Date: 12/21/2014 Name: Dave
Hardy Location: Clementsport,
Annapolis County E-Mail:
dvddoodle99@eastlink.ca
Comments: Sounds like a way of life that is
sadly disappearing due to that deception called
,"progress ????". I bet people still are
comfortable to leave their keys in their
vehicles 24/7 and their doors unlocked.
Date: 12/25/2014
Name: Martin Richards (Landry)
Location: E-Mail:
highroadsphoto@yahoo.com
Comments: I am part of the Landry and Boudreau
families via my mother.
Date: 2/4/2015 Name:
Alvin Stanley Hamilton Location:
Hopkinton New Hamshire U.S.A. E-Mail:
algean@comcast.net
Comments: Hamilton I am Alvin
[AL] Hamilton MY GRAND PARENTS
WERE Daniel Oscar Hamilton and Annis Jane
Whitehouse Hamilton My parents are Aubrey
Delma Hamilton and Bertha May McGray
Hamilton They moved from Forest Glen
Nova Scotia to Whitinsville M.A. USA in the
early
1900's
Date:
2/5/2015 Name: Bradford R.
Surett Location:
massachusetts
E-Mail: Comments:
Date: 2/8/2015
Name: Marilyn Saulnier Location:
Arcadia E-Mail: rozzy24@eastlink.ca
Comments: Wondering if anyone can tell me if
Parker, Eakins ran a sawmill in either
Deerfield-Haley Rd. or Pleasant Valley-Durkee
Rd. around the 30's and 40's. Thanks
BANGOR, Digby County in the
1880s, a Yarmouth firm, Parker, Eakins &
Co., operated the mill with a rather large
crew of 28 men, he said. (Source)
Date: 2/21/2015 Name: Sharon
Rupp Location: Hamilton,
Ontario E-Mail: Siradmin
@sympatico.ca
Date: 2/22/2015 Name: John
Byron Durkee Location: Santa
Rosa, California 95401 E-Mail:
byronic1@comcast.net
Comments: There is a library in Carleton,
Yarmouth Co. Nova Scotia it is my
understanding that there is an extensive
family genealogy there. Also the Yarmouth
Herald did a detailed genealogy on the Durkee
family among others. It goes back
to William Durgy (O'Durgy ~1650) and supports
the idea the William was captured in the Irish
rebellion and sold into slavery for 800 pounds
of sugar. He was shipped to Barbados and was a
plantation slave there until freed by
proclamation of King Charles on regaining the
throne. Having no means to get back to Ireland
he indentured himself to a businessman from
Marblehead (Ipswich?) and came to
Massachusetts with him. He fell in love and
eloped with a serving girl in his masters home
(Martha Cross) and the rest is history.
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From: Carmen Thibeau
<cthibeau@eastlink.ca>
Yarmouth; Pembroke
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Please can you tell me if there was a
steel covered bridge on what is now known
as the Bain Rd and if so does anyone
have a picture of it. Thank
you for your time
Date:
3/7/2015 Name: christopher
muise Location: chilliwack
BC E-Mail:
chrismuise@hotmail.com
Comments:
Date: 3/15/2015 Name: sandra
blackmore Location: spry
harbour,ns E-Mail:
couponcodes@hotmail.ca
Comments:
Date: 3/15/2015 Name: otto van
barneveld Location:
chester E-Mail:
ottosunrise@ns.sympatico.ca
Comments:
Date: 3/18/2015 Name: June
McDermott Location:
Cobble Hill, B. C. E-Mail:
junemcde@telus.net
Comments: Received this today which is
the 18th of March, 2015. My family research
many statements with "Snopes." Great service
considering that much is said or reported that
defies reason. How else could that be checked
out. Many thanks for this service. June.
Webmaster
comment: Not sure what you are
referring to?
Date: 3/18/2015 Name: Marilyn
Saulnier Location: Arcadia
E-Mail: rozzy24@eastlink.ca
Comments:
Did the Bangor mill saw railway ties when
Parker, Eakins owned it? Is there
a written history of just what type of lumber
it produced?
I am writing my father's memoirs and he
worked for that firm from 1924 till
1982. He remembers taking a Parker,
Eakins truck to the mill and loading the ends
of cut railway ties. Just the correct
length for a wood stove.
