Are these living people, or are you doing genealogy?

Is Wesley the middle or last name of Wm?

Give us some more info & we might be able to help, or to refer you someplace that could.

Thanks, & best wishes

jm
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Vbrd Vbrdeau Hello Jim… Who I am trying to find birth information on is Josephine (known as but not listed as Marjory) Wesley. She was born in Beaver River approximately 1899, she moved to Saint John, New Brunswick where she married John Richard Graves from Yarmouth (son of Daniel & Jerusa Beales). On her marriage license, she lists William as father – her mother was Josephine Hortense Bradley. The husband of Josephine is also listed as Arthur Willett Wesley (brother of brother Elsworth D). The sisters Josephine (whose birth record I cannot locate) and Effie (no birth record) married the brothers Arthur & Elsworth. However – there is an earlier reference to William having married Josephine and remarried (widowed) on Jan 18, 1910… So, there you are, I am quite confused now… Thankyou for any help to untangle this maze. Valerieps: it states on her marriage cert. as well that her father William was also born in Bear River.
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Bear River Historical Society & Museum Hi Valerie, BRHS also has a blog, where there seem to be more genaologists lurking. http://bearriverhistory.ca/ Maybe you can manage to paste your questions there – At the BR Museum we have digital copies of the Digby Courier, which I believe also carried Bear River news; most issues from 1877-1977 or so. You could stop in and have a browse. We also have a few books on specific families, but I could not tell you which ones, right now. Also, if you look back to earlier posts on this page I believe I posted some links to genalogy sites. They were posted in connection to our Family Photo workshop. Also check out the Admiral Digby Museum, in Digby, they have extensive genaology resources. Hope this helps – I’m not into genealogy myself, but I know where to send people! I’ll also try to tag this or forward it to catch teh attenton of the local people who might know the names. Hope this helps. (and that was jm, for Jenny M!)

Bear River Historical Society
bearriverhistory.ca
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Bear River Historical Society & Museum I note your reference to “Beaver River” as the birthplace of Josephine (Marjory) Wesley. That would certainly tie in more closely with your references to Yarmouth. i guess my question would be, “are you looking in Beaver River or Bear River”? While I am not immediately aware of Wesleys in Bear River, the surname ‘Wesley’ can be found in the Annapolis Royal area.

I am looking for the parents of my 3rd great grandfather, George Wedon Harris who died in Maine in 1892 at the age of 82. His death record says he was born in Bear River N.S. and parents were unknown. So apparently he was born about 1810. He also lived in Salisbury N.B. for some time. Can you direct me to someone who might be able to assist me? I have exhausted all internet sources that I can think of.

I have a copy of the “85th in France and Flanders” and note a reference to a ” Pte. William R. Jones” from Lower Ohio (Shelburne County). It does not, on quick reference, provide a date of birth, but it does give the following information:

Joined September 18, 1915. 13 Bn.
Struck Off December 5, 1916
Rejoined August 26, 1916
Killed May 3 1918 at Lens.

Sincerely,
David Andrews

The article says that much of the information for the article was taken from a book on the wartime adventures of Joe Maloney written by Ray E. Zinck of Yarmouth.
Frank E. Archibald’s book “Mostly Maritimers” is also another mentioned source.

This does not answer your question about where he lived in Bear River, but hopefully there may be more shared information forthcoming from other readers of this blog!
Cheers!
Flora