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Francis and Elizabeth Keillor Carmichael Expanded Part II b

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Includes the surnames Clarke, Cushman, Albert, Cameron, Smith, Reynolds, Copeland 

^4.  William (1830-1912) b. in Merigomish NS, m. Harriet MacMillan in 1865. The 1900 census states he immigrated in 1879 and was still an alien in 1900. Harriet immigrated in 1878. This may have been for a short time as they were listed in the 1881 Census for New Glasgow, Pictou Co., NS. All the children were listed in the 1881 census, so it would appear they were all b. in NS. In 1881 Census Robert Murray age 81 was living with William’s family in New Glasgow, NS. When they did immigrate, they lived in Salem MA. They had 9 children, all surnames Murray:

          ^4a. Henrietta Forbes (1866-?) m. in 1897 William H. Smith

          ^4b. Robert Bray (1866-1942) m. in 1887 Margaret Sarah MacKenzie. They had 8 children all                        boys.

          ^4c.William Frederick (1867-?) m. in 1889 Ellen Grady. They had 3 children.

           4d. Adam (1869-?) – no further info

          ^4e. Elizabeth J. (aka Bessie) (1871-?) m. in 1902 Peter P. Reynolds. They had 8 children.

           4f. Mary Bell (1873-?) – no further info

           4g. Sarah Maud (1877-?) – no further info

          ^4h. James Garfield (1879-?) m. in 1909 Linda Millan

            4i. Hugh J. (1880-?) - no further info

           

          4e/a. Gladys (1892-?) illegitimate dau. of Elizabeth Murray (aka Bessie)

          4a. Henrietta (called Etta) Forbes (1866-?) m. in 1897 William H. Smith in Salem MA. They had 7 children:                   

                    4a/a. Courtney A. (1898-?)

                    4a/b. Geraldine (1901-?) twin

                    4a/c. Guinivere (1901-?) twin

                    4a/d. Harriet R. (1904-1904) premature birth buried in Green Lawn Cem. Salem MA

                    4a/e. Norma (1907-?)

                    4a/f.  Henrietta (1909-?)

William H. Smith’s marriage to Henrietta was his 2^nd. He had a son by his first wife (unknown) in 1874, also named William H. Smith. The twins were born in Danvers, MA and all the others were born in Salem, MA. William was a shoemaker in a cobbler’s shop in the 1910 census. In the 1920 cen. Etta was a widow, living at 32 Shawsheen Rd. in Andover MA. I found Courtney Smith at age 32, m. to Mildred, age 34, living at 351 South Philip Ave. in Detroit, MI in the 1930 cen. They owned their home and he was an advertising artist with his own studio. They had two sons, Kenneth (10) and Harry (8). In the 1940 cen., Courtney was a salesman for Commercial Art and Advertising. Courtney died in 1951.

          4b. Robert Brae (1866-1942) m. in 1887 Margaret McKenzie (1867-1946). Robert was a barber in Antigonish, NS. They had 8 children:

                    4b/a. Francis (Frank) (1887-?) m. in 1911 Margaret (Maggie) McKenzie. Frank was a barber in Antigonish, NS the year he was married.  No further info.

                   

                    4b/b. Charles (1891-?)  Twin

                    4b/c. Robert (1891-?)  Twin

One of the Canadian census reports states that these twins were born in  the USA.  I’ve been unable to find any birth records in either country. The common names make it the proverbial needle in a haystack. 

                    ^4b/d. James Garfield (1893-1954)

                    4b/e. Murdock (1895-?) No further info

                    4b/f.  William (1898-?) No further info

                    ^4b/g. Earl Monteith (1899-1973)

                    4b/h. Hanley (1908-?) No further info

In the 1911 census, all the children were still recorded as living at home with their parents. In addition, Murdock McKenzie, age 89, Margaret’s father, is also living with them, in Antigonish, NS.

                    4b/d. James Garfield m. in 1920, Elizabeth Irene Lowther, aka Bessie. He was a station Agent for the Canadian Railway. He died in 1954 from a Coronary Thrombosis, at age 61. He was living in Trenton, NS at the time.

                    4b/g. Earl Monteith (1899-1973) m. in 1927 Lena Marshall Pye of  Sherbrooke, Guysboro Co., NS. He died in 1973 and she died in 1993. Both are buried in the Robie St. Cem. in Truro, NS

I have been unable to discover any family for these last two men. Canada has not released their 1921 information, as yet, so it’s difficult to go forward with the families that remained in Canada.

          4c. William Frederick (1867-?) m. in c. 1889 Ellen Grady b. in the Irish Free State. They had 3 children all b. in Boston, MA:

          4c/a.  Harriet Mary (1889-1913) m. Patrick Joseph Driscoll bef  1913. They had one daughter Ellen Driscoll, b. sep 2 1913. Mary d. Nov 21 1913 in Boston, MA, of asthma and chronic             bronchitis. Ellen was raised by her grandparents, William and Ellen and was still living with them in the 1940 census, at age 26. She was a nurse.

