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From an essay on how to write a family history, by James Balfour Paul (1846-1931), the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland from 1890 until the end of 1926.
This web site was created and is
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, his two direct paternal and
maternal lines.
The main focus of study is within the three maritime provinces of
Canada
(namely Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), New
England and the British Isles. Major
surnames in
this research include Blanchard, Braddock, Brown,
Cairns, Cannon,
Clark, Coffin, Coffyn,
Converse, Cory,
Corey, Coy, Courtenay,
Crawford, Doty, Drake,
Durgan, Dyer, Fortescue, Gibson,
Glover, Grenville, Hooper,
Hull, Marchbank, Palmer, Read,
Robins, Robbins, Seaman,
Slocum,
Titus, Townsend,
Townshend, Wallace, Walker,
White, Wright.
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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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This web site is updated often -
I
recommend that you use the refresh option on your web browser for any
pages you
select to be certain you are viewing the most current data.
~ Reunion 2008 Photo Gallery ~ Click here to view a sampling of photos from the reunion for descendants of David Walker & Margaret Hetherington, held 1-4 August 2008 on Prince Edward Island.
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