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     Concerning Harriet Elizabeth Mitchell (1903-1983), Mr. Wiggs states in Chart R-22, "She was a direct descendant of William Bradford, Pilgrim Governor, who arrived aboard the Mayflower at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620, and of Nicholas Olding, famed notary and founder of the Bar in Nova Scotia."  Her mother's name was Emily Louise Packard, about whom  I have no further information.
     In researching that statement, I seem to have run into a bit of a mystery.
     William Bradford (1590-1657) was the father of Joseph Bradford (1630-1715) who was the father of  Elisha Bradford (1669-1745) who was the father of Asenath Bradford 1736-1818) who married Benjamin Packard (1743-1825) who had four children whose names are given below.  Then follows a gap in the information.

     Here is what I have on the Bradford/Packard lines:

bradford descent notes

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http://www.concentric.net/~pvb/GEN/govbrad.html

William Bradford*; Bap. March 19, 1589/90, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England; d. May 9, 1657, Plymouth MA.

m1. Dorothy May; b. c1597, Norfolk, England ; d. Dec. 7, 1620, Cape Cod Harbor, (now Provincetown) MA. A description of her ancestry is given in the Brief Biography text below.

William and Dorothy had one child, a son:

• John Bradford; b. c 1615, Leyden, Holland; d. Sep. 7, 1679, Norwich CT. John did not accompany his parents on the Mayflower in 1620, but may have lived with William Pontus and Wybra (Hanson) Pontus. Wybra was a cousin of William Bradford on his mother's side. In1627 John came to Plymouth and found his father's household full. He moved to Duxbury sometime before 1645. He finally settled among the earliest proprietors of Norwich CT in about 1652. He served as Lt. Dep. to the General Court in Norwich CT in that year, and was married in Marshfield in 1653.
• m. Martha Bourne of Marshfield MA in 1653. She is the daughter of Deacon Thomas Bourne (1581-1664), an immigrant from England who was among the first settlers at Marshfield MA, and his wife, Elizabeth ___?. John Bradford and Martha Bourne had no children. After John Bradford died, Martha married 2nd to Lt. Thomas Tracy.

m2. Alice (Carpenter) Southworth* (1590/1-1670), daughter of Alexander Carpenter* and Priscilla Dillen*, and widow of Edward Southworth.

William and Alice had 3 children:

• William Bradford* (1624-1704)
• m1. Alice Richards* (1627-1671)
• m2. Sarah (Tracy) Griswold, a.k.a. "The Widow Wiswall"
• m3. Mary (Atwood) Holmes

• Mercy Bradford; b. 1625/6, Plymouth MA; d. before 1657.
• m. Benjamin Vermayes on Dec. 21, 1648. Benjamin was born in about 1624, probably in Holland or Flanders, but possibly in England. Benjamin died before Nov. 28, 1665 in "Ginne", according to the records revealed in Mayflower Increasings by Susan E. Roser 2nd Ed, (Gen Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1997), page 21.
• Mercy and Benjamin had no known children

• Joseph Bradford; b. 1630, Plymouth MA; d. July 10, 1715, Rocky Nook, MA.
• m. Jael Hobart; b. Dec. 1642; d. 1730. She is the daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart and Rebecca Peck.
• Joseph and Jael had 3 sons:

• Joseph Bradford; b. Apr. 18, 1665
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• Elisha Bradford; b. c1669, in Cornwall CT; d. Jun 16, 1745, Kingston MA.
• m1. Hannah Cole, daughter of James Cole and Mary Tilson. Hannah died on Aug. 15, 1718 after having 6 children all of whom died young.
• m2. Bathsheba LaBroche, daughter of Francis LaBroche and Sarah Hobart, on Sep 2, 1718, at Plymouth MA. Elisha and Bathsheba had 15 children:
  
• Hannah Bradford; b. Apr 10, 1720, Plymouth; d. May 22, 1758, Friendship ME. m. Joshua Bradford (1710-1758)
• Joseph Bradford; b. Dec 7, 1721, Plymouth; d. Sep 4, 1743, Kingston
• Slyvanus Bradford; b. Jul 6, 1723, Plymouth; d. Jul 12, 1725.
• Nehemiah Bradford; b. Jul 27, 1724, was living in 1729.
• Laurana Bradford; b. Mar 27, 1726; m. Elijah McFarlin (c1722-1777)
• Mary Bradford; b. Aug 1, 1727, Kingston; d. before 1730.
• Elisha Bradford; b. Oct. 6, 1729; d. Mar 1752.
• Lois Bradford; b. Jan 30, 1731; d. Oct 10, 1752.
• Deborah Bradford; b. Nov 18, 1732, Kingston; d. after Mar 11, 1811; m. Jonathan Sampson, son of Jonathan Samson (Sr.) and Joanna Lucas.
• Alice Bradford; b. Nov. 3, 1734, Kingston; d. Jul 6, 1795, Stoughton, Norfolk Co. MA; m. Zebulon Waters (1734/5-1790), son of Samuel Waters and Bethia Thayer.
• Asenath Bradford; b. Sep 15, 1736, Kingston; d. Nov 15, 1818, Stoughton MA; m1. Nathan Estey (b. 1727-d. Nova Scotia), son of Benjamin Estey and Sarah Chandler; m2. Daniel Waters (d. before Sep 14, 1764), son of Samuel Waters and Bethia Thayer (Zebulon's brother), and had 3 children; m3. Benjamin Packard (1743-1825), son of Joseph Packard and Hannah Manley, and had 4 children.
• Carpenter Bradford; b. Feb 7, 1738/9, Kingston; d. Jan 27, 1823, Friendship, ME; m1. Mary Gay, daughter of David Gay and Hannah Tabor, and had 6 children, 5 of whom were born in Nova Scotia; m2. Mary Steele of Friendship ME on Jun 9, 1815.
• Abigail Bradford; b. Jun 20, 1741; Kingston; d. Dec 16, 1760
• Chloe Bradford; b. Apr 6, 1743, Kingston; d. Feb 21, 1747/8
• Content Bradford; b. May 21, 1745, Kingston; d. May 22, 1745.

• Peter Bradford; b. Mar 1, 1676/7; in Hingham MA.

Elisha Bradford [137161] = Bathsheba Le_Brock [137164]

http://hdhdata.org/cgi-bin/showpage.pl?d1773&f00534

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Elisha Bradford [137161] -------- b.ca.1669, Kingston MA d.16_Jun_1747, Kingston MA Bathsheba Le_Brock [137164] ----- b.21_May_1703, Scituate MA m.7_Sep_1718, Plymouth MA wife of Elisha Bradford

|-- Hannah Bradford [125169] | b.10_Apr_1720, Kingston MA | m.17_Feb_1735/36. | Kingston MA | wife of Joshua Bradford | d.22_May_1758, Meduncook ME | |-- Asenath Bradford [137162] | (Azenath) b.15_Sep_1736, Kingston MA m.22_Jul_1753, Stoughton MA wife of Nathan Estey m.30_Oct_1756, Stoughton MA wife of Daniel Waters m.30_Apr_1765, Stoughton MA Benjamin Packard d.15_Nov_1818, Stoughton MA

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parents of Benjamin Packard 

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg48.htm

[My additions in italics - Cousin Sam]

These links still working as of 25 Sep 2016

Joseph PACKARD ^{1, 2, 3} was born 1707 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was son of Samuel PACKARD. Alternate birth date - 1690.  He died 20 Aug 1777 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Joseph married ⁴ Hannah MANLEY on 9 Oct 1729 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.  (Minister was Matthew Short.)
Hannah MANLEY [Parents] ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} was born 10 Jun 1711 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. She died 26 Nov 1790 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Hannah married ⁷ Joseph PACKARD on 9 Oct 1729 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
They had the following children:

		M	i	Joseph PACKARD 1 was born 2 1 Mar 1730 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
		F	ii	Elizabeth PACKARD was born 7 Feb 1733 and died 22 Nov 1810.
		F	iii	Hannah PACKARD 1 was born 2 31 Aug 1735 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
		M	iv	John PACKARD was born 1 4 Feb 1738 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
		F	v	Zerviah PACKARD 1 was born 2 1 Apr 1740 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
		M	vi	Benjamin PACKARD 1 was born 2 2 Oct 1742 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
		F	vii	Mary PACKARD 1 was born 2 8 Jan 1745 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
		F	viii	Mehitable PACKARD 1 was born 2 25 Apr 1747 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
		M	ix	James PACKARD 1 was born 2 10 Jun 1749 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
		M	x	Samuel PACKARD 1 was born 2 Sep 1751 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts.

