NS records

[aghadowey]

Found George Moore 1871 Lovells Directory in New Brunswick:
http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/PrivRecs/LD/Search.aspx?L=EN

this would fit with birthplaces of children in 1881 census: George Thomas born c1870 N.B. & Mary Isabella born c1872 N.B.

[Josephine]

Interesting!

There are two listings for George Moore, tinsmith, in Saint John.  I wonder if one address was his home and the other his workplace?  Or if one of those was a relative?

Regards,
Josephine

[aghadowey]

the plot thickens,,,http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats/FullTextResults.aspx?L=EN

[Josephine]

Eek!

aghadowey, the link doesn't work for me.

Are you looking at Daniel Johnson's Vital Statistics?  What should we be looking for?

Regards,
Josephine

[Josephine]

So the death in 1886 of the George Moore, tinsmith, in Saint Andrews (Charlotte County), originally from Saint John, would account for the listing in Saint Andrews in 1871 Lovell's.  (Died at age 56, left a widow and ten children.  Yikes.)

And would the George Moore, tinsmith, in Saint John (St. John County) in Lovell's 1871 be his father?

Maybe no Canadian city was complete without a tinsmith named George Moore.   

Regards,
Josephine

[Josephine]

This is a history of the Moores of Moore's Mills in Charlotte County, New Brunswick:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/memorial.htm

This Moore family was originally from Ireland, then went to New Hampshire, then to New Brunswick.  It looks like some descendants went to Nova Scotia and some went to Maine.  I don't know if the book contains any clues to the George Moore who ended up in Quebec.

My great-grandfather lived in Moore's Mills at some point.  I don't know if his family had any connections to the Moores but they definitely would have known each other.

Regards,
Josephine

[J.J.]

The George on the 1881 certainly moved around a lot, judging by the birthplaces of his children...either tinsmiths were in great demand or the opposite and looking for work, I suppose. The father theory surely works as one often shows one's trade to a son...
Some were born in the U.S if I recall, Josephine...J.J.

[Josephine]

J.J.,

It was not uncommon for people who lived in that part of New Brunswick, particularly Charlotte County, to move between there and Maine for work.

Anyone with ancestors who lived in Charlotte County should always check Washington County, Maine for them, too. 

One of my g-g-grandmother's sisters was enumerated as a domestic in Calais, Maine in 1880 and at home in Charlotte County, New Brunswick in 1881.  That was one of the few mistakes I've found on the LDS site:  in their transcript, she was listed by the surname of the family she was working for but I found her in the original listed by her own surname.

My grandfather was born and raised in Charlotte County but his first marriage took place in Calais, Maine.  It's just a short walk or drive across the bridge.  (Well, it can take longer now at Customs.)  My grandfather later moved to Saint John for work and spent the rest of his life there.

The George Moore who ended up in Quebec might have been the nephew of the one listed in the 1871 Lovell's in Saint John.  The fact that there are two listed is interesting.  If the George Moore in Saint Andrews was the son of one of the George Moores in Saint John, maybe the other George Moore in Saint John (if it was a different man) was his nephew.

It's too bad so many records were lost in the great fire in Saint John.

Sorry, I think I'm rambling...   

Regards,
Josephine

[Josephine]

Early Canadiana Online:

http://www.canadiana.org/eco.php?doc=home

has a George Moore, tinsmith, at Smyth Street in St. John City, in 1885, employing three men.


Regards,
Josephine