All these queries have appeared in either The Kings County Record, Sussex, The Times & Transcript, Moncton, or both New Brunswick newspapers.

2009

Posted:  end of December 2009, MONCTON and SUSSEX
QUERY: Seeking names and information on Newfoundland War brides (http://www.nlwarbrides.ca). It is estimated more than 800 women left their homes in Europe to join their military husbands in Newfoundland. Many stayed, some returned to their homeland and others moved to Canada. Contact daughter of war-bride Mary Fletcher Sheppard: Jackie S. Alcock, 63 Atlantic Ave., Corner Brook, NL, A2H 6N7; email: info@nlwarbrides.ca

Posted: December 15, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; SUSSEX; December 19, 2009, AMHERST and MONCTON
QUERY #2: When did Archibald C. (Clarke?) Alexander die? Archibald (born 1861, St. Stephen, NB) was the son of Hannah Getchell (1838-1872) and James Joseph Alexander (born 1834). In 1886 at Parrsboro, NS, he married Rebecca Ann (Jane) Yorke (died September 1, 1901, Parrsboro; daughter of Sarah Mariah (who married Archibald’s father) and William Yorke). Last record of Archibald was Windsor, NS in 1908. Contact: Elizabeth Severin, 11 Cardinal Terrace, Quispamsis NB, E2E 1M8; phone: 506-849-3502; email: wseverin@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: December 8, 2009, SUSSEX & LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; December 12, 2009, MONCTON & AMHERST
QUERY #1: When and where did James Joseph Alexander die? Was it between 1915 and 1917 in California? James (born 1834, St. Stephen) was the son of Ann McAuley (1796 - June 1, 1869) and Hugh Alexander (1795 - February 23, 1848) who came from Ireland in 1823 and settled in St. Stephen, NB. James first married Hannah Getchell (September 1838 - June 26, 1872, St. Stephen) on June 26, 1858. He second married Sarah Mariah Yorke on October 21, 1880 at Parrsboro, NS. Contact: Elizabeth Severin, 11 Cardinal Terrace, Quispamsis NB, E2E 1M8; phone: 506-849-3502; email: wseverin@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: December 1, 2009, SUSSEX; December 5, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Henry Lord who married Margaret Spragg (born 1794) on August 12, 1818, Saint John, NB. Did they have children? Any information is appreciated. Willing to share what I have gathered. Contact: Beryl Morrill, 4057 S. Laredo Way, West Valley City, UT 84120 USA; email: berylgm@gmail.com

Posted: November 24, 2009, SUSSEX, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; November 28, 2009, MONCTON, AMHERST
QUERY: When and where was Richard Bartlett Taylor born? Richard may be the son of Margaret Bartlett and James Taylor. Can anyone confirm or disprove this? Richard married Amelia Flewelling (born 1788, possibly in New Brunswick). Contact: Beryl Morrill, 4057 S. Laredo Way, West Valley City, UT 84120 USA; email: berylgm@gmail.com

Posted: November 17, 2009, SUSSEX; November 21, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Ellen Outhouse (born 1843, Sackville, NB, daughter of Elizabeth Brundage and Benjamin Outhouse) married William McQuinn (son of Mary McCormick and James McQuin of Sackville). They had a son, Walter McQuinn in 1869. Ellen left her husband and was found in the 1871 Census living with Mrs. Elizabeth Tingley, a widow. Was she Ellen's grandmother? What became of Ellen and Walter McQuinn (McQueen) after 1871? Did she remarry? Contact: Judy McQuinn, 7 Camrose Crescent, Moncton, NB, E1C 9W4; email: judymc@nbnet.nb.ca.

Posted: November 10, 2009, SUSSEX; LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; November 14, 2009, MONCTON & AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Fred Lloyd MacInnes, born November 3, 1902, Sydney, NS, son of John MacInnes and wife (nee Hebert). Fred’s brother, Charles, was a conductor on Canadian National out of Moncton, NB. Would like any information on the family. Contact: Fred A. Drew, 83 Tamarack Terrace, Moncton, NB, E1A 5R1; email: fdrew@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: October 27, 2009, SUSSEX; October 31, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking obituary and gravestone photograph for Charles Pitman Foshay (July 27, 1891 - May 2, 1892) who is buried in the Church of the Ascension (near the Anglican Church) in the village of Apohaqui, NB. Contact: Bill Forshay, 406 Bertetti Drive, San Antonio, TX 78227-3803 USA; email: billforshay@yahoo.com

Posted: October 20, 2009, SUSSEX and LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; October 24, 2009, AMHERST and MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Aldana Patterson’s siblings, parents and grandparents? Aldana was born October 22, 1869 at River Hebert, NS. She married John Hourihan in August 8, 1894 at Sussex, NB. Contact Aldana’s granddaughter: Aldene Hourihan, email: aldenehourihan@rogers.com

Posted: October 13, 2009, SUSSEX; October 17, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Cochrane Hammond, born Donegal, Ireland. Cochrane emigrated to Canada about 1880. In 1881, he served with the Toronto Police Force. In 1891, he was a gelignite (a mixture of nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, potassium nitrate and wood pulp, used as an explosive) maker. It is believed he moved to New Brunswick. Contact: Muriel Sherlock, Churchill, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland; email: muriel.sherlock@iolfree.ie

Posted: October 6, 2009, SUSSEX; October 10, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Annie Crossman (1867-1942) of Bayfield, NB. Annie first married Charles Gallant in 1883 and second married Norman McRae in 1905. Seeking information on the children produced from these marriages. Contact: Bonny Pond, 19 rue du Pont, Grand-Barachois, NB,  E4P 9C4; email: bpond@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: September 15, 2009, SUSSEX and LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 19, 2009, AMHERST and MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Aldana Patterson and her fourteen children. Aldana, daughter of Mary S. McQuarter and Joseph Patterson, was born October 22, 1869. She married John Hourihan of Sussex, NB area on August 8, 1894 at St. Francis Xavier Church, Sussex. Contact Aldana’s granddaughter: Aldene Hourihan-Gionet, 98 Stewart Ave., Sussex, NB, E4E 2E8; phone: 506-432-6784; email: aldenehourihan@rogers.com

Posted: September 1, 2009, SUSSEX; September 5, 2009, MONCTON; September 1, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; September 5, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Thomas Cook who was born at Richibucto, NB. Thomas settled at Watt Section, Halifax County, NS where he and his wife had at least three children: Leslie Lloyd Cook (born October 16, 1902), Eldora and Earl. Contact Leslie’s daughter: Christine Duchesne, email: chrisgwd@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: August 18, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER and SUSSEX; August 22, 2009, MONCTON; August 29, AMHERST
QUERY: Is there a connection between Rychert Dunham’s (born 1294, Devonshire, England) family in New Brunswick and Constant Dunham’s (born 1760) family in Nova Scotia? Contact: Bill Whitney, 86 Hayhoe Ave., Woodbridge, ON, L4L 1S4; email: w.whitney@sympatico.ca
(NOTE: 1294 is correct. Rychert was born in 1294 in Devonshire, England.)
A condensed line -
Rycherty 1294 m. Unk.
Robert 1318 m. Unk.
Robert 1348 m. Unk
Gregoire m. Elizabeth Maryuge
Robert 1430 m. Margaret Stafford
Sir John 1450-1524 m. Elizabeth Bowett 1434-1501
Sir John 1474-1502 m. Jean Thorland 1478

Posted: August 4, 2009, SUSSEX; August 8, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on the descendants of William Sharp Ritchie and Victoria Johanna Avery of Moncton, NB. They had four sons: John William, William, James Richard and Frederick Avery; two daughters: Eda (Ada) and Eleanor Francis May Ritchie. Their births ranged from 1866 to 1881 from Moncton to Saint John, Kansas and back to Moncton. Contact: Katherine Dubin, 9886 - 156th Street, Surrey, BC, V3R 4L3; owlshoot@uniserve.com

Posted: July 28, 2009, SUSSEX; August 1, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Who did Margat Corly marry? When and where did she die? In the 1881 Canada Census, she appears as a widow living in Queens, Saint John, NB. Did she have a nephew, Bernard, who was born in Philadelphia, USA? Contact Bernard’s great-granddaughter: Maryann McCourt, PO Box 15336, Brooksville, FL 34604 USA; email: mmc@mainstayinc.com

Posted: July 21, 2009, SUSSEX; July 25, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Researching descendants of Jane Marie Brown (born May 30, 1864, daughter of Rosanna Cassidy and James Scott Brown) who married David Kerr on May 26, 1880. Also seeking descendants of Emma (or Amy) Brown and her husband, Mr. Campbell of Salt Springs, NB. According to Emma’s father’s obituary, dated March 3, 1919, Norton, NB, her parents were James Scott Brown and Rosanna Cassidy (born November 12, 1832, Ireland, daughter of Jane Corr and James Cassidy). Contact: LaVonne Laughy Geesey, 13041 N. Ajo Lilly Place, Marana, Az. 85658; email: gdavid1336@msn.com

Posted: July 14, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; July 16, 2009, CORNER BROOK; July 18, 2009, MONCTON; July 25, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on the death of John Kidder who died in 1887. It was reported that he ‘loved the sea’ and ‘drowned at sea’. John was in his 50s when he died. His death could have happened anywhere in the world and might have been reported in a local newspaper. Contact: Betty Fredericks, PO, Box 84, No. Billerica, MA, 01862 USA; email: bbffrrpp@comcast.net