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Benjamin Packard & Asenath Bradford

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~decann/genealogy/master/b757.htm#P41338

Benjamin Packard was born in 1743 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He served in the military as a Private in Capt. William Brigg's Company. He died on 18 February 1825 at the age of 82 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Parents: Joseph Packard and Hannah Manley.

Spouse: Asenath Bradford. Asenath Bradford and Benjamin Packard were married on 30 April 1765 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Children were: John Packard, Lois Packard, Jedediah Packard, Meletiah Packard.

John Packard was born on 19 December 1765 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Parents: Benjamin Packard and Asenath Bradford.
Spouse: Hannah Randall. Hannah Randall and John Packard were married on 10 September 1789 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Children were: Packard, Packard.

Jedediah Packard was born on 16 February 1771 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died in 1816 at the age of 45. Parents: Benjamin Packard and Asenath Bradford.

Spouse: Ann Britton. Ann Britton and Jedediah Packard were married on 4 October 1792. Children were: Bradford Packard, Marcus Packard, Packard, Packard, Packard, Packard, Packard, Packard, Packard, Packard.

Lois Packard was born on 31 August 1767 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Parents: Benjamin Packard and Asenath Bradford.

Meletiah Packard was born on 31 July 1773 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Parents: Benjamin Packard and Asenath Bradford.
Spouse: Elijah Bliss. Meletiah Packard and Elijah Bliss were married on 26 September 1794 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

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Azenath Bradford

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143. Azenath Bradford (Elisha , Joseph , William ) was born 15 Sep 1736 in Kingston, MA. She died 15 Nov 1818 in Stoughton, MA.
Azenath married (1) Nathan Estey, son of Benjamin Estey and Sarah Chandler, on 22 Jul 1753 in Stoughton, MA. Nathan was born 26 Nov 1727 in Stoughton, MA. He died in Nova Scotia.
Azenath also married (2) Daniel Waters, son of Samuel Waters and Bethia Thayer, on 30 Oct 1765 in Stoughton, MA.
They had the following children:

	770	F	i	Bethia Waters was born 28 Dec 1757 in Stoughton, MA.
	771	F	ii	Lucee Waters was born 20 Oct 1759 in Stoughton, MA.
	772	M	iii	Samuel Waters was born 27 Nov 1762 in Stoughton, MA.

Azenath also married (3) Benjamin Packard, son of Joseph Packard and Hannah Manley, on 30 Apr 1765 in Stoughton, MA. Benjamin was born 1743. He died 18 Feb 1825 in Stoughton, MA.
They had the following children:

	773	M	iv	John Packard was born 19 Dec 1765 in Stoughton, MA.
	774	F	v	Lois Packard was born 31 Aug 1767 in Stoughton, MA.
	775	M	vi	Jedediah Packard was born 18 Feb 1771 in Stoughton, MA.
	776	M	vii	Melatiah Packard was born 31 Jul 1773 in Stoughton, MA.

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JONATHAN SEWELL & JOHN ADAMS

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In the Taschereau Family Tree at ancestry.com (which is the focal point of Cousin Sam), the pedigree may be navigated through the Ross / Sewell / Quincy lines to John Adams as follows:

for Halloran: William Ross Halloran (1912-1987) > his mother, Ethel Calfine Ross (1885-1973) > her father, Richard Beamish Ross (1845-1889) > his brother, Henry Ross.

for Kelley: George Foley Kelly (1905-   ) > his father, Albert Edward Kelly (1869-1906) > his sister, Edith Mary Kelly (1874-1951) > her husband, William Edward Drummond Ross (1871-1944) > his father, William David Francis Ross (1836-1902) > his brother, Henry Ross.

for FitzGerald: Edward M. Fitzgerald (1921-    ) > his mother, Ethel Taschereau Ross (1889-1969) > her father, Henry Ross.

for Taschereau: Henry Fleury Taschereau (1900-1976) > Charles Fleury Taschereau (1859-1935) > his half brother, Henry Ross.

Henry Ross was the son of Drummond Ross (1813-1857) and Maria Jane Beamish (1819-1889).  After Drummond died, Maria Jane married Achille-Antoine Fleury Taschereau (1836-1886).

HENRY ROSS (1842-1926) > his daughter, Eva Jane Ross (1872-1939) > her husband, Charles Albert Sewell (1865-1941) > his father, Dr. James Arthur Sewell 2 (1834-1899) > his father, Dr. James Arthur Sewell 1 (1810-1883) > his father, Jonathan Sewell 3 (1766-1839) > his mother, Esther Quincy (1738-1810) > her father, Judge Edmund Quincy (1703-1788) > his father, Edmund "The Subscriber" Quincy (1681-1737) > his half brother, Daniel Quincy (1650-1690) > his son, John Quincy (1689-1767) > his daughter, Elizabeth Quincy (1721-1775) > her daughter, Abigail Smith (1744-1818), who married JOHN ADAMS.

For a biography of John Adams, I recommend  McCullough, David,  "John Adams"  [Simon & Schuster, New York, 2001].

For the works of John, Abigail, John Quincy, and Charles Francis Adams, including letters, biographies and autobiographies, links will soon be available at Cousin Sam's Library: http://cousinsamslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/07/adams-charles-francis-john-john-quincy.html
Jonathan Sewell (2) (father of Jonathan Sewell (3) and husband of Esther Quincy) and John Adams were close friends. The following slightly edited biography appears on-line in Sewall or Sewell of Coventry,  http://www.sewellgenealogy.com/p459.htm#i68
It is referenced  Lawrence, Joseph Wilson, "The Judges of New Brunswick and Their Times" [St. John, 1907].

