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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View My Genealogy Data Includes Event Maps, Place Index, Migrations, Notable People, Homesteads, Calendars of Events, Person Search. 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. |
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Ancestral Migrations - the P.E.I. Story, 2016 Download the talk presented to the Ontario Genealogical Society, 25 March 2017 (32MB) |
~ 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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