previous - go to surnames
Bird, Elizabeth Day (1872 - ) - female
b. 17 SEP 1872 in Keswick, NB
father: Bird, Frank(1847 - )
mother: Yerxa, Harriet(1851 - )
spouse: Boone, Sherman Willard (1859 - 1936)
- m. 15 FEB 1888 in Keswick, N.B.
----------child: Boone, Annis Mary (1889 - 1984)
----------child: Boone, Frank Lucius (1891 - )
----------child: Boone, Ralph Willard (1892 - )
----------child: Boone, Storer Woodford (1894 - 1981)
----------child: Boone, Margaret Louise (1895 - )
Bird, Frank (1847 - ) - male
b. 23 OCT 1847 in Keswick, NB
father: Bird, Robert(1792 - 1885)
mother: Pugh, Unknown(*1800 - )
spouse: Yerxa, Harriet (1851 - )
----------child: Bird, Elizabeth Day (1872 - )
----------child: Bird, James (1873 - )
----------child: Bird, Woodford (1875 - )
----------child: Bird, Marie (1881 - )
Bird, Frederick (*1828 - ) - male
father: Bird, Robert(1792 - 1885)
mother: Pugh, Unknown(*1800 - )
Bird, James (*1828 - ) - male
father: Bird, Robert(1792 - 1885)
mother: Pugh, Unknown(*1800 - )
Bird, James (1873 - ) - male
b. 8 SEP 1873
father: Bird, Frank(1847 - )
mother: Yerxa, Harriet(1851 - )
Bird, Jane (*1828 - ) - female
father: Bird, Robert(1792 - 1885)
mother: Pugh, Unknown(*1800 - )
Bird, John (*1828 - ) - male
father: Bird, Robert(1792 - 1885)
mother: Pugh, Unknown(*1800 - )
Bird, Marie (1881 - ) - female
b. 13 JAN 1881 in Keswick, NB
father: Bird, Frank(1847 - )
mother: Yerxa, Harriet(1851 - )
spouse: Griffith, Benjamine (*1877 - )
Bird, Pearl (1910 - 1993) - female
b. 1 MAY 1910
d. 28 DEC 1993 in Saint John, NB
spouse: Laskey, William Joseph (1910 - 1985)
- m. 10 SEP 1941 in Saint John, NB
----------child: Laskey, Nancy (private)
----------child: Laskey, Judith May (private)
Bird, Pothier (*1828 - ) - female
father: Bird, Robert(1792 - 1885)
mother: Pugh, Unknown(*1800 - )
Bird, Robert (1792 - 1885) - male
b. 1792 in Ireland
d. 1885 in Keswick, NB
spouse: Pugh, Unknown (*1800 - )
----------child: Bird, Pothier (*1828 - )
----------child: Bird, Charlotte (*1828 - )
----------child: Bird, Vicotria (*1828 - )
----------child: Bird, Jane (*1828 - )
----------child: Bird, Frederick (*1828 - )
----------child: Bird, John (*1828 - )
----------child: Bird, James (*1828 - )
----------child: Bird, Samuel (*1828 - )
----------child: Bird, Frank (1847 - )
Bird, Samuel (*1828 - ) - male
father: Bird, Robert(1792 - 1885)
mother: Pugh, Unknown(*1800 - )
Bird, Vicotria (*1828 - ) - female
father: Bird, Robert(1792 - 1885)
mother: Pugh, Unknown(*1800 - )
Bird, Woodford (1875 - ) - male
b. 29 OCT 1875
father: Bird, Frank(1847 - )
mother: Yerxa, Harriet(1851 - )
Bishop, King Edward (private) - male
father: Cropley, Grover Cleveland(1933 - 2000)
mother: Tuck, Roberta(*1931 - )
Bitgood, Steven (private) - male
spouse: Moody, Susan (private)
Bither, Marion P (1916 - 1984) - female
b. 11 SEP 1916 in Linneus, ME
d. 1 MAY 1984 in Portland, ME
Burial:
Hodgdon, Me;
spouse: Anderson, Ellery Earle (1912 - 1988)
- m. 11 MAR 1936 in Houlton, ME
----------child: Anderson, Roger Keith (1937 - 1937)
----------child: Anderson, Rodney Dean (1938 - )
----------child: Anderson, Constance Mae (private)
Black, Barbara Ann (*1930 - ) - female
spouse: Lister, Dewitt Talmage (*1926 - )
----------child: Lister, Thomas Alexander (private)
Black, Evelyn (private) - female
Blackie, Ala Joy (private) - female
spouse: DeMerchant, Michael Ronald (private)
----------child: DeMerchant, Joseph Danny (private)
----------child: DeMerchant, Becky Grace (private)
Blackie, John (*1924 - ) - male
spouse: Howe, Gwendolyn (1928 - )
Blacklock, Bud (*1936 - ) - male
spouse: Bustard, Geraldine (*1940 - )
Blais, Jocelyn (private) - female
spouse: Carlucci, Dana Joseph (private)
- m. 7 JAN 1977 in Suncook, NH
Blais, Justin Robert (private) - male
father: Blais, Kenneth(private)
mother: Crone, Jean(private)
Blais, Kenneth (private) - male
spouse: Crone, Jean (private)
----------child: Blais, Justin Robert (private)
----------child: Blais, Sadie Rolande (private)
Blais, Sadie Rolande (private) - female
father: Blais, Kenneth(private)
mother: Crone, Jean(private)
Blake, Eleanor Mae (*1929 - ) - female
spouse: Brown, Leroy Maxell (1924 - )
- m. 19 JUN 1949
----------child: Brown, Kevin (private)
----------child: Brown, Melony (private)
Blake, Lorraine Susan (private) - female
spouse: McQuarrie, Steven Harold (private)
- m. 20 JUN 1970
----------child: McQuarrie, Jonathon Parker (private)
----------child: McQuarrie, Sara Helen (private)
Blake, Nancy Jean (private) - female
spouse: McQuarrie, Thomas Hallie (private)
- m. 31 JUL 1976
Blake, Rebecca (private) - female
spouse: Cropley, Terry Wayne (private)
----------child: Cropley, Lindsey (private)
----------child: Cropley, Lee (private)
----------child: Cropley, Lacie (private)
Blakely, Johanna (*1875 - ) - female
spouse: O'Hearn, Patrick (*1871 - )
----------child: O'Hearne, Mary Elizabeth (1906 - )
----------child: O'Hearn, Patrick (*1906 - )
----------child: O'Hearn, Frances (*1906 - )
----------child: O'Hearn, Nora (*1906 - )
----------child: O'Hearn, Sarah Ellen (1907 - 1985)
Blanchard, Amanda (1845 - ) - female
b. 1845
father: Blanchard, George Washington(1818 - 1901)
mother: Bubar, Francis(1818 - 1895)
Blanchard, Annie (1856 - ) - female
b. 1856
father: Blanchard, George Washington(1818 - 1901)
mother: Bubar, Francis(1818 - 1895)
Blanchard, Charles Alton (1927 - 2000) - male
b. 3 JUN 1927 in Danforth, ME
d. 17 OCT 2000 in Biddeford, ME
father: Blanchard, Roy Olden(1895 - 1960)
mother: Eldridge, Edna Merle(1900 - 1952)
Blanchard, David D (1848 - 1900) - male
b. 1848 in East Bridgewater, MA
d. 18 JUL 1900
father: Blanchard, George Washington(1818 - 1901)
mother: Bubar, Francis(1818 - 1895)
spouse: Hayes, Charity (1841 - )
- m. 20 MAR 1868 in Lee, Maine
Blanchard, George (1853 - 1903) - male
b. 1853 in Lee, ME
d. 16 NOV 1903
father: Blanchard, George Washington(1818 - 1901)
mother: Bubar, Francis(1818 - 1895)
spouse: Patterson, Julia (~1856 - )
----------child: Blanchard, Millage Andrew (*1884 - 1965)
----------child: Blanchard, Olie (*1888 - )
----------child: Blanchard, Perley (*1888 - )
----------child: Blanchard, Roy Olden (1895 - 1960)
Blanchard, George Washington (1818 - 1901) - male
b. 22 JAN 1818 in East Bridgewater, MA
d. 1 MAR 1901 in Forest City, N.B
Burial:
Forest City, N.B;
spouse: Bubar, Francis (1818 - 1895)
- m. 31 DEC 1840
----------child: Blanchard, Amanda (1845 - )
----------child: Blanchard, Joseph (1846 - 1929)
----------child: Blanchard, David D (1848 - 1900)
----------child: Blanchard, George (1853 - 1903)
----------child: Blanchard, Lorinda (1855 - 1865)
----------child: Blanchard, Annie (1856 - )
Blanchard, Joseph (1846 - 1929) - male
b. 21 FEB 1846 in East Bridgewater, MA
d. 1929 in Forest City, N.B
father: Blanchard, George Washington(1818 - 1901)
mother: Bubar, Francis(1818 - 1895)
Came from USA to Canada in 1870 as did his wife Anna
Burial:
Forest City, N.B;
spouse: McKenney, Georgianna (1854 - 1939)