Posted: July 7, 2009, SUSSEX; July 11, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Who was Jane Belyea, born about 1836? Jane married Samuel Flewwelling Fowler on April 1, 1867 in Springfield Parish, Kings County, NB. One of the witnesses was Joseph B. Belyea. Jane died between 1874 and 1877, age and place unknown. Contact: Diane McLeod, 657 Brentwood Avenue, Kamloops, BC, V2B 1P4; email: mcleo01@shaw.ca

Posted: June 2, 2009, SUSSEX; June 3, 2009, SUMMERSIDE; June 6, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on George W. Matthews (July 10, 1828, Summerside, PEI - July 15, 1903, Yahk, BC) and his wife, Anna Wriley (November 12, 1834, Canaan Station, Westmorland, NB - December 31, 1909, Moncton, NB). Contact descendant: Warren Bridges, Jr., 23 Jay Road, South Weymouth, MA 02190 USA; email: lhk332@comcast.net

Posted: May 26, 2009, SUSSEX; May 30, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on descendants of Edward Joseph Matthew (September 27, 1861, NB) who married Annie (Margaret Ann) Price (September 12,1866, NB) on October 21, 1882, Moncton, NB. Researcher lost touch with family in 1970 when his father, Warren Bridges, Sr., died. Contact: Warren Bridges, Jr., 23 Jay Road, South Weymouth, MA 02190 USA; email: lhk332@comcast.net (who plans to visit June 2009)

Posted: May 19, 2009, SUSSEX; May 23, 2009, MONCTON; May 30, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Who was William H. Dunham’s father? William (1798, Campobello, NB - 1867, buried in St. George, NB), a sea captain, married Sarah Langmaid of Deer Island, NB. They first lived on Deer Island. Was his father Asher Dunham (1744, Woodbridge, New Jersey - died Parrsboro, NS) who married Susanna or Seth Dunham? Contact: George ‘Tom’ Dunham Jr., 208 N Hawthorne Ave., Langhorne, PA 19047 USA; email: tomdunham@msn.com

Posted: May 5, 2009, SUSSEX; May 9, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Alfred Ball (1823-1857, buried Bayview Cemetery) of Springfield, Kings County, NB. Where was Alfred born and who did he marry? Jane? If so, what was her maiden name? What is his relationship to John and Hannah Smith of Orange Street, Saint John, NB? Contact: Sara Daino, 3 Morrisfield Pass, Colts Neck, NJ  07722  USA; email: sara5d@optonline.net

Posted: April 28, 2009, SUSSEX; May 2, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Looking to purchase a copy of “Village of Fire, A History of Petitcodiac” by Robert & Marry Hibbert, published 1996 to add to my Family Tree research project. Contact: Carl Hustins, 1210 St. Moritz Court, Ottawa, ON, K1C 2B3; email: carlhustins6330@comcast.net

Posted: April 21, 2009, SUSSEX; April 25, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on the VonHatten and LaFrance families of Newcastle, NB, particularly, Magadeline VonHatten and Francis (Frank) LaFrance, and Helena Magdelina VonHatten and Albert LaFrance. Is John LeFrance, born July 28, 1898, the son of Helena and Albert? Seeking information on Catherine Mary LaFrance, born September 17 in 1907 or 1908 at Newcastle. Contact: Margaret Scott-Benvenuto, 426 Wall St. Kincardine, ON, N2Z 2G9; email: margdean@bmts.com

Posted: April 14, 2009, SUSSEX; April 18, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on James Kitchen (Kitchin; born 1853, Prince William, NB), son of Catherine Campbell and Samual Kitchen. James married Margaret McCormack, who died in 1883. He married again to Sarah Ann Barry about 1885. Where did they live? When did James die and where was he buried? Contact: Carol Kitchen: rmckeown@cogeco.ca

Posted: April 7, 2009, SUSSEX; April 11, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: What became of William Henry Vanwart? William (born October 17, 1851) and his wife, Agnes, adopted James Arthur (Nice) in 1893 at Kingston, NB. The family was found in the 1901 Canada Census, but not in the 1911 Census, nor the 1910 US Census. Contact: Carol Norman, 6643 Lennox Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91405, USA or cgnorm@earthlink.net

Posted: March 17, 2009, SUSSEX; March 21, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY #1: Nova Scotia railway historian Jay Underwood of Elmsdale is seeking photos of the following men to illustrate an upcoming book: Samuel Trider (1848-1902), locomotive engineer, Three Mile Plains and Truro, NS/Moncton, NB, and David Nelson Copeland (1863-1958), locomotive engineer, Newcastle NB/Halifax and Truro, NS. Contact: Jay Underwood, 16 Brook Court Unit A, Elmsdale, NS, B2S 1J8; email: jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: March 10, 2009, SUSSEX; March 14, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Hannah (Johannah) Kennedy (born in NB) who married Michael (or Thomas) McElroy who immigrated to NB from Ireland. The couple lived at Picadilly. Who were their parents and were they granted the land they lived upon? Contact their great-granddaughter: Elizabeth M. Foster, 201 Front St. Scituate, MA 02066 USA; email: lzbthfstr@yahoo.com

Posted: March 3, 2009, SUSSEX; March 7, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on the Loyalist families Towshend (Townsend), Peters and Yeamans (Yeomans). These families left New York State, USA in the 1700s and settled in New Brunswick. Contact their descendant: Dee Peters, PO Box 1538, Lakeside, AZ 85929 USA; email: hanne@frontiernet.net

Posted: February 24, 2009, SUSSEX; February 28, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Was Robert Reardon the son of Patrick Reardon listed in Sussex, Kings County in the 1851Census and in PANB (MC80/1397) early residents. Patrick died in Sussex at the age of 82 years. Did he have a will? Contact: Patricia Reardon Gault, PO Box 55254, Phoenix, AZ 85078 USA, e-mail: pgault@cox.net

Posted: February 17, 2009, SUSSEX; February 21, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking photo and details of John Pickavant Rogers who died at Moncton, NB. He had been an employee in the Moncton offices of the Intercolonial Railway. He will be subject of new book on railway men. Contact: Jay Underwood, 16 Brook Court, Unit A, Elmsdale, NS, B2S 1J8; email: jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca

POSTED: February 10, 2009, SUSSEX; February 14, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Camillia Garrett, daughter of Jane Beebe and Charles Garrett, Northumberland Co., NB. Camillia married locomotive engineer David Nelson Copeland about 1890. They moved to the USA, probably Ohio, about 1903. Contact: Jay Underwood, 16 Brook Court, Unit A, Elmsdale, NS, B2S 1J8; email: jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: February 3, 2009, SUSSEX; February 7, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Did Melvin Doucette ever exist? Is so, did he marry Mildred Gee and did they live in Saint John, NB in 1917 where a daughter was born? Did they give this daughter up for adoption? Was Melvin born in New Brunswick? Contact Melvin’s potential grandchild: R. Hargrave, 263 - 4819C - 48th Ave., Red Deer, AB, T4N 3T2; email: rghargrave@hotmail.com

Posted: January 27, 2009, SUSSEX; January 31, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Mary L. McLean’s parents? Mary (born between 1813 and 1815, NS or NB), married Eli Cook (of Dixmont, Maine) on September 8, 1831 at Woodstock, York County, NB. They lived in Canada than moved to Frankfort, Maine. Eli died at Belfast, Maine, age 102. Mary died August 13, 1851,  age 38, and was buried at Winterport, Maine. Contact: Mrs. Elvera Pardi, 174 Lower Street, Turner, ME 04282 USA; email: efpardi@megalink.net

Posted: January 13, 2009, SUSSEX; January 17, 2009, MONCTON 
SUSSEX: Seeking information on Elizabeth (born March 1820, Rexton, NB, daughter of Elizabeth Stuart and Randle McDonald) and Thomas Butler. The couple lived at St. Andrew’s after 1852 and had the following children: Michael (born 1852, married Agnes Wilson in Saint John), Ellen (born 1860) and Rebecca (born 1864). Contact: Annette Tweedie, 75 Century Drive, Moncton, NB, E1E 2X8; email: tweeded@nbnet.nb.ca

2008

Posted: December 30, 2008, SUSSEX; December 31, 2008, SUMMERSIDE; January 3, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Edward Mountain (born 1797) married Catherine Brander (born March 9 1807) about 1828. Their daughter, Charlotte (born October 15, 1838), married David Johnson (of Long River, PEI area) in 1864 in Westmorland, NB. Edward and Catherine lived at Lot 4, Hills River. Seeking family stories, photos or people to share their genealogy. Contact: C. F. Moore, 135 Penrose Street, Sarnia, ON, N7T 4T9; phone: 1-519-344-1745; email: Cal_moore@sympatico.ca

Posted: December 16, 2008, SUSSEX; December 20, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were George Hubbard’s parents and siblings? George (born 1768, Maine or Massachusetts) arrived in New Brunswick about 1789 to work in the masting business (possibly with Daniel Estey). He married Jane Rogers (daughter of Anthony Rogers) on October 10, 1793. They had two sons, Joseph (1794 - 1851) and George (born 1799). George died in 1800 (age 32) and was buried at Wilson’s Point (the Enclosure). Contact descendant: Judy Ann Russell, 396 Skyline Avenue, Miramichi, NB, E1V 1B2; email: jarussell@rogers.com

