Mary — ... .... [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 2 Jun 1914, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Baptised:
His godparents were ... Babineau and Hilaire Daulnais.

Frederick — Elsie Legere. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Express Messenger for CNR working on the train between Halifax and Montreal
• Occupation: Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada; hotel clerk after his retirement from the CNR
• Residence: Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Baptised: 19 Apr 1885, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: Aug 1924, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: Nov 1933, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Leo worked around the Como Hotel as a youngster and adult. Then he worked for the Maritime Coal and Railway Company and held positions from engineer, driver, conductor and finally superintendent. Afterwards, he went to work for the CNR and was Express Messenger, travelling to various parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec. Money was also transported by train then. - from Noma (Como) LeBlanc, daughter, 1993.

Residence:
Leo Como worked on the mail train until retirement. His wife lived in Joggins while he worked on the CNR Express Messenger mail train which travelled between Halifax and Montreal. Leo would travel back and forth from Halifax to Joggins to visit his wife, Phoebe.

Baptised:
His godparents were Charles DesBarres and Agusta Melonson.

Leo married Phoebe Agnes Babineau 16 Jun 1904. Phoebe (daughter of Sylvine Babineau and Elizabeth Melanson) was born 8 Sep 1883; died 28 Sep 1982; was buried Sep 1982, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Baptised: Mar 1884
• Residence: Nov 1933, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Charles Holmes and Margaret Hennessy.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were Charles Hache and Annie Babineau.

Fred married Mary Bourgeois [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: retired sea captain
• Occupation: From 1860 to 1887; a mate & soon after Captain, sailing vessels for Read and Co.
• Census: 1871, River Hebert Polling District, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Feb 1872; seafaring
• Residence: Feb 1872, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Dec 1872; sea captain
• Occupation: Oct 1874; mariner
• Occupation: From 1890 to 1917, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; manager of Como Hotel
• Obituary: 5 Sep 1924, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; an unknown newspaper

Notes:

Sylvine was a sea-captain and sailed boats that transported lumber from Read's Lumber Company in Minudie, Nova Scotia to Bathurst, New Brunswick.-from Noma (Como) LeBlanc, his grand-daughter, 1993.

Census:
He is found living with his widowed mother, five siblings and two young Bourgeois children.

Sylvine married Margaret (Maggie) Melanson 12 Feb 1872, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Laurent\Lorong Melanson and Susannah (Susan) O'Regan) was born 1848, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 18 Dec 1916; was buried , St Thomas Aquinas Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Feb 1872, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: 30 Jan 1878, River Hebert, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; , after moving with her husband and children,

Notes:

Birth:
She was 22 years old when she married in February 1872.

Notes:

Married:
The groom was 28 years old and the bride was 22 years old when they married in Feb 1872. Witnesses at their marriage were Alfred desBarres and Philomene Comeau. There is a 4th degree of consanguinity.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Jun 1918; machinist

Notes:

He has a sister Natalie. I have a photo of her. - note by A.Owen Jan2013

Occupation:
In Joggins, he worked in the Roundhouse where the steam train engines underwent maintenance and repairs. - from Noma Como, his grand-daughter, 1993.

Sylvine married Elizabeth Melanson 7 Jan 1878, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of ... Melanson and ... ...) was born 1857; died 21 Nov 1933; was buried Nov 1933, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

She was deaf. - from Noma Como, 1993.

Residence:
All her life she lived in Joggins or the surrounding district.

Other Events:

• Baptised: 7 Feb 1837, Parish of Barachois, Westmorland County, New Brunswick

Notes:

Baptised:
His godparents were Fabien Leblanc and Sophie Leblanc. His father is a farmer of Ste Therese.

Died:
Discrepency: Vital Statistics records death as 11 Oct 1921 while Andrew Zampini gives it as 7 Oct 1921.-note by A.Owen, July2020.
His death is reported by his son, Fred.

Mark\Marc married Matilda Brine 25 Feb 1867, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Matilda (daughter of Dominique Brun and ... ...) died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were Paul Bourc and Marcelline Bourc and many others. The groom is a resident of Shemaguee, New Brunswick and the bride is a resident of Minudie, Nova Scotia.
On 28 Jun 1869, there is a note made of this couples 4th degree of consangunity. Marguerite LeBlanc is a witness.

Damien — Catherine McNeil. Catherine died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]