Blanchard, Julian Patricia (1919 - 2001) - female
b. 13 JUL 1919 in Vanceboro, ME
d. 2 FEB 2001 in Harrington, ME
father: Blanchard, Roy Olden(1895 - 1960)
mother: Eldridge, Edna Merle(1900 - 1952)
Blanchard, Lorinda (1855 - 1865) - female
b. 1855
d. 1865 in Lee, ME
father: Blanchard, George Washington(1818 - 1901)
mother: Bubar, Francis(1818 - 1895)
Blanchard, Millage Andrew (*1884 - 1965) - male
b. in Forest City, N.B
d. 23 FEB 1965 in Danforth, ME
father: Blanchard, George(1853 - 1903)
mother: Patterson, Julia(~1856 - )
spouse: Lounder, Kitty (*1885 - 1919)
- m. 9 SEP 1904
Blanchard, Olie (*1888 - ) - male
father: Blanchard, George(1853 - 1903)
mother: Patterson, Julia(~1856 - )
Blanchard, Pearl Catherine (1924 - 1988) - female
b. 2 APR 1924 in Mattawaumkeag, ME
d. 7 DEC 1988 in Portland, ME
father: Blanchard, Roy Olden(1895 - 1960)
mother: Eldridge, Edna Merle(1900 - 1952)
Blanchard, Perley (*1888 - ) - male
father: Blanchard, George(1853 - 1903)
mother: Patterson, Julia(~1856 - )
Blanchard, Roy Millage (1925 - 1986) - male
b. 13 JUL 1925 in Mattawaumkeag, ME
d. 3 JAN 1986 in Augusta, ME
father: Blanchard, Roy Olden(1895 - 1960)
mother: Eldridge, Edna Merle(1900 - 1952)
Blanchard, Roy Olden (1895 - 1960) - male
b. 8 SEP 1895 in Forest City, N.B
d. 29 JUN 1960 in Portland, ME
father: Blanchard, George(1853 - 1903)
mother: Patterson, Julia(~1856 - )
spouse: Eldridge, Edna Merle (1900 - 1952)
- m. MAY 1918
----------child: Blanchard, Julian Patricia (1919 - 2001)
----------child: Blanchard, Vivian Etta (1922 - )
----------child: Blanchard, Pearl Catherine (1924 - 1988)
----------child: Blanchard, Roy Millage (1925 - 1986)
----------child: Blanchard, Charles Alton (1927 - 2000)
----------child: Blanchard, Velma Nora Almyra (1930 - 1979)
Blanchard, Velma Nora Almyra (1930 - 1979) - female
b. 22 JAN 1930 in Vanceboro, ME
d. 21 JUN 1979 in Portland, ME
father: Blanchard, Roy Olden(1895 - 1960)
mother: Eldridge, Edna Merle(1900 - 1952)
Blanchard, Vivian Etta (1922 - ) - female
b. 4 AUG 1922
father: Blanchard, Roy Olden(1895 - 1960)
mother: Eldridge, Edna Merle(1900 - 1952)
Blinn, Gail Ann (private) - female
father: Blinn, Nelson Joseph(*1916 - )
mother: McQuarrie, Doris Anne(1920 - 1999)
spouse: Ewings, Harold H (*1939 - )
- m. 25 JUN 1965
----------child: Ewings, Joseph H (private)
----------child: Ewings, Bradley Allen (private)
Blinn, Joseph Nelson (1944 - 1944) - male
b. 12 APR 1944
d. 12 APR 1944
father: Blinn, Nelson Joseph(*1916 - )
mother: McQuarrie, Doris Anne(1920 - 1999)
Blinn, Mary Ellen (private) - female
father: Blinn, Nelson Joseph(*1916 - )
mother: McQuarrie, Doris Anne(1920 - 1999)
spouse: Horten, Kent A (*1939 - )
- m. 7 APR 1967
----------child: Horten, Tracy Sue (private)
----------child: Horten, Jill Marie (private)
Blinn, Nelson Joseph (*1916 - ) - male
spouse: McQuarrie, Doris Anne (1920 - 1999)
- m. 17 NOV 1941
----------child: Blinn, Joseph Nelson (1944 - 1944)
----------child: Blinn, Gail Ann (private)
----------child: Blinn, Mary Ellen (private)
----------child: Blinn, Rhoda Mae (private)
----------child: Blinn, Rose Marie (private)
Blinn, Rhoda Mae (private) - female
father: Blinn, Nelson Joseph(*1916 - )
mother: McQuarrie, Doris Anne(1920 - 1999)
Birth: Jul 2, `1951
spouse: Dow, Terry (private)
- m. 18 MAY 1968
----------child: Dow, Angie Leigh (private)
----------child: Dow, Greg Allsion (private)
Blinn, Rose Marie (private) - female
father: Blinn, Nelson Joseph(*1916 - )
mother: McQuarrie, Doris Anne(1920 - 1999)
Boardman, Amey Etta (1893 - 1952) - female
b. 1893 in Canterbury, NB
d. 18 OCT 1952 in North Lake, NB
father: Boardman, William(*1857 - )
mother: Shannon, Elizabeth(*1861 - )
Burial:
1952;
Fosterville Lower Cemetery;
spouse: Smith, Floyd Cosman (1892 - 1969)
----------child: Smith, Doris Helen (1918 - 2003)
----------child: Smith, Myra Gladys (1919 - 2010)
----------child: Smith, Shirley Louise (1928 - 2000)
Boardman, Earl (*1892 - ) - male
father: Boardman, William(*1857 - )
mother: Shannon, Elizabeth(*1861 - )
Boardman, Elizabeth (1891 - 1951) - female
b. 3 APR 1891 in Canterbury, NB
d. 17 FEB 1951
father: Boardman, William(*1857 - )
mother: Shannon, Elizabeth(*1861 - )
spouse: Crane, Jasper (*1887 - )
----------child: Crane, Clifford (*1922 - )
----------child: Crane, LeRoy (*1922 - )
----------child: Crane, Gloria (*1922 - )
----------child: Crane, Daughter (*1922 - )
Boardman, Sarah (*1892 - ) - female
father: Boardman, William(*1857 - )
mother: Shannon, Elizabeth(*1861 - )
Boardman, Saxon (*1892 - ) - male
father: Boardman, William(*1857 - )
mother: Shannon, Elizabeth(*1861 - )
Boardman, Unknown (*1892 - ) - female
father: Boardman, William(*1857 - )
mother: Shannon, Elizabeth(*1861 - )
spouse: Hartin, Kenneth (*1888 - )
Boardman, William (*1857 - ) - male
spouse: Shannon, Elizabeth (*1861 - )
----------child: Boardman, Elizabeth (1891 - 1951)
----------child: Boardman, Earl (*1892 - )
----------child: Boardman, Saxon (*1892 - )
----------child: Boardman, Sarah (*1892 - )
----------child: Boardman, Unknown (*1892 - )
----------child: Boardman, Amey Etta (1893 - 1952)
Bodenheimer, B.J. (private) - male
father: Charter, James Brock(private)
mother: Embry, Catherine Louise(private)
Boisseau, June (private) - female
Bolger, Angela (private) - female
father: Bolger, John(private)
mother: Armour, Joan(private)
Bolger, Jeffrey (private) - female
father: Bolger, John(private)
mother: Armour, Joan(private)
Bolger, John (private) - male
spouse: Armour, Joan (private)
----------child: Bolger, Angela (private)
----------child: Bolger, John Andrew (private)
----------child: Bolger, Jeffrey (private)
Bolger, John Andrew (private) - male
father: Bolger, John(private)
mother: Armour, Joan(private)
Bond, Penny (private) - female
spouse: McKissick, Larry Dean (private)
Bone, Debra Annette (private) - female
father: Bone, Reubin Lewis(1930 - )
mother: Walls, June Roberta(1933 - 2006)
spouse: Garribotto, John (private)
spouse: Bennett, Jeffrey (private)
----------child: Bone, Sonya Lynn (private)
----------child: Bennett, Ryan Lewis (private)
spouse: Otis, James (private)
Bone, Reubin Lewis (1930 - ) - male
b. 21 JAN 1930 in Buffalo, MO
spouse: Walls, June Roberta (1933 - 2006)
- m. 2 NOV 1951 in Brewer, ME
----------child: Bone, Debra Annette (private)
----------child: Bone, Thomas Newton (private)
----------child: Bone, Susan Valerie (private)
Bone, Sonya Lynn (private) - female
father: Bennett, Jeffrey(private)
mother: Bone, Debra Annette(private)
Bone, Susan Valerie (private) - female
father: Bone, Reubin Lewis(1930 - )
mother: Walls, June Roberta(1933 - 2006)
spouse: Wing, Timothy (private)
spouse: Dailey, Terry (private)
spouse: Wheeler, Steven (private)
----------child: Wheeler, Amanda Louise (private)
Bone, Thomas Newton (private) - male
father: Bone, Reubin Lewis(1930 - )
mother: Walls, June Roberta(1933 - 2006)
Bonnar, Alfred (private) - male
Bonnar, Carol Florence (1934 - ) - female
b. 21 APR 1934 in Fredericton, N.B.
