Melville United Church Cemetery, Kincardine, New Brunswick: Looking for First Colonists

Stone for Alexander and Euphemia (Wilson) Cocker and their son at Melville United Church cemetery

Named here are over 100 passengers from the Castalia journey in May 1873 that are buried at Melville United Church Cemetery in Kincardine, New Brunswick. (Head of household is named first, followed by spouse, and children. Note that other children may have been born before the journey in Scotland that did not make the trip. Also, children born in New Brunswick are not listed.)

1. James Booth Adam died 1924 age 83
   wife Agnes “Maisie” McLellan died 1895 age 63
   her children from her previous marriage:
   John E Brechin/Adam 1879 age 19
   James Edward Adam 1927 age 64
   Agnes Edward Adam 1941 age 76 [wife of John “Jack” Stevenson onboard Sidonian]
   son of James Booth Adam and Agnes McLellan:
   William Adam 1951 age 83
2. James Aitken died 1907 age 84
   wife Jessie Hamilton died 1896 age 61
3. William Bain died 1929 age 83
   wife Margaret McArthur died 1880 age 37
4. James Findlater died 1888 age 46
   wife Mary Jane Begg died 1900 age 55;
   sons:
   William Findlater 1891 age 21
   George Findlater 1903 age 30
5. Margaret Brown Robertson died 1921 age 74 [wife of George Robertson]
6. David Burns died 1898 age 89
   wife Margaret Stevenson died 1897 age 87
7. James Cocker died 1884 age 48
   wife Helen Chapman died 1877 age 31;
   his brother:
   Alexander D. Cocker died 1903 age 60
   and his wife Euphemia Wilson died 1902 age 64;
8. Catherine Coutts Chapman died 1883 age 50 (widow of Charles Chapman died 1874, age 56, burial site unknown;)
   sons:
   John Chapman died 1899 age 41
   and his wife Jessie Miller McKenzie 1945 age 87;
   Alexander “Sandy” Chapman died 1946 age 90
   and his wife Elizabeth “Betsy”McConnell died 1899 age 35 (daughter of William McConnell;)
9. Andrew Davidson died 1917 age 76
   wife Margaret Irvine died 1917 age 80;
   children:
   Joseph Davidson 1953 age 79
   and his wife Annie M. Stewart 1903 age 28 (daughter of Robert Stewart);
   Andrew Davidson 1958 age 92;
10. Annie Dawson died 1880 age 28 (first wife of Arthur Robertson)
11. John Drum died 1929 age 80
    wife Isabella Marr/Robertson died 1932 age 87;
    children:
    Christina Drum Phillips 1911 age 29
    Sgt. Alexander Marr Drum 1922 age 45
    Jean Drum 1971 age 90
12. Andrew Ellis died 1918 age 83
    wife Annie Hasting McBeath died 1919 age 79;
    son: John McBeath Ellis 1935 age 66
13. James Bell Finnie died 1876 age 47
    wife Helen Mitchell died 1876 age 46;
    children:
    James Alexander Finnie Jr. 1876 age 21
    Mary Helen Finnie 1877 age 21
    William Finnie 1891 age 22
14. Alexander Hunter died 1895 age 74
    wife Caroline Davidson died 1917 age 86;
    son: Andrew Hunter 1907 age 46
15. James Simpson Kelman died 1903 age 66
    wife Margaret Sangster died 1916 age 80;
    children:
    Christina Kelman Lowe 1933 age 71 (wife of William S. Lowe)
    John Kelman 1935 age 72
16. John Ledingham died 1883 age 75
    Agnes Allan died 1881 age 68;
    sons:
    James Ledingham 1881 age 28
    Peter Ledingham 1932 age 78
17. David Lowe died 1911 age 77
    wife Jane B. Mitchell died 1917 age 92;
    son: William S. Lowe 1926 age 69
    and his wife Christina Kelman died 1933 age 71 (daughter of James Simpson Kelman;)
18. Peter Machray died 1909 age 77
    wife Jane/Jean Malcolm died 1889 age 71
19. Alexander Mackie died 1919 age 69 (nephew of Annabelle Bain Paterson)
20. William Lawrence MacPhail died 1921 age 79
    wife Jean Marshall died 1917 age 73;
    son: William E. MacPhail 1949 age 81
21. Alexander B. “Sandy” Matheson died 1904 age 65
    wife Johanna Ross died 1916 age 75;
    sons:
    William Matheson 1936 age 68
    Alexander Matheson 1948 age 79
22. Francis “Frank” Mavor died 1914 age 84
    wife Catharine Thomson died 1911 age 81;
    children:
    Francis Mavor 1897 age 35
    Mary Thomson Mavor Taylor 1939 age 82
    and her husband Joseph Taylor 1885 age 42;
    James Thomas Mavor 1940 age 75
    Leslie Mavor 1962 age 89
23. William McConnell died 1891 age 65
    wife Mary Will died 1917 age 93;
    children:
    William McConnell 1924 age 66
    Elizabeth “Betsy” McConnell Chapman 1899 age 35 (see Alexander “Sandy” Chapman)
24. John “Jack” McKenzie died 1899 age 51;
    his brother:
    William McKenzie died 1908 age 65
    and his wife Isabella A. Bissett died 1903 age 54
    daughter: Euphemia Taylor McKenzie 1946 age 79 (married Robert Robertson Cameron died 1957 age 93)
25. James McNichol died 1892 age 67
    wife Jane McLean died 1916 age 89
26. Annabella Bain Paterson died 1888 age 72 [widow of Andrew Paterson died Scotland before 1871;]
    sons:
    Alexander C. Paterson 1883 age 36
    John Patterson 1884 age 40
    William Paterson 1898 age 56
    her brother:
    John Bain 1887 age 66
    John’s daughter:
    Elizabeth Bain Paul died 1905 age 63
    and her husband William Paul died 1925 age 83
    and their son: William Bain Paul 1896 age 29
27. William Scott died 1892 age 35
28. John Sheriffs died 1879 age 59
29. William Smith died 1918 age 83
    wife Christina Robertson died 1902 age 75;
    her son: David Robertson Murray 1932 age 69
30. Robert Stewart died 1879 age 51
    wife Julia Isabella Grubb died 1921 age 80;
    their son: Thomas Stewart 1952 age 79;
    sons with Robert’s first wife in Scotland:
    Henry Stewart 1884 age 23
    Charles Stewart 1884 age 22
    Alexander Stewart 1895 age 37
    David Stewart 1898 age 34
31. Thomas Watt died 1897 age 81
    wife Jane Nevin died 1901 age 71;
    children:
    Agnes S. Watt 1918 age 56
    Charles Watt 1924 age 60
    Isabella L. Watt 1932 age 75
    David Watt 1935 age 82
    William Watt 1948 age 79
32. Robert Webster died 1891 age 49 cholera
    wife Mary Munro died 1891 age 47 cholera

Sidonian passengers May 1874 buried at Melville United Church Cemetery:

1. Jessie (Hamilton) Aitken died 1896 age 61
2. Jean (Minto) Brown died 1895 age 57
   son: William D. Brown 1911 age 53
3. Benjamin Niddrie died 1844 age 53
   wife Caroline Burns died 1933 age 83
4. Barbara (Watson) Sheriffs died 1888 age 90
   Georgina (Greig) Sheriffs died 1890 age 65
   children:
   John Sheriffs died 1933 age 75
   Barbara Georgina (Sheriffs) McConnell 1902 age 41
   George Greig “Geordie” Sheriffs 1965 age 94
   Burnett Sheriffs, unknown
5. John J. “Jack” Wilson Stevenson died 1930 age 67

Looking for First Colonists at Upper Kintore Cemetery, New Brunswick

Some of the Sidonian passengers who arrived in the Scotch Colony in May 1874 are buried in the Upper Kintore Cemetery.

