evelyn (Mrs. John Zillman of Sydney), and Shirley (Mrs. Roy MacMullin) with whom she resided; sons George of Gardiner Mines, James of New Aberdeen, and Graham of Dominion. [She was the daughter of Price McKay.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 9 March 1987 indicates that Albert H. Boutilier, 59, of Sydney Mines died on 7 March in Halifax. He was the son of the late Henry Boutilier and Florence MacKay. He was survived by his wife, the former Mary Ann Steele, a sister Alda (Mrs. Tom Edwards of Toronto), and three brothers, Arnold, Lawrence and Ronald, all of Toronto. He was predeceased by two sisters, Eleanor and Shirley, and a brother Bernard. Burial was in Brookside Cemetery.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 2 September 1987 indicates that Lillie Francis Lewis, 85, had died in Dartmouth on 31 August. According to the obit, she was born in England and was the daughter of David MacKay and Jane Price. [This is at variance with information obtained from the records of St. Mary's Anglican Church, as noted earlier.] She was a resident of New Waterford for most of her life. She was survived by a daughter, Betty Rudderham of Dartmouth; two sons, P. Campbell of Cambridge and Cecil of Kingston; two sisters, Muriel Rudderham and Pauline Cowley, both of Sydney; four brothers, Edward, David and George, all of New Waterford, and Richard of Florida; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Cecil, a son Richard, a grandson, two sisters, Janet and Maggie. Burial was in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Point Edward. [An index of obituaries from the Chronicle-Herald indicates that an obituary for Cecil Lewis of Dartmouth was published on 27 November 1979, but the relevant page is missing from microfilm of the newspaper.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 25 March 1991 indicates that Lorne Reid, 37, of Dominion died on 23 March, apparently of cancer. He was the son of Charles "Sonny" Reid and Mary Crowdis. He was survived by his parents; his wife, the former Shino Shimpo; brothers Lexter of Toronto, Vernon of Glace Bay, Garth of Cheticamp and Joseph of Dominion; and maternal grandmother Catherine Crowdis of Glace Bay. Burial in Forest Haven.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 18 May 1993 indicates that George Edward (Tud) Brewer, 70, of Glace Bay and formerly of Dominion, had died on the previous day. He was a son of the late Michael Brewer and Viola MacKay, and so a grandson of Price MacKay. He was survived by his wife, the former Betty Timmons; sons Reggie of Halifax, Sheldon and Paul, both of Gardiner Mines; Carl of New Waterford, Joseph and Gerard, both of Ontario; daughters Rosalie Gouthro and Margie Lynn Xerri, both of Glace Bay, Betty Lou Reid, Brenda Burthon, Debbie Boland and Geraldine Begin, all of Ontario; 28 grandchildren; sisters Mae MacDonald and Evalgeline Chiasson, both of ontario, Evelyn Zillman of Sydney, Lillian Burgess and Shirley McMullin, both of Glace Bay; and brothers James of Glace Bay and Graham of Dominion. He was predeceased by a brother Mike and a sister Kaye. Funeral was from Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic) Church, Dominion, with burial in Calvary Cemetery, Dominion.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 1 March 1995 indicates that Anna Jeanette Clements, 71, of Glace Bay had died on 28 February. She was the daughter of the late Alexander Munroe and Rosella McKay, and so a granddaughter of Charles MacKay. She was survived by sons Gurney and Randy of Dominion; Reggie, Glace Bay; Kevin, Dartmouth; and Darren (Dee) at home; daughters, Donelda (Mrs. Orson MacLellan) of Glace Bay, and Wanda, at home; 12 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. She was predeceased by her husband Ellsworth Clements; son Alexander; brother Gilbert; and sister Jessie, in infancy. Service was at Christ Anglican Church, South Head, with burial in the parish cemetery.<br /><br />One week later, an obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 8 March 1995 indicates that Evelyn Theresa Zillman, 68, of Sydney had died on 6 March. She was a daughter of the late Michael Brewer and Viola McKay, and so a granddaughter of Price McKay. She was survived by daughters Joan MacPhee of Sydney, Helen Hirtle of Annapolis County, Barbara Shaw of Margaree and Sandra Landry of South Bar; sons Bryan of Sydney, David of Margaree, Shawn of Gardiner Mines; 15 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren; sisters Mae MacDonald of Toronto, Vangie Chiasson of Ontario, Lilly Burgess and Shirley MacMullin of Glace Bay; and brothers James of Glace Bay and Graham of Dominion. She was predeceased by her husband John Richard Zillman, sister Kay Brewer, and brothers George and Michael. Burial was in Forest Haven.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 12 November 1997 indicates that Charles (Sonny) Reid, 71, of Duggan Street, Dominion, had died on 10 November. He was a son of Joseph Reid and Charlotte MacKay, and hence a grandson of Charles MacKay. He was the operator of Sonny's Pizza in Glace Bay. He was survived by his wife, the former Mary Catherine Crowdis; sons Lexter, Vernon, Garth and Joe, of Dominion; a grandson; brothers Alvin of Dominion, Lawrence of Reserve Mines; sisters Corrine (Mrs. Ephrian Tutty) of Dominion, Arlene MacKinnon of Mississauga, and Murdina (Mrs. Jack Young) of New Brunswick. He was predeceased by a son Lorne and a brother Clayton.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 6 March 1998 indicates that Anne Myrtle Snow, 75, of Dominion died on 4 March. She was the daughter of Albert Snow and Daisy McKay. She was survived by a daughter Lorraine (Mrs. Peter Lever) of Dominion; brothers Lloyd of Reserve, Fred of Toronto; sister Violet (Mrs. Donald MacLeod) of Glace Bay; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a sister Alma MacLeod, and by brothers William and Roy. [As noted above, William was killed in WWII.]<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 29 May 2004 indicates that Lawrence William Reid, 72, of Glace Bay died on 26 May. Born in Dominion, he was the son of the late George Reid and Charlotte MacKay. He was a former employee of Canada Post. He was survived by daughters Gwen and Karen Reid, both of Toronto; companion Carol Morgan; sisters Corrine (Effie) Tutty and Murdena (Mrs. Jackie Young), as well as by sisters-in-law Mary and Rosemary and three grandchildren, Tara, Katherine and Bethany, all of Toronto. He was predeceased by sister Arlene MacKinnon, and brothers Sonny, Alvin and Clayton. Interment was in Centreville Cemetery.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 6 September 2005 indicates that Violet Gladys MacLeod, 87, 46 Sterling Rd., Glace Bay, formerly of Wesley Street, Bridgeport, died on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005. Born in Dominion, Violet was the daughter of the late Albert and Daisy (MacKay) Snow. She was an adherent of Warden United Church. Violet was survived by her husband, Donald; children, Ann (Kevin) Strong, Glace Bay, Nelson, Kingston, Ont., Allister (Maureen), Glace Bay, Stewart (Jo-Ann), Fort McMurray, Alta.; grandchildren,Arlene and Heather Strong, Glace Bay, Sean (Karen), Oromocto, N.B., Shealene (Joey) Barrett, GlaceBay, Don (Kim) MacLeod, Pembroke, Ont., Dianna (Ross) Dafoe, Belleville, Ont., Crystal (Mathew) Doyle, Halifax, Shelise (Peter) Morgan, Halifax. Also 11 great-grandchildren. She was also survived by her brothers, Freddie, Barrie, Ont., and Lloyd (Vangie) Snow, Reserve, as well as many nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, Violet was predeceased by brothers, William (Babe Willie), Roy; sisters, Alma, Myrtle, Emma; daughter-in-law, Judy and grandson, Donald Fraser MacLeod. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 23 November 2009 indicates that Lillian Frances Burgess (nee Brewer), 1929 - 2009, of Glace Bay passed away peacefully at the Glace Bay Health Care Facility on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, fter a brief illness. Born in Dominion, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Viola (MacKay) Brewer. Surviving are her daughter, Linda (Bill), London, Ont.; her son, Ron (Beth), Lucan, Ont.; sister, Shirley (Roy) McMullin, Glace Bay; and brother, Graham (Rachael) Brewer, Dominion; her loving granddaughters, Alison and Miriam. Also left to mourn are her dearest friends, Jean Gillis and brother in-law, Roy McMullin; special nephew, Georgie Brewer as well as her nieces, nephews and many great friends. Besides her parents, Lil was predeceased by her husband Arthur, sisters, Evangeline, May, Kay, and Evelyn, brothers, Michael, George and Jimmy. Cremation took place under the direction of Mclellan Brothers Funeral Home.<br /><br />A note included for the purposes of exclusion: A brief obituary from the Post-Record of 12 October 1936 indicates that Joseph Albert Snow, 21, had died as the result of an accident in No. 1-B Colliery. His parents are not named, nor are any other details provided regarding his family. However, the death certificate now available on-line indicates that he was the son of Albert Snow and Mary O'Brien, both born Newfoundland, and not of Albert Snow and Daisy McKay.<br /><br /><br />Death of a descendant of Henry Grant and Susan Stacey<br /><br />Descendants of the above named couple were detailed in Part IV. An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 12 July 2004 indicated that Ruth V. CROSSAN (Grant), 78, Grant's Road, Ball's Creek, passed away on July 11, 2004, in Northside General Hospital, after a lengthy illness. Born in Ball's Creek, Ruth was a daughter of the late Hilton and Jenny (Campbell) Grant. She was a long-time resident of the Creek, having returned from Montreal in 1966. She was predeceased by her loving companion, John Dagenais and brother, Allister Grant. Surviving are her brother, Arthur (Dups), Ball's Creek; sons, Leslie, Ball's Creek; Wayne (Rosalie), Oxford; daughter, Shirley Brown, Lunenburg; and two stepchildren, as well as "many" grand and great-grandchildren, nephews and nieces. Funeral was held from Dooley's Funeral Home, North Sydney. Place of burial was not indicated.<br /><br />Death of Everett Grant, son of father of same name<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of Tuesday, 12 September 1979, indicates that Everett Grant, 42, of 42 MacLeod St., Sydney, died the previous day at St. Rita's Hospital. He was the son of Everett Grant and Felina Buchanan. He was survived by his parents; his wife, the former Marilyn Boutilier; daughter Wanda; sons Everett and Darryl, all at home; sisters Rhoda (Mrs. Cecil Brufatto), Mary Ellen (Mrs. Allan Chant) and Bernice (Mrs. Angus Stewart), all of Glace Bay; and one brother, William, also of Glace Bay. Burial was in St. Luke's Anglican Cemetery, Port Caledonia. [The death of his brother William was reported in Part VIII.]<br /><br />Further to the Peters connection<br /><br />In the 1911 census, Richard Peters, son of James Peters and Mary Ann Logue appears married to Lucie Peters, born August 1891 in England. No record of the marriage can be found in the on-line database at the Nova Scotia Archives. The couple had no children at that time. After Richard's accidental death in 1913 (see Part VIII), his wife remarried. On 20 August 1915, Angus McNeil, 38, policeman, born Iona, married Lucie Caldwell Peters, 34, born Enfield-in-Sunrise (?), England, daughter of John Caldwell and Catherine Coxson, in a Catholic ceremony at Sydney. Witnesses were Lawrence Morrison and Maude MacLellan (?). She died on 14 June 1952, and is buried in Hardwood Hill. (Her second husband died 8 November 1934, and is buried in Iona.)<br /><br />Also in the 1911 census, James Peters, son of James and Mary Ann, is shown aged 48 with wife Johanna, 38; Mary, 21; Emelene, 15; James, 14; Frances, 7; Tillie, 5; and John, 3. All have surname Peters, so it appears that Mary was now adopted. John McNeile, stepson, listed in the 1901 census, does not appear.<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that Rufus Foote, husband of Frances Peters, died 4 November 1949 and was buried in Hardwood Hill. Informant was his brother, Robin Foote.<br /><br />The following obituary, somewhat abridged, appeared in the 11 October 2003 edition of the Cape Breton Post. The deceased is the widow of John Charles Peters, who died in 1981 and whose obituary is summarized in Part VIII:<br /><br />Pauline Evelyn Peters, 88, Westmount -<br /><br />Pauline Evelyn Peters, 88, of Applecross Drive, Westmount, passed away at Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, Friday, Oct. 10, 2003. Born in Sydney, she was a daughter of the late Harris and Maude (Andrews) Palmer. She was a member of St. John's Anglican Parish, Mira Road. She was a well-known musician and was organist at St. John's Church for a number of years. She is survived by three daughters, Carmelita (Wen) Daisley, Halifax, Mary Lee (Brad) MacLeod, Sydney, and Larkell (Tom) Bradley, Ontario; four sons, Michael (Florence) MacDonald, Sydney, Edward (Georgie) MacDonald, Westmount, with whom she resided, John Peters, Oshawa, and Barry Peters, Toronto; 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Also surviving are three sisters, and a brother. Pauline was predeceased by her first husband, Allan MacDonald, second husband, John Peters, four sisters, and a brother. Funeral service in St. John's Anglican Church, Tuesday at 1 p.m. with Rev. Glen Kent officiating. Interment in Hardwood Hill Cemetery.<br /><br />Note that, of the sons and daughters listed above, only John and Barry Peters were the children of John Charles Peters.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 24 January 2009 indicates that Alice Josephine Peters, widow of the late Robert A. "Barney" Peters had died on 22 January at the age of 84. She was the daughter of Joseph L. MacGillivary and Gertrude Jackson of Gabarus. Her mother was from Birmingham, England, and had landed as a child at Pier 21 in Halifax. She was survived by four daughters, Ann (Harvey) Stone, Alison Locke (Glenn) and Brenda Carson (Jerry), all of Mira Road, and Judy MacLellan (Pat) of East Bay; five sons, Fred (Evelyn), Tom (Debbie), Gordon (Phyllis), and George (Sheila), all of Mira Road, and Terry (Debbie) of Hillside Road. She was also survived by 26 grandchildren, and 32 great-grandchildren, as well as sisters-in-law Gertrude "Girlie" MacKenzie and Florence "Sis" Crooks, Halifax. She was predeceased by her husband (in 1992, detailed in Part VIII), two sisters and two brothers, and was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Interment in Hardwood Hill.<br /><br />Deaths of Descendants of James Boutilier and Udvilla Grant<br /><br />An obituary in the Post-Record of 16 January 1941 indicated that Charles Boutilier, son of James Boutilier and Udvilla Grant, died in North Branch, Michigan. He was survived by sisters Mrs. Howard Murrant of New Waterford, and Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Burke in the US; brothers Louis and Robert of New Waterford, and Wilson in the US.<br /><br />In Part IV, it was mentioned that Emma Jane Boutilier married Howard Murrant, and among their children was John Howard (b. 31 May 1914), A report from the Post - Record of 14 September 1944 indicates that Private John Howard Murrant, age 28, with the Cape Breton Highlanders had been killed in action on 5 September. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission indicates that he is buried in the Coriano Ridge War Cemetery near Rimini, Italy. He was survived by his wife, Bridget; one son, John, Jr.; sister Anna (Mrs. Wilfred MacNeil); and five brothers, Cecil, Edgar, Melwin, Murray and Carl, all of New Waterford.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 16 June 2007 indicates that Mildred Fay Hill, daughter of Louis Boutilier and Sarah Phillips had died on 14 June at the age of 68. She was survived by her husband Raymond of New Victoria; son Raymond, also of New Victoria; stepbrother David Hartigan of Sackville; as well as nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son, Louis Raymond, in infancy; sisters Rita Peddle and Dorothy Hartigan; brothers Clayton, Louis, Wilson, and Gordon; and stepbrother Donald Hartigan. Burial site was not declared.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 17 January 2009 indicates that Beverly Jane Shupe died on 14 January at the age of 65. She was the daughter of John "Buck" Boutilier and Gladys MacPherson. She was survived by daughters Michelle Shupe (Duncan) and Karren Hannem (Aaron), both of Manitoba; sister Sheila Cashin (Tom) of Dartmouth; and six grandchildren, Alyssa, Kaitlyn, Matthew, Jordan, Samantha and Jacob. She was predeceased by her husband, Lloyd Shupe, and a son, Steven Lloyd, in infancy. Interment is in Union Grove Cemetery, Scotchtown.<br /><br />A little more on descendants of John Woods and Alice Grant<br /><br />An item from the Sydney Post of 30 October 1917 describes the wedding of Charles Woods of Glace Bay to Miss Susan Curry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Curry of Port Morien at the Roman Catholic church in the latter community on 23 October. Michael Kennedy "supported the groom". The couple planned to reside in Glace Bay. In the 1901 census, Susan Curry appears as the daughter of Patrick and Ellen Curry and her birthdate is given as 26 June 1889. Charles Wood (sic) appears as the son of John and Elizabeth Wood of Port Morien, born 5 April 1876, and Michael Kennedy is resident in the same household, shown as a grandson of John and hence a nephew of Charles.<br /><br />Through the kind help of Lou M. King, the following family was located in the 1920 US census at 15 Heathcote St., Boston, Massachusetts:<br /><br />Robert M. Otis, head, 45, b. MA, parents b. ME, Mechanical Engineer - Machine shop<br />Sadie, wife, 42, b. Nova Scotia, father b. Sweden, mother b. Nova Scotia, Mailing Clerk - Publishing House<br />Muriel, daughter, 17, attends school, b. MA<br /><br />While the stated age of Sadie Otis is slightly discrepant, there is little doubt this is the daughter of Nils Quist and Sarah Jane Woods.<br /><br />A web page which was no longer available as of June 2006 (homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/richard/aqwg185.htm) provided the following further information on Muriel Otis, above:<br />6664. Jerome Crane SISSON (Charles Hamilton , George Wing , James , Nathaniel , William , Jonathan , James , Richard ) was born 15 Oct<br />1898 in Tupper Lake, Franklin Co., New York. He died 17 Apr 1990 in Chestnut Hill, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.<br /><br />Jerome Crane Sisson had degrees from Clarkson College, Potsdam, New York, and from Boston University. He was a mathematics and science teacher, a Christian Scientist, Mason, and active in scouting. At some time he and his family lived in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Source: "The Owl," Fall 1990, pp 4832-3; Jerome's obituary.<br /><br />Jerome married (1) Muriel OTIS on 15 Aug 1926. Muriel was born 12 May 1902. She died 29 Apr 1933. The web page went on to assert that Jerome Sisson had a second marriage, that his second wife was still alive at that time (about 2004) and that they had three living children. However, it does not appear that Muriel Otis was the mother of any children, and that this line had died out with Sarah's death in 1963.<br /><br />In addition, the following group was located at 26 Littell Rd., Brookline, MA at the time of the 1920 census:<br /><br />Elizabeth M. Blackburn? Blackbury?, head, 53, single, immigrated 1867, Na 1891, b. England, parents b. England<br />James E. Greensmith, boarder, 53, single, Immigrated 1880? or 1883?, Na. ????, b. England, parents b. England, Mechanical<br />Engineer - Machine Shop<br />Reginald S. Roussel, boarder, 29, b. NY. father NJ, mother NY, Sales Manager - ???? Manufacturer<br />Helene Roussel, boarder, 25, b. NY, parents b. NY<br /><br />While the other young Quist women could not be found in the 1920 census, the Greensmith individual listed above appears to be the person who eventually married Sarah's sister Anna P. The similarity in occupation between Robert Otis and James Greensmith may be significant.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 22 November 2008 indicates that, on 19 November, Mary E. (Kennedy) Warren Michalik had died. She was the daughter of the late Robert Kennedy and Agnes Madiera Woods. She was survived by daughters Theresa Southwell (Michael) of MacAskill's Brook, Hazel MacIntyre (late Danny) of Sydney, Lorraine MacIntyre (Angus) of Toronto, and Frances MacNeil (late Michael) of Glace Bay, and by sons Hector (Edna) of Birch Grove, Robert of Toronto, Roy (Diane) of Sudbury, Thomas (Louise) of Birch Grove, and William (Donna) of Pickerington (sic), as well as by five stepchildren (Walter, Stanley, Angela, Martha and Mary), 38 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her (third) husband Stanley Michalik, first husband Charles Nolan in 1934, daughter Charlene, a son in infancy, grandson Jamie, and brothers Roy and Francis. Burial in Forest Haven.<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that Charles Alexander Nolan, son of William Nolan and Margaret McLean, 23, miner, of Glace Bay, married Mary Elizabeth Kennedy, 19, of Port Morien, daughter of Robert Kennedy and Agnes Woods on 19 August 1930 at Port Morien. Witnesses were Gus McDonald and Marjorie Currie, and the Catholic ceremony was performed by Rev. Joseph B. Nearing.<br /><br />A front page story from the Sydney Post of Saturday, 28 July 1934, indicated that the body of Charles Nolan had been recovered from the waters off Glace Bay that day. He had been missing for three days after a fishing boat capsized. He was a resident of 17 Yorke St., and was survived by his wife and two little girls.<br /><br />The identity of her second husband, surname Warren, is not yet known.<br /><br />The (double) MacLean connection<br /><br />As mentioned in Part VIII, Hugh MacLean married Olive Elizabeth Grant, daughter of William Grant and Martha Rankin, and the marriage dates of five of their children are provided from records of Knox United Church, Glace Bay. Further research was conducted by the author's maternal uncle, Fraser MacDonald, in several family bibles and other sources. Most of the following information is derived from his handwritten notes.<br /><br />On 26 June 1918, Donald John (Danny) MacLean (25 February 1891 - 22 February 1969), son of Laughlin MacLean (b. Sydney Mines) and Emma Wadden, married Edith Anita Grant 23 December 1890 - 28 December 1984), daughter of William Grant and Martha Rankin. (This information cannot be confirmed from the Nova Scotia Archives.)<br /><br />On 20 October 1920, at Knox Manse, Glace Bay (then Presbyterian), Hugh Lonzo MacLean, 26, born Glace Bay, also a son of Laughlin MacLean (b. Sydney Mines) and Emma Wadden, married Olive Elizabeth Grant, 22, of Glace Bay, daughter of William Grant (b. Port Morien) and Martha Rankin. Witnesses were Mrs. Dan MacLean and Emily D. MacLeod. (This has been confirmed from records at the Nova Scotia Archives, except that the second witness is given as Earnest D. McLeod.)<br /><br />Children of Donald John MacLean and Edith Grant:<br />1. Grant (10 June 1919 - 15 March 1993), m. Christena Myrtle MacLeod (24 August 1920 - 7 December 1990) on 16 September 1940<br />2. Roy (5 January 1921 - 29 January 1944), unmarried, killed over Germany while serving with the RCAF, buried in the Berlin War Cemetery<br />3. Donald John (b. 30 March 1922), m. Suzanne Sommerville (b. 4 June 1931) in NB on 29 December 1953; res. Toronto.<br />4. Dorothy Jean (b. 15 November 1924), m. (John) Fraser MacDonald [son of James J. MacDonald and Margaret Flora Nicholson, brother of the author's mother Hughena MacDonald] on 25 March 1948.<br /><br />Children of Hugh Lonzo MacLean and Olive Grant:<br />1. Mildred Grant (b. 14 May 1922), m. Wallace Crosby [see Part VIII]<br />2. Ethel Beryl (b. 14 March 1924), m. Keith Teskey [see Part VIII]<br />3. Everette Hugh (b. 19 January 1926, d. 1999), m. Ann Debrie<br />4. Lorne William (b. 21 February 1928), m. Elsie Czerwonka<br />5. Muriel (b. 14 April 1929), m. Donald MacLaughlin (d. 1999) [see Part VIII]<br />6. Gertrude Vivian (3 March - 24 July 1931)<br />7. Dorothy Ruth (b. 1 October 1934), m. Ralph Peters [see Part VIII]<br />8. Mary Elaine (b. 31 January 1937), m. Chester Smith<br />9. Arthur Laughlin (20 December 1938 - 2 October 1942)<br />10. Donald Winston (b. 4 October 1940), m. Judity MacKenzie [see Part VIII]<br /><br />Second Generation:<br /><br />Children of Grant and Christena MacLean:<br />1. Grant Eldridge (b. 4 June 1942), m. Carol Ann Wilneff (b. 30 December 1942) on 5 May 1962<br />2. Allister Lawrence (b. 3 March 1950), m. Linda Power (b. 27 June 1948) on 12 December 1970<br />3. Donald Fraser (b. 11 January 1947), m. Cheryl Tutty (b. 21 February 1956) on 17 August 1979.<br /><br />Children of Donald John and Suzanne MacLean:<br />1. Heather Janice (b. 8 January 1955), m. James Appleton (b. 12 September 1953) on 11 June 1977.<br />2. Margaret Ann (b. 3 May 1957), m. Stephen Smith (b. 1 November 1955) on 29 December 1985<br />3. Allison Dawn (b. 26 September 1970), m. Stewart Fletcher Morrison on 7 October 1995<br /><br />Children of Fraser MacDonald and Jean MacLean:<br />1. David Roy (b. 1949), m. Elizabeth Wasylicia, 1970 (Sons Gregory, b. 1975, and Daniel, b. 1978)<br />2. James Fraser (b. 1950), m. Anne Jamieson, 1979<br />3. Robert Glenn, b. 1957<br /><br />On - line records from the Nova Scotia Archives indicate that Gertrude Vivian MacLean, daughter of Hugh Alonzo MacLean and Olive Grant, was born on 3 March 1931 and died on 26 July 1931. Informant was the father, and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.<br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 15 September 2009 indicates that Ruth Peters, born Oct. 1, 1934, daughter of the late Olive (Grant) and Hugh MacLean of Glace Bay, passed away in the early morning hours of Sept. 14, 2009, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney. Ruth was an active member of Knox United Church throughout her life. She is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Ralph. Surviving sisters include, Mildred Crosby, Dartmouth; Beryl Tesky, Niagara Falls; Muriel McLaughlin, Fredericton; Mary Smith (Chester), Broad Cove, Lunenburg County and Dartmouth. Her surviving brother, Donald (Judy) lives in Courtice, Ont. Surviving sisters-in-law are Eleanor Bryden, Grand Lake Road, and Betty Lawrence (Bill), Glace Bay. Ruth was predeceased by brothers, Everett, Lorne and Arthur and by a sister, Gertrude in infancy and sister-in-law, Jenny Ruth, Halifax. Interment at Forest Haven Memorial Gardens.<br /><br />Further to Helen Rudderham Dickson<br /><br />The marriage of Helen Rudderham, daughter of William Edward Rudderham and Margaret Tutty, to William Dickson in 1885 was noted in Part VII. No data on the death of Helen Rudderham Dickson has been located, but it must be assumed that she died at about the time of the birth of her daughter Mary in 1886. The 1911 census of Ball's Creek shows William P. Dixon, widower, born October 1824, age 76 (sic) residing with daughter Mary, born November 1883.<br /><br />Records of the Rudderham Funeral Home show that William Dickson, 84, died at Pt. Edward on 29 January 1918, and was buried at Pt. Edward.<br /><br />On-line records from the Nova Scotia Archives show that, on 4 November 1918, at St. Alban's Anglican Church in Sydney, Mary West, 26 (sic), resident of Sydney, born in Edwardsville, daughter of William and Helen Rudderham (both deceased), married David West, 28, steelworker, born NF, son of William and Bridget. Witnesses were Abel Dean and William House, with ceremony conducted by Rev. Francis Sanderson.<br /><br />An obituary from the Sydney Post - Record of 11 January 1955 indicates that Mary (Mamie) West, daughter of William and Helen Dixon of Pt. Edward, resident of 210 Smith St., Buffalo, NY, had died on 31 December 1954. Age was unstated. She was survived by her husband David West, and three daughters, Mrs. T. Maesecrist of Longport NY, Mrs. Fred Maedle of Tonawanda NY, and Miss Veronica West at home. Burial was in Mt. Calvary cemetery. [Spellings of last names are from the newspaper; the Social Security Death Index has not been able to locate any individuals with the first two names listed.]<br /><br />The Durning / Durney connection<br /><br />Once again, serendipity has struck. While looking for something else, I noticed that, in the 1901 census of North Sydney, a single woman named Udivilla Durney was living with Hugh and Margaret Gillis, listed as "sister - in - law". I then looked up the death certificate for this woman, and found that she died on 25 July 1926, aged about 80, birth date given as 1840, and that her parents were John Durney (b. Ireland) and Ann Grant (b. NS). Her sister Margaret Gillis died on 24 October 1927, aged about 77, and she was declared the daughter of Durney (b. North of Ireland) and Grant (b. Leitches Creek). Upon examining the known information about women of that surname born in that area in the early nineteenth century, it becomes high probable that their mother was Ann Musgrave Grant, born and baptised in 1813, about whom no further information appears in Elva Jackson's card catalogue. Records of St. George's Anglican Church in Sydney show a marriage of John Durning to Ann Grant on 24 October 1839, but no further information is provided regarding the age or parents of the bride and groom. (This marriage is also listed on p. 21 of the volume by Lark Szick mentioned above.)<br /><br />Records of Calvary Baptist Church in North Sydney indicate that John Durney joined that congregation on 7 April 1844, during a period when many members of the Grant family were doing the same. However, no record exists of Ann Musgrave Grant having joined that congregation.<br /><br />The 1871 census of North Sydney (District 2 of Sydney Mines) shows the following family:<br /><br /><br />Durney John M 56 Ireland M Baptist<br />Durney Margaret F 40 NS M RC<br />Durney Enderella F 20 NS Baptist<br />Durney Margaret F 18 NS Baptist<br />Durney John James M 9 NS Baptist<br />Durney Bridget F 7 NS RC<br />Durney Dennis M 4 NS RC<br /><br /><br />Marriage records of Halifax County show that, on 7 January 1873, in a Roman Catholic ceremony at Dartmouth, Henry Durney, 29, iron moulder, born NS, son of John and Ann, married Charlotte Greene, 23, daughter of Hugh and Margaret. Witnesses were John D. Musgrave and Mary A Greene, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. John Woods. {It is unclear whether Henry became Roman Catholic at the time of the marriage, or did so earlier.}<br /><br />The 1881 census of North Sydney shows the following family:<br /><br /><br />John DURNEY M Male Irish 65 Ireland Livery Stable Baptist<br />Margaret DURNEY M Female Scottish 35 Nova Scotia Roman Catholic<br />John DURNEY Male Irish 19 Nova Scotia Livery Stable Roman Catholic<br />... DURNEY Female Irish 27 Nova Scotia Baptist<br />Bridget DURNEY Female Irish 16 Nova Scotia Roman Catholic<br />Denis DURNEY Male Irish 14 Nova Scotia Roman Catholic<br />Catharine O'BRIEN Female Irish 40 Nova Scotia Roman Catholic<br /><br />The unnamed female is almost certainly Udivilla, and the age points to a birth about 1854. Clearly, Margaret is a second wife, and, if the ages are accurate, not the mother of Udivilla. While Margaret would have had to have given birth to John at the age of 16, the religious affiliations suggest that she is indeed the mother of all three of the younger children. As will be evident later, Catherine O'Brien was Margaret's sister.<br /><br />Similarly, the 1881 census of Dartmouth shows a family consisting of Henry Durney, 34, b. CB, teamster; Charlotte, 30; Hugh, 6. All members of the family are described as "Catholic".<br /><br />Headstone transcriptions from Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney, indicate that John Durney died on 10 February 1887 at the age of 81, an age clearly discrepant with that in the 1881 census.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County show that, on 17 February 1890, in a C/E ceremony at Sydney Mines, Hugh Gillis 34, tailor, born East Bay, son of Donald and Jane, married Maggie Durney, 25, b. NS, daughter of John and Anne. Witnesses were Angus McDougall and J. A. Bambrick, while the ceremony was performed by Rev. R. D. Bambrick.<br /><br />The 1891 census of North Sydney shows the following three families:<br /><br />p. 55: Hickey, Richard, 27, b. NS, father b. NS, mother b. NF, RC, accountant<br />Hickey, Bridget, 24, b. NS, father b. Ireland, mother b. NS<br />Hickey, Mary Regis (?), 2, b. NS, parents b. NS<br /><br />[The age and pattern of births strongly indicates that Bridget is in fact Bridget Durney, now married to Richard Hickey.]<br /><br />p. 57: Durney, Margaret, 50, widow, b. NS, father b. Ireland, mother b. Scotland, RC<br />O'Brien, Catherine, 60, sister, same origins<br /><br />p. 65: Gillis, Hugh, 37, b. NS, parents b. NS, RC, tailor<br />Gillis, Margaret, 30, b. NS, father b. Ireland, mother b. NS, Baptist<br />Durney, Udivall, 35, sister - in - law, b. NS, father b. Ireland, mother b. NS, Baptist (no occupation)<br /><br /><br />The 1901 census of North Sydney shows the following two families:<br /><br />265 Gillis Hugh M Head M Jun 10 1846 54<br />Gillis Maggie F Wife M Aug 12 1860 40<br />Durney Udivella F Sister-in-law S Dec 14 1852 48<br />Morash James M Lodger S Nov 24 1877 23<br /><br />339 Durney Margaret F Head W Dec 25 1840 60<br />O"Brien Catherine F Sister S Oct 31 1830 70<br />Durney Dennis M Son S May 6 1870 30<br /><br />Note the discrepancy in ages between the marriage and the census. (In 1881, Hugh Gillis, tailor, resident in North Sydney, gave his age as 34.)<br />An obituary in the Sydney Record of 30 January 1903 indicates that Mrs. Margaret Durney died that morning after a long illness. She had been resident in North Sydney for 50 years, and was survived by a son Dennis and "several relatives". Interment was in St. Joseph's Cemetery. {On-line cemetery records give the date of death as 30 January 1902.}<br />An obituary in the Sydney Record of 2 February 1904 indicates that Dennis Durney died suddenly in Massachusetts on 31 March 1904. He had moved there about a year before. He was survived by sisters Mrs. Hugh Gillis and Miss Durney, both of North Sydney, and brother Hugh Durney of Sydney. The informant was Mr. Richard Hickey, who had departed for Boston to complete funeral arrangements. (See below regarding Richard Hickey.) The obituary stated uncertainty about whether the body would be returned to North Sydney; no evidence has been found that it was, so burial was probably in Boston.<br />On 15 September 1903, in a Roman Catholic ceremony at Sydney, J. Hugh Durney, 28, clerk, born Dartmouth, son of Henry and Charlotte, married Mary Teresa McNeil, 23, born Parrsboro, resident Sydney, daughter of John A and Mary. Witnesses were R. J. McNeil and Mary Elliott, and ceremony was performed by Rev. D. M. MacAdam.<br />The 1911 census of Halifax shows the following family:<br />Durney John H M Head M Mar 1875 35 (9 Princess Place)<br />Durney Mary F Wife M Dec 1879 31<br />Durney Harry M Son S Sep 1904 06<br />Durney Hilda F Daughter S Oct 1907 03<br />On-line death records indicate that Henry Joseph Durney died in Dartmouth on 18 March 1925 at the age of 82. He was the son of John Durney and Margaret Grant. Informant was Hugh Durney of 9 Cherry St., Halifax, his son. He resided in Halifax for about 54 years.<br />The same records indicate that Charlotte Durney, 78, widow, born Dartmouth, died on 28 December 1928 of senile debility. She was the daughter of Hugh Green and informant was J. H. Durney, son. Burial was in Dartmouth.<br />The same records show that Mary Teresa Durney, born 12 December 1880, died on 21 February 1937 of malignant growth on the spinal column. She was born in Parrsboro, daughter of John A. McNeill (b. Cape Breton) and Mary Reddy (b. Halifax). Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. An obituary available on the cemetery's website indicates that she was survived by her husband, one son (Father Harry Durney, St. Mary's Cathedral), one daughter (Hilda - Claire), a foster daughter (Nora), one sister and three brothers. [On - line sources indicate that Harry Durney was a parish priest in Canning and Kentville during the 1960's.]<br />Hugh Durney, born 15 March 1875, died on 11 February 1950 at his home, 181 Beech St., Halifax. He was a widower, and died of a cerebral accident associated with hypertension. He was the son of Henry Durney and Charlotte Green. Informant was Mrs. Vincent MacDonald, his daughter. Burial was in Mt. Olivet.<br />An obituary from the Chronicle - Herald of 1 July 1964 indicated that Mr. Justice Vincent C. MacDonald, judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court had died that day (Wednesday). He was 67, born in Mulgrave, the son of Archibald and Clara MacDonald. He was a very prominent jurist, member of two royal commissions, clerk of the Nova Scotia Legislature, and Dean of Law at Dalhousie University. His first wife, Emily O'Connor, had died in 1937, and he married Edith Durney in 1938. She survived him, as did five sons, David of Montreal; Peter of Hanover, ON; Paul of Toronto; Brian, of Broken Hill, Australia; and Alan of Halifax; one brother in California; and five grandchildren. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. (Headstone transcriptions from that cemetery do not include one for this individual or his wife.)<br />An obituary from the Chronicle - Herald of 24 February 1977 indicated that Msgr. J. Harry Durney, Chaplain of Camp Hill Hospital had died the previous day. He was 72, born in Halifax, the son of John Hugh Durney and Mary MacNeil. He was survived by one sister, Hilda (Mrs. Vincent MacDonald). He was educated at St. Mary's College and HOly Heart Seminary, and ordained in 1929. He served in Kentville from 1941 to 1966, as well as several parishes in Halifax and one in Bermuda. Funeral was from St. Patrick's Church, Halifax.<br />There is another piece of evidence, however, which is inconsistent with the above. The following headstone transcription is found in St. Joseph's Cemetery, North Sydney, two stones removed from that of Margaret Durney:<br />Bridget, beloved wife of Richard Hickey, d. 13 March 1882, age 22<br />The age is close to that of the Bridget Durney who appeared in the 1881 census, but Richard Hickey was still married to a woman named Bridget in 1891. Possibly the date of death should read "1892". There is no trace of the daughter shown in the 1891 census. Richard Hickey was 17 and resident with his parents in the 1881 census, described as "single" in the 1901 census, but a widower both in the 1911 census and when he married Helen Margaret Holland in 1913. He died at 55 in 1918.<br />In her volume "Jackson Kith & Kin", Elva Jackson lists (p. 86) John Durney as one trustee of a piece of land given by Peter and Ann Musgrave to the Temperance Society in 1865. In Mildred Howard's volumes of extracts from early Cape Breton newspapers, there are several references to the Durney family. In particular, John Durney challenged all comers to race his horse on the ice of the harbour in 1864, and advertised his livery stable on 4 December 1872. Also reported in the 14 November 1883 issue of the North Sydney Herald was a marriage between John Durney of North Sydney and Elizabeth Carey of the same town, conducted by Rev. D. J. MacIntosh, P. P. This was presumably the son of John and Margaret shown as age 19 in the 1881 census. No trace of this marriage can be found in the Nova Scotia marriage records, nor of this couple in any of the 1891, 1901 or 1911 censuses.<br /><br />A home child in the family<br /><br />The 1911 census for Ward 2 of Glace Bay, p. 45-6, includes the following family: William Grant (b. October 1845), carpenter; Margaret, b. August 1849; Alexander, b. December 1888, mine labour; Harry, b. Feb 1891, teamster; Elsie, b. July 1901 in England. (William is the author's great-grandfather, and Alexander his grandfather. The eldest son, John Edward, had evidently left his parent's home, although still unmarried.) Records of Knox Presbyterian Church (now United) show a marriage of Elsie Grant to James B. Royal in 1919.<br /><br />An obituary in the Chronicle-Herald of 6 December 1986 indicates that James B. Royal, 88, had died in Yarmouth the previous day. He was the son of Benjamin Royal of Glace Bay. [There was no Benjamin Royal resident in Nova Scotia as of 1901, but there was a couple, James and Louisa Royal, resident in Neil's Harbour, Victoria County, with a son James B., born 19 April 1898. The directory for Glace Bay shows James Royal, labourer, resident on Brookside St. in 1914, and Benjamin, printer, boarding on South St. In 1923, Benjamin is resident on Hickman's Lane, very near the residence of the late William Grant.] The obituary indicates he was predeceased by his wife, the former Elsie Hornesby, but survived by a daughter Londa (Mrs. Ron Dreger), of Manitoba, sons Dick of Halifax, Dexter and Ben of Yarmouth, brother Morris of Sydney, sister Mrs. Minnie MacLeod of Ontario, as well as 14 granchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 28 February 1979 indicates that Dr. Elsie Phyllis Royal, 77, had died in Yarmouth on 26 February. She was a chiropodist, the daughter of William Hornsey and Eliza Hobbiss of England. Besides the above, she was survived by a sister, Mrs. Jean Lovitt of New Westminster.<br /><br />The database of Home Children, available on-line from the Library and Archives Canada, indicates that Elsie P. Hornsey, age 6, departed from Liverpool aboard the SS Carthaginian on 16 May 1908, and arrived in Halifax on 28 May. She was a member of Middlemore's party. The same database indicates that she was accompanied by John Hornsey, age 7, but that may be a misprint for the sister Jean referred to above.<br /><br />Note for the purpose of exclusion: Sarah Grant Cann<br /><br />Unfortunately, it is necessary to point out an apparent error in the volume by Lark Szick mentioned above. At p. 21, she refers to a marriage between Henry Cann and Sarah Grant on 16 August 1857, reference to which can be found in the records of St. George's Anglican Church, Sydney. The author of that volume identifies the bride with Sarah Grant, daughter of Peter Grant and Sarah Musgrave. This author has not been able to verify that identification, but has found considerable circumstantial evidence that the wife of Henry Cann was in fact a native of Gabarus and so falls outside the scope of this investigation. Sarah Grant Cann had moved to western Canada by 1911 and is believed to have died there. However, no death certificate has yet been located for her, so the question of her parentage has achieved no final resolution as of this writing. What became of the daughter of Peter Grant and Sarah Musgrave who bore a similar name is also unresolved.<br /><br /><br />(Last modified 27 December 2009)Doug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-75135348655479761002009-12-27T07:52:00.000-08:002009-12-27T07:54:08.472-08:00Part 8Results of recent research into descendants of Charles Grant in the Sydney - Glace Bay area of Nova Scotia<br /><br />Part VIII<br /><br />Douglass L. Grant<br /><br /><br />And then there were eight: Alexander Grant (son of John and Maria) rediscovered<br /><br />On 3 December, 2001, amid a flood of routine university correspondence, I received the following e-mail at my office. To say the least, it brightened my week. I will not try to paraphrase the words of Sally Wilkins of Amherst, NH, but quote them in full below. To ensure no confusion, the Alexander Grant to whom she refers as "her mother's great-grandfather" is one of the missing brothers of the five who migrated to Glace Bay and Dominion about a hundred years ago, and of Martha Grant French whom I managed to relocate in Stockton Springs, Maine with the help of Bob Brooks. She has Alexander's parents' names wrong, and mistakenly calls Dr. Kenneth Grant another brother rather than the son of James, but her narrative is fascinating nonetheless. Enjoy!<br /><br />"Dear Mr. Grant,<br /><br />"I saw your queries on the Waldo County and Hancock County rootsweb sites. I have only recently begun to explore my family's roots.<br /><br />"Alexander Grant was my mother's great-grandfather. He and Martha Grant French are both buried in the Sandy Point, Maine cemetery.<br /><br />"Martha married Charles French (I don't have dates yet but hope to find them) and they lived in the French homestead in Sandy Point. Alexander worked in the cargo trade up and down the Northeast coast. He married a woman whose name was, we think, Mary McNeil or MacNeil. According to family lore he met and married her on a trip to New York City though I have not yet independently confirmed this. He brought her home to live in the French homestead in Sandy Point, where she gave birth to a son, William J. Grant. Some time shortly thereafter two men appeared -- her brothers, who had been searching for her since her marriage, of which her family disapproved (her family were, according to the story, Irish and presumably Catholic, and the couple had been married by a Justice of the Peace). They took her away with them, leaving the red-haired infant to be raised by his father and aunt.<br /><br />"After finishing grammar school William went to Boston (perhaps to high school, or to be apprenticed), presumably to live with relatives. There he met and married Lillian Wainwright (whose mother was a Minott from Dorchester). After the birth of my grandfather, Charles Chester Grant, they returned to Sandy Point to the family farm. Lillian and Martha did not get along, and eventually Martha removed to a boarding house in Stockton Springs. My mother and aunt remember visiting her there.