It is possible that he is the son of John Cogill and Ann Bissett, but I believe that it is possible that he is at best a nephew. Note that no Alexander appears in the school records with John and Ann's other childrenspouse: Spence, Helen (1837 - )
He has three daughters registered in school: Ann (age 14), Margaret (age 12), and Sophia (age 10).spouse: Bisset, Ann (~1785 - )He has two daughters registered in school: Margaret (age 16), and Sophia (age 14).
He has two daughters registered in school: Margaret (age 16), and Sophia (age 14).
spouse: Bissett, Amy Marie (1873 - 1930)Residence - [date: 1916] [place: Providence, Rhode Island]
At that time, they had no children.
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Probably stillborn. Baptismal record is incomplete and gives no name for the child.
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The surname is shown as "Cunrad"
Never Married.
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Date calculated from age (20 years 2 months) in death notice.Death Note
fell ill in Boston
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Unknown GEDCOM info: lost at sea
At Bowes Cemetery, Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, a tombstone exists there with the following inscription: (HENRY J. CONRAD 1859-1940 and MARGARET J. BISSETT 1863-). It seems that after Margaret Bissett's death, her husband's remains were transfered and buried with his wife at the Memorial Cemetery in Westphal, Nova Scotia.spouse: Bissett, Margaret Josephine (1863 - 1955)Occupation -
CarpenterChristening - [date: 21 JUL 1859] [place: Christ Church, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
Baptismal record is in the Reformed Church in Osthofen.spouse: Piegle, Catherine (1737 - 1774)
Arrived in Halifax in 1751 on the Pearl. Original settler of Lunenburg in 1753.Property - [date: 17 MAY 1753] [place: Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
In a drawing by lots in Halifax, he was given Lunenburg Town-Lot B-3 in Zuberbuhler's Division. This is on the north side of Pelham Street, three lots in from the west in the western-most section. In the 1762 section, he no longer held this lot, but had lot E-7 in the same division.Property - [date: MAR 1788] [place: Cole Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
Gave land to his son-in-law as a gift.Property - [date: BETWEEN 1763 AND 1781] [place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada]
In this period, he bought and sold over one hundred town lots in Lunenburg. He accummulated most of these prior to 1776 and only began to dispose of them about the time of his second marriage.Property - [date: ABT 1752] [place: Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
He was granted a small town lot (identified as letter P, number 4), now a corner of King and Portland/Hartshorne Streets. He never built here and sold it in November 1788 for £4 to David Grieve of Nantucket.Property - [date: 16 NOV 1753] [place: Germantown, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
purchased a small lot for £3, apparently as an investment. Sold it Jan 1758 for £10.Property - [date: JUN 1781] [place: Lawrencetown, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
Purchased 500 acres, originally Thomas Newell's grant, for £75.Property - [date: JUL 1800] [place: Lawrencetown, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
He purchased (jointly with Lawrence Hartshorne, Lt. Gov. Sir John Wentworth, and Charles Morris) Frederick Ott's land grant.Property - [date: MAY 1789] [place: Cole Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
He sold land to his son-in-law for £25. He is believed to have built a house on the property as an added gift. This house has been restored and relocated to the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Museum as the "Giles House" exhibit.Property - [date: 1805] [place: Cole Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
He purchased 100 acres for £100.Property - [date: 1808] [place: Lawrencetown, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
He purchased 200 acres, originally the land grant of Benjamin Green, for £170 at a public auction. Just over half of this was later sold to his son, Thomas.Property - [date: 07 AUG 1812] [place: Lawrencetown, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
He sold just over half of the land purchased in 1808 to his son, Thomas, for £20. His wife, Elizabeth, is shown as consenting to the sale.Property - [date: DEC 1754] [place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada]
He received a thirty acre homestead plot #D23 in the "LaHave" district. By 1760, the records show he had added plot #D24 to his holdings.Residence - [date: JUL 1753] [place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada]
Arrived as a founding settler.Immigration - [date: OCT 1751] [place: "The Pearl", Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
He arrived without family on the Pearl (master Thomas Frances). He was listed as Jacob Conraed, farmer, age 23,from Osthoven.Census - [date: 01 JAN 1770] [place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada]
Event - [date: 15 OCT 1813] [place: Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
His obituary reads "Died at Lawrencetown, October 7, Mr. Jacob Conrad, age 86 - father of 13 children, 42 grand-children, and 14 great-grand-children."Event - [date: DEC 1753] [place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada]
Listed as a member of the militia surpressing the disordersBirth Note
The surname is shown as Cunrad
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The surname is given as Cunrad
spouse: Bastians, Marie Ester (1707 - 1744)Birth Note
Death record gives age as 81 years and 24 days, which would put birth at 16 March 1696. There is a Johann Jacob Conrad baptized on 22 February 1697, but his father's name appears to be 'Franz' Henrich Conrad.Death Note
Death record shows that Psalms 23 - 4 ( ' . . . valley of the shadow of death . . . ') was the text at the funeral service.
----------child: Conrad, Johann Philipp (1726 - )Marriage Note
The groom's surname is shown as Cunrad
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The surname is shown as "Cunrad"
Died young.
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Unknown GEDCOM info: lost at sea
Christening - [date: 29 MAY 1861] [place: Christ Church, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
spouse: Conrod, Elizabeth Martha (1845 - 1936)Christening - [date: 20 OCT 1844] [place: Christ Church, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
----------child: Conrod, Nelson Douglas (1868 - )Census - [date: 1881] [place: Lawrencetown, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
Christening - [date: 07 DEC 1865] [place: Christ Church, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
spouse: Merson, Agnes E. (1863 - )Census - [date: 1881] [place: Lawrencetown, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
shown living as a "farm labourer" in the household of Jasper M. McDonald