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The McNairns of Mill Creek

Sometime before 1860, James and William McNAIRN and their brother-in-law Thomas JOHNSON moved from Galloway near Rexton south to Mill Creek between Bouctouche and Ste-Marie-de-Kent.¹ All three had large families. They farmed there, and also operated by times a grist mill, a saw mill, and a shipbuilding business, and with the opening of a post office in 1892 the area became officially known as McNairn.

This was a beautiful wooded area with rolling hills, and a rushing stream running through. On one high bank was the home of William McNairn, a fine, large, white building. On the opposite bank was the home of James Johnson, a cosy, rambling home with several farm buildings -- including a smithy, an ice house, barns, granaries, etc. On the stream and near each other were a lumber mill (run by William McNairn) and a grist mill (run by James Johnson). A large wooden water wheel supplied the power. When the writer last saw the above in 1921 there was very little left than the beautiful old water wheel encased in moss. The mill stream had dwindled, due to the loss of trees. At the time of writing, in 1975 the whole area of Mill Creek has been made into a government controlled grazing area...²

James McNairn

James McNAIRN, third child and eldest son of Anthony McNAIRN Sr., was born 28 February 1825. James married three times:^3-8

1. Ann Fraser McBEATH, born about 1836, married in 1853,⁹ died in 1870;¹⁰
2. Margaret McBEATH, born about 1841, married in 1871,¹¹ died in 1877;¹²
3. Christina McBEATH, born in 1849, married in 1879,¹³ and survived James.

The Johnsons have it from McNairn family tradition that Ann was the daughter of Donald McBEATH of Mill Creek and Euphemia McINTOSH, that Margaret was Ann's sister, and that Christina was their cousin.

There is, however, a problem with this. According to a recent transcription of the Presbyterian cemetery stones in Buctouche,¹⁴ Margaret McBeath daughter of Donald and Euphemia died in 1858 at age 16! I have not yet visited the stone myself to confirm this, but if it is correct it clearly contradicts the Johnsons' account. Are the public records any help? There is only one Margaret McBeath in Kent County in the 1861 Census: A 20-year-old servant in the household of L.P.W. DesBrisay of Richibucto. Since she's not in her father's household we get nothing from this except the vague indication of geography, which is exactly as much as we get from her marriage announcement in 1871: "Miss Margaret McBeath of Richibucto."

Since the reliability of the Johnsons' history is now thrown into doubt we should also ask, how do we know that Ann was Donald McBeath's daughter? The only hint we have independent of the McNairn family tradition is in her marriage announcement: "m. At residence of John KESWICK, Buctouche (Kent Co.) 22nd ult. [August 1853], by Rev. James Law, James McNARIN / Miss Ann McBEATH both of Wellington parish." The only McBeaths we know of in Wellington Parish at the time were Donald's family, so the obvious conclusion supports the tradition.

James and Ann had the following children.^3,4

• Jane Elizabeth (June 1854-1 May 1884) married William STAPLES and moved to Bath, Maine. They had two children.^15,16
• John (~1856-?), probably the same John McNairn who lived in Waterville, Maine between at least 1910 and 1930 and had two children.¹⁷
• Alexander (~1858-?) was, in 1881 at least, a mariner.
• Euphemia (1861-1924?), married the widower William G. SPEER on 22 June 1891¹⁸ and appears to have had a son Jack MacN. SPEER.^19,20
• William (June? 1862 - 12 January 1863) died in infancy.¹⁴
• May (25 Dec 1863-1941?) or Marion, married John William SNELGROVE (1865-1936) and had daughters Ann and Margaret SNELGROVE.^21,22
• Barbara Ann (~Sept 1867-7 April 1884) died at age 16.²³
• Matilda (February 1869 - 14 March 1869) died in infancy.¹⁴

Ann died 9 May 1870 at age 34 and was buried in Buctouche.^10,14

James married Margaret McBEATH on 7 January 1871¹¹. Margaret was born about 1840. Since she is associated with Richibucto both by the 1861 census and by her marriage announcement, I now believe she was the daughter of Alexander McBEATH and Isabella WATHEN of Richibucto Cape.