<br /><br />"The French/Grant homestead is still standing in Sandy Point, having been moved back from the river when the "new" highway (U.S. 1) was constructed. The cemetery is across the street, between Route 1 and the Penobscot. Last I knew the house was being run as a Bed and Breakfast (my family sold it in the early 1960s). There are numerous Frenches as well as Grants buried in Sandy Point, but Aunt Martha and "Grampa French" are buried under a stone with another name--Wathen, my mother thinks--he was a gentleman who stayed at the farm when Aunt Martha was running it as a boarding house. He wanted to be buried at Sandy Point, and arranged with her to provide a stone if she would see to it that he was buried there. It is an impressive monument. Her details are on the side of the stone.<br /><br />"Vital records for the family are in Stockton Springs, just up the road on the way to Bucksport. Martha's death certificate contains numerous errors, including the names "John Grant" and "Maria Grifton" as parents, but we think that it's likely the funeral director completed the information (Alexander's are given as "James Grant" and "Mary Jefferson.")<br /><br />"My mother (Nancy) and her sister (Sally) went to Nova Scotia in search of their ancestors a few years ago. They had believed that the family had come from Glaice Bay, (which is what William's death certificate says) and searched unsuccesfully there, only to learn later from death certificates back in Stockton Springs that Alexander had been born in Sydney (Martha's<br />death certificate lists "Cape Breton").<br /><br />"According to the death certificates, Alexander C. Grant was born May 22, 1854 and died April 25, 1938. Martha Grant French was born Sept. 9, 1864 and died April 11, 1949. William J. Grant was born December 18, 1889 and died June 25, 1934 (of peritonitis). William was a cabinetmaker by trade and was also the Postmaster in Sandy Point. After his death his wife, Lillian was Postmistress for many years. Alexander's occupation is listed as "engineer."<br /><br />"Mother remembers being told that Alexander and Martha had a brother named Kenneth who was a doctor in Sydney. She wasn't aware that there was another brother named William. It seems likely that her grandfather was named for your great-grandfather!<br /><br />"It's quite exciting to connect with unknown relatives!<br /><br />"The attached .jpg file is scanned from a stereopticon slide of the French/Grant house in Sandy Point. I do not know the identities of the three people in the photo, but it is very possible that the couple in the foreground are Martha and Charles French.<br /><br />"your some-degree cousin some-number-of-times removed,<br />Sally Wilkins<br />Amherst, NH"<br /><br />Losses in early shipwreck<br /><br />Janet Meleney kindly drew my attention to the following quotation from an article by Elva Jackson in the Nova Scotia Historical Review 3:2, regarding the loss of a vessel in August 1838 ..."two brothers of Capt. Charles Musgrave had sailed on the Brig Elizabeth,<br />with Capt. Peter Musgrave Jr. in command, and his brother Bartholomew C. Musgrave as the first mate. Sailing from Quebec to Jamaica they stopped over in Sydney Harbour for a few days so that they might visit their families before turning south. They never came back. An Arichat ship, sailing with them, reported that in a terrible gale in the Bay of Fundy, 28 August 1838, "the lights of the Elizabeth disappeared and there never was another sign of her." In Part V, it was noted that the Musgrave brothers, sons of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant, were lost at sea on the date given, but no further details were available at that time. Capt. Charles Musgrave was also lost at sea in 1844, but no details of his death are available at the time of this writing.<br /><br />Further to Sarah Ann Woods:<br /><br />Recall from Part III that, in 1871, Sarah Woods, 30, was living with her widowed mother Alice Grant Woods and two younger brothers in Port Morien. A reexamination of the marriage records of Cape Breton County reveals that, on 24 December 1872, Sarah Ann Woods, 32, daughter of John and Alice, married Neil Law'e (Lawrence?) Quist, 40, carpenter, native of Sweden, and son of Laurence and Tilda Quist, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Cow Bay. The only recorded witness was Charles Woods. <br /><br />On 13 November 1877, Neil Lau'ns Quistt, 46, now described as a widower, married Sarah McPhail, 43, of West Bay in another Presbyterian ceremony at Cow Bay. It is evident that Sarah Ann Woods had died by that time. Neil, Nils or Nelson Quistt, as he was known at various times, married three more times, to Margaret Morrison on 3 August 1881, to Flora McKeegan on 13 January 1893, and to Kate Lewis on 23 May 1895. All the wives were "spinsters" at the time of marriage except Kate Lewis, who was a widow. Records of Black Brook Cemetery indicate that he died on 12 December 1902 at the age of 71. There is no record of burial of any of the women he married.<br /><br />Birth records of Cape Breton County show that three daughters were born to Neil Lawrence Quistt and Sarah Ann Woods. They were Alice Laura Quistt, born 7 October 1873; Annie Paulina Quistt, born 28 February 1875; and Sarah Johanna Quistt, born 18 March 1876. It is a reasonable conjecture that Sarah Ann Woods died in childbirth with the third daughter.<br /><br />The 1881 census for Cow Bay shows a family consisting of Nelson Quistt, 49, born Sweden, Baptist, carpenter; Sarah, 47, Presbyterian, Scotch, born NS; Sarah, 12, Baptist; Alice Laura, 7; Anny Poliena, 6; Sarah Johnanna, 5. All the children are described as Swedes. Clearly, the wife in this family is Sarah McPhail. If the age for the older Sarah is correct, her birth predates the marriage of Nils Quistt to Sarah Ann Woods, and, in fact, the immigration of Nils Quistt to Canada. It is possible she was a natural daughter of Sarah McPhail.<br /><br />The 1891 census for Cow Bay shows Nils Qwistt, widower, age 60, ship's carpenter, living with three daughters: Alice L., 18; Anna, 17; and Sarah J., 15. It would therefore appear that Margaret Morrison had died by this time.<br /><br />The 1901 census for Cow Bay shows Nelson Quistt, born 21 May 1831 in Sweden, immigrated 1872, Presbyterian, carpenter, living with Kate, born 1 August 1830, age 65 (?), born Nova Scotia. None of the three daughters is living with the couple. <br /><br />There are no marriages of individuals named Quistt in the index for Cape Breton County other than the five marriages for Nils. However, by great good fortune, a deed executed in 1920 for the sale of the former Quist family home in Port Morien was preserved in the purchaser's family and kindly made available to this researcher by Maureen McNeil. The deed reveals that Alice Laura was the wife of Lyon Defontenay of Brooklyn, New York; Anna P. was the wife of James E. Greensmith of Newton, Massachusetts; and Sarah J. was the wife of Robert M. Otis of Boston. (The deed even preserves the signatures of all six.) The Social Security Death Index reveals that Sarah J. Otis, born 18 March 1876, died in Massachusetts in January of 1963. Research into this line is ongoing.<br /><br />A few further notes on Woods family members:<br /><br />Records of Sydney Baptist Church (preserved on an eye-twisting microfiche at the Beaton Institute) indicate that a "Mrs. Woods" was restored to membership in the church on 28 August 1859, but excluded on 5 December 1863. Presumably she returned to the Baptist faith after the death of her husband, whom she had married in a Roman Catholic ceremony in 1835, so the first date probably follows soon after his death. The date of exclusion probably indicates the time of the family's departure from Sydney for Cow Bay.<br /><br />A headstone has been found in Greenwood Cemetery which indicates that Charles B. Woods died at the age of 74 on 11 January 1925, and that his wife Mary Ellen Blesedell was born 21 October 1854 and died 3 January 1929. Using these dates, an attempt will be made to find obituaries for each, and possible further leads on their descendants.<br /><br />The adjacent headstone is that of Angus J. McCuish, d. 24 January 1946. He was a native of Albert Bridge, and died at 68. His obituary indicates that he was survived by his wife, and, among others, a sister, Mrs. James Woods of Bridgeport. Combining this information with that from James Woods' obituary from 1952, it is evident that Annie McCuish was his sister, and so Jennie Woods, daughter of Charles and Mary Ellen, was his wife. No children were listed among the survivors. <br /><br />Records of Warden United Church, New Aberdeen, show that Cecil Wood was born on 1 March 1906 to Thos. J. and Olive Blanche. Clearly, the parents were the son of Charles and Mary Woods, and Olive Currie. In addition, Charles Milford Woods was born to Thomas C. Woods and Gertrude MacPherson on 17 January 1928. It is unclear who were the parents of Thomas C. Woods, although he may have been a son of Thomas J. and Olive Currie. Mary Helen Woods was born to William and Margaret Woods on 1 November 1929. It is likely that William was the son of Charles and Mary Woods born 12 May 1891.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 8 April 1950 indicates that Charles B. Woods, 74, a native of Morien, had died at Glace Bay. He was a member of St. John's Parish. His wife had predeceased him, and he was survived by a sister, Mrs. Bob Kennedy of Glace Bay; sons John and Gerald in Ontario, Pat in Prince Edward Island, and James and Jerome, at home; and daughters Victoria and Mary, both at home. Burial was in the parish cemetery. It is evident that he was the son of John Woods and Elizabeth Keating born in 1876, and that the sister was Agnes, married in 1911.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 22 August 1998 indicates that Veronica Cecilia Boland, 76, of New Aberdeen, had died on 20 August. Her parents were listed as Charles and Susan (Curry) Woods. It would then appear she is the daughter whose name was given as "Victoria" in the obituary above, although some of the information is inconsistent. She was predeceased by her husband Stephen; sons Darrell and George in infancy; a stepson Stevie; brothers John, Gerald and Pat; and by a sister Ellen. She was reportedly survived by brothers Germaine (Chick) and Alloysious (Bush), both of Kitchener; sister Mary McLean of Halifax; sons Andre, Brian, Elton, and Raymond of Glace Bay, Chris of Ontario and Francie of Calgary; a stepdaughter Vera (Mrs. Billie Conway, New Jersey); 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.<br /><br />An obituary in the Chronicle-Herald indicates that Greta Woods, daughter of James and Annie Kate MacCuish Woods, died at age 79 on 14 June 1989. She was born in Glace Bay, was predeceased by her brother Layton, and was buried in Black Brook Cemetery. No survivors were listed, so we may presume that no descendants of James Woods survive.<br /><br />On a more enigmatic note, I have been advised by Grant Piraine that his grandfather, Thomas MacIntyre, married Mary Elizabeth Woods on 28 April 1936 at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Bridgeport. There is a tradition in the MacIntyre family that Mary Elizabeth Woods came from Christmas Island. It was a second marriage for his grandfather, his first wife having died in 1931. The couple had seven children between 1936 and 1942. Records of the baptisms of two of those children have been located, and the mother's name is given as Mary Woods. Mary Elizabeth eventually left her family, went to live with the family of a Hector McNeil who lived nearby in Bridgeport, then moved to Montreal with that family, and died there, still in her thirties, on 1 August 1949. Her body was returned to Sydney for burial, although the grave has not been located. The origins of Mary Elizabeth Woods, however, remain unclear. It is possible that she was the daughter of one of the descendants of John Woods and Alice Grant, and her birth record has yet to be discovered. However, it has been strongly suggested by another researcher, Kathy Hains, that she was the daughter of Thomas Woods and Margaret Horrocks, immigrants to the Northside from England, who renewed their marriage vows at Immaculate Conception Church in Sydney Mines in 1911, and so would be unrelated to Alice Grant. Research into this question is ongoing.<br /><br />Further to Aubrey and Sarah Smith:<br /><br /> Records of Victoria Methodist (later United) Church reveal that two sons were born to Aubrey Smith and Sarah Rudderham: Aubery Lewis, born 18 November 1909 and baptised 1 February 1910, and Henry Garfield, born 11 March 1911, baptised 23 June. [The name of the first son disagrees with the obituary cited in Part VI.] The death of Aubrey C. Smith, 41, born Ingonish, is confirmed as having taken place 22 February 1920. However, the page giving cause of death is missing from the records. On 17 August 1927, his widow, Sadie Smith, then 40, parents Geo. Lewis and Elsie Rudderham, married William Brown Davis, 39, widower, of Port Hawkesbury, son of Joseph Davis and Caroline Oliver.<br /><br />Matilda Grant:<br /><br />According to Elva Jackson's card file, Matilda Grant was a daughter of John H. Grant and Margaret Ann Moore and was born in 1846. Since Margaret Ann died in 1847, Matilda was most likely the youngest child of that couple. She appeared in the 1871 census, aged 24, living in Ball's Creek with her brother John and his family. Beside her name appears the cryptic notation "to be corrected"; it is not evident that any correction was ever made, but this suggests that her residence there was apparently not viewed as regular or permanent. Thanks to Toby Hurley, the same kind lady who located Alexander Grant and his family in Springfield, Massachusetts, Matilda has been located in the 1880 US census, living in Boston with George and Ellen Hammond and employed as a servant. Her birthplace is given as Nova Scotia, and her age as 33. George Hammond's occupation is given as "paper manufacturer", and it appears the family was quite prosperous, as there were two other servants. Elva indicates that Matilda never married, and died in 1927. Further details are being sought.<br /><br />A little more on the family of James Grant:<br /><br />Records of Knox United Church indicate that the following children of James Grant and Dollena Morrison were baptised on 14 September 1906: Neil, b. 16 September 1897; Mary Catherine, b. 6 February 1900; and Kenneth Milford, b. 4 March 1903. In addition, Ernest Grant, son of James by his first marriage, was baptised approximately 4 August 1910.<br /><br />Recall from Part II that James Ernest Grant was the son of James Grant, born 19 April 1892, d.<br />11 January 1934 at Kentville. His obituary mentioned that his wife had died over a year before. Records of Knox United (formerly Presbyterian) Church, Glace Bay, indicate that Ernest Grant married Margaret McPherson on 25 May 1918. Records of the same church indicate that Mrs. Ernest Grant died 21 April 1932 at age 35, and that her funeral was held from Chalmers United Church, Dominion. Research into her parentage is ongoing. <br /><br />And a little more on descendants of Alonzo Grant:<br /><br />Recall from Part VI that Reta Victoria Grant, daughter of Alonzo Grant, married Donald Gilholme MacLeod. Records of Knox United Church, Glace Bay, indicate that Katherine Christina MacLeod, daughter of this couple, was born 16 May 1958 and baptised at that church. The couple resided at 16 Pitt St., Glace Bay.<br /><br />Still further to the McKay connection:<br /><br />Records of St. Mary's Anglican Church, Glace Bay, mention several children born to the children of William McKay and Anna Grant. In some cases, this information is at variance with what appears in Part VII and on Joe Petrie's website. This gives strong evidence that most of this family settled in Dominion and Gardiner Mines.<br /><br />Children of Lawrence McKay and Sarah Boutelier:<br />1. Charlotte Victoria McKay, b. 29 October 1899, Dominion No. 1, c. 7 December<br />2. George Murray McKay, b. 6 August 1901, Dominion No. 1, c. 7 November [family below]<br />3. Louis Bernard McKay, b. 11 May 1902, Dominion No. 1, c. 30 October 1903<br />4. Annie Florence McKay, b. 6 January 1905, Dominion No. 1, c. 2 March<br />[Recall that Sarah is known to have remarried in 1919.]<br /><br />Children of John Thomas Boutilier and Annie Laura McKay:<br />1. Louisa Boutilier, b. 9 July 1897, Gardiner Mines, c. 30 September<br />2. Charles Roland Boutilier, b. 25 June 1901, Gardiner Mines, c. 17 March 1901 [Either the dates are reversed, or this birth was in 1900.]<br />3. Amelia Irene Boutilier, b. 17 June 1902, Gardiner Mines, c. 25 February 1903<br />4. John Boutilier, b. 5 March 1904, Gardiner Mines, c. 12 March<br />5. William Robert Boutilier, b. 26 November 1905, Gardiner Mines, c. 29 December [see below]<br />[Recall that Annie Laura died in 1906, according to Joe Petrie's website.]<br /><br />Children of Charles McKay and Susan Boutilier:<br />1. Annie Laura McKay, b. 2 April 1898, Gardiner Mines, c. 21 June<br />2. Sarah Rosella McKay, b. 1 April 1902, Dominion, c. 2 May<br />3. Francis Gilbert McKay, b. 10 February 1904, Dominion, c. 10 April [see below]<br />4. Charlotte Matilda McKay, b. 12 January 1906, Dominion, c. 6 February<br />[In every case, the father is referred to as Charles Henry McKay.]<br /><br />Children of Pryce McKay and Sarah Wadden:<br />1. Viola Matilda McKay, b. 22 April 1904, Dominion, c. 13 June<br />2. Pearl Elizabeth McKay, b. 12 November 1905, Gardiner Mines, c. 29 December<br />[In the second case, the parents are referred to as Lloyd Pryce and Sadie.]<br /><br />In addition, on 5 April 1927, Ruth Vivian McKay was baptised, the daughter of Gilbert and Jessie McKay of Dominion No. 1. The father was a miner. The date of birth was 30 June 1926. It is possible that the father is Francis Gilbert McKay, son of Charles and Susan, given above.<br /><br />Among the burials recorded is that of Henrietta McKay, aged 2 years and 5 months, of Dominion. She died on 20 February 1903, and her burial was in the "Cemetery", presumably the parish cemetery. While no baptism appears in the records for this child, she can be confidently identified from the 1901 census as the daughter of Charles McKay and Susan Boutilier, born 28 September 1900.<br /><br /> Records of Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines, show that, on 28 November 1922, George Murray McKay, 21, Sydney Mines (son of Laurence McKay of Leitches Creek) married Annie Brown, 18, Sydney Mines, parents unnamed but indicated as deceased. Records of the same church show the following baptisms of children of this couple: Melville Russell McKay, b. 22 September 1923, c. 7 June 1925; George Harris McKay, b. 15 October 1924, c. 7 June; Vera Eileen McKay, b. 2 August 1926, c. 14 November; and Drusilla May McKay, b. 2 October 1927, c. 13 May 1928. In addition, the following children of George Murray McKay and his wife Annie (birth surname never given) were baptised at St. Mary's Anglican Church, Glace Bay: Thelma Elizabeth, b. 4 August 1931; Rachel Ann, b. 11 August 1932 (baptised the same day at Glace Bay General Hospital); Edith Adele, b. 14 December 1933; David Albert, b. 23 November 1936; and Margaret Patricia, b. 2 April 1939. No record of the marriage of any of the other children of Lawrence McKay has yet been found.<br /><br />A chance visit to St. Mary's Cemetery in Glace Bay led to the discovery of the headstone of George Murray MacKay and his wife Hannah Brown. Their dates as recorded on that headstone were 6 August 1901 to 24 September 1965 for the former, and 10 April 1904 to 13 February 1969 for the latter. In fact, George Murray MacKay died on 24 September 1966 rather than 1965.<br /><br />The obituary for George Murray MacKay in the Cape Breton Post indicated that he was a native of Dominion, had resided at 194 Connaught Avenue, Glace Bay, and had worked for 54 years for the coal company, retiring in 1961. (If both figures are correct, he began work at the age of six!) The survivors listed are sons Melvin of New Glasgow, Harris of Ottawa, Bill of Toronto and Robert at home; daughters Marguerite (Mrs. Stan Hodder) of Glace Bay, Edith (Mrs. Edward Secchini) of Thorold, Ontario, Thelma (Mrs. Lawrence Boutilier) of Toronto, Eileen (Mrs. R. C. Eisane) also of Toronto, and Erusella (Mrs. Ken Radway) of Wellington, Ontario; brothers Sidney of Glace Bay and Bernard of Toronto; and sisters Mrs. Maumaine Myles of Dominion, Mrs. Mable Janes of Sydney Mines, and Mrs. Fred Cikul of Toronto. There were also 23 grandchildren. <br /><br />The obituary for his wife gives her name as Annie rather than Hannah. She was a native of England, and had lived in Cape Breton since 1911. Some details about their children differ: Robert had moved to Toronto; Edith's husband's surname is given as "Cecchini" and their residence as St. Catherine's; Edith's husband's name is "Ronald Eisan" and their residence is Oakville; Erusella's name is given as "Druie", and their residence as Welland. The number of grandchildren had reached 26. Research into this branch of the family tree is ongoing.<br /><br />Records of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Dominion, an Anglican congregation, mention the death of William Robert Boutilier, aged 76 years, 6 months and 19 days, on 17 May 1982. He is buried in the Reserve Mines Cemetery on the Centreville Road.<br /><br />Further examination of the records of the Church of the Good Shepherd reveal the following burials:<br /><br />Price McKay, 36, died between 23 October 1911 and 27 April 1912 (precise date not given), and was buried in Centreville Cemetery.<br /><br />Lawrence McKay, 46, died 27 October 1917, and was also buried in Centreville Cemetery. It was noted in Part VII that his widow had remarried in 1919.<br /><br />In addition, these church records mention the deaths of Drusilla McKay, age 1, on 30 June 1908, with burial in Centreville, and of a stillborn infant McKay, of 12 County Road, on 29 April 1951 with burial in All Saints Cemetery.<br /><br />Records of Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines, include the death of Lawrence Samuel McKay, 17, Sydney Mines, who was buried in Trinity Anglican Cemetery on 8 August 1934.<br /><br />Records of All Saints Anglican Church, New Waterford have the following:<br /><br />Earl Edward McKay, 58, Glace Bay, died 23 December 1944, and was buried in Centreville Cemetery. (The presence of his headstone in that cemetery was noted in Part VII.)<br /><br />Records of Knox United Church indicate that Shirley Vivian MacKay, 18, 17 Connaught Avenue, Anglican, daughter of Earl MacKay and Catherine MacDonald, married RCAF Lance Corporal Hugh Frederick Purdy, 20, of St. Stephen, NB, son of James O. and Effie Hannah Purdy, on 27 September 1943. Witnesses were Lewis Currie of Woodstock NB, and Mary M White of 18 Second St., Glace Bay. [So far, no baptismal record has been found for this daughter, or any other child of Earl MacKay and Catherine MacDonald.]<br /><br />One more detail on James Boutilier and Udavilla Grant:<br /><br />On 7 December 1899, William Wilson Boutilier, the son of James and "Eudevilla" was baptised at St. Mary's Anglican Church, Glace Bay. His date of birth is given as 29 October 1899, and the father is described as a labourer resident in Dominion.<br /><br />More on William Grant and Martha Rankin and their descendants:<br /><br />During a recent visit to Greenwood Cemetery, Glace Bay, for another purpose, this researcher noticed the following headstone inscriptions:<br /><br />Father William W. Grant 1858 - 1940<br />Mother Martha 1864 - 1948<br /><br />In memory of<br />Mildred H., born Aug. 25, 1892, Died July 31, 1901<br />Vivian F., December 16, 1904 - April 5, 1907<br />Gertrude D., October 25, 1906 - October 26, 1906<br /><br />Children of William & Martha Grant<br /><br />This William Grant is the son of Peter Grant and Mary Ann Dolman, and he and Martha Rankin are the parents of Harold Dolman Grant, father of Blair Grant. Mildred is listed in the 1901 census with birthdate as shown. Martha's birthdate from that census is given as 10 February 1862. Records of Knox United Church give her date of death as 9 December 1948, and her age as 85.<br /><br />Records of Knox United Church indicate that Olive Elizabeth Grant married Hugh Lonzo McLean on 20 October 1920. Olive was a daughter of William Grant and Martha Rankin. Their son Donald Winston Maclean was born 4 october 1940 and baptised 12 November 1941. [See below for list of marriages of children.]<br /><br />Records of Knox United Church indicate that Arthur Woodrow Grant married Gwendolyn Albertha Duffett on 21 November 1939. Arthur was a son of Leighton Grant and Catherine MacNeil (see below).<br /><br />Records of Knox United Church indicate that Earl Dolman Grant, son of Leighton Grant and Catherine MacNeil married Mildred Clarke, daughter of Elijah Clarke (b. Newfoundland) and Drusilla Hiscock on 23 October 1942. Witnesses were Alexander MacDonald and Kathleen Frances Grant.<br /><br />Records of Knox United Church list the following five marriages of children of Hugh A. MacLean and Olive Elizabeth Grant:<br /><br />1) Ethel Beryl MacLean, 19, of 16 Pitt St., Glace Bay, married RCAF Lance Corporal Keith Morrison Teskey, 26, of Newmarket, ON, son of Stanley Teskey and Miriam Morrison, on 8 November 1943. Witnesses were Lance Corporal Wallace Crosby of Yarmouth, and Mildred Grant MacLean of 16 Pitt St.<br /><br />2) Mildred Grant MacLean, 23, married Corporal Wallace Romas Crosby, 29, of Lake Annis, Yarmouth Co., son of Alvin Crosby and Nina Banks, on 18 June 1945. Witnesses were Grant MacLean of 16 Marconi Street, and Beryl MacLean Teskey.<br /><br />3) Muriel Olive MacLean, 21, married Donald Walter McLaughlin, 20, hockey player, b. Shubenacadie, res. Halifax, son of Donald Vance McLaughlin and Maude Katherine Baker on 12 August 1950. Witnesses were Daphne Ann McLaughlin and Michael G. Andrews.<br /><br />4) Dorothy Ruth MacLean, 21, married Wallace Ralph Peters, 25, Anglican, son of Wallace Warren Peters and Florence Bramwell (b. England) on 30 June 1956. Witnesses were Samuel Boutilier and Mary Allen.<br /><br />5) Donald Winston MacLean, 22, bank accountant, married Judith Ann MacKenzie, 21, b. Westville, daughter of John Malcolm MacKenzie and Vera Margaret MacGillivary, on 27 December 1962. Witnesses were George MacLeod and Lorna Bishop.<br /><br />Records of Epworth United Church, Glace Bay, indicate that Leighton James Grant died on 20 August 1963. He was a son of William Grant and Martha Rankin, and a great-great-grandson of Charles and Nancy. He was survived by his wife (Catherine MacNeil), four sons (Arthur, Earl, Gordon, all of Glace Bay; Harold, of Sarnia), one daughter (Kathleen, Mrs. Alex MacDonald of Catherine St., Glace Bay), two brothers (Percy and William, both of Glace Bay), and two sisters (Edith, Mrs. Daniel MacLean, and Olive, Mrs. Hugh MacLean, both of Glace Bay). There were 14 grandchildren.<br /><br />The same church records indicate that Earl Grant, son of the above, died 10 August 1982 at the age of 65. He was predeceased by his wife (Mildred Clarke), by a son and by a brother. He was survived by three daughters Arlene (Mrs. James Allen, Aylmer, ON), Marilyn (Mrs. Sheldon Gilmour, Reserve Mines); and Brenda (Glace Bay); two brothers Harold (Mira Road), Gordon (Glace Bay), and one sister (Kathleen, as above). <br /><br />The obituary for his wife, Mildred Clarke, indicates that she died on 20 September 1976 at the age of 54. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elizah Clarke of Birch Grove. Her obituary also mentions that she was predeceased by an infant son, Gary Seward, in 1956.<br /><br />An obituary in the Chronicle-Herald of 21 August 1992 indicated that Kathleen Frances MacDonald, daughter of the late Layton Grant and Kathleen MacNeil, had died on 18 August in the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, at the age of 69. She was survived by sons Kevin and Eldon, both at home; daughter Glenda, at home; and brother Harold (Mira) [see below]. She was predeceased by her husband, Alexander Stephen MacDonald; and brothers Arthur, Earl and Gordon. Burial was in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens on the Sydney - Glace Bay Highway.<br /><br />An obituary in the Chronicle-Herald of 18 March 1993 indicated that Grant MacLean of Blackett St., Glace Bay, had died on 15 March at the age of 73. He was the son of Daniel MacLean and Edith Grant, the latter the daughter of William Grant and Martha Rankin. He was survived by sons Grant, Allister (both of Glace Bay) and Donald (Sydney); brother Donald J. (Willowdale, ON); sister Jean (Mrs. Fraser MacDonald, Hamilton, ON); and five grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Chris MacLeod and by a brother Roy. [Note: This came as a particularly unexpected revelation to this writer, since Fraser MacDonald was, in fact, the only brother of his mother, Hughena MacDonald Grant. See below for more detail on this family. Research on this connection is ongoing.]<br /><br />The Canadian Virtual War Memorial indicates that Flying Officer Roy MacLean of RCAF 431 Squadron, son of Daniel J. and Edith MacLean of Glace Bay, was killed in action on 29 January 1944. He is buried in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. His case brings to five the number of descendants of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon found to have died in war. (See "The Burchell Connection" below.)<br /><br />An obituary in the Chronicle-Herald of 30 May 1996 indicated that Harold Grant, son of the late Layton and Kathleen (MacNeil) Grant had died 28 May at the age of 77. He was a resident of Hillside Road, Mira. He was survived by his wife, the former Nellie Wright; sons Harold and Arthur (both of Glace Bay), and Wayne (Sarnia); four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. He was predeceased by an infant son Brian; brothers Arthur, Earl and Gordie; and sister Katherine (Kay) MacDonald. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.<br /><br />An obituary in the Chronicle-Herald of 22 November 1996 indicated that Lena Belle Grant, wife of Everett Grant and daughter of the late Archie and Mary (MacLeod) Buchanan had died on 20 November at the age of 89. She was survived by daughters Rhoda (Mrs. Cecil Brufatto), Bernice (Mrs. Angus Stewart), Mary Ellen (Mrs. Allister Chant), all of Glace Bay; 14 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband; daughter Martha; sons William (see Part VII) and Everett; and a great-grandchild. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.<br /><br />Death of William Grant, son of Everett Grant:<br /><br />After working on this genealogy project for over two years, it has come to be almost automatic for this researcher to look at any list of names, wherever presented, for possible clues. This time, it was a list of former members of IBEW, Local 1852, posted up in the union hall in Whitney Pier. Among the names on the plaque was William Grant, 17 February 1934 - 22 August 1991.<br /><br />The obituary from the Cape Breton Post indicated that he was the son of Mrs. Lena Grant and the late Everett Grant. Survivors listed were his companion, Elaine; daughters Tanya, Belinda and Sheri, all of Glace Bay; sisters Rhoda (Mrs. Cecil Brufatto), Bernice (Mrs. Angus Stewart), and Mary Ellen (Mrs. Allister Chant), all of Glace Bay; and one granddaughter. He was predeceased by a brother Everett Jr. and a sister Martha Ann. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. [Blair Grant's family tree names William's wife as Lena Seymour, and the wife of Everett Jr. as Toni Boutilier. In Joe Petrie's file on the Boutilier family, Everett Arthur Granr (sic), b. 1938, is listed as having married Marilyn Louisa Boutilier, the daughter of Henry Boutilier and Katherine Neilson, on 22 May 1965. The elder Everett Grant, who married Lena Buchanan, was the son of William Grant and Martha Rankin, and so the uncle of Blair Grant.]<br /><br />Further descendants of Alexander Grant<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle - Herald of 18 September 1990 indicates that Charles Howard Grant of Point Edward died at the age of 91 on 17 September 1990. Charles was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the son of Robert George Grant and Ada Lewis. Besides his wife, he was survived by a brother Robert (George's River); sisters Irene and Rita Poirier (both of Massachusetts), Mary MacLean (Windsor, ON) and Olney MacDonald (Sydney); sons Aubrey (Toronto), Kenneth (Brampton, ON), Ivan (Alberta), and David (Point Edward); 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by sisters Thelma and Yuba, and daughter Avril. An obituary from the Chronicle - Herald of 22 May 1996 indicates that his wife Margaret Mary MacDonald died 21 May 1996. Burial in both cases was in St. John's Anglican Church Cemetery, Point Edward. [For earlier generations of this branch of the family see Part III.]<br /><br />Obituary for a descendant of John Grant and Maria Jefferson:<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle - Herald of 26 September 1996 indicates that John George (Jack) Grant, son of the late Walter Grant and Helen Thompson, died 24 September at the age of 73. He had been employed by MT&T for 42 years. He was survived by his wife Mary Rose Bates; daughters Jacqueline and Brenda (Glace Bay); son John (Sydney); brothers Earl (Halifax) and Shep (Glace Bay); sisters Anna Fletcher, Ruth Frost, Patsy and Helen Grant (all of Glace Bay) and Harriet Grant (Halifax); and 10 grandchildren. Burial was in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens.<br /><br /><br />Further to descendants of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant:<br /><br />Recall from Part V that Hedley Musgrave was the son of Bartholomew Musgrave and Annie Watson, and was a great-great-grandson of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant. His obituary was discovered by chance. He died 28 August 1961 in Toronto, and was predeceased by his wife Eva Fairbrother. He was survived by his sons, Forrest of Gerrard's Cross, England, and Melton (Milton?) of Willowdale, Ontario, and by his daughter Madge, Mrs. E. G. Young of Halifax. There is no mention of grandchildren.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 13 June 1991 indicated that Enid Vivian Robertson Halley had died 11 June in Seabright, New Jersey at age 91. As mentioned in Part V, she was a daughter of John C. Robertson and Augusta Musgrave. She was survived by her husband, William C. Halley; grandchildren Robert Allan Ingraham, Patricia Stein, Laurie Ingraham and Scott Ingraham (all in the US); seven great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Hugh Allan Ingraham. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery near North Sydney.<br /><br />Also as noted in Part V, Sadie Jeannette Moffatt, daughter of Mrs. & Mrs. Hammond Moffatt, married Leslie Smith, and the couple resided at Grove's Point. Their marriage has been found in records of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney, and took place on 12 July 1939. The groom was 29, born in England, son of Harry Smith and Kate Langford, and a bricklayer's helper. An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 7 November 1973 indicated that she died the previous day at the stated age of 70. She was survived by her husband; daughter Lillian (Mrs. James Keehan, Montreal); sister Ada (Mrs. Cecil Anderson, Sydney); and brother Jack (Sydney). An obituary for her husband appeared on 23 May 1974 without further information. Records of the Dr. John Pringle Memorial Cemetery at Blackett's Lake confirm the following burials: Leslie Smith 1910 - 1974; Sarah J 1904 - 1973.<br /><br />Records of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney also show the marriage on 15 September 1937 of Ida MacDonald (born Moffatt), 43, of Sydney Forks to Gordon MacAulay, 53, widower, Provincial Supervisor of Relief, res. New Waterford, born Port Morien, son of Daniel MacAulay and Agnes Carmichael. She was also a daughter of Hammond Moffatt and Jessie Beaton.<br /><br />The following obituary appeared in the Cape Breton Post of 26 June 2002.<br /><br />" Milford George Musgrave, 85, a resident of Seaview Drive, North Sydney, passed away suddenly, Sunday, June 23, 2002, at the Northside General Hospital. Born in North Sydney, he was a son of the late John A. and Gertrude (Moffatt) Musgrave. Milford was a member of St. Joseph Parish, North Sydney, an honourary member of the North Sydney Senior Citizens and Pensioners Club and enjoyed attending the seniors day care program at Harbourview Hospital in Sydney Mines. He is survived by one brother, Horace, North Sydney; sister-in-law, Betty Musgrave, with whom he resided; also by several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by four brothers, Hammond, Leonard, Austin and Russell and three sisters, Etta, Pearl and Gloria. Visitation 7-9 p.m. Wednesday in the W.J. Dooley Funeral Home, 107 Pleasant St., North Sydney. Funeral mass will be held Thursday, 10 a.m. from St. Joseph Church, North Sydney, with Rev. Tom MacNeil officiating. Burial will follow in Lakeside Cemetery. "<br /><br />Recall from Parts V and VI that John A. (Jack Archie) Musgrave married Gertrude Moffatt, daughter of Hammond Moffatt and Jessie Beaton. This obituary confirms that Milford George Musgrave was unmarried.<br /><br />Recall also from Part V that Lillian Robertson, daughter of Charles Robertson and Eliza Moffatt married Stanley Boak. This marriage took place in the Baptist church in North Sydney on 17 June 1902. The groom was 33, a Halifax merchant, and son of Andrew B. and Janie D. Boak. Investigation of this line is ongoing.<br /><br />Also from Part V, George Squires Moffatt, son of Hammond Moffatt and Jessie Beaton, is known to have married Annie May Lively. Their marriage has been found in the records of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney, on 16 March 1936. No information is given as to the bride's parentage, although she is identified as a Roman Catholic. In the same church records, baptism records for two daughters of this couple have also been found: Shirley Avril Moffatt, b. 1 April 1937, and Delores Frances Moffatt, b. 7 February 1940. <br /><br />Records of Bethel Presbyterian Church also include the baptism of Mary Agnes Bayne Moffatt, b. 17 September 1907, on 16 February 1937. She appears to have been identified only as "Bayne" in Part V, and to have married John G. Holmes.<br /><br />Re: Possible child of Elizabeth Grant and John MacMillan<br /><br />Recall from Part I that Eliza Grant, daughter of Peter Grant and Mary Ann Dolman, was married to John MacMillan on 23 September 1889 in a Baptist ceremony at North Sydney. Eliza's age was given as 20 at the time. Records of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney, show the baptism on 15 October 1932 of Margaret Belle MacMillan, b. 30 March 1923, daughter of John Joseph MacMillan, contractor, and Elizabeth Grant. The coincidence of names is compelling, but, if all the ages given are correct, Eliza would have been 54 at the time of the birth of Margaret Belle. Investigation into this line is ongoing.<br /><br />Re: Mary Jane, sister of Margaret MacKenzie (Grant)<br /><br />Mary Jane MacKenzie was the daughter of Malcolm and Jessie MacKenzie, sister of the author's great-grandmother Margaret MacKenzie Grant. On 23 December 1879, at the age of 31, she married Angus McLean, 33, servant, son of Hector and Christy McLean, in a Presbyerian ceremony at Sydney Mines. Headstone transcriptions from the Historic Presbyterian Cemetery in Sydney Mines, done by Beverly Darby-Brown and available on the Internet, indicate that Mary Jane MacKenzie, "the beloved wife of Angus McLean" died 15 February 1881, at the age of 33. It is not known if the couple had any children who survived.<br /><br />Florence Grant:<br /><br />In the 1901 census for Baddeck, a Florence Grant has been found living there and working as a school teacher. Her age is given as 25, and she is living with an unrelated family. There was no Florence Grant anywhere in Victoria County in 1891. Elva Jackson mentions that Henry Charles Grant and Maria Ellen Lewis had a daughter Florence, born in 1868. This Florence would then have been a niece of Matilda Grant, mentioned above. Florence is listed in the census for Ball's Creek of 1871, 1881 and 1891, living with her parents in all cases, and her age is given, respectively, as 3, 12 and 22. The entire family had disappeared from the census by 1901, although Elva gives the date of death of Henry Charles Grant as 1905. (As noted in the preceding item, there was a second and unrelated Florence "Flora" Grant, born in Glace Bay to John and Christy Grant, and who was married to Charles Scott in 1895; it is very unlikely that she would have been working in Baddeck six years after marriage and still living under her birth name.)<br /><br />Death of widow of descendant:<br /><br />It is with regret that I include the following obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 10 January 2002 for Ethel Florence Andrews, aged 99, widow of Herbert Andrews. As was mentioned briefly in Part I, the "Andrews clan" of Port Morien is descended from James Andrews and Anna Grant, who were married in 1865. Herbert was a grandson of James and Anna.<br /><br />Ethel Florence Andrews, a life-long resident of Port Morien, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002, at the Glace Bay Health Care Complex following a brief illness. She was in her 99th year. Born in Port Morien, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Sarah (MacLeod) MacLeod and the wife of the late Herbert Andrews. Ethel was a very active member of St. John's United Church, Port Morien, having served as church treasurer, CGIT leader and UCW and a member of the Rebecca Lodge, No. 89, Port Morien having joined in 1922. Ethel is survived by her son, Ian (Joyce), Oromocto, N.B.; three granddaughters, Lori, Fredericton, N.B., Jennifer, Toronto, and Karen (Mrs. Anton Topilnyckyj), New Market, Ont.; and several nieces and nephews. Ethel was predeceased by three sisters, Margaret, Helen and Catherine, two brothers, Malcolm and Aulay. Visitation for Ethel Andrews will be held Friday, Jan. 11 from 2-4, 7-9 p.m. in Patten Funeral Home and Chapel, 71 Union St., Glace Bay. The remains will be moved Saturday at 1 p.m. to St. John's United Church, Port Morien, where funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Michael Goodfellow officiating. Interment will be in Black Brook Cemetery. <br /><br />Research into this branch of the family is ongoing. I have met with Ethel's only son, Ian (pronounced "Eye-an" and not "Ee-an") and his family, with whom I attended high school some 40 years ago, and who is himself interested in genealogy with particular emphasis on the Andrews side. We therefore hope to be able to help each other in future.<br /><br />We now present four sizable portions of family tree, detailing the connections with the Dickson/Dixon family of the Northwest Arm, the Logue family of Sydney and North Sydney, the Peters family of Mira Road, and the Burchell family of Sydney Mines. The first three are strongly interconnected and should be read in sequence. The last is more strongly connected with the Musgrave/Moffatt family trees in Part V.<br /><br />The Dickson/Dixon Connection(s):<br /><br />It must first be noted that the names "Dixon" and "Dickson" are used almost interchangably in early records. Also, there is a large group of persons of that surname in the Mira-Catalone-Louisbourg area. So far, no credible evidence has turned up that any of them are descendants of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon, but a number of open questions remain.<br /><br />Alexander Dickson and Robert Dixon of the 82nd regiment are listed in Dr. Robert Morgan's list of Loyalist settlers of Sydney. There is also a record of a property transfer from Elizabeth Dickson of Spanish River, widow of Alexander Dixon, in 1795. In part because of the prevalence of the name "Alexander" among the next generation, I have assumed that the family which took up land along the North West Arm are the descendants of Alexander. Land grants are ambiguous, however. In 1806, Thomas Rudderham received a lot at the North West Arm adjacent to that of John Dixon. In 1818, however, John Dixon, 33, described as a native of Main-a-Dieu, with a wife and four children, asked for and received a lot on the south side of the North West Arm.<br /><br />Elva Jackson's card file, largely derived from records of St. George's Anglican Church, indicates that John Dixon married Isabella Grant, daughter of Charles and Nancy, on 13 January 1809. Isabella was baptised 21 September 1791 and died 17 January 1870. John Dixon died about 1860. Among their family were George Alexander (b. about 1809, c. 25 February 1810, aged 4 months), Alexander Daniel (b. 13 April 1813), Isabella Harriet (b. 6 June 1819), and John (b. 13 June 1826). Also in the records at St. George's was William Dixon, baptised 19 August 1812 at the age of 12, the son of John and Eleanor Dixon. (It is therefore quite possible that Isabella Grant was John Dixon's second wife, in which case any descendants of William Dixon would not be true members of this family tree.) <br /><br />In 1838, John Dickson was living at Leitches Creek with a household of 10 individuals. Exclusive of the head, there were two males and three females over 14 in this household. Elva Jackson also records that there was a Tabitha Dixon (c. 1791 - 1870) also living at the North West Arm during this period. There is also an eroded gravestone for a Simon Dixon (1810 - 1866(?)) in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Point Edward. The relationship of either to John, if any, is unknown. <br /><br />Marriage records for St. George's Anglican Church, Sydney show that Alexander Dixon of Point Edward married Catherine Burke on 9 March 1852. (Baptismal records of the same church show Catherine Burke born in May of 1830 to James and Elizabeth Burke of Main-a-Dieu. Her birthplace suggests there may well have been some connection with the Dicksons of that area.) The 1871 census for Ball's Creek shows Alexander Dixon, 54, born NS, Church of England, seaman; Catherine, 40, Irish; Evalina, 18 (m. Richard Logue, details below), Elizabeth, 16 (1855 - 1919, unmarried); Isabel, 15 (m. David J. Lewis, details below); Jane, 13; Annie, 10 (m. William R. Coleman, details below); John, 8; Charles, 6 (1865 - 1946); Ada, 4 (m. Johnson, res. Bangor, see below) and Catherine 2 (1870 - 1918). Catherine (1830-1914), wife of Alexander, and three of her children (Elizabeth, Charles and Catherine) are buried in Mitchell Island Union Cemetery.