“Bible Records - S”

MG1 Ser. E Sanders, #1

True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of Henry Sanders & Margery Hurlbert of Yar. Co., NS who were married 25 Feb. 1846. No title page.

Includes photocopies of photographs from album pages in Bible.

Loaned to archives for copying by Fred Whitehouse, Grand St., Yarmouth, NS who borrowed same from Evelyn Saunders, Yar. Co., NS – who owned the original in 1992. 6p.

MG1 Ser. E Sanders, #2

True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of Richard Sanders of Yar. Co., NS No title page.

Loaned to archives for photocopying by Amy L. (Sanders) Whitehouse, Grand St., Yarmouth, NS, who owned the original Bible in 1992. 1p.

Note:
Entire record should be obtainable, including title page.

MG1 Ser. E Sims, #1

True certified copy of the records from the Sims family Bible which was originally owned by Webster Sims, 1839-1893, son of Robert Sims & his 2nd wife, Eleanor Ricker of Plymouth, Yar. Co., NS Webster Sims moved from Plymouth, NS to Knowlesville, Carleton Co., N.B. in the 1860′s. Bible contains the records of births, marriages, etc. for his parents & siblings.

This record was hand copied from the original and certified by Rev. Fred C. Burnett, Hartland, N.B. The original Bible was owned in 1992 by Mr. Roy Hemphill of South Knowlesville, N.B.

Publication information on Bible:- Published by H. & E. Phinney, Cooperstown, N.Y., 1847. This record includes notes on the record by Fred Burnett and an accompanying letter. 2L; 4p.

MG1 Ser. E Smith, #1

Records from the family Bible of William Harvey Smith, 1846-1938. Contains the births and deaths of William Harvey Smith, his wife and children. The original record takes up only two pages. No title or publication page was included with this record.

These records were donated by Clifford Joseph Smith, Halifax, N.S. 4p. [Accession #M1998:84]

MG1 Ser. E Snow, #1

True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of Cornelius Snow, 1829-1906 & Margaret Reynolds 1832-1899, of Port LaTour, Shelburne Co., NS who were married on 8 March 1860. No title page.

Loaned to archives for copying by George Snow, Port Maitland, NS Original bible owned by Howard & Madeline Snow of Ottawa, Ont. and Port LaTour, Shelb.Co., NS 4p.

MG1 Ser. E Spinney, #1

True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of Whitman Spinney & Desiah Spinney of Lower Argyle, NS who were married 9 Jan. 1840. Bible published by William W. Harding, 1860.

Loaned for copying by Kenneth Peters, Pubnico, NS who borrowed same from Mrs. Enid Donaldson, Lower Argyle, NS who owned the original in 1990. 5p.

MG1 Ser. E Spinney, #2

True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of James Ashton Spinney & Isabella Victoria Allen of Lower Argyle, NS who were married on 17 Apr. 1943. Bible published by Universal Book & Bible House, Philadelphia. No publication date given.

Loaned to archives for copying by Audrey Spinney, Lower Argyle, NS who borrowed same from her grandmother, Isabelle Spinney, Lower Argyle, NS who owned the original in 1989. 9p.

MG1 Ser. E Spinney, #3

Records from the family Bible of Jeremiah Spinney & Matilda McLarren who were married 12 Jan. 1836. Bible was published at Oxford, England at the Clarendon Press, by Samuel P. Collingwood & Co. – Printers to the University : for the British & Foreign Bible Society Instituted in London in the Year 1804; And sold to Subscribers only, at the Society House, Earl Street, Blackfriars, London. “Stereotype Edition”. Published in 1824.

Flyleaf is inscribed – “Matilda Spinney Book.” Records are written on plain pages which have been hand illustrated or embellished by Matilda (McLarren) Spinney. Bible next passed to her daughter, who married John M. Smith of Barton, Digby Co., NS and the births of their children are recorded as well.

Bible also contains the record of the children of Charles McLarren & Jerusha McLarren. Also loose in the Bible is the original handwritten biographical account of Charles McLarren, entitled “Family History By Mrs. M. Weston”, she being Matilda (McLarren) Spinney who m. 2nd Capt. Dennis Weston. Present owner of Bible, Richard C. Smith, Charlottesville, Virginia is a descendant of the above John M. Smith & Louisa B. Spinney, through their daughter, Ella Esther Smith who married Capt. John F. McLarren, as his 2nd wife, and settled at Lower Argyle, NS Richard Smith is descended through their daughter Jessie. Bible also contains a loose undated marriage clipping for the marriage of John F. McLarren to Ella Esther Smith. 9pp.

