Glad I could help. It gets a little confusing because he was a bachelor for many years and there's a whole generation difference between me and his sibling's children. I grew up calling Harry's daughters "aunt"- their youngest children were my age.
--- In nscumber@yahoogroups.com, David Winter <davidwinter@...> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Mary
> >
> > --- In nscumber@yahoogroups.com <mailto:nscumber%40yahoogroups.com> , David
> > Winter <davidwinter@> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Mary:
> >> >
> >> > 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.
> >> >
> >> > I¹ve been getting my obits from the N.S. Archives in Halifax as I live
> >> > nearby.
> >> >
> >> > Your grandparent¹s death records would be available on:
> >> >
> >> > <https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com>
> >> >
> >> > (the newer deaths start at 1908 and stop at 1960)
> >> >
> >> > Did your mother marry a Cumberland County Beaton?
> >> >
> >> > Dave
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 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.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > 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.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > 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:
> >>>>> > >> >
> >>>>> > >> > OBITUARY
> >>>>> > >> >
> >>>>> > >> > 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.
> >>>>> > >> >
> >>>>> > >> > From the Parrsboro Record Newspaper, published Tuesday, 7 August
> 1945,
> >>>> > >> page 4. (Jpeg image
> >>>>> > >> > available)
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