<br /><br />Records of St. George's Anglican Church, Sydney, show that Alexander Dixon died 25 May 1872 at the age of 59. If this age is correct, it is more likely that he was Alexander Daniel than George Alexander.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County indicate that, 0n 24 August 1878, Isabella Dickson, 21, of the North West Arm, daughter of Alex and C. Dickson, married David J. Lewis, 23, blacksmith, resident in Sydney, born at the Forks, son of Ben and Mary Lewis, in a Presbyterian ceremony in Sydney. Research into this branch of the family is ongoing.<br /><br />The 1881 census for Ball's Creek lists Catherine Dixon, 48, born NS, Baptist, widow; Evalina, 28, Church of England; Elizabeth, 26; Jane, 22; Annie, 20; John, 19; Charles, 16; Ada, 14; Katie, 12; Eliza, 9 (m. Oliver Lewis, details below); and Charles, 50. It is unusual, of course, that the same family should contain both an Elizabeth and an Eliza.<br /><br />On 17 January 1882, in a Roman Catholic ceremony at North Sydney, Richard Logue, 29, telegraph representative, born Sydney, resident in North Sydney, son of Richard and Isabel Logue, married Evalina Dixon, 29, of the North West Arm, daughter of Alex'r and Cath. Dixon. [Richard Logue was the brother of Charles Logue, who married Selina Rudderham, a second cousin of Evalina Dixon. See Part VII.] The 1901 census for North Sydney shows Richard Logue, born 31 October 1854, born NS, Roman Catholic, telegraph lineman; Evalina, b. 20 January 1855; Joseph, b. 19 January 1883, telegraph lineman; William, b. 8 April 1886; Mary, b. 19 June 1889; Katie, b. 7 May 1895; and Elizabeth Dixon, sister-in-law, Baptist, b. 31 October 1858. <br /><br />According to the list of headstone transcriptions from Holy Cross Cemetery, near North Sydney, assembled by Debbie MacKinnon & Beverly Darby-Brown, there is a large Logue family plot in that cemetery. Among the burials listed there are Richard Logue 1852 - 20 February 1934, and Evalina Dickson Logue, wife of Richard Logue, 1853 - 7 March 1939. Also buried in that plot are four of their children and one spouse thereof: Joseph Logue 1883 - 12 March 1968, Christina wife of Joseph Logue 1886 - 25 September 1936, Catherine (Katie) Logue 1885 - 21 August 1974, William Snyder Logue 1886 - 22 August 1973, and Mary Evalina Logue 19 June 1889 - 12 September 1985. There are nine other individuals buried here with the surname Logue and born in the interval 1905 - 1922, and a tenth in a separate plot nearby giving the name of a wife who may still survive. Some details above were obtained from records of Dooley's Funeral Home, North Sydney. For further information on this family, see "The Logue Connection" which follows. <br /><br />On 26 March 1889, in a Methodist ceremony at North Sydney, William R. Coleman, 28, engineer ( son of Edward and Francis [sic]) married Annie Dickson, 25 (daughter of Alex'r and Kate). Witnesses were In. C. Robertson and Rich'd Logue. The 1891 census of North Sydney lists William (W. R.) Coleman, 31, born NS, Methodist, steamboat engineer; Annie, 27, born NS; George, 2; Francis, 59, widow, mother, born NS; and Grace Hawkins, 20, cousin. In 1901, the family is made up of William Coleman, born 8 December 1859, Methodist, engineer; Annie, born 14 November 1865; George, born 18 October 1890; Charles, born 12 December 1892; and Frances, born 10 December 1895.<br /><br />Headstone transcriptions for Lakeside Cemetery include the following in a single plot: Charles 1893 - 1962; William L. Coleman 1859 - 1943; His wife Anna Marie 1860 - 1951; Son George 1890 - 1937; His wives Marguerite 1897 - 1924; Florence 1901 - 1934; Son Bruce 1922 - 1934. (Frances Coleman and two infant siblings of William are also buried there.) Nearby is Gertrude wife of Charles Coleman 1897 - 1948.<br /><br />Marriage records for Cape Breton County indicate that, on 26 September 1900, at North Sydney, in a Baptist ceremony, Oliver Lewis, 27, blacksmith, Pt. Edward (son of Douglas and Annie), married Eliza Dixon, 24, Pt. Edward (daughter of Alexander and Catherine). <br /><br />Records of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney, indicate that, on 11 August 1938, James Edward Myron Meikle, 35, teacher, born Pictou County, son of Alexander Walter Meikle and Violet Mason Young, married Catherine Ethel Lewis, 35, photo colorist, of Point Edward, daughter of Oliver Edward Lewis and Eliza Dixon. Witnesses were Everett Lewis and A. Pearl Meikle. [Records of the same church show the burial of A. W. Meikle on 20 November 1936, and the death of Mrs. A. W. (Violet) Meikle on 26 October 1938.]<br /><br />Headstone transcriptions from St. John's Anglican Cemetery include Oliver E. Lewis, d 20 Jan 1923, 49 yrs; his wife Eliza M. d Dec 8, 1959 88 yrs; son Roy E. 1911 - 1992. An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 9 December 1959 for Mrs. Oliver Lewis does not contain her given name. She was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Myron Meikle of Sydney; two sons, Everett and Roy, Point Edward; and a sister, Mrs. Ada Johnson of Bangor. Two grandsons, Douglas and Sandy Meikle also survived. <br /><br />Records of Dooley's Funeral Home, North Sydney, indicate that Charles Dixon, 80, died 10 June 1946 and was buried at Mitchell Island. He was born at Point Edward, worked as a lineman, and died of senility at the Cape Breton Hospital. Funeral arrangements were made by Chas. Coleman.<br /><br />Records of Hardwood Hill Cemetery indicate that Mrs. Myron Meikle, the former Ethel Lewis, died on 11 November 1982 at the age of 79, and that her husband died 19 October 1984 at the age of 81. She was survived by brothers Everett and Roy at Point Edward. They were both survived by sons Douglas of Edmonton and Sandy of Fredericton, together with five grandchildren.<br /><br />Headstone inscriptions from St. John's Cemetery, Point Edward, also show Roy E. Lewis as born 4 Oct 1911 and died 18 Aug 1992. His obituary indicates that he was predeceased by brother Everett and sister Ethel, and survived by nephews Douglas Meikle in Dartmouth and Sandy Meikle in Fredericton.<br /><br />For the purposes of exclusion, we mention the following two individuals with surname Dickson. The 1901 census, Part II, p. 43, indicates that Mary Bourinot, widow, born 29 August 1840, Irish, C/E, retired was living with her mother Lavinia Dickson, born 6 November 1811, Presbyterian, retired. A similar listing appeared in the 1891 census. Lavinia Burnyeat Dickson is buried in the Purves family plot in Lakeside Cemetery near North Sydney; her dates as given on the headstone are 5 November 1811 to 3 December 1903. Mary Campbell Dickson, daughter of Joseph and Lavinia Dickson of Truro, married Arthur Henry Bourinot, son of John and Jane Bourinot of Sydney in a Presbyterian ceremony in Truro on 27 July 1867. It is possible that another daughter of Lavinia Dickson was the wife of William Purves, 1834-1893, also buried in Lakeside.<br />There is no known connection between this Dickson family and any of the local families of that surname.<br /><br />The Logue Connection<br /><br />This section is particularly complex, since it involves a number of marriages of cousins among the Logue, Dickson and Rudderham families. It should be read in conjunction with the preceding section on "The Dickson/Dixon Connection".<br /><br />The first Richard Logue arrived in Sydney as an immigrant from Londonderry in 1835. Thanks to a reference in the marriage records of CB County, we now know that his wife was Isabella Dickson. No record of their marriage has yet been found, but it seems highly probable that she was the daughter of John Dixon and Isabella Grant, born in 1819. So far, no death record or burial site for Richard Logue the elder or Isabella Dickson has been located.<br /><br />Marriage records for Cape Breton County indicate that James Garvin, 23, coal cutter, born Pictou, res. Cow Bay (son of James and Mary McMahon) married Eliza Logue, 17, Sydney (daughter of Richard Logue and Isabella Dickson) in a Roman Catholic ceremony at Sydney on 27 January 1867. Most probably, Mary Ann Logue, who married James Peters in 1865 (no further details in the records) was also a daughter of Richard Logue and Isabella Dickson. We have already noted the marriage of Charles Logue to Selina Rudderham in 1879 (see Part VII); and of Richard Logue (b. 1852) to his first cousin Evalina Dickson in 1882 (see "The Dickson Connection" above).<br /><br />Birth records for Cape Breton County indicate that John Richard Garven was born 29 August 1869 at Cow Bay to James and Eliza Logue, who were married on 29 January 1867 in Sydney. An unnamed child with surname Garvin was born 18 August 1868 at Cow Bay; father was James, but mother is not named.<br /><br />The 1871 census for Sydney, Part I, includes the following extended family: Richard Logue, 64, b. Ireland, Catholic, telegraph repairer; Isabel, 50, b. NS, English; William, 24, sailor; Charles, 22, sailor; Eliza, 20, married, dressmaker; Richard, 18, driver; James, 15, shoemaker; Catherine, 13; James Garvin, 24, carpenter; John Garvin, 1. It is evident that James and Eliza had moved back to Sydney to live with her parents, and that the first baby born to the couple had not survived.<br /><br />The 1871 census for Sydney, Part II, includes the following family: James Peters, 33, C/E, carpenter, born NS, French; Mary Ann, 28, Irish; James, 7; John, 4; Anne, 2; Samuel R., 3 months (born January). Birth records of Cape Breton County show Samuel Richard Peters, born 6 January 1871 to James and Mary Ann Logue, farmer, Mira Rd., married February 1864 in Sydney. They also show Henry P. Peters, born 13 February 1873 to the same couple (who now declared their marriage to have taken place in February 1867), and James Peters, born 17 November 1875 to James and Kate Logue (date of marriage now given as 1868).<br /><br />Burial records of Sacred Heart Cemetery show that Richard Logue died in 1886 at the age of 72, and that Isabel H. Logue died in 1908 at the age of 89. In addition, there is a headstone for a Catherine (Kate) Logue, whose date of death is in the 1930's, most probably 1938.<br /><br />In addition, marriage records of Cape Breton County show a marriage of Mary Ann Logue, 21, Sydney (daughter of James and Ann Logue) to William Hill, 28, truckman, born Amherst, resident of Sydney (son of Charles and Sarah) in a Presbyterian ceremony at Sydney on 16 April 1902. No marriage record for James Logue has yet been found, so his wife's identity remains unknown.<br /><br />The death of Richard Logue (the younger) on 20 February 1934 was the subject of a lengthy tribute in the Sydney Post. It indicated that he succeeded his father on 1 April 1870 as line-foreman for the Nova Scotia Telegraph Co. (later Anglo-American Cable, still later Western Union Telegraph), and was transferred to North Sydney on 1 April 1875. He retired in October 1925. (Among the miscellaneous items found at the Beaton Institute is a record from July 1885 of pole repairs done on the telegraph line from North Sydney to Baddeck and Ingonish. The repairer on the crew was John Dixon, and foreman Archy MacKenzie.)<br /><br />As noted under the discussion of the Dixons, Richard Logue (the younger) and Evalina Dickson are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery near North Sydney with their four children, and Christina MacKenzie (1886 - 25 September 1936), the wife of his son Joseph Logue (1883- 12 March 1968). Joseph Logue then remarried Mary Evelyn McNeil (c. 1894 - 18 September 1973), daughter of Sandy McNeil and Annie McLean of St. Margaret's Village. Records of Dooley's Funeral Home indicate that she was buried in that community. <br /><br />The nine children of Joseph Logue are also buried in the family plot or an adjacent one. They are:<br /><br /> Richard S., 1906 - 6 January 1957<br /> Marie, 1908 - 1996<br /> Claude, 1909 - 1911<br /> Eva Louise, 1911 - 21 November 1980<br /> John H. 5 November 1913 - 7 September 1963<br /> Malcolm B. 1916 - 22 June 1966<br /> Joseph, 1918 - 13 September 1969<br /> Thomas, 1920 - 1991<br /> Cecelia, 1922 - 1992<br /><br />Except for John H., dates more precise than the year alone are supplied from Elva Jackson's card file at the Beaton. Some of the dates which appear above were obtained from records of Dooley's Funeral Home, North Sydney. Elva Jackson also notes that Cecelia married Walter Morrisey of North Sydney and Ingonish. In addition, there is a footstone for "Sarah E. Logue, 1905 - 1993" whose location suggests she may have been the wife of Richard S. Logue.<br /><br />The obituary for John W. Logue in the Cape Breton Post (9 September 1963) indicates he died suddenly, and was survived by his wife, Catherine Walsh; son Patrick; daughter Catherine; his father, stepmother, three sisters and three brothers, as listed above.<br /><br />In addition, the obituary for Richard James ("R.J." or "Dick") Logue indicates he died 17 December 1986. He was survived by his wife Dorothy E.; son Richard, Toronto; daughter Sharon (Mrs. Kevin Francis), Thornhill, Ontario; and two grandsons. His four sisters had predeceased him. Unfortunately, the obituary misidentifies his father as Richard rather than Charles Logue.<br /><br />Much more information on the descendants of James Peters and Mary Ann Logue is to be found in the following section.<br /><br /><br />The Peters Connection<br /><br />As noted under "The Logue Connection", James Peters married Mary Ann Logue about 1864 and took up residence on Mira Rd. The 1881 census of Sydney, Part II, shows at p. 57-8 a family consisting of James Peters, 44, C/E, farmer; Mary, 38; James, 17, farmers son; John, 14; Annie. 12; Richard, 10; Pierce, 8; William, 6; Charles, 3; Napoleon, 9 months (born August). In 1891, the same family appears at p. 10-11 of the census for Sydney Forks, and consisted of James Peters, 55, C/E, farmer; Maryann, 40, father born Ireland; James, 27, labour; Richard, 20, labour; Pierce, 18, farm labour; William, 16; Charles, 13; George, 10; Austin, 7; Annie, 22.<br /><br />Baptismal records of St. George's Anglican Church, Sydney, mention the following children of James and Mary Peters: Anne, b. 18 November 1867, c. 30 May 1871; Charles Crewe, b. 28 April 1878, c. 19 March 1879; Henry P., b. 12 February 1873, c. 30 April; Isabella, b. 8 July 1865, c. 16 July; James Andrew, b. 24 November 1863, c. 16 July 1865; John, b. 1866, c. September 1867; Samuel Richard, b. 5 January 1871, c. 30 May; and William, b. 3 November 1874, c. 24 November. They also record James Peters, son of Samuel and Mary, b. 25 July 1837, c. 5 October 1841. Burial records of the same church indicate that Isabella Peters died at the age of 8 days and was buried 17 July 1865.<br /><br />Records of Hardwood Hill Cemetery indicate that James Peters of Mira Rd. died 30 October 1893 at the age of 57. Records of St. George's Anglican Church give his date of burial as 3 December 1893.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County show the following for members of the family: <br />On 22 December 1898, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Hillside Mira, William Peters, 24, farmer, Louisbourg Rd., son of James and Mary Peters, married Mary Margaret McInnis, 24, of Mira, daughter of Agnes (sic) and Mary; witnesses were Archie McInnis and Annie Peters [family below]. <br />On 15 June, 1899, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Sydney, Pierce Peters, 26, telegraph repairer, son of James and Mary Ann, married Anna Bell McKenzie, 22, born West Bay, daughter of George and Alexis; witnesses were Neil Johnson and Jane McQueen. <br />On 28 November, 1899, in a Roman Catholic ceremony at Sydney, James A. Peters, 37, widower, telephone liner, son of James and Mary, married Johanna Jamieson, 25, of Mira River, daughter of Neil and Sarah; witnesses were Thomas Downing and Agnes Burke. <br />A week later, on 5 December 1899, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Mt. Uniacke, Angus Morrison, 33, coal miner, born Black Brook, resident of Lorway Mines, son of Angus and Ann, married Annie Peters, 32, Mt. Uniacke, daughter of James and Mary Ann; witnesses were Charles and Kate F. Peters. [Anomalously, this marriage also appears in the records of St. George's Anglican Church.] <br />On 10 November 1904, in a C/E ceremony at Sydney, Charles Crewe Peters, 26, farmer, Mira Rd., son of James and Mary Ann, married Gertrude O'grady, 20, born Halifax, daughter of Edmund and Margaret; witnesses were Albert Peters and Miss Frances Peters. [This marriage also appears in the records of St. George's Anglican Church.] <br /><br />The 1901 census for South Forks shows three families. First, at p. 1, there is James Peters, b. 24 November 1863, RC, linesman; Johanna, b. 4 April 1873; Mary McNeile, stepdaughter, b. 10 August 1880, age 11 (sic); John McNeile, stepson, b. 19 March 1882, age 10 (sic); Ulena Peters, daughter, b. 21 July 1885, age 6 (sic); James Peters, son, b. 17 March 1887, age 4 (sic). [Research is ongoing into the parentage of the stepchildren, and the true ages of all the children.] Second, at p. 2, there is Pearce Peters, b. 12 February 1873, farmer; Annabel, b. 2 October 1876; George, b. 2 August 1900. Finally, at p. 4, there is Mrs. Mary Peters, widow, b. 27 February 1843; Charles, b. 27 April 1878; William, b. 3 November 1874; Margaret, b. 16 November 1874, wife; Austin, b. 30 September 1883.<br /><br />The 1901 census for Lorway Mines shows, at p. 21, a childless couple: Angus G. Morrison, b. 8 June 1866, Presbyterian, coal miner; Annie, b. 19 November 1869, episcopal. <br /><br />Records of Christ Church Anglican, Sydney, include numerous baptisms of members of this family:<br /> Children of Pierce and Annie Isabel (or Annabel) Peters: Alice Beatrice (much later corrected to "Alexis"), b. 5 March 1914, c. 23 November 1916; Henry Pierce, b. 19 March 1917, c. 26 October 1920. <br /> Children of Charles Crewe and Gertrude Peters: John Charles, b. 10 December 1914, c. 23 November 1916 [family below]; George Arnold, b. March 1916, c. 23 November 1916; Annie Gertrude, b. 23 January 1918, c. 26 October 1920; Thomas Edward, b. 17 May 1919, c. 26 October 1920 [family below]; Robert Arthur, b. 17 June 1920, c. 26 October 1920 [family below]; Nina Winnifred, b. 4 May 1921, c. 28 November 1924; Florence Alice, b. 9 March 1926, c. 25 November.<br /> Children of H. Pierce and Annie E. Peters: Alice Beatrice, b. 5 March 1914, c. 23 November 1916 (corrected to "Alexis" in 1974); Henry Pierce, b. 19 March 1917, c. 26 October 1920.<br /> Children of Richard Peters and Myrtle Phillips: Richard James, b. 1 September 1939, c. 1 October [family below]; Jeanette Marie, b. 2 November 1935, c. 1 October 1939; Roy Andrew, b. 23 January 1950, c. 19 November. [See below.]<br /> Children of Robert Arthur Peters and Alice Josephine MacGillivray: Frederick Arthur, b. 13 February 1944, c. 16 April; Brenda Alice, b. 22 June 1947, c. 21 September; Judith Marie, b. 22 December 1948, c. 30 January 1949; George Charles, b. 12 March 1957, c. 28 April; Terrence Robert, b. 11 December 1958, c. 12 April 1959.<br /> Children of Albert and Agnes Clare Peters : Shirley Elizabeth, b. 25 February 1942, c. 7 November; Anna Gertrude, b. 19 March 1935, c. 24 November 1946; Patricia Clare, b. 22 August 1936, c. 24 November 1946; Joan Eleanor, b. 1 April 1947, c. 13 July. (From later evidence, the maiden name of Albert Peters' wife was Morley.)<br /> Children of Richard James and Carol Elizabeth Peters: Lana Elizabeth, b. 5 January 1963; Caroline Annette, b. 15 June 1965, c. 4 July.<br /><br />In addition, Isabel Louise Peters, daughter of Richard James Peters and Myrtle Phillips, born 13 February 1934, was baptised on 7 October 1934 at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney.<br /><br />On 17 April 1913, Richard "Dick" Peters, aged "about 45", a lineman for Western Union, was accidentally electrocuted while at work at the foot of Falmouth St., Sydney. His brothers James and Charles, who were also his co-workers, witnessed the accident and testified at the inquest. The news story states that Richard was married at the time, but had no children. He is buried with his parents in Hardwood Hill Cemetery. Records of St. George's Anglican Church give his date of burial as 9 April 1913.<br /><br />Records of Hardwood Hill Cemetery indicate that James Russel Peters died 1 January 1918 at the age of 13. No obituary could be found, but a brief notice appeared on 4 January 1918 to the effect that the funeral of James Peters was being held from the home of his father, William Peters, on Chappel's Court.<br /><br />Records of St. George's Anglican Church mention a marriage of John James Ormond to Annabella Mary Peters on 1 September 1927. From evidence in the following paragraph, it would appear she was a daughter of Pierce Peters. The Social Security Death Index indicates that a John Ormond, born 17 July 1901, died in September 1977, and Arabelle M. Ormond, born 5 July 1903, died in October 1993, both in Tom's River, New Jersey.<br /><br />Records of Christ Church Anglican indicate that, on 1 December 1928, Frances Helen Peters, 25, Roman Catholic, daughter of James and Johanna Peters, married Rufus Foote, 33, shipper, born Wolfville, son of Richard and Frances Foote. Witnesses were Mrs. and Mrs. Gordon Dexter.<br /><br />On the morning of 12 October 1929, Pierce Peters was also accidentally killed in a horrific collision on Inglis St., Sydney, between the horse-drawn wagon he was driving to work and a taxi (allegedly fleeing police). He was survived by his widow; two sons, George (of the city police department) and Henry, both residing at home; four daughters, Mrs. Jack MacDonald (Hamilton, ON), Mrs. John Ormond (Summit, NJ), Lena and Alexis (at home); five brothers, John (North Sydney), James, Charles, George and Austin (Mira Rd.); and one sister, Mrs. A. G. Morrison of George St., Sydney.<br /><br />Evidently Pierce and Richard were both survived by their mother, although she is not mentioned in either story, since Hardwood Hill Cemetery records indicate that Mary A. Peters, age 91, died 14 January 1932, and is buried beside James, who died over 38 years earlier.<br /><br />A third accidental death afflicted the family when, on 12 September 1936, Earl Peters, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Peters died when his hunting rifle accidentally discharged. He was apparently unmarried, and was survived by several brothers (including one named Bob) and sisters.<br /><br />Records of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney, indicate that, on 21 October 1936, Lena Margaret Peters, 23, C/E, daughter of Pierce Peters and Annie MacKenzie, married Leslie Alexander Waye, 26, newspaperman, son of William Forman Waye and Catherine MacDonald. Witnesses were Marion Andrews and Angus Waye. (See obituary from 1995 below.)<br /><br />Records of Christ Church Anglican indicate that, on 18 June 1940, Donald George MacKenzie, 26, mechanic, Presbyterian, son of Jack and Ethel MacKenzie married Gertrude Ann Peters, 22, daughter of Charles and Gertrude Peters. Witnesses were Howard Boutilier and Leona Jeans.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 28 February 1944 indicates that Mrs. Annie Peters, widow of Pierce Peters, died on 26 February at the age of 67. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George MacKenzie of Sporting Mountain. She was survived by sons George (Sydney) [family below], and Henry (overseas with the military); daughters Mrs. Hilda MacDonald (General Secretary of the Mountain Sanitarium, Hamilton, Ontario), Mrs. Jack Ormond (New Jersey), Mrs. Leslie Waye (Ankerville St., Sydney), and Mrs. John MacGillivray (Sydney).<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 29 October 1953 indicates that George Peters, son of Pierce and Annie, died suddenly in Inverness on the previous day. He was survived by his widow (not named); daughters Louisa (Central School staff) and Velma (employed by Sydney Motors); brother Henry; and sisters Mrs. Milda Wilks (Ontario) [evidently a second marriage], Mrs. Jack Ormond (New Jersey), Mrs. John MacGillivary and Mrs. Les Waye (both of Sydney). <br /><br />The records of Christ Church Anglican, Sydney, also show the following children born to Robert Arthur and Alice Josephine Peters: Judith Marie, b. 22 December 1948, c. 30 January 1949; George Charles, b. 12 March 1957, c. 28 April; Terrence Robert, b. 11 December 1958, c. 12 April 1959. They also have the following born to Thomas Edward and June Maxine Peters: Gertrude Florence Nadene, b. 24 July 1951, c. 15 October [family below]; Faye Estelle, b. 18 October 1953, c. 8 November. <br /><br />Records of the Morrison Cemetery, Morrison Road, indicate that Angus Morrison died 28 December 1940, and that his wife Annie Peters died 8 March 1940. Obituaries have not been located for either.<br /><br />Records of Hardwood Hill Cemetery indicate that William Peters died 12 September 1950; an obituary is not available due to a gap in the microfilm record. An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 6 July 1966 states that Mrs. Margaret Peters (formerly MacInnis) died the previous day. She was survived by sons Stuart of Sydney and Robert of Sydney River, and a daughter Marguerite (Mrs. H. J. Smith) of Wrentham, Mass. Two sons, Russell and Earl (see above) had predeceased her. <br /><br />Records of Bethel Presbyterian Church indicate that, on 1 April 1953, Murray Dodd Brown, 24, service station attendant, of Dutch Brook, son of Edward Brown and Rosie Lockman, married Patricia Clara Peters, 19, of 36 Whitney Avenue, daughter of Albert Peters and Clara Morley. Witnesses were Carmen Carson and Mary Elizabeth George. [Recall that Albert was the son of Charles Crewe Peters. No marriage record has yet been found for him. See also Petrie/Peters marriage in 1966 below.]<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 30 March 1955 states that George Peters, 74, died the previous evening. He was survived by brothers John (Guysboro), and Charles and Austin (both Mira Rd.) He was predeceased by three brothers and a sister.<br /><br />While no marriage record has yet been found, there is evidence below that Mary Ann Peters, daughter of Richard James Peters and Myrtle Phillips, married Guy Mader. In particular, records of Christ Church Anglican indicate that Robert Edmund Mader, 18, son of Guy and Mary Ann Peters, married Helen Florence MacDonald, 19, daughter of Angus Hugh MacDonald and Theresa Ann MacLellan, on 12 April 1955. <br /><br />Records of Christ Church Anglican indicate that, on 8 September 1956, Isabel Louise Peters, 22, daughter of Richard James Peters and Myrtle Louise Phillips, married William Howard George, 26, son of Eloil Lloyd George and Annie Tilley. Witnesses were Jeanette Peters and Frank Shepperd.<br /><br />Records of that church also indicate that, on 15 March 1957, Earlene Elizabeth Peters, 19, daughter of John Robert Peters and Genevieve Heron of Sydney River, married Ronald Grant McGarrigle, 21, of Trenton, son of George McGarrigle and Greta Weismiller. Witnesses were Georgina Anne Peckham and an individual from Trenton ON whose name is not readable.<br /><br />On 2 March 1961 at Christ Church Anglican, John Albert Mader, 19, son of Guy Mader and Mary Ann Peters, married Mary Marilyn Devereaux, 18, daughter of Angus Patrick Devereaux and Verlie Alfreda Foote. Witnesses were Clare (?) Dingwall and Richard Peters.<br /><br />On 18 June 1962 at Christ Church Anglican, Richard James Peters, 22, son of Richard and Myrtle Phillips, married Carolyn Elizabeth Myatt, 19, daughter of Frederick Myatt and Irene Beck. Witnesses were Mrs. Jeannette Moffatt and David Myatt.<br /><br />On 11 August 1962, at Christ Church Anglican, Charles Raymond Peters, 31 (?), son of Stuart Peters and Mona Robson, maried Pauline Sheilah Sheppard, 23, daughter of John E. Sheppard and Rachel Morrison. Witnesses were Ronald and Kathryn Lowther.<br /><br />On 19 October 1963, at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Bonita Leslie Waye, 22, daughter of Leslie Waye of Sydney Mines and Lena Peters, married John William Butler, 23, born Halifax, son of George Butler (born Newfoundland) and Edith Salbu. (See obituary from 1995 below.)<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 25 February 1964 indicates that Mrs. Harold Peters of Mira Road, the former Catherine MacNeil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Urban MacNeil of Christmas Island, died the previous day. Her age is not given. She was survived by her husband; sons Charles (New Waterford) and Harold Jr. at home; daughters Bonnie (Mrs. Reg Wadden, Mira Rd.) and Donna (Mrs. Bob Frosst, Sydney Forks); and nine grandchildren.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 1 June 1964, with additional information on 2 June, indicates that Charles Peters died on 30 May at the age of 87. He was an employee of the city's water department for 57 years up to 1951, and was described as an "ardent" Liberal. His wife predeceased him 25 years before. He was survived by sons Richard, Pierce, Albert, John, Harold, Edward, Arthur (all of Sydney) and William (Halifax); daughters Evelyn (Mrs. Allison Turnbull), Ella (Mrs. Russell Hall), Mary (Mrs. Guy Mader), Gertrude (Mrs. Don MacKenzie) (all of Sydney), Winnifred (Mrs. Laurie Boyd), and Florence (Mrs. Fred Crooks) (both in Halifax); a brother Austin in Sydney; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. An obituary in the same paper on 10 January 1939 indicates that Gertrude Sara Peters, the daughter of Edmund and Margaret O'Grady of Halifax, died the previous night. Their 14 children are listed essentially as in her husband's obituary; there were 15 grandchildren at that time. <br /><br />On 4 December 1965 at Christ Church Anglican, David Allison Mader, 22, son of Guy Mader and Mary Ann Peters, married Ethel Lorraine MacKinnon, 21, daughter of John Douglas MacKinnon and Florence May Lund of Dutch Brook. Witnesses were Murdoch Earl and Ruth Eleanor Ferguson.<br /><br />On 30 July 1966, at Christ Church Anglican, Joan Eleanor Peters, 19, daughter of Albert Peters and Clare Morley (?) married Robert David Petrie, 21, son of Robert David Petrie and May MacDonald. Witnesses were Mrs. Patricia and Murray Brown. <br /><br />On 19 November 1966 at Christ Church Anglican, Frederick Arthur Peters, 22, son of Robert Arthur Peters and Alice Josephine MacGillivray, married Evelyn Blanche MacPherson, 22, daughter of Hector MacPherson and Laura Blanche Kendall. Witnesses were David Ronald Myatt and Mrs. Shirley A. Bonaparte.<br /><br />On 3 December 1966 at the same church, Gertrude Ann Peters, 21, sister of Frederick Arthur immediately above, married Harvey William Stone, 22, son of Malcolm Stone and Eliza Marsh. Witnesses were Bernard Lorway Stone and Gudie Marie Peters.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 12 February 1968 indicates that Richard J. (Dick) Peters of Mira Road died on 10 February at home at the age of 64. He was survived by his wife, the former Myrtle Phillips; sons Richard and Roy, both of Sydney; daughters Jeanette (Mrs. Robert Moffatt) and Isabel (Mrs. William George), both of Sydney; brothers William (Dartmouth), Pierce, Albert, John, Harold, Edward, Arthur (all of Sydney); sisters Evelyn (Mrs. A. D. Turnbull), Ellen (Mrs. R. M. Hall), Mary (Mrs. G. R. Mader), Gertrude (Mrs. D. MacKenzie), Winnifred (Mrs. L. R. Boyd), all of Sydney, and Florence (Mrs. Fred Crooks, Halifax). <br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 8 March 1974 states that Austin Peters, 92, died at his residence, the home of his nephew Barney Peters, 724 Mira Rd. [See Robert Arthur Peters, below.] He was unmarried, and was predeceased by sisters Isabel and Annie (Mrs. A. G. Morrison), and brothers James, John, William, Richard, George and Charles.<br /><br />On 30 September 1977 at Christ Church Anglican, Gertrude Florence Nadene Peters, 25, daughter of Thomas Edward Peters and June Maxine MacLeod of 1726 George St., married Thomas Richard Mayich, 23, a Roman Catholic and son of John Mayich and Josephine Swatko. Witnesses were John Stephen Mayich and Fay Estelle Balcom. [Note that the bride's sister also had the name Faye Estelle.] John Edward Mayich was born in Halifax on 18 May 1979 and baptised July 1 at Christ Church Anglican; his parents were Thomas Richard Mayich and Gertrude Florence Nadene Peters. [This couple also has a son Richard.]<br /><br />On 3 June 1978 at Christ Church Anglican, George Charles Peters, 20, son of Robert Arthur and Alice Josephine Peters married Sheila Raylene Powell, 21, daughter of Norman Powell and Helen Elizabeth Hodgson. Witnesses were Harvey Stone and Natalie Hodgson.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 12 January 1979 indicates that Guy Robert Mader died on 10 January at the age of 74. He was survived by his wife, the former Mary Peters; sons William, Robert, Edward, John and David (all of Sydney); daughters Dorothy (Mrs. Robert Trenholm, Sydney), Elaine and Linda (at home); and fifteen grandchildren.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 19 May 1981 states that John Charles Peters (son of Charles and Gertrude O'grady Peters) died May 17 at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife Pauline Palmer, sons John Jr. in Calgary and Barry at home, brothers Bill (Halifax), Albert (Sydney), Percy, Harold, Edward and Arthur (all of Mira Rd.); and four sisters, Evelyn (Mrs. Allison Turnbull), Gertrude (Mrs. Donald McKenzie), Mary (Mrs. Guy Mader) (all of Mira Rd.), and Florence (Mrs. Fred Crooks, Halifax); as well as five stepchildren and 15 grandchildren. He was predeceased by sisters Ella and Winnie, and brother Richard.<br /><br />Records of Hardwood Hill Cemetery indicate that Stuart (Stewart) Peters died 22 February 1982. However, no obituary could be found. An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 13 December 1983 states that Mrs. Annie Mona Peters (born Robson) died the previous day. No age is given. She was survived by sons C. Raymond and Stuart (Sonny) Peters, both of Sydney, nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The death of her husband Stuart in February 1982 is confirmed. She was predeceased by a son William (in infancy, the obit states) and by one grandson. Hardwood Hill Cemetery records indicate that a William Donald Peters died 25 August 1973 at the age of 22 and was buried in the same plot as William, Margaret, Earl, Stuart and Mona Peters; no obituary could be found, however.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 13 April 1987 indicated that Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull, daughter of Charles and Gertrude O'Grady Peters, had died the previous day at the age of 81. She was a Registered Nurse, graduating in 1929 from Sydney City Hospital. She was survived by her husband, Allison; son Graham Morrison, Nashville, Tennessee; brothers Percy, Arthur and Harold (all of Sydney); sisters "Girlie" (Mrs. Don MacKenzie) and Mrs. Mary Mader of Sydney, and "Sis" (Mrs. Fred Crooks, Halifax); and two grandchildren. She was predeceased by sisters Ella and Winnie and brothers Dick, Bill, Albert, Ned and John.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 2 January 1992 indicates that Robert Arthur (Barney) Peters, of Mira Road, son of Charles C. and Gertrude O'Grady Peters, had died the previous day at 71. He was survived by his wife, the former Alice MacGillivary; sons Fred, Tom, Gordon, George and Terry (all of Mira Road); daughters Ann (Mrs. Harvey Stone), Brenda (Mrs. Gerald Carson), Judy Peters-Barron, and Allison (Mrs. Glenn Locke) (all of Mira Road); sisters Mary Mader (Sydney), Girlie (Mrs. Donald MacKenzie) and Florence ("Sis", Mrs. Fred Crooks) (both of Halifax); brothers Pierce (Percy) and Harold (Had), both of Mira Road; 22 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by brothers Richard, Bill, Albert, John and Tom (Ned) and sisters Evelyn, Ella and Winnie.<br /><br />An obituary in the Chronicle-Herald of 25 August 1995 indicates that Leslie Waye, formerly of Sydney, had died in Mississauga, Ontario at the age of 86. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Lena Peters. He was survived by daughters Bonnie (Mrs. John Butler, Halifax), Joanne McQuinn of Calgary, Kathy (Mrs. Alex Alves, Brooklyn, ON), Lynn (Mrs. Thom Zaugg, Mississauga), Faye (Mrs. Larry Mosher, Mississauga); sons Bill (London, ON), Perry, George (Mississauga); Ross (Timberlea, NS), and Angus (Bridgewater); 16 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. (Information on the death of Lena Peters is being sought.)<br /><br />Are the following really relevant?<br /><br /> Records of Bethel Presbyterian Church indicate that Evelyn Darlene Peters, daughter of Harold Pierce Peters and Joan Beverley MacGillivray, was born on 28 June 1963.<br /><br />An obituary in the Cape Breton Post of 10 July 1975 states that Harold Pierce Peters, 40, had died in Port Colborne, Ontario. He was survived by daughters Darlene of Sydney and Marlene of Port Colborne, and brother Robert. (This does not appear to be a son of Charles Peters, who died in 1964, since the list of survivors is quite different.)<br /><br />The Burchell Connection<br /><br />As noted in Part V, Matilda Musgrave, daughter of Charles Musgrave and Ann Leslie was a great-granddaughter of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon. According to records of Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines, she married William Burchell on 21 November 1853. Witnesses were William Oram and Emily Moffatt. (The latter was her first cousin, who married William Gammell Johnston the following year. See Part V.)<br /><br />The 1871 census for Sydney Mines mentions the following family (#147): Burchall, William, 40, COE, Irish, Labourer; Matilda, 36; George, 17, Clerk; Robert, 15; Headley, 13; Anna, 10; Blowers, 4; and Charles, 2. As this and later censuses reveal, Matilda was most probably born in 1834 or 5, rather than 1830 as Elva Jackson's card file suggests. <br /><br />Records of Trinity Anglican Church indicate that Robert Leslie Burchell was born 1 (?) November 1856 to the same couple, and baptised 14 January 1857; Hedley Burchell was born 3 August 1859 and baptised 1 November; and Ann Ester was born 25 September 1861, baptised 17 November. Birth records of Cape Breton County, confirmed by those of Trinity Anglican Church, show the following children born to William Burchell and Matilda Musgrave: Blowers Burchell, b. 18 April 1867; Charles Alexander Burchell, b. 18 July 1869; and Susan McCarty Burchell, b. 19 January 1873. Finally, Trinity Anglican Church records show Bessie Howard Burchell baptised 8 September 1878. William is described as a coalcutter throughout. <br /><br />Death records of Cape Breton County show that Blowers Burchell, 8, parents William and Matilda, died on 1 December 1875 of typhoid fever. This is confirmed by a line in Trinity Anglican Church records, undated, but consistent with the date in the county records.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County include the following marriages of the children and one grandson of William Burchell and Matilda Musgrave:<br /><br />On 20 February 1883, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Sydney Mines, Hedley Burchell, 23, carting, married Emma Boyd, 20, daughter of Alex'r and Mary. Witnesses were George Oram and Alex Boyd.<br /><br />On 25 April 1884, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Sydney Mines, George E. Burchell, 30, accountant, married Elizabeth Boyd, 20, also a daughter of Alex'r and Mary. Witnesses were Jn. McCormich Jr., and Isabella Lawlor.<br /><br />On 23 April 1890, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Sydney Mines, Annie E. Burchell, 27, married William W. Johnstone, 24, farmer, of Little Bras d'Or. As noted in Part V, the groom was the son of William Gammell Johnstone and Emily Moffatt, and so was a second cousin of the bride. Further information on their descendants appears in Part V.<br /><br />On 22 October 1890, in an Anglican ceremony at Sydney Mines, Robert L. Burchell, 33, clerk, married Bertha E. A. Longworth, 26 (?), daughter of Joseph and Mary. Witnesses are listed as Bertha A. E. Gregg and Robert L. Burchell, suggesting the names of the bride and groom were confused with those of the witnesses at some point.<br /><br />On 17 October 1894, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Sydney Mines, Malcolm Stewart, 24, collier, son of Hugh and Christina, married Susie Burchell, 21. Witnesses were Dan McDonald and Hugh Stewart. <br /><br />Somewhat later, on 24 November 1909, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Sydney Mines, William Burchell, 23, steelworker, son of George [collector of customs] and Elizabeth, married Mary Jane Baxendale, 24, born Wigan, England, daughter of Roger and Catherine. Witnesses were James Burchell and Katie Baxendale.<br /><br />The 1891 census gives the following family groupings:<br /><br />(#66) Burchell, Hadley, 27, COE, Pit Deputy; Emma, 25, wife, parents b. Scotland; Blowers, 8; Alexander, 5; Robert, 3; Mary, 1.<br /><br />(#71) Burchell, William, 61, parents b. Ireland, COE, horse driver & farmer; Matilda, 56, wife; Charles, 21, horse driver; Susan, 18; Bessie, 12, telegraph operator. [The latter occupation may be intended for Susan rather than her younger sister. Recall that Susan was married three years later.]<br /><br />(#78) Burchell, George, 36, COE, Bookkeeper Grocery Store; Elizabeth, 25, parents b. Scotland; Mary, 6; William, 4; John, 2; Alexander, 3 months.<br /><br />(#234) Burchell, Robert, 30, COE, Clerk D&G Store; Burtha, 25, wife, father b. Ireland, mother b. Scotland.<br /><br />Note that Hedley and George continue to describe themselves as Anglicans although they were married in the Presbyterian Church.<br /><br />The 1901 census gives the following family groupings:<br /><br />(#116) Burchell, Robert, b. 1 October 1857, 43, COE, Clk. Gen. Store; Bertha, wife, b. 28 Mar. 1864, 37; Cyril, b. 8 Jan. 1894, 6; Alfred W., 27 March 1899, 1.<br /><br />(#24) Burchill, Hedley, b. (no date) 1861, 39, Coal Miner; Emma, b. 20 January 1864, 34; Alex, b. 14 September 1886, 14; Robert, b. June 1887, 13; Jennie, b. December 1874 [1894 intended], 6; Emma, b. October 1897, 3; Mary, b. January 1890, 10.<br /><br />(#92) Burchell, George, b. 1 August 1854, 46, COE, Mgr. Gen. St.; Lizzie, b. (no date) 1866, 34; May, b. May 1885, 15; Willie, b. June 1887, 13; James, b. December 1891, 9; Murray, b. July 1893, 7; Ellan, b. 1 June 1895, 5.<br /><br />(#93) Burchell, William, b. 20 March 1828, 72, b. Nfld, teamster; Matilda, wife, b. 15 February 1834, 67; Charles, b. 18 July 1869, 31, teamster; Blowers, grandson, b. 12 May 1885, 15, teamster. [Note that this is the first indication that William Burchell was born in Newfoundland.]<br /><br />(#94) Stuart, Malcolm, b. 8 August 1869, 31, Presbyterian, overman mine; Aussie, wife, b. 19 May 1873, 27; William, adopted son, b. 25 May 1896, 4, b. Halifax.<br /><br />Records of Trinity Anglican Church show the following children born to Robert and Bertha Burchell: Mary Leslie Burchell, born 1 September 1891, c. 23 November; Cyril Joseph Johnstone Burchell, b. 8 January 1895, c. 13 January; and Alfred William Barrington Burchell, b. 29 March 1900, c. 15 July.<br /><br />Records of the same church show the following children born to George and Elizabeth Burchell: Matilda May Burchell, b. 2 May 1885, c. 2 December; William Burchell, b. 13 April 1888; James Burchell, b. 1 January 1891; Alexander Murray McNaughton Burchell, b. 1 January 1895; Ellen Susan Burchell, b. 1 January 1895; and George Abbott Burchell, b. 20 May 1903, c. 19 July. The second through fifth children were all baptised 15 May 1895.<br /><br />Death records of Trinity Anglican Church show that Mary Leslie Burchell (apparently the daughter of Robert and Bertha) was buried on 2 May 1892 at the age of 8 months, and that Bertha Burchell (apparently Robert's wife) was buried on 18 March 1908 at the age of 44.<br /><br />A list of fatalities in Nova Scotia mines prepared by the Glace Bay Miners Museum indicates that Mal. Stewart died in Sydney No. 1 colliery on 13 February 1908. That this was indeed Malcolm Stewart, husband of Susan Burchell, is confirmed by records of Brookside Cemetery, which indicate a burial of "Malcolm Stewart who died at Sydney Mines, Feb 13 1908, aged 33 years", together with "His wife Susan 1873 - 1954".<br /><br />Attestation papers (i.e., enlistment in the army) have been found for four members of this family:<br /><br />1) Alexander Burchell, son of Hedley Burchell, born 17 September 1886, enlisted 6 January 1916 at Fredericton. Alexander declares himself a Presbyterian and a widower. He was 5 feet, 6.5 inches in height, and had a 35 inch waist, blue eyes, black hair and an "appendix scar". See the headstone inscription and obituary below.