Whoever she was, Margaret bore James the following children:^5-8

• William J. (15 Oct 1871 - 29 Aug 1950) "... came to Moncton and in 1904 opened [a] grocery store at the corner of Robinson street and Mountain Road, which he operated until his retirement in 1945. He was active in the work of St. John's United Church and for many years had been an elder of the church."²⁴ On 30 June 1909 he married Elizabeth McNAUGHTON of Black River, Northumberland County (1871-1961). They had two sons, both of whom died in childhood.^25-27
• Wathan (15 July 1873-18 June 1879) died young of scarlet fever.^28,29 Perhaps we can read his name as another clue to Margaret's identity, pointing to her mother's maiden name?
• Lawrence (1876 - 18 Aug 1942) married Ella McNARIN (1875-1975) on 10 Sep 1902, the daughter of Anthony McNarin Jr. Lawrence and Ella moved to Moncton and had three daughters.^30-34

Margaret died on 23 August 1877¹² and was buried in the Buctouche Presbterian cemetery.¹⁴

James married Christina McBEATH of Richibucto on 9 July 1879 at Hopewell Corner, Albert County.¹³ By process of elimination we can be reasonably confident that Christina was (also?) the daughter of Alexander McBEATH of Richibucto Cape. Christina was born 7 September 1849. James and Christina had the following children.^6-8

• Chalmers (16 Sep 1882 - 7 Jan 1978), a resident of Moncton, never married.^35,36
• Isabella Matilda Wathen (12 Jun 1885 - ?), apparently never married.^37,24
• Margaret Ann (28 Apr 1887 - ?) married Arthur Ray CARSON on 20 June 1917 and had two daughters.^38-40
• Colin Fraser "Fraser" (1 Jun 1889 - Jun 1972) married Jean Deane STEWART and had a son and a daughter.^41-43
• Christina (30 Dec 1891 - ?), apparently never married.^44,24

James died 16 June 1914 and was buried in Buctouche.¹⁴ Christina moved to Moncton to live with her son Chalmers, and died 8 August 1937.⁴⁵

The interpretation I put upon the problem of the three wives is this: It may be that the family remembered that James' wives were two sisters and a cousin. Perhaps someone later may have over-interpreted the tradition as, literally, "first two sisters, then their cousin", when the reality actually had the two sisters after their cousin.