Posted: December 9, 2008, SUSSEX; December 13, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Elizabeth (born March 1820, Rexton, NB, daughter of Elizabeth and Randle Stuart) and Thomas Butler. The couple lived at St. Andrew’s after 1852 and had the following children: Michael (born 1852, married Agnes Wilson in Saint John), Ellen (born 1860) and Rebecca (born 1864). Contact: Annette Tweedie, 75 Century Drive, Moncton, NB, E1E 2X8; email: tweeded@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: December 2, 2008, SUSSEX; December 6, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Looking for a picture of Edna Northrup in the 1909 graduation picture of the New Brunswick Normal School in Fredericton. Contact Edna’s granddaughter: Beth McGaghey, 273 Gondola Point Road, Rothesay, NB,  E2E 1Z9; email: mcgaghey@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: November 18, 2008, SUSSEX, November 22, 2002, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Joseph H. Williams, born April 19, 1850 in Kings County, NB, and his family. A Methodist, Joseph married Jane Bartlett of Kings County. They had at least one child, Talbert Medley, born October 4, 1878 at Saint John. Contact: Steve Williams, 187 Marshall Street, Winsted, CT 06098 USA; email: swilliams7739@sbcglobal.net

Posted: November 15, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking mature instructor knowledgeable in researching family roots to teach a 'learning for the love of it' genealogy course at the Tantramar Seniors College, a non-profit organization dedicated to affordable learning for seniors in a social environment. Courses typically run two hours a week for 6 to 8 weeks. Enjoy working with seniors an asset. Contact: Jeff Deloughery, phone: 862-1082; email: jldel@rogers.com

Posted: November 1, 2008, MONCTON; November 4, 2008, SUSSEX
QUERY: Searching for photographs of Isaac Prall Price and his wife, Mary Ann Mackenzie, and George Hiram Graves and his wife, Mary Ann Robinson. The couples are from Kings and Albert Counties. Also looking for someone researching the Cripps family. Contact the couples’ great great-grandson: George Price, 3002 Aelksun Place, Comox, BC, V9M 4G7; email: neheyaw4@shaw.ca

Posted: October 14, 2008, SUSSEX; October 25, 2008, MONCTON; October 15, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Origine Belliveau and Bernard Sullivan (born Rogersville, NB). Togther, they had three daughters. Also seeking information on Bernard’s sister, Jeanetta, who married Lionel Gaudet of Moncton. Was Origine born in PEI? Contact Bernard’s niece: Lawrence Sullivan, 17 Westfall Drive, Okotoks AB, T1S 1V7; email: sullivl@telus.net

Posted: October 7, 2008, SUSSEX; October 18, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking evidence to support information found on Thomas William Malley who was born January 17, 1870 at Fylde, Lancashire, England. Thomas married and then divorced about 1896. He left for Canada about a year later, possibly going to New Brunswick. He married Agness (born 1875 of NB). They went to Vancouver where he died in 1940. Contact Thomas’ granddaughter: Joan Johnson, email: joan.johnson1@tesco.net or contact Diana Lynn Tibert: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: October 14, 2008, SUSSEX; October 25, 2008, MONCTON; October 15, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Origine Belliveau and Bernard Sullivan (born Rogersville, NB). Togther, they had three daughters. Also seeking information on Bernard’s sister, Jeanetta, who married Lionel Gaudet of Moncton. Was Origine born in PEI? Contact Bernard’s niece: Lawrence Sullivan, 17 Westfall Drive, Okotoks AB, T1S 1V7; email: sullivl@telus.net

Posted: September 30, 2008, SUSSEX; October 4, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Margaret Callahan McGonnigle, a widow who arrived at St. John, NB from Ireland about 1855. She was accompanied by several children and gave birth to Mary McGonnigle on January 15, 1856 at St. John. Contact: Mary W. Pullara, 2014 Sheffield Court, Oldsmar, FL 34677 USA; email: mary.pullara@baycare.org

Posted: September 23, 2008, SUSSEX; September 24, 2008, SUMMERSIDE; September 27, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Was Charles Edward McArthur born in PEI? If so, where? Or was he born in Scotland? Born in 1821, Charles died on July 22, 1896 at Eel River Lake, York County, NB. Contact Charles’ great-granddaughter: Anne Mountifield, Box 977, Vanderhoof, BC,V0J 3A0; email: jinx29@telus.net

Posted: September 16, 2008, SUSSEX; September 20, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Arthur Hunt, the son of Emily Mary and George Hunt of Balmoral, NB. Was Arthur the Hunt lad who drowned with Mr. Day in Balmoral Lake while fishing as reported in the Daily Telegram, St. John on July 27, 1881? Emily and George arrived from England in 1872 with three children. Contact descendant: Gloria Dean, 1285 Pinehurst Avenue, Oshawa, ON L1H 8J8; phone: 905-436-1576; email: platinum46@hotmail.com

Posted: September 9, 2008, SUSSEX; September 13, 2008, MONCTON
Query: Seeking researchers (or descendants) of Leonie Leblanc (Lena, 1910 - 1998) and Harry Murray (1916 - 1972) of Moncton (Parkton). Together, they had one son, James Paul (Jimmie, 1947 - August 20, 1969, construction accident, Moncton). Contact: Richard Murray, 108 West Mary Street, Picton, ON, K0K 2T0; email: richardmurray@persona.ca

Posted: September 2, 2008, SUSSEX; September 6, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on James Merrill who was supposably born in New Brunswick in c.1794. He married Anne who was born in c.1804 in NB. What was her maiden name? They lived at Milltown, Washington County, ME by 1830. Did they marry there? When did they die? Where were they buried? Contact: Jim Roaix, 605 W Shawnee St., Tahlequah OK 74464 USA; email: jerx@sbcglobal.net

Posted: August 26, 2008, SUSSEX; August 30, 2008, MONCTON; August 30, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Searching for my father, Howard Colpitts, born February 29, 1896, Moncton, NB. Howard, the son of Howard J. and Angeline (nee Blakney) Colpitts, married Edith Weatherbee on October 27, 1915 at Amherst, NS. In 1924, Howard moved to Massachusetts. He left the family in 1937. He may have changed his surname. Contact: Don Colpitts, 129 Timson St., Lynn, MA 01902 USA; phone: 781-598-0333; email: doncolpitts@comcast.net

Posted: SUSSEX, August 19, 2008; MONCTON, August 23, 2008
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary Jane McGurgian and Patrick Breen. The couple had a large family in King’s County, NB in the late 1800's. Contact their great great-grandson: John Breen; email: jbreenm@comcast.net

Posted: August 12, 2008, SUSSEX; August 16, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on the death of five-day-old Marie-Philomene LeBlanc. Marie was the first child of Virginia Bastarache and Lucas LeBlanc and was born on February 17, 1904. Also in 1904, Lucas passed away at the age of 28. How did he die? Contact: Marie-Pauline Lamarche, PO Box 204, Sea Cliff, NY 11579 USA; phone: 516-801-4630; email: acadiancanadian@optonline.net

Posted: August 5, 2008, SUSSEX; August 9, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on  Benjamin Chase (born c.1879) who married Mary ‘Ann’ Fowler  (born c.1821) of Sackville Parish. Did Benjamin have a first wife? Who were Ann’s parents and siblings? Was Ann’s brother Alexander Fowler who married Elizabeth Throop in 1853? Contact: Dale Hall, 139 Colborne St., Stn. ASq., Elora, ON, N0B 1S0; email: dale.hall@sympatico.ca

Posted: July 29, 2008, SUSSEX; August 2, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking burial location of George Laverty (1782 - July 1866) and wife, Elizabeth Brown (died c.1851). It is suspected they came from County Armagh, Ireland in 1816 and settled at Maugerville, NB and later in the Woodstock (Debec) area. The Presbyterian couple may have been buried in Carleton County or Sunbury County, together or separately. Contact great great-grandson (website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ed1009/ ): Edward Costello, 1009 Blenheim Dr., Raleigh, NC 27612 USA; email: costello13@juno.com

Posted: July 22, 2008, SUSSEX; July 26, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking tombstone photographs for the graves of John Yeamans Sr., and his son, John Yeamans Jr. Both are buried in the old Loyalist cemetery, Sypher Cemetery, Canning Parish, Queens County, NB. John Sr. was elected to the First General Assembly in 1785. He was 89 when he died. John Jr. drowned in Sypher Lake. Contact 4th great-granddaughter of John Sr.: Dee Lutz, PO Box 1538, Lakeside, AZ 85929 USA; email: hanne@frontiernet.net

Posted: July 15, 2008, SUSSEX; July 19, 2008, MONCTON; July 26, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on the births of Hannah Goudey and William Jenkins’ children (including twins John and Griffith) at Carleton, NB between 1818 and 1827. William (born April 1781, Sissaboo, NS) operated a Ship Wright business with his brother Robert. Later, the family lived at Beaver River (near Yarmouth), NS. Contact John’s great-grandson: Ed Jenkins: Ejenkins876@aol.com

Posted: July 8, 2008, SUSSEX; July 12, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on the Fredericton Smith family, Samuel Smith Jr. and his parents, Elizabeth (July 9, 1729 - August 16, 1796) and Samuel Smith (1732 - 1764) of Dunbarton, NH, USA. Samuel Jr. married Hannah Olive Tapley. Samuel Jr.’s sibling, Andrew (born 1756), married Tracy Abigail and died in 1842 at Rusagonis, Sunbury, NB. Contact: Mark Smith, 63 Kenneth St,, Beaver Dam, NB, E3B 8B3; email: rmsmith@nb.sympatico.ca; website: http://ftonsmiths.tribalpages.com/

