Carla married Rob Chambers [Group Sheet]

1. Elliot Kathryn Chambers
2. Julian Robert Chambers

Other Events:

• Occupation: For the next nine years; a welder at the Highway Garage in Amherst, NS.
• Occupation: For over 25 years; a welder with the steel bridge crew with the Nova Scotia Department of Highways

Notes:

He was a member of Saint Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church in Joggins, the parish council, the Royal Canadian Legion, Joggins Branch No. 4, and the Brookside Curling Club. Robert was an avid hunter and fisherman.

Buried:
His remains were cremated and buried in the cemetery.

Died:
He died of cancer.

Robert married Carolyn Marie Hedley [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: an employee of the Dept of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia where he maintained the dykes in Minudie and on the point in Amherst. Some of his work involved cutting the marsh grass from spring until fall.
• Occupation: driver of a team of clydesdale horses in the lumber woods in his younger years
• Occupation: Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; employee at Green Crow Coalmine for a short time
• Baptised: 17 Nov 1910, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Obituary: 10 Sep 2008, Halifax, , Nova Scotia, Canada; The Halifax Chronicle Herald

Notes:

Occupation:
Art was primary caregiver for the horses as well as a team driver. The horses were used to haul the logs out of the woods.

Baptised:
His godparents were Edmund O'Regan and Mrs Joe Brine.

Obituary:

Obituary

MELANSON, Arthur

MELANSON, Arthur - 97, Amherst, formerly of Joggins, died September 7, 2008, in Victoria Manor. He was a son of the late Isreal and Alice (LeBlanc) Melanson. Surviving are sons, Morris (Patti), Richard (Judy); daughter, Margaret (Terry) Terrio; daughter-in-law, Carolyn; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Kathryn (LeBlanc); son, Robert; five brothers and sisters. Visitation 7-9 p.m. Thursday, October 16, in River Hebert and Joggins Community Funeral Home River Hebert. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday, October 17, in St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church. Burial in Ragged Reef Cemetery. www.furlongjones.ca

Arthur married Kathryn Georgina (Kay) LeBlanc 30 Oct 1939, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Kathryn (daughter of Rufus Henry LeBlanc and Mary Alice (Alice) Terrio) was born 13 Apr 1910; died 1 Dec 1976, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Obituary: an unknown newspaper
• Baptised: Apr 1910, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Baptised:
No godparents were listed in the baptism entry.

Other Events:

• Occupation: farmer

Iseral married Alice LeBlanc 3 Nov 1890, Minudie, NS. Alice (daughter of Stephen LeBlanc and Francoise (Fanny) Arseneau) was born 9 Sep 1868, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was christened 29 Oct 1868, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 11 Jan 1940, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 13 Jan 1940, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
She was registered at birth as Alexander in the Nova Scotia Vital Statistics; she was baptized as Adelaide in the church; she was called 'Alice'.

Christened:
Her godparents were CHarles DesBarres & Marie Comeau. The baptism entry was written in Latin.

Died:
Her death was reported by her son, Arthur Melanson.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their wedding were Joseph Brine and Elisabeth Melancon.

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.