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William Edward Bishop
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William Edward Bishop 1
- Born: 5 Aug 1830, Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 1 2
- Marriage: Mary Steeves
- Died: 22 Sep 1898, Baltimore, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada aged 68 1 2 3 4 5
- Buried: Baltimore, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 5 6
 Cause of his death was Kidney disease. William was ill for 8 months..4
Noted events in his life were:
Cemetery Headstone. 6
Cemetery Headstone: Baltimore United Baptist Church Cemetery. 6 Inscription:
William E Bishop
died
Sept 22, 1898
aged 68 yrs
Mary Steeves
his wife
died
Apr 9, 1909
aged 82 yrs
Ethnic Origin: Listed as German on the 1851 census: Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 7
Occupation: farmer: Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 7 8 9 10
Census: Canadian, 1851, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 7
Census: Canadian Agricultural, 1861, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 11
Census: Canadian, 1861, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 12
Occupation: Postmaster, 1868-23 Sep 1898, Irving Settlement, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 9 13
Census: Canadian, 1871, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 14
Census: Canadian, 1881, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 8
Census: Canadian, 1891, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 15
Appointment: Justice of the Peace, 21 Aug 1891, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 9 16
William married Mary Steeves, daughter of Caleb Steeves and Emeline Burton. (Mary Steeves was born on 19 May 1827 in New Brunswick, Canada,1 17 died on 9 Apr 1909 1 5 and was buried in Baltimore, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 5.)
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Sources
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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: 35.
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New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Vital Statistics from Government Records," database, New Brunswick Provincial Archives (http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA : accessed 27 Aug 2010), Index to County Death Registers for William Edward Bishop; Vital Statistics RS141C1, Reference C1b, Page 16, Line 7, Microfilm F13391.
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New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Vital Statistics from Government Records," database, New Brunswick Provincial Archives (http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA : accessed 27 Aug 2010), Provincial Returns of Deaths for William Edward Bishop; Vital Statistics RS141C4, Registration 1205, Reference C4/1898, Microfilm F18700.
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Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut G้n้alogique Drouin, "Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946," database, ancestry.com, Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 (http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=1110 : accessed 27 Aug 2010), William Edward Bishop's burial.
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M. Helena Lewis, New Brunswick Cemeteries Albert County, digital images (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mhlewis/new_brunswick_cemeteries.htm : accessed 18 Mar 2009), Gravestone for William Edward Bishop and Mary Steeves Bishop.
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Personal knowledge of Lester Alan Bishop.
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1851 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Albert County, sub-district 4, Hillsborough, p. 34, William Edward Bishop; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com : accessed 23 Jan 2009).
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1881 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 23, sub-district B, Hillsborough, p. 6, dwelling 27, family 27, William Edward Bishop; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1881 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/census/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=nu98qo08n7ktej67q2ncal8qq5 : accessed 8 Aug 2010); citing Library and Archives Canada, Microfilm: C-13177.
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New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Lovell Directory 1871," database, New Brunswick Provincial Archives (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/PrivRecs/LD/Search.aspx?culture=en-CA : accessed 8 Aug 2010), listed William Edward Bishop;s occupation as a farmer, J.P. and postmaster.
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McAlpine Publishing Company, Saint John, NB, "McAlpine's New Brunswick Directory for 1896," database, Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s (http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=33260 : accessed 27 Aug 2010), William Edward Bishop; Volume/Page: 492.
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1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Albert, Hillsborough, p. 100, William Edward Bishop; RG 31; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm, item Ancestry.com census images scan.
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1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Albert, Hillsborough, p. 74, William Edward Bishop; RG 31; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm, item ancestry.com census image scan.
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Library and Archives Canada, "Post Offices and Postmasters," database, Post Offices and Postmasters (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/post-offices/index-e.html : accessed 23 Apr 2009), Irving Settlement Office, Albert County - William Edward Bishop; Library and Archives Canada, Source: PSFDS03-17482.
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Family Search, "Canada Census 1871," database, Canada Census 1871 (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1551612;p=collection : accessed 1 May 2010), Census Record for William Edward Bishop; Ancestry.com image scan.
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1891 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 11, sub-district Hillsborough, p. 10, dwelling W 1/2/15, family 45, William Edward Bishop; 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 8 Aug 2010); citing Library and Archives Canada, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada.
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New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Index to the Justice of the Peace Appointment Register, 1863-1963 ," database, New Brunswick Provincal Archives (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/RS581/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA&PageLoad=Intro : accessed 8 Aug 2010), William Edward Bishop.
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Family Search, "Canada Census 1871," database, Canada Census 1871 (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1551612;p=collection : accessed 1 May 2010), Census Record for Mary Steeves Bishop; Ancestry.com image scan.
