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Watson Smith family
Family

Watson Smith (ca1865-1953), merchant and tinsmith, was born at Folly Mountain, Colchester County, Nova Scotia in circa 1865 to Sydney Smith and Agnes (Rae) Smith. He married Jeanetta “Nettie” Allison Blair (ca1867-1963) on October 28, 1890 in Nappan, Cumberland County, NS, daughter of Harriet and Colonel William Blair, Member of the NS Legislative Assembly for Colchester County 1878-1886 and Superintendent of Dominion Experimental Farm at Nappan 1888-1896. Watson and Nettie lived at Acadia Mines, then settled in Shubenacadie, Hants County, NS in 1895 where Watson opened his tinsmith shop and hardware store. They had four children: Cullen Blair (b.1891), Alfred (b.1893), Jeanetta “Jennie” May (b.1897) and Harry Victor (1903-2002). Both Cullen and Harry worked with their father at the Watson Smith & Sons Hardware and Tinsmith Metal Shop and ran the business after Watson’s death in 1953. It appears Alfred died in childhood. Jennie became a nurse. Cullen married Gwendolyn F. Lynch on September 1, 1915 in Shubenacadie and had four children: Cullen Jr., Kathleen, Blair and Donne. He worked at the family business until retirement in 1964. Harry, the youngest son of Watson and Nettie, was a mechanic and inventor prior to the Second World War. He patented a car turning signal in 1930, and built his own version of a snowmobile. He was a member of the Chebucto Road Flying Club in Halifax, 1932-1934. From 1940 to 1944 Harry volunteered with First Canadian F Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force and served at Topcliff and York in the United Kingdom as an air frame mechanic, earning the rank of sergeant in 1943. Upon his return to Canada, he resumed work in the family business, taking over from Cullen from 1964 until he closed it in ca1982. He donated the building to the Village of Shubenacadie as a museum. Harry never married but kept in close contact with his brother Cullen’s children. He died in Shubenacadie in 2002.

Family · [ca.1739- 2004]

Anna Barbara Webber (1884-1922) was born in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. She was a descendant of George Webber (1739?-181-?) who immigrated to South Carolina from Germany and later came to Nova Scotia with other Loyalist settlers in 1782. Anna Barbara’s family lived in Dartmouth from 1891 to 1901, and from 1905 or earlier, she lived in Dartmouth and worked as a domestic servant for the family of Richard Romans. On September 16, 1914 Anna Barbara married William Wilson Webber (1882-1968) and around this time moved to Upper Lakeville where William was employed as a lumberman. Anna Barbara and William had three children: Allen Otto (1915), Frances Rita Eliza (1916), and Blois Milton (1919). Allen Webber served in the Second World War, was a steamfitter, and lived in Dartmouth and other locations before retiring to Upper Lakeville. Blois Webber lived in Meaghers Grant, and also served in the Second World War from 1943 to 1945 before being wounded in Belgium and sent home in May of 1945. He was a woodsman and hunter and worked at Fairey Aviation and IMP. Frances Webber married Douglas Onslow Robson in July of 1943 in Lake Charlotte and they lived in Woodside, Dartmouth.

Webber, Claude L. (family)
Family · 1931-2008

Claude Leonard Webber was born on January 31, 1931. He was the only child of Leonard and Greta (Lewis) Webber of Upper Lakeville. He was a bachelor for most of his life, but eventually married Ruby Joan Parker in 1998, whom he had known since his school days. He passed away ten years later on November 27, 2008.

Claude was employed in the audit department of the Department of National Defence dockyard in Halifax for forty-four years. He had an apartment in Halifax and worked there throughout the week, coming home to Upper Lakeville on the weekends. He was a gifted musician, well known for his accordion playing and as the organist for his church.

Although he had no children of his own, he is survived by a stepson, Charles Parker and his family.

