Hi Mary:
Thanks for the additional update data. I have your father and mother figured
out in my file now. Because he was missing from the censuses, I initially
didn¹t have him.
Dave
On 17/09/11 9:31 AM, "mrybrine" <mrybrine@...> wrote:
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> Thanks for your response. I was able to find a copy of my grandmother's death
> certificate online at the site you mentioned and a friend has offered to look
> it up the next time she goes to the archives in Halifax. Based on the info
> there it sounds as though she and Joseph moved to Parrsboro around the time my
> mother was born. The obits sometimes give a bit more info on extended family-
> Joseph's gave the married name of my aunt Peggy, which I knew but was not
> entirely sure of the spelling. She moved to the US when she was young and I
> only met her once when I was growing up. Her son wrote to my mother when she
> died and that was the last contact. It also mentioned Joseph was the last
> surviving member of his family which I didn't know.
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> My father was Elvert Roderick Beaton, youngest son of John Beaton and Ellen
> Skidmore. John was originally from PEI (I do have his extended family there-
> courtesy of another family member who has done a great deal of research) and
> Ellen was the daughter of James Skidmore and Frances Higgs. He was born Mar 28
> 1896 and Ellen died Apr 1 1896 from complications related to his birth. I've
> found some of his siblings on the census- most were older and out working
> already, a few were listed in other households with extended family. He isn't
> listed on the archive site. I've tried other names ( some of his siblings
> disagreed on his given name) or just the surname but nothing comes up with a
> similar date. He said he had polio as a child but I don't know the age and
> wonder if he might have been in hospital for an extended time.
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> Mary
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> --- In nscumber@yahoogroups.com <mailto:nscumber%40yahoogroups.com> , David
> Winter <davidwinter@...> wrote:
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>> > Mary:
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>> > Realizing no one has answered your query, most obits that have been posted
>> > have been transcribed by volunteers from microfilmed newspapers held in
>> > various archives and genealogical museums in the province. There¹s also the
>> > Chronicle Herald Obit CD (now out of print) which has published obits in >>
the
>> > 1993-2000 range but the index includes just the names and publication dates
>> > from 1960-1993.
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>> > I¹ve been getting my obits from the N.S. Archives in Halifax as I live
>> > nearby.
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>> > Your grandparent¹s death records would be available on:
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>> > <https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com>
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>> > (the newer deaths start at 1908 and stop at 1960)
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>> > Did your mother marry a Cumberland County Beaton?
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>> > Dave
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>> > On 14/09/11 7:46 PM, "mrybrine" <mrybrine@...> wrote:
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>>> > > Thank you so much for posting this obit- I didn't have it so I really
>>> > > appreciate it.
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>>> > > How does one go about accessing these records- are they available at the
>>> > > Ottawa House or is it more complicated ? There are a few other records
I'd
>>> > > like to have like my grandmother's obit -Angelina Martin who died around
Feb
>>> > > 13 1954 also in Parrsboro. Or even just to browse old newspapers for
>>> > > references to family members before my time.
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>>> > > My mother, Elizabeth(Martin)Beaton grew up in the Ackles ( Jean Colpitts
>>> > > mother)house on Pleasant St. After Joseph died,she and her
>>> mother,Angelina,
>>> > > traded houses with the Ackles family and moved to the house on Western
Ave
>>> > > where I grew up. My mother told me ancedotal stories over the years but
I'm
>>> > > not sure how well I remember them. By the time I started researching
>>> myself
>>> > > she was no longer here to ask. Angelina and Joseph also had a son,
>>> Joseph Leo
>>> > > who died June 4,1907 at the age of 1 year 2 months.They saved the plaque
>>> from
>>> > > the grave marker so I suspect maybe that was before they came to
>>> Parrsboro.
>>> > > They married in Loggieville NB in 1899 and I think I found them on the
>>> 1901
>>> > > census in PEI- Joseph was born there and Angelina's family moved there
>>> from NB
>>> > > when she was a child. I know they were in Parrsboro by 1914 when my
>>> mother was
>>> > > born but was unable to find them on the 1911 census in NS, NB or PEI.But
I
>>> > > also couldn't find my father in that census and I know he was in the
>>> Parrsboro
>>> > > area. However Angelina's brother Hiliare is on the 1911 census in
>>> Parrsboro.
>>> > > My mother said he was a carpenter by trade and made the railing that
>>> used to
>>> > > be in front of the alter at St Bridget's.
>>> > >
>>> > > I've done well with the Beaton/Skidmore and the Martin/Theriault lines
>>> going
>>> > > backwards but unless you have good family historians it's hard to know
>>> where
>>> > > to look to get the more recent info to fill in the blanks.
>>> > >
>>> > > Again thanks so much for posting this obit.
>>> > >
>>> > > Mary
>>> > >
>>> > > --- In nscumber@yahoogroups.com <mailto:nscumber%40yahoogroups.com>
>>> <mailto:nscumber%40yahoogroups.com> , Kathryn
>>> > > Jeffers <k.jeffers@> wrote:
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>>>>> > >> > OBITUARY
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>>>>> > >> > The death of Joseph F. Martin occurred suddenly at his home here
early
>>>> > >> Friday morning. Although
>>>>> > >> > in failing health since last fall, and being a patient for three
>>>>> months in
>>>> > >> Springhill hospital
>>>>> > >> > and the Victoria General in Halifax, during the past few months he
>>>>> has been
>>>> > >> about his shop in
>>>>> > >> > his home and was at work on Thursday. Born in Tignish, P.E.I.,
>>>>> seventy
>>>> > >> nine years ago he was
>>>>> > >> > the last member of the family of the late Firmin and Gertrude >>>>>
Richard
>>>> > >> Martin. Surviving are his
>>>>> > >> > widow, the former Angelina Theriault of Loggieville, N.B., and two
>>>> > >> daughters Pte. Elizabeth
>>>>> > >> > Martin, C.W.A.C. stationed in Halifax and (Margaret) Mrs. Carl F.
>>>>> Work of
>>>> > >> Portland, Maine. Also
>>>>> > >> > one grandson. The funeral mass was held at St. Brigid's Roman
>>>>> Catholic
>>>> > >> Church at nine o'clock
>>>>> > >> > yesterday morning, Rev. J.P. Mackey officiating. Interment was
>>>>> made in the
>>>> > >> R.C. Cemetery.
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>>>>> > >> > From the Parrsboro Record Newspaper, published Tuesday, 7 August
1945,
>>>> > >> page 4. (Jpeg image
>>>>> > >> > available)
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