Hi Stacey:
As one of the many subscribers on
nscumber with an interest in genealogy, I take obits as they appear on this site
and attempt to fit together the family. I’ve been at it for over 20 years now as
a pre/post retirement hobby. There are numerous other genealogist out there who
research all the McAloney/MacAloney’s with roots to Cumberland County; I only
have some of them. We use birth announcements, marriage write-ups and obits
published in newspapers which then makes them “public information”, not private
information anymore. Ottawa House in Parrsboro sell a genealogy book “The
McAloney Family of North America” by Margaret Tuttle for example. Many of your
ancestors are listed in it.
Having been born in Cumberland County, my
main interest are the Winter/Winters of Cumberland County which trace back to
the early 1800’s between Parrsboro and Advocate. Over the years, through
marriage, other Cumberland County surnames like Morris, Pettis, Hatfield,
Cochrane, McAloney, MacAloney, Crossman, Brown just to name a few, mix into my
lineage.
Sometimes one has to research outside the box to find out what’s
inside the box; example, research another surname to find out something
connected to your surname. That wasn’t the case here.
I have no direct
connections to your family. It was just when your Mom’s obit was published
listing a sister, Barbara and non of the other deceased family members
referenced a Barbara, a “red light” came on from experience, so I asked the
query awhile back. It was just how to fit Barbara correctly into the family. Why
she was adopted wasn’t a concern.
In a few obits I have, names were
purposely left out due to a “family quarrel” for example.
There are also
more and more adopted children now searching for birth parents for medical
reasons such as a history of a certain disease in the lineage.
Hope this
helps.
Dave Winter
On 16-11-26 3:11 AM, "nscumber" <wlmailhtml:nscumber@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:
Yes it was quite the shock to us all. May I ask... why were you interested?
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 7:48 PM -0700, "David Winter wlmailhtml:davidwinter@... [nscumber]" <wlmailhtml:nscumber@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi Stacey.
It is so wonderful that a child put up for adoption for whatever reason back then is able to later learn of their birth parents and other siblings and make contact.
The “both” now makes sense as you have explained it.
Again, Thank you ever so much for sharing.
Dave
On 16-11-25 11:26 PM, "nscumber" <wlmailhtml:nscumber@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Barbara is the oldest daughter of Audrey and Reginald. She was put up for adoption at birth due to them not being married.
And she was married twice. The both* in obituary is saying Me and barb both reside in Halifax.
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From: nscumber
Sent: Friday, November 25, 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [nscumber] Re: Bonnie Susan McAloney of Amherst
To: nscumber
Hi Stacey:
Thanks for the refresher to my original query a while back. I remember now.
I have a Barbara McAloney attached to Daniel Reginald “Reg” McAloney and Audrey Jean Hunter per your Mom’s obit:
Bonnie is survived by her cherished daughter, Stacey McAloney, loving sisters, **Barb "Sissy" (Mullen, Evans) McAloney, both of Halifax**, Vicky (Mike) Shipley, Oxford; brother, Terry, Ont.
The above says “both” [meaning two] but only appears to reference Barb “Sissy” (Mullen, Evans) of Dartmouth
Neither your grandfather, Reg or grandmother, Audrey, or your Aunt Linda reference Barbara in their obits as a daughter / sister respectively.
How does Barbara fit in? Was Barbara married twice?
Thanks
Dave
On 16-11-25 4:34 PM, "nscumber" <wlmailhtml:nscumber@yahoogroups.com <http:/nscumber@yahoogroups.com> > wrote:
It was referring to barb mcaloney not being listed in Audrey mcaloney obit
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 12:02 PM -0700, "David Winter wlmailhtml:davidwinter@... <http:/davidwinter@...> [nscumber]" <wlmailhtml:nscumber@yahoogroups.com <http:/nscumber@yahoogroups.com> > wrote:
Hi Stacey
I now forget what queries I had as I have your mother’s obit which I found on Google as dated 14 Jan 2015 in my program. That’s 18 months ago.
It was possibly the step-children mentioned in your Mom’s mother’s obit as to who belongs to whom.
Or, Uncle Robert Baker’s parent’s names?
Or, something connected to Alexander Fisher and Annie Mae MacDonald. They raised an adopted son, Arthur George Fisher (1939 Parrsboro - 1994 Amherst) whom I believe had birth parents from Parrsboro with a “Winter/s” connections – the line I research.
You can reply to this post or e-mail me directly off the list at <wlmailhtml:davidwinter@... <http:/davidwinter@...> > if any of the info is of a sensitive mature.
Thanks.
Dave Winter
On 16-11-25 1:47 PM, "nscumber" <wlmailhtml:nscumber@yahoogroups.com <http:/nscumber@yahoogroups.com> > wrote:
Hi David I am Bonnie's daughter and would be happy to answer your questions are you still active here?