Caleb Bishop 1
- Born: 27 Jan 1853, New Brunswick, Canada 2 3
- Marriage: Maria Sibel Steeves on 1 Dec 1876 1
 Noted events in his life were:
• Alt. Birth: 28 Jan 1854. 1
• Occupation: farmer: Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 2
• Census: Canadian, 1861, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 4
• Census: Canadian, 1871, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3
• Illness: children died from diptheria, Jan 1883, Salem, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5 It appears there was an local epidemic of diptheria in 1883. Newspaper articles report a number of deaths from diptheria.
• Appointment: Justice of the Peace, 24 Apr 1899, Kings & Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 6
• Census: Canadian, 1901, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 2
Caleb married Maria Sibel Steeves, daughter of Stephen Steeves and Unknown, on 1 Dec 1876.1 (Maria Sibel Steeves was born on 10 Nov 1851,7 8 died on 20 Dec 1921 8 and was buried in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 8.)
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Sources
1
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: 67.
2
Library and Archives of Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 23 Jan 2009), Census record for Caleb Bishop; Albert County, Hillsborough, pg. 2, Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6439.
3
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 Caleb Bishop; Ancestry.com image scan.
4
1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Albert, Hillsborough, p. 74, Caleb Bishop; RG 31; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm, item ancestry.com census image scan.
5
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 30 Jan 2009), Death of 2 children from diptheria.
6
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 5 Oct 2009), Appointment of Caleb Bishop.
7
Library and Archives of Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 23 Jan 2009), Census record for Maria Sibel Steeves Bishop; Albert County, Hillsborough, pg. 2, Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6439.
8
M. Helena Lewis, New Brunswick Cemeteries Albert County, digital images (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mhlewis/new_brunswick_cemeteries.htm : accessed 7 Feb 2009), Headstone of Maria Bishop, Murdocks/Steeves Cemetery.
