Other Events:

• Obituary: an unknown newspaper
• Military: From 1940 to 1945; as chief engineer in the Royal Canadian Navy
• Residence: Between 1946 and 1966, Chatham, , Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Buried:
He is buried in the section of the cemetery referred to as the Canadian Legion Memorial Field.

Reginald married Noma Dorothy Como 18 Sep 1928. Noma (daughter of Leo Adelbert Como and Phoebe Agnes Babineau) was born 30 Oct 1909; died 13 Sep 2001, Chatham, , Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Sep 2001, St Anthony's Cemetery, Chatham, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: a merchant for the mining company and had retired in August 1947 after working for 55 years
• Baptised: 28 Apr 1872, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, the Polling District of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; a stone cutter
• Occupation: Sep 1902, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; fireman working on the steam train
• Residence: Sep 1902, Little River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: May 1906, Little River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: May 1938, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
His marriage certificate gives his birth location as Lower Cove, NS.

Baptised:
His godparents were Juliano Cormier & Maria Bourque. The baptism entry was written in Latin.

Census:
On page 37, in family #165, he is found with his parents and four of his siblings.

Rufus married Mary Alice (Alice) Terrio 24 Sep 1902, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary (daughter of Jude Theriault and Elizabeth Arsenault) was born 13 Mar 1880, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 4 May 1954, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 8 May 1954, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Obituary: an unknown newspaper
• Residence: Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; , prior to her marriage,
• Baptised: 15 Mar 1880
• Residence: May 1906, Little River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Ferdinand Thibedeau and Harrietta Thariault.

Buried:
Her death was reported by her daughter, Kathryn Melanson.

Died:
She developed diabetes in her older years and had a leg amputated. She died from toxaemia from gangrene.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were Bertha Terrio and James LeBlanc.

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.

Other Events:

• Occupation: In his later years, Moncton; a coal merchant
• Occupation: Dec 1869, Minudie; a farmer
• Occupation: Mar 1870; a yeoman
• Census: 1871, Polling District 5, Sub District of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Polling District 5, Sub District of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; a labourer listed on the census taken
• Occupation: Jul 1874, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; a stonecutter
• Census: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; a farmer
• Census: 1901, the Polling District of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Sep 1902; common labourer
• Residence: From 1906 to 1928, 87 Union Street, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Census: 1911, City of Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Union Street, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Occupation: Apr 1928, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; a retired coal merchant

Notes:

Occupation:
He was listed as a coal dealer on the 1911 census for City of Moncton, NB.

Census:
On page 37, in family #165, he appears with his wife and five of their children.

Occupation:
His daughter, Ida's death announcement, describes her father as an operator of a wholesale and retail coal business in Moncton for many years.

Died:
His death was reported by his son, Charles LeBlanc.

John married Louisa\Luise Heitzler 28 Dec 1869, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Louisa\Luise (daughter of Ignaz\Angus Heitzler and Elizabeth Oliva\Oliver) was born 24 Sep 1846, Ottersweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 25 Jan 1928, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 27 Jan 1928, St Denis Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 25 Sep 1846, Ottersweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Residence: Dec 1869, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1871, Polling District 5, Sub District of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, the Polling District of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1911, City of Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Union Street, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Obituary: 1928; an unknown newspaper

Notes:

Sherman Leblanc said that Louisa was 5 years old (sic 7 years) when she came to Canada in 1854 with her family. Her older (sic younger) sister, aged 7 (sic 5 years), died and was buried at sea on the voyage. Her parents settled in Minudie where her parents worked for "King" Seaman. The "king" was fond of Louisa's mother and had Louisa educated along with his own daughter, Lila, by a private tutor. Louisa had golden coloured hair and a clear fair complexion with rosy cheeks. She was a kind spoken woman; she did not meddle or gossip about other people. In her later years she had a stroke and was paralyzed somewhat in her legs. She spent her last years living with her daughter, Ida who married Damien White. She was a very tall woman. When Louisa's family came to Canada, other families by the name of Sherman, Glen and possibly Wolfe, came over to Canada with them and settled in Minudie.
My father, Sherman LeBlanc, had told me that Louisa was 87 when she died in 1936 (sic). This is not correct. Her death is recorded in the Nova Scotia Vital Statistics under Louise H LeBlanc. Louisa's death occured in Minudie on 27 Jan 1928 and her age is listed as about 82 years old. In actual fact, she was 81 years old and in her 82nd year of life.-note by A.Owen

Birth:
Her marriage registration gives her age as 22 years when she married John LeBlanc in Dec 1869 and states that she was born in Germany.

