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Thomas Bishop
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Thomas Bishop 1 2 3
- Born: 29 Feb 1816, Harvey Bank, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 1 2 4
- Marriage: Eliza Catherine Beckwith on 28 Sep 1837 1 2
- Died: 25 Oct 1900, Harvey Bank, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada aged 84 1 4
- Buried: Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 5
 Burial Notes:
Thomas Bishop was buried in Bay View Cemetery.
Inscription:
Thomas Bishop
died
Oct. 25 1900
aged 84 years
Eliza C
wife of
Thomas Bishop
died Mar 13, 1896
aged 78 years
Noted events in his life were:
• Residence, Abt 1825, Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 6
• Census: Canadian, 1851, Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 7
• Occupation: farmer: Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 1 8 9
• Alt. Death, 28 Oct 1900. 1 2
Thomas married Eliza Catherine Beckwith, daughter of Beckwith and Unknown, on 28 Sep 1837.1 2 (Eliza Catherine Beckwith was born on 25 Mar 1818 in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada,1 2 died on 12 Mar 1896 in Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 1 2 and was buried in Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 10.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Honours: their 50th Wedding Anniversary, 29 Sep 1887, Harvey Bank, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 11 Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 69 Number 653.
Date October 3 1887
County Westmorland
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times
'Observer' - Last Thursday eve., relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas BISHOP assembled at their residence in Harvey (Albert Co.) to join the celebration of their 50th anniversary of their marriage. Among the gifts worthy of special mention was a gold headed cane made by Mr. Bishop's son, Eliphalet W. BISHOP who resides in Boston. During the eve. a telegram of regret at inability to be present was read from Thomas DEWITT, a grandson of the aged couple, also holds a position of telegraph operator in Montreal. Letters of regret were also received from Mrs. BELYEA of Shediac, Capt. Edward BISHOP and Willard BISHOP. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop have five sons and two daughters living. They have 26 grandchildren now living, four dead, two grandchildren married and one great grandchild. Mr. Bishop who isin 72nd year and has one brother living, was born in the year 1800 and is 87 years old, five brothers and two sisters died at advanced ages. Mrs. Bishop has two sisters living. (see original for names of guests)
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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: 19.
2
Robert F. Fellows, "Genealogies (First Families) at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Canada," p. 124; report to Provincial Archives New Brunswick, Sixth Edition Jan 2006.
3
R. Wallace Hale, Early New Brunswick Probate Records, 1785-1835 (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), Ezra Bishop Sr. Will and Probate, 6 Sep 1833: 33.
4
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 2 Feb 2009), Death record of Thomas Bishop.
5
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 Thomas Bishop Bayview Cemetery.
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), Newspaper record of Thomas Bishop.
7
1851 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Albert County, sub-district 3, p. 13, Thomas Bishop; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com : accessed 9 Feb 2009).
8
1851 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Albert County, sub-district 3, p. 13, Andrew Bishop; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com : accessed 9 Feb 2009).
9
John Bearse Newcomb, Genealogical Memoir of the Newcomb Family (Chicago, Illinois: Knight & Leonard, 1874), 107.
10
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 for Eliza Catherine Beckwith Bishop, Bayview Cemetery.
11
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 2 Feb 2009), 50th Wedding Anniversary party for Thomas and Eliza Bishop.