¹The Mill Creek referred to here is the creek running into the Bouctouche River about five miles above Bouctouche. The area is variously known as McNairn, Ste-Marie-de-Kent, or St Mary's. Be careful to avoid confusion with the Mill Creek which runs into the Richibucto River a similar distance above Rexton, an area also known as Upper Rexton.
²Anthony & Sydney Johnson, The McNairn, MacNarin, McNarin & MacNaran Family in America (photocopied typescript, 1975), p.15, apparently quoting a letter from Marion V. Murray.
³1861 Census of New Brunswick, Kent/Wellington p.97, hh.628 (NBGS/PANB transcription, 1993). "McNarn".
⁴1871 Census of Canada, NB/Kent/St Mary f-1, p.47, hh.143. Associated schedules 3, 4, 6 and 8 show details of his holdings and industry.
⁵ 1881 Census of Canada, NB/Kent/St Mary g-2, p.72, hh.278. "Mc Naron".
⁶1891 Census of Canada, NB/Kent/St Mary g-1, pp.28-29, hh.120.
⁷ 1901 Census of Canada, NB/Kent/St Mary sub.g-1, p.3, hh.19.
⁸1911 Census of Canada, NB/Westmorland/Moncton ed.53, p.10, hh.97
⁹DF Johnson, Vital Statistics from New Brunswick Newspapers, vol.14 no.2411 citing Gleaner and Northumberland Schediasma, 10 Sep 1853.
¹⁰Vital Statistics, vol.29 no.207 citing Saint John Daily Telegraph of 24 May 1870. "d. Buctouche (Kent Co.) eve. 9th May, Ann Fraser McBeath McNAIRN w/o James McNAIRN, left husband, six children."
¹¹Vital Statistics, vol.30 no.771 citing Saint John Daily Telegraph of 19 Jan 1871.
¹²Vital Statistics, vol.43 no.272 citing Moncton Times of 1 Sep 1877.
¹³Vital Statistics, vol.47 no.165 citing Saint John Daily Telegraph of 11 July 1879, and four other newspapers besides.
¹⁴Wendy Fisher Donnahee, John W. Donnahee, Mae Hannah Fisher and Sherman Fisher, "St. John's Presbyterian Cemetery, Buctouche", http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbken/CemStJohnsPresBuct.html (October 2003), consulted October 2006.
¹⁵Vital Statistics vol.61 no.3835 citing Saint John Morning Freeman of 10 May 1884: "d. Bath, Maine, Thursday 1st inst., Jennie E. STAPLES w/o William STAPLES and eldest d/o James McNAIRN, Esq., Buctouche (Kent Co.) age 29 years 10 mos." Also vol.61 no.1032 citing Saint John Daily Telegraph of 12 May: "d. Bath, Maine, Jane Elizabeth McNAIRN d/o James McNAIRN, Buctouche (Kent Co.) left husband, two children."
¹⁶Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 US Federal Census online database. Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine; Roll: T9_488; Family History Film: 1254488; p.63.3000; E.D.144.
¹⁷I was led to this by a message-board posting from Rebecca Garrlentini, http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.mcnairn/12. He can be identified in the 1910 U.S. Census in Waterville Ward 1, Kennebec, Maine [Roll: T624_542; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 121; Image: 92] and in 1930 in Waterville, Kennebec Co., ME, [Dist.42, sheet 23A, lines 35-36]
¹⁸Vital Statistics vol.79 no.2064 citing Richibucto Review of 25 June 1891; also no.3579 citing Moncton Times of 29 June.
¹⁹1911 Census, NB/Westmorland/Moncton ed.53 p.10 hh.103. The enumerator spelled the family name "Spier".
²⁰Provincial Archives of NB (PANB), Index to Death Certificates (RS141C5), F18949, vol.46 reg.46971. Death of Euphemia Speer, 31 Dec 1924, Westmorland Co.
²¹Vital Statistics vol.98 no.678 citing Moncton Times of 19 Apr 1895. "John SNELLGROVE of Bent Falls, Me. was married to Miss Mary McNAIRN, St. Mary's (Kent Co.), 17th inst., by Rev. Ramsay. The young couple reached Moncton yesterday morn. and are the guests of the bride's sister, Mrs. W.G. SPEER, Robinson Street." Also vol.97 no.2193 citing Richibucto Review of 2 May 1895.
^22a1901 Census NB/Westmorland/Moncton c-4 p.31 hh.279.
^22b1911 Census NB/Westmorland/Moncton ed.53 p.10 hh.101.
^22cPANB Index to Death Certificates (RS141C5), F19368, vol.139 reg.33597 (May); F19333, vol.104, reg.8956 (John).
²³Vital Statistics vol.61 no.785 citing Saint John Daily Telegraph of 14 April 1884.
²⁴Obituary of William J. McNairn, Moncton Times 30 Aug 1950; funeral notice 2 Sep 1950. Images kindly provided by Dan MacDonald.
²⁵PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages (RS141B7), F15935, ref.B4/1909 no.2474.
²⁶1911 Census, NB/Westmorland/Moncton ed.53 p.10 hh.98.
²⁷Obituary of Elizabeth McNairn, Moncton Times 17 Apr 1961. Image kindly provided by Dan MacDonald.
²⁸A. & S. Johnson, op.cit., p.21.
²⁹Vital Statistics vol.47 no.69 citing Saint John Daily Telegraph of 26 June 1879. "d. Buctouche (Kent Co.) 18th inst., of scarlet fever, Nathan McNAIRN s/o James McNAIRN and Maggie McNAIRN, age 5 years 11 mos. 3 days." The microfilm should be examined to see whether the newspaper says "Nathan" or "Wathan".
³⁰Richibucto Review 18 Sep 1902, transcription by Deborah MacDonald Hale available at Kent County GenWeb.
³¹PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages (RS141B7), F15913, ref. B4/1902 no.2520
³²1911 Census, NB/Westmorland/Moncton ed.53 p.16 hh.163.
³³PANB, Index to Death Certificates (RS141C5), F19376, vol.147 reg.38590.
³⁴A. & S. Johnson, op.cit., p.36. The Johnsons' sources are both Ida McNairn's notes and a personal interview with Lawrence & Ella's daughter Ella Viola McNairn.
³⁵PANB, Index to Late Registrations of Births (RS 141A1b), F18769, rec.1882-M-114.
³⁶M. E. Dickson, personal communication.
³⁷PANB, Index to Late Registrations of Births (RS 141A1b), F18773, rec.1885-M-137.
³⁸PANB, Index to Late Registrations of Births (RS 141A1b), F18776, rec.1887-M-261.
³⁹PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages (RS141B7), F15970, ref.B4/1917, no.1403
⁴⁰A. & S. Johnson, op.cit., p.37.
⁴¹PANB, Index to County Birth Registers (RS141A2/2), F14035, code 8-1-33-1266
⁴²PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages (RS141B7), F15972, ref.B4/1917, no.2802
⁴³A. B. Ross, personal communication.
⁴⁴PANB, Index to Late Registrations of Births (RS 141A1b), F18781, rec.1891-M-125.
⁴⁵PANB, Index to Death Certificates (RS141C5), F19339, rec.12955.

