Laura Lester

Notes:

border crossing record
on 13 Oct 1923, Laura Lester, age 16, student, went to visit for 6 months, at 15 St Francis St. Roxbury Mass.


newspaper clipping
- Former N.B. Woman Killed By Train
A Greenville S.C. Journal of June 9 makes feeling reference to the death of Mrs. Laura Pryor, formerly of Nauwigewauk,N.B. which resulted from accident when she was instantly killed by a train while walking on the track near her home in Greenville, on June 7. Mrs. Pryor was a native of N.B. but had resided in Greenville,S.C. for four years. News of her death will be heard of with regret by her former friends. Mrs. Pryor was survived by her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey J. Lester of Nuawigewauk, two sisters, Mrs James Buckley, Miss Mary Lester, of Rothsay, four brothers, Allen, Harold, and William of Nauwigewauk and Roy residing in Western Canada. Funeral Services were held at 4:30 o'clock on June 9 from the Wesleyan Methodist Church.Rev. Mr. Pressly officiated, and was assisted by Rev. Lawrence Roberts. Interment was made in Greenville.

Notes:

Education: reported "going to school" on 1881 census Occupation: farmer,( had part of one leg removed in a threshing accident)
Statement of death particulars - obtained 25 May 1992
- date of death = 26 Feb 1946
- cause of death = not recorded
- burial = Hammond River
- informant - Mrs. James Buckley, daughter
- father = William Lester, birthplace = England
- mother = ? Saunders, birthplace = NB

Marriage certificate
- wittness were John o Lester and Pearl Wood
- minister was W O Raymond, rector of St. Mary's Church

"Thomas E. Gilbert Tisdale, who was the Dutch vice-consul 1872-1875 and was also consul for Panama. He was a well known merchant in Saint John and was also involved with insurance and was for some time Deputy Water Sheriff and Secretary of the Saint John Agricultural Society." a quote from a Ruby Cusack column - I wonder if this is the surce for Humphrey's name?

Humphrey Gilbert Tisdale Lester was born on Sunday 29 Jul 1877 in Nauwigewauk, New Brunswick. No church or civil record of Humphrey’s birth or christening has been found. Thomas E. Gilbert Tisdale, who was the Dutch vice-consul 1872-1875 and was a well known merchant in Saint John may have been the source for Humphrey’s name as his mother was of Dutch decent.

Humphrey married Harriet Isabella Wood on 26 Nov 1902 in St Mary's Church, St. John County, N. B. Harriet was known as Hattie. She was the daughter of Charles Jacob Wood and Jane Augusta Baxter. The witnesses were John O. Lester, brother of the groom and Pearl Wood, sister of the bride. The minister was W. O. Raymond, rector of St. Mary's Church, Simmonds Parish, St. John County, N.B.

The Kings County News of January 7 1897 reports

"Robert Wood lotteried a fine driving sleigh on Monday evening. Humphrey Lester held the fortunate number."

Since Robert was Harriet's Uncle, did Humphrey use the sleigh to court her?

Humphrey was a farmer and owned 40 acres of land that he had purchased from his cousin James Shaw Saunders. He had part of one leg amputated as a result of a threshing accident

Humphrey died on Tuesday 26 Feb 1946 in Nauwigewauk, N.B., almost exactly one year after his wife died. He was 69 years of age. The cause of death was myocarditis, epicardial haemorrhage. He was also suffering from Potts disease of the Spine, which is a form of tuberculosis. He was buried in Hammond River Anglican Cemetery, Hammond River, Kings County, New Brunswick.

Humphrey married Harriet Isabella Wood on 26 Nov 1902 in Saint Mary's Church, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada. Harriet (daughter of Charles Jacob Wood and Jane Augusta Baxter) was born on 10 Nov 1882 in Otter Lake, Simmonds Parish, St. John County, New Brunswick; died on 20 Feb 1945 in Nauwigewauk, Kings County, New Brundswick, Canada; was buried in Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Hammond River, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was talented in the art of rug making according to son R G

Notes:

William Boyd Lester was born on Monday, 29 March 1824. The census report of 1901 was the only source for the date of his birth. The census reports of 1871, 1881, 1891and 1901 listed him as born in New Brunswick but many of the sons and daughters death records indicate that their father was born in England. A family story is that William’s father (also a William) was injured butchering an animal for food while on board ship coming to Canada. The father later died and was buried on land. William’s grandson Roy thought it was Halifax but it was probably Saint John since there is a port with lots of ships coming from various places and this is where the family lived in later years. There is a newspaper record of a William Lester, cartman, dying in September of 1824 in St. John, N.B.