Welch family
Family · 1854-

Joshua Welch was born on September 7 1854 in Port Greville, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. He was married to Emilne Welch (1862 – 1938) of Fraserville, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Emilne gave birth to their daughter Lottie Bell on 17 December 1892 in Wards Brook, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Their daughter, Lottie Bell, married Stewart Ayer and had one child Jessie Fraulen (Welch) McCully. Census records indicate that Joshua lived in Parrsboro in 1881, Port Greville in 1891, 1901 and 1921.Joshua passed away on 28 July 1927 in Port Greville, NS.

Whidden, James (family)
Family

James Whidden and his wife Armenia lived in Cumberland County, N.S. He was a captain and died of yellow fever while at sea. Following his death, Armenia rented out property in order to remain financially independent.

White, Gideon (family)
Family

Gideon White, farmer, merchant and shipowner, was born in 1754 at Plymouth, Mass., the son of Gideon White (1717-1779) and Joanna Howland (1716-1810). He married Deborah Whiteworth (1760-1851) in 1787 and the couple had nine children: Joanna, Miles Whitworth, Deborah Foxcroft, Nathaniel Whitworth, Gideon Consider, Cornelius, John Dean Whitworth, Sarah Whitworth, and Thomas Howland. During the War of Independence he fought for the British cause, and as a result at the end of the war, like many other British supporters, was forced to leave his home. White became an agent for the Port Roseway Associates, a group of men working to organize loyal British-Americans to remove to Port Roseway (presently Shelburne), N.S., where they would receive land and support. Following the Loyalists' arrival at Shelburne in 1783, steps were taken to form a local government. In 1785 White was appointed Deputy Registrar of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, and later elected to represent Barrington Township in the Legislative Assembly from 1790-1793. In 1794 he was appointed Justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and one year later, appointed customs collector. White continued to receive government appointments; in 1796 he was appointed seizing officer for Shelburne and Queens County and the following year sheriff. Circa 1812 he was appointed Custos Rotulorum and he also served as Judge of the Court of Probate for Shelburne County from 1823-1832. White died at Shelburne in 1833 and his wife Deborah died in 1851. Several of White's children continued to reside in Shelburne and also received numerous government appointments. Nathaniel Whitworth White (1793-1860) became a lawyer and represented Shelburne Township in the Legislative Assembly from 1826-1827, and was also appointed Registrar of the Court of Chancery and was the Master in the Supreme Court of Judicature from 1855-1860. Cornelius White (1797-1871) was also a lawyer and represented Shelburne County in the Legislative Assembly from 1855-1859, and was appointed Registrar for Shelburne County. Another son, Reverend Thomas Howland White (1806-1898) was the rector of Christ Church for close to sixty years. Some of White's grandchildren and great-grandchildren also became prominent members of the community. Cornelius White (1847-1925), son of Cornelius White and his wife Agnes, was appointed Registrar of Deeds and Probate for Shelburne County. Nathaniel Whitworth White (1837-1917), son of Reverend Thomas Howland White, was a practicing lawyer, and was elected to represent Shelburne County in the Legislative Assembly from 1878-1882 and was elected to represent Shelburne in Parliament from 1891-1896. Nathaniel's grandson, also named Nathaniel Whitworth White (b.1905) also operated a law practice at Shelburne.

Whynot (family)
Family

Bessie May Acker (1874-1973) married James William Whynot (1857-1941), son of Cyrus and Elizabeth Whynot, on 10 December 1891. They had five children: Atwood Roy (1893-1939), Elsie May (1895-1962), Seymore Morse (b. 1899), Clarence Murdock (b. 1902) and Ruth Marion (b. 1912). The family resided in New Albany, N.S. Atwood relocated to Farmingham, Mass. and joined the American Expeditionary Force during the First World War. He married Alexandria Clark, 18 October 1919, and died 9 November 1939 serving in the Third Field Artillery, 6th Division, USA Army.

