Other Events:

• Residence: Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Baptised: 5 Aug 1894, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Aug 1920; civil engineer
• Residence: Aug 1920, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: Aft 1920, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Residence:
He and his wife eventually moved from Lynn, Massachusetts to settle in Saugus.

Baptised:
His godparents were James Melanson and Lizzie Burke.

Census:
He is found with his parent, two brothers (including a newborn), four boarders and a domestic.

Residence:
He and his wife moved to Lynn after they married.

Herbert married Blanche Alice Ritchie 4 Aug 1920, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Blanche (daughter of Samuel Archibald Ritchie and Susan Henniger) was born 21 Oct 1899, Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA; died 28 Dec 1984, Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
They were married in the Church of the Sacred Heart in Sydney. Witnesses at their marriage were Dennis McKinnon and Margaret MacDonald, both of Sydney.

1. Eileen Blanche Como was born 13 Jun 1921, Canada; died 9 Jun 2003, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA; was buried , National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.
2. Mary Como
3. Jean Como
4. Joan Como

Other Events:

• Baptised: 4 Oct 1874, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: 30 Jan 1878, River Hebert, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; , after moving with his parents and brother,
• Occupation: Feb 1894; clerk of Gilbert Blenkhorn
• Census: 1901, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: May 1901, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; survey rodman
• Residence: Aug 1924, Sydney, , Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1930, Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA; Address:
  West Fifth Avenue
• Occupation: Apr 1930, Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA; engineer employed at a Sheet Mill

Notes:

Baptised:
His godparents were Thadde Comeau & Philomene Comeau.

Census:
He is found with his wife, three sons (including a newborn), four boarders and a domestic.

Census:
He is found living with his wife and son, Percy.

Henry married Julia McCarron 5 Feb 1894, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Julia (daughter of Hugh McCarron and Mary Anne McGovern) was born 20 Aug 1874, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 20 Jan 1939. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 30 Aug 1874, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1930, Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA; Address:
  West Fifth Avenue

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Peter Bourque and Catherine McGovern.

Census:
She is found with her husband, three sons (including a newborn), four boarders and a domestic.

Census:
She is found living with her husband and son, Percy.

Died:
List inside of front cover gives Julia McCarron Jan'y 20th 1939. List appears to be of deceased persons whose names were not entered into the book in chronological order along with others who died in respective years.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were James Holmes and Maggie McCarron.

On Monday eve. 5th inst., Joggins Mines, N.S., Henry COMO s/o Capt. COMO of the Como Hotel and clerk of Gilbert BLENKHORN and Miss MCCARRON d/o Hugh McCARRON were united in marriage by Rev. Father Curry, at the residence of the bride. - from transcription by Daniel F Johnson.

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.

Hugh married Mary Anne McGovern [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: grindstone cutter
• Occupation: labourer
• Baptised: 28 Jul 1819, the parish of Minudie

Notes:

Baptised:
His godparents were Thanis Como and Perpetue Melancon.

Buried:
His tombstone gives his birth year as 1817.-Discrepancy with Baptism entry...note by A.Owen,Jan2013.

Died:
He died before the 1871 Nova Scotia census was taken. His wife is a widow on this census and living with her son, Sylvain, and other children.

Joseph — Mary\Marie Bourgeois. Mary\Marie (daughter of Dominique Bourgeois and Apollonie (Pauline) (Polonie) Burbine\Babin) was born 4 Dec 1818, Nova Scotia; died 1900; was buried , St Denis Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 28 Jul 1819, the parish of Minudie
• Census: 1871, River Hebert Polling District, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: May 1877, Barronsfield, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Birth:
Her headstone in the cemetery in Minudie gives her birth year as 1820. Other sources imply a birth year of 1818 and her baptism entry gives her birth date as December 4th, 1818.-note by A.Owen, Jan2013

Baptised:
Her godparents were Francois Brun and Anne Babin.

Census:
She is a widow by the time this census is taken and is living with her four sons and two daughters. Also living with the family are two young Bushway (sic Bourgeois) children.

Residence:
She and her family were living in Barronsfield when her two younger sons died of dyptheria in May 1877.

Other Events:

• Baptised: 30 Apr 1815, the parish of Memramcook
• Residence: Oct 1844, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Occupation: Feb 1872; grindstone cutter

Notes:

Baptised:
His godparents were Laurent Bourg and Pauline Babin.

Laurent\Lorong married Susannah (Susan) O'Regan 3 Oct 1844, Sackville, N.B.. Susannah (daughter of Francois O'Regan and Bridget Larkin) was born 1820; died 1858; was buried , St Thomas Aquinas Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1844, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Married:
They were married by the rector of Sackville, John Black.