Upper Kintore Cemetery established 1876 (photo 2012)

1. William White Christie was 78 years old when he died in 1922. His wife Isabella Murray died seven years later at age 80. They emigrated with three young daughters, Margaret age 6, Rose age 2, and an infant named Mary Ann. Ten more children were born in the Colony.
2. John Connon died in 1922, age 80 and is buried in an unmarked grave. If one stands in the cemetery facing the road, John’s property is to the left. Grain grew there the summer of 2023. Look for the replica of the Connon pump in the middle of the field. His wife Elizabeth Campbell died possibly between 1911 and 1921.
3. Thomas Cumming was 85 years old when he died in 1910 at the home of his son Robert in Mars Hill, ME. Thomas was married three times. His first wife was buried in Scotland. The others were buried with him in Upper Kintore: Mary Jack, age 44, died 1875, and Betsy Hutcheon, age 76, died 1913. Thomas Cumming’s daughters are buried with him: Helen, age 17, died 1881; Mary Innes, age 23, died 1882; Elizabeth Cumming Ledingham, age 25, died 1891.
4. William Shepherd was 70 years old when he died in 1878, less than four years after arriving in the Colony. His wife Isabella Dowell died three years later, age 67. The grave is unmarked.
5. James Farquhar was 92 years old when he died in 1922. His wife Margaret Ross died two years later, age 88. They emigrated with four young children. Buried here also are their children: William died 1878 age 2; Mary Ann Farquhar Paterson, died 1907 age 41; and John, died 1962 age 88.
6. James Findlay, possibly a widower when he arrived in the Colony, farmed lot 118. He was joined by his four sons about 1875. James died in 1914 age 85. His son George became a Presbyterian minister.
7. Donald Innes, church elder for 49 years and court crier in Andover, and his wife Elizabeth French were 84 and 82 years of age when they died in 1926 and 1923, respectively. His death was reported in the Fort Fairfield Review:

Oct. 10, 1928: “The death Donald Innis of Upper Kintore, N. B., at his home September 29, in his 88th year, removes an old landmark from Scotch Colony. Mr. Innis was born in Scotland, coming here with his wife and five children in 1874 with the first settlers of Kintore and Kincardine. Mr. Innis was one of the first members of the Seed Growers’ Association, and always took pride in the purity and quality of his grain. He held diplomas from the Paris and Glasgow exhibitions, also the silver cup presented by Steel Briggs in Canada in 1907.”

Donald, lot 146, was one of the elders present at the dedication of the Upper Kintore Church in 1893. Buried with their parents are sons born in Scotland: John (1911, age 42); Charles (1934, age 70); and James, born Upper Kintore (1943, age 65.)

8. The death of Alexander Martin, tailor and crofter, was reported back in Scotland on March 23, 1909 in the Inverness Courier:
   “Died at Upper Kintore, New Brunswick, Canada, on the 18th February, Alex. Martin, Farmer, eldest Son of the late Thomas Martin, Black Park, Muirtown, Inverness. American and Australian papers please copy.”
   Emigrating with two-year old Abigail (died 1888, age 16, TB) and infant son Alexander, he and his wife Mary Maitland Knight had eight more children born in the Colony, several later living in the greater Woodstock, NB/Houlton, ME area. The Martin family lived on Tower Road, lot 49. Infant son William lived only a few months before his death in 1881. Mary was only 52 years old when she died in 1898.
9. Jane Milne, the oldest of the three children in her family at seven years old on the Sidonian, married George Anderson in 1894. Her early death was reported in the Fort Fairfield Review:

June 8, 1899: “Died on the fourth with only two days’ illness, Jennie the beloved wife of George Anderson and daughter of John Milne Esq. Kintore. She leaves a disconsolate husband, two little children one only a year old, a father, brothers, and sisters, and many other friends who deeply feel the loss of one so much beloved. But they sorrow not without hope for her’s was a beautiful Christian life and in death she was calm and peaceful. The community deeply sympathizes with the husband and friends in the their sad and sudden bereavement.”

Jane Milne Anderson’s father, John Milne (died 1906, age 71), was a deacon and Sunday School teacher, and lost his wife Jane/Jennie Phillip in 1891, age 51. Seven more children were born in the Colony, several later moving to Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

10. James Patterson and his wife Jane/Jean Milton emigrated with four young children. Six more were born in NB. James spent time in BC in his later years and died there in 1905, age 62. Jane died after 1916, as the following newspaper clipping supports:

July 19, 1916 Upper Kintore: “On Friday last Mrs. John Martin entertained in honor of her sister Miss Isabel Martin, the guests being Mrs. James Patterson, Mrs. William Christie, and Mrs. John Christie.”

Patterson children born in Scotland that are buried in Upper Kintore include: Jean Patterson Carle, died 1912, age 42; Annie Patterson Lewis, died 1960, age 88; and born in Upper Kintore: Alexander, died 1956, age 80; and William, died 1957, age 88.

11. Archibald Murray was predeceased two years prior to his death in 1879 by his wife Isabella Murray, age 52. He had been a causeway stone dresser in Scotland. His death was reported in The Daily Telegraph of Saint John, NB:

“d. Upper Kintore, New Kincardine (Victoria Co.) 16th inst., Archibald MURRAY, native of Morayshire, and lately of Auchmill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, age 60, left large family;”

The Murrays had ten children. The younger children in the family, William, John, Ann, and Mary, ages 18 to 6, arrived on the Sidonian with their parents. Some children born earlier may have stayed in Scotland and some emigrated at other times. [See above for their daughter Isabella Murray, wife of William Christie, #1.]

12. Andrew Phillips was a farmer of 173 acres at Quartons, Drumoak, Scotland in 1871. He was 80 years old when he emigrated with his wife Isabella Keith, their adult sons Andrew (died 1918, age 81), William (died 1921, age 78), and James (died 1884, age 35), and a 5-year old girl Isabella Phillips. His death in 1876 was the seventh recorded in the Scotch Colony.

The death of Isabella Keith Phillips, mother of nine, was reported in Scotland on December 16, 1893 in the Aberdeen People’s Journal:

“At Upper Kintore, Victoria County, New Brunswick, America, on the 20th Novermeber, Isabella Keith, relict of Andrew Philip, later farmer, Quartons, Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in her 75th year.”