The family story said that the wife/mother was left with three small children, and there is a further record from the Saint John County Marriage Register of an Elizabeth Lester, widow, marrying a William McCarter in 16 February, 1826

These folks could be William’s parents. It may be that if this is the case much of our William’s early history is lost since he would only have been five months old when his father died. We are therefore left with the questions about who his father was and perhaps how the father came to be in Canada. There is also some question as to the spelling of the name. We know that the Elizabeth Lester mentioned was not literate as she signed the marriage record with an x, so she may not have been certain how the name was spelled. Another researcher feels that it could have been Leister or Lister. In the death record of his son Peter, the informant was his daughter Emma Carson. She lists her father as William B Leister. His son John and family always went by Lister. In an e-mail in April 2003 researcher Jeanine Grant Lister gave information about William’s possible parents. Her source was a letter from Ida Medora Lister (her grandmother) written 11 August 1999 in which she (Ida) stated her father James Albert Lister told her that his grandfather Samuel’s (and possibly William’s) father was an officer with the Royal British Navy. This is yet to be verified but would be in the time period 1805-1815, or about the time that the British Navy was blockading the Atlantic. Many Navy personnel jumped ship because of dreadful conditions. Could it be that William Sr. was one of these?

William married Edna Ann Saunders of Kings County N.B. the daughter of George Saunders and Amy Keirstead on Thursday 22 March 1855 in Trinity Anglican Church Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick by the Reverend Wm E. Scovil. Trinity is the oldest Anglican Church in New Brunswick.

William Lester indicated that he was from Saint John and Edna indicated that she was from Hampton so why they decided to marry in Kingston is some what curious, although the first child William Edward was baptized there also.

Saunders and Keirsteads were both Loyalist families. The witnesses to the marriage were Harmonius Saunders, a brother of the bride and Sarah Ann Hampton (later to be Harmonius wife). William was a few days short of 31 when he married Edna.

They started their married life in Kings County, residing on a farm across the Gondola Point Road from Harmonius Saunders and just down the road from Edna’s father George Saunders. The piece of land now situated on what is now called Meenans Cove Rd. contained about 40 acres and had been given to Edna by her father George Saunders by will when he died in 1857. They sold it in 1887 to Edna’s nephew George T. Saunders.

They may have moved by 1871 since the address given to the Lovell Directories that year is Hammond River, Hampton, Kings County a distance of perhaps 3 miles. William and Edna had ten children, five sons and five daughters. The first son, William Edward, died when he was only twenty-three of pneumonia. The family story is that the oldest son was always named William and that seems to be the case in many of the families.

Information from the 1871 Census Schedules 2-9 indicates that William Lester owned Lot 2 at Hampton, Kings County consisting of 30 acres of which 10 were improved and 20 were in pasture. He had 1 house, 1 barn, 2 carriages or sleighs, 2 wagons or sleds and 1 boat. He had no animals that year. He had 2 plows, and 1 horse rake. He had harvested 230 bushels oats, 15 bushels peas, 1 1/2 bushels beans, 100 bushels buckwheat, 1 1/2 acres of potatoes, 20 bushels turnips and 10 bushels beets. He had 40 acres of hay and 1 fathom of nets. He had cut 7 cords of firewood. By 1884 William was supplementing his farm and fishing income by employment as a railway section man.

From the Kings County Record Newspaper of July 23 1896, Nauwidgewauk Notes we read the following:

"On Monday night, the 13th, we had an unwelcome visitor in the shape of a miniature cyclone which caused great damaged to crops and property. Thunder and lightening, rain and hail as well as a strong wind were features, but the leading one was the hail storm, the hail stones being as large as hen's eggs (fact). In some houses as many as sixty window panes were broken, cut down potatoes, corn, peas, oats and even grass was destroyed; trees were stripped of their branches and H. Hill lost a 30x40 barn which was carried from the foundation and scattered over the field. The track of the cyclone was a quarter of a mile in width and in it very little crop remains to pay the farmer for his springs work."

There is no family story of this event but was William's home or farm in the path of this storm?

Charles married Edna Anne Saunders on 22 Mar 1855 in Trinity Anglican, Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Edna (daughter of George Saunders and Amy Shaw Kierstede) was born on 15 Mar 1832 in Hampton, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada; was christened on 14 Oct 1832 in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 19 Feb 1905 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; was buried in Rothsay, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!
Information obtained from LDS records Jan 1992
Birthday from census records(1901) would be 1834.

