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Amanda Beckwith (Abt 1808-1891)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Capt. James Edward Wells Amelia Wells Asahel Wells James Edward Wells Mary Ann Wells Amanda E. Wells Elmira Jane Wells John Newton Wells Angelina S. Wells Amanda Beckwith 1 2 Born: Abt 1808, Cornwallis, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada 1 2 Marriage: Capt. James Edward Wells Died: 23 Apr 1891, Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada aged about 83 3   Noted events in her life were: • Immigration, 1828, New Brunswick, Canada. 1 • Census: Canadian, 1851, Harvey Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 1 • Census: Canadian, 1861, Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 4 Amanda married Capt. James Edward Wells, son of Capt. Newton Wells and Mary Bishop. (Capt. James Edward Wells was born in 1808 5 and died on 3 Mar 1868 in Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 5 6.)

1 1851 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Albert County, sub-district 3, p. 13, Amanda Bishop; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com : accessed 21 Feb 2010).

2 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 19 Apr 2010), Death record for Amanda Beckwith Wells; Volume 79 Number 3460, The Times (Moncton), 25 Apr 1891.

3 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 19 Apr 2010), Death record for Amanda Beckwith Wells; Volume 82 Number 1314, The Maple Leaf, 30 Apr 1891.

4 1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Albert, Harvey, Harvey, p. 2, Amanda Wells; RG 31; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 517,269, item Library and Archives Canada Film Number: C-999, Digital GS Number: 4108532, Image Number: 00085.

5 Genealogical Committee of the Bishop Family Association, Tangled Roots, Descendants of John Bishop (1709-1785) of Horton, Nova Scotia A New England Planter Family, 4 volumes (Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Genealogical Committee of the Bishop Family Association, 1990), 4: 9.

6 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 19 Apr 2010), Death record for James Edward Wells; Volume 26 Number 1656, the Christian Visitor, 2 Apr 1868.