Post by revbarbaraj on Jul 13, 2007 13:21:25 GMT -4
I am looking for the final resting place of my great grandparents.
My great grandfather, Ephraim Campbell, Jr. was born in 1857 in St. John in 1880 he went to Somerville, Massachusetts. He married a woman from either PEI or Nova Scotia named Louisa Mae Beckett Campbell, bor n in 1858. When Ephraim died in
1917 he was sent back to St John for burial also, his wife was
sent back when she passed away in the early 1930s.
The Campbells lived at 105 Carmarthen St in St John according
to the 1871 census. Ephraim's father was a blacksmith and
Ephraim, Jr was his apprentice at the time. He later had his own
shop in Somerville, Massachusetts.
His granddaughter, my 84 year old aunt, said they were buried
in an "Indian" cemetery. Campbell's people were not First Nation
members, so I have no idea what she means by that.
I spent 3 days in New Brunswick last week looking in the
Provincial Archives in Fredericton and at the St. John Archives
in the Museum in St John. I only found Ephraim Sr's wife Elizbeth
listed as far as burial permits. She had eventually traveled to
Massachusetts with her son, Collin, and died in 1909 and was
sent back to St John.
Can anyone give me a lead?
My great grandfather, Ephraim Campbell, Jr. was born in 1857 in St. John in 1880 he went to Somerville, Massachusetts. He married a woman from either PEI or Nova Scotia named Louisa Mae Beckett Campbell, bor n in 1858. When Ephraim died in
1917 he was sent back to St John for burial also, his wife was
sent back when she passed away in the early 1930s.
The Campbells lived at 105 Carmarthen St in St John according
to the 1871 census. Ephraim's father was a blacksmith and
Ephraim, Jr was his apprentice at the time. He later had his own
shop in Somerville, Massachusetts.
His granddaughter, my 84 year old aunt, said they were buried
in an "Indian" cemetery. Campbell's people were not First Nation
members, so I have no idea what she means by that.
I spent 3 days in New Brunswick last week looking in the
Provincial Archives in Fredericton and at the St. John Archives
in the Museum in St John. I only found Ephraim Sr's wife Elizbeth
listed as far as burial permits. She had eventually traveled to
Massachusetts with her son, Collin, and died in 1909 and was
sent back to St John.
Can anyone give me a lead?