William McNairn

William McNAIRN, sixth child of Anthony Sr. of Galloway, was born 28 March 1829. On 10 December 1857 he married Isabella Matilda Wathen McBEATH.⁴⁶ Matilda, born 22 December 1839, we believe to be the daughter of Donald McBEATH and Euphemia McINTOSH.⁴⁷ William and Matilda had the following children:^48-54

• Anthony (6 Feb 1860 - 19 Dec 1930) married (1) Katie S. MacLEAN, and (2) Janet S. COATES. See below.
• Margaret (17 Dec 1861 - 9 Apr 1957) married James G. WARD and had six children described elsewhere.
• James Lee (3 Apr 1864? - 29 Dec 1947) married Agnes Jane WARD, James Ward's sister, and had seven children. See below.
• Victoria (24 Jul 1866 - 27 Jun 1941) married George E. WHITTAKER (~1865-?). George was a harvester salesman and travelled about the midwest United States. They had no children.⁵⁵
• Annie Fraser (6 Jan 1869 - 15 Jul 1915) married Charles E. DINGWELL of Prince Edward Island and lived in Portland, Maine. Charles and Annie had two children, Ruth and Charles Arthur.^56,57,58
• William Wallace (20 Jun 1871 - 26 Dec 1945) married Janet TURNBULL and had four children, listed below.
• Matilda (2 Sep 1873 - 6 Aug 1911), a nurse, never married.
• John David Murray (27 Oct 1875 - 10 Sep 1876) died in infancy, buried in Buctouche
• Elizabeth Ferguson "Ida" (27 Aug 1877 - 13 Jan 1983), never married, resided in Portland Maine, a widespread correspondent and genealogist.³⁶
• Levi Frederick (24 Mar 1880 - 16 Mar 1949) never married, buried in Buctouche.
• Ethel Frances Howard (22 Oct 1882 - 15 Mar 1946) married Sumner V. JOHNSON in Portland Maine on 3 October 1930.⁵⁹ They had no children.

Matilda passed away 11 May 1890 and was buried in Buctouche.⁷ On 2 April 1891 William married Mary Agnes GIFFORD⁶⁰ (b. 23 April 1827) at St. John's Presbyterian Church in Moncton. William died in 1916, Mary died 2 September 1918.

Anthony McNairn (1860-1930)

Anthony, the eldest son of William McNAIRN and Isabella McBEATH, was born on 6 February 1860. On 24 December 1890 he married Katie S. MacLEAN.^61,62 Anthony was the first postmaster of the McNairn post office in 1892.⁶³

Anthony and Katie had the great ill-fortune to lose four of their six children in infancy:^14,64-66

• William Raymond, born 6 October and died 21 October 1891
  
• Addison Lealand, born 23 April 1893, served in WWI.⁶⁷
  
• Willie Rayworth, 10 November 1894-6 July 1895
  
• Matilda E., born 1 July 1896
  
• Harold W. King, born 23 June 1897, died 6 August 1897
  
• Oswald W. Vans, born about June 1898, died 7 September 1898
  

Katie died on 8 December 1903 and was buried in Buctouche.