December 30 1904 Kings County Record
p.6
"Mrs Wm Lister and her son Peter left on Monday for Boston to visit friends and spend Christmas."

Oct 5 2003 Parish register from NB Name - Edny Analinda

Feb 7, 2010
Massachusetts Vital Record Index
Lister Edna A. (Saunders) Boston year 1905 volume 7 page 512 type Death

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Notes:

Charles Jacob Wood was born Tuesday, 5 April 1859 in St John County, New Brunswick, the seventh child of Charles Henry Wood and Esther Knight. He had eight brothers and two sisters. The earliest record of him is the 1861 Census of Upham Parish, Kings County. His father was a shoemaker and he and four of his brothers also became shoemakers.
By 1871 when Charles was 13, the Census Schedules 4 and 5 showed his father having the following - 1 (one) acre of land, which produced 1 bushel each peas, beans, and corn, and 50 bushels potatoes. He had one horse, 1 milch cow and produced 100 lbs. of butter. From this information one could conclude that they lived in a small village and income was derived from sources other than farming.

Family Story has it that after the four sons became shoemakers, all the shoemakers quarreled so they all set up separate shops. By 1881 many of the family are living on their own. Charles, (calling himself Jacob frequently for the rest of his life, presumably to distinguish himself from his father) is living with his brother Peter and sister Harriet (Hattie) in a separate residence.

Charles married Jane Augusta Baxter, daughter of John Baxter and Amanda E Blakeney on Monday 28 Nov 1881 in Saint John, New Brunswick. They had ten children – three sons and seven daughters. Charles’ wife Jennie died in 1908 of consumption. At the time that Charles wife died they had young children. His neighbour, Elizabeth Blatchford, who had lost her husband, also had young children. They decided to marry and by the 1911 Census were living at #10 Short Street St. John with 5 young ladies, Ethel Blatchford age 19, Alice Blatchford age 17, Fannie Blatchford age 15, Hazel Blatchford age 13 and Kathleen Wood age 12. Charles made the wedding shoes for his son-in-law to be Humphrey Lester, when his daughter Harriett married in 1902. Humphrey had the audacity to complain that the shoes leaked when he stood in a puddle. ( family story from R.G.L.)

Charles died at 3:15 AM Sunday, 28 Jan 1923. He was 59 years old. The cause of death was listed as Myocarditis which he had had for six years. He is buried in the Wesleyan Methodist Burial Ground, Saint. John. He does not have a headstone.

Information found on 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 Census

Charles married Jane Augusta Baxter on 28 Nov 1881 in Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada. Jane (daughter of John Baxter and Amanda E Blakeney) was born on 29 Jan 1861 in Upper Loch Lomond, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 24 Dec 1908 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; was buried in Upper Loch Lomond Cemetery, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

cause of death was consumption
person recording the death statement was G A Chamberlin whose relationship was not recorded.
Address at death was 24 Brussell Street, Saint John.
Source of mid name is birth index for NB RS 141 A2-2

1881 Canadian census lists family
Household:

Notes:

Oral story told to Kay Clarke by Roy G. Lester is that his great grandfather was injured butchering an animal for food while on board ship coming to Canada. He later died and was buried on land. RG thought it was Halifax (but it could have been St. John) The wife was left with 3 small children.
info (which may or may not be related) from
Vital Statistics N.B. from newspapers 1824-1828
#238 16 September 1824, died in Saint John City, Sunday, William Lester, cartman
e-mail from Jeanine Grant Lister April 2003 with information about William. Her source - letter from Ida Medora Lister (grandaughter of William) written 11 Aug 1999 in which she stated her father James Albert Lister told her that William was an officer with the Royal British Navy. This is yet to be verified but would be in the time period 1805-1815, or about the time that the British Navy was blockading the Atlantic. Many Navy personnel jumped ship because of dreadful conditions. Could it be that William was one of these?