Posted: July 1, 2008, SUSSEX; July 5, MONCTON; July 5, AMHERST 
QUERY: Heritage Day, Hatfield Point Baptist Church Auditorium, Hatfield Point, NB: August 23, 2008: Hosted by the Kings County Historical & Archival Society. Events including a genealogy fair (2:00 pm), old-fashioned games (3:00 pm), pot-luck supper (5:00 pm) and ghost walk of Loyalist families in Bayview Cemetery (6:00 pm). A Loyalist exhibit will be on display. For more information, contact the Kings County Museum at kingscm@nbnet.nb.ca or Nancy Meech; phone: 506-832-7244; email: wacmeech@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: June 17, 2008, SUSSEX; June 21, 2008, MONCTON 
QUERY: When and where was Margaret Morrison born? Who were her parents? Margaret gave birth to Ross Morrison, who was adopted by Mary Mahoney (daughter of Mary Cronin and Jeremiah Mahoney) and Andrew Green (son of Sarah Quinlan and Patrick Green) in 1923. Contact Ross’ daughter: Mary Rae Lambert, 102 Gallant Lane, Box 683, Tignish, PEI, C0B 2B0; email: maryraelambert@hotmail.com

Posted: June 10, 2008, SUSSEX; June 14, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY #1: Seeking information on the couple Sarah Quinlan and Patrick Green who married in 1851 in St. Malachy’s Church, Saint John, NB. They had seven sons, including Andrew, and two daughters. By 1873, they lived at Kingshurst, Rothesay. Where in Ireland did Patrick originate? Contact Andrew’s granddaughter: Mary Rae Lambert, 102 Gallant Lane, Box 683, Tignish, PEI, C0B 2B0; email: maryraelambert@hotmail.com

Posted: June 3, 2008, SUSSEX; June 7, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Joseph Hunter’s parents? Where did they originate? Joseph landed in New Brunswick in October 1786 onboard the Apollo as a Loyalist from the USA. He married Nancy Pettigrove of Calais, Maine, USA in 1796. Is he related to Arnie Krause? How? Contact: Ray Hunter, 510 West Uncas Road, Port Townsend, WA 98368 USA; email: starrover@olympus.net

Posted: May 27, 2008, SUSSEX; May 31, 2008, MONCTON; June 4, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeing information on Irene Elizabeth Mcauley, daughter of Alberta King (of Prince Edward Island) and Caleb Zwicker (of New Brunswick). Irene was born on March 18, 1908 at Watertown, Massachusetts, USA. When and where did she die? Contact Irene’s granddaughter: Renee Earnest, 17 Macarthur Drive, Millbury, MA 01527 USA; email: renrae222@charter.net

Posted: May 20, 2008, SUSSEX; May 24, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Where is Appauline (Apauline, Appouline or Pauline) Hebert buried and what was her maiden name? Appauline, born about 1872, married Fidele Hebert and had eleven children. She died October 8, 1930 at Pokemouche, NB. Fiedel was buried in Upper Pokemouche. Contact: Alice Rodenhiser, 329 Bigelow St., Marlboro, MA 01752 USA; email: chasgayrodenhiser@comcast.net

Posted: May 13, 2008, SUSSEX; May 17, 2008, MONCTON; June 2008, BEDFORD & HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary Ann and James Farrell who married before 1860, probably at Dartmouth, NS. Together they had at least two children, Mary Ann Helena ‘Annie Helena’ (1860, Dartmouth - 1923, Saint John County, NB; married David Samuel Bezanson in 1877) and James P. (married Margaret Harker in 1881). Contact:  Laurie Caron, 141 Fifth Street, Toronto, ON, M8V 2Z5; email: lcaron0822@rogers.com

Posted: May 6, 2008, SUSSEX; May 10, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY for website: Who is Elida Snider’s parents? Elida, born March 2, 1831 in Kings County, NB, married George Forrester Ketchum of Lower Norton, Kings County on December 29, 1850. Their children were: Frances Ann, George William, Mary Elizabeth, Edward LeBaron, Blanche Elida Melvina, Charles Henry, Frank Forrester and Edith Seely. Elida died on October 14, 1889 at Lower Norton. Were her parents Harriet Cougle and Elias Snider or maybe Charlotte Cougle and Jacob Snider, all from Sussex. Contact: Sandra Keirstead Thorne, 57 Highland Drive, Hampton, NB, E5N 5C6; phone: 506-832-0604; email: rsthorne@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: April 29, 2008, SUSSEX; May 1, 2008, CORNER BROOK, NL; May 3, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Walter Carey (Carew) born in Newfoundland. Walter married Mary Miller. Their children (and spouses) were John (1817-1897, Mary Whelton), Peter (born 1824, Julie Ane), Michael (born 1826), Jane (born 1829, Daniel O’Neil), Johanne (born 1836) and others. Walter settled in New Brunswick, via Ireland, between 1822 and 1833. Contact: Judy Barry, 65 Lian St., Apt 109, Fredericton, NB, E3C 0C2; email: jabarry@rogers.ca      

Posted: April 22, 2008, SUSSEX; April 26, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Rhoda Ann Day’s parents? Rhoda was supposably born at Hartland, Brighton, Carleton, NB. She married Abraham Stockford, son of a Loyalist, in 1818. Contact Rhoda’s great great-grandson: Jim Roaix, 605 West Shawnee St., Tahlequah, OK 74464 USA; email: jerx@sbcglobal.net

Posted: April 15, 2008, SUSSEX; April 19, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were the parents of Matilda Sawyer (1807) and Charles Clark (1806)? Matilda and Charles were both born in New Brunswick. Their children were William H. (1831), Charles E. (1837), Douglas Mitchell (1839), James (1842), George R. (1845), Nancy Ann (1847). Contact: Maryruth Reilly, 33 Juniperwood Dr., Haverhill, MA 01832 USA; email: reils44@comcast.net

Posted: April 8, 2008, SUSSEX; April 12, 2008, MONCTON; April 12, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking descendants of Mary Charters and John Brown who settled at Fox Creek/Chartersville, NB in 1810. Their children (and spouses) were: John B. (Jane MacEachern), William Charters (Caroline MacEachern), Mary Ann (William Lutz); Rufus Milledge (Elizabeth Trites) and Smith. Brown Family Reunion at Wallace, NS, June 28-30, 2008. Contact: Debby Brown-Warren, 39 Lansdowne Court, Riverview NB, E1B 3E5; email: debbywarren@rogers.com; phone: (506) 386-1696.

Posted: April 1, 2008, SUSSEX; April 5, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were the parents of Charles Clark (1806) and Matilda Sawyer (1807), both born in New Brunswick. Their children were William H. (1831), Charles E. (1837), Douglas Mitchell (1839), James (1842), George R. (1845) and Nancy Ann (1847). Contact: Maryruth Reilly, 33 Juniperwood Dr., Haverhill, MA 01832 USA; email: reils44@comcast.net

Posted: March 25, 2008, SUSSEX; March 27, 2008, CORNER BROOK; March 29, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Selina Sparks (of St. John’s, NL, daughter of Thomas) and her husband, Richard Thomas West (arrived in NL from England in 1907). The couple went to Saint John, NB where they married on February 1, 1908. Daughter, Evelyn, was born 1910. They went to Maine in 1912.

Posted: March 18, 2008, SUSSEX; March 22, 2008, MONCTON  
QUERY: Seeking information on John Henry Reid, the son of Eliza (?) and William Reid (both born in Ireland). John  (December 12, 1873, Springfield/Hatfield’s Point area, NB - December 12, 1967) married Leah Ester Sprague in 1908 and had three children: William Peter, Elsie Martha and Calvin Blake. Contact Elsie’s daughter: Alberta Haslett, 253 McDoo Road, Springfield, NB, E5T 2K4; email: shapar@ipexinc.com

Posted: March 11, 2008, SUSSEX; March 15, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY #2: Where did you go, Patrick Collins of PEI? Nineteen-year-old Patrick was boarding with Edwin Atkinson, a miller, in McKee's Mills, Kent County, NB in 1861. Patrick had a land grant in Wellington Parish which he mortgaged to Patrick Desmond in 1866. Contact: George F. Sanborn Jr., 15 Leslie Crescent #9, Charlottetown, PE, C1C 1P7; email: SeorasOg@eastlink.ca

Posted: March 4, 2008, SUSSEX; March 8, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY #1: Where did you go, Peter Collins of PEI? Fourteen-year-old Peter was boarding with Edward Sherwood, a miller, in Wellington Parish, Kent County, NB in 1861. This is the last record found with Peter and the Sherwood family. Contact: George F. Sanborn Jr., 15 Leslie Crescent #9, Charlottetown, PE, C1C 1P7; email: SeorasOg@eastlink.ca

Posted: February 26, 2008, SUSSEX; March 1, 2008, MONCTON; March 1, 2008, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on David Harper Turner who worked for Rhodes and Curry of Amherst for about 20 years from the late 1800's until the early 1900's. What was David’s job at Rhodes and Curry? Contact David’s great-grandson: Stuart D. Ward, 13 Cunard St., Richibucto, NB, E4W 3Y3; email: sdward@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: February 19, 2008, SUSSEX; February 23, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Where did you go, Harry Stevenson? Harry, born in 1891 at Padiham, UK, arrived at St. John, NB on February 18, 1924 aboard the SS Marburm. He left behind his wife, Adelaide, and three children. It is believed he remained in St. John. Contact his granddaughter’s husband: David Harvey, 21 Villiers Street, Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire BB12 8RB, United Kingdom; email: david.harvey330@ntlworld.com