Anthony went on to marry Janet S. COATES on 14 June 1910 and had two children:^68,66

• Jean, May 1911 - 2004,⁶⁹ and
• Ronald Glenn.

Anthony died on 19 December 1930 and Janet passed away in 1946.^70,14

James Lee McNairn and Agnes Jane Ward

James Lee McNAIRN, second son of William and Isabella, married Agnes Jane WARD on 3 September 1890.⁷¹ Agnes was born 29 December 1865, the daughter of Thomas WARD and Jane GIRVAN. James and Agnes had the following children:^72,73,74

• Thomas Stewart, born 29 June 1891, married Katherine E. SCOTT on 6 November 1915. Sadly, Stewart only lived another three years.^75,76,14
• Harry Ainsworth, born 7 February 1893, married Elizabeth Ida HICKS on 2 June 1920. He was the postmaster at the post office in McNairn (Mill Creek) from 1926 until it was closed in 1950. Harry died 5 October 1967 and is buried in Buctouche.^77,78,63,14
• A. W. Gifford, born 22 December 1897, moved to Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, and married Gladys Irene DeWITT of River Hebert. They had five children. Gifford died in Amherst on 17 April 1993, and Gladys on 11 January 1997.^79,80
• James Howard was born 2 February 1900. On 20 September 1944 he married Christina Barbara McNAUGHTON of Glenelg Parish, Northumberland Co.⁸¹
• Rupert Furness was born 9 February 1902 and died in 1937, and apparently never married.^82,14
• Jennie Matilda Mae, born 16 January 1904, married Merritt SMITH in Moncton on 5 May 1926.^83,84
• Helen Eva Miriam, born 22 August 1905, married William Howard BURNHAM in Moncton on 21 September 1938.^85,86

Agnes died in 1943 and James Lee died on 29 December 1947.⁵⁴

Rev. William W. McNairn and Janet Turnbull

William Wallace, the third son on William McNAIRN and Isabella McBEATH, married Janet Maria TURNBULL on 20 June 1898.⁵⁴ William was a Presbyterian clergyman and was served pastoral charges in Sheet Harbour, Halifax County, and in Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In October 1917 he volunteered to go overseas as a chaplain with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.⁶⁷

William and Janet had four children:^54,87,88

• Miriam V. born 6 June 1899, probably in Sheet Harbour,
• Ruth A. born April 1906,
• W. Kelvin born October 1908, and
• Chalmers.