O'Byrne's Naval Biographical Dictionary of 1849

NAVAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of 1849
Name Rank/Seniority Born On. Entered On. Spouse's Name

LESTER William Cdr 1846 20Apr1800

Possibles
William LESTER (AFN: 21SN-Q7L)
Event(s) Birth: 1794 Christening: 2 Apr 1794 Misterton, Leicester, England
Parents Father: William LESTER
Mother: Elizabeth SMITH
Submitter(s)

Family Group Record
Husband's Name
William LESTER, SR.
Born: Abt 1769 Place: Sheepshed, Leicester, England
Died: 23 Jun 1850 Place: Britannia Street, Sheepshed, England
Married: Abt 1795 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England
Father:
Mother:
Wife's Name Elizabeth (Wm Sr.) LESTE Born: Abt. 1774 Place: Father:
Mother:
Children
1. Sex Name
M William LESTER
Born: Abt 1801 Place: Sheepshed, Leicester, England
Christened: 10 May 1801 Place: Shepshed, Leicester, England
Died: Aft 1871 Place: Nottingham, England
2. Sex Name
M Henry LESTER
Born: 1798 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England
Christened: 2 Jul 1798 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England
3. Sex Name
F Mary LESTER
Born: Oct 1799 Place: Shepshead, Elicester, England
Christened: 14 Oct 1799 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England
4. Sex Name
F Elizabeth LESTER
Born: Apr 1797 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England
Christened: 16 Apr 1797 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England
5. Sex Name
F Sarah LESTER
Born: Jun 1804 Place: Shepshead. Leicester, England
Christened: 2 Jul 1804 Place: Shepshead, Leicester, England

IGI
WILLIAM LESTER
Event(s):
Birth: 20 JAN 1789 Norwich Twp, New London, Connecticut
Parents:
Father: WILLIAM LESTER <
Mother: LYDIA BAILEY<

WILLIAM LESTER
Marriages: Spouse: ELIZABETH BURGESS
Marriage: 26 JAN 1793 Norwich, New London, Connecticut


War of 1812 Service Records - about William Lester
Name: William Lester
COMPANY: CAPTAIN BOOTHS CO., DELAWARE MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: FIFER
Rank - Discharge: FIFER
Roll Box: 125
Roll Exct: 602

U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 - about William Lester
Name: William Lester
Birthyear: abt 1792
Birthplace: New York, United States
Enlistment Date: 13 Jan 1819
Enlistment Age: 27

War of 1812 Service Records - about William Lester
Name: William Lester
COMPANY: CAPTAIN DAVIS' CO., VIRGINIA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 125
Roll Exct: 602

War of 1812 Service Records - about William Lester
Name: William Lester
COMPANY: 1 REG'T (DAVIS') NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLS.
Rank - Induction: CORPORAL
Rank - Discharge: CORPORAL
Roll Box: 125
Roll Exct: 602

Ido not know if this connectts
· Name: William Lester
· Surname: Lester
· Given Name: William
· Sex: M
· Birth: 1793 in Hillsdale,Columbia,New York

Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900
Name: William Lester
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1784
Birth Place: Flokton, York
Military Date: 15 Aug 1803
Unit: 84th Foot Soldiers, 2nd Battalion

Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900
Name: William Lister
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1781
Birth Place: Halifax, York
Military Date: 16 Oct 1806
Unit: 18th Dragoon Guards

2013 World Connect
William Edward Lister
Given Name: William Edward
Surname: Lister
Sex: M
Birth: in St. John,New Brunswick,Canada 1
Reference Number: 2222
Note: According to a letter by Ida Medora Lister McLaughlin to Joan Beasley Robinson [now Christensen], James Albert Lister told Ida that William was an officer with the Royal British Navy, that a cousin, Theodore Summel Clarke, of Warwick, Rhode Island got this information from Utah & Gagetown, NB and/or St. John, NB. 1
Change Date: 29 MAY 2002 at 09:38:54

William married Elizabeth Graves on 21 Oct 1817 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth was born about 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage of Elizabeth Graves to William Edward Leister - both made mark on document ( indication of illiteracy)

info (which may or may not apply) from Early Marriage Records of New Brunswick
page 73 1826 - February 16 William McCarter to Elizabeth Lester (widow) both of Saint John Witnesses; E. McDonnell, Alex.Jones This Elizabeth made mark on document although William McCarter signed his name

E-mail from Sam Beasley Dec 6 2003
-Information on Graves side I have show Richard Graves as Elizabeths father from Granville,N.S.

probably died about 1860

Info from internet may 2010 may not apply
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD GRAVES AND ELIZABETH BELYEA OF NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA
GENERATION 1
Richard Graves (1) was born about 1797, either at sea or in New Brunswick, Canada[1]. He first married ----. He married second Elizabeth Belyea on 8 Jan. 1845 in Greenwich Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick. They were in the 1851 census for Greenwich, New Brunswick, with two children by his first marriege. He was a farmer. Both children were born in New Brunswick. (R‑1)
Children – Graves
+2. Alexander Graves, b. 20 Nov. 1838, m. Margaret Mullen, d. 3 March 1901.
3. Jane Graves, b.c. 1838.