13. William Robertson, farmer of 48 acres from Aboyne, Scotland, died at age 52, just two years after emigrating, leaving his widow Martha Balfour with six children: William, Agnes, Margaret, Martha, Mary, and James.
14. Joseph Stevenson, salmon fisher in Scotland, died in1899, age 81. His wife Janet Wilson died two years earlier, age 75. Four sons emigrated with their parents: Alexander 31; James 19 (died 1886 age 30); son George 16; Thomas 14 (died 1920, age 61); and John 12.

Further information can be found at Find A Grave and Rootsweb.

Castalia passengers May 1873 buried at Upper Kintore Cemetery:

1. Peter Anderson died 1837 age 72
   wife Isabella Shepherd died 1908 age 62
   children: George Anderson 1923 age 55
2. James Marr died 1892 age 70
   wife Mary C. Gray died 1891 age 73
3. James Hutcheon died 1926 age 82
4. Elizabeth Ledingham (Mavor) Barclay died 1921 age 57
5. Elizabeth (McKenzie) Morrison died 1876 age 36
6. John Robertson died 1897 age 77

Sidonian passengers May 1874 buried at Bissett Cemetery (private property), Upper Kintore:

William Bissett died 1884 age 78
wife Euphemia Taylor died 1878 age 62
children:
Mary (Bissett) Stevenson 1878 age 35
and her son: “Frank” Francis Merryweather Stevenson 1878 age 9;
Euphemia Taylor (Bissett) Winter died 1939 age 92;
grandson of William Bissett and Euphemia Taylor:
John “Jack” Keillor 1876 age 14

The McNichol Family in Scotch Colony

James McNichol, age 48, and his wife Jane McLean, age 46, arrived in New Brunswick onboard the Castalia on May 12, 1873. They soon occupied Lot 3 in the Scotch Colony, opposite the Melville Church. Their land grant for their farm of 100 acres was dated December 28, 1876.

Back in Scotland, James was a currier at St. Nicholas, Aberdeenshire in the 1861 and 1871 censuses, living with his wife Jane and her daughter Emelie Shaw ( born about 1860 in Nairn.)

James was secretary of the Kincardine Agricultural Society for many years. He was in charge of making a fire to keep the church warm and did other types of duties at the church, such as maintaining the fence (in return he received the grass from the church property.)

It’s said that the minister lived with the McNichols before the Manse was built, just up the hill from the church.

James was born in 1825 at Alloa, Scotland. He died at age 67 on August 5, 1892 at Lower Kincardine, New Brunswick, where his funeral on August 18 was attended by many folks. His wife Jane lived another 24 years in Kincardine where she died in September 1916 at age 89. They were both buried at Melville Church.

Jane McLean McNichol was born January 28, 1827/8 at Nairn, Scotland. In 1882 she was a midwife. She is mentioned in the Fort Fairfield Review as follows:

July 22, 1903: “Mrs. Georg Anderson spent last week with her grandmother Mrs. McNicol at Kincardine.”
Jan. 24, 1906: Kintore, NB: “Mrs. McNicol, Kincardine, spent Tuesday with her granddaughter Mrs. George Andrews” [Anderson.]
June 24, 1908: “Mrs. George Anderson is visiting her grandmother Mrs. James McNichol in Kincardine, who has not been well as usual.”
Mar. 17, 1909, Kilburn: “The Scotch people of Lower Kincardine gave Mrs. McNicol a surprise party on Monday evening. A number of little gifts were left. Lunch was served, and enjoyed a very pleasing social time.”

Jane’s daughter, Emelie Shaw, was a 20 year old cotton millworker in 1871. On July 10, 1873 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Emelie Shaw married William Gibbs Meadow (born about 1841 Leverington, England, died before 1920). William was a soldier in 1871, pensions gardener in 1881, and postman in 1891, all in England where they lived. Two of their eight children, Emily Louise Meadows and William James Meadows, came to Scotch Colony about 1891. and 1903 respectively A third named George William Meadows also came to the USA.

On October 25, 1900 In Victoria County, NB, Emily Louise Meadows (1876 Dublin, Ireland-1929 Perth-Andover, NB) married George Anderson (August 11, 1868 Nopich, Scotland- September 20, 1923 Upper Kintore, NB). They had eight children. (George’s first wife, Jennie Milne, died at age 32 in 1899, leaving two young sons.) George was a little boy on the Castalia in May 1873, son of blacksmith Peter Anderson and his wife Isabella Shepherd. George Anderson’s farm of 40 years in Upper Kintore, lot 120 N 1/2, was granted on September 9, 1894. George, Emily and Jennie were buried in the Upper Kintore Cemetery.

Grandson of the McNichols, Emily’s younger brother, William James Meadows (1879 England-1946 NY), was married in 1905 in Boston to Elizabeth Coutts (born 1874 Kintore, NB.) (Elizabeth’s parents, William Coutts and Mary Craigie, were also Castalia passengers, along with her older siblings. William was granted lot 150W with 375 acres near Tobique River in 1878.) The Meadows lived in Boston for a while where he was a boilermaker, and their two sons were born. By 1920, the family lived in Connecticut where he was foreman of a plumbing shop.

The Fort Fairfield Review reported:
August 26, 1903: “William Meadows of Sunderland, England, is visiting his sister Mrs. George Anderson.”
July 27, 1927: Tobique: “Mrs. Emily Anderson and [son] Kenneth were visiting Mrs. William Meadows [her brother’s wife, Elizabeth] at William Coutts’ one day last week.“

Another grandson of Jane and James McNichol was George William Meadows whose naturalization record states that he departed his Perth, NB residence and arrived at Fort Fairfield, ME, presumably on his way to Boston in 1923 at age 36. During WWII, he was employed at the Boston Navy yard as a loftsman.

In 1923 the 50th anniversary of the Scotch Colony was held at the McNicol farm. Here is a rare photo showing the McNicol house and horse shed with Melville Church opposite.

John Webster, Colonist, of Lot 10 in New Kincardine, New Brunswick

John Webster was granted 182 acres lot 10 on October 12, 1885. He was a farmer, Presbyterian deacon in August 1875, school trustee in 1878, and board member of the Kincardine Agricultural Society. In the 1881 census he is age 43, farming, and living with his second wife Jessie Milne age 30 and nine children ages 19 to 1.

He was born in Durris, Kincardineshire, Scotland on Jan 7, 1837/8. He was a crofter with 16 acres in 1871 at Boghead District in Kintore and emigrated, probably from there, in 1873. He died on August 8, 1888 at age 50 after living in Lower Kincardine for fifteen years and was buried at Melville Church cemetery in Kincardine.

Isabella Yeoman married John Webster on November 29, 1860 in Kintore, Scotland. She lived her life there (1839-1870, two weeks after childbirth) and was buried in the Kintore Kirkyard. Their eight children, all born in Kintore, Scotland, emigrated to New Brunswick as children with their father and new stepmother, except the little girl Jessie who had died. When the children grew up, they all eventually moved to the Boston area to live and marry, except as noted below. One daughter Matilda moved to California after her husband died in 1924. [Matilda’s son , Albert (1900-2003) had his photo taken while seated next to his grandfather’s gravestone when he visited the Scotch Colony as an elderly man.]