father: Bonnar, Everett James(1910 - )
mother: Rickard, Florence Eliza(1912 - 1992)
spouse: Lindsay, Donald Lloyd (1931 - )
- m. 31 DEC 1953 in Burton, N.B.
----------child: Lindsay, John Everett (private)
----------child: Lindsay, Dianna Carol (private)
----------child: Lindsay, Theodore Donald (private)
Bonnar, Eileen Charlotte (1938 - ) - female
b. 26 SEP 1938 in Fredericton, N.B.
father: Bonnar, Everett James(1910 - )
mother: Rickard, Florence Eliza(1912 - 1992)
spouse: Johnson, Alden Foster (1937 - )
- m. 29 JUN 1957 in Burton, N.B.
----------child: Johnson, Bonnie Lynn (private)
----------child: Johnson, Linda Lou (private)
----------child: Johnson, Darlene Donna (private)
----------child: Johnson, Dale Lester (private)
Bonnar, Evelyn Mary (1936 - ) - female
b. 26 JUL 1936 in Fredericton, N.B.
father: Bonnar, Everett James(1910 - )
mother: Rickard, Florence Eliza(1912 - 1992)
spouse: Carr, Garnett Dennis (1931 - 1971)
- m. 1 NOV 1952 in Fredericton, N.B.
----------child: Carr, Dennis Garnet (private)
----------child: Carr, Joy Myrtle Eileen (private)
----------child: Carr, Susan Joelle (private)
spouse: Fraser, Vaughn Reginald (1939 - )
- m. 31 DEC 1977 in Geary, N.B.
Bonnar, Everett James (1910 - ) - male
b. 6 MAR 1910 in Fredericton, N.B.
spouse: Rickard, Florence Eliza (1912 - 1992)
- m. 22 JUN 1933 in Fredericton, N.B.
----------child: Bonnar, Carol Florence (1934 - )
----------child: Bonnar, Evelyn Mary (1936 - )
----------child: Bonnar, Eileen Charlotte (1938 - )
Bonner, Andrew (private) - male
spouse: Borg, Sherylann (private)
- m. SEP 1980
----------child: Bonner, Timothy (private)
----------child: Bonner, Christopher (private)
Bonner, Christopher (private) - male
father: Bonner, Andrew(private)
mother: Borg, Sherylann(private)
Bonner, Timothy (private) - male
father: Bonner, Andrew(private)
mother: Borg, Sherylann(private)
Boone, Aaron (*1852 - ) - male
father: Boone, Henry(1817 - 1886)
mother: White, Ruth(1821 - 1884)
Died young with TB
Boone, Aaron Goodeil (private) - male
Boone, Abiatha (1844 - 1862) - male
b. 1844
d. 12 FEB 1862
father: Boone, John James(1809 - 1861)
mother: Unknown, Eleanor(1821 - 1861)
Burial:
Burtt's Corner, N.B.;
Boone, Abigail (1723 - ) - female
b. 13 APR 1723 in Rhode Island
father: Boone, Samuel(1686 - 1766)
mother: Sweet, Mary(1685 - ~1760)
spouse: Smith, Ephram (*1718 - )
- m. 4 APR 1741
Boone, Abigail (1832 - ) - female
b. 1832
father: Boone, Everett(1795 - )
mother: Nason, Sarah(1791 - )
spouse: Nason, Lemuel (*1829 - )
- m. 12 SEP 1854
Boone, Abigail (1886 - 1980) - female
b. 1886 in Dorn Ridge, N.B.
d. 12 JAN 1980
father: Boone, Richardson(1844 - 1897)
mother: Lawrence, Abigail(1853 - 1886)
spouse: Fogg, Herbert (*1882 - )
Boone, Abraham (~1787 - 1813) - male
b. ABT 1787
d. 1813 in Niagara Falls, ON
father: Boone, Samuel(1764 - 1848)
mother: DeWitt, Catherine Katie(1765 - 1855)
Boone, Absolom F (1873 - 1892) - male
b. 1873
d. 7 APR 1892
father: Boone, James E(1837 - 1890)
mother: Boone, Basheba(~1837 - >1890)
Boone, Adaline (~1869 - ) - female
b. ABT 1869
father: Boone, Samuel(1819 - 1889)
mother: Haines, Margaret(~1826 - 1905)
Boone, Adelaide (*1859 - ) - female
father: Boone, Samuel(1819 - 1889)
mother: Haines, Margaret(~1826 - 1905)
spouse: Shields, Ernest (*1859 - )
----------child: Shields, daughter (1895 - )
Boone, Adelbert Harvey (1939 - ) - male
b. 16 FEB 1939
father: Boone, Richard Leon(1902 - 1971)
mother: Higgins, Hope Margaret(1906 - 1993)
spouse: Gilman, Joeene (*1936 - )
- m. 26 SEP 1959
----------child: Boone, Thomas Ralph (private)
----------child: Boone, Timothy Richard (private)
----------child: Boone, Laurie Ann (private)
Boone, Adolphus Dalton (1869 - 1955) - male
b. 1869
d. MAY 1955
father: Boone, James Whiteman(~1833 - 1904)
mother: Carr, Hannah(1838 - 1877)
spouse: Carr, Jane (1873 - 1940)
- m. ABT 1900
----------child: Boone, Marion (1903 - 1977)
----------child: Boone, Gordon George (1907 - 1961)
Boone, Agnes (1874 - 1894) - female
b. 1 MAY 1874
d. 14 AUG 1894
father: Boone, Nathan(1841 - 1902)
mother: Lynch, Hannah(1840 - 1915)
spouse: Stickles, Thomas (*1866 - )
- m. 28 JUN 1893
----------child: Stickles, daughter (1894 - )
Boone, Alan Woodford (1936 - ) - male
b. 28 DEC 1936
father: Boone, Storer Woodford(1894 - 1981)
mother: McGregor, Phebe Lewis(*1901 - )
spouse: Carson, Gayle Marlene (1940 - )
- m. 16 MAY 1981 in Houlton, ME
Boone, Albert (~1841 - ) - male
b. ABT 1841
father: Boone, Samuel(1819 - 1889)
mother: Haines, Margaret(~1826 - 1905)
spouse: Hanselpacker, Amelia (~1853 - )
- m. 19 AUG 1874
----------child: Boone, Elizabeth (~1867 - )
----------child: Boone, Margaret (1875 - 1881)
----------child: Boone, George (1879 - 1879)
----------child: Boone, Minnie (1879 - 1879)
----------child: Boone, Ella (*1881 - )
----------child: Boone, Ernest (~1886 - 1912)
Boone, Albert (~1872 - ) - male
b. ABT 1872
father: Boone, James(1847 - 1883)
mother: Haines, Alexandrina(~1847 - )
Boone, Albert Edred (1860 - 1866) - male
b. 5 MAR 1860 in Geary, N.B.
d. 20 MAY 1866
father: Boone, Samuel(1829 - 1907)
mother: Smith, Rebecca Elizabeth(1834 - 1922)
Boone, Albert Ernest (1892 - 1924) - male
b. 1892
d. 28 JUL 1924
father: Boone, William Moran(1865 - 1950)
mother: Smith, Mary Samantha(*1870 - )
Burial:
Geary, NB;
spouse: Smith, Nellie Alberta (1900 - 1984)
spouse: Howe, Nettie (1898 - 1918)
Boone, Alberta (~1871 - ) - female
b. ABT 1871
father: Boone, Charles E(~1846 - )
mother: Carr, Victoria(1849 - 1938)
Boone, Aldrada (~1873 - ) - female
b. ABT 1873
father: Boone, Charles E(~1846 - )
mother: Carr, Victoria(1849 - 1938)
Boone, Alexander (1812 - 1898) - male
b. 1 APR 1812
d. 22 NOV 1898
father: Boone, William(1766 - 1849)
mother: Hayward, Ann(1768 - 1845)
Burial:
Branch Road Cemetery, Gary, N.B.;
spouse: Smith, Hannah (1811 - 1835)
- m. 21 FEB 1833 in Burton, N.B.
