Sylvine Como

1843 - 1924  (81 years)

• Name	Sylvine Como
  Born	12 Aug 1843	Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	From 1860 to 1887  [2]
  	a mate & soon after Captain, sailing vessels for Read and Co.
  Census	1871	River Hebert Polling District, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [3]
  	He is found living with his widowed mother, five siblings and two young Bourgeois children.
  Occupation	Feb 1872  [4]
  	seafaring
  Residence	Feb 1872	Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [4]
  Occupation	Dec 1872  [5]
  	sea captain
  Occupation	Oct 1874  [6]
  	mariner
  Occupation	From 1890 to 1917	Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [2]
  	manager of Como Hotel
  Died	30 Aug 1924	Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Buried	1 Sep 1924	Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 2]
  Obituary	5 Sep 1924	Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [2]
  	an unknown newspaper
  		Obituary for Captain Sylvine Como (1843-1924) Published in unknown newspaper 5 September 1924.
  Occupation	retired sea captain  [1]
  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.
  Person ID	I14083	Annette - Research
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Joseph Comeau,   b. 24 Mar 1819, Nova Scotia ,   d. Bef 1871  (Age < 51 years)
  Mother	Mary\Marie Bourgeois,   b. 4 Dec 1818, Nova Scotia ,   d. 1900  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F5950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret (Maggie) Melanson,   b. 1848, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 18 Dec 1916  (Age 68 years)
  Married	12 Feb 1872	Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [4, 7]
  	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.
  Children	1. Herbert Sylvine Como,   b. 22 Dec 1872, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 21 Jun 1877  (Age 4 years)   2. Henry Emmerson Como,   b. 3 Oct 1874, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1963 OR 8 May 1963, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 88 years)   3. Bertha Magdalen Como,   b. 29 Oct 1878, River Hebert, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 22 Jun 1968  (Age 89 years)   4. Leo Adelbert Como,   b. 9 Mar 1885,   d. 21 Apr 1965, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F5771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Sylvine Como with grandmother, Polonie Sylvine Como and his grandmother, Polonie (Burbine\Babin) Bourgeois. Taken about 1856. tintype
  		Sylvine Como & son, Leo Adelbert Como Taken about 1888. Tintype
  		Sylvine Como 1843-1924 Son of Mary (Bourgeois) & Joseph Como.
  		Leo, Bertha & Henry with father, Sylvine Como Taken December 1916 after their mother, Margaret (Melanson) Como died.
  		Sylvine Como 1843-1924 Captain Sylvine Como, husband of Margaret (Maggie) Melanson.

  
  

• Sources

  [S144] VitalStats: NS,Cumberland Co.,Prov.Archives,Govt. Records, website;yr:1924;bk:107;p.717-death. [S189] Info:Carm (LeBlanc) Jacklin, obituary for Captain Sylvine Como 5Sep1924. [S301] Census: 1871 Census of Canada/Nova Scotia/Cumberland, mf reel C-10556 Cumberland;Dist#5,J River Hebert;Enn.Div.#1;p.31-32;dwelling#108;family#110. mf reel C-10556 Cumberland;Dist#5,J River Hebert;Enn.Div.#1;p.31-32;dwelling#108;family#110: Como, Sylvine M 26 NS Catholic French Master Mariner Como, Philemom F 23 NB Catholic French Como, Raphael M 20 NS Catholic French Stone Cutter Como, Poloney F 18 NS Catholic French Como, Simon M 16 NS Catholic French Seaman Como, Frank M 11 NS Catholic French Como, Mary F 53 NS Catholic French widow Bushway, Jane F 4 NS Catholic French Bushway, Ellen F 2 NS Catholic French [S144] VitalStats: NS,Cumberland Co.,Prov.Archives,Govt. Records, website;yr:1872;bk:1809;p.71;#1-mar. [S144] VitalStats: NS,Cumberland Co.,Prov.Archives,Govt. Records, website;yr:1872;bk:1805;p.193;#175-son's birth. [S144] VitalStats: NS,Cumberland Co.,Prov.Archives,Govt. Records, website;yr:1874;bk:1805;p.224,#349-son's birth. [S84] Parish:Joggins & Missions,NS 1849-1909 (P10) from LDS Reel 0857500, mar.12Feb1872.