MG1 Ser. E Spinney, #4

True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of Andrew Spinney & Hannah Spinney of Central Argyle, Yar. Co. NS who were married on 21 January 1841.  No date of publication or publisher could be found. The only title page was the New Testament title page. The title page found before the New Testament tells us that this edition has “marginal Reference, and the usual Various Readings – Also Notes; Reflections; Questions; Improved Readings; Improved Divisions of Chapters;… by The Rev. Ingram Cobbin, M.A.”

The Bible passed from Andrew & Hannah Spinney to their daughter, Delina Spinney who married Herbert Hines. It was next owned by their son Winfred Hines of Central Argyle, NS. The next owner was his son, Frank Hines of Central Argyle, NS. His wife, Lena, gave the Bible to Fred & Dorothy Hines of Central Argyle. Loaned to the Archives for copying by Dorothy (Goodwin) Hines of Central Argyle, NS. Included with the Bible records are a number of loose clippings and other items found in the Bible. 14 p. [Access #M2001:45]

MG1 Ser. E Starr, #1Records from the family Bible of James Starr & Nancy Huntington who were married on 19 May 1813. Record consists of the title page of the Bible and one page of records which includes the birth dates for James & Nancy, their marriage date and the dates of birth for their children. Title page of Bible indicates that it was published at Oxford by Bensley, Cooke & Collingwood in 1814. 2p.MG1 Ser. E Stevens, #1

True certified copy of the records from the Stevens family Bible of Argyle Head, Yar. Co., N.S. This family Bible records the births of Lyman Stevens (1810) & his wife Elizabeth (1818) and the births of all of their children (1836-1859), and of Charles Prime (1870). Lyman Stevens’ wife, Elizabeth, and all of their children were born at Long Island, Digby Co., N.S.

The Bible record appears to be next maintained by one of their grandsons, Andrew Lyman Stevens who married in 1920 to Sarah Elizabeth Pitman. The births and marriages of many of their children are recorded in the Bible. The record of this family is a complicated one. Of the children of the original Lyman & Elizabeth Stevens, there are nine children with births recorded in the Bible. Those births are followed by a birth record for Charles A. Prime in 1870. It is believed by family members that Charles Prime was a son of one of the elder daughters of Lyman & Elizabeth Stevens, and was brought up by his Stevens grandparents.

The youngest son of Lyman & Elizabeth Stevens, William E. Stevens, born at Long Island, Digby Co., N.S. on 24 March 1859, married to Mary Elizabeth Forbes of Argyle Head, N.S. and is believed to have settled in that place. They had only one son, Andrew Lyman Stevens born 8 Sept. 1886 or 1887, before William E. Stevens died. After his death Mary Elizabeth (Forbes) Stevens married a 2nd time to the above mentioned Charles Prime, whose birth is recorded in the Bible. They had two children, Linford Prime and Jennie Prime, neither of whom had children.

Andrew Lyman Stevens (son of William E. & Mary E. (Forbes) Stevens) married in 1920 to Sarah Elizabeth Pitman of Brooklyn, Yar. Co., N.S. and they lived in Argyle Head, N.S. The births of their children, their subsequent marriages, etc. are recorded in the Bible. Their son, William “Lyman” Stevens, born in 1924 was the owner of the Bible in 1998. Also included with the Bible record is one birth announcement card and a photocopy of a tintype portrait also found in this Bible. 11p. [Access.#M1997:37]

MG1 Ser. E Surette, #1

True certified copy of the family records kept by Theresa Surette, 1876-1961, wife of Augustin Surette of Surette’s Island, NS These records were kept by Mrs. Surette in her French prayer book. Prayer Book published by Salim Elias, Montreal.

No publication date given. Loaned to archives for copying by Josue Doucet, Hubbard’s Point, NS who borrowed same from Mrs. Pauline [Flavien] Bourque, Surette’s Island, NS who owned the original in 1988. 6p.

MG1 Ser. E Surette, #2

True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of Luther Stanley & Ada Ella (Myrick) Surette.  Includes handwritten records of births, marriages & deaths of the Surette and Myrick families. This Bible was printed in Great Britain at the Cambridge University Press.  No publication date is given.

Loaned to archives for copying by Lorraine Newman, South Ohio, Yar.Co., NS.  [Access# M2002:47]

MG1 Ser. E Sweeney, #1

True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of F. Archibald Sweeney & Emma Harding of Forest Glen, Yar. Co., NS who were married on 29 Aug. 1901. Bible published by Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1900.

Loaned to archives for copying by Barbara (Sweeney) Brittain, Tusket, NS who borrowed same from her uncle, Harry Sweeney, Hebron, NS who owned the original in 1989. 13p. [2 copies]