         

          4c/b  Edward (1890-?) Edward was still living with his parents in the 1920 cen. but was married and living at 78 Trenton St. in East Boston, MA in the 1930 cen. By 1940, he and his wife Helen had two sons, Edward, age 9 and John, age 8. Edward was a Laborer  for the city of Boston. They lived at 66 Percival St. in Dorchester, MA.

          4c/c.  Catherine (1892-1901) Catherine d. at age 8 from diphtheria.

^5. Lydia Murray (1841-1926) b. in Merigomish, NS. She m. Alexander Cameron, from Loch Broom, in 1866. His parents were John Cameron and Sophia Fraser. There is a voter registration card for the elder Alexander showing his age at 52 in 1882. It says he is living in Cuffey’s Cove, Mendocino, CA. I have found four children for them:

                   

          5a. John Robert (1868-?) b. in NS

          5b. William Knox (1877-1902) b. d. in CA

          5c. George Alexander (1880-?) b. in CA

          5d. Eleanor

The 1900 cen. show Lidy (sic.) as a 60 yr. old widow with her son Alexander, age 20, and daughter Ellen, age 17, living with her. Her husband had died in 1899. Her son was a woodsman and her daughter was a dressmaker.

          5a. John Robert (1868-?) m. Imelda Thompson in 1908. He was 40 and she was 36. She was a music teacher and he was a mechanic. Imelda had been born in CA but her parents were both born in Norway. In 1910, he was working in a lumber mill and they were living in Ten Mile River, Mendocino, CA. By 1920, they were living in Cuffey’s Cove, Mendocino, CA and were still there in 1930. John died in 1932 and Imelda is shown as a widow in the 1940 census living in Fort Bragg, Ten Mile River, Mendocino, CA. She died in 1962. There were apparently no children from this marriage.

          5b. William Knox (1877-1902) there is an 1898 Voter registration card for him but I found no marriage information for him. The death record gives no explanation for his death at such a young age.

          5c. George Alexander (1880-1945) This man went by his middle name, Alex. He was still living with his widowed mother in 1900 but by 1910 he was a boarder at a rooming house at the lumber mill where he worked. The 1920 census shows Alex and Irene, his wife, living in Ten Mile Twnshp, Mendocino CA, where they owned a home free of mortgage. He was a machine man at a Planing Mill. I could find no marriage information for him, but he did marry Olive Irene Ramsdell and they had one son, Murray who was born in 1920. In 1930 he was still at Fort Bragg, Ten Mile City, Mendocino CA, where he owned his own home at 501 Laurel Ave., and was now a Foreman at a Planing (Plane – ing) Mill. In 1940 they had moved to 571 Coast Rd. in Ten Mile Twnshp, Mendocino CA and he was a pattern maker in a saw mill. His wife and his son were living with           him. Murray enlisted in the Army in Feb. 1941 at San Francisco.  No further info on him.

          5d. Eleanor (1882-?) Eleanor appears in the 1900 census living with her widowed mother. In 1911, she married Harry Richmond in Elk, Mendocino CA. In 1920 they were living with her brother, Alex, in Ten Mile Twnshp. Harry was a Tally man at the lumber mill. In 1930, he was a retail clerk in a general store, Greenwood, Cuffey’s Cove, Mendocino CA. In 1940 they were living in Boonville, Anderson, Mendcino CA. Harry was a Grocer and owned is own store. I found no children born to them in any of the records.

^6. Robert Murray (1843-?) Robert was married to Mary Unknown and living next door to his sister, Lydia, in Cuffey’s Cove CA in the 1880 census. Robert and Mary had two children, Christina, b. 1869 and George R. b. 1873, both in CA. In the 1900 census, Robert is living as a boarder in Cuffey’s  Cove and is a widow. This census says he immigrated in 1868 and had become naturalized sometime before 1900. I was unable to find any records on either of his children or the death of his wife.

^7. Hannah (1843-1939) Hannah was born in Merigomish, NS. She married Nicholas Olding Copeland in New Glasgow, NS, in 1874. As custom would have it, he went by his middle name Olding. He was a farmer in Merigomish. In 1881 there was one child, a boy named Aubrey, 5 years     old. Two older sisters of Olding were also living with them. In the 1891 census I found another son David Francis, b. 1876. Olding died in 1913 from Epilepsy. Hannah died in 1939 of old age. Her son Aubrey signed her death certificate. Although Aubrey stated he lived in Merigomish, I was unable to find records for him or his brother.