----------child: Boone, Isaiah (1834 - 1852)
----------child: Boone, Infant (1835 - 1835)
spouse: Mead, Ann (1815 - 1898)
- m. 20 FEB 1837 in Burton, N.B.
----------child: Boone, William Harvey (~1837 - )
----------child: Boone, Charlotte (~1839 - 1861)
----------child: Boone, Mary A (1840 - 1841)
----------child: Boone, Emily (~1842 - )
----------child: Boone, Letitia (1843 - 1843)
----------child: Boone, Rebecca F J (1844 - 1844)
----------child: Boone, George W (1844 - 1845)
----------child: Boone, Charles (~1846 - )
----------child: Boone, Henry A (~1848 - )
Boone, Alexander (1827 - 1924) - male
b. 12 JUN 1827 in Sunbury Co., NB
d. 2 JUL 1924 in Green Mountain, NB
father: Boone, George(1796 - 1855)
mother: Haines, Mary(1808 - 1901)
1901 census lists Scovil {Byram - Unknown if this his last name or first
name.?} as his adopted son born Jan 11, 1899. Scovil always went by the
name "Boone" A granddaughter, Gertude Wood living with Alex and Sarah at
time of 1901 census
According to the 1871 census for York County, Alex and family were living
in Lincoln, about where the Princess Margaret Bridge is located today.
Sometime in the next two years, he moved bag and baggage to Green
Mountain, NB to live in a cabin on the land known locally as the "Albert
Field" (referring to property owned at one time by Albert Veysey.)
Since the community was only about a dozen years settled, it is possible
he moved because of employment as a "joiner", or carpenter. His uncle,
Joseph Boone, was already living there, so it is possible some influence
came from that direction. It is interesting to speculate the means and
route Alex took to reach his destination. Most accounts state there were
no roads to speak of, other than a wagon trail, linking Fosterville,
Green Mountain and North Lake to Canterbury (where present day Meductic
stands). Presumably, he came from Fredericton on a steamboat to
Canterbury then overland. Did he have his own horse(s)? Household goods?
Wagon to carry them? It seems most likely that he did because no chance
of acquiring these items in that remote section of the country.
It is also possible he may have been part of a group movement.
Buckingham's and Cropley's from nearby Sunbury County and Queens took up
residency in North Lake around the same time.
How long he remained in the cabin is unknown. But on Nov 12, 1883, he
purchased for $600, property known as Lot #16, from Joseph H Hall, his
son in law. Located on the south side of the community at the foot of
what became known as the "Boone Hill", the farm boasted 100 acres, over
half of it in standing timber. Nearly 70 years later, his grandson, Basil
(my father) would buy the property from Warden Boone, another grandson.
On Sep 16, 1895, Alex needed some ready cash which he obtained by taking
out a mortgage on the farm for $200 with George Coulter, Douglas, NB (Vol
105, Page 355, LRO, Fredericton). It took him nine years to pay it off.
According to notes by Inez (Foster) Lounder, Alex continued with his
carpentry to an advanced age. He built the school at Green Mountain
around 1880 and the church in 1895. Eve Veysey mentions in her diary
around this time that Alex is still working on the pews.
Basil Boone remembers his grandfather as a witty individual always ready
with a flip remark. For instance on returning home one day from his
regular visit with his Granddaughter, Gertude Wood (married to Wesley
Vantassel) at the "Point", he was asked by Sarah if Gertrude was glad to
see him. Alex said he didn't know; she didn't say and she didn't wag her
tail. "Hmmmph!" said Sarah.
Burial:
Fosterville, NB;
spouse: Perry, Sarah (1832 - 1927)
- m. 25 SEP 1851 in Burton, N.B.
----------child: Boone, Elizabeth Mary (1852 - 1948)
----------child: Boone, Margaret Amelia (1855 - 1933)
----------child: Boone, George Edward (1856 - 1946)
----------child: Boone, Henry Harvey (1859 - 1956)
----------child: Boone, Anne (1862 - 1937)
----------child: Boone, William Warden (1864 - 1941)
----------child: Boone, Alice Cecelia (1867 - 1956)
----------child: Boone, Charles Frederick (1872 - 1937)
Boone, Alexander (1881 - 1972) - male
b. 13 OCT 1881 in Green Mountain, NB
d. 25 AUG 1972 in Eastport, ME
father: Boone, Henry Harvey(1859 - 1956)
mother: VanTassel, Martha Sophia(1862 - 1947)
Burial:
Eastport, ME;
spouse: Lenfast, Vonie May (1887 - 1983)
- m. JUN 1904 in Orient, ME
----------child: Boone, Herman A (1906 - 1977)
----------child: Boone, Theresa Irene (1908 - 1995)
----------child: Boone, Eldon John (1910 - 1996)
----------child: Boone, Howard Delmont (1913 - )
----------child: Boone, Villa B (1915 - )
----------child: Boone, Fred L (1918 - )
----------child: Boone, Myrtle Georgie (1919 - 2002)
----------child: Boone, Helen Kathleen (1922 - )
----------child: Boone, Elizabeth M (1924 - )
----------child: Boone, Winnie M (1926 - )
----------child: Boone, Rena L (1927 - )
----------child: Boone, Martha P (1929 - )
Boone, Alfred Fraser (1913 - 1976) - male
b. 26 JUN 1913 in Waterville, N.B.
d. 10 FEB 1976 in Oromocto, N.B.
father: Boone, Marvin Allison(1884 - 1965)
mother: Smith, Etta Idella Maude(1889 - 1972)
Married at the parsonage of the Brunswick St. Baptist Church by Rev Guiou.
Burial:
Boone Family Plot, Lower Cemetery, N.B.;
spouse: Wood, Eunice Hester (1916 - 1988)
- m. 4 JUN 1935 in Brunswick St. Baptist Church, N.B.
----------child: Boone, Madeleen Florence (1937 - )
----------child: Boone, Lois Alberta (1939 - )
----------child: Boone, Alfred Harlan (private)
----------child: Boone, Duane Frederick (private)
----------child: Boone, Ian Jerome (private)
Boone, Alfred Harlan (private) - male
father: Boone, Alfred Fraser(1913 - 1976)
mother: Wood, Eunice Hester(1916 - 1988)
spouse: Miller-Demerchant, Patricia (private)
- m. 14 FEB 1990
Boone, Alice (1910 - 2009) - female
b. 12 AUG 1910 in Green Mountain, N.B.
d. 3 FEB 2009 in Weston, ME
father: Boone, Charles Frederick(1872 - 1937)
mother: Taylor, Pearl Edna(1886 - 1972)
spouse: Gilpatrick, Roland B (1910 - 1993)
- m. 8 JAN 1946 in Houlton, ME
Buried: Danforth, ME
Boone, Alice Cecelia (1867 - 1956) - female
b. 8 AUG 1867 in Oromocto, NB
d. 20 FEB 1956
father: Boone, Alexander(1827 - 1924)
mother: Perry, Sarah(1832 - 1927)

Burial:
22 FEB 1956;
Kirkland, NB;
spouse: Bustard, John (1862 - )
----------child: Bustard, William Henry (1890 - 1900)
----------child: Bustard, John Hazen (1893 - )
----------child: Bustard, Andrew A. (1895 - )
----------child: Bustard, Mabel (1896 - )
----------child: Bustard, Faye (*1898 - )
----------child: Bustard, Glendelia (1899 - 1989)
----------child: Bustard, Charles Raymond (*1900 - 1970)
----------child: Bustard, Sarah (1901 - )
----------child: Bustard, David (1904 - 1991)
----------child: Bustard, Arthur (1909 - )
Alice with her daughter at left
Boone, Alice M (1866 - 1939) - female
b. 12 JUN 1866
d. 19 JAN 1939
father: Boone, James Whiteman(~1833 - 1904)
mother: Carr, Hannah(1838 - 1877)
Boone, Alicia Dawn (private) - female
father: Boone, Dewayne Curtis(private)
mother: Derrick, Jerilynn Marie(private)
Boone, Allan Ernest (1913 - 2003) - male
b. 10 JAN 1913 in Aroostook Jct., N.B.