Posted: February 7, 2008, CORNER BROOK; February 16, 2008, AMHERST; February 12, 2008, SUSSEX; February 16, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Elsie Margaret Milley who was born in 1896 in Western Bay, NL. Elsie, daughter of John Milley, married George A. MacArthur. Their two children: George Reginald (KIA, 1944) and Veronica ‘Bonny’ (married Edwin (Edward) Grose). Elsie died in September 1956 at Amherst, NS. Contact: Linda C.  Bell, 764 Kitley Line 3, RR 2 Jasper, ON, KOG 1GO; email: BELLLcb@aol.com

Posted: February 5, 2008; SUSSEX; February 9, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Charles Howard Clark’s parents? Charles, born in the Millstream area of Studholm, NB in August 1806 or 1807, married Rachel Bonnell (Bunnell). Contact: Patricia Clarke, 62 Mariner Drive, Charlottetown, PEI, C1C 1M1; email; patricia_clarke@pei.sympatico.ca

Posted: January 29, 2008, SUSSEX; February 1, 2008, MONCTON; February 1, 2008, AMHERST, NS
QUERY: Seeking information on Elisha Clark(e) (1738 - 1784/5) who married Desire Gardiner in 1763 at Westerley, RI. Their children (and spouses) were: Abigail (Gideon Corey), Elisha (Catherine Slipp), Jabez (Rebecca Burney/Birney), Benjamin and Isaac. Family lived at Newport Landing, NS (1793) and Hampstead, NB (1785/6). Contact Anne Clark-Stewart UE, 100 Granite Court, Kanata, ON, K2M 0A3; email: leisurelodge@sympatico.ca

Posted: SUSSEX, January 22, 2008; MONCTON, January 26, 2008
QUERY: What happened to Eliza Jane Clarke Smith? In 1871, Eliza Clarke, age 9, lived with Margaret (nee Clark), her husband, James Linton (born 1801) and their daughter, Margaret (born 1835) at Westfield, NB. In 1881, Eliza Jane Smith lived with young Margaret and her husband, Sanford Smith at Lancaster, NB. Contact: M. Morrow, 4003 West 37th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6N 2W6; email: mmorrow@shaw.ca

Posted: January 15, 2008, SUSSEX; January 16, 2008, SUMMERSIDE; January 19, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Adeline Richard’s parents? Adeline, born October 1883, married Edouard Hashie (born 1883, Bouctouche, NB) at Tignish, PEI between 1884 and 1886. They lived at East Bideford. Contact Adeline’s great granddaughter: Marilyn McAnulty, 28 Reserve Rd, Halifax, NS, B3P 2B3; email: marilyntravels@hotmail.com


2007

Posted: December 24, 2007, SUSSEX; December 29, 2007, MONCTON; January 2, 2008; Summerside
QUERY: Who were Adeline Richard’s parents? Adeline, born October 1883, married Edouard Hashie (born 1883, Bouctouche, NB) in Tignish, PEI between 1884 and 1886. They lived at East Bideford. Contact Adeline’s great granddaughter: Marilyn McAnulty, 28 Reserve Rd, Halifax, NS, B3P 2B3; email: marilyntravels@hotmail.com

Posted: December 18, 2007, SUSSEX; December 20, 2007, CORNER BROOK; December 22, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Maud Matthews who was born June 30, 1889, at Burgeo, NL. She was the daughter of Deborah Caines and Hugh Matthews, married Mr. Power (Powers) and lived in New Brunswick. Their children were Muriel and Mannie. Contact: Pamela F. Elkas, 55 Vermont Ave., Cumberland, RI 02864 USA; email: Almagorra@aol.com

Posted: December 11, 2007, SUSSEX; December 15, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information and photographs for William Young Moore and family. William first married Mary Campbell. Their children were: Queenie, Gwendolyn and Ronald. He second married the widow Alice Ada Lenora Bulmer (nee Etter; children: Gordon, Charles, Mary and Roland) on March 7, 1923 at Moncton. Contact: Cal. Moore, 135 Penrose Street, Sarnia, ON, N7T 4T9; email: cal_moore@sympatico.ca

Posted: December 4. 2007, SUSSEX; December 8, 2007, MONCTON 
QUERY: Why did George Miller come to New Brunswick. George, born about 1790 in Upper Canada, arrived in NB in 1813 and immediately joined the NB Fencible. Contact: C. T. Hains, 3501 – 122 Ave, Edmonton, AB T5W 1P7; email: cthains@shaw.ca

Posted: November 27, 2007, SUSSEX; November December 1, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who are Catherine McGarrigle’s parents and siblings? Catherine (c.1819, Ireland - January 15, 1886, Quispamsis) married Andrew McCafferty (c.1820, Donegal, Ireland - September 7, 1880, Quispamsis) on July 10, 1846 in St. Malachy’s Roman Catholic Church, St. John, NB. Contact: Debra LeBlanc, 529 Lakeside Rd., Smithtown, NB, E5N 8A5; email: turtle99@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: November 20, 2007, SUSSEX; November 24, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Lee Donaldson (1850, Mactaquac -1934) who worked with the Canadian Pacific Railway for 40 years in McAdam. He did not marry. Who were Jesse Clark’s (1818 - 1892, York County, NB) parents? Jesse married Betsy Ann Clark. Contact: Beverley Clarkson, 1399 Ketch Harbour Rd., Halifax, NS; email: clarkson3@gmail.com

Posted: November 6, 2007, SUSSEX; November 10, 2007, MONCTON; AMHERST, November 10
QUERY: Who were Francis Dubee’s parents and where was he born? Francis (1832 - 1897) married Ellen Elizabeth Haley (March 1838 - 1918). They lived and were buried Millstream. Contact: Diane & Maurice Dubee, 32 Hunter Road, Orangeville, ON, L9W 5C6; email: ddubee@rogers.com

Posted: October 30, 2007, SUSSEX; November 3, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on the Bowes Family that arrived in the colonies in 1835. In the 1851 Census, the family lived in Northumberland County: Thomas (born 1802, Ireland), Lydia (nee Barnet, born 1812, England), Thomas (born 1839) and Sarah. Contact (direct descendant): David Bowes, 557 Minow Johnson Rd., Sanford, NC, USA; email: rdb11@alltel.net.

Posted October 23, 2007, SUSSEX; October 27, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Thomas William Roberts Peter's grandparents? Thomas, born May 12, 1828 at Wickham, NB, was the son of Hannah Townsend and Thomas Peters Sr. Contact: Dee Peters, PO Box 1538, Lakeside, AZ 85929 USA; email: hanne@frontiernet.net

Posted: October 16, 2007, SUSSEX; October 20, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on William Mason. Where was he born (1816, England?), when and where did he die and who were his parents and siblings? William, a farmer and realtor, lived in the Millstream area, Studholm Parish, Kings County, NB. He left the area about 1870 probably for Boston. Contact: Brian Mason 156 Foxfield Drive, Ottawa, ON, K2J 2T1; email: citemhtira@hotmail.com

Posted: October 9, 2007, SUSSEX; October 13, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Charles Dyer’s parents? Charles, born September 30, 1840 at St. John, NB, moved to the USA around 1841 and lived in New York State in 1860. The USA Census states his mother was Canadian and his father was French. Contact: Barbara Hanson, 910 Sheldon Drive, Metamora, IL 61548-9380 USA; email: hanson67@MTCO.com

Posted: October 2, 2007, SUSSEX; October 6, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information (including female lines) on Robbins family of Campobello, NB. James Robbins’ daughters may have married between 1810 and 1840 into Bennett, Keife and Nutter families. The NB Robbins family may have connections to Robbins family of Maine, USA. Contact: Janice Freeman, 5 Fullerton Ct, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538 USA; email: snibbor13@juno.com

Posted: September 25, 2007, SUSSEX; September 29, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Dr. Thomas MacDonald Reid who married Isabella MacKay in c.1764 in Cross Creek, Cumberland County, NC, USA. Thomas was a Loyalist from North Carolina and had a connection with Deer Island, NB. His son, David, returned to Deer Island to make a land claim. Contact: Sarah Harvestr, 70 eastside road, Oroville, WA 98844 USA; email: harvestr@amerion.com

Posted: September 18, 2007, SUSSEX; September 22, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Jesse Clarke’s parents? Jesse was born in 1818 at Springfield, York County, NB where he later became the first postmaster. He died December 16, 1892. Where is the old Clark Cemetery? Contact: Beverley Clarkson, 1399 Ketch Harbour Rd., Halifax, NS B3V 1L1; email: clarkson3@gmail.com

Posted: September 11, 2007, SUSSEX; September 15, 2007, MONCTON; September 16, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were William Russell’s parents and step-father? William, born c.1899 at Truro, NS, married Elizabeth Crew. He died in 1957 in Westmorland County, NB and was survived by half-sisters, Elsie (Mrs. Ernest Blair) and Mary  (Mrs George Blackburn) and half-brothers, Muir and Joseph Brown of Truro. Contact: Gerry Fullerton, 81 Surrey Hill Dr., Hillsborough, NB E4H 3C4; phone: (506) 734-2998; email: caroline@istar.ca

Posted: August 28, 2007, SUSSEX; September 1, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Sarah McLeod and William Wisdom who married on November 9, 1843. In 1837, both lived at St. John. Sarah kept house for her brothers, James and George McLeod. In 1842, she worked in a Millinery Shop at St. John. Contact: Kim Barlow, 1 Killarney Cr., Thorold, ON L2V 4C2; email: jennill@cogeco.ca