U.S., Seamen's Protection Certificates, 1792-1869 about William McCarter
Name: William McCarter
Declaration Date: 10 Jun 1833
Declaration Port: New York City, New York
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1803
Birthplace: Dover, Delaware

Notes:

Information obtained from LDS records Jan 1992
date of death from land records
Info from St. John Library; George and Amy are buried at Gondola Point Cemetery.
IGI - Batch 7326012
film - 082288 sheet 46

World Connect - Contact David Spensley
ID: I14555
Name: George SAUNDERS
Sex: M
Change Date: 1 APR 2007
Birth: Abt 1786 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick.
Can Death: PRE 1881 CENSUSFather: John SANDERS\SAUNDERS b: 5 NOV 1734 Mother: Elizabeth LIPPINCOTT b: 8 MAY 1746Marriage 1 Amy KIERSTEDE\KIERSTEAD b: 23 DEC 1795 in Kings Co. New Brunswick. Can
Married: 1 MAR 1813 in Kings. New Brunswick. Can
Children
Elizabeth SAUNDERS b: 24 JUN 1818 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
James Harmon SAUNDERS b: 25 DEC 1820 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
Catherine Lydia SAUNDERS b: 14 FEB 1822 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
George West SAUNDERS b: 5 AUG 1824 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
Isaiah SAUNDERS b: 31 JAN 1826 in Gondola Point. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
Alfred SAUNDERS b: 1828 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
John S. SAUNDERS b: 18 SEP 1829 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
Albert SAUNDERS b: 28 SEP 1829 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
Edna Anne (Edney) SAUNDERS b: 15 MAR 1832 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
Emma SAUNDERS b: 24 FEB 1834 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
Harmonious (Harmon) Shaw SAUNDERS b: 28 NOV 1836 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can
Amey SAUNDERS b: 15 AUG 1840 in Hampton. Kings. New Brunswick. Can

1851 Census
Saund? George M Head 65 Native Farmer birth
17 5686 Saund? Amy F Wife 53 Native birth
18 5686 Saund? Alfred (?) N M Son 23 Native Farmer birth
19 5686 Saund? Farmeneus (?) M Son 14 Native birth
20 5686 Saund? Emma F Daughter 17 Native birth

George married Amy Shaw Kierstede on 1 Mar 1813 in Church England, Hampton, New Brunswick. Amy was born on 28 Dec 1795 in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada; was christened on 4 Oct 1835 in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 12 Mar 1887 in Nauwigewauk, Kings County, New Brundswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information obtained from LDS records Jan. 1992

Might be a twin

Date : March 16, 1887County : Saint JohnPlace : Saint JohnNewspaper : The Daily TelegraphThe language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate. d. At residence of her son-in-law, William LISTER, 12th inst., Annie SAUNDERS widow of George SAUNDERS, age 92 years 2 mos., left five sons, four daughters. Her funeral took place from Nawidgewauk (Kings Co.) Tuesday 15th inst.

Info from 1881 Census
Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Harmon SAUNDERS M Male English 43 N. B. Farmer Church of England
Amy SAUNDERS W Female English 86 N. B. Church of England
Amelia SAUNDERS M Female English 22 N. B. Church of England
Adeline SAUNDERS Female English 12 N. B. Church of England
Charles SAUNDERS Male English 21 N. B. Farmer Church of England
Catherine SAUNDERS Female English 16 N. B. Church of England
Teresa SAUNDERS Female English 15 N. B. Church of England
Louis SAUNDERS Male English 9 N. B. Church of England
Ada SAUNDERS Female English 6 N. B. Church of England
Burton SAUNDERS Male English 1 N. B. Church of England

Source Information:
Census Place Rothsay, Kings, New Brunswick
Family History Library Film 1375816
NA Film Number C-13180
District 27
Sub-district D
Page Number 19
Household Number 96

Notes:

Info came fron NB census for 1881.
Esther was spelled Hesther on 1881 census
Religiion - Baptist Occupation - Boot and Shoemaker
1891 Census - St John City, Victoria Ward
Religion - Baptist Occupation - Shoemaker
place of birth of father - N.B. place of birth of mother - N.S.
Extracts from newspapers
Vol 10 #1943
m. 11 inst. at the residence of Samuel Knight, Grand Lake, Queens Co. N.B. by Rev. A Wood, after baptizing 10 of his sons and daughters (including the bride), Charles Henry Wood to Miss Esther Knight.
published in 20 Jul 1844, New Brunswick Currier, Saint John

