Re: Harold Thomas Blenkhorn
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- Subject: Re: Harold Thomas Blenkhorn
- From: "John Cordes" <John_Cordes_uid1723@yahoogroups.inval_ id>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:57:30 -0000
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Thanks Jim!
John Cordes
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Jim Welsh <welsh793@...> wrote:
>
>
> Tracey & John et al
>
> "Married Ann (1745-1843). Six children were born in England; two died
> before the family left Yorkshire. William was a farmer and immigrated
> "on account of their rents being raised". They sailed from Port of Hull
> on the vessel "TWO FRIENDS" departing the week February 28, 1774. Voyage
> took nine weeks arriving 7 Mar1774 (this date must be wrong, 9 weeks
> would be the 1st week of May) at Halifax, Nova Scotia.(Note Historians
> state "Children from 1-7 rarely survived the journey"). The family "went
> by way of Windsor and Parrsboro to Lower Maccan
> (an area on the Maccan River near old Fort Cumberland) and there they
> had six more children". Source: Nova Scotia Historical Society 1909 Vol
> LXIII pg.29."
> 8/23/2006
>
>
> On 1/10/2011 5:39 PM, Trace wrote:
> >
> > 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>
> > <mailto:johncordes%40gmail.com <johncordes%2540gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > From: John Cordes <johncordes@... <johncordes%40gmail.com><mailto:
> johncordes%40gmail.com <johncordes%2540gmail.com>>>
>
> > Subject: Re: Fwd: [nscumber] Re: Harold Thomas Blenkhorn
> > To: nscumber@yahoogroups.com <nscumber%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:
> nscumber%40yahoogroups.com <nscumber%2540yahoogroups.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>
> > <mailto:johncordes%40gmail.com <johncordes%2540gmail.com>>> wrote:
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Trace <tnutt66@... <tnutt66%40yahoo.ca> <mailto:
> tnutt66%40yahoo.ca <tnutt66%2540yahoo.ca>>>
> > > Date: Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:14 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [nscumber] Re: Harold Thomas Blenkhorn
> > > To: nscumber@yahoogroups.com <nscumber%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:
> nscumber%40yahoogroups.com <nscumber%2540yahoogroups.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>
> > <mailto:davidwinter%40ns.sympatico.ca <davidwinter%2540ns.sympatico.ca>>>
> wrote:
> > > From: David Winter <davidwinter@...<davidwinter%40ns.sympatico.ca>
> > <mailto:davidwinter%40ns.sympatico.ca <davidwinter%2540ns.sympatico.ca>
> >>
>
> > > Subject: Re: [nscumber] Re: Harold Thomas Blenkhorn
> > > To: "nscumber" <nscumber@yahoogroups.com <nscumber%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:nscumber%40yahoogroups.com <nscumber%2540yahoogroups.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>
> > <mailto:johncordes%40gmail.com <johncordes%2540gmail.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
>
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