Jane (1861-before 1927) married George Mitchell, boilermaker, in 1889 in Rhode Island. Her move to MA was in 1880.
Catherine (1862-?) married Charles Hunt, evangelist, in 1916. She worked as a domestic in MA.
Margaret (1863-1912) married James Loring, house painter, in 1895. She moved to MA in 1885.
Elizabeth (1866-1948) married John Dunlop, boilermaker, in 1885. She moved in 1883 to MA. Her young family resided back in Scotland about 1891-1892.
Jessie (1867-before 1871) was the child that died in Scotland.
Mary (1868-1942) married Henry Holdstock, upholsterer, in 1888. She moved in 1888 to MA.
Matilda (1869-1951) married John Smith, longshoreman, in 1891 in Halifax. She resided in Halifax, Boston, and Los Angeles. Their young family moved in 1906 to MA.
Robert (1870-1951), brick mason, married Agnes Donald in 1895. He moved in 1890 to MA.

According to US census data , the siblings immigration dates to MA were: Jane 1880, Elizabeth 1883, Margaret 1885, Mary 1888, Robert 1890, and Matilda 1906. Note that their father had died in 1888.

Jessie Milne married John Webster, a widower with seven children, on November 25, 1871 in Kintore Scotland. She had been a domestic servant in his household prior to becoming his wife. She was born in Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland March 3, 1851 (to farmer Alex Milne and his wife Isabella Selby), and died in 1933 in Medford, MA at age 81. She moved to MA in 1890 according to the 1910 census, but she is also recorded as a widow with four children ages 16 to 8 in the 1891 census of the Scotch Colony. In 1910 Jessie Milne Webster was living in Cambridge, MA as caregiver for her granddaughter May Walkinshaw age 14. In 1930 Jessie Webster is living in Medford, MA with her adult children, Alexander and Anna, and her granddaughter May Walkinshaw, age 32.

Jessie Milne and John Webster had six children, all born in Stonehaven, New Brunswick. The four oldest children all moved to MA where they lived their adult lives.

Helen (1875-1901) married twice, first to John Walkinshaw in 1893 in Boston. Their daughter May was raised by her grandmother, Jessie Milne Webster. Helen was later married to Robert Young, sometime after 1894. She lived in Boston in 1893. She died in childbirth.
John “Jack” (1877-1963) married Hattie Irving in 1904 in Newton, MA. He was two-term mayor was Somerville, MA. He moved to MA in 1891. He worked as an engineer and later in real estate. He attended the 50th anniversary of the Scotch Colony and recalled his youth there. Here is a story about the young Jack Webster.
Alexander (1879-1959) married his wife Helen in 1930 in Medford, MA. He moved to MA in 1895. He was a provisions salesman. He lived his later years in Belmont, MA where he is buried.
Anna (1882-1975) moved to MA in 1893 where she worked as a domestic servant. Throughout her life, she lived with various members of her family. She died in Norfolk, MA.
George (1886-1886) died at 5 months in Lower Kincardine, New Brunswick.
William (1885/7-1887/9) died age 10 months at Lower Kincardine, New Brunswick from consumption.

The Websters faced much pain during their lives in Scotland, New Brunswick, and Massachusetts.

Gordon Family of Upper Kintore, NB via Sidonian, May 1874

Listed on Sidonian in May 1874 were James Gordon 28, his wife Catherine (Thomson) Gordon 28, and their children: George 7, Mary 3, and Elizabeth, infant. James Gordon, farmer, was granted lot 51 Kintore [south side of Tower Road] in 1885.

This family was hit hard by early deaths and the surviving members began the move to Saskatchewan about 1905.

Family members were:
James Arthur Gordon (1837 Slain, Aberdeen, Scotland-1895 Upper Kintore, NB), bur. Upper Kintore, NB, age 58 TB
married 1870 at Nigg, Scotland to Catherine L. Thomson (1846 Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland-1925 SK), bur. SK, age 79;

Children:
George Charles Gordon (1867 St. Nicholas, Scotland-1899 Upper Kintore, NB), bur. Upper Kintore, NB with wife and sons; age 31 TB; m. Sarah Bryant (1874 Sherman, ME-1914 Upper Kintore, NB); 5 children: infant Catharine (1892-93); James (1894-1918 Monchy); Chester (1894-?); Helen (1897-1975), bur. BC; infant George (1898-98);

Mary Gordon (1871 St. Nicholas, Scotland-1887 Fredericton, NB), age 16;

Elisabeth Gordon (1873 Scotland-1890 Upper Kintore, NB), age 17; TB

Alexander Thomson Gordon (1875 Upper Kintore, NB-1904 Upper KIntore, NB), bur. Upper Kintore, NB; age 29; “some months illness;”

James Arthur Gordon (1877 Upper Kintore, NB-1899), bur. Upper Kintore, NB; age 22;

William Gordon (1879 Upper Kintore, NB-1947), age 67; bur. SK: m. Ann R. Milne* (1882 Upper Kintore, NB-1955); bur. SK; 2 children: Norman b. (1913-88); William (1916-2011 SK);

Robert Watson Gordon 1(882 Upper Kintore-1932 SK), age 50; m. 1906 Christine Phillips (1887 NB-1967 SK), age 80; 4 children: Jennie (1906-?); Robert (1908 Perth, NB-1988 Swift Current, SK); Grace (1909 SK-?); Clarence (1915 SK-?);

Nellie /Ellen Elspet Gordon (1884-1901), bur. Upper Kintore, NB; age 17

Francis Mavor Gordon (1887 Upper Kintore, NB-1939 SK), age 51; m. 1909 Mary Ethel Jenkins (1888 Tobique River, NB-1978 SK); 7 children: Helena (1910-?); Gladys (1911-?); Calvin (1913 SK-1960 SK); Cyril (1914 SK-Sept. 1943 At sea), WWII; Milton George (1921 SK-June 1943 England), WWII; Dellis; Alma (1921-?);

Gordon family deaths in chronological order were:

daughter Mary Gordon 1887 Fredericton, NB; age 16;
daughter Elisabeth Gordon 1890 Upper Kintore, NB; age 17; TB
father James Arthur Gordon 1895 Upper Kintore, NB; bur. Upper Kintore, NB, age 58 TB
son George Charles Gordon, March 1899 Upper Kintore, NB, age 31 TB
son James Arthur Gordon July 1899; bur. Upper Kintore, NB; age 22;
daughter Nellie /Ellen Elspet Gordon 1901; bur. Upper Kintore, NB; age 17
son Alexander Thomson Gordon 1904 Upper KIntore, NB; age 29, “some months illness;’
mother Catherine L. Thomson Gordon 1925 SK; bur. SK, age 79;
son Robert Watson Gordon 1932 SK; age 50
son Francis Mavor Gordon 1939 SK; age 51
son William Gordon 1947; age 67; bur. SK

Three infants of George & Sarah Gordon died: Catharine (1892-3), Chester (1894), and George (1898).