Hutchinson Directories 1865-1866
- Wood, Charles Titusville Kings Co. shoemaker
- Wood, Charles Upham Kings Co shoemaker
- Wood, Rev. Abraham Saint John St. John Co reverend
Hutchinson Directories 1867-1867
- Wood, Rev A Gagetown Queens Co episcopal
- Wood, Charles Upham Kings Co shoemaker
- Wood, Charles Titusville Kings Co farmer
- Wood, George Saint John St. John Co shoemaker
Died age 75

1871 Census
Woods, Charles H 48 born NB shoemaker
" Esther 45
" Elizabeth 25
" Amos 23 shoemaker
" James 21 labourer
" William 19 apprentice shoemaker
" Henry 17
" Jacob 13
" Peter 11
" Harriet 8
" Samuel 4

1871 Census Schedule 4 and 5
Charles H Wood had the following - 1 (one)acre of land , which produced 1 bushel each peas, beans, and corn, and 50 bushels potaoes.
He had one horse, 1 milch cow and produced 100 lbs of butter.
From this information one could conclude that they lived in a small village and income was derived from sources other than farming.

Index 1881 Census
Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Carles WOOD M Male New Brunswickian 58 New Brunswick Boot & Shoe Maker Baptist
Hester WOOD M Female New Brunswickian 56 New Brunswick Baptist
Samuel WOOD Male New Brunswickian 14 New Brunswick Son Baptist
George WOOD Male New Brunswickian 9 New Brunswick Baptist
Albert WOOD Male New Brunswickian 15 New Brunswick Baptist

Source Information:
Census Place Simonds, Saint John, New Brunswick
Family History Library Film 1375815
NA Film Number C-13179
District 25
Sub-district H
Division 2
Page Number 54
Household Number 215

1861 Census
Pg 16, Upham Parish, Kings Co. NB
Wood, Charles 38 Shoemaker
" , Esther 32 Wife
" , Elizabeth 16 Daughter
" , Amos 14 Son
" , Yenes 12 Son (probably James)
" , Robert M 10 Son
" , Henery 8 Son
" , Isabel 6 Daughter
" , Jacob 4 Son
" , Peter 6months Son

1851 Census not found

Charles married Esther Knight on 11 Jul 1844 in Grand Lake, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. Esther was born on 4 Aug 1826 in White's Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 24 Aug 1910 in Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

birth info from Ancestry.com on net

1901 Census Index
Wood Peter M Head W Feb 22 1863 38
Wood Edna F Daughter S Apr 10 1886 15
Wood Willa F Daughter S May 12 1888 12
Wood Esther F Mother W Aug 4 1825 75

RS141C5Index to Death CertificatesName WOOD, ESTHER A.
Sex F
Date 1923 | 05 | 18 (Y-M-D)
County WESTMORLAND
Registration 47889
Volume 47
Microfilm F18950

Notes:

Info 21 Apr 00 - Net - from Alta Pettengill
1851 census pg 54 James and Margaret born in Ireland living with John, George, Joseph and Elizabeth
John died of cancer of the abdomen see scan

Volume 88 Number 4250 Date November 9 1893 County Saint JohnPlace Saint John Newspaper The Daily Telegraphd. Quaco Road, Simonds Parish (St. John) Nov. 7th, of cancer of stomach, John BAXTER, age 66, left wife, five sons, four daughters. (Boston papers please copy). Funeral Friday 10th inst. 1:30 p.m.

Volume 89 Number 1518 Date November 8 1893 County Saint JohnPlace Saint John Newspaper Saint John GlobeThe death is announced today of John BAXTER who lived for many years on the Quaco road, Parish of Simonds (St. John). Mr Baxter had been suffering for some months from cancer. He was 66 years of age. He leaves a family of eight children, four sons and four daughters. Sgt. BAXTER of the police force is one of the family. The funeral of the deceased will take place on Friday at 10 a.m.

John married Amanda E Blakeney in 1859. Amanda was born on 3 Feb 1841 in New Brunswick, Canada; died on 3 Jan 1921 in New Brunswick, Canada; was buried in Baxter's Corner, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1901 Canadian Census lists family

1911 Canadian Census Lists family