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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?
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Post by trinity on Aug 1, 2007 8:02:21 GMT -4
Just a thought, but are there any cemeteries in old Indiantown, Saint John? It's what is the north end of the city now. Also I'm thinking place name like Indian Head , Indian Island or Indian Point? I don't know where these places are but I'm sure I've heard them mentioned.
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