Her baptism entry states that she was born at 2am in the morning on September 24th, 1846.

Baptised:
Her baptism entry in the parish register gives her godparents as Andreas Weis, blacksmith, and Lorenz Burger, farmer. She was an illegitimate child when born and her father's name is not given. She was baptized at 3pm in the afternoon on September 25th, 1846.

Note: It is assumed that Ignaz Heitzler is her father. After her parents have married, Louisa/Luise shows up with her parents in the family book as a child of Ignaz along with her sister, Magdalena. -note by A.Owen

Census:
She is found with her husband and widowed mother on the census and her age is given as 23.

Census:
On page 37, in family #165, she is found with her husband and five of their children.

Census:
She appears with her husband and three youngest adult children.

Buried:
Note: the Nova Scotia Vital Statistics record of her death gives a burial date of 27 Jan 1928 at the RC Cemetery in Minudie, Nova Scotia. However, Bertha (Como) Stevens played the organ at a Requium Mass for Louisa on Feburary 6, 1928 at the Catholic Church in Joggins, Nova Scotia.

Died:
Although Louisa is listed as a widow, her husband was still alive and living in Moncton with his son, Charles. He died several months after Louisa. Louisa's death was reported by her son Rufus LeBlanc.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses were Ferdinand Babin and Mary Burk.

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1869, Lower Cove, NS; working as a chore boy for the Hebert family
• Residence: 1869, Minudie, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia; , settling
• Census: 1881, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Occupation: May 1883; a labourer
• Residence: May 1883, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, the Polling District of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Aug 1901; a stone-cutter
• Occupation: Sep 1902; common labourer
• Occupation: Feb 1909; a miner
• Occupation: Nov 1913; working in mining
• Occupation: Aug 1916; working in mining
• Occupation: Sep 1918; working in mining
• Occupation: 1938; a teamster when he stopped working at the age of 83

Notes:

S12-1881C-Dist.J,Div#2,pg.29,#122#134-family is:
Thareolt Jude M 25 N.B. Catholic French occ.not given
" Elizabeth F 23 N.S. " "
" Lewy M 3 " " "
" Mary A F 1 " " "
T15-note that Theriault was changed to Terrio at the Lower Cove school by English school teachers who spelled the name as it sounded

Birth:
Irene (Terrio) Melanson said that he was born in Aboujagane. His death certificate gives his place of birth as St Andrew, New Brunswick.

Residence:
Jude walked in his barefeet with his father, Damien, from Aboujagan, New Brunswick to Lower Cove, Nova Scotia, where his father took a job with the Heberts and Jude got a job as a chore boy. (from Irene Terrio July 1979)

Jude married Elizabeth Arsenault 29 May 1883, Ragged Reef, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia. Elizabeth (daughter of Hyppolite (Polid) Arsenault and Nathalie (Nettie) LeBlanc) was born 13 May 1858; died 17 Jan 1948, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 20 Jan 1948, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 23 May 1858

Notes:

T15-obt. 1989-aged 13 with family #41 in 1871 N.S. Census;born in N.S. -d.dt.;buried in Ragged Reef Cemetery,near Joggins
S12-1881C-Dist.J, Div#2,pg.29,#122#134-Elizabeth age 23 wife of Jude Thareolt,has two children.

Baptised:
She was 10 days old when baptized on May 23, 1858. Her godparents were Juda (Jude) Arseneau & Elizabeth Gold. The baptism entry was written in Latin.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were C. White and Elizabeth Burke.

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.