THOUSANDS BY THOUSANDS (810 – 1944)

Winter warriors

From the witches pyre of Kleinheubach
Through Pilgrim stocks of Plymouth Rock
County Antrim’s blood and curse

Canterbury
 to Louisbourg. Swisse to
South Carolina. Pilgrims. Loyalists.
Traitors to Deutschland

They come. Carriers
of pain and glory

Break apart centuries
Carve open oceans
Slog through bog
Barrens and slate rock

Until with one wild
cry I become
flesh from their bones

Put your ear to this
earth and listen
Voices shiver
through the stones

We are many
Ancestral myriad of might

Yet here in this dark
Pleasant River hemlock
I stand alone drenched
by wild encompassing light

Their beauty. Such fierce
beauty melts my bones
“I am the voice of one crying
 in the wilderness”



NOTES: Many ancestral lines beyond the 17th century tend to enter the land of maybe and myth.  However ancestral grandmother Alice Freeman's line appears to have been researched by a seasoned genealogist with primary sources.
In the 9th century alone, we have almost three-quarter trillion 36xgreat-grandparents.

Osburh (810 - 855)
36th great-grandmother
Alfred the Great
King of Wessex (849 - 899)
son of Osburh
Edward the Elder
King of Wessex (870 - 924)
son of Alfred the Great
Edmund l
King of England (921 - 946)
son of Edward the Elder
Edgar the Peaceful
King of England (943 - 975)
son of Edmund
Aethelred ll
King of England (967 - 1016)
son of Edgar the Peaceful
Aelfgifu of England
daughter of Aethelred ll
Ealdgyth of Northumberland
daughter of Aelfgifu
Gospatric
Earl of Northumberland and Dunbar (1040 - )
son of Ealdgyth of Northumberland
Gospatric II
 2nd Earl of Dunbar
son of Gospatric
Juliana Of Dunbar
daughter of Gospatric II
Roger de Merlay ( - 1188)
son of Juliana Of Dunbar
Agnes de Merlay
daughter of Roger de Merlay
Sir Hugh Gobion ( - 1275)
son of Agnes de Merlay
Joan Gobion
daughter of Sir Hugh Gobion
Sir John de Morteyn
son of Joan Gobion
Lucy de Morteyn
daughter of Sir John de Morteyn
Thomas Giffard Sir (1345 - )
son of Lucy de Morteyn
Roger Giffard Esq (1367 - )
son of Thomas Giffard Sir
Thomas Giffard
son of Roger Giffard Esq
John Giffard Esq.
son of Thomas Giffard
Thomas Giffard Esq.
son of John Giffard Esq.
Amy Giffard
daughter of Thomas Giffard Esq.
Susan Samwell (1510 - )
daughter of Amy Giffard
Edward Edwards (1537 - 1591)
son of Susan Samwell
Margaret Edwards
daughter of Edward Edwards
Alice Freeman (1605 - 1664)
daughter of Margaret Edwards
Dorothy Thompson (1624 - 1709)
daughter of Alice Freeman
Robert Parke (1651 - 1707)
son of Dorothy Thompson
Keziah Parke (1700 - 1753)
daughter of Robert Parke
Keziah Davison (1721 - 1785)
daughter of Keziah Parke
Sarah Randall (1746 - )
daughter of Keziah Davison
Eddy Randall Newcomb (1769 - 1854)
son of Sarah Randall
Deacon William North Newcomb (1795 - 1876)
son of Eddy Randall Newcomb
William Henry Newcomb (1830 - 1914)
son of Deacon William North Newcomb
Ida Druscilla Newcomb (1858 - 1922)
daughter of William Henry Newcomb
Archibald Stanley Colp (1881 - 1938)
son of Ida Druscilla Newcomb
Elsie Etta Colp (1918 - 2014)
daughter of Archibald Stanley Colp
Betty Anne Colp
You are the daughter of Elsie Etta Colp

2010

March 15

ALLEN, Winnifred P. The Chronicle Herald, March 24, 2010 Known to her friends and family as "Winnie", passed away peacefully on March 15, 2010, at the age of 77, in Queens County. She was born in Port aux Basques, NL on November 6, 1932, to her parents, Rose and Leslie Carter. She lived her adult life in Pleasant River and will be very much missed by her children, Vicki, Rick, Alan, Nicki and Troy; grandchildren, Alex, Patrick, Chantel, Kyle, Terra Jean, Ben, Carter and Braydon; and great-grandchildren, Sabrina, Chloe, Charlie, and Parker. She is survived by her brothers and sisters, Ilene, Albert, Bob, Winston, Charlie and Linda and predeceased by her granddaughter, Sherra Lee; brothers, Cecil and Leslie. A service will be held in Pleasant River Trinity United Church at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 10, with Pastor Tom Watson officiating. The service will be followed by a gathering at Pleasant River Community Hall. Donations in memory may be made to the Nova Scotia Lupus Society or United Church Mission Service Fund.

1963

March 7
Seventy-year-old Ernest Wilfred Scott, husband of Winnifred Demone Scott, suffers a heart attack at home in Pleasant River and dies one-half hour later. He was been experiencing heart problems for the past year and is under the care of Dr. H.S. Smith of Caledonia.

A native of England, he has been in Canada for 50 years. He is the son of Ernest Scott and Alice Wiggan of England. His son Bud, of Toronto, signs the death certificate.

March 10
Ernest is buried in Pleasant River Cemetery. Bruce Chandler of Liverpool is undertaker.

https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1963-2145&Event=death&ID=442718

September 28
Student minister Eddie Collins dies in a two-car collision on the Irishtown Road, New Brunswick. He was returning home to Pleasant River from his pastoral charge in Boiestown.
http://archives.gnb.ca/search/VISSE/141C5.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=a5bb6c66-3dac-4afc-89f0-f26d219f3421

2017

JANUARY 28
Philip Lewis Spurr, 75, of Pleasant River, Queens County, passed away peacefully in North Queens Nursing Home, Caledonia on Saturday, January 28, 2017.

Born in Middleton, Philip was a son of the late Lewis and Audrey (Maclean) Spurr.
Philip worked as a truck driver for Maritime Steel in Dartmouth then for Canadian National Railway in various locations throughout Nova Scotia until his retirement. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and woodworking. He was owner/operator of Spurr’s Salvage. He will be fondly remembered as a friend to all and who would lend a hand to anyone in need.

Philip is survived by his wife of 53 years, Marilyn (MacQuarrie); his sons Philip “Phil” (Heidi) of New Glasgow, Neil (Lori Smith) of Pleasant River, grandchildren Madison and Tanner. His sisters Patricia (Wayne) Allen of Bridgewater and Sandra Spurr of Brickton, NS, his brother Irvin (Debbie) of Mount Hanley, NS
Cremation has taken place under the direction of Chandlers’ Funeral Home, Liverpool. A graveside memorial service will be held Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in Lakeview Cemetery, Pleasant River. Reception to follow in the Pleasant River Community Hall. No flowers by request, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, the Alzheimer’s Association of Nova Scotia or to a charity of your choice.