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Jonathan Sewell (2)

Jonathan Sewell (2) was born on 24 August 1729 in Boston, Massachusetts.  He was the son of Jonathan Sewall (1) and Mary Payne.  Jonathan Sewell (2) graduated in 1748 from Harvard ranked fifteenth in a class of twenty-nine.  He married Esther Quincy, daughter of Judge Edmund Quincy and Elizabeth Wendell, on 21 January 1764 in Braintree, Massachusetts, (m. intention, though with a date of 1760 is recorded in the vital records).² Taught school in Salem until 1756 ; then studied law with Judge Russell, and opened an office in Charlestown. While attending Court, he and John Adams lived together, frequently slept in the same chamber, and often in the same bed. He courted the maiden he married several years ; and it was his habit to go to her father's on Saturday and remain until Monday ; and Mr. Adams was generally invited to meet him on Sunday evening. And, besides, the two young men were in constant correspondence. About the year 1767 Mr. Sewall was appointed Attorney-General. The friend already mentioned remarks that, as a lawyer, his influence with judges and juries was as great as was consistent with an impartial administration of justice; that he was a gentleman and a scholar; that he possessed a lively wit, a brilliant imagination, great subtlety of reasoning, and an insinuating eloquence.
In 1774 he was an Addresser of Hutchinson, and in September of that year his elegant house at Cambridge was attacked by a mob and much injured. He fled to Boston for refuge. His name appears among the proscribed and banished, and among those whose estates were confiscated. He attempted to dissuade Mr. Adams from attending the first Continental Congress; and it was in reply to his arguments, and as they walked on the Great Hill at Portland, that Adams used the memorable words: " The die is now cast; I have now passed the Rubicon ; swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country is my unalterable determination." They parted, and met no more until 1788. The one, the high-souled, lion-hearted Adams, had a country, and a free country; the eloquent and gifted Sewall lived and died a Colonist. It is thought that Sewall originally sympathized with the Whigs, and that he was won over to the other side by the address of Hutchinson, after some dissatisfaction with the Otises relative to the estate of his uncle, a deceased Chief Justice of Massachusetts. He is said to have adhered to the Crown at last, as did thousands of others, from a conviction that armed opposition would end in certain defeat, and utter ruin to the Colonies.
In 1775 Mr. Sewall went to England, and was in London previous to July 20th of that year. Early in 1776 we hear of him, in company with several other exiles, " bound to the theatre to see the Jubilee"; next as a member of the Loyalist Club, for a weekly conversation and a dinner; and later, as having a home in Brompton Row. In 1777 we find him at Bristol, and on terms with the celebrated political divine, Dean Tucker, who considered the Colonies a burden to England, and had the courage to advise the Ministry to "cast them off". The next year he was at Sidmouth ; but again at Bristol in 1779 and the year after. While in England he wrote to his fellow-exile, Curwen, " The situation of American Loyalists, I confess, is enough to have provoked Job's wife, if not Job himself; but still we must be men, philosophers, and Christians; bearing up with patience, resignation, and fortitude, against unavoidable suffering." The friendship between Jonathan and John was never interrupted while both lived. In 1788 Mr. Sewall went to London to embark for Halifax, and they met at once, — the Whig laying aside all etiquette to make him a visit. " I ordered my servant to announce John Adams, was instantly admitted, and both of us, forgetting that we had ever been enemies, embraced each other as cordially as ever. I had two hours' conversation with him in a most delightful freedom, upon a multitude of subjects." In the course of this interview, Mr. Sewall remarked that he had existed for the sake of his two children ; that he had spared no pains or expense in their education ; and that he was going to Nova Scotia in hope of making some provision for them. He did not long survive; " evidently broken down by his anxieties," adds Mr. Adams, " and probably dying of a broken heart." At this time Mr. Sewall had been appointed Judge of Admiralty for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and soon after entered upon his duties. In " McFingal" it is asked, —

" Who made that wit of water-gruel
A Judge of Admiralty, Sewall ?³ "

Jonathan Sewell (2) was appointed on 17 October 1768, judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court for Lower Canada by Commission under the Great Seal of the High Court of Admiralty of England. In fact this was published in the Annual Register as being the 27 November 1768.⁴ He died on 27 September 1796 in St John, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 67.⁵ He was buried on 28 September 1796 at the Loyalist Burying Ground

St. John, N. B., 9th Oct., 1796.

My Dear Sons,
Before this reaches you, the afflicting news of the death of your affectionate father will have reached you and your brother, Mr. Winslow kindly undertaking the office. Your dear father made his exit on Tuesday, 27th September, and had it pleased Heaven to have lengthened his years, I should still have been happy to have discharged the duties of a wife with affectionate attention, which I trust I have faithfully done through life, and have reason to believe your dear father thought so. I was much afflicted Mr. Chipman could not be at the funeral of your dear father, but he was obliged to meet the commissioners at Passamaquoddy Bay. I must add, in justice to our friends, Dr. Paddock, and Ebenezer Putnam, it was conducted with respect and propriety. They followed as mourners Attorney General Bliss and little Chipman in deep mourning; and what, my sons, will afford you both great satisfaction, and what I have received much for myself, your dear father much wished to be interred with Judge Putnam in his vault. Mrs. Putnam readily complied with his desire; of this he was informed. I am grieved to have your joy dampened at the time of your nuptials; I should be very deficient if I did not mention the particular attention I have received. Mrs. Chipman has been particularity kind to me, Madame Putnam, her son and daughter, Col. and Mrs. DePeyster; each of their families putting themselves in mourn ing. A letter of thanks to Dr, Paddock and Mr. E. Putnam would not be amiss.

Unalterably your afflicted and affectionate mother,
Esther Sewell

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Jonathan Sewell (3) was the chief justice of Lower Canada, a short biography of whom is given in the previous post.  His biography in the above mentioned Sewall or Sewell of Coventry is considerably more extensive, and I highly recommend it.  Dr. James Arthur Sewell 1 & 2 are also of some interest:

Dr. James Arthur Sewell (1)

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Laval University. He was born on 31 August 1810 in Quebec.  He was the son of Chief Justice Jonathan Sewell (3) and Henrietta Smith.  He married Maria Cornelia Westrene Macrae (1810-1849), daughter of Colin Macrae and Charlotte Gertrude van den Heuvel, in 1833.  Dr. Sewell married Jane Beswick, daughter of George Beswick, on 26 November 1852 in Quebec.  He died on 2 October 1883 at the age of 73 at his residence in St. Ursule Street in Quebec. He was buried on 4 October 
1883 in Mount Hermon Cemetery, Plot 312.

The death of this well-known physician of Quebec took place at his residence, St. Ursule Street, on the 2nd inst. Dr. Sewell was born in Quebec in 1810, and was a son of the late Chief Justice Sewell. After receiving his professional education in Edinburgh, where he graduated in 1833, he settled in his native town, and had there been engaged in active practice to within a few months of his death. He was one of the original members of the Faculty of Medicine of Laval University, and held the chair of Medicine, and was also Dean of the School. He was chairman of the Marine Hospital Commission, and one of the physicians to the Hotel Dieu. As a governor of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, he took an active part for many years in all the affairs of the Board. At the organization of the Canada Medical Association in 1867, Dr. Sewell was President of the Quebec Medical Society, and took the chair on the first day of the meeting. Subsequently, in the year 1871, he was elected President of the Association. For many years Dr. Sewell was a constant contributor to the British-American Journal and the Canada Medical Journal, in the files of which many of his interesting cases and communications will be found. He was an ardent advocate for the use of tea as a stimulant, and as an antidote to the effects of opium and in uraemia.
Dr. Sewell was twice married, and leaves a large family. Two sons are in the profession, both graduates of Edinburgh. One, James A., practices in England ; the other, Colin C., at Quebec. He was a cousin of the late Dr. Stephen C. Sewell, Professor of Materia Medica in McGill College, and of Dr. E. C. Sewell.
Dr. Sewell will be greatly mourned and missed in Quebec, where his kindly disposition and professional skill endeared him to people of all ranks. The Montreal Medical Journal, Volume 12, p. 188

Dr. Sewell was one of the first surgeons in Quebec to use chloroform in an amputation of the legs of a French sailor in the Marine Hospital in January 1848.

