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Eliza Catherine Beckwith (1818-1896)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Thomas Bishop Ezra Chipman Bishop Elmina Rachel Bishop+ Margaret Ann Bishop Wells Bishop Capt. James Edward Bishop+ John Freeman Bishop Henry Alonzo Bishop Eliphalet Wentworth Bishop Calvin Bishop Violet Eva Bishop Willard E. Bishop Eliza Catherine Beckwith 1 2 3 Born: 25 Mar 1818, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada 1 2 Marriage: Thomas Bishop on 28 Sep 1837 1 2 Died: 12 Mar 1896, Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada aged 77 1 2 Buried: Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 4   Burial Notes: Eliza Catherine Beckwith Bishop was buried in Bayview Cemetery. Inscription: Eliza C wife of Thomas Bishop died Mar 13, 1896 aged 78 years Inscription: Thomas Bishop died Oct. 25 1900 aged 84 years   Noted events in her life were: • Cemetery Headstone: Bayview Cemetery. 4 Inscription: Eliza C wife of Thomas Bishop died Mar 13, 1896 aged 78 years Inscription: Thomas Bishop died Oct. 25 1900 aged 84 years • Residence, Abt 1837-1896, Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5 • Census: Canadian, 1851, Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 6 • Alt. Death, 12 Mar 1896, Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 7 • Alt. Death, 13 Mar 1898. 2 Eliza married Thomas Bishop, son of Ezra Bishop and Jerusha Newcomb, on 28 Sep 1837.1 2 (Thomas Bishop was born on 29 Feb 1816 in Harvey Bank, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada,1 2 8 died on 25 Oct 1900 in Harvey Bank, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 1 8 and was buried in Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 9.)   Noted events in their marriage were: • Honours: their 50th Wedding Anniversary, 29 Sep 1887, Harvey Bank, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 10 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)

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 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.

4 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.

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 2 Feb 2009), Death record for Eliza Catherine Beckwith Bishop.

6 1851 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Albert County, sub-district 3, p. 13, Eliza Catherine Beckwith Bishop; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com : accessed 9 Feb 2009).

7 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), Death record of Eliza Catherine Beckwith Bishop.

8 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.

9 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.

10 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.