Posted: August 21, 2007, SUSSEX; August 25, 2007, MONCTON; August 29, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Who were Alexander Campbell’s parents? Were they Ann ‘Nancy’ McLean and Donald Campbell? Alexander was born in c.1811 at Cape Traverse, PEI and died in 1888, age 90, at Upper Cape, Botsford, NB (registered in Westmorland County, NB). He married Sarah Margaret McKay (probably born in NB). Their eldest son, Archibald, was born c.1846 in NB. Contact: Cal Moore, 135 Penrose Street, Sarnia, ON N7T 4T9; email: cal_moore@sympatico.ca
Death Notice: Chigecto Post of Sackville, April 26, 1888: 2374  d. At his residence Upper Cape, Botsford (West. Co.) morn. 16th inst., Alexander Campbell, ship  builder, 90th year. Deceased was born at Cape  Traverse, P.E.I. and settled here when quite young. He leaves three daughters. His remains were interred in the R.C. cemetery on Emigrant Road.  (in Melrose)

Posted: August 14, 2007, SUSSEX; August 18, 2007, MONCTON 
QUERY: When and where was George James Lee (Ley) born? George was the son of Mary Tobin and George Lee of Fredericton. He was born between 1829 and 1830, possibly baptized Roman Catholic. Contact: Lise Fournier Ausman, 241 Range Rd, Ottawa, ON K1N 8J7; email: liseausman@rogers.com.

Posted: August 7, 2007, SUSSEX; August 11, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were the parents and siblings of Mary Sullivan? Mary, daughter of John Sullivan (Roman Catholic), was born c.1860 in Ireland and died September 28, 1895 at Saint John. She married John William Walton (Church of England) who was born October 26, 1862. Contact: Debra LeBlanc, 529 Lakeside Rd., Smithtown, NB  E5N 8A5; email: turtle99@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: July 31, 2007, SUSSEX; August 4, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Saturday October 20, 2007 (9:00am - 4:30pm): Middlemore Home Reunion 2007, Bible Hill Junior High School, 741 College Road, Bible Hill, Truro, NS. Special speaker will be Dr. Patricia Roberts-Pichette of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa. For more information, contact Cecil Verge, Chair British Home Children and Descendants Association, phone: 902-681-6697; email: willowcb@auracom.com

Posted: July 24, 2007, SUSSEX; July 28, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on the family of James and Susannah (Burden) Brown of Queensbury, York County. They lived there around 1796. There children were Susannah, William, George, Dunphy, Thomas and James Burden Brown. Info to share. Contact: Heather Waddingham, 590 Chesham Place Kingston, ON  K7M 5T5; email: hwaddingham@yahoo.com

Posted: July 17, 2007, SUSSEX; July 21, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on the Foshay family of Lower Jemseg and Gagetown. They came to Canada as Loyalists. The family spread from there. Contact: Bill Forshay, 406 Bertetti Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78227-3803; email: billforshay@yahoo.com

Posted: July 10, 2007, SUSSEX; July 14, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were the parents and siblings of Israel West. Israel was born c.1802. As a resident of Kingsclear, NB, he married Joanna Manuel (January 1, 1811 - after 1880, Limestone, Aroostook, ME), a resident of Queensbury, NB on June 17, 1830. Contact: Donn Robinson, 146 Manning Drive, West Columbia, SC 29169 USA; email: drobinson41@sc.rr.com

Posted: July 3, 2007, SUSSEX; July 4, 2007, SUMMERSIDE; July 7, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Albert Judson Oliver’s parents? Were they Mary Copp and Elisha Oliver? Albert was born c.1844 in New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island. Contact: Frances Gibson, 41130 Fox Run Road, Apt 408, Novi, MI 48377-4811 USA; email: fragib@msn.com

Poste: June 19, 2007, SUSSEX; June 16, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on George James Wilkins. George, born April 12, 1891, Moncton, son of John and Bessie Wilkins, married Annie Anthony after 1910. Contact: Sharon Drew, Site 7, Comp. 8, RR 1 South Slocan, BC, VOG 2G0; email: Beaslydrews@netidea.com

Posted: June 12, 2007, SUSSEX; June 16, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Edward (or Edwin) A. Robinson who was born March 31, 1827. He died May 11, 1907 at Goshen or Elgin Parish, Albert County, NB. Census information is already known. Contact: James Robinson, email: robinson21@optusnet.com.au

Posted: June 5, 2007, SUSSEX; June 9, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: When did John Elward die and where was he buried? John, born 1882 or 1880 at Rexton, NB, married Agnes Robichaud in 1901 at Rexton. Agnes died in 1931 at Saint John. Contact John’s granddaughter, Violet Deschamps, 7 Pine Street, Howick, QC  J0S 1G0; email: deschampsv1957@videotron.ca

Posted: May 23, 2007, SUSSEX; May 26, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Where was James Matthews born and who were his parents? James (1806 - 1886, Alma, NB) married Elizabeth McFarland (McFarlane) and had a son, Joseph. He received a land grant at Alma in 1844. It stated he was from the Parish of Harvey, County of Westmoreland. Contact: Philip Matthews, 525 Sturtevant Hill Rd., Readfield, ME 04355 USA; email (subject: James Matthews of Alma): PMatth9878@aol.com

Posted: May 15, 2007, SUSSEX; May 19, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on William Mason who arrived from England in 1816. William lived in the Millstream area of New Brunswick before he moved to the United States in the late 1860's or early 1870's. Contact: B. R. Mason, 156 Foxfield Dr., Ottawa, ON  K2J 2T1; email: brian.mason@sympatico.ca

Posted: May 8, 2007, SUSSEX; May 12, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Elizabeth Ann Barnett’s parents? Elizabeth, born c.1811 at Glasgow, Scotland, emigrated to New Brunswick in 1812. She married Peter Jonah of Hillsborough, NB on November 18, 1830. Their children were Abigail, William, Rachel, Mary, David, Elizabeth, Susan, Amanda, Sarah, Dianah, and Abel. Contact: Judy McQuinn, 7 Camrose Crescent, Moncton, NB  E1C 9W4; email: judymc@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: May 1, 2007, SUSSEX; April 5, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Looking for descendants of Rohda Alice Watts and William John Cobbett. They and seven children emigrated from Woking, Surrey to New Brunswick in c.1910. Their children were Elsie, William, Nellie, Dorothy, Lilly, Bessie, Edith and Frank (1917 - 1991, Saint John). Contact: Margaret Piper,  8 Ashdale Ave., Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 1PL England; email: roger.piper@btinternet.com

Posted: April 21, 2007, MONCTON; April 24, 2007, SUSSEX; May 5, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were William Cochran parents? William was born c.1763 and died at Taylor Village, Westmorland County, NB after 1851. He married Margaret Wallace on February 17, 1785 at Horton, NS. They had three children in NS and six in NB. Contact: Lukas Huisman, 169, 53431 Range Road 221, Ardrossan, AB  T8E 2K8; email: yms@albertacom.com

Posted: April 10, 2007; SUSSEX; April 14, 2007, MONCTON; and later AMHERST
QUERY: Who did Eunice Trider marry? Eunice, born May 17, 1869 and daughter of Frances Gilbert and Charles Trider of Mapelton, Cumberland County, NS, apparently married while visiting her uncle, Amos Gilbert, in California in 1915. Eunice had two siblings, Charles and Ada (married Charles Gobson of Moncton). Contact: Ed Gilbert, 489 Prospect Rd., Parrsboro, NS  B0MIS0; email: etgilbert@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: April 7, 2007, MONCTON; April 17, 2007, SUSSEX
QUERY: Seeking information on William Charters Brown, born 1803 at Point du Bute, NB and died c.1895 at Fox Creek, NB, and his wife Caroline MacEachern, born 1811 at Dorchester.  Their children were: William W., Eliza, Leonard, John Hebert, Edward, Alfred, James, Abraham and Henry. Contact: Carolyn Mazerolle, 71 Llangollen Road, Moncton, NB  E1E 3W4; email: omazerolle@hotmail.com

Posted: March 24, 2007, MONCTON; March 27, 2007, SUSSEX
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary Wyer Humbert (1826 - 1888) of Saint John. Mary, daughter of Mary Wyer and Stephen Humbert (born 1766), married Stephen Edwin Gerow in 1846 and had at least seven children: Mary Elizabeth, James, William Blanchard, Ida, Katie, Stephen Humbert and Ella. Contact: Brenda Webster, 435 Chartersville Rd., Dieppe, NB E1A 5H1; phone: 506-852-4849; email: brendawebster@rogers.com

Posted: March 17, 2007, MONCTON; March 20, 2007, SUSSEX; March 17, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on James Fraser who was born June 9, 1835 in New Glasgow, NS. James moved to St. George, Charlotte County, NB in c.1860 and first married Margaret Maxwell, second married Elizabeth Hunter. In Elizabeth’s father’s will, James is listed as from Truro, NS. Contact: Launa Brenchley, 225 South 500 East, Hyrum, Utah  84319 USA; email: lbrenchley@msn.com