Died in World Wars were grandsons:
James Arthur Gordon 1918 Monchy, bur. Upper Kintore, NB (parents George & Sarah Gordon)
Cyril James Gordon 1943 At Sea, lost with 150 hands of the Canadian Destroyer St. Croix (parents Francis & Mary Ethel Gordon)
Milton George Gordon 1943 England, R.C.A.F. Died in action, plane crash following take off, bur. England (parents Francis & Mary Ethel Gordon)

*Ann R.Milne’s six siblings also went to SK: [Ann’s parents, John Milne (1835 Scotland-1906 Rumford Falls, ME) and Jane Shewan (1840 SC-1891 Upper Kintore, NB, cholera), and their 4 eldest children were on the Sidonian in May 1874, and took lot 112 Upper Kintore. Six more children were born in NB]; [The 1926 census for Bone Creek, SK lists 3 Milne brothers: Alex, James, & Lewis and also a fourth brother William in Arlington, SK.]

Milne siblings that went to SK included:
Helen Milne (1870 Newhills, SC-1953 BC); nurse 1921 Swift Current, SK; m. 1897 John McLean; 4 children;

John Milne (1872 Fetteresso, SC-1931), bur. Bristol, MA; listed in 1906 SK census, but returns to east; m. at Rumford Falls, ME in 1902 Etta Ruff (1884 Carlton County, NB-1957), bur. Bristol, MA;

William Philip Milne (1875 Upper Kintore, NB-1945), bur. SK; m. 1906 Edith Porter (1879 Bairdsville, NB-1916 Andover, NB); m. Flora Vance (1891 Nova Scotia-?), bur. SK;

James Milne (1878 Kintore, NB-1945), bur. SK; m. Alice ? (1873 Nova Scotia-?), bur. SK;

Alexander Stewart Milne (1880 Upper Kintore, NB-1965), bur. SK; m. Alice ? (1892 Nova Scotia-?), bur. SK;

Lewis Charles Stuart Milne (1884 NB-1942 BC); Farmer SK; m. Louisa Forbes (1893 Quebec-1954 BC);

Brothers, Frank, Robert & William Gordon, and their mother Catharine and Alexander & James Milne moved to Saskatchewan. William Gordon married Ann Milne. Robert married Chrissie Philips.

The following news items from the Fort Fairfield Review tell more about the move from NB to become residents in SK:

Mar. 15, 1905: Kintore: Messrs. Gordon and Milne who are doing quite extensive business in hardwood, report they are nearly through with their operations for this winter.

Aug. 30, 1905: Kintore: Messrs. James Milne and William Gordon leave today (Saturday) for Manitoba.

Nov. 29, 1905: Kintore: Messrs J. Milne and W. Gordon have returned from the Northwest, where they went last August and purchased homesteads in Saskatchewan. They intend returning again in the early spring.

[note: William Gordon marries James Milne’s sister Ann]

Mar. 14, 1906: Milne Brothers and Gordon Brothers each loaded a car at Curry siding for the Northwest. Their homesteads are some 20 miles north of Swift Current. They loaded six horses, some cattle, a lot of feed and seed grain, farming utensils, lumber and all requirements for building, household effects, provisions and every necessary thing for a year. A number of friends gathered at the siding to see them off and wish them a safe journey and prosperity in their new home.

Aug. 22, 1906: Mrs. James Gordon, son Robert and two grandchildren left last week for Saskatchewan to join Mrs. Gordon’s son William, who went there last spring.

Dec. 4, 1906: Robert Gordon and Alexander Milne returned Monday from the Northwest, where they have each taken a quarter section of land in Saskatchewan. They will remain here during the winter and go west again in the early spring.

[note: 1911 Moose Jaw, Sk census shows the following living near each other: Robert & Christina (Philip) Gordon & 3 kids, William (son) & Catherine (mother) Gordon & her 2 grandkids; Milne bros.: Alex, Lewis, James;]

Mar. 1, 1916: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon and family of Webb, Sask., have returned to their home after a two months visit with Mrs. Gordon’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip.
The many friends of Mrs. Catherine Gordon were sorry to have her leave for her home in Webb, Sask. last week after a two months’ visit here. All hope to have her with us again.

Feb. 2, 1918: Tobique River: Frank Gordon with his wife and family, from Webb, Sask., are visiting among his friends in Kintore. He has been in the West some nine years.

1878 dedication of Melville church from the Aberdeen Press

The New Kincardineshire Church.– The settlers in New Kincardineshire, New Brunswick opened their new church on New Year’s Day as was sometime ago proposed. The day was fine and a vast crowd of neighbours from considerable distance on both banks of the river St. John attended the service, which was conducted by the Rev. D. M. Macline, D. D., of St. john, who was assisted by the Rev. C. N. Sinnet of Fort Fairfield, State of Maine, and we may add that the latter gentleman was accompanied by a considerable number of visitors from that State. The service commenced at 11 a.m., and by that being part of all the families in the new settlement, and the families long settled on the north bank of the great river, were present, and many friends who had driven on sleighs from distant localities. Dr. Macline opened the proceedings by praise, selecting the Old Hundredth Psalm. He then read II Chronicles, 6th chapter, then Rev. Mr. Melville, minister of the colony engaged in prayer; and Dr. Macline chose for his text Ephesians, chap. 5, verse 3, last clause–“Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself for it.” The discourse is described as very eloquent and was heard by the large audience with deep attention. At its close the 126th Psalm was sung. Next Dr. Macline prayed, and dedicated the building for divine worship. The audience were then addressed by the Rev. Mr. Sinnet, from Maine; and Rev. Mr. Melville, the minister of the colony, gave its history briefly, and remarked that the church, described as a very beautiful structure, had occupied more than twelve months since the foundation stone was placed in building. He said–“To God alone belongs the glory, but the joy and happiness are granted to us all in this good work.” The church was then named “Melville Church,” in commemoration of the great Scotch Reformer of that name, who died an exile from his native land on account of his efforts in favour of Presbyterian principles. Thereafter, Mr. Sinnet remarked that he greatly preferred that mode of conducting worship, both for its efficience and Scriptural simplicity. The 133rd Psalm was sung at the close of his remarks and the last four verses of the 122nd Psalm at the close of the service. Thereafter, the six elders and [seven?] deacons remained and closed the business of the day by a harmonious settlement with the contractors. Preceding the latter business, however, Mr. Watt, in name of the young people of the Kintore Road, presented Mr. Melville, their pastor, with a very fine family Bible. The church is described as in every respect a handsome and commodious building on the ground selected when the colony was formed and which will accomodate the River Bank population for several miles on each side; who are descended chiefly from the families of Scotch soldiers, who were discharged with grants of land and settled there and have prospered; but had neither church nor minister near them during all thse 64 years, and only occasional Sabbath service in a schoolhouse. The new settlement has introduced a new mode of thought, and has been the happy medium of bringing regular religious services to a neglected district. The amount collected for the cost of the church out of the colony was [535?] dollars, with 105 dollars for various matters therewith connected; and the bell, valued at 500 dollars, is the gift of the Anchor Line Shipping Co. of Glasgow. The erection of the church, preceded by two school houses, by the settlers in 6 1/2 years from the arrival of the earlier portion, is the best reply that can be given to the oft repeated statement that the new colonists have not before them reasonable hopes of succes on their own land, that they are rapidly bringing under cultivation.