Also when did it pass from Parker. Eakins
ownership? They also owned a mill in
Pleasant Valley Yar. Co. but at a later date,
around the turn of the century. I understand
they were operating the Bangor mill in the
1880's.
Any information you could provide would be
appreciated.
Thanks...M.S.
Date: 3/21/2015
Name: Catherine Doherty Location: Everett,
Massachusetts USA E-Mail:
cadoherty11@verizon.net
Comments: Hi
I'm from Hannah Andrews family, trying to locate
a burial ground for her and her husband Joseph
E Hamilton, any infor would be
great. Great
Granddaughter Catherine Doherty
Date: 3/28/2015 Name: David
Smith Location: Edmonton,
AB E-Mail: davidyarmouth@hotmail.
ca
Comments: My Father was once a Head
Lightkeeper on Green Island
from 1961-1970. I took my turn on Green Island
in 1978-79. In 2014 I was home on Vacation and
attempted a trip to Green Island just to walk
the Island one last time but things didn't
workout to get ashore but did get close to at
least view the Island again. Will try again
this year . However a few friends and I did
get a tour of some of the Tusket Islands and
truly enjoyed every moment.
http://yarmouthhistory.ca/yarmouthhistory/LocalHistory/Entries/2011/12/1_Steamships_Governor_Cobb_and_North_Star.html
Date: 3/30/2015 Name: Audrey
Murray Location: Sackville,
N.S E-Mail:
audreymurray@eastlink.ca
Comments: Love everyplace Acadian
Date: 3/30/2015 Name:
Audrey Murray Location: Sackville,
N.S E-Mail:
audreymurray@eastlink.ca
Comments: I would like to know
why Rocco Point isn't here with a few
pix as it is an important site for Acadians. I
love you villages, stories, pictures and
"tales " from the past. Thank you , This
is a beautiful site. Audrey
Webmaster
Comment: I will have to go down
there
This is as close as I got http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/steanne/aug-04/Page2.html
Date: 4/17/2015 Name: Perry
Porter Location:
Alberta E-Mail:
pjporter@telus.net
Comments: Hi.... I came to Southern Alberta in
1960 from Hebron, N.S. Think its time to come
back for a visit and soak up some wet salty
air, however I think I'll wait for the snow to
disappear first.
Date: 4/18/2015 Name: Anthony
Tyler Location: Masset,
Haida Gwaii, B.C. E-Mail:
gavins.dad@hotmail.com
Comments: 7th generation Swindell from the
Berwick area where I grew up. Hoping to get
back to N.S. and settle in the Southwest where
my parents have retired. Mom has been tracing
the Pinch and Swindell families in the
area.
Date:
5/2/2015 Name: helena
doucette Location:
glenwood E-Mail:
hmyrer81@comcast.net
Comments: I used to live in glenwood when I was
a kid with my mommy and
papa I miss them so much
Date:
5/19/2015 Name: Tina
Lemieux Location: Mont Vernon,
NH E-Mail: september6740@yahoo.ca
Comments: I came across this site to find out
where Comeau's Hill was. I'm on Facebook
and belong to the group called "Rappie
Pie Rules" where a woman
said she was from there. I like to use the
internet to learn more about the culture of my
mother's family the Maillet's of Meteghan, Nova
Scotia. In this forum we discuss all the
wonders of this Acadien dish of peeled grated
potatoes, chicken broth and shredded chicken
layered in a large stainless steel rectangular
pan with high sides.
A quick overview from the area my mothers from
of making this Rapure: (for reference only)
Cook chicken in about 20 cups of water and
season with pepper, onions & salted
scallions. Seperate chicken from bones,
reserve on side and keep broth hot peel
potatoes and grate on small holes of grater
using a clean dish drying towel, scoop batches
of pulp into towel and SQUEEZE starches out use
a few cups of cold water to reconstitute the
pulp and make it smooth then add a "magic"
number of cups of hot broth to the pulp to get a
certain desirable consistency of which is
usually only learned by being an elder family
member with LOTS of experience
Layer in your "special" pan as listed above
with: Pulp slurry
Shredded Chicken meat Pulp
slurry bake for several hours (about
3) till a crispy layer is formed on top.