Family

Wilfred Wyman was born on 21 May 1869 in Chebogue, Yarmouth County. He married Florence Nightingale Gravel of Tusket Lakes on 18 May 1895. The couple had three children, Wilfred (b.1896), Maynard (b. 1898) and Iona. Wilfred Sr. went to sea in 1882 and later earned his master's papers and commanded British steamers on voyages around the world, employed by the Canadian National Steamships Ltd. Between 1895 and 1915 the family operated a produce business, selling fruit, eggs, and butter to local residents. The Wymans had a hot-house on their farm at Chebogue Point, which they used to grow much of their produce. Wilfred Jr. joined the army in the summer of 1915 and was sent to France as a machine gunner with the 25th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment). Wilfred Jr. was killed in action on 6 November 1917. Maynard joined the army ca. 1916 and also served in France with the 85th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment). Maynard returned home following the war, married and lived in Yarmouth. Iona lived in Nova Scotia and worked as a nurse.

Yorke family
Family · 1790 -

Edward Yorke was a born circa 1790 in Yorke Settlement, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia to Jones Yorke and Susannah (Vickery) Yorke. Edward worked as a farmer. He married Ann Nancy Hatfield on 25 July 1816 in St. Georges Anglican Church, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. They were married by Jeese Lewis, J.P., commissioned to perform marriages according to the rites of the Church of England. Edward and Ann had three children: Mary (Yorke) Newcombe, Elizabeth (Yorke) Smith and Harriet (Yorke) Bentley. Edward passed away circa 1850 in Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

Stehelin (famille)
Family

Les fils d'Emile Stehelin seront envoyés chez les Eudistes à l'école Saint Jean de Versailles où Stehelin rencontrera un ancien soldat-ami, le père Gustave Blanche. Vers la fin du 19e siècle les Eudistes en France, comme les autres congrégations enseignantes, vivaient dans l'inquiétude quant à leur avenir étant donné l'attitude anti-cléricale du gouvernement. C'est dans le but de s'assurer un refuge au cas où cela serait nécessaire que les Eudistes acceptèrent l'inviation de fonder un collège en Amérique du Nord, plus precisément à Pointe-de-l'Église en Nouvelle-Écosse. Quelques années après son départ que le père Blanche offrait d'emmener Jean Stehelin, deuxième fils d'Emile âge de 24 ans. Le but du voyage en 1894 était de lui ouvrir des perspectives de travail dans ce jeune pays qu'était le Canada. Mais deux autres enfants Roger et Paul, voulaient suivre leur frère et c'est avec reticence qu'Emile permit à ses trois fils de quitter la France. Éventuellement la famille entière s'embarquait pour coloniser les terres vierges et boisée en arrière de Weymouth en Nouvelle-Écosse, endroit qui fut baptisé la Nouvelle-France. Avant longtemps une colonie de bucherons vit le jour au milieu de la forêt. La famille Stehelin, dont sept fils et trois filles, fut épaulée dans son entreprise par des Acadiens de la région qui travaillaient pour le compte du grand "Français de France". Avec le temps une importante industrie de bois de charpente se dévéloppa et avec les infrastructures portuaires de la ville de Weymouth le bois était facilement expédié. Un train qui fonctionnait sur des raills de bois transportait les gens et les produits forestiers de la Nouvelle-France à Weymouth. Après la mort de son épouse, Emile Stehelin vint s'établir définitivement à Weymouth, laissant son oeuvre dans les mains de ses fils. Mais quelque années après, soit en 1914, ce fut l'appel aux armes et cinq des garçons Stehelin vont s'enrôler dans l'armée française tandis qu'un sixième, Emile fils, fera partie de l'armée canadienne. Après la fin de la première guerre mondiale les Stehelin qui avaient goûté de nouveau à la France décidèrent de s'y installer de façon permanente. Ce fut la dislocation complète de la famille et la Nouvelle-France, devenue propriété d'étrangers, allait tomber en ruines.