Bissett Family Research

The Bissetts are an example of a family that immigrated to Scotch Colony on both the Castalia in May 1873 and on the Sidonian in May 1874. Two daughters immigrated with their husbands and children in 1873, becoming neighbors in Kincardine on lots 21 and 22.

The family is also an example of the controversy that ripped apart the Colony for a period of time around 1877. Times were so difficult in the Colony that a representative group mounted an exploratory journey to Kansas that resulted in a final split for the Bissett family. Two daughters left the Colony for Kansas with their young families.

Death was another difficulty that added pain to the struggle. Grandson John Keillor drowned in 1876, daughter Mrs. Mary Bissett Stevenson died in 1876 and her son Frank in 1878, infant of Euphemia Bissett and Archibald Winter named Mary died in 1877, and mother Euphemia Taylor Bissett died in 1878.

Flowers at Upper Kintore Church, Upper Kintore, NB at Annual Memorial Service in August 2018

Members of the Bissett family were among the passengers on the Sidonian, arriving in Scotch Colony in May 1874. Listed on passenger lists were father, William Bissett 52, mother Euphemia Taylor Bissett 54, daughter Catherine Bissett about 35 and her children Euphemia [Ritchie] 15 and John [Keillor] 13, daughter Euphemia 26, daughter Anne 12 [14], son William 12 [15], and three females with undetermined relationships: Isabella 7 [14/16], Jane Ann 5 [14], Helen infant [no record]. Another daughter Mrs. Mary Stevenson and her three sons were also onboard the Sidonian. Two daughters had immigrated with their families on the Castalia in 1874. The eldest son John does not appear on either passenger list.

Father: William Bissett 1806-1884 Upper Kintore, NB, age 77, farm named “Bandeau” on lot 128 Upper Kintore; buried Bissett Cemetery, Upper Kintore.
Mother: Euphemia Taylor 1816-1878 Upper Kintore, NB, age 60; buried Bissett Cemetery, Upper Kintore;

Children given in order of birth date:

John Bissett b. 1836

Catherine Bissett ca. 1838-1923 Oak Bay, Charlotte County, NB, age 84;
Sidonian passenger May 1874 ca. age 35 with her two children: son John Keillor 1861-1876 (drowned near Kilburn’s Landing on St. John River), age 15, buried Bissett Cemetery; daughter Euphemia Ritchie [McGuire] 1859-1949 Elmsville, NB, age 89;
note: Catherine Bissett marries four times: David Ritchie, John Keillor, Edward Morrisey/Morrison in Scotland, and Arthur Simpson Robertson in 1881 in Scotch Colony, NB;

Elizabeth Bissett 1840-1897 Kansas, age 56. 1857.
1857 married John Brough 1829-93 KS, age 64
Sidonian passenger May 1874: John Brough 43, wife Elizabeth 33; children: Jessie 14, Euphemia 12, Jemima 10, Margaret 8, Elizabeth 4; David 2;
lot 133 Upper Kintore, moved to KS ca 1877

Mary Bissett 1842-1878, Upper Kintore, NB, age 35. buried Bissett Cemetery, Upper Kintore, NB.
Sidonian passengers May 1874: Mrs. Mary Bissett Stevenson, 31 and her three sons: James 8; Alex 3; Frank 5;
1860 married James Stevenson 1843-died before 1874

Barbara Bissett 1845-1926, KS, age 81
1865 married Alexander Lawson 1842-1918 KS, farmer
Castalia 1873: Alex. Lawson, farmer, wife Barbara, three children: William, Alexander, and unknown, and his mother Agnes;
lot 22 Kincardine, moved to KS ca 1877

Euphemia Taylor Bissett 1847-1939, Upper Kintore, NB, age 92. buried with her husband at Bissett Cemetery, Upper Kintore, NB;
Euphemia Bissett 27 was a Sidonian passenger in May 1874.
July 20, 1875 married Archibald Winter 1846-1937, farmer (this was the first marriage recorded in Scotch Colony)
10 children: Elizabeth, Mary, Isabella, James, William, Margaret, Barbara, Arthur, Euphemia, Baby.

Isabella A. Bissett 1848/50-1903 Stonehaven, NB, age 54, buried with her husband and daughter at Melville Church.
1867 married William McKenzie 1843-1908, Stonehaven, NB, age ca. 65 [note: Wm. possibly died in Caribou, ME where he may have resided with his daughter’s family after his wife died.]
Castalia 1873: Wm McKenzie, farmer, wife Isabella Bissett, one child, Euphemia.
lot 21 Kincardine, farmer

William Taylor Bissett 1859-1910, Boston, MA, age 51, buried MA;
William age 15 was a Sidonian passenger in May 1974
1883 married Mary Donoghue 1854-1891, MA, age 37 and had two children: John, Infant.
1892 married Rachel Ross 1870-1905, MA, age 35 with whom he had 7 children: Malcolm, William, Infant, Catherine, Mazie, Margaret, George.

Annie Bissett 1862-1936, Andover, NB, age 72, buried Perth-Andover Baptist Church Cemetery, Perth-Andover, NB.
1885 married William Till, farmer, and had 7 children: Effie, Frederick, Elizabeth, William, Addie, Unknown, Catherine.
Annie was onboard the Sidonian age 12 with her family.

Summary:

Primary residences of the 9 children of Wm & Euphemia (Taylor) Bissett:

Kansas residents: Elizabeth Brough (lot 133 Kintore), Barbara Lawson (lot 22 Kincardine)
MA resident: William Bissett
NB residents: Catherine Robertson (lot A Kincardine), Mary Stevenson, Euphemia Winter (Upper Kintore), Isabella McKenzie (lot 21 Kincardine), Annie Till (Perth-Andover
unknown: John Bissett

Immigration of Bissett family to Scotch Colony, NB:

Castalia 1873:
daughter Barbara & husband Alex Lawson, 3 children & his mother; lot 22 Kincardine. NB; move to KS 1877.
daughter Isabella, husband Wm. McKenzie, one child. lot 21 Kincardine, NB
Note: two sisters occupy neighboring lots in Kincardine.

Sidonian 1874:
parents Wm & Euphemia (Taylor) Bissett, lot 128 Kintore
daughter Catherine & her children Euphemia Ritchie & John Keillor; resides lot A Kincardine after 1881.
daughter Elizabeth, husband John Brough & 6 children. lot 133 Kintore. move to KS
daughter Mary Bissett Stevenson d. 1878, widow, & 3 sons
daughter Euphemia
son William
daughter Annie

unknown: eldest son John Bissett

Ledingham Family of Kintore, New Brunswick

Some of the Ledingham family who were steerage passengers on the “Castalia” in 1873 included John Ledingham, age 65 farmer, his wife Agnes Allan, age 60 and two of their children, probably James age 21 and Agnes age 17. Son Peter, age 20 farmer, is listed separately on the list of ship’s passengers. Two other children, Jane/Jean and Alexander, had died previously in Scotland. Two other sons make their way to Canada also, John to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Robert to Saint John, NB.
Some details about the family follow.