Dr. James Arthur Sewell (2)

Dr. James Arthur Sewell was born on 27 August 1834 in Quebec.  He was the son of Dr. James Arthur Sewell  (1) and Maria Cornelia Westrene Macrae.  He was baptised on 12 October 1834 at Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Quebec, by E.W. Sewell. He graduated in 1856 from Edinburgh M.D. and became L.R.C.S. in the same year. He married firstly Cornelia Janetta Elizabeth Thierens, daughter of Albertus Adriaan Mennes Theirens, on 25 March 1862 in St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, the service was conducted by the Rev. D.T.K. Drummond. In the notice of the marriage the groom is described as "Assistant Surgeon Bengal Army." Dr. James Arthur Sewell married secondly Elizabeth Ann Ainslie, daughter of Robert Ainslie, on 26 April 1879 in St. Thomas's English Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, In the marriage register the address of the groom is given as 119 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, London and that of the bride as 8 South Castle Street, Edinburgh. Dr. James Arthur Sewell and Elizabeth Ann Ainslie appeared in the 1881 census at 41 Oxford Terrace, London,, also recorded were a cook, nurse and housemaid. Dr. James Arthur Sewell died on 2 January 1899 in Mentone, France, at the age of 64.

James Arthur Sewell, M.D., L.R.C.S.Ed.

"Dr James Arthur Sewell died at Mentone on the 2nd. of January. He belonged to a family long settled in Canada, which produced some distinguished lawyers. His grandfather was the Honourable Jonathan Sewell, Chief Justice of Lower Canada. His father was a physician in Quebec. Dr. Sewell graduated at Edinburgh 1856, and at the same time took the diploma of the College of Surgeons of that city. He entered the service of the Honourable East India Company in 1857. During the mutiny he was amongst the slender garrison which held the Fort at Agra, the only place remaining to us in the North-West until after the capture of Delhi. Dr Sewell was present at the action with the Nemuch Brigade and other fights with the mutinous Sepoy regiments about Agra. He remained eight years in the Indian Medical Service, after which he resigned his commission and went Quebec, where he married a Canadian lady who only lived a few years after the marriage. About twenty years ago, he went to London where he set up in practice. He married for the second time Mrs Elizabeth Ainslie, daughter of the late Robert Ainslie, Esq of the Elvingston. Everything seemed to promise a prosperous career, when there appeared symptoms of phthisis. Against the attacks of this disease Dr Sewell struggled with heroic fortitude. He tried many health resorts, the South of England, Pau and the Engadine, but finally settled at his residence, Villa Blanche, Mentone, generally spending the summer months in Savoy and Switzerland. Dr Sewell was above six feet in height, a remarkably fine looking man. He was of a cheerful and lively disposition and kind and faithful friend. He had a ripe knowledge of his profession, and from his general culture and travels his conversation was most agreeable. He had much power of wit and humour, and a large fund of anecdotes. His long and often trying illness was cheered by the care and company of his wife and daughter. His only son is now in Canada." Scottish Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 4. 1899, pp. 165,166

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Letter from France, 1968

    [The following is a transcript of a letter begun on 25 November 1968, by the older daughter of  MARVIN and MAUDE ISOBEL (TASCHEREAU) SANGER, mentioned in Chart T-2, posted in this blog on March 15, 2011.  (?) indicates words I was not able to decipher.  She was in Aix-en-Province for a year as a student.]

Monday 25 November 1968

Dear Aunt Margaret, Uncle Henry, and Sam,

     Merry Christmas to you!  I was so pleased to get your card which is the first Christmas card for me and your letter.  Thanks so very much . . . .  The letters, cards, and pictures bring the distances so much closer together.  I really enjoy it here in Aix-en-Provence, which is really such a beautiful little town.  On our way here we stayed for about 8 - 10 hours free in Paris and since then on my own free time between our intensive French courses I visited Barcelona and Madrid in Spain.  Mark (?) wrote me a couple of weeks ago that he had had my address for ages and that he was living somewhere north of Oxford in England but that he had spent a few days in Spain.  I hated him, as coincidence he was in Madrid on the afternoon of Oct. 29 and so was I.  I left Madrid that night to return to France, but if I had only known, I could have seen him.  But I really shouldn't talk, I must be the world's worst letter writer.  Spain is very beautiful and so is France.  Spain is very much like California.  France is much (?) on climate.  On Nov 18 it snowed in town yet and the snow hung around for three days in the shadow.  It has been very frosty in the mornings and at night with the (?) freezing up and then melting.  You are right about the family being spread all over, Sam.  Mark (?) is as I have said in England, his brothers Barry and Peter are respectively in Korea and Vietnam.  Barry is going to marry a Korean girl.  I find Political Science fascinating myself especially since it is my third specialty.  France is a darn good place to look at politics too.  I'm following one course at the institute on French politics today which is regretfully turning out to be something that I have studied before.  Regrettably my situation is not organized here at all . . . .  The French have their own delightful but curious attitude towards a lot of things, and to say the least it makes life interesting.  It is funny I kept a rather reserved judgement of France for a while but a lot of people in the group (53 of us) immediately started hating everything American and loving everything French.  Now a good lot of them hate everything French and love everything and only everything American.  It's sad considering that they will be in Europe until next August.  I have reached a stage where I'm still proud to be an American and even though I dislike some things American and like some things French.  It is still a reasonable outlook, for one thing I'm happy.  My biggest hate is American tourists, but tourists American or not are rather obnoxious but regrettably American tourists take the cake.  I have to go back into town to class now.  The institute is across the street from the cathedral of which it was once associated.  The university was founded in 1409.  Think of it! Now the older part is reserved for the special part of the university for foreign students studying French.  There are a lot of foreigners in Aix from all over the world and a lot of Americans.  There is a little anti-American feeling and some Americans engender more of it.  But to me it was very upsetting to see things like "American Assassins" written on a park's protected bench or to see "American Imperialism" linked to the terrible riots in Mexico.  It was frustrating to explain in French (at first) because my French wasn't that good, about the U.S. and Vietnam, or the race problem in the U.S.  I really have to go!

November 29, 1968

     Happy Thanksgiving!  Last night being Thanksgiving, the program had arranged for a dinner for us at La Rotonde, one of the better restaurants in town.  We had quite a feast with a relish tray for an appetizer, cream of chicken soup, turkey, purée moussiline (mashed potatoes), sweet potatoes, country style peas, cranberry sauce, pumpkin and apple pie a la mode plus a French (?) coffee at the end.  Turkey is very rare in France but obtainable but cranberries are non-existent, they substituted with strawberry jam  Apple pie and the pastry on the pies was beautiful in the French pastry style but the pumpkin pie was pastry with a ridiculously thin layer of pumpkin.  I tried to explain the idea of pumpkin pie to one of my French Friends and she was horrified.  French pastry is a delight beyond words and Spanish pastry is the same.  their bread is out of this world.  I wrote home in I think my very first letter that that is what I will miss most when I get home.  It is one of the most delightful golden crisp crusted confections that this world has ever seen but regrettably it does not keep, the very next day it is fit to pound nails with into whatever you want.  Croissants and coffee are justly celebrated except I can't see how anyone can just eat one.  Everyday you can see children, housewives, businessmen, everyone from nuns to motorcyclists lug this bread around, even as far fetched as it seems I even saw a couple of lovers walking along hand in hand and he was carrying a loaf of bread in his other hand.  I eat at the student restaurant which is a fascinating place.  Unhappily the bread there is no always fresh.  I can't really complain though because the meals used to cost c. 30 now they cost all of c. 33. They serve only lunch and dinner at the restaurant.  At the adjoining cafe they sell things for breakfast.  Because of the price of the meals, you can't really afford to eat any where else.  Most things are expensive in France and certain foods are among them.  Since the restaurant is open only during certain hours and can serve only so many meals and seeing as how the French do not know how to make a line and wait in it, it is a real pain sometimes to get in to the restaurant.  i don't find it too upsetting to have to fight through a shoving pushing mob to eat but it really bothers the life out of some of the others.  Inside the seating is 8 to a table.  There is a plate, knife and fork with a glass at noon, a spoon is added at dinner and the plate is a soup plate because since it has gotten cooler they serve us a variety of potato soup each night.  At noon if there was anything like ice cream or yogurt to eat the accepted style was to use the back end of your fork.  For table covers they use large squares of newsprint and since there are no napkins we can tear the corners off for a crackly substitute.  The meals are pretty good though and no matter how hungry you are there is always something you can fill up on.  There is always as much salad, bread, and a starch dish and soup as you want.  There is always an appetizer of some sort.  With one hideous exception there is always a protein main dish and some sort of dessert with fruit or fruit and cheese or cookies or cookies and ice cream.  Wine is extra and besides water there is nothing else to drink in the restaurant.  But there is one problem because of the number of people that have to be fed the tables have to be cleared off and reset for other people coming in afterwards, so you can't take forever at all when you eat, especially since they keep a crew of (?) to clear the tables and the all but snatch the forks out of your hands if you take too long.  They do snatch the plates right out from under you. . . .  French milk is terrible they boil it among other things.  French coffee is great almost like a dessert.  I have have been eating like a horse, or about 3 times as much as I eat at home and truthfully that is no exaggeration.  I feel great and have put on five put on five pounds despite a rather long drawn out tedious cold.