<br /><br />2) James Burchell, son of George and Elizabeth Burchell, born 2 January 1891, clerk, enlisted on 13 November 1916 in Halifax. <br /><br />3) Joseph Cyril Burchell, b. 8 January 1895, accountant, single, son of Robert L. Burchell, Clyde Avenue, Sydney Mines, enlisted on 20 September 1917 in Halifax.<br /><br />4) William Burchell, born 13 April 1887, engineer, married, son of George and Elizabeth Burchell enlisted on 21 April 1916 in Truro. <br /><br />Regrettably, two of the above, both members of the Canadian Field Artillery, died overseas. Joseph Cyril Burchell, a signaller, died on 11 August 1918 and is buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, just east of Amiens, France. On 21 August 1918, James Burchell, driver, died, and he was buried in Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, also in France. These two deaths in war are, of course, earlier than those of Edward O'Neill and Gordon Boutilier from World War II, and bring to four the total number of known deaths in war of descendants of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon.<br /><br />Headstone inscriptions from Brookside Cemetery include the following:<br /><br />Burchell<br /> Side 1: William Burchell 1829 - 1914<br /> His wife Matilda 1834 - 1930<br /><br />No obituary has yet been obtained for either. Also in that plot is<br /><br /> Mary E. Burchell 1885 - 1911<br /><br />This appears to be the daughter of George Burchell and Elizabeth Boyd.<br /><br />An obituary which appeared in the Sydney Post of 17 December 1924 indicated that George Burchell had died the previous day. He was formerly customs officer at Sydney Mines, but was relieved of that position after the 1911 elections. He then joined the office staff of the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company. He was survived by his wife; sons William (Sydney Mines), George (Dominion Iron and Steel Co., Sydney) and Murray (well known baseball player with the Discos team, Sydney); daughter, Mrs. Crosbie (Sydney Mines); brothers Hedley and Charles; sister Mrs. Johnston (Little Bras d'Or). A son James had died overseas serving with the Sydney Field Battery. <br /><br />Headstone inscriptions from Brookside Cemetery include the following:<br /><br /> Burchell<br /> In memory of<br /> Elizabeth beloved wife of George E. Burchell<br /> 1870 - 1928<br /><br /> Burchell<br /> Muriel Bel dau of Mary J. Burchell<br /> Sept 26 1913 age 2 yr<br /><br />Muriel would appear to be the daughter of William Burchell and Mary Jane Baxendale, and so a granddaughter of Elizabeth immediately above.<br /><br />Headstone inscriptions from Lakeside Cemetery include the following:<br /><br /> Johnston William W. Johnston 1866 - 1944<br /> His wife Annie E. Burchell 1862 - 1936<br /><br />No obituary has yet been obtained for either of them.<br /><br />Records of Carmen United Church (formerly Presbyterian), Sydney Mines, show the following deaths: Mrs. Ellen Burchell, 27, b. 1 December 1900, d. 26 November 1927, tuberculosis; Edward Everett Burchell, 31, d. 12 November 1930, pneumonia; Charles Burchell, 75, d. 29 July 1944, paralysis; and Miss Lois Burchell. 20, d. 18 December 1947 at Kentville, tuberculosis.<br /><br />Everett died 12 November 1930 at the age of 31, and is buried in Lakeside. His wife Ellen Jane is buried beside him. Ellen was born 1 December 1900 and died 26 November 1927 of TB; she must therefore have died very shortly after Lois was born. In the same plot as Everett and Ellen (as well as William and Matilda) is Mary Jane Burchell, 1874-1933. So far, no marriage record of Charles Burchell and Mary J. MacDonald has been found. In particular, Charles was still living with his parents as of 1901, and had neither wife nor son living with him. The only Everett in Sydney Mines of a likely age as of 1901 was Everett MacDonald, born 4 May 1898, who is found in Family 258 and described (incongruously) as a "partner"; in the same family group is Mary J. MacDonald, born 2 May 1874. It therefore appears that Everett was born before Charles and Mary J. were married. As for Ellen, the most likely candidate is Ellen Lettuce, daughter of John J. and Jane Lettuce (Family 105), whose birthdate is given as 13 December 1900. According to his obituary, Charles was buried in Brookside Cemetery, but his name appears never to have been added to the headstone inscription. <br /><br />A headstone in Brookside Cemetery, Sydney Mines indicates that Hedley Burchell died in 1939, and his wife Emma Boyd in 1935. (Other burials in the same plot are mentioned below.)<br /><br />The obituary for Charles Burchell (Sydney Post, 31 July 1944) indicates that his wife had died eleven years before, and that he was survived by a sister, Mrs. Susan Stewart of Bras d'Or; two sons, Harry in Detroit and Q.M.S. Leslie, then in Sydney Mines; and by a granddaughter Lois who resided with him. Lois Burchell died at 20 in the Kentville Sanatarium on 18 December 1947. Her obituary two days later indicates that she was the only daughter of Everett Burchell, and that her funeral was conducted from the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Young of Prince St., Sydney Mines. Combining this information with that from the headstone in Brookside Cemetery shown below indicates that Mary Jane Burchell, 1874 - 1933, was the wife of Charles, and that Everett and Ellen were his son and daughter-in-law. It therefore appears that Ellen died very shortly after the birth of Lois. <br /><br />Two obituaries which appeared in the Cape Breton Post of 31 October 1949 and 9 April 1969 give information on Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Johnston, mentioned above and also in Part V. Mrs. Charles Johnstone, the former Annabelle Mackenzie (daughter of Kenneth MacKenzie and Rebecca Matheson) died on the former date at age 53. She was survived by her husband; sons David W. (attending MacDonald College, Quebec), Wilbert, Gordon and John (all at home); one sister and three brothers. Charles Johnston of Johnson Road died 8 April 1969 at age 78. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston, the operator of Springfield Farms, and an elder in St. Andrew's United Church, Little Bras d'Or. He was survived by sons David and Wilbert (at home), Gordon (British Columbia), and John (Montreal), as well as two grandchildren. Both are buried in Lakeside Cemetery. [These sons and the two grandchildren have already been named in Part V. See below regarding Wilbert Johnston.]<br /><br />Headstone inscriptions from Trinity Anglican Cemetery include the following:<br /><br /> Burchell<br /> Mary J. 1885 - 1952<br /> Beloved wife and mother<br /><br />It appears that the above is Mary Jane Baxendale, wife of William Burchell, son of George. No obituary has yet been located for her.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 12 October 1961 indicates that Blowers Burchell had died the previous day at age 77. He was unmarried. Surviving were sisters Mrs. A. L. Malloy (Montreal), Mrs. C. Hastings (Cambridge, MA), and Mrs. Jennie Collier (Sydney Mines); brothers Alex (Sydney Mines) and Robert (California). As noted below, he is interred in Brookside Cemetery.<br /><br />An obituary from the Cape Breton Post of 20 December 1965 indicates that James Burchell, a resident of Sydney Mines, a member of Immaculate Conception Parish in that town and vice-principal of Riverview Rural High School, had died suddenly the previous night at age 45. He was described as the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Burchell. He was survived by his wife Miriam McGrath; daughters Susan, Ann and Mary Jane (all at home); sons James (attending St. F. X. U., Antigonish) [see below], William (attending Riverview) and Emmett (at home); sister Muriel (Mrs. Warren D'Orsay, Westmount); and brother Wilbert (New Glasgow). Despite the variation of the name of the brother in New Glasgow, it appears that this James Burchell was the brother of Wilfred Burchell in the obituary below, and so a son of William Burchell and Mary Jane Baxendale. A headstone inscription in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Sydney Mines, indicates that his wife Miriam E. was born 14 Oct 1922 and died 24 June 1968.<br /><br />An obituary which appeared in the Cape Breton Post of 23 November 1971 indicates that Alexander Burchell of 20 Main St., Sydney Mines, died the previous night at the age of 86. He was a retired clerk and a veteran of World War I, avidly interested in local baseball, and had operated a taxi business at one time. Twice married, he was predeceased by his first wife, the former May Brown. From that marriage, he was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Belle MacKenzie (New York) and a son Harris (Sydney Mines). He was also survived by his second wife, the former Ann MacLean; daughters Mrs. Eugene Swartzack (Antigonish), Mrs. Len Arsenault (Sydney Mines), Emma (VG Hospital, Halifax) and Ann (Mrs. Jerry MacLean, Sardis, BC); sisters Mrs. Jennie Collier (Sydney Mines) and Mrs. Lon Malloy (Goldboro, Guysborough Co., NS); brother Robert (California); and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a brother, Blowers; sister, Mrs. Mary Hastings; daughter, Mrs. Mary Bragg; and a son Wesley. A headstone inscription from Lakeside Cemetery confirms the date of death, and indicates he was a Sergeant in the 58th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.<br /><br />Records of Brookside Cemetery, Sydney Mines, indicate that Harris Burchell, 1907 - 1986, is interred there. The headstone also mentions a wife, Ruth C., born in 1909. Buried in the same plot with Hedley and Emma Burchell are: Genevieve M. Collier<br />1894 - 1983, Daughter of Emma and Hedley Burchell; Blowers Burchell 1885 - 1961;<br />and R. Wesley 1910 - 1934. It would appear these are the sister, brother and son mentioned in the preceding obituary.<br /><br />An obituary which appeared in the Cape Breton Post of 11 January 1983 indicates that Mrs. Genevieve Collier, daughter of Headley [sic] and Emma (Boyd) Burchell, died the previous day at age 88. She was survived by daughters Vivian (Mrs. Gus Walsh, Sydney Mines) and Beatrice (Mrs. Alfred Spence, Montreal); son Floyd (Sydney Mines); sister Emma (Mrs. Al Maloy, Goldsborough, NS); brother Robert (California); and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by brothers Alex and Blowers, and sister Mary.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 28 April 1986 indicates that William Harris Burchell, son of Alexander and Elizabeth Burchell, died on 26 April at the age of 79. He was a retired stevedore. He was survived by his wife Ruth Gillis; daughter Gwen (Mrs. Charles Collier, Sydney Mines); sons Wes (Sydney Mines), Lorne (Louisbourg), David (Guelph, ON), and Wayne (Toronto); sister Maribell (NYC); stepsisters Joan (Mrs. Eugene Swatzack, Antigonish), Elizabeth (Mrs. Len Arsenault, Sydney Mines), Emma (Mrs. William Merritt, Sydney Mines), and Anne (Mrs. Gerald MacLeod, Calgary); 15 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a brother Wes and a sister Bessie. He is interred in Brookside Cemetery.<br /><br />An obituary in the Chronicle-Herald of 15 April 1994 indicates that James Charles Burchell, son of the late James Burchell and Miriam McGrath died the previous day at the age of 48. He was the owner and operator of Shoppers Drug Mart in North Sydney and Sydney Mines, and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was survived by his wife Sheila MacIntyre; son Jim (Provo, Utah); daughter Shannon (Mrs. Thomas Power, North Sydney); brothers William (Sydney Mines) and Emmett (North Sydney); sisters Anne (Mrs. Paul Walker, Sydney Mines), Mary Jane (Mrs. Mark Hepworth, Halifax) and Susan (Mrs. Mort Schurman, Truro). He was buried in Brookside Cemetery; his headstone inscription is available on-line.<br /><br />An obituary from the Chronicle-Herald of 27 September 1996 indicates that Wilfred Burchell, son of William Burchell and Mary Jane Baxendale had died in New Glasgow the previous day at the age of 83. He was a graduate of Dalhousie University with an MA in English, principal of New Glasgow High School, and superintendant of schools in that town. He was survived by his wife, Martha Lee Fraser; daughter Marilyn (Mrs. Robert MacQueen, Lower Sackville); son William (vice-principal of Astral Drive Junior High, Fall River); grandchildren Jamie and Kerry MacQueen, and Jessica Burchell. He was predeceased by brother James and sister Muriel D'Orsay. He is interred in Lorne Street Cemetery, New Glasgow.<br /><br />The following obituary appeared in the Cape Breton Post of 19 July 2002, while this research was ongoing. The deceased is a grandson of Annie Burchell and William Wallace Johnstone:<br /><br />Wilbert C. Johnston, 71, Georges River<br /><br /> Wilbert Charles Johnston, 71, a resident of Johnston Road, Georges River, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2002, at home on his farm, following a brief battle with cancer.<br />Born in North Sydney, he was a son of the late Charles and Annabelle (MacKenzie)<br />Johnston. Wilbert graduated from the N.S. Agricultural College in 1952, and soon after followed his passion and began working the family farm. He and his brother David, recently retired, worked side by side as dairy farmers for most of their lives. He is survived by his wife, Kay (MacLeod) Johnston; three brothers, John, Bras d'Or, Gordon, Alberta, and David, at home; two nephews, William and David Johnston, Halifax.<br /><br />Some unrelated Grant burials in Greenwood Cemetery:<br /><br />Near the graves of William and Martha Grant are stones reading as follows:<br /><br />Father John Grant 1873 - 1941<br />Mother Mary E. Grant 1883 - 1973<br />Daughter Sara Robertson Grant 1908 - 1998<br />Son Robert Grant 1923 - 1999<br /><br />This John Grant is almost certainly the son of John Grant, a Scottish immigrant who died in Glace Bay in 1891, and his wife Christy. He is listed in the 1901 census as single, and still residing with his widowed mother. His wife was Mary Hillier, daughter of John and Sarah Hillier. Among his siblings is Wilson Grant, b. 1 September 1886.<br /><br />Nearby are the graves of Charles Scott (1869 - 1957) and his wife Flora J. Grant (1874-1952). She was a daughter of John and Christy Grant, and hence a sister to John (above) and Wilson. They were married on 17 October 1895 in a Presbyterian ceremony at Caledonia Mines.Doug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-35685357191382670082009-12-27T07:50:00.000-08:002009-12-27T07:52:13.306-08:00Part 7Results of recent research into descendants of Charles Grant in the Sydney - Glace Bay area of Nova Scotia<br /><br />Part VII<br /><br />Douglass L. Grant<br /><br />Note on a new source: Mildred Howard is an tireless and painstaking researcher on Cape Breton genealogy. In 1999, she published a five-volume series of extracts from early Cape Breton newspapers, from the 1830's up to 1900, under the title "Early Cape Breton Newspapers". Many of the extracts are in the form of vital statistics (births, marriages, deaths), but they also include legal notices, lawsuits, reports of accidents, jury lists, executive lists from organizations, lists of subscribers, and a host of other items, all of which contain references to people, people about whom their relatives in this era may well be seeking information. The work is made even more valuable by the presence of an index to surnames, and also to ships. Several items below are derived in whole or in part from Mildred's fascinating work. These sources will be flagged by naming the original newspaper, then "MH", followed by the volume and page number; for example, [MH, V, 86] would indicate page 86 of the fifth volume.<br /><br />A few further details on Charles Grant<br /><br />All of this material was obtained with the help of Janice Fralic-Brown of Halifax. In her transcription of colonial papers on the Beaton Institute website, we find the following references to Charles Grant: in a notation on 15 March 1786, it is noted that Charles Grant was victualled from 1 July 1785 to 24 March 1786 (267 days); he signed a letter of complaint about government operations on 23 April 1788; he was paid 7 shillings, 2.25 pence in "convict expenses" on 29 September 1789 (after the convict ship "Providence" unexpectedly dropped its "passengers" on the shores of Cape Breton in December, 1788); he was awarded a ticket of location for 758 acres of land at North West Arm between 27 May 1795 and 29 June 1798. In the last case, the list does not include dates of individual transactions but is not simply an alphabetical list; his name appears sixteenth in a list of 76, which probably implies his ticket was issued fairly early in this period. <br /><br />The 42nd Regiment or "Black Watch" is known to have left Sydney in August of 1789. From a source at the Black Watch Museum, Janice obtained the further information that the regiment arrived at Spithead on the south coast of England on 1 September, and that Charles Grant was mustered out of the regiment there, on 22 October 1789. That he may have had to return to England for this purpose seems unusual, since many others were mustered out from different regiments in both Halifax and Shelburne. However, there is a gap in the births of his known children which corresponds to this period. Charles the younger was baptised in 1788, followed by Isabella in 1791. It is unlikely that the whole family, including one-year-old Charles (the younger) would have made this round trip. Since he secured his discharge fairly late in the season, Charles may have had difficulty securing civilian transportation back to Sydney, and so may have had to remain in Britain all winter. It is pure speculation, of course, but he may have taken the opportunity for a last visit to Scotland. <br /><br />Further colonial documentation produced by Janice shows that, on 8 October 1792, Charles Grant was paid 2 pounds, 6 shillings, for "Masons work" on the Government House in Sydney, and a further 6 shillings, 3 pence on 14 February 1794. These were not approved until 26 January 1795, so Charles had to wait some considerable time to be paid for his work. The amounts are sufficiently small, even in the currency of the day, to suggest that this is not really the pay of a true mason, but, quite possibly, labour performed as an assistant to a mason. (Joseph Rudderham was paid 9 pounds, 3 shillings, 9 pence for mason's work on the same project.) In an undated memo, Robert W. Kay and Charles Grant are jointly paid 1 pound, 16 shillings for "building a chimney in the Guard House at the Barr". On 27 July 1795, a payment of 2 pounds is approved for "provisions furnished Charles Grant and his family being much distressed". On 26 February 1796, a further payment of 1 pound, 10 shillings was made under similar circumstances. These payments, which were presumably the equivalent of social assistance in the 1790's, cast into further doubt the suggestion that Charles Grant was a stonemason by profession. However, comparing these dates with the dates of the land grants above, it is also possible that the family simply had difficulty raising enough food to sustain them through the first winter on the land.<br /><br />A large vote of thanks is due to Janice Fralic-Brown for this assistance, obtained in the course of researching her own family tree, which is not known to intersect with that of Charles Grant.<br /><br />A very early Rudderham connection<br /><br />For once, this happened through honest research, with a false start thrown in, and not serendipity. Kate Currie of the Beaton Institute had told me that a copy of a new<br />thesis, "History of the North West Arm" by Kenneth Ball had arrived. Initially, I was disappointed with it because the author seemed to uncritically follow Elva Jackson's every word, particularly about Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon. The most useful thing seemed to be a series of detailed maps of the location of hundreds of early land grants, as well as several early transfers. While I can't pretend to have read every line of it, I was skimming through it page by page when, at p. 122, I read that, among the marriages among the earliest families along the North West Arm was one between Alice Grant, daughter of Charles and Nancy, and Thomas Rudderham (b. about 1799, by the Mormon website), son of Joseph Rudderham and Sarah Grandy (1772-1857). Unfortunately, no source was stated. This came as a surprise, because I had never found any connection with the Rudderhams up to this point, and the space below Alice Grant's name on Blair's family tree was blank. <br /><br />However, the paragraph went on to say that two of Alice's daughters, Sarah and Ann, had married David and John Lewis, respectively, two sons of Loyalist Henry Lewis. I consulted the list of Lewis births, marriages and burials from St. George's Church that Eva O'Neil Lewis, daughter of Rosie Grant O'Neil, had given me. The first marriage on the list was of John David Lewis to Sarah Rudderham, on 20 March 1822, and the second was of John Lewis to Anne Rudderham on 7 August 1823. But the timeline didn't ring true. Alice Grant was baptised in 1795. Unless her baptism was very belated, Alice Grant would have been only 27 when the first of those marriages took place, so the bride could hardly have been her daughter.<br /><br />Checking Elva Jackson's card file on the Rudderhams, I found that Sarah and Anne Rudderham were sisters of Thomas Rudderham, and not his daughters. However, Elva had indicated, with a question mark beside the name, that Thomas had indeed married Alice Grant. She further indicated that the couple had had a daughter, Susan Alice, born 20 June 1819 (source not given). An extract from records of St. George's Anglican Church, Sydney, on the Rudderhams further lists a son, William Edward, born to Thomas and Alice Rudderham who was baptised on 31 August 1828. (I am uncertain who made the extract, although the fact that it also contained information on the Lewis and Boutilier families makes me suspect Joe Petrie, who has constructed a huge Gedcom file on the Boutiliers.) The census of 1838 lists no Thomas Rudderham, but does mention one Alice Rudderham, living in District 10 (now known as Westmount, on the west side of Sydney Harbour), whose family consisted of one male and one female under 14, and 2 males and one female over 14. Assuming the female over 14 is Alice herself, it appears that the couple had at least four children.<br /><br />The "Cape Breton News" of 4 March 1854 records a marriage of William Rudderham to Margaret Tutty on 1 March by a Wesleyan minister at "North Bar" [MH, I, 121]. Records of Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, indicate that Mrs. Margaret Rudderham (nee Tutty) was baptised on 21 April 1844, the same day as Peter Grant and Maria Jefferson Grant, and that Mrs. Alice Rudderham was baptised on 23 September 1849.<br /><br />The 1871 census for Ball's Creek contained six Rudderham families, including one headed by William Rudderham, 42, mason, Church of England. His wife was Margaret, 41, Baptist, and "Scotch". They had seven children: Thomas H., 15; Alice, 13; Selina, 11; Arabella, 9; Geo. Robt., 7; Hellen, 5; and William A., 2. Also in the household was Alice, 77, a widow born in Nova Scotia, also Baptist and "Scotch". While the age points to a birth in 1793 or 4, and Alice Grant's baptism was in 1795, the agreement is close enough to suggest strongly that this was indeed the youngest daughter of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon.<br /><br />Death records for Cape Breton County show that William Rudderham, 43, married, of the North West Arm, son of Thos. and Alice Rudderham, died of diabetes on 6 May 1872 at North Sydney.<br /><br />The 1881 census for Ball's Creek has five Rudderham families, including one headed by Maggie Rudderham, 53, widowed, and now a Presbyterian (possibly a clerical error). With her is Alice, 87, Scotch, and also a widow. The children are Charles, 17; Helen, 15; William, 14, and Edward, 9. It would therefore appear that the oldest four children had moved out. None appear to reside in Ball's Creek. <br /><br />Records of Calvary Baptist Church also indicate that Alice Rudderham died in May of 1883. Furthermore, an unusual card in Elva Jackson's file mentions a will drawn up in 1882 by the widow Alice Rudderham, leaving property to Charles Rudderham which was to be under the control of her daughter-in-law Margaret Rudderham until Charles reached 21. A grandson Edward Rudderham is also mentioned. The executors are John T. Moffatt and John H. Grant. The latter is a grandson of Charles Grant; two of Ann Grant Musgrave's daughters married men named Moffatt. It appears that the boy identified as Geo. Robert in 1871 has now become "Charles", and so may be one of the grandsons named in Alice's will.<br /><br />In 1891, the family grouping headed by Margaret, age given as 50 (clearly a discrepancy), consisted of Charles, 26 and Edward, 18. In 1901, Margaret was living alone, and gave her birthdate as 16 October 1828, a date consistent with the ages given in 1871 and 1881. <br /><br />The "Semi Weekly Sydney Express" of 17 October 1879 [MH, II, 54] reports a marriage of Selina Rudderham (daughter of William and Margaret) to Charles Logue, laborer, of Sydney at Sacred Heart (Roman Catholic) Church on 16 October. This is confirmed by marriage records of Cape Breton County, although the date is given as 18 October. Witnesses were Thomas Mullins and Kate Logue. The 1901 census for Sydney shows a family consisting of Charles J. Logue, age 51, birthdate 11 December, liveryman; Selina, age 40, born in January; Isabella, born 6 August 1880; Murry, born 6 January 1882; Mary, born 6 November 1887; Ellen, born 11 October 1890; Mabel, born 13 February 1893; and Richard, born 1 July 1895. (Also in the house were ten boarders!) Records of Holy Cross Cemetery, Sydney (adjacent to St. Anthony Daniel Church) mention Charles J. Logue, who died 8 December 1901 at age 52, and his wife Selina Margaret Rudderham, who died 8 November 1941 at age 85. An obituary from the Sydney Post of that day mentions that Selina was survived by one son, R. J. Logue, "prominent Sydney businessman", and three daughters: Mrs. Mary Shanahan and Mrs. H. Strople, both of Sydney, and Mrs. Harry Barrow, Trenton, New Jersey. In addition, two brothers and one sister survived: C. H. Rudderham, Park St., Sydney; F. E. Rudderham, Guysboro; Miss A. B. Rudderham, Edwardsville. A number of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren also survived. She was predeceased by her husband, a daughter (Mrs. John T. MacDonald), and a son, Murray. Records of the same cemetery list J. Murray Logue, 1882 - 1935.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County indicate that, on 2 March 1885 in a Church of England ceremony at Pt. Edward, Helen L. (?) Rudderham, 19, daughter of William and Margaret, married William Dickson, 44, farmer, of Point Edward, son of John and Libella Dickson. Witnesses were Maggie Lewis and Chas. Rudderham. The 1891 census for Ball's Creek shows William Dixon, 52, widower, C of E, farmer, living with Mary Bell, 4. (The location was between Margaret Rudderham and Catherine Dixon, 57, widow.) The 1901 census for Ball's Creek shows William Dixon, widower, born 1 October 1836, Baptist, farmer, living with daughter Mary, born 27 November 1886 at a location very close to Margaret Rudderham. So far, no record of death for either Helen or William Dickson (Dixon) has been found. Marriage records will be checked to see whether Mary was subsequently married and, if declared, the name of her mother. <br /><br />An obituary in the Sydney Post records the death of Miss Arazella Rudderham, given age 87 (extrapolating from the age in the 1871 census would give 84), on 10 December 1946. She is identified as the aunt of R. J. Logue. Surviving brothers are Charles R. Rudderham, Park St., and F. C. Rudderham, Guysboro.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County indicate Charles R. Rudderham, 29, seaman, of Pt. Edward, married Georgina Andrews, 30, of Coxheath, daughter of William and Maria S. Andrews at the Church of England in Coxheath on 4 February 1894. Witnesses were Irving Lewis and Alfred Andrews. The 1901 Census for Sydney shows a family consisting of Charles Rudderham, age 37, birthdate in March, Baptist, liveryman; Georgina, age 37, birthdate 14 August; William, age 5, birthdate 20 March; Charles H., age 1, birthdate 26 March; niece Georgina Lewis, age 17, birthdate in March; and an apparently unrelated domestic, Percy MacKinnon (?), age 16, hotel boy. The Sydney Post records the death of Charles R. Rudderham at age 87 on 19 October 1947. He was survived by his widow; four sons: William C., Earle T., Alfred E. (all of Sydney) and Charles H. (Detroit); one daughter, Mrs. J. A. Guay (Belle) of Manville, Rhode Island; one brother, Edward, of Guysboro; and a number of grandchildren. Nephew R. J. Logue and niece Mrs. Mary Shanahan are also mentioned. Burial was in Hardwood Hill. Records of that cemetery also give 21 July 1950 as the burial date of Georgia Rudderham, in the same plot. Unfortunately, microfilm of the Sydney newspaper is not available for that month, and the Halifax paper did not carry her obituary. (This couple also probably lost a child in infancy. L. Murray Rudderham, age 2, was buried in the same plot on 18 July 1900.)<br /><br /> Earl Thomas Rudderham, 94, died 26 June 1995. He was survived by one daughter Marjorie (Mrs. James Lounders, Ottawa); one son, Kenneth, Ontario; one sister, Belle (Mrs. Art Guay, Rhode Island); eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two wives, Marjorie Ingraham (at 63 on 1 May 1967) and Blanche (Boutilier) Moreshed; one son, William; one sister, Larkelle, at age 2; and brothers William, Charles and Alf. The obituary for Marjorie Ingraham Rudderham contains no different information, except that son William C. Rudderham then lived in Roxborough, Quebec. Both Earl and Marjorie Ingraham Rudderham are buried in the same plot as Charles R. and Georgina.<br /><br />Re Jane Grant McConnell Lewis:<br /><br />The records of Calvary Baptist Church indicate that a Jane Grant was baptised there on 7 April 1844. They also indicate that she was married twice, the first time to a McConnell, second to a Lewis. Marriage records of Cape Breton County show a marriage of William Lewis, widower, to Jane McConnell, widow, both of the North West Arm, on 7 July 1866 in a Baptist ceremony in Sydney. No ages nor parents' names are given. The names of the witnesses are unusually difficult to read, but appear to be H. Clifford Crew and Wm. G. Onsley. (Records of St. George's Anglican Church show the marriage of a John William Lewis to Mary Sophia Chapman on 23 December 1825, and the death of Mary Sophia Lewis at age 55 on 15 September 1862.) The 1871 census records for Ball's Creek include a family consisting of William Lewis, 68, Church of England, farmer; Jane, 46, Baptist; James W. McConnell, 12, born NS, Baptist; Peter McConnell, 10, born NS, Baptist; Theodore J. McConnell, 14, born United States, Baptist; Buy'm (?) Wm. Lewis, 3, born NS, C of E; Laura Jane Lewis, 2, born NS, C of E (unsound mind). In 1881, William Lewis, 79, now Baptist, farmer; Jane, 56; Theodore McConnell, 24; James McConnell, 22(?) are living at Ball's Creek, near Joseph N. Lewis and Eliza Harriet Grant, and also near Ann and Jane Rudderham, mentioned below.<br /><br />Marriage records of Cape Breton County include the marriage of James W. McConnell, 23, farmer, born at St. Mary's, resident at Pt. Edward, son of Peter and Jane, to Catherine S. Phillips, 19, born Cape North, resident at Scattarie Island, daughter of Timothy and Phoebe, in a Baptist ceremony at Cow Bay on 11 November 1882. (This record mentions the given name of Jane's first husband for the first time yet discovered.) Witnesses were Alex McLeod and Tho. C. Woods, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. John Spurr. The fact that a member of the Woods family witnessed the ceremony confirms that the relationship between the Grant and Woods families was still well known at the time. Furthermore, Catherine Phillips was the older sister of Phoebe Phillips who married Arthur Grant in 1890, and was widowed at his death in 1899. (See Part III.) In addition, James McConnell was a witness at the marriage of his future wife's brother John L. Phillips to Annie J. Spencer in the same church on 30 August 1882, so it is possible that he resided in Glace Bay or Cow Bay for some time in the early 1880's. However, he does not appear to have remained there after marriage, since Mr. and Mrs. James McConnell joined Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, on 23 May 1886. Furthermore, in the 1891 census, Jane Lewis, 66, widow, father born Scotland, Baptist was living at Ball's Creek with James Mcconnell, 31; Catherine, 27; William J., 7; Ira H., 5; Jennette, 3; Maggie E., 8 months. (The only death of a William Lewis between 1871 and 1891 in St. George's records was on 5 February 1886, with a recorded age of 86. Extrapolating the age of Jane Grant's second husband from the 1881 census gives 83.) The revelation that Jane's father was born in Scotland indicates that she was the daughter of Peter Grant and Sarah Musgrave; John H. Grant and Mary Ann Moore also had a daughter Jane, born in 1832, whom Elva Jackson indicates married William Lewis, but that now appears to be an error.<br /><br />No family named McConnell has been found living in the area as of 1901. Further investigation is being attempted to determine where her sons had moved by that time, and where Jane's death took place. Elva Jackson also states that Jane died in 1916, and confirmation of that fact is being sought. <br /><br />It is also of interest to note that there were two other marriages of members of this family tree to members of the Phillips family in the next generation. Sarah Matilda (Sadie) and Gertrude Phillips, both daughters of John Phillips and Anne Spencer, married, respectively, Louis Clifford Boutilier (in 1910) and Arthur Boutilier (in 1912), both of whom were sons of James Boutilier and Udvilla Grant. See Part IV for details of that family.<br /><br />Two notes should also be added for purposes of exclusion. First, because of the similarity of names, it is important to note that Jane's son James McConnell is not the same person elected mayor of Sydney in the 1920's, after whom Sydney's public library is named. The former mayor was born in 1873, and so was fourteen years younger than Jane's son. Also, the former mayor's parents are known to have been Captain William McConnell and Elizabeth Kennedy. It may be more than coincidence that both were born in Guysborough County, and it is certainly strange that one appears to have left Sydney very close to the time that the other arrived, but no connection between the two men has yet been established. Second, in 1901, Jane Lewis, widow, born 20 October 1827, Baptist, ethnic origin French, was boarding with Percy Peters at South Fork (now Mira Road). With her was Mary Lewis, whose age is given as 12 and whose birthdate is given as 2 September 1898 (apparently 1888 was intended). However, this lady appears to be the widow of Nedd Lewis, with whom she resided in Sydney Forks in 1891, at the same time Jane Grant was living with her son in Ball's Creek.<br /><br /><br />Re Henry Walter Smith and Aubrey Smith:<br /><br />Aubrey Smith was the son of Henry Walter Smith and Alice Mary Grant, the latter the daughter of Charles Grant and Eliza Ball. Henry and Alice were married 21 August 1878 in Ingonish, and Aubrey was born 14 November 1879 in Ingonish. In 1891, Henry W. Smith, a widower and a miner, was living in Ball's Creek (next door to Dan and Rosina MacKinnon) with son Aubrey, 12; Parl (sic), 9; James, 8; and Sarah J., 6. Mary Alice, whose age is the same as Sarah's, was then living with her widowed grandmother, Eliza Ball Grant, elsewhere in Ball's Creek. In 1901, Aubrey and Alice were both living with Eliza Ball Grant in Ball's Creek, and Aubrey's occupation is given as "steward". On 20 November 1907, Aubrey (then resident in Sydney and a "blower" at the steel plant) married Sarah Margaret Lewis, 21, of Point Edward, daughter of George Vinson Lewis and Alice Jemimah Rudderham. City directories for 1914 and 1918 show Aubrey employed at Dominion Iron & Steel Co. (Disco) and living at 166 Henry St. and 52 French St., respectively. Hardwood Hill Cemetery records show Aubrey Smith was interred there on 25 February 1920. A brief report of the death of Aubrey Smith appeared in the Post-Record of 23 February 1920. He died at his home in Whitney Pier on 22 February; no cause of death is suggested, and no reference to illness. Besides his wife, he was survived by his father Henry W. Smith of Sydney; one sister, Mrs. Fred T. Waugh of Somerville, Massachusetts; and two sons, Harry Garfield and Chester Ray, both at home. <br /><br />In the 1923 directory, Sadie Smith (identified as the widow of Aubrey) boarded at 166 Henry St., the residence of James E. Smith, bricklayer at Disco. No burials of a Sarah or Sadie Smith, nor of a James E. Smith, are recorded in Hardwood Hill. Neither of them appears in the 1928 city directory. [It seems unlikely that this James E. Smith was the husband of Caroline Grant, daughter of Charles and Eliza, mentioned in Part VI. He may have been the younger brother of Aubrey, in which case the list of survivors is incorrect.] The name "Waugh" occurs locally only in Sydney Mines, and no Fred Waugh could be found in the 1901 census, marriage records for Cape Breton County nor in any of the directories published in the early 1900's. Alice Smith's husband may therefore be an American. No Fred Waugh with Massachuetts residency nor Alice Waugh with the target birthdate of 15 September 1884 is in the Social Security Death Index, which goes back only to 1962.<br /><br />Henry Smith, Aubrey's father, died presumably about May 25, 1932 and was buried 28 May; no age is given for Henry at death. He is the only other person of surname Smith interred in the same plot as Aubrey. The brief report of his funeral in the Post mentions that the service was at Victoria United Church, but lists no survivors. The grave in Hardwood Hill Cemetery is unmarked.<br /><br />Alexander Grant, a family skeleton, and some speculation about Edward J. Grant:<br /><br />The North Sydney Herald of 24 May 1893 [MH, IV, 83] reports the death by his own hand of Wilfred Grant, 25, son of Alex. Grant, "formerly of the N.W. Arm and for some years of Springfield, Mass., where he carried on an extensive roofing business". The age can be consistent only with the son called Alvin in the 1871 census. This confirms the note in the records of Calvary Baptist Church that Alexander Grant was dismissed to join State Street Baptist Church in Springfield in 1873.<br /><br />On another less than happy note, the "Cape Breton News" of 5 October 1850 [MH, I, 76] reports that Alexander Grant was convicted of raping "an unfortunate girl of about 17 years of age, of impaired intellect", and was sentenced to one year in penitentiary. This presumably accounts for the notation received from the Baptist archives (but absent from Elva Jackson's transcription of the Calvary records) that Alexander Grant Jr. was baptised September 1844, excluded 1850, and restored 1855 (after his marriage to Mary Ann MacLeod).<br /><br />The victim of this offense was born about 1833, and so would have been about 38 at the time of the first detailed census in 1871. That census specifically identifies persons of "unsound mind", to use the phrase then employed to describe mental challenge. There was exactly one woman of that age (or any figure close to it) in Ball's Creek in 1871 who was so identified, and that was Jane Rudderham, the daughter of Joseph Samuel Rudderham, who died in 1857, and Ann Harriet Rowe, who died in 1893. In both 1881 and 1891, Jane is living with her widowed mother, is apparently the sole caregiver to the aging Ann, and is no longer identified as mentally challenged. Jane Rudderham would therefore have been a "first cousin of a first cousin" to Alexander Grant, and to the children of Peter Grant, including John and Peter the younger. No person of age about 21 was in their household in 1871.<br /><br />The following paragraph consists entirely of speculation, based on purely circumstantial evidence. Several astute people to whom I have mentioned the above conviction immediately and independently suggested that no prosecution would have been undertaken in that era unless a child had been born of the union. This raises the distinct possibility that Edward J. Grant, later a Baptist minister, was in fact that child. While it would certainly be unusual for a child born of such a union to be adopted into the offender's family, the previous connection between the two families would make this option somewhat more acceptable. <br /><br />In the 1901 census, William, then resident in Glace Bay, gave his date of birth as 5 October 1849. Thanks to the Baptist Archives in Wolfville, Edward was found to have been the clergyman in Arcadia, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia in 1901, a location not mentioned in the obituaries obtained earlier. By great good fortune, this portion of the census was available at the Beaton Institute, and the writer was able to confirm that he gave his birthdate as 10 May 1849. If both dates are correct, it would have been completely impossible for William and Edward to have been born of the same mother. <br /><br />Had John and Maria Grant adopted the son of John's first cousin Alexander and (presumably) Jane Rudderham, that would certainly help explain Edward's early departure from John and Maria's home and his eventual exclusion (as reported implicitly by Elva Jackson) from John's will. Had Edward been aware of his birth mother's identity and believed that her disability might be inheritable, this might also explain why he and Nancy Woodworth had no known children other than an adopted daughter. If this construction of the sequence of events is indeed true, then it is the ultimate irony that, so far as we know, Edward achieved more education than any of the biological children of John and Maria. It is also possible, of course, that Alexander contributed to the cost of that education after his move to Massachusetts in 1873. <br /><br />In 1901, Edward's wife Nancy F. gave her birthdate as 24 April 1846, making her fully three years older than Edward. There was no mention of any daughter in the household in 1901, so evidently Vivian was adopted later, while the couple was in their fifties or older. Finally, the Baptist Archives indicate that Edward was the minister in Summerside, PEI immediately before moving to Arcadia, another location omitted from the obituaries.<br /><br />On 29 August 2001, the author, with the kind help of the people at the Colchester County Archives in Truro, located the grave of Edward and Nancy at Brookfield. It is a simple white stone with inscription "Rev. E. J. Grant 1850 - 1927 Nancy S. His wife 1846 - 1931". A footstone has the initials "C. D. R." whose meaning remains unknown. The year of birth is a year later than that given above, but a birth in May of 1850 would be nearer the time of the conviction of Alexander Grant and still make it virtually impossible for Edward to have been a son of Maria Jefferson Grant if William was indeed born the previous October. There is also a slight discrepancy in Nancy's middle initial. Details on the date of Nancy's death and on their adopted daughter Vivian are still being sought.<br /><br />Further to Alexander Grant, and his brother George Grant<br /><br />In September, 2001, a very gracious lady named Toby Hurley in Utah offered to do lookups of Grants in the 1880 US census. Almost all of what follows is the product of her generosity.<br /><br />In 1880, Alexander Grant, 53, born Cape Breton, occupation roofer, was living in West Springfield, Massachusetts with wife Lydia F., 31, also born in CB; daughter Lavinia, 19; sons Ward B., 11 and Alvin F., 9. It would appear that his first wife Mary Ann Jane MacLeod had died, and Alexander had remarried. The records of Calvary Baptist Church show the death of a Mrs. Marion Grant in June 1872, and that is probably Alexander's first wife. I strongly suspect that his second wife was Lydia Moore, daughter of John A. and Harriet Moore of Ball's Creek, but can't prove it. This young lady was 23 at the time of the 1871 census, and had disappeared by the time of the 1881 census. No marriage record has been found locally for them, however; it is certainly not in the records for Cape Breton County.<br /><br />At the same time, Milton H. Grant, 24, roofer, born Nova Scotia, was also living in West Springfield with wife Emma C., 21, born Illinois, and daughter Ada M., 1 month, born in Massachusetts. This is almost certainly Alexander's son by identification from the 1971 Canadian census. [Unfortunately, it would appear that Emma died not too many years later, since, as noted in an earlier segment, Milton H. Grant married Angie Almira Burlingame on 12 March 1887 at Three Rivers, Hampden County, Massachusetts, within the same county as Springfield.]<br /><br />Also at the same time, there was a William Grant, 20, fisherman, living in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, who was also born in Nova Scotia. Alexander's son William would have been about 23 at this time, if the 1871 census reported his age correctly. William was living in a boarding house run by a Thomas Leary and occupied by fishermen, mainly from Newfoundland. This is probably Alexander's son, but one can't be certain of it, particularly since Gloucester and Springfield are quite far apart.