Parents:
John Ledingham, farmer, was born in 1808 in Premnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died in 1883, age 75 at Kintore, NB. He was granted lot #5 in Kintore which he named “Ledingsdale.” John was elected one of the group of the first five church elders in the Colony. In 1881 John is widowed and living with his adult children: James who is a teacher, Peter who is a farmer, and Agnes, housekeeper.
John was predeceased by his wife Agnes Allan who was born in 1813 in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and died at age 68 in 1881 at Kintore, NB where she lived for about eight years.

Daughter:
Jane/Jean Ledingham 1842-1865 Scotland, age 23

Son:
John Ledingham, engineer, 1846-1897, age 50 tuberculosis at St. John’s, Newfoundland; Read more about John here.
predeceased by his wife Anna Maria Brown Rogers 1851-1895 age 44 TB
They married in 1877 at Newton-On-Ayr, Scotland and their first child was born in Newfoundland the next year.
Note, the death of their son James 1888-1917 WWI, KIA age 29. See his military record.

John’s children with Anna were:
Elizabeth 1878-1954 single, age 75, Newfoundland
John Emile 1880-1942 age 62, at sea
Robert 1882-1942 age 60 Glasgow
Agnes 1884-1962 age 78, married Robert Templeton, Newfoundland
Alexander 1886-1977 age 90, married Mary Watts, Newfoundland
James 1888-1917 WWI, age 29; KIA Broembeek River, Belgium and buried at Beaumont Hamel, France; Captain in Royal Newfoundland Regiment; Read more.
Anna 1891-1985 age 94 single, Newfoundland
Peter 1893-1978 age 85, Newfoundland, bank clerk?

Note: The children’s aunt Agnes Ledingham became their guardian after the death of their parents. The children’s ages at the time of their father’s death were approximately: Elizabeth 19, John 17, Robert 15, Agnes 13, Alexander 11, James 9, Anna 6, Peter 4.

Son:
Robert Ledingham, dry goods merchant, 1851-1911 age 60 tuberculosis, Saint John, NB
his wife Jean/Jane/Jeanie Willett 1851-1936 Saint John, NB

Robert’s children with Jean:
Janey/Jennie 1879-1895, age 21, NB, single
John 1880-1951 NB, m. Lydia Hubert
David 1882-?, m. Mary Caverhill
Robert 1884-1913, age 28 NB
Thomas 1886-after 1946 NB, m. Lillian Watson
James 1889-1912 NB, single

In the family of Robert Ledingham & Jean Willett in St. John, NB, the following four people died of TB:
father Robert Ledingham, 1911, age 60
daughter Janey 1899 age 21
son Robert B. 1913 age 28
son James 1912 age 22

Son:
James Ledingham, teacher, single, 1852-1881 age 28, Kintore, NB

Son:
Peter Ledingham, farmer, 1853-1932 age 78 Kintore, NB
1st wife married 1887 Elizabeth Cumming 1866-1891 age 25 TB, Kintore, NB
2nd wife married 1891 Isabella Robertson 1860-1934, age 73, Kintore, NB
Peter was a member of the July 1885 committee to build the manse in the Colony. Every year at his home, he and his wife served a trout dinner to his fellow deacons and their wives. In 1893 he was one of the deacons present at the dedication of the Upper Kintore Church. A set of seven egg cups that he made is displayed at King’s Landing near Fredericton, NB.

Ledingham stone at Melville cemetery: Peter Ledingham 1853-1932 His wife Isabella E. Daughter of Helen Berry and David Robertson Born in Kintore, Scotland

Son:
Alexander 1856-1857, infant, Scotland

Daughter:
Agnes Hellen Ledingham, single, guardian of her brother Robert’s children, 1856-1926, age 69, St. John’s, Newfoundland

An unexpected story about Agnes is here.

Burial Information for Family of Thomas Cumming

Thomas Cumming family, Scotland, circa 1868; back: William Spence, Margaret, John Jack, Mary Innes; seated: Jean Ann, James Morrison, mother Mary Jack, baby Elizabeth, little girl Helen, father Thomas Cumming, boy Thomas

Thomas Cumming’s family were all born in Scotland, except as noted.

Thomas “immigrated” twice, first on the Castalia in May 1873 with his two oldest children: Margaret age 18 and John Jack age 19. These two offspring stayed the winter of 1873-74 in the Scotch Colony while Thomas returned to Scotland to prepare to bring the rest of the family to Upper Kintore, New Brunswick on the Sidonian in May 1874. Betsy Hutcheon who later became the third wife of Thomas in 1877 was also a Sidonian passenger.

Thomas Cumming died age 85 in 1910 at Mars Hill, Maine and was buried in Upper Kintore, NB. He received Upper Kintore lot 40 grant in 1880.

Thomas had fourteen children by two wives. He also had a third wife but no children.

These are the first three children of Thomas Cumming with Maria Jack who died age 27 in 1855 in Scotland:

1. Jennie/Jean Cumming died age 40 in 1893 Peterborough, Ontario. Her burial is unknown. She married John W. Brown, plumber, in 1869 Scotland and immigrated with two children on Castalia 1873;

2. John Jack Cumming died age 37 in 1891 West Sullivan, Maine and was buried at Blaisdell Cemetery, North Sullivan, ME. He married Letitia Arabella Burnet Annand in 1875 at New Kincardine, NB. Records show he received Upper Kintore lot 46 grant in 1886. Five children were born in Upper Kintore. The family moved to ME about September 1882. Note: The Annand family were also Castalia passengers in 1873.

3. Margaret Cumming died age 75 in 1930 Kittery Point, Maine where she lived as a widow with her daughter and son-in-law. Margaret’s burial is unknown. She married William Henry Miller, steamer captain, in1874 at Woodstock, NB where they lived for many years. Nine children were born near Woodstock, NB. Her husband was buried in 1911 at Elmwood Cemetery, Haverhill, MA where they had retired to be near their sons.

Eleven more children were born to Thomas Cumming and his second wife Mary Jack who died age 44 in 1875 at Upper Kintore, NB and was buried Upper Kintore:

4. William Spence Cumming died in Easton, ME 1940, age 83, and was buried at Estes Park Cemetery, Easton, ME. He received Upper Kintore lot 54 grant in 1884. He married Annie Rae Duncan, a Castalia passenger, in 1884 at her father’s residence in Stonehaven, NB. They immigrated to farm in Easton in 1894. Annie died age 83 in 1945. One son David died of cholera in the Colony in 1891 but was removed to Estes Park Cemetery later. Six children were born in Upper Kintore and three in Easton.

5. Mary Innes Cumming died in Upper Kintore 1882, age 23, single, and was buried in Upper Kintore.

6. James Morrison Cumming died in New Hampshire 1938, age 77, and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Nashua, NH. He was a saw filer. James married in 1882 in Kincardine, NB at the bride’s father’s residence to Barbara Duncan, sister of Annie Rae. They moved after 1885 to the US, primarily residing in Nashua, NH. One daughter “Lizzie” Elizabeth Duncan died in 1889 age about two years and wass buried at Melville Cemetery, Kincardine, NB. There were four children, two born in Washburn, one in Upper Kincardine, and one in Shawmut, ME.

