Hi Tracey,
Thanks for this very interesting message -- most helpful.
John
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Trace <tnutt66@...> wrote:
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>
> Hi John,
>
> From what I fathom, all descendants are from the union of William Blenkhorn
> and Olivia Ann Dresser. They were with the Yorkshire immigrants on the ship
> Two Friends from Hull, Yorkshire, England. There were those who stayed on
> the Cumberland Shore and those who went across the Bay to the Kings County
> Shore. My great-grandmother was Leah Zebudah Blenkhorn, a greatx3
> granddaughter of William and Olivia.
>
> As for what is online, I don't believe there is much information other than
> the standard stuff on Rootsweb or what you pay for on Ancestry.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Tracey
>
> --- On Mon, 1/10/11, John Cordes <johncordes@...<johncordes%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
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> From: John Cordes <johncordes@... <johncordes%40gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [nscumber] Re: Harold Thomas Blenkhorn
> To: nscumber@yahoogroups.com <nscumber%40yahoogroups.com>
> Received: Monday, January 10, 2011, 12:49 PM
>
>
>
>
> Hi Tracey,
>
> Thanks for this observation. I wonder if there is an
> established common ancestor for the related BLENKHORN families
> in Nova Scotia, published online somewhere?
>
> The situation reminds me somewhat of the MOSER name (which
> later morphed to MOSHER for some families) stemming from
> Lunenburg County. It is sometimes assumed that all the people
> from Lunenburg County who originally had the name MOSER must
> be related. Although this is quite likely, to the best of my
> knowledge there is no published proof (on-line or off-line) of
> this.
>
> John Cordes
>
> On [2011-01-10 at 09:42am] John Cordes <johncordes@...<johncordes%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Trace <tnutt66@... <tnutt66%40yahoo.ca>>
> > Date: Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:14 AM
> > Subject: Re: [nscumber] Re: Harold Thomas Blenkhorn
> > To: nscumber@yahoogroups.com <nscumber%40yahoogroups.com>
> >
> > Good morning,
> >
> > With the exception of the Blinkhorns in Cape Breton, the Blenkhorns of
> > Cumberland/Colchester/Kings are all related.
> >
> > Tracey
> > --- On Sun, 1/9/11, David Winter <davidwinter@...<davidwinter%40ns.sympatico.ca>>
> wrote:
> > From: David Winter <davidwinter@...<davidwinter%40ns.sympatico.ca>
> >
> > Subject: Re: [nscumber] Re: Harold Thomas Blenkhorn
> > To: "nscumber" <nscumber@yahoogroups.com <nscumber%40yahoogroups.com>>
> > Received: Sunday, January 9, 2011, 4:17 PM
> >
> > Hi John:
> > Many of them are inter-related between Cumberland County and Kings
> > County.
> > It¹s only 10 miles by water as the crow flies.
> > I have a Reuben E. Blenkhorn, born Cornwallis, m/3 Emily Jane Winters ,
> > born
> > Advocate. Reuben died in Canning.
> > Dave
> > On 1/9/11 3:47 PM, "John Cordes" <johncordes@...<johncordes%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > With all the mention of BLENKHORNs in Cumberland County recently, I
> > have
> > > been wondering if anyone is aware of any connection with any
> > BLENKHORN
> > > families from Kings County (say the Canning area, in particular)?
> > >
> > > I'm somewhat interested in the family of John & Mary Blinkhorn, as
> > they are
> > > listed in the 1881 census of Canning:
> > >
> > > Name: Blinkhorn, John
> > > Sex:M
> > > Age: 39
> > > Place of Birth:N. S. (Nova Scotia)
> > > Religion: Can. Meth.
> > > Ethnic Origin:German
> > > Occupation:Ship Carpenter
> > > Province: Nova Scotia
> > > District Name:Kings (17)
> > > Sub-District Name:Canning (A)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > John Cordes
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 3:26 PM, rwredmond <rick.redmond@...<rick.redmond%40telus.net>
> > > <mailto:rick.redmond%40telus.net <rick.redmond%2540telus.net>> >
> wrote:
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> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Dave / Eric / Jim,
> > >> >
> > >> > I believe Harold Thomas Blenkhorn's Father was, Harold Walter
> > Blenkhorn.
> > >> > From the following Death Registration, his Mother's full name was
> > Parthena.
> > >> >
> > >> > Death Registration; Amherst, Cumberland County; Registration Year:
> > 1950 -
> > >> > Page: 1977;
> > >> >
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