William died on 26 December 1945.⁵⁴

⁴⁶Vital Statistics vol.17 no.250 citing Gleaner and Northumberland Schediasma, 19 Dec 1857: "m. 10th ... William McNARIN / Miss Matilda W. McBEATH, both of Wellington parish (Kent Co.)"
⁴⁷A. & S. Johnson, op.cit. pp.23-25. On the face of it, Donald McBeath named his daughter after his sister-in-law, Isabel Matilda Wathen wife of Alexander McBeath. This seems to me such an odd arrangement that I am tempted to question the assertion (apparently originating in Ida McNairn's records, inherited from her brother and father) that Wm. McNairn's wife was Donald's daughter. Might she have been Alexander's instead? We're still missing one child for Alexander McBeath, according to his obituary, and the name "Isabella" does not appear elsewhere among his children. Given the problems with Margaret McBeath above I think this bears serious consideration. On the other hand, her marriage announcement describes her as "Miss Matilda W. McBeath ... of Wellington Parish": Donald McBeath's family lived in Wellington; Alexander's lived in Richibucto Parish.
⁴⁸1861 Census, NB/Kent/Wellington p.97
⁴⁹1871 Census, NB/Kent/St Mary sub.f-1, hh.141
⁵⁰1881 Census, NB/Kent/St Mary sub.g-2, p.75, hh.288. "McNarain"
⁵¹1891 Census, NB/Kent/St Mary sub.g-1, p.5, hh.22
⁵²1901 Census, NB/Kent/St Mary sub.g-1, p.9, hh.63
⁵³1911 Census, NB/Kent/St Mary ed.16, p.19, hh.129
⁵⁴Elizabeth (Ida) McNairn. "McNairn Ancestry", 1974. Typescript in possession of M. E. Dickson.
⁵⁵Ancestry.com, 1910 US Federal Census Colorado, Denver, Ward 13 (Dist.170, p.2A); and 1920 US Federal Census Kansas, Cloud Co., Concordia, Ward 4 (Dist.20, pp.18A-18B).
⁵⁶Maine State Archives, Indexes of Maine Marriages: 1892-1966 1976-1996, online. The bride's name is transcribed "McNavis".
⁵⁷Ancestry.com, 1900 US Federal Census Maine/Cumberland/Portland (Dist.72) p.3A; 1910 Portland Ward 7 (Dist.90) p.7A; 1920 Portland Ward 7 (Dist.50) p.19A.
⁵⁸1881 Census of Canada, PEI/Kings/Lot 40, h-3, p.11, hh.47. Also, peculiarly, he appears in the 1901 Census of Canada, PEI/Kings/Lot 40, d-1, p.9, hh.78. Was he visiting home just prior to his wedding, or did his parents still think of him as only temporarily in the States?
⁵⁹Maine State Archives, Indexes of Maine Marriages: 1892-1966 1976-1996, online.
⁶⁰Vital Statistics vol.79 no.3420 citing Moncton Times of 4 Apr 1891.
⁶¹PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages, F13656, ref.B4/1890 no.2261.
⁶²Vital Statistics vol.76 nos.2158 and 1924, citing Chatham World of 31 Dec 1890 and Richibucto Review of 1 Jan 1891.
⁶³Library and Archives Canada, "Post Offices and Postmasters" (online database), http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/index-e.html
⁶⁴1891 Census, NB/Kent/St Mary sub.g-1, p.5, hh.20
⁶⁵1901 Census, NB/Kent/Wellington j-2 p.10, hh.97
⁶⁶1911 Census, NB/Kent/Wellington ed.24, p.1, hh.2
⁶⁷Library and Archives Canada, "Soldiers of the First World War" (online database), http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010602_e.html
⁶⁸PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages (RS141B7), F15939, ref. B4/1910 no.2426.
⁶⁹Obituary, Moncton Times & Transcript 24 June 2004. See online database at http://www.canadaeast.com
⁷⁰PANB, Index to Death Certificates (RS141C5), F18967, vol.064 reg.064617.
⁷¹Vital Statistics Vol.76 No.2132 citing Chatham World of 13 Sept 1890. PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages, F13656, ref.B4/1890 no.2262.
⁷²1891 Census, NB/Kent/Wellington j-4 p.11, hh.53.
⁷³1901 Census, NB/Kent/St Mary g-1 p.10, hh.66.
⁷⁴1911 Census, NB/Kent/St Mary ed.16 p.18, hh.127.
⁷⁵PANB, Index to County Birth Registers (RS141A2/2), F14035, Ref.8-1-67-650.
⁷⁶PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages (RS141B7), F15963, Ref.B4/1915 no.2767.
⁷⁷PANB, Index to Late Registration of Births (RS141A1b), F18783, code 1893-M-118.
⁷⁸PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages (RS141B7), F19677, Ref.B4/1920, no.3833.
⁷⁹PANB, Index to County Birth Registers (RS141A2/2), F14035, Code 8-1-198-65.
⁸⁰Obituaries, Amherst Citizen, 24 Apr 1993 (Gifford) and ?? Jan 1997 (Gladys).
⁸¹PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages (RS141B7), F20034, Ref.B4/1944, no.38718.
⁸²PANB, Index to Provincial Registrations of Births (RS141A5), F18062, Ref.A5/1902, no.4680.
⁸³PANB, Index to Late Registration of Births (RS141A1b), F19719, code 1904-801681.
⁸⁴PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages (RS141B7), F19690, ref.B4/1926 no.3687.
⁸⁵PANB, Index to Provincial Registrations of Births (RS141A5), F19007, Ref.A5/1905, no.4854.
⁸⁶PANB, Index to New Brunswick Marriages (RS141B7), F20010, ref.B4/1938, no.12603.
⁸⁷1901 Census, NS/Halifax/Sheet Harbour m(1)-2 p.12 hh.90. The transcriber for automatedgenealogy.com reads the surname as "McNavin".
⁸⁸1911 Census, NS/Pictou/Westville ed.41 p.16 hh.154. Here the transcriber reads "McMaine".

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