d. 6 MAR 2003 in Fredericton, NB
father: Boone, Dow Sterling(1872 - 1942)
mother: Drummond, Mary Agnes(1874 - 1939)
spouse: Flewelling, Faye Miriam (1916 - 1997)
- m. 13 SEP 1941
----------child: Boone, Marilyn (private)
----------child: Boone, Beverley (private)
Boone, Allen (1842 - ) - male
b. 1842
father: Boone, Stephen(1814 - 1881)
mother: Unknown, Margaret(*1816 - 1860)
Reortedly in Bridgewater, ME in 1890 working as a lumberman
Boone, Allen Claude Douglas (1921 - 2008) - male
b. 15 JUL 1921 in Geary, N.B.
d. 28 MAR 2008 in Fredericton, NB
father: Boone, Marvin Allison(1884 - 1965)
mother: Smith, Etta Idella Maude(1889 - 1972)
The death of Allen C. D. Boone of Geary, NB occurred at the Dr. Everett
Chalmers Hospital on Friday, March 28th, 2008. Born in Geary on July
15th, 1921, he was the son of the late Marvin and Etta (Smith) Boone.
Allen graduated from Provincial Normal School in 1939 and began his
teaching career. He held many teaching positions throughout New Brunswick
for over 20 years and following that, he decided to become an office
worker until his retirement. After his retirement, Allen loved to
research genealogy. He is survived by his sister, Kathleen Drummond of
Waasis, NB as well as several nieces and nephews. Allen was predeceased
by his parents; sister, Florence; and brothers, Arnold and Alfred. There
will be no visitation by request. A memorial service will be held at the
Oromocto Select Community Funeral Home (357-5100) on Thursday, April 3rd,
2008 at 2:00 pm. Rev. Gerald Matthews officiating. Interment will take
place at a later date in the Lower Geary Cemetery. For those who wish,
memorial tributes in Allen's honor may be made to the Lung Association,
the NB Heart and Stroke Foundation or to a charity of the donor's choice
Burial:
Lower Geary Cemetery, Geary, NB;
spouse: Acton, Audrey (1924 - )
- m. 17 JUL 1948 in Victoria, B.C.
Boone, Allison Rose (private) - female
father: Boone, Byron Daniel(private)
mother: Barrance, Catherine Elizabeth(private)
Boone, Alton (*1912 - ) - male
father: Boone, Guy Tracy(1880 - )
mother: Stackpole, Myra(1878 - )
Boone, Alton (private) - male
father: Boone, Delbert Wayne(1922 - 2005)
mother: Kaley, Shirley Pauline(*1935 - )
Boone, Alvin Gordon (*1944 - 2004) - male
d. 26 NOV 2004 in Fredericton, NB
father: Boone, Gordon George(1907 - 1961)
mother: Carr, Ruth(*1918 - )
The death of Alvin Gordon Boone (Uncle Dudley), husband of Alma
(Sullivan) Boone, of McGivney, occurred on Friday, November 26, 2004 at
the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital, Fredericton, NB. Born in
Geary, NB, he was a son of the late Gordon and Ruth (Carr) Boone. Alvin
was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting and fishing. Besides his wife,
he is survived by one daughter, Ann (Stephan Vienneau) Hicks of McGivney,
NB; adopted sons and daughter, Donnie Stennick, Terry Stennick, Luke
Stennick, Travis Carr, Gordie Carr and Tina Stennick; three
grandchildren, Gordon, Trisha and Kaylee; many adopted grandchildren;
several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Alvin was
predeceased by one brother, Ronald and one sister Betty. Visitation will
take place at York Funeral home, 302 Brookside Drive, Fredericton, NB on
Sunday from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm. The Funeral Service will be held on
Monday, November 29, 2004 at 2 pm from the York Funeral Home's T. Gordon
MacLeod Memorial Chapel. Interment will be in the McGivney Community
Cemetery. Personal condolences may be offered through www.yorkfh.com
spouse: Sullivan, Alma (private)
----------child: Boone, Ann (private)
Boone, Amanda (*1860 - ) - female
father: Boone, Richard(1825 - 1891)
mother: Crouse, Lydia(~1830 - )
Boone, Amanda (private) - female
father: Boone, Keith(1960 - 1993)
mother: Shaw, Maida Dawn(private)
Boone, Amanda (private) - female
father: Boone, Jeffery Alan(1957 - 2001)
mother: Hanson, Terry(private)
Boone, Amanda Joy (private) - female
father: Boone, George Richard(private)
mother: Bubar, Susan(private)
Boone, Anastis (1811 - 1844) - female
b. 3 FEB 1811 in Burtt's Corner, N.B.
d. 6 JUN 1844
father: Boone, George(1785 - 1861)
mother: Crane, Sarah(1785 - 1854)
spouse: Hall, Samuel (*1811 - )
- m. 1 MAR 1839
Boone, Anastis (1840 - 1927) - female
b. 1840
d. 1927
father: Boone, Stephen(1814 - 1881)
mother: Unknown, Margaret(*1816 - 1860)
spouse: Burtt, Israel (1834 - 1922)
- m. 22 SEP 1858 in Sunbury Co., N.B.
----------child: Burtt, Milton Colby (1876 - )
----------child: Burtt, William Allen (1884 - )
Boone, Andrew Harold (private) - male
father: Boone, Harold Robert(private)
mother: Smith, Rowena Grace(private)
Boone, Andrew John (private) - male
father: Boone, Keith(1960 - 1993)
mother: Shaw, Maida Dawn(private)
spouse: Strain, Amanda Lee (private)
- m. 2 JUL 2005 in North Gower, ON
Boone, Angus (1865 - ) - male
b. 31 MAR 1865
father: Boone, George Frederick(~1831 - 1878)
mother: Macleod, Christine(*1838 - 1875)
Boone, Angus Burden (1905 - 1990) - male
b. 1905
d. 31 MAR 1990
father: Boone, William Moran(1865 - 1950)
mother: Smith, Mary Samantha(*1870 - )
Burial:
Geary, NB;
spouse: Carr, Laura (1915 - 1991)
Boone, Ann (1709 - 1782) - female
b. 18 SEP 1709 in Rhode Island
d. 30 JAN 1782
father: Boone, Samuel(1686 - 1766)
mother: Sweet, Mary(1685 - ~1760)
spouse: Jackson, Stephen (*1703 - )
- m. 15 AUG 1725
Boone, Ann (*1748 - ) - female
father: Boone, Samuel(1717 - ~1797)
mother: Wightman, Mary(1714 - 1782)
Boone, Ann (private) - female
father: Boone, Alvin Gordon(*1944 - 2004)
mother: Sullivan, Alma(private)
Boone, Ann Victoria (*1845 - 1908) - female
d. 8 AUG 1908
father: Boone, Henry(~1793 - 1848)
mother: Boone, Mary Ann(1798 - )
spouse: DeWitt, Isaac (*1845 - 1922)
- m. 20 AUG 1866 in Sunbury Co NB
----------child: DeWitt, Mary Jerain (1871 - )
----------child: DeWitt, Jane Maria (1875 - )
----------child: DeWitt, Zoria Alfred (1879 - )
----------child: DeWitt, Frederick E (1880 - )
----------child: DeWitt, Theodosia B (1882 - )
----------child: DeWitt, George Edward (1887 - )
----------child: DeWitt, Margaret E (1894 - )
Boone, Anne (1787 - 1881) - female
b. 17 MAR 1787 in Tracy, N.B.
d. 23 FEB 1881 in Richibucto, N.B.
