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Neil MacIntosh Sr. & Mary MacMillan

Neil was the second child of David & Betsey MacIntosh, born 3 March 1819 [1]. He married Mary MacMILLAN, who was born in Cape Breton in 1822. Their children were:

• Neil Jr. - (born about 1843), married Margaret
• John - born about 1847
• Margaret - born about 1852
• David - born about 1855
• Elizabeth - born about 1860

Mary died 28 March 1872, and Neil Sr. died 4 November 1893. They are buried in Bouctouche [2].

[1] David MacLelland, letter to Duncan MacIntosh, 31 March 1972. The year is confirmed by various census returns. Deedie suggested Neil Sr. was born in Lower Canada before the family moved, but Neil consistently reported to the census-takers that he was born in New Brunswick.
[2] Craig Dickson, Bouctouche cemetery transcriptions, unpublished, 19 Nov 1999.

Neil MacIntosh Jr.

Neil Jr. married Margaret (born about 1851, maiden name unknown) and lived for a time on the family farm with his father. Sometime in the 1880s they moved to Amherst, Nova Scotia. Then in April 1893 Margaret died of consumption. Neil soon began to show signs of the same disease and succumbed in October 1894. They left ten children, of whom I can identify eight: [3,4,4a,4b]

• Albert - born 1868
• Robert - born 1870
• Mary - born 1874, died in Amherst 8 April 1895 of consumption[4c]
• Flora or Laura - born about 1877
• John or Murray - born about 1879
• Willie - born about 1882
• Archie - born about 1886
• Bessie - born about 1889

I'm unable to determine what became of the children after that.

[3] 1871 Census, film C-10391, Kent Co., Wellington division e-1, page 38, family 112.
[4] 1881 Census, film C-13185, Kent Co., Wellington division f-1, page 31, family 118.
[4a] 1891 Census, NS/Cumberland/Amherst "A" household 545 (Don Lewis' transcription)
[4b] DF Johnson, Vital Statistics From New Brunswick Newspapers, vol.86 no.1619, citing Richibucto Review of 13 Apr 1893; vol.89 no.2676, citing Saint John Daily Sun of 11 Apr 1893; vol.92 no.1766, citing Richibucto Review of 11 Oct 1894
[4c] Vital Statistics, vol.97 no.2794, citing Chignecto Post of 11 Apr 1895; vol.98 no.2929, citing Saint John Daily Telegraph of 25 Apr 1895

David MacIntosh & Annie Carter

Neil Sr.'s youngest son David also stayed at home to help on the family farm, looking after his father after his mother's death. David married Annie L. CARTER sometime around 1882. Annie was born in October 1854 in New Brunswick. David and Annie had the following children: [5,6]

• Frederick W. - born January 1883
• Maud D. - born February 1884
• Charles D. - born July 1885
• Jennie G. - born 27 August 1889 [7]
• Henry - born October 1891
• Margaret M. - born August 1894
• Howard W. or Harold - born 4 May 1897[7] or 1898[6]

In about 1895, after David's father had passed away, the family up and moved to Attleboro, Massachusetts. There David made his living as a house carpenter, while it appears at least some of the children went into the jewelry-making trade. In the 1900 census their household includes a boarder, James SINCLAIR, also born in New Brunswick and also practising jewelry-making. Despite numerous other connections between the Black River MacIntoshes and various Sinclairs, he does not seem to be related.

For some odd reason, Howard's birth in Massachusetts is also recorded in the Kent County birth register in New Brunswick (under the name "Harold").

[5] 1891 Census, Reel T-6300, NB/Kent Co/Wellington Parish/subdivision j-5, p.14.
[6] 1900 U.S. Census, Attleboro, Bristol co. MA (Roll T623 634 p.2B, enumeration dist. 94) (www.ancestry.com).
[7] Index to County Birth Registers, 1801-1899, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick RS141A2/2.

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