<br /><br />In Boston and also at the same time, George F. Grant, 16, born Cape Breton, is living with George D. Grant, 50, also born Cape Breton, and his wife Fatima C., 47, born Massachusetts. The first George is identified as a nephew of the second. The age makes it virtually certain that the younger George is the son of Alexander. This is further reinforced by a notation in Elva Jackson's card file, which lists "George Grant (lived USA)" as a brother of the Alexander Grant who moved to Springfield. This appears to be a significant breakthrough, the first concrete information about the older George Grant. There are no other residents in the household, however, and, in particular, no children of George and Fatima.<br /><br />Re: Alexander and Milford Grant, sons of John Grant and Maria Jefferson<br /><br />Toby Hurley also kindly searched for the above missing brothers of the author's great-grandfather William Grant. Alexander was born about 1859, and so would have been about 21 in 1880. Several men of this name in their early 20's were found, but all could be eliminated except one, a man whose declared age was 24, born in Canada, parents born in Canada, working as a carpenter and living in an institution in Stillwater, Minnesota which appears to be a prison, since other residents are described as "warden" and "guard". The location makes this an improbable identification. There were no findings of men named Milford Grant. It remains possible that these two were still in Cape Breton. It must be borne in mind that persons resident at the copper mine in Beechmont were apparently missed completely in the 1881 census. It is known that Alonzo Grant was working there around this time, and this error may account for the absence of his siblings Alexander, Milford, and possibly even Caroline.<br /><br /><br />Further to the Woods Connection:<br /><br />It was pointed out to me that the marriage of John Woods and Alice Grant, daughter of Peter Grant the elder, took place at Sacred Heart (Roman Catholic) Church in Sydney on 9 July 1837. Furthermore, this couple had twins, Paul and Peter, baptised at the same church on 21 February 1847. (Thanks are due to Bill Doyle for his help in this matter.) These children do not appear in any subsequent census, so they probably died in infancy.<br /><br />The 1861 census for Sydney shows Alice Woods as the head of a household consisting of 3 males (all single, one between 5 and 10 years of age, 2 between 10 and 15) and two females (1 widowed between 40 and 50, 1 single between 20 and 30). There were no deaths in the family between 30 March 1860 and 30 March 1861. This is consistent with her husband John Woods having died before 1860, leaving Alice with sons John, Charles and Thomas, and daughter Sarah. <br /><br />It should be noted that, by 1871, the widowed Alice had moved to Cow Bay, and taken the Baptist faith, as had her daughter and two of her sons, while one son, John, remained a Roman Catholic. No information is available on Sarah Woods, born about 1840, after 1871.<br /><br />Records of Mira area cemeteries found at the Beaton Institute show that Margarett Alice Woods, 22 September 1871 to 1882, was interred in St. Mary's Cemetery, Port Morien. She was the daughter of John Woods and Elizabeth Keating.<br /><br />On 1 January 1901, Alice M. Woods, 22, born Port Morien, resident in Bridgeport, daughter of Charles and Mary, married James Allen, 27, teamster, of North Sydney, son of James and Charlotte in a Baptist ceremony at Bridgeport. Witnesses were James Woods and Harry McNeil. The couple resided on the Northside. James Allen appears as a resident of Musgrave Road (now Lane) in North Sydney in every directory from 1903-4 to 1948 except 1923. His occupation varies from farmer to City employee, teamster at Hennigar's livery, laborer, and farmer again. Records of Lakeside Cemetery on the Northside include a stone for "Allen James P. 1876 - 1953" and "His wife Alice Mae Woods 1878 - 1969". The obituary for Alice Mae Allen which appeared 22 July 1969 indicates she was survived by one sister, Mrs. Jenny MacCuish, Glace Bay; sons Russell, Richard and Cecil in North Sydney, and Bart in Taunton, Massachusetts; daughters Gertrude (Mrs. Fraser MacKay) and Helen (Mrs. Harry Hawkins), both of North Sydney.<br /><br />The 1901 census for Bridgeport includes the following family: Charles Woods, b. 8 May 1850, Irish, Baptist, miner; Mary E., b. 21 October 1854, wife; James B., b. 3 August 1880, miner; Thomas J., b. 12 February 1881, mine labour; Harriet A., b. 26 June 1890; William C., b. 12 May 1891; Jennie E., b. 16 March 1892; Maud C., b. 12 October 1893; and Mildred, b. 6 January 1898.<br /><br />The 1901 census for Port Morien includes, in addition to the family of Thomas Woods mentioned in Part III, the following: John Wood, born 10 April 1843, C of E, blacksmith; Elizabeth, born 15 June 1841; Charles, born 6 (?) April 1876, blacksmith; Agnes, born 4 February 1880; John Kennedy, son-in-law, widower, born 28 August 1866, fisherman; Michael Kennedy, grandson, born 12 September 1897. I am advised by Ron MacDougall of Virginia and by Bob Lahey that John Kennedy's wife was Elizabeth Ann Woods, daughter of John and Elizabeth Woods. However, no record of a marriage of a Kennedy to a Woods has been found in Cape Breton County at any time in the 1890's. (Note also that John's religious affiliation had changed from Roman Catholic to Anglican since 1891.)<br /><br />Bob Lahey provides the following further information on Michael Kennedy. He married Clara Phalen, who died 5 October 1960 in Port Morien. Their children were Leo John Kennedy, b. 13 May 1921, and Elizabeth Kennedy, b. 25 December 1925, both at Port Morien. The 1901 census for Port Morien lists Clara Phalen, born 19 June 1895, as the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Phalen. Clara Phalen Kennedy's obituary from the Cape Breton Post indicates that Michael Kennedy survived her, as did both children. No marriage for Elizabeth is indicated.<br /><br />On 16 August 1902, Thomas Woods, 20, miner, born Port Morien, residing in International Mines, son of Charles and Mary, married Olive Currie, 20, born Louisbourg, also resident in International Mines, daughter of Archibald (deceased) and Kate, in a Presbyterian ceremony in Sydney. Witnesses were Mark Currie and Grace Gray. [The name "International Mines" does not refer to a census area. At this time, the International Coal Company held leases on a large, irregularly shaped territory on the "landward" side of Glace Bay, and operated three mines. They were No. 8 in the Bridgeport area, No. 3 on Dominion St. (hence, "No. 3 Hill") and No. 11, which still gives its name to the district of Glace Bay where this author spent most of his childhood.] The only reference to a Thomas Woods in the directories is in 1948, when a person of that name, employed as a miner, lived on McLeod's Rd., Glace Bay, which would have been within the area once controlled by the International Coal Company.<br /><br />On 17 September 1908, James B. Woods, 28, miner, born Port Morien, resident of Bridgeport, son of Charles and Mrs. Woods, married Annie K. McCuish, 25, born Mira, resident of Bridgeport, daughter of Donald and Mrs. McCuish, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Bridgeport. Witnesses were Jean McGlashen (same surname as the minister) and Sussie Chislett. Records of Black Brook Cemetery show a headstone for James Woods, 1880-1952, and Annie Kate, 1881-1971. In the directories of 1914, 1918-9, 1923 and 1928, James Woods is a miner, resident on Bridgeport Road, Glace Bay. In 1948, he is still resident at 315 Bridgeport Road, but the occupation no longer appears. Records of Patten's Funeral Home, Glace Bay, and of Chalmers United Church, Dominion, record the deaths of James B. Woods on 31 July 1952, and of Annie Kate Woods on 11 July 1971. The obituary for James Woods mentions as survivors his wife, son Layton, Bridgeport; daughter Greta, at home; brother William, New Aberdeen; and three sisters (Mrs. James Allen, North Sydney; Mrs. Jennie McCuish and Mrs. Rod Andrews, both of New Aberdeen). The obituary for Annie Woods mentions only Greta surviving. Records of Chalmers United Church, Dominion, indicate Layton Charles Woods died at the age of 59, and was buried on 27 August 1969. [Layton's wife Catherine MacDonald died 7 October 2001, with no surviving children; see obituary below.]<br /><br />On 11 February 1911, Agnes Woods, 31, of Port Morien, daughter of John and Elizabeth Woods, married Robert T. Kennedy, 20, fisherman, of Main-a-Dieu, son of Alex and Mary Kennedy, in a Roman Catholic ceremony at Port Morien. [Given the disparity in ages, one would have liked to be a fly on the wall when Robert announced this engagement to his family! Robert Kennedy was the nephew of John Kennedy, husband of Agnes' older sister Elizabeth Ann.] The directories for Cape Breton County for 1907, 1914, 1918-9 and 1923 show no Robert Kennedy in Main-a-Dieu, but there was a miner of that name in Dominion No. 6, as Donkin was then known. A similar reference in the 1928 directory gives the address of Robert Kennedy as "Dominion", which might signify he had moved or could simply be a misprint for "Dominion No. 6". The next available directory is for 1948, by which time the name has disappeared. (A man of the same name resided in Glace Bay through the entire period 1914 through 1948. His address in 1914 is given as "Sneak St.", an old name for Brodie Avenue.)<br /><br />Bob Lahey also provided the following information on Robert Kennedy and Elizabeth Ann Woods. Robert was born 25 March 1891 at Main-a-Dieu. Bob lists the following children for the couple: Mary Kennedy, b. 24 November 1913 (m. James Warren, b. 7 August 1905, Glace Bay); Harold Roy Kennedy, b. 22 January 1918 (m. Agnes Theresa Keylor, b. 9 March 1919, New Waterford); and Mary Elizabeth Kennedy, baptised 14 November 1911 at St. Mary's Church, Port Morien (m. Charles Alex Nolan, baptised 28 December 1906, Glace Bay). Records of that church also mention Agatha, born 23 February 1912; Francis Alex., born 7 January 1920; and Rita, born 6 February 1923, but do not mention either Mary or Mary Elizabeth.<br /><br />In addition to the above, the directories make mention of several other individuals named Woods in Glace Bay. Charles Woods and William E. Woods are both miners living in Bridgeport in 1914. Charles' name appears again in 1918-9 (possibly William was in the military), since both appear in New Aberdeen in 1923. In 1928, there are two Charles Woods, one an engineer living at 257 Sixth St., and a shopman at 373 Fourth St. There are also Greta Woods on Bridgeport Rd.; Herbert Woods, miner, at 12 Bay St.; and Layton Woods, miner, on Bridgeport Rd. In 1948, Catherine Woods, nurse at the General Hospital (hence from a Protestant family), resides at 5 Currie St.; Charles, Mary and Veronica Woods at 257 Sixth St.; Charles and William, both miners, at 373 Fourth St. Charles Woods, son of John and Alice Grant, did indeed marry a woman named Mary, but he was born in 1850 and it is most unlikely that he was still living in 1948. Possibly the elder Charles Woods was the son of John H. Woods, who is 15 in the 1891 census in Port Morien, and who would then have been 72 in 1948.<br /><br />Further efforts to trace the descendants of Alice Grant Woods continue, including closer investigation of church records from that town.<br /><br />[Note: In the 1901 census of Ward V, Sydney (Whitney Pier), the name John Wood, age 58, appears; his occupation is blacksmith, his religion Roman Catholic. In all particulars, this agrees with those of the son of John and Alice Woods, despite the missing "s" in the last name. However, this man is living in a boarding house without other family. Since John Woods was residing in Port Morien at the time, it would appear this is a coincidence only.]<br /><br />The MacKay (McKay) Connection:<br /><br />Recall that Anna Grant, daughter of Charles Grant and Eliza Ball, married William James McKay on 12 December 1867. Hardwood Hill Cemetery records include a William McKay of Ball's Creek who died at 68 on 19 November 1909. Buried with him is Ann McKay of Sydney, who died at 74 on 7 June 1893. This is most probably his mother, whom marriage records indicate was also named Ann. His wife appears not to be buried with him.<br /><br />So far, the following information about their children and grandchildren has come to light:<br /><br />Wilmot McKay, 23, laborer, married Margaret McLeod, 35, daughter of John and Mary McLeod at the Church of England in Sydney on 16 May 1891.<br /><br />Lawrence McKay, 25, miner, of Old Bridgeport (Dominion), married Sarah Boutelier, 21, daughter of William and Charlotte Boutilier at the Presbyterian church in Bridgeport on 22 December 1897. Witnesses were Josie Grant and Howard C. Grant (a couple who later divorced). This marriage is also mentioned in Joe Petrie's huge file on the Boutiliers. In addition, that file lists the following children of the couple: Anne Susan McKay, b. December 04, 1900; Mabel Jane McKay, b. November 25, 1914; Lawrence Samuel McKay, b. September 02, 1915 (see below). He attributes this information to John Howie. Records of Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines, confirm that Sarah later married Robert Benjamin Boutilier on 14 October 1919, at which time she declared herself a widow, so we may presume that the elder Lawrence died between 1915 and 1919. In the 1914 directory of Cape Breton, Lawrence McKay is a miner, residing on Union St., Dominion. The next directory, in 1918-9, does not include Dominion; his name has disappeared by 1923, consistent with the remarriage of his wife. The name Lawrence McKay does not appear in the list of those killed in Nova Scotia coal mines compiled by the Miners' Museum, Glace Bay, nor on the website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which one might expect had he died in action during World War I. Neither of the Presbyterian, later United, churches in the area, Chalmers or Warden, has a record of a death of a Lawrence MacKay during this period. Investigation is ongoing concerning the time and manner of his death, and the later lives of his children.<br /><br />Annie McKay, 26, of Ball's Creek, married widower John Thomas Boutilier, coal miner, of Gardiner Mines, son of Frederick Boutilier and Hester Mackie, on 17 February 1896 at the Church of England in Sydney. Josie Grant and Lawrence McKay were the witnesses. According to Joe Petrie's file, John Thomas was born 17 April 1852 at Gardiner Mines (although he declared his age at marriage to be 37), was previously married to Mary MacVarish, and died in 1921. Eight children are attributed to the first marriage, none to the second. Ann died in June, 1906. <br /><br />Charles McKay, 21, miner, of Old Bridgeport, married Susan Boutilier, 22, of Port Morien, daughter of William Boutilier and Charlotte Miles, at the Presbyterian Church in Bridgeport on 2 December 1897. (Another instance of brothers marrying sisters, creating "double first cousins".)<br /><br />Price McKay, 26, miner, of Ball's Creek, married Sarah Wadden, 20, born Port Morien, resident of Sydney, daughter of Thomas and Matilda Wadden, on 23 July 1903 at the Church of England in Sydney. <br /><br />Records of St. George's Anglican Church, Sydney, give a marriage on 12 April 1909 of Joseph Wellington Lewis of Pt. Edward to Caroline Cecelia Alice McKay, Ball's Creek. Unlike the other records in this section, no ages or parents are given. The 1901 census lists a daughter Carrie, b. 30 September 1889 of William McKay and Anna J. (Grant), and one of the witnesses is Earl McKay, so it seems highly likely that this is another member of that family. Birth records of St. George's list the following births to this couple: Lloyd Wellington Lewis, b. 19 March 1910, d. 31 July 1910; Ralph Melvin, b. 17 May 1911; and Daisy Beatrice, b. 1 October 1912. Records of St. John's Cemetery, Point Edward, include a headstone with the following inscription: LEWIS Joseph W. 1879 - 1939; his wife Alice C. 1888 - 1972. Joseph W. Lewis died July 4, 1939. His obituary mentions three daughters, Mrs. Murray Boutilier, Wadden's Cove; Cordella and Maude, at home; and two sons, Ralph and Phillip. [One of his sisters was the wife of James Grant, Point Edward, who was a native of Colchester County and is believed not to be a descendant of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon.] Alice C. McKay Lewis died 22 May 1972. Her obituary indicates she was predeceased by a son Ralph in 1957; survivors included a sister, Mrs. Daisy Snow, Dominion; son Philip, Sydney; and three daughters, Cardella (Mrs. Douglas Lawson, Ball's Creek); Mrs. Daisy Boutilier, Port Morien; and Maudie (Mrs. Willard Hill, Campbell's Hill). The couple had 22 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren, as of 1972.<br /><br />Earl McKay, 23, engineer, of Dominion married Katie McDonald, 21, born Halifax, daughter of John and Mrs. McDonald at the Presbyterian church in Dominion (presumably now Chalmers United) on 18 March 1910. Witnesses were Daisy McKay and John Miles. The Reserve Mines Cemetery on Centreville Road contains a stone with the following inscriptions: Earl Edward McKay, 1889 - 1944; Wife Katie Ann 1891 - 1992; Horace K 1913 - 1924; Judith P, 1927 - 1927. [There is a slight oddity here; the cemetery is Anglican, but the couple was married in the Presbyterian church.] Earl McKay does not appear in the 1903-4 or 1905 directories, but is a farmer in Ball's Creek in 1914. He is absent from the 1918-9 and 1923 directories, but by 1928 is listed as a miner living in Dominion. He is absent from the 1948 directory. This would be consistent with his taking over his father's farm after his death in 1909, and with his death in 1944. However, no record of his death can be found at Chalmers United.<br /><br />[Blind alley: A headstone has been found in Brookside Cemetery, Sydney Mines, with the following inscription: MacKay Husband Lawrence S. 1908 - 1993; Wife Urenia P. 1920 - 1983. Despite the similarity in name, the obituary obtained for this Lawrence S. MacKay contains information inconsistent with his being a member of this family.]<br /><br />Re Doleman Family:<br /><br />The Commercial Herald of 5 January 1850 [MH, III, 14] reports a marriage of Mr. David Doleman to Miss Mary Wilhousand, both of Sydney. This is the only reference in MH to either surname. David would probably have been a brother to Mary Ann Doleman, wife of Peter Grant (the younger).<br /><br />A death and a marriage in Illinois:<br /><br />The North Sydney Herald of 1 March 1882 [MH, III, 44] reports the death of Miss Janie Grant, "a school mistress at Pt. Edward and Loraine". She died at the residence of her sister at Elgin, Illinois, a town near Chicago, on 9 February 1882. In 1881, Jane Grant, 22, lived at Ball's Creek with her parents, Charles Grant and Eliza Ball, but no occupation is given. She is also present, aged 12, in the 1871 census. No marriage has been found for this woman, and she does not appear in the 1891 census, at least with the surname Grant. If this Jane Grant is the same woman who died in Illinois the following year, the natural question arises as to which sister was then living there, and to whom she was married, if anyone. Since this Jane's younger sisters were still in their teens in 1882, we consider only her older sisters. Henrietta had married Adam Lloyd Bayley, and was living in North Sydney in 1881. Alice had married Henry Walter Smith (see above), was living in Ingonish in 1881 and had a daughter in 1885. This leaves Melissa, aged 18 in 1871 and apparently not appearing in the local census of 1881 or 1891. However, in the 1901 census for North Sydney, there is a Melissa Grant, spinster, born 11 July 1846, Baptist, living with a sister Susan, born 20 March 1827. The Mormon website mentions a marriage of a Mellissa Grant to William H. Hines at Douglas, Illinois, on 29 November 1877. (Presumably that is the county name, as there is no town or city named Douglas in Illinois.) Clearly, this is considerable room for further investigation here.<br /><br />Further descendants of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant:<br /><br />The following was obtained from obituaries in the Cape Breton Post. This supplements information in Part V on the individuals concerned.<br /><br />Re John W. Munn, d. 10 March 1980: John operated Munn's Greenhouse at Leitches' Creek. He was survived by his wife, son Glen (res. Leitches' Creek), and daughter Ann "Ginger", Mrs. David Brown of North Sydney.<br /><br />Re Ella Munn Matheson, d. 23 April 1981: Ella died at 91, the last survivor of her immediate family. She was predeceased by her husband, and was buried at Lakeview.<br /><br />Re Nina Munn MacKay, d. 25 August 1979: She died at 93 in Windsor, N.S. She was prececeased by her husband John, and was survived by daughters Mrs. Katherine Cox of Maryland and Mrs. Jean Windeler of Halifax, together with 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. She was buried in Hardwood Hill Cemetery, Sydney.<br /><br />Re James and Roy Munn: These two brothers did die one day apart, on July 1 and 2, 1961, in Michigan. James, a tool maker, had no children. Roy, a cabinet maker, was survived by his wife, daughter Betty Lee, and son John.<br /><br />Re Madge Moffatt MacDonald, d. 26 April 1975: She was born in Dingwall, the daughter of William Moffatt, and resided at 23 Windsor Ave., Sydney Mines, until her death at age 79. Her husband Frank predeceased her in 1962, and a daughter Marjorie in 1938. She was survived by daughter Ella (Mrs. Douglas Martin, Brantford, Ontario); sons Robert and Andrew (Sydney Mines), Walter and Stan (Toronto), and Donald (Preston, Ontario).<br />A sister, Mrs. Georgina Robertson of Sydney Mines also survived. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.<br /><br />Re Annie Wilson Moore (Mrs. Peter Jackson), d. 20 December 1947: She died at age 92 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. G. Carmichael of North Sydney. She was survived by her daughters, Mrs. Carmichael and Mrs. Ethel Ziegenmeyer of St. Louis, Missouri; sons Robie (Upper North Sydney), Frank (retired collector of customs, North Sydney), and Stan (United States).<br /><br />Re Mrs. Adelaide (Addie) Munn Jackson, d. 21 December 1947: She died at 86 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, predeceased by her husband Robert N., former CN station agent. She was survived by daughters Mrs. Maurice Ashe and Mrs. Rita Ashe of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Worth Grafton of Vancouver; sons George and Harold of Massachusetts. Burial was at Lakeside. (The headstone gives her birthdate as 12 December 1861, and her husband's dates as July 14 1854 to May 28 1908.)<br /><br />Re James Munn, husband of Mary Ann Moffatt: According to the family headstone in Lakeview Cemetery, several brothers of James died in California and the West Indies. Also, another brother, Lieut. John Munn was killed at the Battle of Channellorville (sic) [presumably Chancellorsville, Virginia] on May 4 1863 at 29 yrs. [While this was undoubtedly a death in war, Lieut. Munn was not a descendant of Charles Grant, but the brother-in-law of one.] [A John B. Munn, rank given as "Orderly Sergeant", of Company E of the 13th Infantry Regiment from New Jersey was killed on that day at Chancellorsville.]<br /><br />Discovery of burial site:<br /><br />Sarah Musgrave was the daughter of Andrew Ross Musgrave and Sarah MacKenzie (see Part V). Elva Jackson's information indicates she never married. Her grave is in the MacKenzie Cemetery at Beechmont, where her headstone gives the dates 1871 to 1955. (See the website www.rootsweb.com/~nscpbret/cem33.html)<br /><br />Deaths of descendants of Alonzo Grant and Udvilla Grant Boutilier, and widow of Layton Woods:<br /><br />The following obituary apparently refers to a daughter of Sarah Grant and James Murrant. Referring back to Part IV, Sarah must then have been the unnamed sister of Stanley Grant who had predeceased him at the time of his death in 1966. The deceased Mae Turner is therefore a granddaughter of Alonzo Grant.<br /><br />Extract from Cape Breton Post, 18 July 2001:<br /><br />Mae Isabel Turner, 76, of 55 Minto St., Glace Bay, and formerly of 3 Anderson St., Glace Bay, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney. Born in Donkin, she the daughter of the late James and Sarah (Grant) Murrant. Mae was a member of St. Mary's Anglican Church, Glace Bay. She is survived by her son, Jim (Gina) Turner, Birch Grove; daughter, Sally (Bernie) Lambert, Glace Bay. She loved her grandchildren, Jamie and Brett Turner and Jimmy, Michael, Matthew and Meaghan Lambert. Also surviving is a sister, Katherine Hooper, Port Caledonia. Mae was predeceased by her husband, Ralph, sister, Edie Turner, brother, William and an infant granddaughter, Bernice Lambert. Funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in St. Mary's Anglican Church with Canon Rev. Fev Arnold officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Glace Bay.<br /><br />A search of the Cape Breton Post's limited on-line archive turned up the following obituary for the sister of the above:<br /><br />Sarah Edith Turner<br />70, Glace Bay<br />Edith Turner, 70, formerly of 34 Morrison St., Glace Bay, died at the Seaview Manor, 275 South St., Glace Bay, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1998.<br />Born in Port Caledonia, she was the daughter of the late James and Sarah (Grant) Murrant. Mrs. Turner was a graduate of the Glace Bay General Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1951. She worked at the General Hospital in the pediatric ward until her retirement in 1976. She was a member of St. Mary's Anglican Church.<br />She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Hooper, Port Caledonia, Mrs. Mae Turner, Glace Bay.<br />She was predeceased by her husband, Frank, a brother, William, in infancy.<br />Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Glace Bay.<br /><br />In addition, the following appeared in the Cape Breton Post for 3 October 2001. The late Judson Boutilier was the son of Arthur Boutilier, who died in a mine accident in 1925, a grandson of James Boutilier and Udvilla Grant, and a great-great-great-grandson of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon.<br /><br />Judson Gilford Boutilier, 84, of 3438 Pellett Ave., New Waterford, passed away quietly and peacefully at his home Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2001. Born in New Waterford, he was a son of the late Arthur Boutilier, Donkin, and the late Gertrude (Phillips) Boutilier, Port Morien. He was a member of Calvin United Church, New Waterford. Juddy worked 38 years as a miner until his retirement from No. 12 colliery. He was a veteran of the Second World War, serving with the 16th LAA Battery. He was a 50-year member of the Army and Navy Unit 217, New Waterford, as well as a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 15. Juddy belonged to the New Waterford Seniors and Pensioners Club, he was an avid dart fan and loved music. He is survived by four children, Jimmy, at home, Judson Jr. (Susie), New Waterford, Ruthie (Jerome) Pottie, L'Ardoise, Debbie LaFalcia (husband Don Brooks), Oshawa, Ont.; one brother, Harold, B.C.; seven grandsons, Hughie, Darryl, Kelly, Chad, Lee, Stephen and Landry; two granddaughters, Doris Lynn and Megan; two great-grandchildren, Kyle and Krista Lee. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Thelma MacPhee, four brothers and one sister. Visitation to take place this evening (Wednesday) 7-9 p.m. and Thursday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. in the V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 380 Smith St., New Waterford, 862-6439. Funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Calvin United Church with Rev. Duncan Roach officiating. Interment in Union Grove Cemetery, Scotchtown. Mr. Boutilier will be taken to the church Friday at noon time. As an expression of sympathy for Judson, donations may be made to the N.S. Diabetes Association or Palliative Care. A reception to follow at the Army and Navy Hall, New Waterford. <br /><br />Finally, we note the death of Catherine MacDonald, widow of Layton Woods, son of Thomas Woods, grandson of Charles Woods, great-grandson of John Woods and Alice Grant Woods. This appeared in the Cape Breton Post of 9 October 2001:<br /><br />Catherine Woods, 92, a resident of Charlotte's Guest Home, Dominion Street, Glace Bay, and a former resident of 41 Commercial St., Dominion, died Sunday, October 7, 2001, at the guest home. Born in Glace Bay, she was the daughter of the late William J. and Jessie (Munro) MacDonald. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Catherine was a member of Chalmers United Church. She operated a small confectionery store in Bridgeport for many years. Catherine is survived by nephews, George MacDonald, Glace Bay, John MacDonald, Oklahoma; niece, Sylvia Matheson, Mira. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Layton Woods; a son in infancy; and a brother, John W. MacDonald. There will be no visitation for the late Catherine Woods. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home Chapel, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay. <br /><br />Another death in World War II<br /><br />The website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission indicates that Corporal Gordon Boutilier, son of Louis and Sadie Boutilier and husband of Doris Boutilier of New Waterford died at age 24 on 11 October 1944 in action outside Antwerp, Belgium. He is buried in Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders), Belgium. He was a grandson of James Boutilier and Udvilla Grant. (See Part IV.) His is the second death of a descendant of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon in World War II discovered so far. (See Part VI regarding Edward O'Neil, son of Rosie Grant.)<br /><br />Service records from World War I<br /><br />An increasing number of enlistment forms for soldiers from World War I are available on line. They can be viewed at the site http://www.archives.ca/02/02010602_e.html<br />by entering the first and last names of the soldier in the spaces on the form which comes up.<br /><br />Among those available is the attestation form filled out by Seward (Seaward, as he spelled it) Grant, son of James Grant and his first wife Mary Ann Andrews, on 7 December 1915 for service in World War I is now available on-line. It gives his date of birth as 7 May 1879, and confirms he served in the 106th Battalion, a fact mentioned on his headstone. It also reveals such details as his middle name (Thomas), height (5 ft., 7.5 in.) and the fact that he had a long scar on his chin (not apparent from the surviving photo). <br /><br />Attestation forms have also been found for Elmer and Clyde Grant, sons of Arthur Grant and Phoebe Phillips. Elmer was resident in Fredericton in December, 1914 and Clyde in Trenton, Nova Scotia, in October, 1917 at the time of their respective enlistments. Both were single at the time.<br /><br />The form filled out by the author's grandfather, a copy of which is already on file, can also be viewed by entering the first name "Alex Malcolm" and last name "Grant".<br /><br />Obituary for a non-descendant<br /><br />It is with regret that we mention that Ina Muriel (Fraser) Grant, 85, of Edwardsville passed away on 30 August 2001. She was the widow of David Grant, who passed away in 1982, and was survived by sons Colin of Sackville, N.B. and Allister of Edwardsville, and grandsons Scott of Moncton, Neil of St. Stephen, Ryan and Michael of Sydney, and Brandon of Point Edward. However, the late David Grant was the son of James Grant, a native of Colchester County who died in Sydney in 1966, and his wife Margaret, so this family does not appear to be among the descendants of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon.Doug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-19594509565797681852009-12-27T07:49:00.000-08:002009-12-27T07:50:32.808-08:00Part 6Results of recent research into descendants of Charles Grant in the Sydney - Glace Bay area of Nova Scotia<br /><br />Part VI<br /><br />Douglass L. Grant<br /><br />Charles Grant: Serendipity strikes again<br /><br />On 26 April 2001, the author attended a lecture sponsored by the Old Sydney Society. The guest speaker, Janice Fralic-Brown of Halifax, spoke about her ancestor Cato Cox, a black Loyalist who settled in Sydney in the 1780's. She also produced muster rolls, taken 24 June and 25 December 1786, for the 42nd regiment of the British Army, commonly known as the "Black Watch", then stationed in Sydney. Both rolls included the name Charles Grant. It is not completely certain that this is "our" Charles, but the likelihood of there being two such at the same time in a settlement so small seems tiny indeed. Furthermore, the privately published volume "They Were Here" by Rev. Robert D. Crocker, confirms that the earliest barracks in what is now Sydney's Victoria Park included quarters for married soldiers. In that era, wives and children sometimes followed soldiers on station and qualified for extra rations by doing such chores as laundry. However, if Charles Grant was in fact in Sydney in the first instance as a British soldier, that would raise some questions about his reputed occupation as a stonemason. <br /><br />Furthermore, a contribution on the Clan Gordon mailing list suggests that it was common in Scotland for clan chiefs to pay servants to take on the surname of the chief. This hypothesis might possibly explain how Ann Middletown could have become Ann (Nancy) Gordon without presuming a prior marriage.<br /><br />Parents of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon: a slender clue<br /><br />The traditional order of naming of children in Scottish families is for males: father's father, mother's father, father, father's oldest brother, father's next oldest brother, and so on; and for females, mother's mother, father's mother, mother, mother's oldest sister, mother's next oldest sister, and so on. While this tradition was clearly abandoned in most branches of the Grant family by the late nineteenth century, it is probably safe to assume that it was followed in the first generation in North America, at least. Assuming there were no early children of which we have no knowledge, the oldest son and the second-oldest daughter of Charles and Nancy were Peter and Isabelle, respectively, and the naming tradition suggests these were the names of Charles' parents. Similarly, the oldest daughter and second-oldest son were Ann and Charles, and these may well have been the names of Nancy's parents.<br /><br />A search of the Mormon website has turned up exactly one Charles Grant born between 1725 and 1765 in Scotland whose parents had given names as suggested. This child was born 1 November 1758 at Bellie, Moray, Scotland to Peter Grant and Isabell Bartle. If this was indeed "our" Charles, then he obviously could not have been at Louisbourg in 1760, a possibility raised in an earlier note in this series. Also, if the oldest child Peter had truly been born in Scotland (as his son John attested in 1891) and if the couple had migrated to Halifax in the late 1770's, they would have had to have been married, had their first child and migrated all by the time Charles reached the age of 21. This compressed timeline is troublesome, but not entirely impossible. Incidentally, no other children are found in the Mormon website born to Peter Grant and Isabell Bartle.<br /><br />As for Nancy Gordon, no children of the name Ann Gordon could be found in the Mormon website born in Scotland during the period 1725 - 1765 with parents Charles and Ann.<br /><br />Parents of Mary Ann Dolman Grant<br /><br />Records of Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, reveal that Samuel Doleman was baptised there on 16 September 1832. As mentioned earlier, Mary Ann Doleman was baptised 7 April 1844. Mrs. Eleanor Doleman was baptised 9 January 1848, but died 20 July 1849. Since these dates straddle the 1838 census, also mentioned above, there is little doubt that Samuel and Eleanor were the parents of Mary Ann. There are no other references to persons of that surname, so it remains unknown what became of Mary Ann's siblings mentioned in the 1838 census.<br /><br />Rosie Grant rediscovered at last<br /><br />Recall that Rosie Grant is believed to be the second child of Alonzo Grant and his first wife Rebecca Boutilier, born 27 December 1883 (1901 census). William, first child of Alonzo and Rebecca, who accompanied his father and stepmother to Dominion about 1896, was born 6 April 1883, according to the same census. If, in fact, the birthdates for both William and Rosie are correct, the latter must have been born prematurely and, in the 1880's, lucky to have survived at all. This may help explain why she remained with her maternal grandmother, and may have been a factor in her mother's death. In 1891 and 1901, Rosie was living with her grandmother, Evalina Boutilier, and Evalina's twin sons Edward and Branch. Evalina died in 1904. Rosie continued to live at 922 George St., Sydney, with her uncle Branch, an engineer according to the 1905 City Directory; the inclusion of her name implies she worked outside the home. In 1907, she witnessed the wedding of her presumed first cousin Margaret MacKinnon to Milledge P. Jefferson (incidentally, a first cousin once removed of Maria Jefferson Grant).<br /><br />Early in the morning of 1 May 1925, Branch Boutilier was found dead in the back yard of a home on Laurier St. in Whitney Pier. The cemetery records give his age as 34, an apparent transcription error for 54; in fact, he was 55. A coroner's jury found he had died of exposure. The Sydney Post reported that "a part bottle of doubtful looking rum" was found beside his body. The story also mentioned he was unmarried, and "lived ... with his sister on George Street" (emphasis mine). There is no explicit reference to the sister being married. [Another curious observation: Branch's first name is entered as "Blanche" in the original handwritten chronological record of the cemetery, as well as in the alphabetical typescript prepared from it many years later. I will leave it to another researcher to determine if this was a clerical error, or a commentary on his lifestyle.]<br /><br />With respect to the reference to a sister above, Branch's only known sisters were:<br />(i) Rebecca Ann (born July, 1861, baptised 3 December 1861, died no later than 1888),<br />(ii) Rosina (m1. Donald MacKinnon [son of Neil and Margaret MacKinnon, NW Arm], 18 February 1886, Presbyterian Church, Coxheath; m2. John Hill; by m1., mother of Margaret MacKinnon Jefferson), and<br />(iii) Eliza (born 22 May 1865, and baptised 10 April 1866 at Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines). <br />[Rebecca, incidentally, had a twin sister Elizabeth Jane, who evidently did not survive; she is not mentioned in the 1871 census.] It is evident that the sister referred to in the newspaper article could only have been Eliza.<br /><br />Eliza died unmarried in 1932, and her brief obituary said she had lived with her niece, Mrs. Harry O'Neill, of the North West Arm. Mrs. Harry O'Neil (slightly different spelling) died 15 July 1959, and is buried in Hardwood Hill. Neither the cemetery records nor the obituary contain Mrs. O'Neil's first name, nor are any survivors mentioned other than her husband and five children. Mrs. O'Neil was born in Beechmont (near Coxheath), which was Rebecca's residence at the time of her marriage. She was also active in St. John's Anglican Church at Point Edward; the Boutilier family had been Anglican for many years. At the time of her death, Mrs. O'Neil's age was given as 75, which would match Rosie Grant's age exactly. The 1891 census also indicated that, as children, Rosie and Harry O'Neil lived very close together in Ball's Creek, so the two almost certainly knew each other and probably went to school together. All this circumstantial evidence made Mrs. Harry O'Neil a very promising suspect to be the same person as Rosie Grant. Two independent lines of inquiry were therefore undertaken, one with the pastor of St. Mark's and St. John's Anglican churches, the second with Edna (Mrs. Bruce) Jackson, of Sydney, whom a private source had suggested as a member of an O'Neil family from that area.<br /><br />Harry O'Neil, born 28 October 1882, was the son of James Edward O'Neill (b. 9 June 1850), who in turn was the son of John and Sarah O'Neill. James Edward O'Neill married Sarah Ellen Lewis (b. 4 November 1853), the daughter of James and Sarah Lewis, at the Wesleyan Church in Point Edward on 23 February 1874.<br /><br />Edna Jackson was able to confirm that Mrs. O'Neil was her maternal grandmother, and that her grandmother's name at birth had indeed been Rosie Grant. The pastor also confirmed the given name, and was able to provide the following dates of birth of the children of Henry Marshall O'Neil and Rosie M. O'Neil: Gerald Edward (b. 5 November 1915, died at 2 months, buried 1 January 1916 in St. John's Churchyard, Point Edward); Evelyn May (b. 2 April 1917); Helen Dorothy (b. 20 August 1918, m. John Dyet, North West Arm); Bernard Stanley (b. 8 August 1921, m. Margaret Boutilier after 1970); Eva Maud (b. 6 April 1923, m. David Lewis, Edwardsville); Edward Henry (b. 21 July 1925, died overseas during World War II; more details below); and Sophie Matilda (b. 13 December 1927). Eva Maud, called Ada in her mother's obituary, is the only one surviving as of this writing. Edna and her husband Bruce have helped enormously with this project, supplying a number of photographs which have been scanned and will eventually appear on the website which will contain this research. They also kindly arranged for the digital photography of two old charcoal sketches which are believed to be Henry and Evalina Boutilier, which hopefully will also eventually appear on a website dealing with that family.<br /><br />By chance, this researcher stumbled on the website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It proved to have an immense database of information on those who died in wars while serving in the armed forces of the various Commonwealth nations. In that, I found that Private Edward Henry O'Neil, son of Harry M. and Rose Marion O'Neil, of North-West Arm, had died on Saturday, 28 April 1945, and is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands. He is the first descendant of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon whom I have found to have died in war. These pages make mention of many deaths, but few can approach the tragedy of this young man, killed three months before his twentieth birthday, when the war in Europe had only ten days to run.<br /><br />That day, the first of spring, I felt compelled to visit Rosie's grave, near the back of Hardwood Hill Cemetery. Unlike the cemetery records, the elegant grey stone clearly proclaimed that the woman lying there was Rosie Marion O'Neil. Despite the thick blanket of melting snow, it seemed a spot of some beauty, looking out toward the Coxheath Hills and the Northwest Arm, where she had spent most of her life and where, undoubtedly, the most bitter news a parent can receive had come to her from afar.<br /> <br />On 11 April 2001, I met with Mrs. Eva O'Neil Lewis of Edwardsville, now 78, and the only surviving child of Harry O'Neil and Rose Marion Grant. It was a very fruitful visit. She was able to confirm that her maternal grandmother had died in childbirth at the birth of her mother. She also was able to tell me that Evalina Boutilier had worked as a cook at the copper mine which operated in the Beechmont area. Since Alonzo Grant declared his occupation as miner at the time of both his marriages and in the 1891 census, it would appear that he was also employed there at the time. It is therefore an attractive conjecture that it was there that he met his first wife Rebecca Boutilier. (Neither Alonzo Grant, nor Evalina and her family, appear anywhere in the 1881 census; it would appear the census taker did not visit the living quarters which then existed at the Beechmont mine.) <br /><br />Eva also informed me that her parents were married at Christ Church in Sydney on 23 December 1914; the records of Christ Church, preserved at the Nova Scotia Archives, confirm that date. She also related that, despite the time of year, the couple rode back to their new home at the North West Arm in a carriage drawn by a new black horse, and that Harry's brother Edmund played the fiddle at the reception that followed. <br /><br />Witnesses at the wedding were Edward and Elizabeth Boutilier; no member of the Grant family is recorded as attending. Eva was completely unaware of any contact her mother might have had with her father, Alonzo Grant, during his lifetime, and was also unaware that her mother had had a full brother, William, as well as several half-sisters and half-brothers. Unfortunately, she was unable to suggest any reason for this absence of contact. <br /><br />Eva supplied some further information regarding her brother Edward (Eddie), who had been a stretcher bearer, was wounded by a time bomb, and died a few days later of his wounds. It was an emotionally wrenching experience to read one of his letters, sent on 5 February 1945 under the constraints of wartime communication from "Somewhere in England", dealing with such mundane matters as the Christmas dinner which he had no way of knowing would be the last of his brief life. She was also able to supply the dates of death of three of her siblings: Sophie (10 February 1987), Bernard (2 June 1987), and Evelyn (23 May 1995); her sister Helen died in 1974. [Ironically, Sophie's obituary explicitly mentioned Rosie's birth name.] Finally, she was able to make available further pictures of her mother, herself and some of her siblings, all of which have been scanned and will eventually be posted on the website.