father: Boone, William(1743 - 1829)
mother: Hill, Ruth(1743 - 1833)
spouse: Haines, Joseph (~1770 - 1865)
- m. 14 OCT 1804
----------child: Haines, George (1801 - 1858)
----------child: Haines, Peter (1803 - )
----------child: Haines, Whitman (1805 - 1896)
----------child: Haines, James (1806 - )
----------child: Haines, Elizabeth (1807 - 1876)
----------child: Haines, Mary (1808 - 1901)
----------child: Haines, William (1809 - )
----------child: Haines, Alexander (1809 - )
----------child: Haines, Ann (1814 - )
----------child: Haines, Patience (1816 - )
----------child: Haines, Abigail (1818 - 1904)
----------child: Haines, John (1824 - 1901)
Boone, Anne (1790 - 1890) - female
b. 10 MAR 1790
d. 1 APR 1890
father: Boone, William(1766 - 1849)
mother: Hayward, Ann(1768 - 1845)
Burial:
Carr Cemetery, Geary, N.B.;
spouse: Carr, Asa (1795 - 1875)
- m. 18 AUG 1814 in Ancestral File record v4.19
----------child: Carr, Eben (1816 - 1891)
----------child: Carr, Mary Anne (1817 - 1897)
----------child: Carr, Edward (1819 - 1900)
----------child: Carr, Richard Asa (1821 - )
----------child: Carr, Sarah Anne (1825 - 1895)
----------child: Carr, Willie Ann (~1827 - 1914)
----------child: Carr, Franklin (1829 - 1915)
----------child: Carr, Leonard (1834 - )
----------child: Carr, Amasa (1837 - 1926)
Boone, Anne (1862 - 1937) - female
b. 12 AUG 1862 in Fredericton, NB
d. 31 JUL 1937 in Kirkland, NB
father: Boone, Alexander(1827 - 1924)
mother: Perry, Sarah(1832 - 1927)
Every night the whole Hall family would play cards after dinner. From
time to time Annie (Boone) Hall would leave Forest City, New Brunswick to
visit her daughter Claire in Brewer to help out with her Legasse
grandkids. Annie Boone died shortly after her farmhouse burned down.
The Halls had a farm, but her husband, Joseph Hall (1852-1919), disliked
farming and worked as the Superintendent of Mill Tannery at the local
mill. The Hall boys also disliked farming, so the daughters did all the
farm work and house work.
Burial:
2 AUG 1937;
Union Corner, NB;
spouse: Hall, Joseph Henry (1852 - 1919)
- m. 1880
----------child: Hall, Wilfred Sterling (1882 - )
----------child: Hall, Mae (1888 - 1975)
----------child: Hall, Hazen (*1891 - )
----------child: Hall, Joseph (*1891 - )
----------child: Hall, Bernice Picola (1892 - 1984)
----------child: Hall, Claire (1893 - 1990)
----------child: Hall, Annie (1895 - 1980)
----------child: Hall, Grace Irene (1898 - )
----------child: Hall, Kenneth Wayne (1900 - 1977)
Boone, Anne (~1874 - ) - female
b. ABT 1874
father: Boone, James(1847 - 1883)
mother: Haines, Alexandrina(~1847 - )
Boone, Anne Elizabeth (1896 - 1952) - female
b. 13 JUL 1896 in Forest City, NB
d. 4 JAN 1952 in Hartford, CT
father: Boone, George Edward(1856 - 1946)
mother: Veysey, Maude(1866 - 1945)
Jan 5, 1952
Funeral services for Mrs Annie E. McQuarrie, 55, of Hodgdon, were held
Tuesday at the Dunn Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Kierstead officiating.
The daughter of George and Maude Veysey Boone, she was born July 13,
1896 at Forest City, N.B., and died in Hartford, Conn., January 4, after
a short illness. A resident of Hodgdon, she lived in Hartford for the
past two months.
Surviving are her husband, Hallie McQuarrie of Hodgdon, two sons,
George of Cary and Clifford of Boston; four daughters, Mrs Clifton
Rockwell and Mrs Nelson Blinn of Houlton, Mrs Paul Addington of Hodgdon,
Mrs James W. Piper of Portland, Oregon; two brothers, Otto and Basil of
Forest City, N.B., four sisters, Mrs Clinton Gillispie of Canterbury,
N.B., Mrs Max Goldin of Providence, R.I., Mrs Clarence Buckingham of
Forest City, Maine, Miss Ella Boone of Portland; and 10 grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Hodgdon cemetery in the spring.
Burial:
8 JAN 1952;
Hodgdon, Me (vault);
spouse: McQuarrie, Hallie Hugh (*1889 - )
- m. 24 NOV 1915 in Hodgdon, Me
----------child: McQuarrie, George Allen (1916 - )
----------child: McQuarrie, Jennie Maude (1917 - 1995)
----------child: McQuarrie, Clifford Parker (1919 - )
----------child: McQuarrie, Doris Anne (1920 - 1999)
----------child: McQuarrie, Clinton (1921 - 1922)
----------child: McQuarrie, Stella Mae (1922 - )
----------child: McQuarrie, Mildred Rae (1923 - )
----------child: McQuarrie, Alton (1925 - 1925)
----------child: McQuarrie, Veysey (1926 - 1926)
----------child: McQuarrie, Betty (1928 - 1928)
Boone, Anne S (1871 - ) - female
b. 1871
father: Boone, John H(1847 - 1924)
mother: Till, Martha Matilda(1844 - 1926)
spouse: Nason, Herman (1860 - )
- m. 22 MAR 1893
----------child: Nason, Abigail (*1899 - )
----------child: Nason, Clara (*1899 - )
----------child: Nason, Martha (*1899 - )
----------child: Nason, Iva (*1899 - )
Boone, Annette Dawn (private) - female
father: Boone, Dale Irving(private)
mother: Albright, Elaine Marie(private)
spouse: Arbeau, Ian (private)
----------child: Arbeau, Eric Charles (private)
----------child: Arbeau, Evan (private)
Boone, Annie Grace (1902 - ) - female
b. 25 DEC 1902
father: Boone, John Lemuel(1853 - 1918)
mother: Howland, Sarah(*1860 - )
Boone, Annis (1867 - ) - female
b. 1867
father: Boone, James Whiteman(~1833 - 1904)
mother: Carr, Hannah(1838 - 1877)
Boone, Annis Levina (1869 - 1870) - female
b. 1 MAR 1869
d. 15 JUL 1870
father: Boone, Richardson(1834 - 1928)
mother: Shirley, Annis Skidmore(1832 - 1887)
Boone, Annis Mary (1889 - 1984) - female
b. 27 FEB 1889 in Presque Isle, Me.
d. 1984
father: Boone, Sherman Willard(1859 - 1936)
mother: Bird, Elizabeth Day(1872 - )
Burial:
Presque Isle, Me.;
spouse: Cook, George Reed (1884 - 1945)
Boone, Anson (~1837 - ) - male
b. ABT 1837
father: Boone, Humphrey(1811 - >1851)
mother: King, Eunice(~1812 - <1853)
Boone, Anthony William (private) - male
father: Boone, William Cedric(1937 - )
mother: White, Shirley Elizabeth(private)
spouse: Tompkins, Deborah Susan (private)
- m. 21 FEB 1994
----------child: Boone, Kristy Leigh (private)
----------child: Boone, Kurtis Anthony William (private)
Boone, Archie (private) - male
father: Boone, Neil(1912 - 2007)
mother: Hazel, ?(*1916 - )
Boone, Ardis (1931 - ) - female
b. 3 MAR 1931
father: Boone, Clarence Guy(1905 - 1980)
mother: McMinn, Geneva Adelia(1904 - 1999)
spouse: Whitehouse, David (*1927 - )
Boone, Arianna (1866 - ) - female
b. 13 DEC 1866 in Sunbury Co NB
father: Boone, John H(1847 - 1924)
mother: Till, Martha Matilda(1844 - 1926)
spouse: Till, George N (1848 - 1931)
- m. 1883
----------child: Till, George W (1884 - )
----------child: Till, John Frederick (1886 - )
----------child: Till, Dorus (1892 - 1970)
----------child: Till, Dora Letitia (1892 - )
----------child: Till, Inez May (1896 - 1979)
Boone, Arlene (private) - female
father: Boone, Neil(1912 - 2007)
mother: Hazel, ?(*1916 - )
Boone, Arlie (private) - male
father: Boone, George Norman(1925 - 2004)
mother: Giberson, Vada(1930 - )
spouse: Paget, Connie (private)
----------child: Boone, Gregory (private)
Boone, Arlington (1893 - 1991) - male
b. 28 SEP 1893 in Green Mountain, NB
d. 4 MAR 1991 in Woodstock, NB
father: Boone, William Warden(1864 - 1941)
mother: Foster, Leonora Almeda(1875 - 1936)
Until his retirement, Arlie farmed at Green Mountain beside Alex's property and across the road from his aunt Margaret Wetmore. The picture of me and Arlie's horse was taken in 1952 after raking loose hay into windrows. In the background is the Wetmore farm and the old James Crone property to the right.
