Hi,
Ya I have tried all available resources I know of anyway, well most I know of I guess. A few before me have looked and did not find much.
No Naomi Parsons in my tree, my family from Matthew Parsons was born around 1880's and the records for my ggrandfather Francis Parsons birth is not available. I do know Matthew had a few more kids, Annie Mary, Susannah and Thomas.
I have gone through a lot of that info on Newfoundland Grand Banks website and searched some scans on familysearch for births, deaths and marriages. It is all over in that area as earlier it was Port de Grave and then Harbour Grace. There is a John and a William that live on Country Path around Matthew so they maybe his brothers, only link I have is the 1898 McAlpines Directory
http://ngb.chebucto.org/M1898/98-cooley_hg.shtmlPARSONS John (Wm Contry road fshmn
PARSONS Matt (Wm Contry road fshmn
and Francis is there too.
I have looked into John Parsons and his wife Eliza Jane Russell, but nothing yet.
I know he i
I am going to do the Will lookup with the courts for both Francis and Matthew, my question is, if they were not well off, will they still have a will?
I did find a Matthew Parsons born May 19, 1847 from a William and Mary Parsons in Bay Roberts.
I know my Matthew died May 9, 1927 at age 84 (age from the vital records, not too sure how accurate) Also my Matthew, the 1921 Cenus says his birth month is Aug, year says 1841 (I heard the years were off, but months were more accurate?)
Also, I found John buried with a William in the same place as Matthew and Francis, but I think the John info is wrong on the wooden grave marker (looked at the death record), frustrating. It says William came from England in the early 1800's, so I would love to try to keep the line going if he is related.
Anyway, I looked briefly at the Labrador stuff but did not find anything, as you said they are very scant, I may try again. My mothers aunt did say they used to go there and fish, our family did, and she or someone else used to go and babysit as well. I tried Quebec as well but nothing on them.
I did not see the reference to William Parsons in Seary's Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, and the Parsons file at the Matthew collection (What is this, I have found the Seary's Family book, but where can I get info on the Matthew Collection?). The originals I have looked at are the scans, I am not in newfoundland so I cannot go to the collections in St Johns.
Thanks for the tips, I will not give up trying.
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