Re: james Blair also went by name jacob Blair he married margaret Daigle
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james Blair also went by name jacob Blair he married margaret Daigle
heidi Russell 3/11/13
Hi Heidi,
There is a family in 1871 census which looks like it may be yours.
1871BERESFORD, GLOUCESTER, NB
BLAIR
James, age 51, labourer, born Canada
Margaret, age 47 born NB
Agness, age 20 born NB
Mary age 14 born NB
James, age 10 born NB
Michael, age 8 born NB
Elizabeth, age 6 born NB
William , age 2 born NB
Margaret, age 70 born Canada
they are all listed as French and if this is your family then I suspect Margaret age 70 is mother of James.
For some odd reason I cannot find the family in 1861 census but here they are in 1851
1851 DURHAM, RESTIGOUCHE, NB
BLAIR
James, age 23, handy man
Margaret , wife, age 24
Margaret, daughter, age 3
Agness, daughter, age 1
1881DURHAM, RESTIGOUCHE, NB
BLAIR
James, age 62, farmer, born Canada - shown as English
Margaret, age 58 born NB shown as French
James, age 22, farmer, born NB shown as English
Michael, age 20 farmer, born NB shown as English
Elizabeth, age 18 born NB shown as English
J. William age 12, born NB shown as English
Margaret, age 90 born Canada shown as English (she aged 20 years betweenthe two census records
SHEA
Mary, age 9, born NB, Irish
DUCETTE
John, age 6 born NB French
Margaret, age 4, born NB French
1891 DURAM, RESTIGOUCHE, NB
BLAIR
James, age 72, farmer, born NB father born France mother born Quebec
Margaret, age 70, wife, born NB parents born NB
Michael, age 30, son farmer, born NB parents born NB
William, age 22, son, bartender, born NB parents born NB
Mary, age 36,daughter, born NB parents born NB (she is indexed with them, but in image she is listed as next household after the Shea and Doucett entries
SHEA
Mary, age 19, born NB father born NFLD mother born NB
DOUCETT
Margaret, age 11, born NB parents born NB
Mary Shea and Margaret Doucett both show the letter L under relationship so not sure what that means
Mary Blair, age 36 was last entry on the page but top of next page has her children (I think she is likely a daughter in law, not a daughter to James and Margaret) she is shown as married but no husband there
BLAIR
Clifford, age 11, son born NB parents born NB
Robert, age 9 born NB parents born NB
Walter age 7 born NB parents born NB
Lily, age 2, daughter born NB parents born NB
I do think this is the right family as next door to them is a DAIGLE family
Alexander 33, Philomen 32, Mary 10, Margaret 7, Alexander 5, Elizabeeth 4 and Joseph 1 all born NB with both parents born NB
also next door to them is a Russel family with a daughter Catherine
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Here is 1901 census - it is quite faint and a bit hard to read but will do my best
1901 DURHAM, RESTIGOUCHE, NB
BLAIR
James,a ge 80, born July 31, 1820 Quebec
Michael, age 35, son bon Oct. 30, 1862 NB
Katherine, age 29, daughter in law, born March 17, 1871 NB
Michael, age 7, grandson born June 9, 1893 NB
Annie J., age 3, granddaughter, born Nov. 7, 1896 NB
John A., age 5/12, grandson, born Oct. 9, 1900 NB
there are more Blair and She, Doucett names on the page which I can try to read if you would like me to try. Also a Russell family on same page.
1911 DURHAM, RESTIGOUCHE, MN
BLAIR
Michael, age 48, farmer, born Oct. 1862 NB
Katherine, age 38, wife, born March 1873 NB
Michael age 17, son, labourer, born Jan. 1894 NB
Annie age 13, daughter born Nov. 1897 NB
Allan, age 11, son, born Sept. 1899 NB
Margaret, age 9, daughter, born Sept. 1901 NB
Mary, age 7, daughter, born April 1904 NB
Leo, age 6, son, born Feb. 1905 NB
Agnes, age 4, daughter born Feb. 1907 NB
Steely, age 2, daughter born Jan. 1909 NB (indexed as Steely, image looks like name may be Stella ? )
James, age 91, widowed,father born July 1819 Quebec(Index says he was born Ontario but in the image it looks more like a Q to me than an O but not sure)
There is an 1895marriage record for Michael Blair age 33, and Catherine Russell, age 24, married
Belledune, Restigouche
Michael is shown as born Belledune
parents James and Margaret
Catherine's parents names hard to read as they are squished into a narrow column - James and looks like Marg't
there is only a year shown for the marriage, no month or day.
There are also some birth records for some children of Michael and Catherine.
There is also a death for a John Russel Blair, died June 12, 1910 Marysville, age 88 years
farmer
died of heart failure, duration 14 months
born Bay of Chalear
so it fits with your fellow. I have not found death for James/Jacob or wife Margaret
There is a baptism for Agnes Blair, daughter of James and Margaret
baptized Aug. 17, 1851 , born Ju;y 20, 1851. Parents James Blair and Margaret Daigle.
There is a marriage May 22, 1871 of an Agnes Blair and Robert Shea, married in Dalhousie
I suspect this is she as it shows Robert is of Little Placentia, NFLD and Agnes is of Belledune.
** so this would make sense as to the Shea child in the census records with James and Margaret
there is also a marriage Jan 31, 1875 for Agnes Blair, widow of Robert Shea of Belledune to Joseph Doucett of Black Parish
in the presence of Michael Daigle and Rose Ann Doucet
so it again seems to fit as there were also Doucett children with James and Margaret so now we see where they fit in.
There is a marriage in Dalhousie July 27, 1877 of a Mary Blair, formerly of Belledune to Cornelius Jones of Dalhousie.
so possibly daughter of James and Margaret
there is a baptism for Elizabeth Blair March 15, 1864 Belledune - it just says she was baptized age 10 days old, child of James Blair and Margaret Daigle
and marriage for this ElizabethOct. 26, 1885 Belledune Louis Corrier/Cornier/Carrier (not sure of spelling) son of Pierre Carrier (?) and Elizabeth Fardy (Tardy) of Eel River and Elizabeth Blair, daughter of James Blair and Margaret Daigle of this Parish.
There is a marriage of a William Blair to Mary Ann Pitre June 20, 1897 in Belledune. No parent's names shown, but the witnesses are Louis Carrier and Elizabeth Blair which seems to look like this is probably William, son of James and Margaret and brother of Elizabeth
also a baptism for William Isaac Blair July 25, 1869 , aged 6 months, son of James Blair and Margaret Daigle - Belledune
I can loo for more for you if you wish.
Carolyn L
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