By 1964 they were living on St Andrew's street in Woodstock where they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct 11, 1964. The local paper reported all the family present.
Mrs Edward Hebert (Mary), their daughter, made the wedding cake and served it. Tea was poured by Mrs Delbert Boone and Mrs Arthur Boone, and served by Miss Evelyn Boone, Miss Linda Hebert and Miss Betty Boone, grand-daughters.
During the day, they received a telephone call from grand-daughter, Barbara Boone, Anniston, Alabama, and a telegram from Clifford Hebert, Dartmouth, NS.
Mrs Boone attended Teacher's College and taught several years in the schools of NB. Mr Boone joined the Orange Order
in his youth and received his 50 year pin in 1963. (Note:- About 20 years later one day he was visiting my father when I happened to be there. He mentioned the Orange Lodge. Did you know, I asked him, that the Orange Order was started by two members of the Masonic Fraternity? I might as well hit him with a hammer. To think his beloved fraternity may have had any connection with that - that - mysterious group the Masons, simply bordered on heresy. It is true, by the way.)
The paper went on to say that on the previous Wednesday evening, friends and neighbors in this part of town had a get-together for the couple at their home. They received many useful gifts.
On Apr 5, 1978, the Bugle carried a story on "84-year old Arlie Boone passing the long winter by hooking rugs" Over the past five years he hooked about 25 of them after learning to be a "happy hooker" while spending the winter with his daughter, Mary, in Dartmouth, NS.
Even as he approached his 90th birthday, he would hike from his home down to Stedman's for coffee and chat with "the boys". Quite a remarkable man
Burial:
Fosterville, NB;
spouse: McFawn, Hazel (1890 - 1968)
- m. 14 OCT 1914 in Saint John, NB
----------child: Boone, Mary Lyda (1918 - 2001)
----------child: Boone, Arthur Wetmore (1919 - 1996)
----------child: Boone, William Warden (1920 - 2006)
----------child: Boone, Delbert Wayne (1922 - 2005)
Boone, Arnold Edra (1910 - 1964) - male
b. 2 DEC 1910 in Waterville, N.B.
d. 29 JAN 1964 in New Zion, N.B.
father: Boone, Marvin Allison(1884 - 1965)
mother: Smith, Etta Idella Maude(1889 - 1972)
Burial:
31 JAN 1964;
Baptist Cemetery, Minto, N.B.;
spouse: Corey, Freda Lillian (1914 - )
- m. 5 SEP 1934 in Fredericton, N.B.
----------child: Boone, Hayward Arnold (1935 - 1939)
----------child: Boone, Vernon Claude (1940 - )
----------child: Boone, Geraldine Freda (private)
----------child: Boone, Raymond Frederick (private)
Boone, Arthur (*1937 - ) - male
father: Boone, Arthur Edwin(1899 - 1970)
mother: Hatheway, Vivian(1907 - 1990)
Boone, Arthur Edwin (1899 - 1970) - male
b. 12 OCT 1899 in McAdam, N.B.
d. 8 MAR 1970
father: Boone, Dow Sterling(1872 - 1942)
mother: Drummond, Mary Agnes(1874 - 1939)
Burial:
Aroostook Jct., N.B.;
spouse: Hatheway, Vivian (1907 - 1990)
----------child: Boone, Donald M (1927 - 2005)
----------child: Boone, Arthur (*1937 - )
----------child: Boone, Gordon (*1937 - )
----------child: Boone, Betty (*1937 - )
Boone, Arthur Graham (1885 - 1908) - male
b. 30 DEC 1885
d. 15 DEC 1908
father: Boone, John Lemuel(1853 - 1918)
mother: Howland, Sarah(*1860 - )
spouse: Wilkinson, Ina E (*1889 - )
Boone, Arthur Wetmore (1919 - 1996) - male
b. 15 SEP 1919 in Green Mountain, N.B.
d. 15 MAR 1996 in Dr Chalmers Hospital, Fredericton, NB
father: Boone, Arlington(1893 - 1991)
mother: McFawn, Hazel(1890 - 1968)
spouse: Graham, Velma Christine (1915 - 1995)
- m. 30 MAR 1942
----------child: Boone, Kathleen Margaret (1942 - 1999)
----------child: Boone, Gary (private)
----------child: Boone, Betty Lou (private)
Boone, Arthur Winston (1907 - 1992) - male
b. 9 OCT 1907 in Ashland, NB
d. 6 DEC 1992 in Hartland, NB
father: Boone, George Whitman(1867 - 1956)
mother: McCallom, Sarah(1867 - 1934)
Burial:
Hartland, NB;
spouse: McInnis, Inez Ellen (1909 - 2002)
----------child: Boone, Winston (1933 - )
----------child: Boone, Shirley (1934 - )
----------child: Boone, Clinton (1936 - )
----------child: Boone, John (private)
----------child: Boone, Elizabeth (private)
Boone, Arwood Bamford (1888 - ) - male
b. 19 APR 1888
father: Boone, Charles(~1859 - )
mother: Stiles, Charlotte Jane(1857 - 1926)
Boone, Ashley Alison (private) - female
father: Boone, Aubrey(private)
mother: Markey, Laureen(private)
Boone, Aubrey (private) - male
father: Boone, Delbert Wayne(1922 - 2005)
mother: Kaley, Shirley Pauline(*1935 - )
spouse: Markey, Laureen (private)
----------child: Boone, Ashley Alison (private)
----------child: Boone, Candice Dawn (private)
----------child: Boone, Hannah Marie (private)
Boone, Audrey (*1927 - ) - female
father: Boone, John Ferris(*1892 - )
mother: Shirley, Florence(*1896 - )
Boone, Avery (1906 - 1987) - male
b. 10 DEC 1906 in Dorn Ridge, N.B.
d. 17 OCT 1987 in Whitehorse, Yukon
father: Boone, Rainsford(1870 - 1962)
mother: Haines, Alma(1877 - 1964)
Burial:
Whitehorse, Yukon;
spouse: Brewer, Mildred (1912 - 1933)
- m. 8 MAY 1928 in Fredericton, N.B.
----------child: Boone, Jean (1929 - )
spouse: Allaby, Dorothy (1912 - 1988)
- m. 28 SEP 1940 in Mannhurst, N.B.
----------child: Boone, Roland (private)
Boone, Avondale (*1892 - 1923) - male
d. 1923
father: Boone, Lewis(1856 - 1941)
mother: Sandwith, Lavina(1862 - 1936)
spouse: Mabie, Pearl (*1896 - )
Boone, Baby (1909 - 1909) - male
b. 19 AUG 1909
d. 23 AUG 1909
father: Boone, Walter Havelock(1863 - 1950)
mother: Scott, Katie Jane(1874 - 1963)
Boone, Baby (1947 - 1947) - female
b. 24 JAN 1947 in Carleton Memorial Hospital, NB
d. 5 APR 1947 in Danforth, ME
mother: Boone, Ivadelle Muriel(1928 - 2001)
Burial:
7 APR 1947;
Fosterville, NB;
Boone, Baby2 (1912 - 1912) - male
b. 20 AUG 1912 in McAdam, N.B.
d. 20 AUG 1912 in McAdam, N.B.
father: Boone, Walter Havelock(1863 - 1950)
mother: Scott, Katie Jane(1874 - 1963)
Boone, Baden Gibson (~1905 - ) - male
b. ABT 1905
father: Boone, Newton Wilson(1880 - 1964)
mother: Gibson, Myrtle(~1883 - 1970)
spouse: Storr, Elsie Wilhemia (1915 - 2003)
----------child: Boone, Joan (1937 - )
----------child: Boone, Sandra (1939 - )
----------child: Boone, Shirley (private)
----------child: Boone, Carol (1943 - <2003)
Boone, Barbara (~1858 - ) - female
b. ABT 1858
father: Boone, John Edward(1832 - 1903)
mother: Tracy, Sarah Jane(1838 - 1868)
Resident of: Died young.