Monday 2 of December

     As you can see I regrettably write letters in installments.  One thing that I do find rather troublesome here is that my schedule is such that my day is broken up into little segments and I spend upwards of 2 1/2 hours minimum walking into town for classes out of town to the dorms, to the faculty for classes or midway between the fac. and the dorms to the restaurant.  It is slightly under a five minute walk to the (?) from the dorms which is not bad but if I have to go into town it takes twenty minutes and i walk rather fast.  A cross between a runaway wind mill and a two legged greyhound.  There aren't a great many sidewalks in Aix either and the pedestrian doesn't have the right of way.  A good rule of thumb for French traffic and the driving there in, would be as long as you don't hit anything or anyone, it's legal!  Stop lights have to be obeyed by the drivers of cars because there is never enough room for them to sneak through.  For a pedestrian there is and walking in French traffic has given me nerves of steel and completely cured me of any nervousness in traffic.
     [here follows several difficult to decipher lines which I am omitting]
They are very fussy here about money matters like you just wouldn't believe.  I opened a bank account here for French franks (which I'm going to close out because of the money situation) and to get money out of a normal French bank account you have to go to the bank, tell the man that you want to withdraw so much money.  He then fills out a check which you endorse twice.  He takes the check, stamps it, then checks the signature in the file against the signature on the check.  The check is then put on another desk and a man picks it up and calls downstairs to see if the account is good.  If it is the withdrawal is recorded downstairs in the books and he then goes to a machine and types up a little form like a cash register receipt which he gives to the first man who calls out your name from the check.  He then hands the receipt to you and slips the check through the little window to the cashier, who is ensconced in a glass cage.  There is a number on the receipt which is your number in line to go to the cashier who takes your receipt, looks at the check, and finally counts out your money.    [lines omitted]
What do you think of the financial mess that de Gaulle has created?  It has put some of the kids here in a bit of a bind.  The new financial rule is that no one can take more than $40 worth of French currency out of the country and no more than $100 in currency of any other country.  Thank heavens travelers checks being drawn on another bank outside of France are exempt.  I brought a little cash with me and some travelers checks to begin with and dad sent me a check which I put into the bank.  From now on I will buy travelers check in American dollars because they are the safest as is any check in American dollars drawn on an American bank.    [lines omitted]
I think that it is the distance that makes it so difficult.  It costs around $12  for a 3 minute phone call.  However the French mail system is excellent.  it is really fast but very expensive.  It costs 1 franc or c. 20 for ten grams, not at all like our 20 cents for the half ounce.  They even weigh post cards here.
     If I am going to finish this and get it in the mail I had better call a close about now. . . .
          I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving.
               Thanks for everything, take care,
                    Love to you all.


Link to Aix-en-Province at GoogleMaps:

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CHARLES ALBERT SEWELL (Chart R-14 & Exhibits)

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     [This post shows the information Mr. Wiggs had on the Sewells.  Anyone researching this family will want to go to  http://www.sewellgenealogy.com/p455.htm#i1979  Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry.  This family has a connection to John Adams, 2nd president of the United States.] 

Family Chart No. R-14                                   Parents - Chart No. R-6

     4th Generation                                              Sewell/Ross Family

CHARLES ALBERT SEWELL
son of DR. JAMES ARTHUR and CORNELIA JANETTA ELIZABETH (THIERENS) SEWELL
was born 21 September 1865 at St. Albans, Co. Portneuf, Quebec, Canada
died 10 April 1941 at Quebec City
buried at Quebec, 12 April 1941 in Mount Hermon Cemetery
Resided at Lake St. Joseph, County Portneuf, and Quebec City

Prominently connected with the lumber business and pulp industry.  His great grandfather, JONATHAN SEWELL (1766-1839) settled in the City of Quebec in 1789, and was Chief Justice of Lower Canada (1808-1838).  His grandfather, DR. JAMES ARTHUR SEWELL, was chief surgeon of the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Quebec City, and his father, DR. JAMES ARTHUR SEWELL was Surgeon Major in the Imperial Army in India.  He was buried at Mentone, France.  He had served throughout the campaign in the Crimea, 1854-55, and the mutiny in India, 1857.

He married EVA JANE ROSS at her father's residence
on 22 July 1896 at Indian Lorette, Quebec.
She was the second daughter of HENRY and HARRIETT ANN (SAIT) ROSS.
She was born 25 July 1872 at St. Ambroise, Lorette, Quebec
and died 22 February 1939 at Jeffery Hale's Hospital, Quebec City
buried at Quebec, 25 February 1939 in Mount Hermon Cemetery

Trinity Church (Anglican), St. Stanislas Street, Quebec City, was built in 1824 by Chief Justice Jonathan Sewell for his son who was the rector for 45 years, and his son in turn was the Church Warden in 1910.

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Children of CHARLES and EVA (ROSS) SEWELL

HENRY ARTHUR
     born 19 April 1897 at Lake St. Joseph, Co. Portneuf, Quebec
     Married GRACE DOUGLAS of Quebec City 19 July 1921
     children: COLIN DOUGLAS;  IAN LIVINGSTON;  JAMES ARTHUR

HAROLD MACRAE
     born 17 July 1900 at Lake St. Joseph, Co. Portneuf, Quebec
     Married LAURA HAYS of West Shefford, Quebec 31 August 1929
     child: CATHERINE JEAN

CORNELIA MAUDE
     born 6 August 1901 at Lake St. Joseph, Co. Portneuf, Quebec

GERALDINE EVA CONSTANCE
     born 8 February 1909 at Lake St. Joseph, Co. Portneuf, Quebec

This record was compiled by Henry Ross Wiggs of Westmount Que.
10 October 1970
Sources of data:  Ross family Bible, newspaper clippings and Miss C. Maude Sewell.

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     [This Jonathan Sewell was the son of Jonathan Sewell (1729-1796), who was a close friend of John Adams, and related to him by marriage.  See the next post, JONATHAN SEWELL & JOHN ADAMS, for further information.]

SEWELL, JONATHAN (1766-1839)  chief justice of Lower Canada (1808-1838), was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on June 6, 1766.  He was educated at the grammar schools in Bristol, England; and in 1785 he emigrated to New Brunswick, where he studied law in the office of Ward Chipman (q.v.).