There are sooooo many variations on this that
the Facebook group came about on the subject for
people to share and discuss them.
Date:
5/19/2015 Name: Mary Ann (Corning)
Mitchell Location: Sparks,
Nevada E-Mail:
marymitch2010@gmail.com
Comments: Hi Jim:
Came across your great page as i was researching
information for the revision I am doing on a
book my sister wrote - Moses Perry: A Founding
Father of Yarmouth.
Would love to get caught up on our families and
more Perry (and Bain)
information.
Date:
5/24/2015 Name: wayne
doucette Location: yarmouth
nova scotia E-Mail:
wayneshandyman1952@gmail.com
Original request: http://www.yarmouth.org/s-book103.htm#Lillian
Date: 5/25/2015
Name: John T.
Ford
Location: Québec City,
Québec E-Mail:
johnford2006@gmail.com
Comments: This is an answer
regarding Marsha
(Berry) Farmer's request for information
about Sylvanus Berry, his wife
Lillian(Lily) Sisco, their son John Berry and
his wife Florence Gray.
Lillian Sisco( b. 1872 Chebogue, Nova
Scotia- d. July 7 1959, Yarmouth, N.S.) was
the daughter of Gibert Sisco(1848-1916) and
Mary Elisabeth Turner( 1847-1923) she married
Sylvanus Berry(b. Jun 8 1863, Pleasant Valley,
N.S.) June 5 1890 in Milton, N.S. . They
had at least 11 children, John Melvin Berry(
b. about 1902) was the sixth. Sylvanus Berry
was the son of Joseph and Harriet Berry.
John Berry married Florence Olive
Gray, who was born in San Francisco,
California in about 1903. Her father was John
S. Gray( 1869-1907) who was born in Bangor,
Maine and lived in Windsor, Maine with his
wife, Margaret Boyle( b. 1881), who was born
in Greenock, Scotland. John and Florence
married March 15 1926 in Yarmouth, N.S. . They
must have had your mother, Lillian Florence
Berry shortly after that. I don't know
when or why they split up...but the marriage
mustn't have lasted more than five
years. John Berry had a son with my
great-grandmother Viola Crawford in 1933, he
is my great-uncle, Hubert Sisco. After
that, John Berry had five children with
Arthina Stephens, but was never married to
her. They had three sons and two daughters
between 1938 and 1945. Four are still living,
to my knowledge. John and Arthina lived
in Montréal, Arthina moved back to Nova Scotia
with one of her daughters and died there, John
Berry moved to Toronto, and I presume he died
there, but have no record of that.
Hope that helps, and if you want to
know more, please write me as several of your
mother's half-siblings are still alive and
have children and grandchildren and live in
Ontario.
Date: 7/19/2015 Name: Harley
Major Location: Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, USA E-Mail:
the2cruisers@gmail.com
Comments: You have a fantastic page. We can't
wait to visit our Hurlbert & Perry
ancestors there again!!
Date: 7/27/2015 Name: John
P. Surette Location:
Lawrence, MA E-Mail:
jsurette3@homail.com
Comments: My Grand Father was Born on Surette
Island
John Irene Surette
Date: 7/28/2015 Name:
shanna Location: United
States E-Mail:
sloghry69@outlook.com
Comments: We found out this island was named
after our ancestor. My great grandmother
was Surette
Date: 8/1/2015 Name: Pamela
Morgan Location:
Calgary,AB E-Mail:
Comments: I grew up in east kemptville, moved
away in 1986, came back for visits every now
and then but that's it. More updates to
this website would be greatly appreciated
and needed. Maybe a spot for people to
tell of there childhood growing up in East
Kemptville
webmaster comment:
I agree but usually facebook is
what people use these days. If you have
information you would like to add please send
it along. and we will try placeing it at
http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/kemptvil/index.htm
as we did for a lady from sand beach http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/sandbeac/index.htm
Date: 8/2/2015 Name: Ray
Surette Location: New
Hamburg,Ontario E-Mail:
suretguitars@yahoo.ca
Comments: Hi;I was born in Yarmouth in 1935.My
dad,Nicholas Surette moved with my sister and
I to Ontario in 1947.I always enjoy visiting
my home town ----Ray
Date: 8/16/2015 Name: Vonda
Roberts Location: Southern
California E-Mail: vondabug@gmail.com
Comments: Attempting to trace back my Roberts
line through Argyle.