Posted: March 10, 2007, MONCTON; March 13, 2007, SUSSEX; March 14, BRIDGEWATER & LUNENBURG
QUERY: Who were Christopher Mailman’s parents? Christopher was born 1783, possibly at Lunenburg or Annapolis Valley, NS and married Catherine Beam (Boehm) in c.1808, at Saint John. He died January 4, 1858 and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Saint John. Contact: J. Galbraith, 95 Leighside Court, GrandBay-Westfield, NB E5K 1Z6; email: jzhudson@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: March 3, 2007, MONCTON; March 6, 2007, SUSSEX
QUERY: Seeking information on William Matchett. William was born 1800, in Cavan, Northern Ireland and died in North ESK, Miramichi on November 6, 1875. Information on his parents and siblings or pictures would be appreciated. Contact: Frank (Matchett) Springer: frankmatchettspringer@gmail.com

Posted: February 17, 2007, AMHERST; ___, HALIFAX; February 24, 2007, MONCTON; February 27, 2007, SUSSEX; February 22, 2007, NL
QUERY: Seeking information on Jane McGrifith (1775-1850). Jane married Henry Greene. They had a son, Hugh. At one time, they lived at Shubenacadie, NS. Interested in connecting with McGrifith researchers from NS, NB and NL. Contact: Nancy Greene, 114 Joffre Street, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3C9; email: courtney.nancy@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: February 17, 2007, MONCTON; February 20, 2007, SUSSEX
QUERY: Seeking information on Amelia Allen and William Alexander Casey of Westmorland. Amelia, born c.1812, and William, born c.1812, had the following children: Rebecca, David, Charles, Eliza, Mary Anne, Elizabeth Jane and Rosaline. Contact; Glenda Daken , 1097 Cove Rd , Oxford NS; email: glenda 4245@hotmail .com

Posted: February 10, 2007, MONCTON; February 13, 2007, SUSSEX
QUERY: Seeking information on Elizabeth Neales and her parents, Emma (born 1844) and Thomas (born 1845) of Woodstock, NB. Elizabeth, born August 16, 1879, married Douglas Chapman Haviland and was mother to Douglas Thomas Archibald Haviland. She died in the mid 1900's. Contact: James D. Haviland, BSc., NS Resources IT-CSU, 7041 Murdoch Ave., Halifax, NS B3L 2G6; phone: (902)424-8476; email: havilanj@gov.ns.ca

Posted: January 20, 2007, MONCTON; January 24, 2007, SUSSEX
QUERY: Seeking relatives of John Charles Leslie, born 1893 at Birmingham, England, son of Jane (nee Johnson) Leslie. John’s mother died and he was sent to Canada in May 1908 as a Home Child. He was placed on a farm near Sussex, NB. His siblings included Frank, Walter, Emily, Richard, Ellen, Thomas and Percy. Contact his daughter: Jean Porter, 537 Route 820, Baxters Corner, NB E2S 2J9.

Posted: January 6, 2007, MONCTON; January 9, 2007, SUSSEX
QUERY: Looking for Mary Chavarie, the daughter of Helen and Firmain Chavarie. Mary married Mr. Hopkins. Twenty years ago, they lived at Fredericton, NB. Mary and all Chavarie (Chevarie, Chavarys) relations are invited to the Chevarie (Chavarie) Family Reunion on July 1, 2007 at Saint Charles, Kent County, NB. Contact: Rita Chavarie, 379 Chemin Saint-Charles, Nord, Saint- Charles, NB E4W 4R8; phone: (506) 876-2716.

Posted: January 2, 2007, SUSSEX; December 30, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Looking for descendants of Hugh James MacKenzie (spouse Marion?) who died May 11, 1942, in Syphers Cove, NB. They also lived in Fredericton. In 1942, there was a son, David, and two grandchildren. Contact: Cathy MacKenzie, 103 Granite Cove Drive, Hubley, NS  B3Z 1A2; email: camack@eastlink.ca


2006

Posted: January 2, 2007, SUSSEX; December 30, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Looking for descendants of Hugh James MacKenzie (spouse Marion?) who died May 11, 1942, in Syphers Cove, NB. They also lived in Fredericton. In 1942, there was a son, David, and two grandchildren. Contact: Cathy MacKenzie, 103 Granite Cove Drive, Hubley, NS  B3Z 1A2; email: camack@eastlink.ca

Posted: December 19, 2006, SUSSEX; December 23, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Are Mary Jane (1832 - 1918, married Everett Peters) , Sarah Ann (1820 - 1900, married William Slip), Thomas W. (married Phebe Carpenter) and Joseph Ebbett (1823 - 1893, married Mary Ann Peters) siblings? Who were their parents and where they from Queens Co. and York Co., NB? Contact: George Shaw, 162 Bay St., Cobourg, ON  K9A 1P6; email: georgeterrence_shaw@hotmail.com

Posted: December 12, 2006, SUSSEX; December 16, 2006, MONCTON; December 13, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on Loyalist William Hargrove of the 104th Regiment. William, born 1780 at or near Worcester, Worcester Co., Virginia, USA, settled in York County, NB in 1783. He had two brothers, also soldiers, William (initially settled in Shelburne, NS then went to NB) and Benjamin. Contact: Susan Taylor, email: bstaylor@telus.net

Posted: December 2, 2006, MONCTON; December 6, 2006, SUSSEX
QUERY: Looking for someone researching the Guiou family. I have information to share on the life of Elty Guiou of Presque Isle, Maine. He married Kathryn Gibson. Contact: Joyce Wortman, 2636 Route 106, Boundary Creek, NB E1G 4M3; email: maljoy@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: November 30, 2006, SUSSEX; December 9, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Kossuth Bezanson who would have lived in Moncton in the late 1800's. Contact Dominic Blouin, 102 Alma, Moncton, NB E1C4Y6; email: blouindom@hotmail.com

Posted: November 21, 2006, SUSSEX; November 25, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Where is Elizabeth Brown and George Laverty buried? Their graves are located somewhere in the Woodstock area, Carlton County, NB. Both died around 1860. Contact: Ed Costello, 1009 Blenheim Dr., Raleigh NC 27612 USA; email: costello13@juno.com

Posted: November 14, 2006, SUSSEX; November 18, 2006, MONCTON; November 19, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who were the parents of Harvey Milton from Port Grenville, NS? A mate aboard the schooner Bessie G., Harvey was washed overboard and drowned when the ship ran ashore and wrecked at Goose Creek, east of Saint John, NB in January 1890. Contact: Gerry M.Fullerton; email: caroline@istar.ca

Posted: November 7, 2006, SUSSEX; November 11, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Looking for Private H. A. Gamblin and/or his family. A gentlemen who purchased a hand-made wooden box at a junk store in Hampton, NB would like to return it to its owner. Inscribed on it is: From Solider Son, October 12, 1942. G53586 Pt Gamblin, H. A., 66 Tank Transporter, S. 76B, Royal Canadian Army. Contact: Jay Underwood, 16 Brook Court Unit A, Elmsdale NS  B2S 1J8; email: jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: October 31, 2006, SUSSEX; November 4, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Rebecca, her family, siblings and parents. Is Rebecca’s surname Beck or Peck? She was born June 21, 1803 at Elgin, NB; married John Barchard on June 28, 1821. Contact: Gary Evans, 1747 River Rd., Weare, NH  03281 USA; email: diet1@comcast.net

Posted: October 24, 2006, SUSSEX; October 28, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Who is William J. Keating’s parents? William married Nellie (Ellen) Dinan (?) From Newcastle. He may have had a sister named Liza and a brother named Charles. William worked for CN for 49 years, retiring c.1938. Contact: Heather Wood, 1964 Route 107, Williamsburg NB  E6B 1X2; email: pettie@nb.sympatico.ca

Posted: October 17, 2006, SUSSEX; October 21, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking a copy of Village of Fire, A History of Petitcodia by Robert and Mary Hibbert, published 1996, 180 pages. If anyone has a copy they no longer want, I am willing to pay for it and the shipping costs. Contact: Carl Hustins, 1210 St. Moritz Ct., Ottawa, ON  K1C 2B3; phone: 613-824-9788; email: carl.hustins2@sympatico.ca

Posted: October 10, 2006, SUSSEX; October 14, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Christiana Jones, her family, siblings and parents. Christiana, born c.1806 at Hillsborough, NB, married Christian Steeves on July 26, 1827. Contact: Gary Evans, 1747 River Rd., Weare, NH  03281 USA; email: diet1@comcast.net

Posted: October 3, 2006, SUSSEX; October 7, 2006, MONCTON; October 4, 2006, Journal-Pioneer (Summerside, PEI)
QUERY: James R. McLean of Miramichi area (or Kent County) married Annie C. MacPherson of PEI in 1861 at Richibucto. They had three children before separating. Annie and the children returned to PEI. Annie and two children, Hugh M. and Marion, moved to Massachusetts between 1872 and 1875. Who is and what happened to the third child? Contact: George F. Sanborn Jr., 15 Leslie Crescent #9, Charlottetown, PE  C1C 1P7; or email: SeorasOg@eastlink.ca

Posted: September 26, 2006, SUSSEX; September 30, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Thomas Dwyer and Mary Moran and their family. They lived at Newcastle, Derby, and Nelson, Northumberland County, NB. Particularly interested in daughter Annie, born c.1855, who married Patrick O'Brien in 1884. Contact: William D Romanski, 16 Boulder Road, Hopkinton, RI 02833 USA; email: wdromanski@hotmail.com

Posted: September 12, 2006, SUSSEX; September 16, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: When did Howard Colpitts die and where is he buried? Howard was born February 29, 1896 at Moncton, NB. Contact his son: Don Colpitts, 129 Timson St., Lynn, MA  01902 USA; email: donaldcolpitts@webtv.net

