----------child: Samson, Madeline (1705 - )Event - [date: 1704]
Captured in a British raid and exiled to Boston in 1704. First child, Madeline, born there in 1705. Returned to Port Royal in 1706. Moved to Port Toulouse in 1720 or 1721. Was a builder/navigator of coastal vessels.
spouse: Gammon, Arthur (1888 - )Name Note
There are two index pointers to her marriage record - one showing Miller and the other Stever as her surname. She is indicated to be a widow, so one of these must be her married name.
The first name is a guess, based solely on the persisatence of his children in assuring that a Jean Frederick child survives.spouse:
Arrived on the Speedwell in Halifax in 1752. See note on wife, Catherine //.spouse: ?, Catherine (*1723 - 1753)
Death, with his sister and two others, listed as a drowning.
Died of smallpox.
Death, with her brother and two others, listed as a drowning.
spouse: Bissett, Maria Sophia (1828 - 1910)Occupation -
a merchant and a Justice of the Peace
----------child: Matheson, Martha Isabella (1848 - 1923)Census - [date: 1881] [place: L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada]
Was left a 'special' bequest in her grandmother Bissett's will of 200 pounds, conditional on her 'discrete conduct', that she remain Protestant, and that she not marry outside of the Protestant religion.
spouse: Archibald, Henry A. (1846 - )Christening - [date: 14 JUL 1850] [place: Holy Guardian Angel Church, L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada]
spouse: Bowles, Arthur (~1866 - )Christening - [date: 06 MAY 1854] [place: Holy Guardian Angel Church, L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada]
spouse: , Frank Long (*1856 - )Residence - [date: 1888] [place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts]
Was single, with no family
spouse: Hobson, Thomas (*1862 - )Residence - [date: 1888] [place: Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
Birth Note
MacKay shows date as 27 Oct 1864
spouse: Brown, Bradford Wyman (1850 - 1936)Residence - [date: 1888] [place: Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada]
spouse: Grey, Richard T. (1859 - 1904)Christening - [date: 10 AUG 1858] [place: Holy Guardian Angel Church, L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada]
spouse: Hamilton, William J. (*1855 - )Residence - [date: 1888] [place: Pembrooke Dock, England]
Christening - [date: 06 DEC 1865] [place: Holy Guardian Angel Church, L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada]
spouse: Poirier, John? (*1891 - )Residence -
Waltham, Massachusetts
Listed by Galvin as residing in Lynn, Massachusetts.spouse: Burke, ?? (*1894 - )
Burial - [date: AFT 17 AUG 1921] [place: Calvary Cemetary, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts]
Death Note
motorcycle accident.
In his brother Pierre's 1833 marriage record, Louis was mentioned as a witness and is called brother of the groom.spouse: Poirier, Henriette (~1818 - 1885)
Louis and Reine were listed in the 1838 census in D'Escousse where he was a fisherman. With them was their son Felix.
In 1846 Lewis McDonell paid his St. Hyacinth parish dues with one quintal of cod.
In 1861 Louis was listed in the D'Escousse census age 50 to 60 years. With him were his wife and 11 children. Also listed was a male under age 1 who died. In the 1871 census Louis [called Louison] was listed as a fisherman of Irish descent. In the 1881 census he is listed as age 76, still a fisherman. His wife 'Hariet' was listed as age 54.
On 9 Apr. 1867 Louis McDonald of Lower D'Escousse bought the westerly part of Lot #9 from his son Felix (Richmond Deeds M:693). On 25 Feb. 1869 Louis sold part of Lot #9 to his sons William and Charles (N:682).
spouse: Bourke, Appoline (1852 - )Residence - [date: 1870] [place: D'Escousse, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada]
spouse: Soloman, Eugenie (1872 - 1940)Occupation -
Seaman
spouse: privateOccupation -
a gasoline-tanker operator for TexacoResidence - [date: 1931] [place: Saint Peters, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada]