Genealogy
A Good Day of Research
tracy — Sun, 07/24/2005 - 08:16
I went to an excellent lecture yesterday concerning researching Newfoundland ancestors. My husband's grandmother's family is pretty much all from Newfoundland and I haven't made much headway with her family. The lecture further strengthened my opinion that in order to unlock the mysteries of her family, I will have to go there. Her parents are Newman Eddy and Louise A. Reid. They were married in Massachusetts and had a number of children. Newman's parents are Thomas Eddy and Caroline Diamonds and we believe that he was born 19 November 1886 in Sibley's Cove, Newfoundland. Louise's parents were James Reid and Emma Critch and we believe that she may have been born in St. John's, Newfoundland. Her parents were James Reid and Emma Critch. James' family may be James Reid and Louisa Pelley, both of Hant's Harbor. I found a baptism for a James Batrick Reid online that seems to match with the information I have for him. Emma's parents were James Critch and [unknown first name] Evans.
Borden family connections
tracy — Fri, 07/22/2005 - 16:51
For those who don't know or haven't guessed yet, I'm pretty into genealogy research and I have been researching both my husband's and my own family for a few years now. When I first started doing the research, I asked him and members of his family what they knew. One of the more interesting ones members was a woman by the name of Catherine Borden who married Charles Davis Belcher and is my husband's great-great-grandmother. Family history had it that she was related to the infamous Lizzie Borden. Of course, my first reaction upon hearing that was to ask if there was any proof and there wasn't. So I figured that while I would remember that tantilizing tidbit, I was a long way from proving or disproving it.