     In 1789 he settled in Quebec and was called to the bar of the province of Quebec.  In 1793 he was appointed solicitor-general of Lower Canada, and in 1785 attorney-general; and he represented the borough of William Henry in the Legislative Assembly of the province from 1796 to 1808.

     In 1808 he was appointed chief justice of Lower Canada and president of the Executive Council; and in 1809 he became also speaker of the Legislative Council.  He resigned the presidency of the Executive Council in 1829, and the office of chief justice in 1838; but he continued as speaker of the Legislative Council until his death at Quebec on November 12, 1839.

     He was an LL.D. of Harvard University, and he published a number of books and essays dealing with plans for the federal union of the British provinces in North America (1814), the advantages of opening the river St. Lawrence to the commerce of the world (1814), and several others.

     He was one of the earliest advocates of the federation of the British North American province.

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SEWELL, WILLIAM GEORGE GRANT (1829-1862)  journalist and author, was born at Quebec on April 24, 1829, the grandson of the Hon. Jonathan Sewell  (q.v.).  He studied law, but in 1853 he became a journalist in New York.  He died in Quebec on August 9, 1862.

     A few years before his death, he went to the West Indies in search of health; and while there he wrote "Ordeal of free labour in the British West Indies" (New York, 1861; 2nd ed., London, 1862).

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SEWELL, REV. HENRY D., Missionary for Valcartier & c., on July 3, 1842, baptized HENRY ROSS at the Church of England at Lake Beauport, County of Quebec, Canada.

          Present:  Drummond Ross    )  Parents
                        Maria Jane Ross    )

                         John Beamish        )  Sponsors
                         Richard Beamish   )

Rev. Henry D. Sewell was the fourth son of Jonathan Sewell.

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Civil War Letters

     I have recently been contacted by a descendant of James Alexander and Kitty Walker,  who were also the grandparents of my great grandfather Thomas Brownfield Seaton's first wife, Minerva Aldridge.  Included in the information from that source are the following transcripts of two letters written during the Civil War from Bryan Kelly to his brother-in-law, David Walker Alexander, who was one of Minerva's 1st cousins.  He may have been at the Shiloh.  Minerva also had an uncle, Riley W. Alexander, who was killed at the battle of Chickamauga.  They were both in Co. F 16th Alabama REGT. Infantry.    Dave Alexander was a 2nd Lieutenant;   Riley was a 1st Corporal.

 Two Letters from Bryan Kelly to David Alexander

1862 Moulton, February the 17 Dear Brother I am indebted to you 2 letters But I now will Kill 2 Birds with one stone. You Asked of me what the press and people thought of your exploits at Fishing Creek. I answer that there are various opinions and some were very Conflicting Immediately after the Battle some Blamed one officer and some another. But the people and press are taking a Common Sense view of the affair and now Endorse the Course the Commanding Officers pursued in the Crittenden was persecuted in the extreme for fighting the Battle under such disadvantageous Circumstances. Others Called Him Traitor. Others denounced him for being Drunk at the time the Battle was being fought. Others said that protested Against the Attack But upon the whole from What I can learn he Could not do Better than bring on the fight and Retreat as he done. If he Remained in his position he would be surrounded by the enemy, would finally have to Capitulate. I think as I remarked before that the Commander in chief acted wisely and prudently in fighting and then Retreating The 16th Ala from what I can learn acted its part well for the Chance it had although it has been [charged?] by James M Warren and Lt Col. Barnard with Cowardice for what Reason I can not tell unless it was Because Col. Woods' County Men voted against him for Lieut. Col. at Fort Henry. He has been the only man that I heard of running down that Regiment and in fact the press has Lauded the Whole division, especially the 15 Miss. and 20 Tenn, but it could not be expected that the Reserve Could Distinguish itself like the attacking Cullman. I have not heard of Seen a second paragraph in any paper condemning Any Body But the Commanding Officer. They censured him for five days after the Fight and that came from Cowardly, Crazy Brained Fools who ran from the field before it was time. They had to have some excuse. They thought they could Cover their Shame by [placing] the blame on the leading officers. I never want to hear of you being guilty of such a thing. Stand to your post like a man and a soldier. do not be guilty of Crying wolf when there is no Wolf like some of these panic stricken Customers that ran to Nashville and Knoxville, And some of these brave heroes that ran from Fort Henry to Pinhook and made full railroad time. Woodward Ran from Fort Henry to Pinhook at the Rate of 20 Miles per Hour, packed two sick men on his Back and 75 dollars worth of clothing, and said that he saw the devil and heard him Holler. His eyes were as Big as two full moons. John Lathan came in ahead and shoulders behind in the Race But since John was Sick I must not talk too much About him. Poor {?} had to lag behind and said, Boys wait for me, but they had no time to spare so they left him behind to die I know not where, his Body Came to Moulton dead. They were eating at a house by the road - a young Lady Said from the Upstairs that enemy Cavalry was Coming. They double quick lit from their home without eating a morsel. The Yankees made their way to Florence and took away some Government Stores, But I suppose you heard all Before this will Reach you. It was rumored on the streets on Saturday that {?} Had Whupped the Yanks at Donolson. It was a telegraph dispatch to Courtland. We will know today as soon as the mail Comes, I am in hopes it is so.


February the 26, 62 Dear Brother David You can See from the other letter the Commotion in Lawrence. My Reason for not mailing them before, now, I Could not hear for Certain where you were located and another I heard that Nashville was surrendered to the enemy. Yesterday I heard that Crittenden's Division was at Murfreesboro. Today I heard that Davis sent a dispatch to Johnson to Defend Nashville at all Hazards. Bill Daugharty Came from there Recently. [He] said that they had 1000 white flags up and were going to Surrender the City By the advice of Johnson. [I]f the fall of Fort Henry scared our people you may guess how they felt now After the fall of Donolson and the Capture of 10 or 12,000 of our men. Capt. Hinn(?) and about 30 of his men are now killed or wounded. It looks like our army is becoming Demoralized in one sense of the word. There are thousands of hale, hearty men now at home on furlough, Gallivanting over the Country. When their furlough expires they apply to the Family Physician to prolong their furlough; of course the pliant doctor extends the furlough and By that Means Swindles the Government. I know now of some of your men offering the doctor Gold Ore so I won't name anybody. The Doctor Said he would expose Him before long if he did not go Back. Some of our southern Boys are not as good as I thought they were. When you were here you were afraid they would have a Battle before you would get back there. Some at home now that would Be Glad that all the Battles would be fought before they would Get Back. Ala. has called for 12000 men. None other will be but in my opinion he will not get them. He has given until the 15th of March to make up that number. If not made up by then he says he will Resort to other means, that is to a Draft. I heard some of our best Citizens say they would Stand a Draft now that we're the Bravest in the County. The Dry Bones of Lawrence are Shaking. Judge Prescott (?) is making up a company under the last Call. I don't know how he will Succeed. Pope is Blockading the Colbert Shoals to keep the Yankees from Florence. Give my respects to Hugh and panky (?) and tell them they must write me. Tell Hugh I was very uneasy about him until I received a letter from after the Battle of Mills Springs. Mollie and Billie send you their love. I must close. I remain Yours Brother Bryan Kelly and David

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January 18, 2012:

      After attending a Civil War presentation at the North Spokane Library on January 15, I sent a link to these letters to Dr. Michael F. Conlin, Associate Professor of History at Eastern Washington University.  Here is his part of his response:

Thanks very much for the email and the link. I find the Feb. 26, 1862 letter to especially interesting. The writer is referencing the generous exemptions to conscription that the (Confederate) Conscription Act of 1862 granted: “Schoolteachers of 20 pupils. Ministers, College Professors, Druggists, Mail Carriers, Postmasters, Civil Officers of the state governments and of the CSA, Employees of Railroads, Ferrymen, Telegraph Operators, Employees in Cotton and Woolen Mills, Miners, Employees in Furnaces and Foundries, Shoemakers, Blacksmiths, Tanners, Millers, Saltmakers, Printers,  and one  Editor of each Newspaper.  Planters and Overseers who supervised 20 or more slaves.  Quakers, Dunkers, and Mennonites who paid a tax of $500 or who furnished a substitute.”

update - RICHARD BEAMISH ROSS

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     On Monday, 21 May 2011, my email inbox contained a message from a descendant of Drummond Ross and Maria Jane Beamish, including the following:

I stumbled across your "Cousin Sam" blog today and was intrigued to find so much good information.
 