<br /><br />The fate of William Grant, Rosie's full brother, remains an open question. Further inquiries will be undertaken along that line, but the investigation of the descendants of Rosie Grant O'Neil is now essentially closed.<br /><br />Further Descendants of Alonzo Grant:<br /><br />In an earlier section, the children of Alonzo Grant and his second wife Catherine MacDonald were listed. Among them was John Grant (b. 6 November 1889) who married Mary Hillier. Their children were Edith (m. David MacQueen), Reta Victoria (b. 1913, m. Donald Gilholme MacLeod), Sarah and John.<br /><br />David MacQueen and Edith Grant had three daughters, Louise (m. Robert MacGregor), Sheila (m. Rohan [Sonny] MacDonald), and Elizabeth (m. Robert Cossitt).<br /><br />Robert MacGregor and Louise MacQueen had three children: Barry (m. Sheila MacGuire), Robert (m. Noreen Marmaluk), and Cheryl (m. Craig Ferguson).<br /><br />Barry MacGregor and Sheila MacGuire have a son Lorne and daughter Jenna.<br /><br />Robert MacGregor and Noreen Marmaluk have sons Owen and Corey.<br /><br />Craig Ferguson and Cheryl MacGregor have a son Cole, and as of this writing (25 April 2001) are expecting another child.<br /><br />Rohan MacDonald and Sheila MacQueen have a son Bruce, who is unmarried, and a daughter Patricia, who married Stan Brown. <br /><br />Stan Brown and Patricia MacDonald have a son Andrew and a daughter Jennifer.<br /><br />Robert Cossitt and Elizabeth MacQueen have a son Christopher, who is unmarried.<br /><br />[Barry MacGregor is a colleague of the author at UCCB, and kindly supplied the above information.]<br /><br />Edward Grant in 1871, and his marriage to Nancy Woodworth<br /><br />Edward was the only known child of John Grant and Maria Jefferson missing from the family home at Ball's Creek at the time of the 1871 census. Elva Jackson's notes on baptisms in North Sydney indicated he had moved to Mill Village, which is in Queens County on the south shore of Nova Scotia. In that year, Edward Grant, age 20, Baptist, carriage maker, was living in the Port Medway census district (which included Mill Village) with William and Martha Gibbons and their daughter. His birthplace was initially recorded as "Cape Breton", which is scratched out and replaced with "Nova Scotia". Since this is exactly where Elva's notes predicted he would be found, and both age and birthplace are right, there is little doubt this is "our" Edward. <br /><br />The marriage records of Colchester County indicate that, on 5 September 1879, Edward J. Grant, 31, minister, married Nancy L. Woodworth, 30, spinster, at the Baptist Church in Brookfield. They also record that Edward was born in North Sydney, the son of J. H. and M. Grant, but then apparently residing in Newton Centre, Massachusetts while Nancy was the daughter of B. and L. J. Woodworth, born in Lower Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, but then residing in Brookfield. Witnesses were Wm. W. Pickering and P. S. McGregor. (There is no evidence any member of Edward's family attended.) The census of 1871 for Lower Stewiacke (which included Brookfield) includes Nancy Woodworth, 24, living with Benjamin, 70; Jane, 62; and James, 20. All were Baptists and born in Nova Scotia. The fact that his wife had origins in the Truro area helps explain why they chose to settle there when Edward went into semi-retirement in 1916. <br /><br />Some branches of Nancy Woodworth's ancestry, incidentally, have been documented on the Mormon website to stretch back into remote antiquity. Her father Benjamin was the son of Shalomith Woodworth (b. 5 March 1760, Lebanon, Connecticut) and Elizabeth Blair, and grandson of another Benjamin Woodworth and Hannah Bill. The earlier Benjamin's ancestors along the male line were Ezekiel, a third Benjamin, and Joseph, who was born in Scituate, Massachusetts in 1648. Joseph's father was Walter, born about 1600 in Kent, who was the son of Thomas Woodworth (born before 1586) and Elizabeth Tyson. Walter's wife, furthermore, was Elizabeth Rogers, born about 1609, the daughter of Thomas Rogers (NOT the man of the same name on the "Mayflower"). Thomas was the son of Thomas Matthew Rogers, who lived in Stratford, England at the time of Shakespeare. He was the grandson of Reverend John Rogers, the first of the Protestant clergymen to be burned at the stake in 1555 under Mary I. The documented ancestry goes back, including several generations in Italy, to Tancreed de Hauteville, born in 970 in Normandy, and his wife Fredistina. From Nancy Woodworth back to Tancreed de Hauteville is 25 generations, the longest documented chain of ancestry yet encountered in this research project.<br /><br />The timing of Edward's decision to leave carriage making and enter the ministry remains to be explained. Edward's burial in 1927 was recorded as in Brookfield, but the gravesite has not been located as yet; possibly it may have been in a Woodworth family plot. The couple left only an adopted daughter, Vivian, about whom nothing is known after 1927. Where Edward met Nancy remains unknown, although there were other branches of the Woodworth family in the Wolfville area, where Edward attended university for at least one year. The residency in the United States is also new information. (The ages are also somewhat discrepant; for example, the ages given in the marriage records are the same as those given in the 1881 census almost two years later.)<br /><br />Apparent New Evidence regarding Caroline Grant<br /><br />Caroline Grant, b. 1866, was the younger of the two sisters of the "five brothers". She is last seen in the census in Cape Breton in 1871, and her whereabouts at the time of the 1881 census (when she was 15) and 1891 remains unknown. (As noted above concerning Alonzo Grant and Evalina Boutilier, however, she may also have found work at the copper mine and so was also missed in the census.) Much later, in 1927, she is mentioned in Edward's obituary as Mrs. Smith of North Bay, but she is not mentioned in either Alonzo's obituary in 1931 nor Theodore's in 1934.<br /><br />In the records of Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, as retranscribed by the indefatigable Elva Jackson, a Carrie B. Grant was baptised on 3 October 1886. If she had left Cape Breton between 1871 and 1881, she apparently had returned at that time. Three notations accompany that entry: 1) she is referred to as Mrs. James Smith; 2) she is reported as having moved to Boston in 1896; 3) she is further reported as having moved at a later date to Red Deer, Alberta. Unfortunately, duplication of names makes it uncertain that this was really the daughter of John and Maria. The family of Charles H. Grant and Eliza Ball also had a Caroline, who was six in 1871, 16 (and still with her family) in 1881, but who no longer appeared in the 1891 census. It is unclear whether Carrie B. Grant was the daughter of John and Maria Grant, or of Charles and Eliza. The family of Charles H. Grant adhered to the Church of England throughout this period, while John, Maria and several of their children had become Baptists. That fact would appear to make it more probable that this was John and Maria's daughter, but it is difficult to be certain until a marriage record or some other definite statement of her parentage is found. There is no such record for either Caroline in Cape Breton County marriage records, which go up to 1912.<br /><br />The Alberta censuses of 1891 and 1901 are available on line. There is no Caroline nor Carrie Smith anywhere in the province in 1891. However, in 1901, in Red Deer, the following are found at p. 14: Joseph M. Smith, 40, born Nova Scotia 1860; Carrie B. Smith, 34, wife, born Nova Scotia (year unstated); Ralph E. Smith, son, 8, born Alberta 1892; Olive Smith, daughter, 6, born Alberta 1894; Joseph E. Smith, son, 1, born Alberta 1900. (Religion, birthdate, occupation and ethnic origin were not transcribed onto the website although included in the census questions.) One small point here leans toward Carrie being the daughter of Charles and Eliza; in 1871, their family included a daughter Olive, born in June, 1870, who does not appear in the 1881 census. So far as we know, there was no child of that name in John and Maria's family.<br /><br />The age, middle initial, province of birth, married name, and location of the Carrie B. Smith found in Red Deer combine to persuade me to a very high level that she is the young woman baptised in 1886 in North Sydney, although the discrepancy in the husband's first name reduces that identification below absolute certainty. It should be noted that several other minor errors have been found in Elva Jackson's work, and in the census records. Further evidence is needed on whether this Carrie B. Smith did indeed move subsequently to northern Ontario, which family members, if any, accompanied her on such a move if it did occur, and where her family eventually settled, as well as the time of her presumed death and place of burial. Unfortunately, unlike Cape Breton or Waldo County, Maine, there seems little organized interest in genealogy in the North Bay area, and the surname Smith is so common that the on-line query sites are little used.<br /><br />Two other Smiths, both born in Nova Scotia, lived in Red Deer at the same time, closer to each other than to the family above: 1. James H. Smith, 43; Annie, 35, born England; two children; and 2. Wilburt G. Smith, 46; Carrie A., 29, born New Brunswick; 6 children. All eight of these children were born in Alberta.<br /><br />In 1881, in Ball's Creek, a family named Smith lived very near John and Maria Grant. They were: Alexander Smith, 60, widower, born Nova Scotia, carpenter; Christy, 23; James, 15; Rory, 13; Neil, 10; Lizzy, 8. The family was Roman Catholic. This James Smith is clearly too young to be the same person as the man of the same name in Red Deer twenty years later. However, no trace of this James Smith has been found in any later census in Cape Breton. <br /><br />A few more details on John Spurr Grant:<br /><br />Item #1: In the 1881 census, there was a Baptist minister by the name of J. C. Spurr, then 33, resident in Cow Bay (Port Morien), with wife Nancy T., age 29, and son Nathan T. L., age 6. It appears John Spurr Grant may well have been named after this clergyman.<br /><br />Item #2: On the website of the National Archives of Canada, Dominion Land Grants, I found what appears to be two land grants pertaining to John Spurr Grant. The reference number is Liber: 953, Folio: 314, File reel number: C-6709. The geographical data is as follows, although I'm not entirely sure how to read it. There are five headings: Part, Section, Township, Range, Meridian. However, there are six clusters of numbers or letters displayed on the line below. In the two cases, they are:<br />68 SE 25 38 8 W4<br />69 NW 23 59 8 W4<br />No dates are given anywhere on that site, so far as I can tell.<br /><br />Some Possible Descendants of George B. Moffatt<br /><br />By accident, an obituary was found for a Mrs. J. W. Allen, who died 18 January 1940, at the stated age of 62. While her own given name is not stated, she is described as the daughter of George B. Moffatt. She was survived by sons Irving, of North Sydney, and Harold, of Montreal. Also surviving were sisters Miss Emma, North Sydney; Miss Ada, Montreal; Mrs. John Hall, St. Anne's, Quebec; and Mrs. T. Greenfield, Montreal. If she is the granddaughter of George P. Moffatt (see Part V), then his son George B. could hardly have been born as late as 1869, leaving him only nine years older than the late Mrs. Allen. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery, according to the obituary, but no gravestone appears in the cemetery records under the name "Allen" with this date of death.<br /><br />Details on a few Moffatt marriages:<br /><br />T. Porter Moffatt of North Sydney, son of Chas. P. and Jane, married Kate J. Nisbet of Sydney Mines, daughter of Andrew and Ann, in the Presbyterian church at Sydney Mines on 19 August 1886. [See Part V.] <br /><br />Hammond Moffatt of North Sydney, also a son of Chas P. and Jane, married Jessie Beaton, 20, of North Sydney in the Baptist church at North Sydney on 28 September 1886. [See Part V.]<br /><br />William Johnstone Moffatt, son of Peter B. Moffatt and Emily Grant, was married on 20 September 1896 in the Baptist church at Baddeck to Mary Symons McLean, daughter of Thomas and Christina. [See Part IV. Bride's mother's name differs.]<br /><br />Death of a descendant of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant:<br /><br />The Cape Breton Post of June 23, 2001 reported the following obituary of James Alexander Moffatt, son of Charles Moffatt and Jennie MacLeod, grandson of Hammond Moffatt and Jessie Beaton, and a seventh-generation descendant of Charles Grant's daughter Ann. (See item above, and Part V for more details on this branch of the family.)<br /><br /> Jimmy Moffatt 87, Sydney<br /><br /> James Alexander (Jimmy) Moffatt, 87, of 819 Prince St., Sydney, passed away Friday, June 22, 2001, at home, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in North Sydney, he was the son of the late Charles and Jennie (MacLeod) Moffatt. He was a member of First United Church, Whitney Avenue, Sydney. Jimmy had a great passion for the harness racing industry while being a driver, trainer and owner of standard bred horses for over 50 years. Since his diagnosis, he had been surrounded by his many loving and caring compassionate friends and will be sadly missed by all.<br /><br /> He is survived by his wife of 64 years, the former Mary Williams; two daughters, Elaine (Mrs. Jim Featherby) and Edie (Mrs. Merle Crowe), both of Dartmouth; one sister, Mrs. Eleanor Waterman, Sydney; two brothers, Earl, Sydney, Aubrey, Kamloops, B.C.; five grandchildren, Robbie, Nancy, Darlene, David and his very special girl, Cheryl. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by sons, John 'Bunty' and James Roland 'Rollie', sister, Pearl Ash and brother, Stewart.<br /><br /> Interment in Calvin United Church Cemetery, Leitches Creek.<br /><br />Further to the Musgrave connection<br /><br />The following information comes through pure serendipity. During the fall term of 2000, I had a student named Jeff Musgrave in my class in Discrete Math, which includes some topics on applications of graph theory and tree storage of data. Naturally, I showed the class the family tree drawn by Blair Grant to illustrate the genealogical use of tree storage. Later, I pointed out to Jeff that that tree contains at least three references to Musgraves, and gave him a copy of the portion of Part V which refers to Musgraves, Moffatts, etc. With his father's help, he identified his great-grandfather John Archibald Musgrave in the list, and supplied the following partial list of descendants, without any dates. He also provided a contact with another family member doing research on the Musgraves, so I hope to amplify on this information in future.<br /><br />Gertrude and Archie<br />->sons and daughters<br /><br />Austin married Muriel Johnston<br />Hammond married Elizabeth May<br />Etta married Jennex<br />Russell married Carrie<br />Milford unmarried<br />Pearl married Ralph Spencer<br />Leonard married Martha Crews<br />Horace unmarried<br /><br />Austin & Muriel<br />->sons and daughters<br />Glen married Cora<br />Lorraine married Sid Norman<br />Virginia married Sandy Lewis<br /><br /><br />Hammond & Elizabeth<br />->sons and daughters<br />Wendel married Sharon Hopkins<br />Marilyn married Tim Brown<br />Brenda married Sheldon Murphy<br />Valerie<br />Trudy<br /><br />Etta & Jennex<br /><br /><br />Russel & Carrie<br />->sons and daughters<br />William married Carol Timbury<br />Linda married Brian Higdon<br />Judy married Benny Ross<br />Keith<br /><br />Pearl and Ralph (Spencer)<br />Gloria (d. 31 March 2001)<br /><br />Leonard & Martha<br />->sons and daughters<br />Gertie married Ron Cumming<br />Russel married Catherine Healy<br />Then Mable<br />Wayne married Gloria Buffett<br />Gary married Edith<br />Then Paulette<br />Ray married Phyllis Nash<br />Lenna married Brian MacDougall<br />Bev married Clarence Dawe<br />Then David Aker<br />Lou married Lois Bobbett<br />Gwen married Ernie O'Neil<br />Shirley married Blair Stamper<br />Anne married Tommy LeBlanc<br />Gordie married Judy<br />Cindy married John Britten<br />Joe married Marg MacNeil<br /><br />Gert and Ron<br />->sons and daughters<br />Nancy<br />Terry Lynn<br />Robbie<br /><br />Russell and Catherine<br />->sons and daughters<br />Kathy<br />John<br /><br />Wayne and Gloria<br />->sons<br />Jeff<br />Bruce married Heather Heikkinen<br />Jamie married Denise Hill<br /><br />Gary and Edith<br />Laura married Jerome<br /><br />Ray and Phyllis<br />Stuart<br />David<br />Steve<br /><br />Lenna and Brian<br />Judy<br />George married Lee Adams<br /><br />Bev and Clarence<br />Debbie married Eddie Grant (NO IDEA WHO THIS IS!!)<br /><br />Lou and Lois<br />Tracey<br />Luke<br /><br />Gwen and Ernie<br />Sandy<br />Ray<br /><br />Shirley and Blair<br />Andrew<br />Emma<br /><br />Anne and Tommy<br />Chris<br />Ken<br />Matthew<br /><br />Gordie and Judy<br />Craig<br />Jen<br /><br />Cindy(John not father)<br />Amy<br /><br />Joe and Marg<br />Emillee<br />Sarah-Ann<br />Mari-JoeDoug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-31699423876879333672009-12-27T07:47:00.000-08:002009-12-27T07:48:58.594-08:00Part 5Results of recent research into descendants of Charles Grant in the Sydney - Glace Bay area of Nova Scotia<br /><br />Part V<br /><br />Douglass L. Grant<br /><br />Further to the age of Edward and William:<br /><br /> In the 1881 census, taken in April, Edward (then living in Dartmouth) declares his age to be 31. When he died in March of 1927, his obituary indicates he would have been 78 in May, consistent with birth in May of 1849. However, in 1901, William declared his birthdate to be October 5, 1849. Had that been his birthdate, it would have been virtually impossible, for biological reasons, for Edward to have been born of the same mother in May of either 1849 or 1850. Given Edward's higher level of education and the tendency of males, looking for jobs as miners, labourers, etc. to exaggerate their age by a few years, this researcher now believes Edward to have been the oldest child, and William second to him, most probably born in October of 1850 or possibly 1851.<br /><br /> Had Edward been born in May of 1849, he would have been almost exactly three years old when William E. Grant, eldest son of John H. Grant and Margaret Ann Moore, was drowned at the age of 26 in the spring of 1852, while a divinity student at Acadia University. It is possible that this tragedy had a deep impression on the child, perhaps resulting in a vocation for the ministry. It is also possible that he was groomed for the ministry from an early age, as a replacement for his lost cousin.<br /><br />Martha Grant French, rediscovered at last:<br /><br /> The United States Census of 1910 for Stockton Springs, Waldo County, Maine (which included the village of Sandy Point), lists a family which consisted of Charles A. French, 51, born Maine, marine engineer; Martha A., 46, born in English Canada, not a naturalized U. S. citizen; and Mary F., 71, widowed mother of Charles. The couple had been married 20 years, but the number of children born to Martha is given as zero. Given her age at the time, it is also extremely unlikely that there are any descendants to locate. <br /><br /> After putting an inquiry on the mailing list for the genealogical society of Waldo County, Maine, I received further information from two very kind and helpful people, Kitty McLaughlin and Bob Brooks. They confirmed that Martha's maiden name had been given as Grant in a local directory. She and her husband are both buried in the Sandy Point Cemetery, although Martha's name on the headstone is mistakenly given as "Margaret" and no date of death is engraved. Bob Brooks then provided the truly extraordinary service of looking up the death records of both people in Belfast, Maine, and Martha's husband's will. This revealed that her husband's middle name was Austin, and that he was the son of Francis L. and Mary French. He died 29 December 1923, leaving everything to Martha. Martha died 11 April 1949 at the age of 84 of cardiac failure. Her birth name is given, her birth date 15 September 1864, her place of birth as Cape Breton, and her parents' names as John Grant and Maria Griftson, the last an apparent misunderstanding of "Jefferson". Despite that final discrepancy, there seems no room for doubt that this is one of the missing sisters of the "five brothers". What remains surprising is that there seems no living recollection of her death in 1949; it is possible that she had completely lost touch with the many nieces and nephews who remained in this area.<br /><br /> We all owe a debt of gratitude to Bob and Kitty for their truly outstanding help with this research. This line of investigation is now closed, but the search for her siblings Caroline, Milford and Alexander goes on.<br /><br />Margaret Mackenzie Grant (a less than happy ending):<br /><br /> Repeated unsuccessful efforts had been made to find the date of death of Margaret MacKenzie Grant, the daughter of Scottish immigrants Malcolm and Jessie MacKenzie, the widow of William Grant, and the author's great-grandmother. Finally, an old hospital record was found which revealed that she passed away 18 January 1933 at the institution later known as the Cape Breton Hospital, then known less euphemistically as the Cape Breton Asylum for the Harmless Insane, where she had been a patient since the preceding May. Her age on admission is given as 85, which would place her birth date in 1847, a date not hugely discrepant with the birthdate of 14 August 1849 given in the 1901 census. The only living person whom the author has found who remembers her is William C. Grant of Sydney, son of John Edward Grant, and grandson of William and Margaret. He describes an elderly lady beset with the symptoms of what we would now recognize as Alzheimer's Disease, very hard of hearing, and prone to wandering. On one occasion, he relates, she walked a considerable distance out the East Bay Highway from their home on Rockdale Avenue. The hospital records describe her as delusional, as well, detailing her references to her great wealth and to the great size of her herd of cows. One cannot write of this situation without the utmost compassion for her eldest son John Edward, forced, at the depths of the Depression, to the stark realization that his mother's infirmities of age had transcended his ability to care for her. Of course, this took place in an era when few options were available for care of the elderly. Given the aversion to any form of mental illness so widespread in the middle of the twentieth century, it appears that the circumstances of her death were withheld from most of her grandchildren. The records also give reassurance that her body was claimed, but are silent as to the location of her grave. So is the obituary which appeared the following day in the Post-Record. While it is likely that she was interred with her husband, that location remains undiscovered. Therefore, the search for the gravesite goes on, with much more precise information as to the date and location of her death.<br /><br />Descendants of Ann Grant, daughter of the pioneer Charles Grant:<br /><br /> This section is based almost entirely on the work of the late Elva Jackson, whose card catalogue in the Beaton Institute has proven invaluable on numerous occasions. Since it details a descent through the female line, few people discussed herein have the surname Grant. However, this recitation contains details of many large families (Musgrave, Moffatt, Johnstone, Moore, and others), and it is arguable that the descendants of Ann Grant are more numerous, both in Cape Breton and in many other places in North America, than any other line discussed up to this point. It is difficult to present this amount of information and keep up a uniform level of interest throughout. My apologies if this section is rather dry; I have not yet checked many of Elva's facts, and have been able to catch only one apparent error, which is noted below.<br /><br /> Where an individual is listed once among the children (I prefer this term to "issue" or "offspring") of his or her parents, and again as a parent of children of his or her own, the first appearance of that individual's name will be followed by the signpost "[family below]". Where a burial site is known for a deceased person (usually Lakeside Cemetery on the Northside), it will be given in italics after the first occurance of the name. This information is derived from on-line sources, usually the Cemetery List for Cape Breton County accessible through the Nova Scotia Genweb site; I have not visited any of these gravesites personally.<br /><br /> Ann Grant was born in Sydney 16 January 1786, the daughter of the pioneer Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon. On 1 October 1805, she married Peter Musgrave, the son of the pioneer Bartholomew Musgrave, who was born in New York City on 15 March 1783, and Anne Sparling. (Peter Musgrave's sister Sarah, b. 31 July 1792, married Ann's brother Peter Grant, from whom nearly all the lines in the Glace Bay / Dominion area are descended.) Peter Musgrave died 1 August 1866 and Ann 12 May 1876, both at Upper North Sydney.<br /><br />Second Generation, i. e., Children of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant:<br /><br />1. Charles (3 Jan. 1807 - 7 Jan 1844) [Lost at sea] m. Anne Leslie, b. 12 Nov. 1829,<br /> Dundee, Scotland [family below]<br />2. John Bartholomew (1 Sept. 1808 - 15 Sept. 1850) m. Mary Isabel Watson (bap 13 May<br /> 1810) on 12 Nov. 1829 [family below]<br />3. Anne Alice (b. 25 July 1810) m. Thomas Francis Moffatt (30 Sept. 1807 - 17 Sept.<br /> 1899) [family below]<br />4. Isabella Jane (13 Sept. 1812 - 7 April 1866) m. William Moffatt (1806 - 1863) on 12<br /> Nov. 1829 [William and Thomas Francis Moffatt were brothers, sons of John Moffatt<br /> and Mary Molineux. The ceremony was double with John Bartholomew above.] <br /> [both buried Lakeside] [family below]<br />5. Peter (13 March 1813 - 28 August 1838) (unmarried, lost at sea)<br />6. Bartholomew Crawford (2 June 1817 - ca. 28 August 1838) (lost at sea) m. Catherine<br /> Hawkins (b. Dublin, Ireland) on 16 April 1836<br />7. Eliza Maria (10 Feb 1820 - 4 Feb. 1896), m. Alexander Moore (4 April 1812 - 16 Feb.<br /> 1902) on 1 March 1838 [family below]<br />8. Susan (10 Sept. 1822 - 3 July 1857), m. Benjamin Moore (11 Dec. 1816 - Oct. 1866)<br /> [family below] [Alexander and Benjamin Moore were brothers, sons of the pioneer<br /> Adam Moore.]<br />9. Alexander Grant (1825 - 1918), m1. Jane Munn (1827 - March 1885) on 10 April<br /> 1850; m2. Catherine "Kate" Daley (nee Munn) (1852 - 1936) on 21 August 1886<br /> (buried Lakeside) [family below]<br />10. Matilda (1827 - 1838)<br />11. Mary (1830 - 1849)<br /><br />Third generation (grandchildren of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant):<br /><br />Children of Charles Musgrave and Ann Leslie (not necessarily in order):<br /><br />1. Matilda (ca. 1830), m. William Burchell of Sydney Mines<br />2. William Robert<br />3. Peter Bartholomew<br />4. Jane (ca 1834)<br />5. Thomas<br />6. Charles Alexander (ca. 1844) m1. Annie Theresa Woodill (daughter of John and Eliza<br /> Woodill) on 19 Nov. 1867 [family below], m2. Charlotte A. (surname unknown) [res.<br /> Sydney, later Country Harbour, Guysborough Co.] [family below]<br /><br />Children of John Bartholomew Musgrave (master mariner) and Mary Isabelle Watson (daughter of Daniel and Isabella Watson):<br /><br />1. Charles Henry, m1. Ellen (or Eliza) Leslie, m2. Sarah Bradley<br />2. Bartholomew Peter (Bart) (1839 - 1923), m1. Annie Watson, m2. Mary Doane, m3.<br /> Jane Rice [buried Lakeside], m4. Bessie Grant (widow of Fairbrother) [family below]<br />3. Andrew Ross (1844 - 1921), m1. Mary MacKenzie, m2. Annie Smith [family below]<br />4. John David (b. 8 Sept. 1846), m. Bridget Quirk [family below]<br />5. Mary (ca. 1849)<br /><br />Children of William Moffatt and Isabella Jane Musgrave:<br /><br />1. Mary Ann (1831 - 1899), m. James Munn (19 Oct. 1825 - 1897, son of Capt.<br /> George Munn (*) and Susannah Moore) [both buried Lakeside] [family below]<br />2. Eliza (1836 - 1930), m. Charles A. Robertson (1837 - 1894) on 17 Dec. 1863 [family<br /> below] [both buried Lakeside; Eliza's marker gives 1898 as date of death]<br />3. Charles P. (ca. 1840 - 1928), m. Jane Susan Moore [family below]<br />4. Catherine (Kate) (ca. 1843 - 1944), m. James MacIntosh<br />5. James, m. ?<br />6. Milford (1852 - 1892), m. Mary Ann Nisbet [family below]<br />7. Isabel (1856 - 1936), m. Fellows (USA)<br /><br />(*) Capt. George Munn was lost at sea. Both he and Susannah Moore have grave markers in Lakeside, but the transcription on the website is dubious.<br /><br />Children of Alexander Grant Musgrave and Catherine Daley Munn (widow of George Munn, Jr.) [No children by first marriage]:<br /><br />1. Mary J. (Mamie) Musgrave, b. 27 Feb. 1887, m. Elborne Banks, Centre Barnstead,<br /> New Hampshire [family below]<br />2. Nellie R. Musgrave, b. 23 April 1891, m. Carey Carter<br />3. Horace Crandall Musgrave (20 March 1889 - 1947), m1. Mary Bell MacKay (1895 -<br /> 1919), no issue, buried Lakeside; m2. Marguerite Hacola<br /><br />Children of Alexander Moore and Eliza Maria Musgrave (both buried Lakeside):<br /><br />1. Peter Bartholomew (3 July 1840 - 4 July 1840)<br />2. Margaret Anne (29 October 1841 - 17 Nov. 1841)<br />3. Charles William (19 April 1843 - June 4, 1843)<br />4. Robert Leslie (28 June 1844 - 26 July 1844)<br />5. Jane Susan (2 Nov. 1845 - 10 June 1911), m. George B. Brown of South Bar on 6 April<br /> 1870<br />6. Thomas (11 Dec. 1848 - 23 Dec. 1848)<br />7. Mary Matilda (11 Feb. 1850 - 11 nov. 1937)<br />8. Eliza (b. & d. 11 June 1851)<br />9. Josephine Isabel (31 May 1853 - 23 May 1920), buried Lakeside, m1. John W. Gillis<br /> on 17 Nov. 1884 in Boston; m2. Charles Jefferson (1853 - 1912) on 1 June 1898<br /> (buried Lakeside)<br />10. Annie Wilson (11 Sept. 1855 - 20 Dec. 1947), m. Peter G. Jackson on 2 Feb. 1876,<br /> George's River<br />11. Lavina (17 May 1859 - 29 May 1859)<br />12. Emma Clarissa (27 July 1860 - 7 Dec. 1933), m. Franklin F. Meecham (d. 19 August<br /> 1933) on 25 October 1899 at North Sydney, res. Dorchester, Mass. [buried Forest<br /> Hills Cemetery, Boston] {no children}<br />13. Laura Maude (6 Jan. 1864 - 26 June 1918), buried Lakeside<br />14. Alexander (23 Oct. 1866 - 24 Oct. 1866)<br /><br />Children of Benjamin M. Moore and Susan Musgrave:<br /><br />1. Thomas (b. ca. 1854) [family below]<br />2. Lavina (?)<br /><br />{Benjamin Moore married Susan Moffatt in August 1858, but no children of that marriage are recorded. See note below on Thomas Moore.}<br /><br />Children of Thomas Francis Moffatt and Ann Alice Musgrave:<br /><br />1. Emily (29 June 1831 - 1923), m. William Gammell Johnston on 4 Dec. 1854 [family<br /> below]<br />2. Charles William (23 Oct. 1833 - 26 Dec. 1838)<br />3. John Peter (27 Aug. 1836 - 21 March 1840)<br />****************************************************************<br />4. Peter Bartholomew (28 Jan. 1837 - ca. 1911), m. Emily Grant (daughter of John H. Grant and Mary Ann Moore) on 10 June 1862 (See Part IV for partial family list.)<br />*****************************************************************<br />5. Anne Matilda (b. 30 May 1841), m. John Gedding in January, 1865<br />6. Susanna Eliza (6 Dec. 1843 - Jan. 1844)<br />7. Charles William Wallace (1845 - 1924), m. Harriet A. Leonard on 7 July 1868 [No<br /> children in 1871 census. In 1881, living with Maud Geddings, 5; May Morrison, 17,<br /> servant; John W. McLellin, 22, school teacher. In 1891, living with Susan Hull, 14,<br /> and Joseph Hull, 11, next to Alfred Grant.]<br />8. Mary Bell (b. 1849), m. Hugh MacDonald on 24 May 1876<br /><br />Fourth generation (great-grandchildren of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant):<br /><br />Children of Thomas Moore and wife (res. Victoria, B.C.):<br /><br />1. Louise 2. Helen 3. William<br /><br />{In the 1871 census, Thomas Moore, orphan son of Benjamin Moore and Susan Musgrave, was living at Little Bras d'Or with his maternal aunt Ann Alice Musgrave, her husband Thomas Francis Moffatt, and their daughter Mary.}<br /><br />Children of Charles Alexander Musgrave and Annie Theresa Woodill:<br /><br />1. Leslie Wells (b. ca. 1868), res. Malden, Massachusetts as of 1893<br />2. Ella Maud (b. ca. 1870)<br />3. William Howard (b. ca. 1871) res. Halifax as of 1893, m. Beatrice Isabel (?)<br />4. Robert Earl (b. ca. 1873) res. Boston as of 1893<br /><br />{As of 1881, the three brothers above were living at Upper North Sydney with their paternal grandmother, Anne Leslie Musgrave, widow of Capt. Charles. Their mother was probably deceased.}<br /><br />Children of Bartholomew Musgrave and Annie Watson:<br /><br />1. Augusta (1865 - 1960), m. John Robertson (1864-1942) on 25 May 1892 [family<br /> below]<br />2. Hedley (res. Halifax ?), m. Eva Fairbrother in fall, 1901 [family below]<br />3. Edna (1880 - 1964), m. Harry E. Whitman (1881 - 1951)<br />4. Annie, R. N. (1884 - 15 Dec. 1943)<br /><br />{As noted above, Bartholomew was married three more times, including one to Bessie Grant, widow of Alvin Fairbrother.}<br /><br />Children of John David Musgrave and Bridget Ann Quirk (res. Halifax and Bedford):<br /><br />1. Bridget Isabel (b. 1875)<br />2. Mary Theresa (1878 - 18 June 1938), res. Bedford, N.S.<br />3. Anne Catherine (b. 1886)<br />4. Augusta (b. 1887)<br />{All four of these children died unmarried, and so presumably left no descendants.}<br /><br />Children of Andrew Ross Musgrave:<br /><br />By his marriage with Mary MacKenzie (daughter of Rory and Sarah Morrison of Mira):<br /><br />1. Sarah (b. 1872), d. unmarried<br />2. John B. (ca 1873 - 1933), m. Laura Nicholson<br />3. Eva (ca. 1875 - 1954), m. Louis Campbell<br /><br />By his marriage with Ann Smith (daughter of John and Nancy Smith of Cow Bay):<br /><br />4. Lewis (ca. 1880 - 1911), m. Laura Nichols<br />5. Mary (b. ca 1881), m. Edwin E. Lewis on 29 Sept. 1897<br />6. Chester (b. 1892), m. Ilga Nyberg, res. Boston<br /><br />Children of Elborne Banks and Mary Musgrave:<br /><br />1. Marjorie (b. North Sydney, 3 Nov. 1914), m. Dr. C. S. Palmer<br />2. Earl (b. Bathurst, N. B., 29 March 1916), m. Florence Taylor<br />3. Edna (b. Halifax, 16 Feb. 1920), m1. Herman Dame, m2. George Bickford<br />4. Jeanette (b. Waltham, Mass., 16 March 1928), m. James Eastman<br /><br />Children of Charles P. Moffatt and Jane Susan Moore {not necessarily complete, nor in order}:<br /><br />1. Ada Harriet (1861 - 1865)<br />2. William (b. ca. 1863), m. Eliza Ayres (b. Newfoundland) [family below]<br />3. Theodore Porter (13 Nov. 1864 - 1945), m1 Catherine Nisbet (1866 - 1925), m2. Annie<br /> Laurie Buchanan (1868 - 1947) [Wives were first cousins. No children]<br />4. Hammond (7 Dec. 1866 - 1932), m. Jessie Beaton (1866 - 1925) [family below]<br />5. George B. (b. ca 1869) [some information on possible descendants in Part VI]<br />6. Fred C. (b. 1 July 1870), m. Florence Jackson [family below]<br />7. Annie, m. James MacDonald, West Bay [b. ca. 1873, by 1881 census]<br />8. Francis (Frank) O. (1876 - 1957), m. Annie Arnold (1878 - 1950) [both buried<br /> Lakeside] [family below]<br />9. John A. (1878 - 1880)<br /><br />Children of James Milford Moffatt and Mary Ann Eliza Nisbet (daughter of Andrew Nisbet and Ann Ross):<br /><br />1. Andrew, m. Ruby Fraser (b. ca. 1883), res. USA, no information on children<br />2. Nellie (b. ca. 1885), m1. Hansen (given name unknown), m2. Clarence Ray King (res.<br /> Hayward, California) [family below]<br />3. Susie Porter (29 Aug. 1887 - 21 Jan. 1972), m. Edmund Mackenzie, res. Swift Current,<br /> Saskatchewan [family below] {provided information on King and Hanson families, as<br /> well as their own}<br />4. Laura (10 May 1892 - 25 Sept. 1965), m. Ted Hansen [family below]<br /><br />Children of James Munn (19 Oct. 1825 - 26 Dec. 1899) and Mary Ann Moffatt:<br /><br />1. James (b. & d. 13 March 1853)<br />2. Anna A. (4 July 1854 - 23 Sept. 1854)<br />3. William A. (25 Oct. 1855 - July 1920), m. Lydia Myra Nisbet (23 Oct. 1858 - 14 Sept.<br /> 1947) on 23 Jan. 1879<br />4. George (6 Nov. 1857 - 28 Dec. 1857)<br />5. Charles A. (1 June 1859 - 24 Oct. 1942), m. Katherine MacPhee (1860 - 1 Sept. 1939)<br /> [family below] [both buried Lakeside]<br />6. John Elsworth (12 Dec. 1861 - 1920), m. Amelia Shielda on 10 Nov. 1886<br />7. Adelaide Bryant (12 Dec. 1861 - 21 Dec. 1947), m. Robert Henry Jackson on 27 Dec.<br /> 1883<br /><br />Children of Charles Alexander Robertson and Eliza Moffatt:<br /><br />1. John Christie (9 Nov. 1864 - 1942), m. Augusta Musgrave (1865 - 1960) [family<br /> below] [both buried Lakeside]<br />2. William G. (Willie) (7 Dec. 1866 - 1879)<br />3. Harold Elwood (31 Dec. 1868 - 1898)<br />4. Isabell (b. ca. 1871), m. W. A. Creelman in August, 1900<br />5. Lillian Kate (13 March 1873 - 1924), m. Stanley Boak<br />6. Mary Flora (1875 - 1882)<br />7. George Brough (1877 - 1938), m1. Frances McNutt (1880 - 1922), no children; m2. Margaret MacPhie (ca. 1898 - 1983) [family below] [all three buried Lakeside]<br /><br />Children of William Gammell Johnston and Emily Moffatt:<br /><br />1. Annie Francis (1855 - 1936), m1. Thomas Hawkes, m2. Thos. Dodd, m3. Charles<br /> Ickles<br />2. Emma Erskine (1859 - 1910), m Clement P. Moore (1854 - 1935)<br />3. Edwin Wilson (1859 - 1925), m. Barbara MacKenzie (1869 - 1952) in 1892 [buried<br /> Tampa, Florida. As of 1965, children live in Florida and Massachusetts]<br />4. Margaret Elizabeth (1862 - 1904), m. Dr. Roderick MacLean [died less than a year<br /> after marriage; no children]<br />5. Charles Thomas (1864 - 1866)<br />6. William Wallace (ca. 1866 - 1944), m. Annie Burchell, res. Sydney Mines [family<br /> below]<br />7. Wilbert Gammell (1869 - 1956)<br /><br />Fifth Generation (Great-great-grandchildren of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant):<br /><br />Children of George Robertson and Margaret MacPhee:<br /><br />1. James M. Robertson, m. Margaret Mackley in 1952, res. Toronto [family below]<br />2. Elizabeth Catherine, m. Edward James Atkinson, res. Scarborough, Ont.<br />3. George Brower, m. Joyce Hildebrand, res. Arnprior, Ont.<br /><br />Children of John Robertson and Augusta Musgrave:<br /><br />1. Charles Forman (1894 - 1930)<br />2. Enid (December 1900 - June 1991) [m1. Chalmers Ingraham, m2. William C. Halley]<br />[both buried Lakeside] [family below]<br /><br />Children of Hedley Musgrave and Eva Fairbrother (not necessarily in order):<br /><br />1. Madge<br />2. Forrest (b. c. 1907)<br />3. Milton<br /><br />Child of William Wallace Johnston and Annie Burchell:<br /><br />1. Charles Johnston (9 Mar. 1891 - 8 April 1969), m. Annabel MacKenzie (1895 - 1949) [family below]<br /><br />Children of William Moffatt and Eliza Ayres:<br /><br />1. Ella<br />2. Madge (ca. 1896 - 25 April 1975), m. Frank J. MacDonald, Sydney Mines<br />3. Jennie<br />4. Etta, m. Almon<br /><br />Children of Hammond Moffatt and Jessie Beaton:<br /><br />1. Gertrude (1887 - 1949), m. John Archibald (Jack Archie) Musgrave (1883 - 1946)<br />2. Katie Pearl (ca. 1888 - 1907)<br />3. Charles (1890 - 1960), m. Jennie MacLeod (1893 - 1950)<br />4. James MacIntosh (ca. 1894 - 4 Dec. 1896)<br />5. Ida, m1. D. J. MacDonald, m2. Gordon MacAulay<br />6. Nan, m. Neil MacDonald<br />7. Irving Leslie (Sept. 1897 - 14 oct. 1897)<br />8. Milford (1900 - 1931), m. Catherine Anderson (divorced)<br />9. John P. (Jack) (Apr. 1901 - 13 Sept. 1901)<br />10. Sadie (ca. 1903 - 1973), m. Leslie Smith<br />11. George Squires, m. Annie Mae Lively<br />12. Bayne, m. John G. Holmes<br />13. Ada, m. Cecil Anderson<br />14. John Maxwell (1915 - 1981), m. Margaret Lively<br /><br />Children of Fred Charles Moffatt and Florence Jackson:<br /><br />1. Isaac Jackson (Jack), 1899 - 1954), m. Mary Strickland<br />2. Leonard (1901 - 6 Feb. 1933), m. Merle Bradley<br />3. James Hammond (b. 1903), m. Esther Melroy<br />4. Grace Eleanor, m1. William Kiley, m2. Leonard Emory<br />5. Stanley Alton, m. Lee Susmane<br />6. Lola, m. Martin York<br /><br />Children of Francis (Frank) O. Moffatt and Annie Arnold:<br /><br />1. Mabel (ca. 1903 - 1956), m. Gordon DeMont, res. Sydney<br />2. Aileen (b. 16 June 1907), m. Douglas Etter<br />3. Arnold (ca. 1915 - Oct. 1974), married<br /><br />Child of Theodore Hanson and Laura Moffatt:<br /><br />1. John Milford Hanson (b. 2 March 1915), m. Martha W. Sayar<br /><br />Child of Edmund MacKenzie and Susie Porter Moffatt:<br /><br />1. Dorothy, m. Walton<br /><br />Child of ______ Hansen and Nellie Moffatt:<br /><br />1. Ruth, m. Nick Van Hausser<br /><br />Children of C. (Clarence) Ray King and Nellie Moffatt (Hansen):<br /><br />1. Myrtle, m. John Erickson<br />2. Ted<br />3. Florence, m. George Schwarun (?)<br /><br />Children of Charles A. Munn and Katherine MacPhee:<br /><br />1. Jean Ethel (Jennie) (18 January 1885 - 28 August 1948), unmarried<br />2. Nina Alice (18 July 1886 - 24 August 1979), m. John MacKay (d. 1 May 1919), res.<br /> Windsor, N.S.<br />3. Grace Adelaide (15 Jan. 1888 - 6 Feb. 1978), unmarried, d. Washington, D. C.<br />4. Ella Margaret (18 Aug. 1899 - 22 April 1981), m. Kenneth Matheson, res. St. Peter's<br />5. Thomas Carl (21 Feb. 1891 - 22 Jan. 1978), m. Maud O'Neil, res. Farmington,<br /> Michigan [predeceased by his wife]<br />6. Frank Carden (22 Aug. 1893 - 1969), m. Anita Fiske, res. East Orange, N. Y.<br />7. James Murven (31 Aug. 1894 - 1 July 1961), res. Detroit<br />8. Roy Symonds (16 May 1897 - 2 July 1961), res. Dearborn, Michigan<br />9. John Wilkerson (21 Aug. 1898 - 9 Mar. 1980), m. Edith Plant, res. Leitches Creek<br />10. Charles Alexander (19 Dec. 1899 - 28 Dec. 1980), m. Vera Nichol (b. Gabarus<br /> ca. 1901 - 6 Sept. 1981), res. North Sydney and Truro [family below] [both buried<br /> Bible Hill Cemetery, Truro, N. S.]<br /><br />{Grace Munn's obituary in 1978 mentions five nieces and three nephews, but does not provide any names or details as to their parentage. Elva Jackson's file provides information on the children of Charles A. Munn only.}<br /><br />Sixth Generation (Great-great-great-grandchildren of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant):<br /><br />Children of James M. Robertson and Margaret Mackley:<br /><br />1. George Mackley Robertson<br />2. Andrew Robertson<br />3. Catherine Lillian Robertson<br /><br />Children of Chalmers Ingraham and Enid Robertson:<br /><br />1. Hugh Ingraham (b. c. 1927)<br /><br />Children of Charles Johnston and Annabel MacKenzie<br /><br />1. David William Johnston<br />2. Wilbert Charles Johnston<br />3. Kenneth Gordon Johnston, res. Queen Charlotte Islands (1969), later Vancouver Island<br />4. John Wilson Johnston, m. Patricia Robinson (of Norfolk, England), res. Montreal [family below]<br /><br />Children of John Milford Hanson and Martha Sayar:<br /><br />1. John T. (b. 12 Sept. 1941), m. Carolyn Locke<br />2. Stephen S. (b. 8 Jan. 1946), m. Suzanne Kruse, res. Yuba City, California<br />3. Christopher (b. 25 Sept. 1948), m. Jennie Chinn, res. San Francisco, California<br />4. Lucinda (b. 9 June 1951), res. Visalia, California<br />5. Richard S., m. Carole Martinez, res. San Jose, California<br /><br />Children of Charles A. Munn and Vera Helen Nicholl:<br /><br />1. Francis Wesley (b. ca. 1922), m. Ruth MacDougall, res. Truro<br />2. Audrey Gwendolyn, m. Lloyd Morley, res. Ottawa<br /><br />Seventh Generation (Great-great-great-great-grandchildren of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant):<br /><br />Children of John Wilson Johnston and Patricia Robinson:<br /><br />1. David Charles Johnston<br />2. John William JohnstonDoug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-7748042448859217052009-12-27T07:44:00.000-08:002009-12-27T07:47:04.649-08:00Part 4Results of recent research into descendants of Charles Grant in the Sydney - Glace Bay area of Nova Scotia<br /><br />Part IV<br /><br />Douglass L. Grant<br /><br />Sources: Church records of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Port Morien, Good Shepherd Anglican Church, Dominion, All Saints Anglican Church, New Waterford, and Calvin United Church, New Waterford, together with a Gedcom (genealogical) file on the Boutilier family in the Beaton Institute and material supplied by Charles Buchanan which originated with Donna Campbell of Kelowna, B. C.; card files on the Lewis, Smith, Bayley and Moffatt families created by Elva Jackson and housed in the Beaton Institute.<br /><br />June 23, 2000:<br /><br />Re descendants of James Boutilier and Udvilla Grant:<br /><br />As noted in Part I, this couple was married on 6 January, 1873, at the Church of England at the Gowrie, the bride being the daughter of Peter Grant and Mary Ann Dolman and the groom the son of David and Jane Boutilier. According to an Internet source on the Boutiliers, James was a descendant of the following line: John David, John David, Jacques James, Jean George, Guillaume, Nicholas. The bride's name is unusual, and spelled in various ways in different records. The nearest equivalent in other genealogies of the time appears to be "Udavilla", with presumed accent on the second syllable.