Final Carmichael Chapters

Returning to Thomson and Barbara Hubley:  The final chapters

XI. Mary Jane Carmichael (1847-1894) m. in 1875 at Jordan River, NS, Thomas D. Hardy. In 1881, they were living at Jordan River, Shelburne, NS with Thomas’ father, Richard, who was 80, English, a Baptist and a farmer. Thomas was also a farmer and Mary was listed a tailoress. They had three children, Nellie, Maggie and Stillman. Also living with this family was Barbara Hubley Carmichael, 75, Mary Jane’s mother and a widow. In 1891, Thomas and Mary were still living on the same farm. Barbara H. Carmichael had died in 1881 and Richard Hardy had died in 1889. Thomas and Mary had these children:

          1. Nellie – She was born in 1870, 5 years before Mary Jane and Thomas were married. It is believed she was born to Thomas and an unknown woman who was probably his first wife. No marriage or birth record was found for this possibility, so it remains speculation until some sort of documentation can be found. It appears that this might be the Nellie Hardy who married Reuben Young in Nova Scotia in 1914. No further info.

          2. Margaret (Maggie) (1878-1975) Margaret appears as Maggie in the 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 as still living in her father’s

home. In 1920 she appears in Somerville MA, 

Mary Jane Carmichael Hardy

living with her cousin Edna Gordon Sewall as a servant. There seems to be no record of her for 1930 or 1940 that is available.

          3. Stillman Archibald (1880-1973) m. in 1906 Lena E. Smith at Jordan River, NS. She was from Jordan River also. In fact her family and Stillman’s are all on the same census page in 1881. They appear in the 1910 census for Somerville, MA. At that time they had a daughter, Mary, age 2. Stillman’s occupation was recorded as a cable splicer for New England Tel. & Tel. Stillman and Lena had two more daughters, both stillborn, one in 1913 and one in 1914.

Stillman became a naturalized citizen in 1917 and Lena also became a citizen by virtue of her husband’s status. He signed for WWI draft in 1918. This registration states that he lived at 43 Josephine Ave. in Somerville, worked for New England Tel. & Tel. in Roxbury, MA, and that he was tall, of medium build with gray eyes and brown hair. In 1920 they were still at the same address in Somerville MA and Stillman still had the same occupation. By 1930 they had moved to 82 Scituate St. in Arlington MA. Stillman had become a Foreman for the phone co. and Mary, age 22, was still at home, employed as a secretary at a lumber co. The 1940 census shows Stillman and Lena were still on Scituate St., he is a Cable Foreman and Mary is no longer living with them. A death record for Stillman was found, reported by SSDI for 1973. It is unclear if he died in Canada or USA.  No record was found for Lena.

          4. Arthur  (1882-1916) Arthur and his wife Agnes were living with his father Thomas in Jordan River, NS in the 1911 cen.  Agnes was b. in Dorchester, MA, nee Russell. They were married in 1909 in Somerville, MA. They were both called Mechanical Dentists. At the time of their marriage, Arthur was living with his brother Stillman and Agnes was living in Melrose, MA. A quick explanation, their occupation was in the making and manufacturing of false teeth, partial plates, etc. By 1911, Arthur was back in Shelburne, NS with his wife, living with his father and sisters, Margaret and Ruby. Arthur died in 1916 from TB. There is a death record for Agnes R. Hardie for 1916 and the same location where she had been living. There is no other identifying information to establish that this person was Arthur’s wife. It appears they had no children.

          5. Ruby (1887-?) Ruby appears in the census report through 1911 but after that, nothing seems to be known about her whereabouts in Canada or in the States.

XII. Barbara Carmichael (1851-?) No information found