Keep it going?

I was going to shut down the blog, but on second thought, I thought I would leave it up for anyone who may be researching a family tree. Who knows, maybe I will have more time this winter to add more photos?

Vera Brookings (nee Bursey)

Vera (Bursey) Brookings in Bisson Cove, NF

Ed Brookings (Vera's husband), father, brother splitting fish in Bisson Cove

Ed Brookings visiting Hilda. That is probably Vera to the left out of the photo, but my Grampy was always cutting off peoples' heads or bodies when he took photos. I also have tons of photos of sky or the ceiling with just my head in the bottom corner.

Sisters Fanny Cramm and Vera Brookings.

Three sisters, Fanny, Hilda, Vera

Sisters Vera and Hilda.

Vera and Ed

Vera with her daughter Frances 1955.

Marjorie Brookings, Wes Hopkins, Violet Adams, Albert Brookings.

Sunday School Class

Carmarthen Street Church, Saint John, NB

Sunday School Class, Carmarthen Street Church. Back says: Jean, Florrie, Myrtle, Marge, Hilda Loder, Lil, Minister's Wife, Mrs. Amero.

Aunts

I have numerous photos marked "Aunt so-and-so" and I am not sure how they all fit in the family tree. Please feel free to comment if you recognize anyone.

Back reads: Aunt Nellie Bursey and Hilda Loder with Old Perlican Island in background 1955 (Not sure who Aunt Nellie is.)

Aunt Bertha, March 1963.

Back reads: Aunt Mae

Aunt Rachel in California.

Aunt Minnie (May) and Aunt Rachel (maybe Stricklands??) Sept. 3, 1944.

 

Back reads: Aunt Mae & Uncle Will (maybe William Frederick Bursey).

Aunt Berta and Norma, Mecklenburg Street, Saint John, NB, 1955.

School Papers

Some of Hilda's school papers:

Baptism

Hilda (Bursey) Loder's baptism certificates:

Telegram

Here is John Bursey's obit and the telegram Hilda received telling her of his death:

 

Research

Some of the family tree documents I have come across in my searching have had some small errors. My Mom gave me most of this new information, so if anyone agrees or disagrees with it, please add a comment to let everyone know. Mom's memory is not what it used to be.

Dinah Blunden was John Bursey's (1866-1950) second wife, not first.

Rebecca Matilda Davidson, wife of Elisha Bursey (not Elias), went by the name Rebie.

Ralph Gordon Bursey (#41 on Bruce's documents) married someone named Evelyn (last name unknown).

William James Bursey (#11) died of cancer.

Rueben Bursey (#12) died in a boat explosion from severe burns.

Hawtense Mary Bursey's (#40) name was spelled Hortense but pronounced Hawtense. Her husband was Robert (Bob) Bell, not Beal. They had three children, Roy, John, Julie.

Hilda (Bursey) Loder born 1911, deceased 1994. Her daughter Norma was born 1937 and is still alive. She married Arthur Edgar MacAulay from Sydney Mines, NS area and had me, Jennifer Lynn MacAulay, born 1973 and married Paul Gary Melvin (born 1972) in 2002 but we have been together since 1990.Hilda and her husband William (Bill) Loder are buried in Saint John, NB at Fern Hill Cemetary.

Well, that's all for now, but I am sure she will think of more as time goes on. Let me know if any of this is wrong, please.

Stan Bursey

Stan Bursey was the brother of my grandmother, Hilda.

Stan Bursey and sister Fanny

Stan's wife Hazel, Dec 25, 1964.

Stan Bursey

Stan with his potatoes

Stan and Hazel with their son David.

Stan and Hazel with their son in Newfoundland

Siblings, Stan, Mary, Fanny, Vera

Stan, Hazel and two sons Bruce and David

Silblings Stand and Hilda

Left to Right, Sisters Hilda Loder and Mary Bell, Hazel Bursey (Stan's wife), in back Stan and Bill Loder (on right)

Mary Bell and her brother Stan, and I believe that is her two sons in the background.

Hilda with husband Bill Loder and her brother Stan Bursey, outside Union Station in Saint John, NB.

The back says Stan but I think this may be Frederick?

Stan and sister Fanny in Old Perlican, Newfoundland.

Stan and Norma Loder.

Stand and niece Norma Loder, outside Union Station in Saint John, NB

Stan visiting Hilda in Saint John, NB

Stan Bursey

Myrtle Weatherhead (nee Cramm)

Here are some photos of (Eliza) Myrtle Cramm (1912-1975) and husband Harold Weatherhead. She is the daughter of Mary Anne Bursey (1884-1964) and William Thomas Cramm (1876-1931).

Myrtle Cramm and cousin Wally (Wallace) Bursey

Myrtle

Myrtle Cramm

Wedding Day - Myrtle Cramm

Myrtle and Harold Weatherhead