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"No apology is necessary in the case of anyone who wishes to write a family history."
From an essay on how to write a family history, by James Balfour Paul (1846-1931), the officer responsble for heraldry in Scotland from 1890 until the end of 1926.
"When you see a tombstone you see a birth date, a hyphen and a death date. We have no control over the birth or death dates. But we do have control over the hyphen. That is where we live our lives." Anon.
Created and maintained by David Arthur Walker, 3rd
great-grandson of David Walker & Margaret Hetherington, of
Dumfriesshire,
Scotland, and 3rd great-grandson of Marcus Palmer Sr. and Nancy Ann
Slocum, of
Hampstead, Queens Co., New Brunswick.
The main focus of study is within the three maritime provinces of
Canada,
namely Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Major
surnames in
this research include Walker, Palmer, Durgan, Cairns, Clark, Townsend,
Townshend, Converse, Read, Seaman, Crawford, Slocum, Coy, Wallace,
Cannon,
Cory, Corey, Dyer, Blanchard, Marchbank, Glover and Coffin.
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Loyalist family names include Palmer
(Marcus Sr.), Clark (John Sr.), Seaman (Jacomiah), Crawford (John Jr.),
Slocum (Ebenezer), Cory/Corey (Ebenezer), Coffin (Elisha), Converse
(Jesse), Cottle (Nathaniel Bradford Sr.), Hooper (Thomas Sr.), Robins
(Richard), Braddock (Samuel) and Wiggins (Jacob F.).
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Refer to the Surnames
page for
more geographical detail.
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