I'm Taking the Canada150 Genealogy Challenge

The land we call Canada is of course much older than 150 years, but on July 1, 1867, the Dominion of Canada came into being with Confederation. With Canada Day and Canada150 just three days, away, I'm jumping on this bandwagon started by a genealogy friend, because as she says, it's because of their early contributions that Canada is such a wonderful place to live.

Here are my direct ancestors who were living in what became Canada in 1867. These are only on my father's side (my maternal grandparents arrived in Canada in 1909 and 1908 respectively):

Charlotte Butler                   born 1852             Upper Stewiacke NS

Samuel Butler                      born 1816              Halifax 

Hugh Caroline                      bef 1834                Montreal

Mary Donovan Caroline         bef 1834                Montreal

Rose Caroline                       born 1839              Granby, Quebec

John James Dougherty          1834                      Granby, Quebec

Elizabeth Forbes                   born abt 1785        Hants NS
Margaret White Godfrey        born abt 1797        Colchester NS

Sarah Anne Moore                 born 1819              Truro NS

Charles Nelson                      born 1812               Rockville NS

Elias Nelson                          born 1783               Maitland NS

Elias Nelson                          born 1854               Great Village NS

 

Only Hugh and Mary Caroline came to Canada as immigrants from Ireland. Their daughter, Rose Caroline, my 2nd great grandmother was born here. My 2nd great grandfather John James Dougherty was born in Vermont, and within a year was living in the Eastern Townships. 

My Nova Scotia roots are deep, and date back to 1760. The rest of my direct ancestors shown above and living in 1867 were all Nova Scotia-born. 

The never ending story continues.....



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