7. Thomas Cumming Jr. died in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick 1939, age 77, and was buried with his third wife at Plaster Rock Community Cemetery, Plaster Rock, NB. He was a farmer with five children. He received Upper Kintore lot 38 1/2 grant in 1884.

8. Helen Cumming died 1881 in Upper Kintore, age 17, single, and was buried in Upper Kintore;

9. Elizabeth Cumming died in 1891 in Upper Kintore, NB, age 25, suffering from consumption 1 1/2 years. There are markers for her at both Upper Kintore and Melville Cemeteries. She was married in 1887 at her father’s residence in Upper Kintore to Peter Ledingham, farmer and Castalia passenger. No children.

10. Elspet Cumming died in 1867 in Scotland, age one week.

11. Alexander R. Cumming died in 1948, Houlton, ME, age 80, and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, ME. He received Upper Kintore lot N44 and 47 grant in 1889. He was working in Sherbrook, Quebec as an electrician where he resided with his half-sister Jennie/Jean’s family. He was married in 1891 in Sherbrook to Maud Mary Jordan. Their first son was born in Sherbrook and had four more children in Houlton.

12. George Watson Cumming died in 1871 Scotland, age about two years

13. Robert Cumming died Portland, Maine in 1952, age 81, single, and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, ME. He was a farmer and moved to Mars Hill, ME 1896 with his parents. He resided in Portland by about 1940. He was the last surviving sibling.

14. George Cumming died in 1948 in Fredericton, NB, age 76, Parkinson’s disease, and was buried at Fredericton Rural Cemetery Extension, Fredericton, NB. He was a millman and was married in 1898 in York County, NB to Sara Barbara Staples. They had three children born Fredericton.

Thomas Cumming’s third wife Betsy/Elisabeth Hutcheon/Hutchin died at age 76 in 1913 at Mars Hill, ME and was buried Upper Kintore.

• Fort Fairfield Review, September 17, 1913

“Mrs. Betsey Cumming passed away Friday, September 5, after a lingering illness aged 77 years, two months and one day. Interment was made at Upper Kintore. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Pringle. The pall bearers were the four oldest sons of William [Spence] Cumming [of Easton]. The funeral was conducted by A.D. Nichols. Rev. Kilcollins offered prayer at the house.”

[pallbearers: James Morrison Cumming, Alexander Cumming, Thomas George Cumming, and William Duncan Cumming]

SUMMARY OF BURIALS FOR FAMILY OF THOMAS CUMMING:

Upper Kintore Cemetery. Upper Kintore, NB:
Mary Jack Cumming died July 11, 1875 Upper Kintore, NB, age 44, second wife
Helen Cumming died Aug. 24,1881 Upper Kintore, age 17, daughter
Mary Innes Cumming died May 19, 1882 Upper Kintore, age 23, daughter
Elizabeth Cumming Ledingham died Feb. 14, 1891 Upper Kintore, NB, age 25, daughter, [also stone at Melville Cemetery]
Thomas Cumming died Feb. 15, 1910 Mars Hill, Maine, age 85, father
Betsy/Elisabeth Hutcheon/Hutchin Cumming died July 15, 1913 Mars Hill, ME age 76, third wife
David Duncan Cumming died Sept. 11, 1891 Upper Kintore, NB, aged 15 months [removed to Estes Park Cemetery, Easton; grandson of Thomas, son of William Spence]

Melville Cemetery, Kincardine, NB:
“Lizzie” Elizabeth Duncan Cumming died about April 3, 1889 Fairfield, Somerset, ME age 23 months [granddaughter of Thomas, daughter of James Morrison]
Elizabeth Cumming Ledingham died Feb. 14,1891 Upper Kintore, NB, age 25, daughter. [also stone at Upper Kintore Cemetery]

Plaster Rock Community Cemetery, Plaster Rock, NB:
Thomas Cumming Jr. died Nov. 16, 1939 Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, age 77, son

Fredericton Rural Cemetery Extension, Fredericton, NB:
George Cumming died May 7,1948 Fredericton, NB, age 76, son

Blaisdell Cemetery, North Sullivan, ME:
John Jack Cumming died Aug. 24, 1891 West Sullivan, ME, age 37, son

Estes Park Cemetery, Easton, ME:
William Spence Cumming died Aug. 7, 1940 Easton, ME, age 83, son

Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, ME:
Alexander R. Cumming died April 30, 1948, Houlton, Maine, age 80, son
Robert Cumming died Aug. 6, 1952 Portland, Maine, age 81, son

Evergreen Cemetery, Nashua, NH:
James Morrison Cumming died Oct. 23, 1938 Nashua, NH, age 77, son

Scotland:
Maria Jack Cumming died Oct. 15, 1855 Scotland, age 27, first wife
Elspet Cumming died 1867 Scotland, age one week, daughter
George Watson Cumming died 1871 Scotland, age about two years, son

Unknown burial
Jennie/Jean Cumming Brown died Mar. 28, 1893 Peterborough, Ontario, age 40, daughter
Margaret Cumming Miller died Nov. 141930 Kittery Point, ME, age 75, daughter

Fiftieth Anniversary of Scottish Colony in N. B.

Star Herald, July 19, 1923

On Tuesday July 10th the Scottish Colony New Kincardine, Victoria County, N. B., observed the 50th anniversary of its settlement. The Scottish families in Washburn all went down to the Old Colony; D. L. Duncan and family, W. L. duncan and family, E. C. Hunter and family, Harry Duncan and family, also Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hale, C. L. Stoddard, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Dow, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. H. Estey, Mr. and Mrs. James Crawford and girls, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Umphrey, Mr. and mrs. V. E. Wilder, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Durepo.
Over 2000 people were gathered in the park near the Old Kirk. Fraser & Co. Rev. Mr. Pringle were committee of Arrangements. Fraser & Co. had tents on the grounds where meals were dispensed. After dinner addresses were given by prominent guest, Hon. Mr. Veniot, Premiew of New Brunswick, Hon. John Webster, Mayor of Somerville, (one of the boys who was raised in the Old Colony and has made good,) Hon. Mr. Coldwell, M. P., Minister of Agriculture and several others. Mr. Ross Piper, of St. John, N. B., was in attendance with his bag-pipes and kept the pebrock sounding at the dancing tent. Scotch Reels, Highland Schottisches, Polkas, and all the old dances were busy. Scottish games, racing, vaulting, jumping, others were kept going. Many pleasant meetings of friends who had not for many years. This was a gathering that will be remembered for many years. Scottish families from different States of the Union were represented in a large numb.
Jas. Cumming and family of N. H.; A. E. Prescott and family, from Mass., Hon. John Webster and wife from Somerville, Mass., Robert and Alex Webster from Cambridge, Mass., John Webster and sister Bessie, from Fredericton, N. B., and hosts of others from all over the country. The Fraser Co. who came from Scotland with the Colonists in 1873 were the prima donnas in the Anniversary. Looking at the dancing tent occasionally I rather think the boys and girls of forty years ago had gone back to the old days in the colony and were stepping the Scotch reels, and Highland Scottisches with lively vigor. The happy memories of the Old Colony will always be with us.

Star Herald, July 19, 1923