An explanation of who I am:

Father:  William Ross Halloran, b. 21 Oct 1912 d. Feb 1997

Grandmother: Ethel Calfine Ross, b. 29 Mar 1895 (Pembina, ND), d. 29 Aug 1973

Great Grandfather: Richard Beamish Ross b. 1845, d. 3 Nov 1889

Great Great Grandfather: Drummond Ross b. 15 Jan 1813, Quebec, d. 1856 Lac Beauport, Quebec, Canada.

We are probably related through Achille Antoine Tashereau [correct spelling: Taschereau] who was the second husband of my Great Great Grandmother Maria Jane Beamish.

     We are indeed related: he is my 2nd cousin 1x removed.  Here is part of my reply:

Thank you for your interest and information.

 Achille-Antoine Fleury Taschereau was generally known as "Fleury Taschereau", sometimes signing his name "Fleurie".

There is some uncertainty in the records I have concerning an R. B. Ross.  We do know of a Richard H. Ross Sr., born at Lake Beauport, Quebec, in 1845, and married Jennie Calfine Reed on 23 April 1884.

They had three children:  Ethel Calfine, born 29 March 1885 (not 1895), died 29 August 1973; Vivian May,  born 12 Aug 1886 in Pembina and died 17 June 1975 in Minneapolis; and  Richard H. Ross, Jr., born 21 July 1888 in North Dakota, date and place of death I don't have.

In 1908, Ethel Calfine Ross married  Michael W. Halloran, born 12 February 1882 in Chatfield, Minnesota, died in Minneapolis, date I don't have.

As for your Father, William Ross Halloran, my information has him passing in February, 1987, in Portland.  Until your message, I had no other information on your or any of his immediate family.

     On Tuesday, I added in part the following:

After receiving your information, I went to the social security and census data bases.

I find that the name of Ethel Calfine Ross' husband was Matthew, not Michael, as I had it, and that the middle initial of your grandfather is indeed listed as B.  You have provided sufficient clues in your message to permit me to conclude that Richard Beamish Ross is the correct name of your great grandfather, and that R. B. and Richard H. refer to the same person.  The social security index confirms [as the year of father's death] 1987 - that must have been a typo in your message.
      I have added the following note to the February 25, 2011 post on Drummond Ross:

[I have reason to believe that R. B. and Richard H. are the same person.  I have recently been contacted by a descendant of Richard Ross, who knows of him as "Richard Beamish Ross", but the dates match those of "Richard H. Ross",  whom I had presumed to be Sr. because of his son being "Richard H. Ross, Jr."  However, further research into Census and death records proves that the correct name is indeed Richard Beamish Ross, and that there is no Sr. or Jr.  Also, in the bio of Edward Ernest Ross, posted March 18, 2011, Mr. Wiggs states that there were nine children of Drummond Ross, rather than ten.  See update posted March 23, 2011.]

    http://www.familysearch.org/  is the free official family/genealogy site of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is very good for searching public records from many countries, including the social security death index and US Census records.

U.S. Social Security Death Index for William Halloran

First Name:	William
Middle Name:
Last Name:	Halloran
Name Suffix:
Birth Date:	21 October 1912
Social Security Number:	469-09-8735
Place of Issuance:	Minnesota
Last Residence:	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
Zip Code of Last Residence:	97221
Death Date:	February 1987
Estimated Age at Death:	75

U.S. Social Security Death Index for Ethel Halloran

First Name:	Ethel
Middle Name:
Last Name:	Halloran
Name Suffix:
Birth Date:	29 March 1885
Social Security Number:	469-10-7698
Place of Issuance:	Minnesota
Last Residence:	Hennepin, Minnesota
Zip Code of Last Residence:	55440
Death Date:	August 1973
Estimated Age at Death:	88

United States Census, 1920 for Mathew W Halloran

Name:	Mathew W Halloran
Residence:	Hennepin, Minnesota
Estimated Birth Year:	1882
Age:	38
Birthplace:	Minnesota
Relationship to Head of Household:	Self
Gender:	Male
Race:	White
Marital Status:	Married
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number:	1820833
Digital Folder Number:	4312181
Image Number:	00116
Sheet Number:	12
	Household	Gender	Age
	Mathew W Halloran	M	38y
Spouse	Ethel Halloran	F	34y
Child	Jean K Halloran	F	9y
Child	Wm R Halloran	M	7y
Child	Patricia Halloran	F	4y6m
Child	Mary E Halloran	F	1m
	Jennie Ross	F	58y

Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950   for Matthew W. Halloran

Groom's Name:	Matthew W. Halloran
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name:	Ethel Ross
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date:	18 Apr 1907
Marriage Place:	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:	M73678-6
System Origin:	Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number:	1380448
Reference Number:	b 120 p 308

United States Census, 1900 for Mathew Halloran

Name:	Mathew Halloran
Titles:
Residence:	Chatfield, Fillmore, Minnesota
Birth Date:	Feb 1882
Birthplace:	Minnesota
Relationship to Head-of-Household:	Son
Spouse Name:
Spouse Titles:
Spouse Birth Place:
Father Name:	Denis Halloran
Father Titles:
Father Birthplace:	Ireland
Mother Name:	Katie Halloran
Mother Titles:
Mother Birthplace:	Ireland
Race or Color (expanded):	White
Head-of-household Name:	Denis Halloran
Gender:	Male
Marital Status:	Single
Years Married:
Estimated Marriage Year:
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District:	0022
Sheet Number and Letter:	11A
Household ID:	265
Reference Number:	14
GSU Film Number:	1240763
Image Number:	00379
	Household	Gender	Age
Parent	Denis Halloran	M	70
Parent	Katie Halloran	F	53
	Edward Halloran	M	31
	Denis Halloran	M	24
	Mathew Halloran	M	18

     An image of the original of this census data may be viewed at this link:

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United States Census, 1900 for Jennie C Ross

Name:	Jennie C Ross
Titles:
Residence:	Lake city, Wabasha, Minnesota
Birth Date:	Jun 1861
Birthplace:	Minnesota
Relationship to Head-of-Household:	Self
Spouse Name:
Spouse Titles:
Spouse Birth Place:
Father Name:
Father Titles:
Father Birthplace:	Pennsylvania
Mother Name:	Calfine Reed
Mother Titles:
Mother Birthplace:	New York
Race or Color (expanded):	White
Head-of-household Name:
Gender:	Female
Marital Status:	Widowed
Years Married:
Estimated Marriage Year:
Mother How Many Children:	3
Number Living Children:	3
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District:	0147
Sheet Number and Letter:	5B
Household ID:	125
Reference Number:	68
GSU Film Number:	1240795
Image Number:	00166
	Household	Gender	Age
	Jennie C Ross	F	38
Child	Ethel C Ross	F	15
Child	Richard H Ross	M	11
Parent	Calfine Reed	F     76

