Genealogy
Porter Ancestor Seeks Family History
Michael Duplisea is seeking information about his ancestors from Blackville. He explains below. Hello! I am interested in researching my ancestors who were from Blackville, particularly James Porter, Sr., who arrived there in 1825 and soon married Eleonora Whelan around 1827. They were Anglicans, but I know the Holy Trinity Anglican Church wasn’t founded until…
Read MoreMacDonald Descendant Seeks Family History
Gregory Chase, a descendant of the MacDonald family of Blackville, is seeking information about his ancestors. He explains below. My name is Gregory Chase and I live in Silverton, Oregon, USA. I’m currently asking for some help as I’m looking for some information on my great, great grandfather who came from Blackville, New Brunswick. His…
Read MoreVickers Descendant Seeks Family History
Bruce Vickers, a descendant of the Vickers family of Blackville, is seeking information about his ancestors. He explains below. I am trying to trace the facts and story of ANNA MARGARET PORTER, born 04 08 1894, daugther of Jack Porter and Joan Brophey from Blackville, NB. She had a son with Mr. Albert Mann (from…
Read MoreMcCormack Descendant Seeks Family History
Fenton McCormack, a descendant of the McCormick family of Blackville, is looking for information about his ancestors. He explains below: “My father, Fenton D. McCormick (spelled at the time) was born in 1912 to Fenton S. and Mary McCormick (nee McLaughlin) in Blackville. He had a sister by the name of Elizabeth that disappeared in…
Read MoreCar Thief
It’s the Spring of 1964 and seventeen-year-old Pat Fournier is anxious to get his driver’s license. In the thirty-second installment of his memoir, Memories of a Boy Growing Up in Blackville, Pat ‘borrows’ the family car with unexpected consequences. CAR THIEF Written by Pat Fournier May, 1964 – seventeen years old The second-hand blue Vauxhall…
Read MoreThe Paper Route
When the regular paper boy Terrence Walls leaves Blackville for college, fifteen year old Pat takes over his paper route in the next installment of his memoir, Memories of a Boy Growing Up in Blackville. THE PAPER ROUTE Written by Pat Fournier Early April 1962 – fifteen years old Terrence Walls had a paper route,…
Read MoreA Special Birthday Present
It’s the Spring of 1958 and eleven year old Pat Fournier received the only gift he really wanted for his birthday, a Sunday Missal. In this fourteenth installment of his memoir, Memories of a Boy Growing Up in Blackville, Pat reflects on St. Raphael’s church and Father Nowlan’s uncomfortable reading of the Sunday collections. A…
Read MoreGrady Descendant Seeking Family History
James Douglas, a descendant of the Grady family of Blackville, is looking for information about his ancestors.
Read More