Date: 9/6/2015 Name: Elizabeth
Doucette Location: Wedgeport,
N.E. E-Mail:
Comments: Just was wondering, how the village
looks.
Date: 9/12/2015 Name: Patricia
Sollows
Location:
E-Mail: Patsollows@gmail.com
Comments: Patricia Sollows, just looking up
genealogy of name Sollows, people have been
helpful
Date: 9/16/2015 Name:
Gordon Churchill Location: St.
George NB
E-Mail: Comments:
Date: 9/28/2015 Name: Didi
Miesen Location: Montreal,
Quebec E-Mail: didi1947@gmail.com
Comments: Hello, I am moving to Nova
Scotia and am interested in the Carleton
area - so am taking a look at your site.
Thanks
Date: 10/2/2015 Name: Jeanne
Penney Tsakeres Location:
Pinkney PT, Narragansett,R.I.
E-Mail:
Comments: Great to see this site about one of
the loveliest spots in Nova Scotia. My
mother, Bertha Melanson Penney was born on the
point in 1912, the youngest of twelve
children. I traveled to Novie for the
first time in 1953 and my parents eventually
built a house on top of a hill.
Our relatives could not understand why anyone
would ever build on a hill and be so exposed
to the weather but when they saw the view,
they understood. Our family continues to use
this house with the help of our wonderful
relatives. ..God's country!
Date: 10/5/2015 Name: Elaine Marr (nee
Pothier) Location: Orillia,
Ontario E-Mail:
elaine.marr55@yahoo.ca
Comments: Loved reading about my father's
(Paul Pothier), home town. it was a walk down
memory lane, remembering my childhood visiting
my grandparents Matthew and Flossie Pothier.
Date: 10/10/2015 Name:
Louise mollot Location:
Montreal E-Mail: Lmollot@gmail.
Com
Comments: Sharon Antony has done amazing job
growing this company,and her service to people
shows in her thoughtful acts like paddleboats
n canoes for us visitors or residents
Date: 10/24/2015 Name:
Estelle Maxwell
Location: Waller,
Tx. E-Mail:
E1Lady@aol.com
Comments: My grandparents Anselem J.
Comeau (October 6-1900) and Mary
Evelyn Thibodeau Comeau ( October
17, 1905) were born and raised in Digby
County. They immigrated to the United States
and ultimately resided in Flint, Mi. They
raised two children Joseph Louis Comeau and Rosemary
Comeau Maxwell. My Mom married
George Maxwell in Flint, Mi. I was born of
that union. I now reside in a little town
called Waller, Tx. This town is about thirty
miles out of Houston. I do know that my
grandmother's sister Zoe LeBlanc still has
children in Digby County area of Canada.
Date: 11/4/2015 Name: Jeff
White Location: Waverley
NS E-Mail:
dr.jeffwhite@hotmail.com
Comments: Heading into East Kempt this Friday,
with plans to hike into Reeves.
Date: 11/7/2015 Name: Al
Hamilton Location: Hopkinton New
Hamshire U S A E-Mail:
algean@comcast.net
Comments: I am a
desendent of Daniel Oscar Hamilton [Grandfather]and
Aubrey Delma Hamilton [my Father] of Forest
Glen Nova Scotia [ALSO] Aca Donane McGray
[Grandfather]and Bertha May McGray [my
mother]of Carlton Nova Scotia
Date: 11/17/2015 Name: Al
Hamilton Location: Hopkinton New
Hamshire U S A E-Mail:
algean@comcast.net
Comments: Daniel
Oscar Hamilton and Annis Jane Whitehouse
Hamilton was my
Grandparants Aubrey
Delma Hamilton and Bertha May McGray Hamilton
was Parants
Date: 11/22/2015 Name: Dave
Taylor Location: Mid Musquodoboit
NS E-Mail: davidt@ns.sympatico.ca
Comments: My Mother was Anne Brittain,dau of
George B = P Lake
Date: 11/24/2015 Name: John
Patrick Overton Location:
Weatherford, Ok E-Mail:
Patoverton13@att.net
Comments:
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