Posted: September 5, 2006, SUSSEX; September 9, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Ann (Nancy?) Sinton, her family, siblings and parents. Ann, born 1778 at Cloverdale, NB; married Henry Steeves on September 22, 1800. Contact: Gary Evans, 1747 River Rd., Weare, NH  03281 USA; email: diet1@comcast.net

Posted: August 22, 2006, SUSSEX; August 26, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on Jane and Charles Murray who immigrated from Ireland to Canada, settling at New Ireland, Albert County in 1824. They had six children: James (married Sarah), John, William, Susan, Charles (married Margaret Crawford) and Andrew (married Margaret Jane Wright). Contact: Richard Murray, PO Box 1181, Picton, Ontario K0K 2T0; email: richardmurray@persona.ca

Posted: August 15, 2006, SUSSEX; August 19, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY:  Seeking information on Henry McKay, born New Brunswick 1856, son of John McKay, pilot and Mary Forsythe/Porsite. Henry settled in NSW Australia. He may have had a brother John who also settled in Australia. Contact: Maggie McNeill Grant, email: mlg27@optusnet.com.au

Posted: August 8, 2006, SUSSEX; August 12, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking others researching the Haines family. Corporal Joseph Haines was discharged at St. John in 1783 after serving seven years in H. M. first American Regiment. His great-grandson was Allen Haines of Richibucto, Kent County. Contact: Rose Staples, 1080 Route 605, Maple Ridge NB  E6E 1W6; email: roses@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: July 25, Kings County Record; July 29, 2006,Times & Transcript
QUERY: Seeking information on Ebenezer Cole’s grave on the land called Cole’s Point, Dorchester Cape, NB. Has the little family graveyard been preserved? Current pictures welcomed. Contact: Jeanne Sandford, 1840 Oakleaf Lane, Birmingham, Alabama 35215 USA; email: JPSANDFORD@aol.com

Posted: July 15, 2006, Times & Transcript; July 18, 2006, Kings County Record
QUERY: Seeking information on Alexander Love, born Donegal Co., Ireland in 1813; sailed to New York in 1830 with brother James; married Elizabeth Saunderson; found in 1881 Queensbury Parish Census; shoemaker; died May 9, 1893 at Mactaquac. Contact: Beverley Clarkson, 1399 Ketch Harbour Road, Sambro Head, NS  B3V 1L1; email: revived@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: June 27, 2006, Kings County Record; July 1, Times & Transcript
QUERY: Seeking descendants of David Harvey, son of Christine (born 1792) and James (born 1783) Harvey; born May 14, 1839, England; died February 9, 1889, Upham, NB; married Rachel Smith, daughter of Peter Bull (born 1619, England); born May 2, 1839; died April 23, 1917, Upham, NB. Contact: Joan Somers, 1152 Rte 425, Whitney, NB  E1V 4L2; or email: jemfhs@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: June 20, 2006, Kings County Record
QUERY 1 of 2: Who were James R. McLean’s parents? James was from Miramichi or Kent County; married Annie C. MacPherson of PEI in 1861 at Richibucto; children, Hugh M., Marion and one other. Annie and James separated before 1872. Contact: George F. Sanborn Jr., 15 Leslie Crescent #9, Charlottetown, PE  C1C 1P7; or email: SeorasOg@eastlink.ca

Posted: June 13, 2006, Kings County Record; June 24, 2006, Times & Transcript
QUERY: Who was Mr. Peaslee whose widow married Nathanial Marston on September 29, 1830 in St. David’s Parish? Widow Peaslee may have been the daughter of William Paterson and Hannah Morse McAlister. Contact: Anne Diehm, PO Box 1809, Ocean Shores, WA 98569 USA; or email: adiehm@techline.com

Posted: June 6, 2006, Kings County Record; July 8, 2006, Times & Transcript
QUERY: Seeking information for Amos Smith of Shediac, born c.1826; first married, February 13, 1849, Alice Armour of Shediac (died July 21, 1859, age 32 years); four children, Lucy, Albert, Robert and Harvey; second married, February 15, 1862, Elizabeth Elder of Shediac; child, Matilda. Contact: Barbara Reid, RR #1, Maccan, NS  B0L 1B0; or email: thereids@auracom.com

Posted: May 30, 2006, Kings County Record
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary Jane Howard and husband Benjamin Cooper; daughter, Edith Louise Cooper (born 1867 at Fairville; died September 21, 1950 at Saint John). Contact: Donald Erwin: 5 Law Ave., Hampton, NB  E5N 5C1; or email: dderwin@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: May 23, 2006, Kings County Record (May 20, 2006, Amherst, NS)
QUERY: Who were Ellen McCoach’s parents?  Ellen was born 1846 in the Parish of Portland, Saint John County; married William McMaster in 1866.  Ellen’s sister Margaret married John McConnell in 1869. Ellen’s brothers were John and possibly James & Francis. Contact: Nancy Averill, 1 Oak Ridge Dr., Bow, NH USA 03304; or email: n-averill@comcast.net

Posted: May 16, 2006, Kings County Record (May 10, 2006, Bridgewater & Lunenburg, NS)
QUERY: Seeking information on Peter Robert (Roubier), born c.1754, French Protestant. Sent to Saint Johns Island in 1778; married Catherine Lonchel at Charlottetown, PEI, July 9, 1781. Moved to Westmorland County, NB c.1810. Is he connected to Lunenburg, NS or the Huguenots from New Jersey? Contact: Frederick B. Roberts, PO Box 143, Joggins, NS, B0L 1A0

Posted: May 2, 2006, Kings County Record
QUERY: Who are David Connors’ parents? David married Mary Nelson c.1824; lived River John and West River, Pictou County, NS; children: John, David, Robert, Isabelle, James, Charles, Shields, Lucilla, Nelson and Hugh. Family moved to Campbellton, NB c.1840. Contact: Carol Pelletier, 691 Main St., St. Francis, Maine 04774  USA; or email: carpell@sjv.net

Posted: April 25, 2006, Kings County Record
QUERY: Looking for the death date of James Stewart, of Sussex, born ca. 1855; married Celia Perry; children, Mary Jane ‘Maisie’, Percy, Hazel, Roy, Elizabeth, and Norah (born January 18, 1893). Celia was a widow in 1901. Contact Maisie’ great granddaughter, Janice Fralic-Brown, 30 Drumdonald Rd., Halifax NS B3P 2K9; or email: jfb@eastlink.ca

Posted: April 18, 2006, Kings County Record
QUERY: Seeking information for John Thomas, born September 21, 1834 at Saint John. Moved to Australia c.1854 where he died September 5, 1885. Who were his parents? Contact: Wayne Thomas, Box 351, Breton, Alberta,  T0C 0P0; or email: triwontigong@yahoo.com.au

Posted: April 11, 2006: Kings County Record
QUERY: Looking for the obituary and burial place for Helena Annie Sarah Wark, daughter of Annie Burpee and David Wark, who died April 5, 1951 somewhere in New Brunswick. Contact: Pam Gaudio, 831 Seamist Pl., Victoria, BC  V8Y 2R4; or email: gaudio@shaw.ca

Posted: April 4, 2006, Kings County Record
QUERY: Who were Maria Fowler’s parents. Maria born April 1823 (or 1824) in NB; spoke French; Huguenot descendant; attended Ladies Seminary at Point de Bute, Sackville area in 1845; married John Sprague at Sussex in 1849; lived at Coates Mills, Kent County. Contact (great great-granddaughter): Eva Sprague Haddix, 2069 Mountain Road, Moncton, NB  ElG 1B1; or email: ehaddix@juno.com

Posted: March 28, 2006, Kings County Record
QUERY: Seeking marriage information on Letitia Albertha Hagerman and William Ward, c.1870/1872. In 1881 Census, they are living at Canterbury, York, NB with four children. Contact: Shirley Pineo, RR 2 Newport, NS  B0N 2A0; or email: shirleypineo@eastlink.ca

Posted: March 21, 2006, Kings County Record , June 17, 2006, Times & Transcript
QUERY: Who were Anna (1846), Elizabeth (1851) and William Henry (1843 at Wilmot, NS) McMaster’s parents? Were they Anna and Robert? William, a baker, lived at Saint John, NB; married Ellen McCoach in 1866. Contact: Nancy Averill, 1 Oak Ridge Dr., Bow, NH 03304 USA; or email: n-averill@comcast.net

Posted March 14, 2006, Kings County Record
QUERY: Seeking information on Canadian Senator David Wark, died August 20, 1905, age 101; and his daughter Helena A. S. Wark, died April 5, 1951 in New Brunswick. Contact: Mrs. Pam Gaudio, 831 Seamist Place, Victoria, BC  V8Y 2R4; or email: gaudio@shaw.ca

Posted: March 2, 2006, The Western Star; March 7, 2006, Kings County Record
QUERY: Seeking information on Walter Carey (Carew) born in Newfoundland. Walter married Mary Miller; children: John (1817-1897; married Mary Whelton), Peter (born 1824; married Julie Ane), Michael (born 1826), Jane (born 1829; married Daniel O’Neil), Johanne (born 1836) and others. Walter settled in New Brunswick, via Ireland, between 1822 and 1833. Contact: Judy Barry, 260 Winnipeg Cres., Miramichi, NB; email: jabarry@rogers.ca

Posted: February 28, 2006: Kings County Record
QUERY: Looking for information on Margaret Gilliland who married Norman Diggles in 1912 at St. Johns. Where did they live after marrying and did they have children? Where are they buried? Contact: Val Ralston, 71 Dickens Avenue, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  G81 3EP; or email:  valerie.ralston@ntlworld.com