^8.  David Francis (1846-1925) David was married twice. First to Alexia Ferguson in 1884. They had 3 children: a daughter Jessie, b. 1885; a son Charles Robert b. 1887 and another son, Colin E. b. in 1889. Although I can find no death record for Lexy, as she was called, David Francis married again      in 1890 to Jessie Cameron. They had one child, a daughter, Margaret Agnes Murray, b. 1891. No further information on any of the people in this family.

                                                         Cuffey's Cove, Mendocino, CA

                                                         Photo from Mendocino's web site

Wikipedia

Canadian Census years, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911

USA Federal Census years, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940

Birth, Death and Marriage Records

http://www.fortbragg.com/history/fb-history/

http://www.mendorailhistory.org/1_towns/fort_bragg/fort_bragg.htm

http://keith-skinner.com/cuffeys-cove-birthplace-novel/

http://www.mendocino.com/?id=897

Francis and Elizabeth Keillor Carmichael Expanded Part II a

  

Includes the surnames Clarke, Cushman, Albert, Cameron, Smith, Reynolds, Copeland

Francis and Elizabeth Keillor Carmichael were m. c. 1794 in Aberlour, Scotland.  They had 9 children:

          *Thomson (1796-1861) m. in 1826 Elizabeth Barbara Hubley (1806-1881)                     – 15 children (See separate expanded form) (Thomson is the most extensive and will be the last expanded form rather than the first.)

           David (1799-?) no information

           Mary Ann Carmichael (1799-1874) m. William McCabe (1799-1876)                             (Expanded Form Part Ia and Part Ib)

           Robert (1800-?) no information

          ****Isobel Carmichael (1801-1864) m. c 1823 Robert Murray

          James (1803-?) Name too common to determine any relationship

                    1839 in Fisher’s Grant, Pictou Co., NS

          John (1806-?)There are a great many men named John. I found several ‘John Thomson’s’ but not enough additional info to provide any further research.

          Isaac Carmichael m. Jane (Jenette) Hamilton; children: Sarah Jane m. Kenneth MacLeod; Mary B. m. David Dow; John Robert m. Margaret Raymond; David W. m. Cassie Fraser; Isabel m. Robert Douglas; James H. m. Elizabeth Mullins; George Henry m. Christy Ann Mullins; Isaac and           Alexander – no info on these last two children.

     This expanded report will begin with ****Isobel Carmichael:                                     

****Isobel Carmichael (1801-1864) m. c 1823 Robert Murray (1792- 884). Most of their children were b. in Merigomish, NS.

          Their children were, all surname Murray:

          ^1.  Isabelle (1823-1872)

          ^2.  James (1827-1911)

           3.   Robert (1830-1842)

          ^4.  William (1830-1912)

          ^5.  Lydia (1841-1926)

          ^6.  Robert (1843-?)

          ^7. Hannah (1845-1947)

          ^8.  David Francis (1846-1925)

           9. Almira (1851-?)

All those marked with ^ have information below. I have eliminated an entry for John Murray based on certain things I found. First there was very little to be found on this name with the correct time line and the correct people. Second, what I did find, curiously, had the same dates as everything I had found for James (1827-1911), including the exact death date. My educated guess is that this person was either John James, or James John, but had used the name James throughout his life. I felt it was in the best interests of presenting what I did know as opposed to what I could theorize about. I do believe they are one in the same person, but can’t prove it.

^1. Isabelle (1823-1872) m. Thomas Clarke (1821 in Scotland -?) –  They had 4 children, all surname Clarke:

          a. Thomas (1848-?) – No further info

          b.  Mary Ann (1855-?) - No further info

          c.  George Jackson (1857-1926) m. in 1879 Alicia McKay

          d.  Alice Margaret (1861-?) - No further info

         

          1c. George Jackson Clarke and Alicia McKay (1854-?) had three children:  Agnes (1878-?), Thomas (1880-?) and Catharine (1883-?), all born in Nova Scotia.

An 1871 census for Thomas and Isabelle was found for New Glasgow, NS. A death record for Isabelle in 1872, a marriage record for George in 1879, a 1891 census for George and Alicia, a 1901 census for Alicia, called Celie, Agnes, called Aggie, Thomas and Catherine are living with her in Pictou, Nova Scotia. George Clarke is a baggage master on the Canadian Railroad. A death cert. for George shows he died Dec. 31 1926 in New Glasgow and is buried in the Riverside Cem. there.

^2. James (1827-1911) m. in 1850 Margaret Jane McEwen – 9 children, all Murray surname:

          a. Robert (1851-?)

          b. Bella (1855-?)

          c. James D. (1857-?)