<br /><br />The couple resided in Cow Bay until the late 1890's, then moved to Old Bridgeport. James was a miner while in Cow Bay, a carpenter in Old Bridgeport. They had eleven known children: Henry Irvin (b. 21 December 1873, d. 6 June 1874, both from birth and death records of Cape Breton County); Charles David (b. 9 July 1875); Peter Wilson (b. 15 November 1877 by St. Paul's church records, recorded in 1881 and 1891 censuses, but not in 1901; d. 4 January 1899 from an Internet source); James Henry (b. 9 March 1881); Louis Clifford (b. 19 November 1884); Arthur (b. 2 February 1886); Emma Jane (b. 28 July 1889); George Robert (b. 9 January 1893 by 1901 census, but 7 January 1891 by St. Paul's church records, which give a baptismal date in 1891); Sarah Winfred (b. 27 November 1894; by an Internet source, b. 4 November 1893, d. 15 Dec 1964); Ann (b. 22 November 1896); and Henry (b. 25 November 1899). [Except as noted, birthdates are from the 1901 census.] No date of death for either James or Udvilla has been found, but, as will be seen below, both can be presumed to have died before November of 1925.<br /><br />Children of James and Udvilla:<br /><br />Louis Clifford married Sarah Matilda (Sadie) Phillips on 14 July 1910. Their known children are John A. (Buck) (born about 1908 if his obituary is accurate; see below); Gordon (killed during World War II); Rita (Mrs. Robert Peddle); Dorothy (Mrs. David Hartigan); Millie (Mrs. Raymond Hill); Clayton Louis, b. about 1924; and Wilson James (Boots), b. about 1927. Louis died on 7 September 1967, and his wife on 3 June 1978. They are buried in Union Grove Cemetery, Scotchtown. <br /><br />John A. Boutilier married Gladys MacPherson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colin MacPherson of Bridgeport. Their children included Beverley Jane (b. 28 May 1943) and Sheila. Beverley married Lloyd Shupe of New Waterford, and Sheila married James Cashen of Dartmouth. John A. died on 20 September 1978, and Gladys on 24 November 1979.<br /><br />Clayton married Yvonne Theresa Lefort on 25 January 1944 at Calvin United Church. Their children were Clayton George, b. 25 August 1944; Gordon Roy, b. 26 October 1945, d. 29 October 1945; Robert Joseph, b. 14 August 1947; Richard Stanley, b. about 1950 (see below); Marlene Yvonne, b. 13 June 1956; John David, b. 27 May 1958;<br /><br />Wilson married Margaret Jane MacDonald on 14 May 1953, also at Calvin. They had sons Gordon Roy (b. 14 December 1953), Wilson James Jr. (b. 27 August 1957), and Raymond Louis (b. 29 April 1960), and daughter Shirley (m. MacCormick). <br /><br />Richard Stanley Boutilier married Sharon Brenda Anne Ferguson of Sydney on 14 August 1970 at Calvin. They had a daughter, Lisa Yvonne, on 19 February 1971.<br /><br /> ------------------------------<br /><br />Arthur (apparently "Mattie" in 1891 census) married Gertrude Phillips on 12 September 1912. Arthur was the only fatality in a fall of stone in Dominion No. 12 Colliery on Saturday, 7 November 1925. Besides his widow, he left three sons, Elmer (b. 1915), Judson (b. 1917), and Harold (b. 1919). Arthur's obituary gives other survivors: brothers Louis and Robert in New Waterford, Charlie and Wilson in Boston; sister Mrs. Howard Murrant, New Waterford (see below); two other sisters married in Boston. [His parents are not listed.] {There is an eerie similarity between this death and that of Udvilla's brother Arthur Grant in 1899. Besides the given names, both were 38, and both were married with three children at the time of their tragic deaths.} Gertrude died on 10 February 1961, and is buried in Union Grove Cemetery.<br /><br />Descendants of Arthur Boutilier and Gertrude Phillips:<br /><br />Elmer married Hilda Clark and they had a son, Arthur Wilson, b. 30 December 1939. He was resident in Toronto at the time of his mother's death.<br /><br />Judson married Thelma MacPhee, and their children include Judson Gilford (b. 17 May 1951) and Ruth Margarite (b. 25 October 1952). Thelma died on 15 August 1979.<br /><br />Judson Gilford Boutilier, Jr., married Rosemary Mombourquette (daughter of Arthur Alphonse Mombourquette and May Ropek) on (date to be supplied). Their children include Chad Louis (b. 25 September 1980), and Lee Justin (b. 6 April 1983).<br /><br />Harold married Margaret Noseworthy, and their children include Audrey Marilyn (b. 11 May 1940), Florence (b. 1942), Judith Marguerite (b. 30 November 1945), Carol Letitia (b. 20 November 1947), Linda Ruth (b. 23 July 1950) and Dawn (b. 1958). Harold was resident in Calgary at the time of his mother's death. Margaret died in 1998. <br /><br />Of the children of Harold Boutilier and Margaret Noseworthy, Florence married Ray Pomeroy, and they had a son David Pomeroy; Audrey married Tony Hiscock, and had sons Harold and Tony; Letitia Carole married John Allan Wilson (b. 1945), and had children Letitia Marilyn (b. 1964), Donald Ernest (b. 1966), and Kevin Michael (b. 1972).<br /><br />Letitia Marilyn Wilson married first Daniel Chase, and had a son Andrew, b. 1983, and then Ken Bath, with whom she had a daughter Letitia Lee Bath, b. 1989.<br /><br />Donald Ernest Wilson married Nicole Cunnington.<br /><br />Kevin Michael Wilson has a son, Tyler Jamieson (b. 1989) whose mother is Carrie Jamieson.<br /><br /> ------------------------------<br /><br />Emma Jane married Howard Murrant on 2 July 1906. He died in New Waterford on 28 April 1968, and she on 8 December 1968. Their known children were Cecil Edward (b. 1907), John Howard (b. 31 May 1914), Murray Wilson (b. 25 September 1918), Purvis Clarence (b. 5 March 1920), and Anna Isabel (b. 1924). <br /><br />Cecil Edward married Catherine Elizabeth Currie on 29 November 1929. <br /><br />Anna Isabel married Wilfred Joseph McNeil on 1 May 1940. Both marriages were at Calvin.<br /> ------------------------------<br /><br />George Robert married Elma Young of Glace Bay, time and place unknown. He died 14 January, 1970, at which time his only surviving sibling was his sister Ann. His wife was then a patient in Victoria Haven, Glace Bay. Their children, as listed in the obituary, were Arthur, Sydney; Robert, Toronto; Clifford, New Waterford; Elma (Mrs. Richard Fogarty, Toronto); and Georgina (Mrs. Tom Hogan, 111 Wood Ave., New Waterford, with whom he resided). [A Tom Hogan, Jr., resides in New Waterford as of June, 2000.] A sister, Mrs. Annie House of Glace Bay, is also listed. George Robert Boutilier was buried in All Saints Anglican Cemetery, New Waterford.<br /><br />Georgina Boutilier married Thomas Hogan, 21, on 28 April 1941. {However, Thomas Hogan appears to have had a second marriage later. This aspect is still being researched.}<br /><br />Sarah Winfred married Charles Jennings Burke (b. 16 June 1897) on. 6 March 1919, according to the same Internet source quoted above. Location of her marriage and eventual residence, and site of her death are not given.<br /><br />Ann is presumed to have acquired the married name House, and to have lived both in Boston and in Glace Bay, from the above obituaries. Nothing further is known about her.<br /><br />No further information is available about the last child of James and Udvilla, Henry, although Arthur's obituary suggests that Henry was no longer living as of 1925.<br /><br />Efforts continue to obtain a date of death and to locate the burial place of James and Udvilla, and to trace further descendants of this couple.<br /><br />June 27, 2000<br /><br />Further to descendants of Alonzo Grant:<br /><br />Stanley Angus Grant, son of Alonzo Grant and Catherine MacDonald, died on 9 September 1966 in New Waterford. He was survived by his wife, a son Kirkwood of Sydney, and daughters Mrs. Ada Gillis of New Waterford and Olive, Mrs. A. W. R. MacLean of Ontario. Surviving brothers were Jack in Kingston, N. S. and Alonzo in Dominion; a sister, Mary (Mrs. William Bennett) of Donkin also survived. A sister, Mrs. James Murrant of Donkin predeceased him.<br /><br />Kirkwood Ross Grant married Mildred Hallett. Their children included Kirkwood Ross (b. 21 April 1946 in Sydney), Ronald Allister (b. 28 June 1948 in Sydney), Norina Christina Lee (b. 8 December 1950 in Sydney), and Wendy Patricia (b. 7 March 1955).<br /><br />Alonzo Grant (properly Jr., or II) died 19 October 1986. As of this writing, his widow Elizabeth Clarke survives him, as does his son Alonzo, also resident in Dominion. His obituary also lists a surviving son, Kenneth, then resident in Toronto, and a sister, Mae Bennett, resident in Donkin, as well as seven grandchildren.<br /><br />June 28, 2000<br /><br />Re Rosie Grant:<br /><br />The 1901 census records for Sydney have been reexamined, this time using a magnifying glass. The date of birth for Rosie Grant, then resident on the Esplanade, Sydney, with her grandmother, Evelina Boutilier (age 67) is in fact 29 December 1883 and not 1893, making her 17 at the time. Also living with Evelina at the time were twin sons Edward A. and Branch E., both born 10 January 1870, and two boarders with the same indecipherable last name (C........oll). This means she would have been almost 24 (and evidently still unmarried) when she witnessed the Jefferson/MacKinnon wedding on 20 December 1907. This greatly strengthens the possibility that she was in fact a daughter of the first marriage of Alonzo Grant to Rebecca Boutilier (solemnized 20 September 1882). The date of birth of William, almost undoubtedly the son of that marriage, is given in the same census as 6 April 1883. If both birthdates are correct, then Rosie was born just under nine months after her older brother. While this researcher has been able to discover no recollection of such an event, the sequence of dates cited is consistent with Rebecca having died in childbirth with Rosie or shortly thereafter. {Another addition to<br />the red herring collection: Hardwood Hill Cemetery records include one Rose Grant who died 2 May 1974. This lady's obituary indicates that she was a native of Minnesota, that her age at death was 82, and that her second husband was a James Grant, who predeceased her in 1961. There were no children of the marriage.}<br /><br />July 2, 2000:<br /><br />Further to Alfred Grant:<br /><br />The reference in Part III indicates there is a contradiction as to the name of his mother, Sarah or Ann, and hence as to whether his father was Charles B. or Alexander (the younger). Elva Jackson concludes, apparently from Alfred's residence with Charles and Sarah Grant in 1871, that he was the son of Charles and Sarah. This researcher's conflicting interpretation is based on Alfred's own declaration at the time of his marriage. While we have identified some omissions and a few erroneous dates in Elva Jackson's family tree, this would be the first major error which appears to have occurred. Further efforts will be made to confirm which interpretation is correct, but the passage of time makes this difficult. So far, no firm date of death and hence no obituary is available for Alfred Grant.<br /><br />July 16, 2000<br /><br />Re descendants of Henry Grant and Susan Stacey:<br /><br /> The following is copied from the website on Gabarus families. Henry Grant was, as mentioned earlier, a son of Peter Grant and Mary Ann Dolman, and hence a brother of Udavilla, Arthur and William (husband of Martha Rankin), among others. This passage contains a few omissions (such as Mary Ann Dolman's last name) and minor errors (Henry Grant and Susan Stacey are buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Johnston Road, near North Sydney, not in Gabarus). However, the listing of descendants for Susan Stacey (and hence of Henry Grant) is accurate to this writer's knowledge. The boldface numbers which appear at the left indicate that, for example, Susan Stacey was the sixth child of her father, and her father was the eleventh child of his father; Winifred Grant was her first child, Adell her second, and so on.<br /><br />(11)6 Susan3 STACEY was a Baptist to United Church, and of English ancestry. She was born circa 1863 in Gabarus, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Henry GRANT, son of Peter GRANT and Mary (--?--), on 30 Nov 1886 in Cow Bay, Port Morien, Cape Breton, NS, Canada. She married Henry GRANT, son of Peter GRANT and Mary (--?--), on 30 Nov 1887. She died on 27 Dec 1951 in Leitches Creek, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was buried after 27 Dec 1951 in Lakeview Cemetery, Gabarus, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.<br />(11)61 Winifred4 GRANT married (--?--) CARTER. She was born circa 1886 in Leitches Creek, Cape Breton, NS, Canada.<br />(11)611 Arline5 CARTER is still living.<br />(11)612 Lois5 CARTER is still living.<br />(11)613 Jean5 CARTER is still living.<br />(11)62 Adell4 GRANT and William H. COLEMAN they had one son who lived in England. She married William H. COLEMAN. She was born circa 1888 in Leitches Creek, Cape Breton, NS, Canada. She died on 19 Aug 1920.<br />(11)63 Jane "Jenny"4 GRANT was a Baptist to United Church and of English ancestry. She was born on 16 Mar 1890 in Leitches Creek, Cape Breton, NS, Canada. She was born in 1892. She married Wallace Grenville LEWIS, son of George Vinson LEWIS and Alice Jemima RUDDERHAM, circa 1914. She died on 16 Feb 1976 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.<br />(11)631 Clara5 LEWIS is still living.<br />(11)6311 Jeanett6 DOYLE is still living.<br />(11)63111 Jenice7 MACARTHUR is still living.<br />(11)6312 Carolyn6 DOYLE is still living.<br />(11)63121 James7 LARUSIC is still living.<br />(11)632 Hilton5 LEWIS was a Member of St. George Anglican Church. He was a retired CNR engineer. He married Isabel MACDONALD. He was born circa 1916 in Point Edward, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 20 Feb 1991 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was buried after 20 Feb 1991 in Hardwood Hill Cemetery, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.<br />(11)6321 Gary6 LEWIS is still living.<br />(11)64 Hilton4 GRANT was a Baptist to United Church and of English ancestry. He was born in 1896 in Leitches Creek, Cape Breton, NS, Canada. He married Jane "Jenny" CAMPBELL circa 1920. He died in 1970.<br />(11)641 Ruth5 GRANT is still living.<br />(11)6411 Leslie6 CROSSEN is still living.<br />(11)6412 Wayne6 CROSSEN is still living.<br />(11)642 Allister5 GRANT is still living.<br />(11)6421 Lynn6 GRANT is still living.<br />(11)643 Arthur5 GRANT is still living.<br />(11)6431 Diane6 GRANT is still living.<br />(11)6432 Shelly6 GRANT is still living.<br />(11)6433 Magaret6 GRANT is still living.<br />(11)6434 James6 GRANT is still living.<br />(11)6435 Dennis6 GRANT is still living.<br />(11)6436 Troy6 GRANT is still living.<br />(11)65 Harold G.4 GRANT was born in Nov 1901 in Leitches Creek, Cape Breton, NS, Canada. He died on 15 Jun 1902 in Leitches Creek, Cape Breton, NS, Canada.<br /><br /><br />July 29, 2000:<br /><br />Further to descendants of Alexander Grant:<br /><br /> Some evidence has been obtained that the family of Alexander Grant, the younger, which disappeared from the census (except for Alfred) may have relocated to the United States. (See Part III.) References have been found on the Mormon website to the marriage of a Milton H. Grant to Angie Almira Burlingame at Three Rivers, Hampden, Massachusetts on 12 March 1887, and to that of a Levonia E. Grant to William Edwin Ingersoll, about 1888, in Maine. If these are two of Alexander's children, they would have been about 33 and 27, respectively, at the times of the weddings. No information has yet been obtained on the family connections of any of the participants in these marriages, and the spelling of the name "Levonia" as opposed to "Lavinia" is clearly discrepant. It is not clear that the mystery of the vanishing family has yet been solved. An obituary for Alfred would clearly be helpful, but no such has yet been found.<br /><br /> Anna Grant, the daughter of Charles Henry Grant and Eliza Ball, was born about 1846 and married William James MacKay (son of Robert and Anna, born about 1842 in Nova Scotia), a farmer resident at Ball's Creek, on 12 December 1867 in the Church of England at Coxheath. The couple continued to reside at Ball's Creek, and had the following children, with approximate dates of birth in parentheses: Wilmot A. (1868), Annie Laurie (1870) [Burns scholars take note!], Lawrence (1872), Henrietta (1874), Lloyd Price (1877), Charles (1879), Robert (1885), Earl (1887), and Alice (1889). [As usual, there are discrepancies in later censuses. In 1891, for example, Annie's age is given as greater than Wilmot's. William's occupation is given as carpenter in 1881, farmer in both 1871 and 1891.] <br /><br /> Robert and Anna MacKay, William's parents, lived at Ball's Bridge in 1871. Their ages were 59 and 51, respectively. Both were Anglican and "Scotch" in origin, and Robert was a farmer. Also in their household were Elizabeth, 23; Frances, 18; and Cecelia, 12, all with surname MacKay and presumably younger sisters of William. Two much younger children (possibly orphans or foster children) also lived with them, namely, Hamond McInnis, 3 (also Anglican and "Scotch"), and Lousia Beshall, 2, French, b. St. Peter's, and Catholic. No member of this family is found in Ball's Creek in 1881.<br /><br /> A William MacKay died 28 April 1926 at Little Bras d'Or, and is buried in Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney. Research is ongoing into the descendants of William MacKay and Anna Grant, and into the descendants of her siblings.<br /><br />Further to descendants of John Woods and Alice Grant:<br /><br /> Further examination of marriage records confirms that all three of the men surnamed Woods resident in Cow Bay in 1891 (and mentioned in Part III) were indeed sons of John Woods and Alice Grant. The oldest of the three, John Woods, blacksmith, then aged 25 and giving his birthplace as Sydney, married Elizabeth Keating, 30, daughter of Nick. Keating and Ann Kavanagh, in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Sydney on 23 February 1868. (John's father John Woods was described as a laborer.) Charles Batho. Woods,<br />miner, 26, also born in Sydney, was married to Mary Ellen Blisdell, 22, daughter of Thomas and Christina Blisdell, in a Baptist ceremony at Cow Bay on 9 December 1876. (Thomas Blisdell, 51, a widower born in Manchester, G.B., and giving his occupation as chairmaker, was himself married to a Margaret McDonald, 35, of St. Ann's, daughter of Norman and Christy, in a Presbyterian ceremony at Cow Bay on 16 February 1877.) Research into the descendants of all three sons of Alice Grant is also ongoing.<br /><br /><br />A mysterious obituary, accidentally found:<br /><br /> While searching for another obituary, this researcher found an obituary for a George F. Grant of Quincy, Massachusetts in the Cape Breton Post of January 16, 1964. His wife was Laura Maude Lewis, and information was supplied by the brother-in-law of the deceased, Charles W. Lewis of Edwardsville. The recently deceased George Grant was described in the obituary as a frequent visitor to Cape Breton, but not as a native. The question then arises as to whether he was a member of this family tree, or a much more distantly related member of the clan whom Laura Lewis met in Massachusetts. Marriage records of Cape Breton County show that George Grant, 24, farmer, of Point Edward (son of Charles Henry and Mariah, herself a Lewis at birth) married Nellie Lewis, 21, of Edwardsville (daughter of Charles and Annie), on 9 April 1901. However, Mitchell Island Cemetery contains a headstone for George D. Grant (30 May 1877 - 25 February 1962) and Nellie Mae (17 July 1879 - 9 September 1956), together with George's unmarried sister Margaret Grant (15 February 1870 - 13 February 1946). Since the obituary indicates the funeral took place in Quincy, it appears that the George Grant who died there in 1964 was in fact not a member of this family. (The difference in middle initials is possibly significant, but less persuasive; the letters "d" and "f" are side by side on a typewriter.) The neatness of that logical conclusion is marred by some other evidence, however. Nellie did have a brother Charles, born about 1886 by the 1891 census, and there is a grave of a Charles W. Lewis in Mitchell Island, giving dates 5 November 1884 - 24 January 1968. Unfortunately, in 1891, there was also a Laura Lewis, then 12, resident in Ball's Creek (which included Edwardsville for census purposes), the daughter of Dougall and Ann Lewis, and she also had a brother Charly (presumably Charles), then 16. This second Charles would have been born about 1875, and so would have been 88 or 89 if still living in 1964. It therefore seems that the informant was Nellie's brother rather than Laura's, which makes the identification as brother-in-law of the 1964 deceased a problem. Some further research into obituaries and survivor lists will be undertaken.<br /><br /><br />Susan Alice Grant and the Lewis Connection:<br /><br /> Marriage records of Cape Breton County indicate that, on 17 January 1866, in a Church of England ceremony at the Northwest Arm, Joseph Napoleon Lewis married Eliza Harriet Grant, both residents of the Northwest Arm. Ages of the couple are not given, nor are the names of their parents. Witnesses were John Grant and Richard Uniacke. Elva Jackson gives Joseph's parents as Joseph Henry Lewis and Christina Fraser. On yet another examination of the 1881 census of Ball's Creek, the household of Joseph N. Lewis, 42, Baptist, farmer and his wife Liza H., 39, has been found to include Susan A. Grant, 54, Baptist and English. The Lewis children are William G., 14; Maggie, 12; Howard, 6; John M., 3; and George A., 11 months, born April. Elva Jackson notes that Susan Alice Grant (1827 - 1907) was an unmarried daughter of John H. Grant and hence a sister of Charles Henry Grant. Eliza Harriet does not appear in Elva Jackson's list of John H. Grant's children, but her date of birth (1841 by her grave marker) makes it consistent that she was in fact another daughter of John H. Grant and Mary Ann Moore, in which case Eliza and her husband had taken in her older unmarried sister. By her grave market, Eliza Harriet Grant died in 1888, and it is possible that Eliza's health was already declining, contributing to the decision to take in Susan. However, Joseph N. Lewis married Emily Grantmyre on 4 June 1890. It is unsurprising that Susan was no longer residing with the family by 1891. No reference to her has yet been found in the 1891 or 1901 censuses. She is buried in Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney, with date of death 21 February 1907. Somewhat incongruously, there is a footstone reading "mother" on her grave.<br /><br /> All members of this family of Lewises are buried in Mitchell Island. Joseph was born in 1838, died in 1923, and survived all his children. The listed dates for their children are: Melbourne J. 1877-1881; George A. 1880 - 1905; Annie L. 1882-1882 (?); William 1867-1902; Margaret E. 1868 - 1895; Annie, Minnie both 1873 - 1873; Howard 1874 - 1918(?). Although four of the children did live to adulthood, there is no evidence that any of them married or had children.<br /><br />Other elements of the Lewis connection:<br /><br /> The marriage and children of Wallace Grenville Lewis (son of George Vincent and Alice J. [Rudderham] Lewis) and Jennie Grant (daughter of Henry Grant and Susan Stacey) is described above. Elva Jackson's file mentions that Clara Lewis' husband was Russell Morrison, and they resided in Coxheath.<br /><br /> There were two further marriages of brothers Lewis to sisters Grant, resulting in another group of "double first cousins":<br /><br /> 1) John Edmund Lewis (1845 - c. 1904) was the son of Frederick Lewis and Eleanor M. Pitts. In 1869, he married Caroline Elizabeth Grant (b. 1844), daughter of John H. Grant and Margaret Ann Moore. Their children, with approximate dates of birth, were: Ida Gertrude (1870), Ward (1872), Ella Florence (1874), Elmer (1876), and Frederick (1879). Caroline died in 1898, and, on 24 October 1900, John Edmund married Annie E. Rice (c. 1845 - 25 March 1932), daughter of Robert and Sarah Ingraham Rice.<br /><br /> Ward Lewis, son of the above, married a woman named Gillis. Their children, with dates of birth, included Vivian (c. 1900), Ida (c. 1902), Herbert (c. 1904) and Fred (c. 1905). Herbert is said by Elva Jackson to have resided in Toronto.<br /><br /> 2) William Frederick Lewis was another son of Frederick Lewis and Eleanor M. Pitts, born 18 September 1828. He married Jane Grant (c. 1823 - 1916), another daughter of John H. Grant and Margaret Ann Moore. Their children included Augustus Theodore (b. 7 July 1855), Emma Margaret (b. c. 1862), and Irving Henry (c. 1864 - 1930). [Elva Jackson's card file contains a second card on a Captain William Lewis, known as "Little Billy", born about 1800, son of Henry Lewis (b. c. 1758), which gives details on some petitions for land in Point Edward made in 1825. This individual is also alleged to have married Jane Grant and been the father of the last two children named above. Clearly, there is some confusion of individuals here.]<br /> <br /> Emma Margaret married Bradford Hopkins. Irving Henry married Bessie Grant Moffatt on 18 July 1904. He was lost on the vessel "Harriet", out of Portland, Maine.<br /><br /> Finally for known marriages between the Lewis and Grant clans, on 6 January 1898, Henry Lewis, 23, a blacksmith from North Sydney, son of William and Flora, married Mabel (May Belle?) Grant, daughter of Alfred Grant and Christie MacKay in a Presbyterian ceremony in North Sydney. Investigation of this line of descent is ongoing. <br /><br />Descendants of Adam Lloyd Bayley and Henrietta Grant:<br /><br /> Adam Lloyd Bayley was a physician, born about 1849 in the West Indies, son of Th(omas?) and Susan. On 5 April 1876, he married Henrietta Victoria Grant, then 24, daughter of Charles Grant and Eliza Jane Ball in an Anglican ceremony in Sydney. Their children were Ivan and May.<br /><br /> May married John J. Matheson. This line of descent is still under investigation.<br /><br /> Ivan married Blanche Hacquail, a native of the island of Jersey. Their children were Eric (b. c. 1914) and Lloyd. Both had died by 1981. <br /><br /> "Lloyd Bayley worked with the New York Telephone Co., in New York, California and western states." (Quote from Elva Jackson's card file.) Lloyd married, and had at least one son who is connected with the U. S. space program.<br /><br /> Eric married Dorothy Rector of Glace Bay, and lived in the United States. Their children were Roger, Merle and Roy. The last-named died in a railway accident. Both have married, and Merle has a daughter Linda.<br /><br />[Except the names of Adam's parents, all the above information comes from Elva Jackson's card file, is attributed to Douglas Matheson, and was provided about 1980.]<br /><br />Children of Henry Walter Smith and Alice Mary Grant, and an oddity:<br /><br /> On 21 August 1878, Henry Walter Smith, 26, farmer, of Ingonish (son of James and Sarah) married Alice Mary Grant, 21, of Sydney (daughter of Charles Grant and Eliza Ball), in a Methodist ceremony in Ingonish. Adam L. Bayley (see above) and Josiah Roberts were witnesses. They resided in Ingonish, and their children included Pearl, Aubrey (b. 14 November 1879), James and Alice (b. 15 September 1884).<br /><br /> Connected with two of these children is a peculiarity. In 1881, Charles and Eliza resided in Ball's Creek, with a number of children. In 1891, Charles is present with several of the children, but listed as a widower, and the census record of his age contains major discrepancies (46 in 1871, 64 in 1881, 59 in 1891); Eliza is absent from the household. In 1901, Elizabeth Grant (b. 22 July 1830), a widow, was living in Ball's Creek with grandchildren Aubrey and Alice Smith. Also, the grave marker in Lakeside Cemetery indicates C. H. Grant was born in 1819 and died in 1889, Eliza Ball in 1909. Who was the Charles with the children (by then young adults) in 1891? Where was Eliza? This line of investigation will be pursued.<br /><br />Connections with the Moffatt family:<br /><br /> As noted in Part I, Ann Grant (16 January 1786 - 1876), daughter of the pioneer Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon, married Peter Musgrave (1783-1866). Their daughter Ann Alice Musgrave (25 July 1810 - 19 February 1895) married Thomas Francis Moffatt (30 September 1807 - 17 September 1899), son of John Moffatt and Mary Molineux. Their children were: Emily (29 June 1831 - 1923), who married William Johnston on 4 December 1854; Charles William (23 October 1833 - 26 December 1838); John Peter (27 August 1836 - 21 March 1840); Peter Bartholomew (28 January 1837 - c. 1911) [see below for details of marriage]; Ann Matilda (b. 30 May 1841), who married John Gedding in January 1865; Susanna Eliza (6 December 1843 - January 1844); Charles William Wallace (1845 - 1924), who married Harriet A. Leonard on 7 July 1868; and Mary Bell (b. 1849), who married Hugh MacDonald on 29 May 1876. [This data was obtained by Elva Jackson from the Moffatt family bible in 1965, through Emma Lewis.]<br /><br /> Peter Bartholomew Moffatt married Emily Grant, the daughter of John H. Grant and Margaret Ann Moore. [His grandmother Ann Grant Musgrave was the older sister of Emily's father. The bride and groom were therefore first cousins once removed.] The date of their marriage is not recorded, nor does Elva Jackson have a card specifically on Peter Bartholomew Moffatt. However, there are details on two of their sons, reproduced below.<br /><br /> Edwin Wilson Moffatt was born about 1863 and died 8 February 1921. He married Katie MacDonald of Mira, who died 10 May 1924. Their children were: Gertrude (m. Harold Spence); Marion (m. Fred Walker); Emily (m. Neil MacLellan); Donald; Thomas (c. 1907 - 1971); Freeman; and Bessie (m. Victor Mercer). Donald, Thomas and Freeman were all married, and lived in the Chicago area.<br /><br /> William Johnston Moffatt (1869 - 1935) married Mary MacLean (1872 - 1949), the daughter of Thos. S. and Mary (Sulton) MacLean of Baddeck. Their children were Charles (m. Christine Gordon); Grant (m. Catherine); Earl MacLean (1904 - 1924), who died unmarried; Thomas (1908 - 1934), who was married; Mary Emily, who married first Allison Brown and second Irvin Dauphinee; and Peter, who was married.Doug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-48489297102045516452009-12-27T07:43:00.000-08:002009-12-27T07:44:53.603-08:00Part 3Results of recent research into descendants of Charles Grant in the Sydney - Glace Bay area of Nova Scotia,<br />Part III<br /><br />Douglass L. Grant<br /><br /><br />The following discoveries have been made since the previous updates. They are given more or less in order of discovery, and not in their actual chronological order. A note of explanation about place names is in order. In the 1871 and 1881 censuses, the term "Lingan" or "Lingan Mines" was used to describe a large area including present-day New Waterford, Scotchtown, Gardiner Mines, River Ryan, Reserve Mines, Dominion, and Glace Bay, as well as present-day Lingan. While it is likely that two families whose names appeared close together in the census listings did live close together, it is usually difficult or impossible to know with certainty where their home was located. Later censuses were much more specific about general location and even the district or street in the larger towns.<br /><br />April 29, 2000<br /><br />Re burial of James Grant:<br /><br />The grave in Greenwood Cemetery supposedly sold to James A. Grant in 1943 is in fact that of James, brother of Walter, William and the others, and the father of John Spur Grant. He is buried there with his second wife Dollena Morrison (1866-1936), his son Neil (1897-1917) and daughter Mary Grant Cecil (1900-1938). The plain black headstone is massive, and the 1943 date may be that of its installation. It is not known where James' first wife is buried.<br /><br />May 1, 2000<br /><br />Re Alexander Malcolm Grant:<br /><br />The marriage of the author's grandparents, Alexander Malcolm Grant and Agnes Lynk, has been found recorded on July 6, 1911. The marriage certificate in the author's possession bears the date July 6, 1909, but appears to have been altered. Their first child, Irene, is believed to have been born in 1910; their second, the author's father, was definitely born 26 October 1912, by the birth certificate in the author's possession.<br /><br />Re Arthur S. Grant and Phoebe Phillips Grant Martell:<br /><br />The report of the Nova Scotia Department of Mines for the year 1899 contains a detailed report of the explosion in Caledonia Mine which claimed the life of Arthur S. Grant, the son of Peter Grant and Mary Ann Dolman, along with ten others. A fire near a pump deep in the mine set off an explosion about 4 o'clock on the morning of June 16, and the smoke and fumes generated overcame a party on its way down into the mine to try to extinguish the fire. (His name is given as Albert in the report, which also exonerated the company for the deaths.) Arthur is buried in Mitchell Island Union Cemetery in Ball's Creek, close beside his father. <br /><br />In the 1901 census, his widow Phoebe is recorded as having three children (Elmer, b. 20 November 1891; Clyde, b. 7 February 1893; and Rita, b. 10 August 1894). On 26 April 1909, Phoebe took as her second husband Frederick W. Martell (b. 1871), the son of Joseph Martell and Elizabeth Dillon. Phoebe died 2 January 1919, aged 46. (This was the time of the influenza pandemic that began near the end of World War I, but the cause of her death is not determined.) Unfortunately, the issues of the Cape Breton Post covering the period of Phoebe's death are missing from the microfilm copies, so her obituary is not available. Fred Martell died on 3 August 1949, and they are buried together, very close to the grave of James A. Grant. Fred Martell's obituary does not mention any stepchildren. The Nova Scotia Directory for 1914 lists an Elmer Grant, miner, living on Cottage Street, Glace Bay, the same street on which his stepfather resided at the time of his death. No information has yet been obtained on the other children of Arthur and Phoebe, beyond their dates of birth. <br /><br />{The author's rediscovery of Phoebe's headstone was a bizarre experience. After locating the grave of James and his family members, the author felt quite literally drawn to a much smaller stone nearby on which only the name "Fred Martell" was clearly visible. Closer examination revealed Phoebe's name on the bottom. Perhaps the Scots' tradition of "second sight" isn't quite obsolete yet.}<br /><br />Re Margaret Sparling:<br /><br />A bond (contract) of marriage between James Allen and Margaret Sparling, both of Cape Breton, was registered on 19 December 1815. No parents are identified. It is unlikely that this was the same Margaret Sparling who had married Adam Moore in 1793, as mentioned in Part II. It is possible that this was a sister of Mary Sparling, the mother of Maria Jefferson, but may also have been a cousin. <br /><br />May 2, 2000<br /><br />Re Edward Grant:<br /><br />The obituary for Edward, described as a retired Baptist minister, appeared in the Chronicle-Herald of March 18, 1927. It added little to what was known already except that his daughter Vivian was adopted. Surviving siblings are not listed, nor is any count given. Intuition suggests that there may have been some gulf between Edward, the educated man of the cloth and champion of temperance, and the five brothers who had gone to work in the mines, three of whom were still living when Edward died. The only concrete evidence which supports this theory is the omission of any mention of Edward from his father's will, probated in 1902.<br /><br />Added June 7:<br />In 1881, E. J. Grant, 31, Baptist minister, and his wife, Nancy J., 30, lived in Dartmouth. They had no children. His name does not occur anywhere in that vicinity in the 1891 or 1901 census. It therefore appears that Edward's pastoral charge in Dartmouth came near the beginning of his career, probably followed by time in New Brunswick. Whether his mother Maria spent any time with Edward's family near the end of her life remains uncertain.<br /><br />May 10 - June 12, 2000 (added to incrementally)<br /><br />Further to Harry Grant and his descendants:<br /><br />William Henry (Harry) Grant was the youngest son of William Grant and Margaret Mackenzie. (Please see p. 3 of Part I.) Harry and Catherine E. Coady were married at St. Joseph's Church, Reserve Mines, on 29 March, 1919. Witnesses were John Gillis and Brigid Coady. Neither the ages of the parties nor the names of their parents were recorded. Because Harry remained a Protestant, a dispensation was required from Bishop Morrison, and, to quote the narrative record, "the necessary promises were signed by the contracting parties." The priest performing the ceremony was A. Coady; it is not known if he was related to Catherine.<br /><br />Catherine E. Coady was born 9 April 1891, the daughter of John Coady (b. 2 April 1856) and Bridget Murphy (b. 27 November 1862); the latter was known affectionately as "Buster", even to her grandchildren. According to the 1891 census, the family was then resident in the census district of Bridgeport, which included what is now Reserve Mines. (The visit from the census taker to the Coady family took place on 6 April, three days before Catherine's birth, so only the two oldest siblings listed below are mentioned.) At the time of the 1901 census, the district where the family lived was called Lorway Mines, and her siblings included Mary (b. 30 March 1888), Dennis M. (b. 25 May 1889), Ellen W. (b. 1 September 1892), Richard J. P. (b. 17 March 1894), Michael James Hugh (b. 5 December 1895), Bridget Tobin (b. 25 September 1897), and Julius C. (b. 14 November 1899). The baptisms of Michael and Bridget are recorded at St. Joseph's Church, although the latter's birth is given as 28 August 1896. <br /><br />In 1891, a family with surname Murphy lived next door to John and Bridget Coady. They were Dennis, 55, a mine contractor (trucking) born in Nova Scotia whose mother was born in Ireland; Ellen, 57, born in Ireland; Emmet, 16, a truck horse driver; Daniel, 13; Catherine, 23; and Ellen, 11. Given the names of Catherine Coady Grant's siblings, there can be little doubt that Dennis and Ellen were the parents of her mother Bridget. <br /><br />In the 1871 census, what appears to be the same family was living in Cow Bay (now Port Morien). They were Dines, 35, a miner (spelling from the census list); Ellen, 37, born in Ireland; Bridget, 8; Catherine, 4; and Joseph, 2. No reference can be found to this family in the 1881 census, either in Cow Bay or Lingan.<br /><br />In 1881, John Coady, miner, age given as 23, was living in Lingan (see note above) with Mary Coady, 30. It is probable that Mary was the older sister of John, as both were unmarried. In 1871, a John Coady, whose age was given as 11, and Mary Coady, stated age 18, lived in Young's Bridge, near Margaree, with parents Martin, 47, and Ann, 40, both of whom were also born in Nova Scotia. There were six others in the family. It therefore appears that Catherine's roots in Margaree are limited to the male line. No record of the marriage of John Coady and Bridget Murphy has been found, either in Cape Breton or in Inverness County.<br /><br />John Coady died 1 July 1921. His age was given as "about 70"; if the date of birth given in the 1901 census was correct, he was in fact 65. Mrs. Bridget "Buster" Coady died in 1938; no date is given in the parish records, but other funerals bracket its date as between 26 April and 4 July. Her age was given as 78; again, if the 1901 census information is correct, she was in fact 74. Both were buried in the parish cemetery.<br /><br />Harry and Kate lived in Glace Bay for a few months after marriage. The 1918-9 directory of Glace Bay shows Harry living on Hickman's Lane, most probably with his widowed mother Margaret. Their first child, Mary Margaret, was born 14 April 1919 (or possibly 13 April), and baptised at St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church, Glace Bay on 20<br />April. Godparents were Lewis and Bridget Coady. (Margaret received her first communion at St. Joseph's on 12 June 1929, and her date of birth was recorded at that time as 14 April 1919.) A second daughter, Catheelen (Kathleen?) was born on 28 May 1920, and baptised at St. Anne's on 20 May (an apparent error for 30 May). Godparents were John James and Margaret Hennessey. A marginal notation reads, "Father is a Protestant." Kathleen's birth is recorded as having taken place in Reserve Mines, so it appears the family had moved into their own home there by that time.<br /><br />The first communion rolls also mention the first communion of one Henry Grant in June of 1936, with confirmation that September. It is likely this refers to Harry's son William Murray, born 27 May 1928, who was under the impression until late in life that his middle name was in fact Henry. Harry himself retained his Protestant affiliation to the end of his life. Harry died 20 December 1963, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery after services from Gordon United Church, Reserve. Catherine died on 1 May 1971, and is buried in the parish cemetery, McLeod's Road. (At that time, the only surviving sibling mentioned in the obituary was Mrs. John Gillis of New Aberdeen, whose given name was Julia. Her date of birth may have been later than 1901. Coady Gillis of Glace Bay is her son.)<br /><br />Descendants of Harry Grant and Catherine Coady:<br /><br />Harry and Catherine were predeceased by five of their children. Dorothea Elaine (Doris) Grant was born 6 September 1926 and died 25 June 1946. Also apparently not surviving their parents were Kathleen (mentioned above), Bridget (see below), John William, born 27 September 1923, and Walter Eric, born 8 July 1929. The death of an "infant child of Mr. Grant, Reserve" is recorded at St. Joseph's, with burial on 16 July 1936; this child was apparently stillborn and never baptised. A handwritten list, compiled by Catherine and in the possession of her granddaughter Elaine Livingstone Capstick of Glace Bay (see below) mentions all the children except Walter Eric, with some slight variation in birth dates from the church records. The dates of death of all but Doris and Bridget remain unknown. The absence of information on the others is puzzling, since parish records mention many funerals of infants and young children.<br /><br />Bridget (commonly known as "Dudies"), born 27 June 1921, was the first of Harry and Kate's children baptised at St. Joseph's. She was married to Clarence Leo (Con) Rigby of New Waterford on 29 June 1943. She died on 15 July 1948, and is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery. She was survived by a daughter Catherine Doreen, who now resides in Hamilton, Ontario. <br /><br />Edna Frances (b. 18 August 1922) married Robert Dunn of Toronto. She died 1 November, 1999, and was predeceased by her husband. Four children survived her, Earl, Grant, Terry and Linda. Linda is married to Vernon Wilson and resides in Mississauga, Ontario.<br /><br />Gordon Edward, born 15 September 1924, died 8 December 1977 in Glace Bay. The parish records mention a marriage to one Mary Catherine McIsaac on 18 September 1954 at Swampscott, Massachusetts. This marriage ended in divorce. There were no children, and Gordon did not remarry.<br /><br />Melbourne (Melburn in his baptismal record), commonly known as "Hunna", was born on 17 December 1932, and died on March 15, 1999. His widow, Erma (born Watson), still resides in Dominion. Their son Kevin (m. Paula) and daughter Beverley (m. Thomas O'Donnell) both reside in Glace Bay.<br /><br />William Murray, born 27 May 1928, resides in Toronto, with his wife Rosina. More detailed inquiries are pending.<br /><br />Bernard Alonzo (Lonnie), born 23 April 1931, and his wife Shirley divide their time between Williams Lake, British Columbia and Arizona. Their children are Robert Cecil, born 24 November 1951 in Halifax, and Pamela Kathleen, born 13 September 1958 in Ottawa. Robert married Jo-anne Kathleen Cain (b. 23 October 1951) at Ottawa on 27 June 1972. Their children, both born in Chilliwack, are Jennifer Lee, born 17 May 1976 and Tyler Clayton, born 16 February 1980. Pamela has a daughter, Jessica Leigh Seeley, born in Vancouver on 18 October 1987, and is currently seeking a second daughter who was adopted.<br /><br />The oldest daughter of Harry and Kate, Mary Margaret, married Malcolm Angus (Max) Livingstone of Dominion on 17 October 1939. They also made their home in Reserve Mines. Their children, all baptised at St. Joseph's, were: Catherine Maxine (b. 3 May 1940), Bridget Elaine (b. 17 January 1943), Margaret Patricia (b. 30 November 1943), Malcolm Gerard (b. 2 February 1947), Harriet Marie (b. 22 April 1949), and Wayne Joseph (b. 23 August 1952). A notation appears beside the baptismal record that Patricia married Joseph Edward Young on 6 August 1966 in Toronto; they now reside in Brampton.<br /><br />Malcolm (Max) Livingstone died on 29 April 1980, and Margaret on 7 April 1994. Their six children all survive: Maxine is Mrs. Jack Sweeney of St. Stephen, N.B.; Elaine, Mrs. Frank Capstick of Glace Bay; Patricia as above; Harriet in Bedford; Gerard (who is unmarried) in Sydney; and Wayne also in St. Stephen. These lines are also being pursued.<br /><br />The parish records also record the birth of a child, Darren Joseph, to Harriet on 9 September 1968 in Halifax. <br /><br />May 24, 2000<br /><br />Re: Angus Grant<br /><br />In Part I, reference was made to a family tree received from Angus Grant of New Waterford. After inquiries from his uncle, Bernard Grant of Windsor, Nova Scotia, the author has determined that this branch is descended from an Angus Grant who migrated to the New Waterford area from Thorburn early in the twentieth century. These members of the clan are therefore not direct descendants of Charles Grant. It is believed that the father of the earlier Angus was named John, and that he died in an accident in the Allen Shaft in Pictou County. An effort will be made to verify this from the historical record. Separate provision will be made on the future website for this family tree, so that the information collected will not be lost.