Bertilda Graham (Abt 1861-)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. James Thurrott Russell I. Thurrott Angus Eastburn Thurrott+ Alma Grace Thurrott+ 2. William Stephenson Bertilda Graham 3 Born: Abt 1861, New Brunswick, Canada Marriage (1): James Thurrott on 6 Jun 1878 in Buctouche, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 1 2 Marriage (2): William Stephenson 2 Died: United States 3    Other names for Bertilda were Bertie Graham,3 Bertilda Tharratt 4 and Bertilda Thorett.5   Noted events in her life were: • Religion: member of the Presbyterian church: Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5 • Census: Canadian, 1881, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5 • Occupation: School Mistress, 1881, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5 • Census: Canadian, 1891, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 4 Bertilda married James Thurrott, son of John Thurrott and Mary Morton, on 6 Jun 1878 in Buctouche, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.1 2 (James Thurrott was born on 23 Aug 1850 in Scotland,3 6 7 died on 26 Jan 1892 in West Branch, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 3 6 8 9 and was buried in West Branch, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 9.) Bertilda next married William Stephenson.2

1 Daniel F. Johnson, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, "Newspaper Vital Statistics," database, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats : accessed 31 Jan 2009), Newspaper record of James and Bertilda Thurrott.

2 Eleanor Wilson Graham and John Currie MacMichael, West Branch Days (1826 - 1989) (Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press Ltd., 1989), 64.

3 Robert F. Fellows, "Genealogies (First Families) at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Canada," p. 58; report to Provincial Archives New Brunswick, Sixth Edition Jan 2006; Source listed in Genealogies (First Family): MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, pages 273-274.

4 1891 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 15, sub-district Weldford, Weldford, p. 2, dwelling W 2/9, family 7, Bertilda Graham Thurrott; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1891 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=drq0c684ro6df1k23a0q2kvpv7 : accessed 10 Jan 2010).

5 1881 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 34, Kent, sub-district E, Welford, p. 33, dwelling 167, family 167, Bertilda Graham Thurrott; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada 1881 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html : accessed 6 Feb 2010); citing Library and Archive Canada Microfilm: C-13185.

6 Eleanor Wilson Graham and John Currie MacMichael, West Branch Days (1826 - 1989) (Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press Ltd., 1989), 46.

7 1891 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 15, sub-district Weldford, Weldford, p. 2, dwelling W 2/9, family 7, James Thurrott; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1891 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=drq0c684ro6df1k23a0q2kvpv7 : accessed 10 Jan 2010).

8 Daniel F. Johnson, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, "Newspaper Vital Statistics," database, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats : accessed 31 Jan 2009), Newspaper record of James Thurrott.

9 New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick," database, New Brunswick Cemeteries (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NBCemeteries/?culture=en-CA : accessed 16 Jul 2009), Cemetery record for James Thurrott.