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United States Census, 1900 for Cordelia A Dyer

Name:	Cordelia A Dyer
Titles:
Residence:	Lake city, Wabasha, Minnesota
Birth Date:	Aug 1830
Birthplace:	New York
Relationship to Head-of-Household:	Self
Spouse Name:
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Spouse Birth Place:
Father Name:
Father Titles:
Father Birthplace:	New York
Mother Name:
Mother Titles:
Mother Birthplace:	Rhode Island
Race or Color (expanded):	White
Head-of-household Name:
Gender:	Female
Marital Status:	Widowed
Years Married:
Estimated Marriage Year:
Mother How Many Children:	2
Number Living Children:	1
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District:	0147
Sheet Number and Letter:	5B
Household ID:	130
Reference Number:	87
GSU Film Number:	1240795
Image Number:	00166
	Household	Gender	Age
	Cordelia A Dyer	F	69
Child	Frank J Dyer	M	47
	Vivian M Ross	F     13

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Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950    for Richard B. Ross

Groom's Name:	Richard B. Ross
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Bride's Name:	Jennie C. Reed
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date:	23 Apr 1884
Marriage Place:	Florence, Goodhue, Minnesota
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number:	M73602-3
System Origin:	Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number:	1379160
Reference Number:	p 361

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PERCY DRUMMOND ROSS (Chart R-13 and Bio)

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Family Chart No. R-13                                 Parents - Chart No. R-6

     4th Generation                                             Ross/Billing Family

PERCY DRUMMOND ROSS
second son of HENRY and HARRIETT ANN (SAIT) ROSS
was born 30th March 1866 at St. George St., Quebec City, Canada
died 4th April 1938, at Jeffery Hale Hospital, Quebec City
buried at Sillery, Quebec in Mount Hermon Cemetery
Resided at Quebec City, then Loretteville, Quebec
Occupation: Merchant

He married IDA BILLING
on 25th September 1889 at Valcartier, Que., by Rev. Dr. S. Riopel
daughter of WILLIAM and SARAH (BROWN) BILLING
she was born 22nd December 1870 at Valcartier, Que.
and died 20th January 1899 at 100 St Eustache St., Quebec City
buried at Valcartier, 23rd January 1899 in the Parish cemetery
she had 3 brothers: HENRY HERBERT;  CURTIS;  LEVISON;  and a sister, MARY ELLEN
(BABE).

PERCY ROSS subsequently married LAURA ISABEL PARROTT 21 May 1902
they had a daughter, IVY JUNE, baptized 22 September 1910 at Trinity Church.
     she married PERCY WILLIAM NEIL on 11th March 1933
     he was son of Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS NEIL of Charlesbourg, Quebec
     he died 19th june 1963 at Baie Comeau, Quebec
     they had four children: RUTH;  MARION;  BARBARA;  BRIAN ROSS.

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Children of PERCY and IDA (BILLING) ROSS

DORA GWENDOLINE
     Born 7 November 1890 at 46 Ste. Marie St., Quebec City
     Died 4 September 1891 (9 months and 27 days)
     Buried at Valcartier Cemetery

HELEN ISABEL SAIT
     Born 22 November 1892 at 49 Ste. Claire St., Quebec City

IDA BEATRICE
     Born 19 July 1895 at 93 Artillery St., Quebec City
     Died 6 July 1912 at Jeffery Hale Hospital, Quebec City
     Buried 8 July 1912 at Valcartier, Quebec

MARY MARJORIE
     Born 12 December 1897 at 100 St. Eustache St., Quebec City
     Died 16 November 1915 at Hospital St. Francois d'Assize, Quebec City
     Buried 17 November 1915 at Valcartier, Quebec.
     She was graduate of Ottawa Ladies College

DOROTHY IDA BILLING
     Born 10 December 1898 at 100 St. Eustache St., Quebec City
     Married MAURICE LIONEL FITZGERALD of Hamilton, Ontario  19 April 1922
          He died 16 April 1949 at Loretteville and was buried in Mount Hermon Cemetery


This record was compiled by Henry Ross Wiggs of Westmount Que.
12 August, 1970
Sources of data: Family Bible, newspaper clippings, and interview with Miss Helen ross and Mrs. Ida FitzGerald at Lorettevill on 3rd July 1970

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PERCY DRUMMOND ROSS (1866-1938)

     Percy Drummond Ross, born the 30th of March, 1866, at St. George Street, Quebec City, was the second son of Henry Ross and Harriett Ann Sait.  He was educated in public schools.  He married Ida Billing, daughter of William and Sarah (Brown) Billing of Valcartier village, Quebec, the wedding ceremony taking place in the Church of England church at Valcartier on the 25th of September, 1889, with the Rev. Dr. S. Riopel conducting the service.  They resided in the city of Quebec.

     They had five daughters: Dora Gwendoline, who died when an infant of only nine months, Helen Isabel Sait, Ida Beatrice, Mary Marjorie, and Dorothy Ida Billing.  When their youngest child was only a little over a month old, his wife died on the 20th of January, 1899 at the untimely age of twenty-nine years.  The funeral service was held at Trinity Church, Quebec, with the Rector, the Rev. E. J. Etherington, officiating, and it was attended by many prominent persons and a large number of friends of both races and creeds.  Following the service, a long train of sleighs followed the remains to their last resting place in Valcartier cemetery, about sixteen miles from the city.

     While living in Quebec, Percy Ross was employed by Garneau & Frere, dry-goods merchants, but in due course he moved to Jeune Lorette (now Loretteville) to take over the management of his father's store.  His genial manner and cheerful disposition made him a popular figure in the community.

     He subsequently married Laura Parrott of Quebec who presented him with another daughter, Ivy June; and three of his  daughters by his first wife continued to live with them.   His youngest daughter, Ida, had been taken by his parents to live with them ever since she was a small child.  In 1912, his second daughter, Beatrice, when only seventeen years old, died at Jeffery Hale Hospital in Quebec, and three years later, his third daughter, Marjorie, who had been living with her aunt, Miss Babe Billing, at Valcartier, died at the untimely age of eighteen.  A few years later, Helen, his eldest daughter, also went to live with her grandparents in Loretteville.  She and Ida always referred to their grandfather as "Bamp".

     On the 19th of April, 1922, Ida Ross married Maurice Lionel Fitzgerald of Hamilton, Ontario, and they lived in Loretteville.

     Following a long illness of some years duration, Percy Ross died at the Jeffery Hale Hospital on the 4th of April, 1938, at the age of seventy-two, and he was buried in Mount Hermon Cemetery.  Maurice Fitzgerald died on the 16th of April, 1949, and he, too, was buried in Mount Hermon Cemetery.  After his death, his widow, Ida, went back to live with her sister, Helen, who was then living alone in the lovely old home that had belonged to their grandfather, Henry Ross.

     As this biography is being written in 1971, Helen Ross and Ida Fitzgerald continue to live there, surrounded by the same familiar belongings and attractive furnishings that provided a happy home for two generations before them.  In compiling the genealogical history of the earlier generations of the Ross family, much of the credit goes to them because they provided me with a mass of information from old family Bibles, birth certificates, newspaper clippings, personal notes, and a true copy of the last will and testament of our great treat grandfather, J. William Ross, signed by him on the 6th of October, 1820, in the city of Quebec  [see post of Feb. 23, 2011].  I am very grateful to them for their kind cooperation.  Incidentally, at my baptism in Trinity Church, Quebec, on the 13th of May, 1896, Percy Drummond and Ida Billing Ross were present as my godfather and godmother.

                                                                           Henry Ross Wiggs

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