<br /><br />Update (June 5, 2000):<br /><br />The obituary of Angus Grant, the elder, who died on 31 August 1937 was examined, and it confirmed that he was a native of Thorburn. A list of mine fatalities in Nova Scotia was also examined, and it was found that a J. Grant was one of 13 killed in the Vale Colliery in an explosion on 10 February 1885. There was a major explosion in the Allen Shaft on 18 January 1918, with 88 fatalities, together with a number of other incidents involving smaller numbers of deaths, but none of the victims was named Grant.<br /><br />In addition, the list referred to the death of a William Grant, 26, in Dominion No. 6 colliery, which was located in what is now Donkin, from a fall of stone on 29 January 1907. No obituary appeared in the local paper, and his family connections are unknown. These two, together with Arthur Grant, discussed above, appear to be the only persons named Grant killed in mining accidents in Nova Scotia.<br /><br />May 31, 2000:<br /><br />Re Alonzo Grant and Rosie Grant:<br /><br />The first marriage of Alonzo to Rebecca Boutilier is, in fact, recorded in the Marriage Register for Cape Breton County, but was missed on first reading. It took place on 20 September 1882 at the Baptist Church, Ball's Creek. The bride was from North Sydney, the daughter of Henry and Evelina Boutilier. Walter Grant and Dan MacKinnon were witnesses.<br /><br />In the 1901 census, a Rosie Grant, whose date of birth is given as 29 December 1893 is shown living in Sydney with her grandmother, Evelina Boutilier. It would appear the latter is the mother of Alonzo Grant's first wife. At the same time, Alonzo is living in Old Bridgeport (Dominion) with his second wife Catherine. On 20 December, 1907, Rosie M. Grant was a witness to the wedding of Milledge P. Jefferson (a first cousin once removed of Maria Jefferson Grant) to Margaret Jean MacKinnon. It seems unlikely she would have been able to perform this legal function if she were in fact less than 14. If her date of birth were misrecorded as "1893" when it should have been "1883", then Rosie's birth would have been slightly less than nine months after that of William, given as 6 April 1883 in the 1901 census. Whether Alonzo's first marriage was dissolved by the death of Rebecca or by divorce (the latter admittedly very uncommon at that time) is also unknown.<br /><br />Re the unidentified "Anna Grant":<br /><br />Another correction: the name initially taken as "Grant" in the 1881 census and mentioned in the open questions at the end of Part II, on closer inspection proves to be "Briant" or "Briand". <br /><br />June 7, 2000:<br /><br />Re Mary Ann Dolman:<br /><br />The 1838 census, which lists only the heads of household by name (and with no information on the age of the head), lists a Samuel Doleman, mason, in District 48 ("Stewart's Mill to Ball's Creek", roughly what is now known as Leitches Creek). His family consisted of 1 female under 6, 2 males and 1 female under 14, and 1 female over 14. Since the younger Peter Grant's wife would have been about 9 years of age in 1838, she was probably the one female over 6 but under 14. The surname has not been found anywhere in Cape Breton in any later census. If this man arrived in Cape Breton before 1819, it is possible that his occupation may have brought him into direct contact with Charles Grant, who was also a mason.<br /><br />June 8, 2000<br /><br />Re Alice Grant, previously unidentified:<br /><br />The Mormon website lists Alice Grant as a daughter of Peter Grant and Sarah, born 5 August 1810 in Sydney and baptised at St. George's. (Elva Jackson does not include Alice in her list of that family.) The list of Grants baptised at North Sydney begins with an Alice, baptised 13 October 1832, but excluded 1839. The latter may indicate simply that she left the district, not necessarily that she left the Baptist faith. The 1871 census lists "Allace" Woods, 61, widow, born in Nova Scotia, a Baptist, living in Cow Bay with (presumably) her children Sarah, 30; Charles, 20, miner; and Thomas, 17, miner. As noted in Part II, in the 1881 census, Alice Grant, 73, is living with Thomas C. Woods, 27 and wife Mary Ann (MacLeod), 18. When the young couple was married on 15 December 1880, the parents of Thomas were given as John, a tailor, and Alice; Malcolm, a farmer, and Mary of Mary Ann. Going back to the 1838 census, John Woods is listed as the gaoler (i.e., jailer) in peninsular Sydney, with family of one female over 14 (presumably Alice, then about 28). (When and how the family came to reside in Cow Bay is not clear, although we have noted examples of migration from the North West Arm and other farming communities to the mining districts between the 1860's and early 1900's.) Presumably, Alice died before the 1891 census, since her name does not appear in it. In 1891, Thomas C. and Mary E. Woods had children Paul J., 9; Mary, 3, and Alice, 2. In 1901, their family consisted of Mary, 13; Allice, 11; John, 9; Angus, 6; Rebecca, 3; and Henry, born 12 November 1900. As a child, Alice almost certainly knew her grandfather, the pioneer Charles Grant; we now know that her name lived on into another generation, and into the twentieth century. The children of Thomas and Nellie have not been traced beyond that point. In 1891, Thomas' older brother Charles, then 41, Baptist, coal miner, also lived in Cow Bay, and had wife Mary, 36, and children Allise, 12; James, 10; Thomas, 9; and Hattie, 2. Records of Black Brook Cemetery indicate that James Woods (1880-1952) and wife Annie Kate (1881-1971) are both buried there. Also in 1891, a John H. Woods, 48, blacksmith, Roman Catholic, lived in Cow Bay with wife Elisabeth, 47, and children Elisabeth, 21; Mitolota (?), 19; Charles B., 15; and Agnes, 11. It is unclear whether John H. was also a son of Alice; however, Alice did have a brother named John Herbert. In eastern Cape Breton, the surname "Woods" now occurs only in New Waterford and North Sydney.<br /><br />Re Alexander Grant and descendants:<br /><br />The following information is derived principally from the card file in the Beaton Institute established by Elva Jackson. <br /><br />Alexander Grant (1795-1855) was a son of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon, born in Cape Breton. He married Ann Musgrave at St. George's Anglican, Sydney on 9 November 1820, and had a second marriage to a woman named Elizabeth who was born about 1801. This Alexander Grant had a household of 10 in 1838. Among his family were Alexander (b. 1826) and Charles Henry (b. 1819). Possibly among his family were Bessie Grant (who had two marriages, first to a man named Fairbrother, and second to Bartholomew Musgrave), and George Grant, who made his home in the United States.<br /><br />Charles Henry Grant (1819-1889) married Eliza Jane Ball (1829-1909), daughter of Alexander John and Jane (Horne) Ball, at St. George's on 1 January 1846. Among their family were Anna (m. William MacKay); Philip (c. 1850-1899, unmarried); Henrietta (b. 1851, m. Adam Lloyd Bayley, resided North Sydney); Melissa (b. 1852, m. one Archibald, resided Boston); Alice (b. 1854); Alexander (b. 1856); Jane (b. 1858); Robert (b. 1860, m. Ada Lewis, see below); Howard (b. 1864, see below); Caroline (b. 1865); Laura (b. 1866); and Olivia (b. 1870). [Dates of birth are approximate, and appear to be derived from the 1871 census.]<br /><br />Alexander Grant (b. 1826) married Mary Ann Jane MacLeod at St. George's on 24 February 1854. Among their children, as listed by Elva Jackson, were Milton (b. 1856), William (b. 1857), Ada (b. 1859), Lavina (b. 1861), George C. (b. 1863), Anne (b. 1865), Ward (b. 1867) and Alvin (b. 1870). [Again, dates of birth are approximate, and appear to be derived from the 1871 census.] In addition, although not listed above, this couple appears to have had a son Alfred, b. 1852, who resided with another family at Ball's Bridge in 1871; the other members of that household were Charles Grant, 60; Sarah, 40; and Sarah, 79, the last named of English origin but born in Cape Breton. As noted in Part I, Alexander and his entire family, with the exception of Alfred, had disappeared from the area by 1881. <br /><br />Alfred married Christy Ann McKay, 23, of Whycocomagh (daughter of Malcolm and Maggie) in a Presbyterian ceremony at Cow Bay on 30 November 1875. He lists his parents as Alexander and Ann, and his age as 24. Witnesses were William Grant and Udvilla Boutilier. In 1881, Alfred, occupation given as farmer, and Christy resided at Ball's Creek, and both gave their ages as 28; their children were Mary Bell, 2 (m. Henry Lewis, 6 January 1898), and Maggie, 11 months (b. May, 1880). Also residing with them was Sarah Grant, age given as 63. In 1891, Alfred resided at Leitches Creek with Christine, both 38, his occupation labourer. Their children now included Edward, 8 (m. Maggie Jackson, 21 May 1904) and Sarah J., 5. Sarah Grant, 73, parents born Scotland, resides with them, and is described as the mother of Alfred. In 1901, Alfred, b. 16 April 1852, now a miner, and Christy, b. 20 August 1853, were living in Old Bridgeport (now Dominion), with Edward, b. 2 July 1882, a miner; Sarah, b. 2 April 1884; and Clifford, b. 13 March 1893. In the 1914 directory, Alfred is listed as a miner living on Mitchell Avenue, Dominion, and Clifford as boarding on Mitchell Avenue.<br /><br />Robert Grant (1860-1951), son of Charles and Eliza Jane (Ball) Grant, married Ada Lewis (1868-1950), daughter of John George Lewis and Sarah Jane Hill. They resided at Point Edward. Their children were: Thelma Ripple (m. Stanley H. Jackson); Yuba Marjory (m. Lorne Ingraham); Charles (m. Margaret MacDonald, see below); Irene (b. 1901, unmarried); Mary (m. Daniel "Kid" MacDonald); Addison Wellington (m. Alice E. Sergeant, see below); Rita (m1. Frederick L. Nealley, m2. Yvan A Poirier); Robert (m. Irene); Olney (m. Fraser Stewart MacDonald). [The last-named is still living, and resides in Sydney. In Brookside Cemetery, Sydney Mines, there is a headstone for Irene Margaret Grant, Dec 4 1915 - July 29 1986, wife of Robert B. Grant.]<br /><br />Howard Grant (b. 1864) was also a son of Charles Grant and Eliza Jane Ball. He first married Josephine Neville, 18, daughter of Michael and Matilda Neville, on 8 October 1894 at the Baptist Church, North Sydney. This marriage produced no children, and ended in divorce. [Josephine may have been the Josephine Grant who married Salvatore Agostino at the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sydney, on 29 March 1904, although she declared herself at the time to be 21 and a widow.] Howard moved to Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he married a woman whose first name was Mary. They had a daughter, Katherine, who married a Russell Green.<br /><br />Addison Wellington Grant was a son of Robert Grant and Ada Lewis. He married Alice Elizabeth Sergeant in Acton, Massachusetts. Their children were Shirley Helene (m. William Joseph Gray) and Ada Elizabeth (m. David Griswold Walker). All resided in Acton.<br /><br />Charles Grant was another son of Robert Grant and Ada Lewis. He married Margaret MacDonald, and they resided at Point Edward. Their children were Aubrey (m. Camille Trudel, resident in Toronto, see below); Kenneth (m. Geraldine Wall, resident in Brampton, Ontario, see below); Ivan (m. Ardith Larcomb, resident in Medley, Alberta, see below); Avril (1938 - 1975), a CNA by profession; and David Lorne (m. Ruth Murray, resident in Point Edward). [Ruth Murray Grant was the source of this information, when interviewed on 22 September 1981.]<br /><br />Robert Grant was another son of Robert Grant and Ada Lewis. He resided at Point Edward. His wife was named Irene, and his children were Sidney, Robert, Addison, Shelley and Dennis.<br /><br />Kenneth Grant was a son of Charles Grant and Margaret MacDonald. He married Geraldine Wall, and resided in Toronto. Their children are Charles Barry, Donald Kenneth, Tanya Margaret, Cynthia Maria and Arlene Maria.<br /><br />Ivan Grant was another son of Charles Grant and Margaret MacDonald. He married Ardeth Larcomb, and resided in Medley, Alberta. Their children were Debra Lynn and Wendy Lee.<br /><br />Aubrey Grant was another son of Charles Grant and Margaret MacDonald. He married Camille Trudel, and they reside in Toronto. Their children are Sean Todd and Robb Franklin, the latter adopted.<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A closing note:<br /><br />It is with sadness that we note the passing of Ina Lorna (Grant) Frederickson in Edmonton on June 7, 2000. She was the sister of Blair Grant (collaborator in this project), daughter of the late Harold Dolman and Mary Grant, and great-granddaughter of Peter Grant and Mary Ann Dolman. She was survived by husband Ernest; three daughters, Mary (Mrs. Nick Yeager), Carol (Mrs. Scott Weir), and Raun Coates; grandchildren Michael Yeager, David, Adam, Aaron and Shauna Coates, and Bretton Weir; brother Blair (Gloria); sisters Lynda (Mrs. Bill MacKenzie) and Joyce (Mrs. Jim Mapes). A grandson, Kyle Weir, predeceased her in June, 1991. <br /><br />(Last modified June 20, 2000; minor correction June 29, 2000)Doug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-34634652388741424342009-12-27T07:41:00.000-08:002009-12-27T07:43:20.526-08:00Part 2Results of recent research into descendants of Charles Grant in the Sydney - Glace Bay area of Nova Scotia,<br />Part II<br /><br />Douglass L. Grant<br /><br /><br />The following discoveries have been made since the previous update. They are given more or less in order of discovery, and not in their actual chronological order. <br /><br />March 22, 2000:<br /><br />Re Alonzo Grant:<br /><br />The obituary for Alonzo Grant (Sydney Post-Record, January 12, 1931) indicates that his sister, Martha French, then resided in Sandy Point, Maine. Combining this information with what was in Edward's obituary four years before, we can conclude that his other sister Caroline was the Mrs. Smith resident in North Bay at that time. However, Caroline is not listed as surviving in 1931. This may not be absolute proof that she had died between 1927 and 1931, however, since Alonzo's youngest brother Theodore, who lived in Dominion very close to Alonzo, was omitted from the list of surviving relatives. Alexander was also listed as surviving and also resident in Maine.<br /><br />Re Theodore Grant:<br /><br />Theodore's obituary (January 10, 1934) lists a sister and brother, both in Maine, as surviving, without specifying names.<br /><br />Re Ernest Grant:<br /><br />James' son Ernest (b. 19 April 1892, listed as "James E." in the 1901 census) died of TB in the Kentville Sanatorium on January 11, 1934. A news item concerning his death is in the same issue of the newspaper as his uncle Theodore's obituary. Ernest is described as a printer, and the article indicates that he was predeceased by his wife "over a year ago".<br /><br />{The newspaper article on Ernest, mentioned above, contains a gross error. In this article, James is listed as surviving his son. However, James Grant had died over seven years before. His funeral was held from Knox Church in Glace Bay on December 16, 1926. Incidentally, there is another oddity connected with James' death, in that the only lot in Greenwood Cemetery, Glace Bay, to which the name "James Grant" is attached, was sold in 1943 to a James A. Grant. "Our" James had the middle name Edward. I haven't seen the grave mentioned there, and have no idea who the other James Grant was. Some further research is clearly called for on this point.}<br /><br />Re Grants baptised at Calvary Church, 19th century:<br /><br />A list of 18 Grants baptised at Calvary Baptist Church between 1825 and 1868 was obtained from the Baptist Archives at Acadia University. There are several names on it which I can't place on the tree. Some may be unrelated members of the clan who settled originally in the Boularderie area. Among new findings from that list is that William, son of Peter and grandson of Charles, died on June 7, 1852. According to Elva Jackson's notes, he would have been born about 1817. It is not clear whether he ever married or left any descendants. (A red herring: There was a storekeeper named William Grant, aged 65, living in Gabarus in 1891. I suspected for some time that he was the son of Peter. I have since learned that the William in Gabarus was in fact born in St. Peter's. The Grants of Gabarus are not related to this family, except in that Susan Stacey, who married Peter's son Henry, was the granddaughter of a member of this branch of the clan.)<br /><br />March 24, 2000:<br /><br />Re Maria Grant, born Jefferson:<br /><br />The following information about the family of Maria Jefferson, wife of John Grant, was obtained from another section of the card file on Cape Breton families constructed by Elva Jackson and maintained in the Beaton Institute.<br /><br />Joseph Jefferson (c. 1768 - 1833) was a Loyalist from Virginia, one of the pioneers in the Leitches Creek area near Sydney. He arrived here with Desbarres in 1785, and married Elizabeth Fowler (c. 1774 - 1853) in Sydney on April 8, 1789. <br /><br />This couple had at least five children: John (b. 1792, m. Mary Sparling, 19 February 1816, St. George's Church, Sydney), Ann (b. 1795, m. George Sparling 30 July 1811), Louis (b. 1797), Joseph (c. 1798 - 1843, m. Elizabeth Ann [Eliza] Leaver on 31 July 1822), and Ellen (m. Andrew Grantmire, July 1825). [Elva Jackson indicates this list is incomplete.] <br /><br />Maria Jefferson, wife of John Grant, was the daughter of John Jefferson and Mary Sparling. Maria was one of a family of at least 5 children. Her siblings included Mary Ann (b. 1817), Caroline Susan (b. 1820), Eleanor Leaver (b. 1823), and Joseph (b. 1826). Nothing is known about the marital history or descendants of any of Maria's siblings.<br /><br />{Eliza Leaver, wife of Maria's uncle Joseph Jefferson, was born 5 June 1803 and died 29 January 1884; she is buried in Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney. Two of their sons (and hence Maria's first cousins), Charles [1844 - 1912, m. Josephine Moore, 1853 - 1920] and John William (J. W.) [1827-1899, m. Eunice Gammell Hull, 1837-1918] are also buried in that cemetery with their wives. Elva Jackson lists nine other children of that marriage; the oldest was born in 1823, the youngest in 1847, when Eliza herself was 44. Spouses of the children were named Foyle (twice), Leslie, Tutty, Daley and Anderson.}<br /><br />Mary Sparling, Maria's mother, was baptised in Sydney on 29 October 1792, and was the daughter of Peter Sparling, Jr., and Eleanor Leaver. (It was indeed her brother George who married John Jefferson's sister Ann, so there may well have been a supply of "double cousins" in the Sparling and Jefferson families.) The Sparlings were also Loyalists, originally of German origin. <br /><br /><br /><br />April 6, 2000:<br /><br /> Re: Milford Grant<br /> <br />An internet search revealed that there is a reference in the US Census of 1900 to a Milford Grant then living in Massachusetts. No more exact location is known at this time. Efforts are under way to obtain copies of these census records by Interlibrary Loan. They do not appear to be available on-line.<br /><br />April 16, 2000:<br /><br />Re: The Sparling Family<br /><br />And now for much more on the Sparling family connection, probably the most dramatic to turn up so far. Elva Jackson has a file on the Sparling family, although some of its contents disagree with other results found on the Mormon website. As a result, the sequence of generations along this line becomes somewhat confused.<br /><br />As noted above, she indicates that Mary Sparling was the daughter of Peter (or William Peter) Sparling Jr. and Eleanor Leaver. As will be noted below, it appears that Peter was born in the United States, although that it is not entirely certain. Both his date of birth and of death are uncertain. They were married in Sydney on 30 October 1791. They had at least two other children: Eleanor (baptised 4 December 1795, m. Thomas Foyle [1777-1855] of Baddeck), and James (c. 1801 - 1880; m1. Maria Leaver, m2. Elizabeth MacNeil). [There is also evidence of a John Sparling, apparently James' brother, who was living with James at or near Baddeck at the time of the 1871 census.]<br /><br />Peter Sparling Sr. (1732 - 1821) was born in Killiheen, Limerick Co., Ireland in 1732, and married Margaret Fissell at Killiheen on 29 October 1754. Their life together was anything but tranquil. They migrated to New York City in 1760, then received a grant of land, allegedly in Camden Valley, Vermont. [I can locate neither Killiheen nor Camden Valley on any map. There is a Camden in upstate New York, just north of Syracuse, as well as the larger city of the same name in New Jersey.] As the American Revolution got under way, they were driven out of their home, and back to New York City, which was still occupied by the British. They moved to Shelburne in 1783, then on to Upper North Sydney in 1786 or 7. <br /><br />Two children were born to them in Ireland, Christopher in 1756 and Anne, baptised 22 November 1758 at Rathkeale. The latter apparently did not survive, for another daughter Anne was born to them on 13 November 1760, by which time they were in New York, and she married Bartholomew Musgrave on 27 September 1778 in New York City. William Peter was their next child, followed by Catherine (1764-1840, m. Joseph Restine, 23 July 1786 at Shelburne), Margaret (1 November 1776 - 1838, m. Adam Moore, 4 November 1793 at Sydney, buried in Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney), and Jacob (17 November 1779, m. Margaret Kelly, 29 April 1803 at Sydney).<br /><br />There is considerable confusion about lineage earlier than this point. Elva Jackson states that Peter Sparling was probably the son of Philip and Barbara Elizabeth Sparling and that Philip, in turn, was the son of George Sparling. Her information is derived from a book, "The Palatine Families of Ireland" by Hank Jones, published San Leandro, California, 1965. On the contrary, the Mormon website indicates that Peter and Philip were, in fact, brothers rather than son and father, and that both were the sons of George Sparling. Despite one fairly obvious error, noted below, I lean toward the line of descent as given on the Mormon website as more probable. However, uncertainty of birthdates and duplication of given names makes it impossible to rule out Hank Jones' and Elva Jackson's theory completely.<br /><br />Philip Sparling was born about 1725 and was buried 29 December 1754 at Killiheen. He and Barbara Elizabeth (surname unknown) had three known children: Catherine (baptised 29 March 1747), George (baptised 8 September 1749) and Philip (baptised 12 January 1752, d. 1835). All were born at Killeheen and baptised at Rathkeale. According to Elva Jackson, Philip Jr. died in 1835, and probably lived at Adare, Ireland, while George emigrated to America. <br /><br />George Sparling was born in 1688 in Germany, and was buried 11 October 1747 in Ireland. His wife Margaret Anna was born in Ireland about 1692. ("Anna" exists as a surname, so it is unclear whether it was that or her second given name.) According to Jones, "The first documented reference to the family in Ireland is that George Sperling was a tenant on the Southwell estate near Rathkeale in 1720." They are credited on the Mormon website with eight children: Philip (1725-1754), Elizabeth (b. 1727), Susannah (1729-1771), William Peter (1730-1821), Christoper Stuffle (1732-1787), George (1734-1747), John (b. 1747, d. 11 May 1786 at Rathkeale), and Catherine (b. about 1749). [It seems very unlikely that the last two, at least, would really have been the children of George and Margaret Anna, since the latter would then have been 55 or older. Elva Jackson lists a Catherine baptised in 1747 among the children of Philip Sparling.]<br /><br />By way of background, the Palatine Families of Ireland were a group of Protestants from the Rhineland Palatinate, the district around Trier between the Rhine and the French border. The area was occupied by France about 1683, as part of the complicated religious warfare in the seventeenth century. Conditions grew steadily worse for Protestant residents of the area, and a mass emigration occurred about 1709. Many of the emigres made perilous journeys by night down the Rhine to Rotterdam. Most migrated first to England; some then were given land in Ireland while others continued to America, with many settling in Pennsylvania. Elva Jackson states, however, "There is a tradition that one Stuffle von Sperling arrived in Ireland in 1701, eight years before the exodus (from the Palatine). There was, however, a Peter Sperling in the 1709 census at London who was 47 with his wife and sons aged 10, 8, and 4, and daughters 18, 16 and 14." Given that "Stuffle" was the middle name of one of George's children, it is an attractive conjecture that Stuffle von Sperling was, in fact, George's father, and that George arrived with him in Ireland as a child of about 13.<br /><br />[It would appear that some Sparlings continued to reside in and around Rathkeale long after the departure of Peter for America. To my considerable surprise, the inscriptions from the tombstones at the parish cemetery at Rathkeale are available on the Internet. They include a John Thomas Sparling who died in 1955, and two wives of Sparlings who died in the 1960's. The family name may well still exist in the area.]<br /><br /><br />Re female Grants of unknown origin:<br /><br />In 1881, there was an Anna Grant living somewhere in what was then known as Lingan (including everything along the shore from New Waterford around to Glace Bay). She was then 73, gave her ethnic origin as French, and lived with a John Didieu, who was born in France. She was not recorded in the preceding census in 1871 anywhere in the area around Sydney. I have no idea of her origins. Could she be the Ann Musgrave Grant, daughter of Peter, born in 1813, listed in Elva Jackson's card file? Possibly, "Grant" was a spelling error for "LeGrand".<br /><br />Also in 1881, an Alice Grant, aged 71, born in Nova Scotia, lived in Cow Bay (now Port Morien) with Thomas C. Woods, 27 and his wife Mary Ann, 18. The marriage record for Thomas and Mary Ann McLeod from 15 December 1880 indicates that Alice was the name of Thomas' mother. If this lady was Thomas' mother and the ages are correct, she would have been 44 when he was born. It would also have been quite unusual in that era for a widow to have reverted to her birth name; a second marriage late in life and second widowhood are possibilities, although I have no idea who the hypothetical second husband might have been. In any event, if Grant was her birth name, I can't identify any plausible origins for her. Charles had a daughter Alice, baptised in 1795. John H. Grant, Charles' son, had a daughter Susan Alice, born in 1827. Neither seems to fit. There is some possibility she comes from another branch of the clan entirely, such as the Grants from Gabarus.<br /><br />The origins of Mary Ann Dolman, wife of Peter Grant, remain unknown. One possible reference from the Alastair MacLeod Genealogy in the Beaton has turned up, which may suggest the name then existed in the St. Ann's area. In that reference, one of Alastair's great-granddaughters, Margaret May MacLeod, married a Cecil Dallman. Unlike the Sparlings and Jeffersons, evidence remains thin on this branch of the tree.<br /><br />(Last modification April 23, 2000)Doug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-53936858444423844472009-12-27T07:39:00.000-08:002009-12-27T07:56:55.156-08:00Part 1Results of recent research into descendants of Charles Grant in the Sydney - Glace Bay area of Nova Scotia, Part I<br /><br />Douglass L. Grant<br /><br />Sources: An unpublished card file in the Beaton Institute of UCCB, constructed by Elva Jackson, provided the first information about the earliest generations of the family in Cape Breton. Partly based on that file, Blair Grant of Glace Bay constructed a much more extensive family tree which is too large to reproduce here in its entirety. Patricia (Patsy) Grant, also of Glace Bay, also provided a very extensive document, compiled by Georgina (Munroe) Grant of Wildwood, Alberta, which largely deals with the descendants of John Spur Grant in that part of Canada. Additional information has been obtained from the Baptist Archives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia; records of Knox, Gordon, and Chalmers United and St. Joseph's Roman Catholic churches, all from the Beaton Institute; marriage records of Cape Breton County, 1864 - 1908; personal family tree of Joan Grant Jerrott of Dominion; and several newspaper obituaries. The Mormon website (www.familysearch.org) has also been extensively consulted<br /><br />With a very few exceptions, the Grants of the Glace Bay area are descended from a family which resided in Ball's Creek and the Northwest Arm through most of the nineteenth century, and are ultimately descended from Charles Grant, a stonemason who arrived in Sydney with Governor Desbarres in 1785. Charles' wife, according to legend, was Nancy (presumably, Ann) Gordon, reputedly the daughter of a Scottish laird. So far, no marriage of a Charles Grant to an Ann Gordon has been found.<br /><br />{An intriguing note, which may be a complete red herring. A Charles Grant is listed as a soldier who was invalided at Louisbourg in 1760. Is it possible that "our" Charles had actually visited Cape Breton as a soldier of occupation, or possibly even took part in the second siege in 1758? If true, that would push his birth back to at least 1744, and so he would have been 75 at his death in 1819, a very ripe age for that era, but not totally impossible. So far, I haven't figured out how to check this one out.}<br /><br />Their son, Peter Grant, was probably with them when they arrived, since his own son, John (1819-1899), stated in the 1891 census that his father had been born in Scotland. A birth of a Peter Grant on 21 April 1769 at Interavon, Banff, Scotland has been found, with parents Charles Grant and Ann Middletown. This is the only child of this couple in the Mormon database. It is possible that Ann was married twice, first to Middletown, then to Grant, but that is pure speculation at this time.<br /><br />Most of the present-day Grants in the Glace Bay area are descendants of one of two sons of Peter, John (1819-1899) and Peter (1823-1896). [Elva Jackson misstates the date of John's death as 1902, which was the year of probate of his will.] Another brother, Alexander, is reported by Elva Jackson to have sold his share of the land and left the province in 1852. However, an Alexander Grant, then aged 45, was living in Ball's Creek in 1871 with wife Mary Ann and eight children aged from 7 months to 16 years. However, the entire family had disappeared from the area by 1881.<br /><br />Peter (the younger) was baptised in Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, in 1844. He married Mary Ann Dolman, and moved from Ball's Creek to Port Morien about 1866, then back to Ball's Creek before 1881. They had eight known children: Ulvilla or Udvilla (m. James Boutilier, 6 January 1873), Annie (m. Andrews, founded Port Morien Andrews clan), Ellen (m. Dan Matheson), Henry (m. Susan Stacey), Arthur (m. Phoebe Phillips 11 December 1890, killed in mine 1899), Bertha (b. 1868), Eliza (m. John MacMillan, 23 September 1889), and William (b. 1858, m. Martha Rankin). [Among William's eight children is Harold Dolman Grant (d. 1962), the father of Blair Grant. It is known that Arthur and Phoebe had three children, but nothing further is known of that line.]<br /><br />John married Maria Jefferson (1828-1909). Joseph Jefferson was a Loyalist from Virginia who also arrived with Desbarres and received a grant of land along the Northwest Arm. Most probably Maria was his granddaughter, but that is not yet firmly established. Both John and Maria were also baptised in Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, in 1844, Maria on exactly the same day as Peter. While the couple lived most of their lives in Ball's Creek, they are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Glace Bay, in the oldest section near the southwest corner. [Incidentally, former U. S. President Thomas Jefferson had a daughter named Maria, which may be the origin of this name, considered unusual among Protestant families of this era. No relationship to the former President is claimed! Yet!!]<br /><br />John and Maria had ten known children: William, Edward, Walter, James, Alexander, Milford, Alonzo, Martha, Caroline and Theodore. The order of the first two is not certain. Of those ten, five brothers moved to Glace Bay or Dominion: William, Walter and James after 1881 but before 1891, Alonzo by 1901, and Theodore after 1901. Theodore was certainly in Ball's Creek in 1898.<br /><br />Edward attended Acadia and McMaster Universities, and became a Baptist minister. He was most likely the Edward Grant ordained in 1876 at Calvary Baptist Church. He served in three communities in New Brunswick, in Dartmouth and in Truro. He married Nancy Woodworth, and they had one daughter, Vivian, who apparently never married. Both survived him at his death in 1927. Edward is buried in Brookfield Cemetery, near Truro.<br /><br />Milford was a witness at the wedding of his brother William in 1879. The count of survivors given when William died in 1917 can only be correct if Milford were still living at that time, but he is not listed as surviving when Edward died in 1927. Nothing further is known about him.<br /><br />Information about three others is given in Edward's obituary. Alexander was then living in Massachusetts. One of the women was living in North Bay, Ontario as Mrs. Smith, the other in Maine as Mrs. French, but it is not clear which was Martha and which Caroline. Nothing further is known about any of the three.<br /><br />Of the five who came to the Glace Bay area, it is fair to say that Walter's family has been amply documented in Georgina Munroe Grant's volume, and the only detail that can be added about James' family is that his son Neil, born in 1894, died in 1917 and was buried from Knox Presbyterian Church, as it then was.<br /><br /> ----------------------------------------------<br /><br />William married Margaret MacKenzie, the daughter of Malcolm and Jessie MacKenzie, Scottish immigrants, on 9 October 1879. They had an infant daughter, Maria, in 1880, while still in Ball's Creek, but that child is not recorded in the census after 1881. They had three sons, all of whom were apparently born in Glace Bay: John Edward (1881-1956), Alexander Malcolm (1886 - 1945), and William Henry [Harry] (1889 - 1963). William died in 1917 and was buried from Knox Church. Margaret died in hospital in Sydney about 1925. So far, no precise date of death is known for her, nor has their grave been located.<br /><br />Children of William and Margaret:<br /><br />John Edward married Katherine Anderson (formerly married to a Lewis), and had a son William (b. 1919), still living in Sydney and daughter Kathleen Lillian Hansen (1925-1974). William has a son Gary (grandsons Richard and Sheldon), and daughter Louise (grandchildren David, Debbie, William; great-grandson David Jr.).<br /><br />Alexander married Agnes Lynk (1891-1974) in 1909. They had a daughter Irene (1910-1998, m. John William Warren) and a son Byron (1912-1982, m. Hughena MacDonald). Irene's children are Courtney (died at age 4), Hubert (deceased, three children), Thelma (deceased, one daughter, Marsha Eileen MacDonald), and Deanna (two daughters). All her descendants reside in Ontario. The author, Douglass Lloyd Grant, is the only child of Byron and Hughena; he has a son Cordell (b. 1979) and daughter Ingrid (b. 1981).<br /><br />Harry married Catherine Coady (d. 1 May 1971). The following children are known to have been born to them and baptised in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Reserve Mines: Bridget, Edna Frances, John William, Gordon Edward, Dorothea Elaine, William Murray, Walter Eric, Bernard Alonzo and Joseph Jules Melburn between 1921 and 1932. Six survived him at his death in 1963: Margaret (Mrs. Malcolm Livingstone), Edna (Mrs. Robert Dunn), Melbourne, Gordon, William and Alonzo. [Investigation of his descendants is ongoing.]<br /><br /> ----------------------------------------------<br /><br />Alonzo Grant was born in September of 1865, according to the 1901 census. Elva Jackson indicates that he was born in 1862, and that he married twice: first to Rebecca Boutilier, second to Catherine MacDonald. Only the second is in the marriage records, on 24 December 1888. His known children were William (b. 1883, evidently of the first marriage), John Edward (1889), Stanley (1891), Sarah (1893), Daniel (1897) and Alonzo (1899). He died on 12 January 1931, and is buried in Gordon Church Cemetery, Reserve. Catherine died 21 January 1955, and is also buried in Reserve.<br /><br />Alonzo the younger married Helen Victoria McCuish on 30 August 1926. Victoria died of TB on 17 October 1932. He subsequently married Elizabeth Clarke, date unknown. Their known children are Alonzo (the third), b. 25 June 1936, and Kenneth Revere, b. 5 October 1937.<br /><br />Alonzo (the third) married Catherine Edith Davidson on 31 August 1959.<br /><br />John Edward was born 6 November 1889, and married Annabelle Johnstone. They had three daughters: Ethel Fern (b. 5 July 1925, m. Donald Eagles 17 June 1952), Marjorie Christine (b. 23 April 1928, m. Murdock MacLean, who died; remarried); and Jean (m. Bennett).<br /><br />Research on this branch of the family is ongoing.<br /><br /> ----------------------------------------------<br /><br />Theodore Melbourne Grant was born in 1870. He is not listed (anywhere in Cape Breton) in the 1901 census, so it is possible he was living elsewhere for a time. [His mother Maria is also missing from this census, so it is possible she was living with Theodore's family at this time.] He married Sarah Beaton in Sydney on 2 March 1898.<br />Their children were John Edward Theodore, Alexander, Margaret Jannet, Anne, Mary Belle, and Melburne. Theodore died 10 January 1934 and is buried in Dominion. Sarah died 21 June 1944, and her burial is recorded as in Greenwood Cemetery, Glace Bay.<br /><br />Children of Theodore and Sarah:<br /><br />John Edward Theodore's birthdate was recorded as 14 May 1898 at the time of his death on 18 July 1962. (His daughter Joan Jerrott gives his birth year as 1899, and advises that he went to work in the mines at the age of 12.) He married Catherine Elizabeth McQueen on 17 March 1931. They had one daughter, Joan Katherine, born 3 May 1937; she married Malcolm Jerrott on 23 April 1960. He is buried in Forest Haven Cemetery, between Sydney and Glace Bay.<br /><br />Margaret Jannet (b. 1905) married Charles Higginbotham on 24 August 1929. They had a daughter, Margaret Ross Higginbotham (Naugler) on 26 May 1937.<br /><br />Mary Belle married Donald John MacLeod on 15 May 1935.<br /><br />Research on this branch of the family is also ongoing.<br /><br /> ----------------------------------------------<br /><br />Finally, I have received a family tree from Angus Grant of New Waterford, whose grandfather had the same name. There is no Angus anywhere in the lists I have seen here, nor anywhere else in the exploration I have done so far. I therefore have no idea, as yet, where (or if) that branch of the clan fits into this picture.<br /><br /> ----------------------------------------------<br /><br />Version completed March 12, 2000; modified March 16, 2000.Doug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379313270572517910.post-60507446359423899622009-12-27T07:34:00.000-08:002009-12-27T07:39:29.024-08:00ContentsPart I<br /><br />Summary of children of Charles, Peter and John Grant<br /><br />Part II<br /><br />Re Alonzo Grant<br />Re Theodore Grant<br />Re Ernest Grant<br />Re Grants baptised at Calvary Church, 19th century<br />Re Maria Grant, born Jefferson<br /> Re Milford Grant<br />Re The Sparling Family<br />Re female Grants of unknown origin<br /><br />Part III<br /><br />Re burial of James Grant <br />Re Alexander Malcolm Grant<br />Re Arthur S. Grant and Phoebe Phillips Grant Martell<br />Re Margaret Sparling<br />Re Edward Grant<br />Further to Harry Grant and his descendants<br />Re Angus Grant<br />Re Alonzo Grant and Rosie Grant<br />Re the unidentified "Anna Grant"<br />Re Mary Ann Dolman<br />Re Alice Grant, previously unidentified<br />Re Alexander Grant and descendants<br />A closing note<br /><br />Part IV<br /><br />Re descendants of James Boutilier and Udvilla Grant<br />Further to descendants of Alonzo Grant<br />Re Rosie Grant<br />Further to Alfred Grant<br />Re descendants of Henry Grant and Susan Stacey<br />Further to descendants of Alexander Grant<br />Further to descendants of John Woods and Alice Grant<br />A mysterious obituary, accidentally found<br />Susan Alice Grant and the Lewis Connection<br />Other elements of the Lewis connection<br />Descendants of Adam Lloyd Bayley and Henrietta Grant<br />Children of Henry Walter Smith and Alice Mary Grant, and an oddity<br />Connections with the Moffatt family<br /><br /><br />Part V <br /><br />Further to the age of Edward and William<br />Martha Grant French, rediscovered at last<br />Margaret Mackenzie Grant (a less than happy ending)<br />Descendants of Ann Grant, daughter of the pioneer Charles Grant<br /><br />Part VI<br /><br />Charles Grant Serendipity strikes again<br />Parents of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon a slender clue<br />Parents of Mary Ann Dolman Grant<br />Rosie Grant rediscovered at last<br />Further Descendants of Alonzo Grant<br />Edward Grant in 1871, and his marriage to Nancy Woodworth<br />Apparent New Evidence regarding Caroline Grant<br />A few more details on John Spurr Grant<br />Some Possible Descendants of George B. Moffatt<br />Details on a few Moffatt marriages<br />Death of a descendant of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant<br />Further to the Musgrave connection<br /><br /><br />Part VII <br /><br />A few further details on Charles Grant<br />A very early Rudderham connection<br />Re Jane Grant McConnell Lewis<br />Re Henry Walter Smith and Aubrey Smith<br />Alexander Grant, a family skeleton, and some speculation about Edward J. Grant<br />Further to Alexander Grant, and his brother George Grant<br />Re Alexander and Milford Grant, sons of John Grant and Maria Jefferson<br />Further to the Woods Connection<br />The MacKay (McKay) Connection<br />Re Doleman Family<br />A death and a marriage in Illinois<br />Further descendants of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant<br />Discovery of burial site<br />Deaths of descendants of Alonzo Grant and Udvilla Grant Boutilier, and widow of Layton Woods<br />Another death in World War II<br />Service records from World War I<br />Obituary for a non-descendant<br /><br />Part VIII<br /><br />And then there were eight Alexander Grant (son of John and Maria) rediscovered<br />Losses in early shipwreck<br />Further to Sarah Ann Woods<br />A few further notes on Woods family members<br />Further to Aubrey and Sarah Smith<br />Matilda Grant<br />A little more on the family of James Grant<br />Still further to the McKay connection<br />One more detail on James Boutilier and Udavilla Grant<br />More on William Grant and Martha Rankin and their descendants<br />Death of William Grant, son of Everett Grant<br />Further descendants of Alexander Grant<br />Obituary for a descendant of John Grant and Maria Jefferson<br />Further to descendants of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant<br />Re Possible child of Elizabeth Grant and John MacMillan<br />Re Mary Jane, sister of Margaret MacKenzie (Grant)<br />Florence Grant<br />Death of widow of descendant<br />The Dickson/Dixon Connection(s)<br />The Logue Connection<br />The Peters Connection<br />The Burchell Connection<br />Some unrelated Grant burials in Greenwood Cemetery<br /><br />Part IX<br /><br />The Andrews Connection<br />The Matheson Connection<br />Isabell Moffatt Fellows, descendant of Ann Grant Musgrave<br />The Brown Connection<br />The Jackson Connection<br />Another McDonald Connection, another WWI fatality, and a marriage to a Member of Parliament<br />A MacIntosh Connection<br />Bessie Grant Fairbrother Musgrave and Eva Fairbrother Musgrave<br />Further to Hedley Musgrave, Eva Fairbrother, and Forrest Musgrave, Rhodes Scholar<br />Further to Edna and Annie Musgrave<br />Further to descendants of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant<br />Death of widow of R. J. Logue; other details on Logue family<br />Family Bible Walter Grant<br />Children and other descendants of Alonzo Grant<br />Miscellaneous references from the Presbyterian Witness<br />Descendant of Theodore Grant<br />Descendants of Seward Grant<br />Further to Descendants of Adam Lloyd Bayley and Henrietta Grant<br />Descendants of John Edmund Lewis and Caroline Grant<br />Parentage of Alfred Grant and some notes on his descendants<br />Further Information on members of the Burchell family<br />Further to the McKay Connection<br />Death of a descendant of Henry Grant and Susan Stacey<br />Death of Everett Grant, son of father of same name<br />Deaths of widows of descendants in Peters family<br />Deaths of Descendants of James Boutilier and Udvilla Grant<br />A little more on descendants of John Woods and Alice Grant<br />The (double) MacLean connection<br />Further to Helen Rudderham Dickson<br />The Durning / Durney connection<br />A home child in the family<br />Note for the purpose of exclusion Sarah Grant Cann<br /><br />(Revised 27 December 2009)Doug Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06415543877991133727noreply@blogger.com1