I’ve been unable to discover any information on the above three children of James and Margaret. There were many Murray families. Without some further identifying info, I can’t pick them out of the half a dozen or more people with the same name, all living at about the same time and in the same general locality. They may also be listed by their middle names. It was a common custom to use the middle name for every day business and the given name for formalities.

          d. John Roy (1858-1930) m. in 1886 Mary Melville Francis

          e. Milton  (1861-?) m. Anna Unknown

          f.  Lyvinia (1865-?)

          g. Joseph (1867-?)

          h. Katherine Grant (1867-?) m. in 1892 Charles W. Albert

          i. Sarah A. (1873-1939) Spinster; school teacher

          2d. John Roy (1858-1930) was born on Oct 30 1858 in New Glasgow, NS. He m. Mary Melville Francis (b. Oct 23 1863 in Fall River, MA) on Jul 26 1886 in Fall River, MA. They had 5 children, all b. in Fall River, MA:

                    2d/a. Roy F.

                    2d/b. Ruth Catherine (1889-?) m. Edgar Cushman

                    2d/c. Miriam (1891-?)

                    2d/d. Melville (1894-1967) m. Anna May Raymond

                    2d/e. Mildred (1902-?) No further info

          2d/a. Roy F. (1887-1888) He died at 14 mos. due to an injury

         

          2d/b. Ruth Catherine (1889-?) She m. Edgar Everett Cushman (1889- 1977) on Sep 15 1913 in Fall River, MA. Edgar was a lawyer in a private practice and Ruth was a teacher the year they were     married. They lived at 37 Hale St. in Bridgewater, MA. The home was owned by Edgar’s maternal grandparents. Edgar’s mother died when she was 27 and Edgar was 2. He was raised by the                 grandparents, Solomon and Ella Eaton. Ruth went by the name Carrie, again, using a shortened form of her middle name. They had 6 children:

                              Mildred and Marion twins, (1914-?)

                              Margery, (1915-?)

                              Dorothy Rae (1917-2012) m. Lawrence McCracken

                              Ruth Murray (1923-2001) m. Earl Raymond Heaton

                              Francis (1926-?)

                    They still lived at 37 Hale St. in 1940.

         

          2d/c. Miriam (1891-?) She was a bookkeeper for an Insurance Co.  I’ve been unable to find any further info on her.

          2d/d.  Melville (1894-1967 m. c. 1919 to Anna May Raymond. In 1940 his stated occupation was a motor mechanic in an electrical plant. They lived in Swampscott, MA, and had two children, Edith and Bernice. He died there in 1967.

         

          2e. Milton (1861-?) In 1920 Milton was 59 and his wife Anna (Unknown) was 41. They had a son, Milton Ronald, age 25. They lived at 469 8^th Ave. in San Fransciso, CA. Milton was a                 merchandizing buyer for dry goods. Immigration was in 1880 and naturalization, in 1897. Anna was b. in CA but her parents were born in Switzerland. The 1920 census says they spoke Romanie.

                    In 1930, The older Milton was working as a clerk in a dry goods store and the younger Milton (1894-1974) is married to Daphna and they are both 35. They have a son, Alden, age 6. They live at 10 Allston Way in San Francisco, CA. This Milton is the owner of an insurance co. They had a live-in maid.

                    In 1940, the younger Milton is called an insurance broker, they all still live in the same home.  Also in the 1940 census, Anna Murray is listed as a widow, age 61. I have not been able to find any info on the death of Milton (Sr.). There are some grave sites but there is only a name and no dates. Anna is still living in the same home and she is now a practical nurse taking private cases.

                    A 1942 draft card for Milton Ronald Murray says he is 47, is an Insurance broker and works for Bethlehem Steel.

                                                             Lombard St. in San Francisco
                                                              Photo by Angela Cunningham

          2g. Joseph (1867-?) Oddly enough I found nothing on Joseph, although he continued to live in New Glasgow NS. He was married, but I didn’t discover her name. She signed the death certificate for Joseph’s sister Sarah in 1939, as the informant of her death to the officials. She signed it as Mrs. Joseph Murray, sister-in-law of the deceased.

          2h. Katherine Grant (1867-?)  married Charles Albert of Westfield NJ in 1892, Fall River MA. She is listed as a milliner and he is a Post Office clerk. They had three children Wesley (1893-1899), Margaret (1901-?) and Vera (1904-1907). Wesley died at 6 ½ years from diphtheria and Vera died at age 2 yrs. and 10 mos. from measles and pulmonary congestion. Margaret was still at home in 1920 and a college student. No further info on her. Charles d. 1959 and Katherine d. in 1961, in Fall River MA.

          2i. Sarah A., b. June 30 1873 in NS. I was only able to find her death certificate which said she had spent her entire life in NS. She was a spinster, retired teacher. Her death was called accidental as she was struck down by a towing chain, which fractured her skull, on Aug 1, 1939. She lived in New Glasgow at the time of her death. The informant was Mrs. Joseph Murray, sister-in–law of the            deceased.