Boone, Barbara (private) - female
father: Boone, Howard Delmont(1913 - )
mother: Graham, Cora M(*1916 - )
Boone, Barbara (private) - female
father: Boone, Donald M(1927 - 2005)
mother: Boone, Dorothy(*1931 - )
Boone, Barbara Mary (private) - female
father: Boone, William Warden(1920 - 2006)
mother: Dickinson, Muriel Cecile(1920 - 2005)
spouse: Heinselman, Russell C (private)
- m. 14 SEP 1970 in Hodgdon, Me
----------child: Heinselman, Lauri Beth (private)
----------child: Heinselman, Craig Aaron (private)
Boone, Basheba (~1837 - >1890) - female
b. ABT 1837
d. AFT 1890
father: Boone, James Whitman(1803 - 1881)
mother: Nevers, Maria(1808 - 1842)
Known as: : Basha
spouse: Boone, James E (1837 - 1890)
----------child: Boone, Herbert P (1861 - 1892)
----------child: Boone, Mary M (1866 - )
----------child: Boone, Burton Harvey (1867 - 1953)
----------child: Boone, George T (1870 - 1873)
----------child: Boone, Absolom F (1873 - 1892)
----------child: Boone, Violetta (1875 - )
----------child: Boone, Edward Allison (1876 - 1936)
Boone, Basil Sedences (1909 - 1998) - male
b. 17 SEP 1909 in Green Mountain, NB
d. 9 AUG 1998 in at home, Bristol, NB
father: Boone, William Warden(1864 - 1941)
mother: Foster, Leonora Almeda(1875 - 1936)
(sitting here on Arlie's lap abt 1910)
Basil went by a variety of names (Jim, Zeeb), including a few that were
applied in the heat of an argument, but the most common was "Hillbilly".
Not because of his backwoods aura, but to distinguish him from his cousin
with the same name living in the same commumity. Still, in some ways, the
nickname fitted him like a glove.
From birth till death he never traveled any further than 200 miles from
where he first saw the light of day. And then only if he could not find
any excuse not to. Distaining any profession that would require regular
hours, he much preferred working at seasonal jobs in the woods, guiding,
trapping; in short, anything to keep him outside and in touch with
nature. Of course the consequences of this life-style was that he had
little in the way of material goods. Just enough to get by: an old house
(no such thing as a mortgage), a well-used car or half-ton, boat and
motor and so on. In retrospect, all perfectly natural for him.
During the early years of marriage, he and mother bounced around from
relative to relative, living here for a few months, then moving on. For
example, during the winter they were married, 1932-33, they lived with
his sister Edith. In April, 1933, they moved to Fosterville to live in a
house owned by his brother-in-law, Dalton Carr where they stayed until
Fall, then moved in with Anne Howe for the winter. The following spring
they share accomodation with Earl Atkinson until October, 1934, then
moved back in with Edith. During 1937 and 1938 they lived with Anne Howe
(where I was born), spent a year with Wesley (Jim) Farrell, before
finally moving into a place of their own on Green Mountain.
It was hardly the Tah Mahal, but it was theirs. Constructed from logs,
the building had one room and not exactly closed tight to the weather. It
was not uncommon to wake on a winter's morning to find a fine layer of
snow on the bedcovers where it has sifted in around the window. Although
only three or four at the time, I can vaguely remember this.
(This is the house he built as it looked in 2007. The only thing different is the glassed in porch; it was open back in 1943. The house is now located on the old Woodstock Road, just at the edge of Canterbury where it was moved by Dick Ackinson in the late 50s.)
But this was only a temporary dwelling. Basil tore down the old
Vantassell house at the Point (Balm of Gilead), carted the lumber home
and built a fine storey and a half directly in front of the "camp" as we
called it. It had a kitchen, livingroom and two bedrooms upstairs with a
porch on front. Bare studs adorned the walls, not a lick of insulation,
so it took the cook stove and parlor heater both to keep the temperature
above freezing in the winter. Eight cord of wood did the trick.
But hey, it was home. Here my little sister, Joan, was born in November,
1943 and died a month later. I remember the neighborhood ladies preparing
her little body for burial and holding a short service right there in the
livingroom.
When we moved to Forest City, temporarily for the winter and spring of
1944, then permanently in August of that year, the house was sold to
Warden Boone who moved it a couple of miles to his father's land. Warden
ually moved to Maine and sold the house to Charles Atkinson who
moved it onto the land where Alex Boone lived. Basil rebought the house
and land in 1951, lived there for two years while cutting the pulp from
the land, then moved back to Forest City. He sold the house to Richard
Atkinson who moved it to Canterbury where it is still standing today
looking somewhat forlorn and showing its age. That house moved almost as
many times as Basil.
(age 70. He loved posing for pictures)
Basil never had much formal education. He attended a one room school in
Green Mountain reaching the fourth or fifth reader, probably the
equivalent of grade five or six. But he could write well and was a
voracious reader. Most of his "education" came from this activity as well
as hands-on experience. And when it came to the great outdoors, he knew
his stuff. He could fall a tree on a dime, build a fire in pouring rain,
cook a meal, put up a temporary shelter, hunt, fish, and find his way
home in pitch darkness over hill and dale through the woods.
Like all guides, he had a fondness for telling tall tales to the people
he escorted around the lakes or during a hunting trip. I suppose to these
sportsmen from such faraway places as New York, Pennsylvania, or Ohio,
this grizzled guide fit the image. Basil played it to the hilt. During a
fishing expedition on Spednic Lake with a man and wife team, the lady
spotted a distant water fowl. She inquired as to what it was. Basil
informed her it was a loon. When she wanted to know if they were good
eating, Basil had his opening.
"Only if they are cooked properly," he said.
Now her interest began to rise. She readied her pencil and paper and
asked Basil for the receipe.
He told her: "First, you find a large, round, smooth stone, place it in a
large container, fill with water, add salt and bring it to a boil. Place
the loon, feathers and all, on the rock in the boiling water and cook
vigorously for five hours. Then add vegetables and cook one more
hour.
The lady is writing all this down. "And then...?" she asked?
"Then," said Basil, "you throw away the loon and eat the rock."
It took a minute, but she finally got the message: a loon is too tough to
eat.
One other occasion he was on the lake with only his dog for company
idling away a summer evening when another boat drifted by with another
guide and sportsman aboard. Admiring the dog, the sport asked about the
breed. He's a bass dog", replied Basil, "worth about $4000".
The sport, never having heard about this kind of dog, expressed a curious
interest. He wanted to know what they were known for.
"Just what the name implies," said Basil. "He is something like a
birddog, only he hunts for bass fish. When you get to where you think it
may be good bass fishing, you tie the anchor around the dog's neck and
throw him overboard. The dog would walk around on the bottom sniffing for
bass towing the boat along behind him. When the boat stops, that's where
the bass are."
The "city-slicker" was amazed. "Won't the dog drown?" He was becoming a bit
skeptical.
"Of course," said Basil. "You can only use them once. That's why they are
so expensive."
With his knowledge of the field and stream, we never lacked for food. A
crack shot, he could lever off a magazine of ammo from his old .32
special rifle like it was an automatic. He later acquired a .308 savage
that he swore by. Never had much use for a shotgun, but did use a .22
rifle for his trap line.
He loved to hunt otter. Not only for the valuable pelt (which was often
the only income he would see just before Christmas), but because the
otter is an extremely intelligent animal that presented him with a
challenge. They are so fast, you generally only got one chance at getting
off a shot.
I recall one early spring day we were checking out some traps near Mud
Lake Falls when he spotted an otter feeding on a rock quite a distance
from shore and directly in front of the falls. The lake was frozen enough
to walk on, but this area was dangerous because of the water current. The
otter would dive through a hole near the rock, pop back up a minute later
with a clam, get back on the rock for a tidbit. After watching the
pattern for a few minutes, Basil took aim with the .22 rifle and as the
otter settled on the rock, he fired. Almost before the crack of the rifle
reached my ears, that otter had disappeared into the hole. Almost as
quick, he came back up and flopped out on the ice to lay still.
Basil took a long stick and began to crawl on his stomach across the ice
to where the otter lay. When he was close enough, he hooked the animal
with the stick, and slowly crawled back to shore. He had hit the animal
in the neck attesting to his sharp eye and steady hand. The scary thing
though, the next day, that entire area was open water.
He wasn't always so lucky and not get wet. A short distance from this
location, the lake (which is actually a wide stream created by the old
dam which in turn created the Falls) narrows to a distance of only 50
feet or so across. There is a noticeable current through this gut that
rarely freezes to any safe thickness. One always skirted this area into
the rocky, wooded shoreline when walking by. One snapping cold day in
mid-winter he was hiking along and either forgot about the danger, or
more likely ignored it, when he dropped through the ice to his armpits.
Although the water is deep at this point, the ice was solid enough around
him that he managed to claw his way back out of the hole. He was a
walking cake of ice when he reached home a mile away. He seemed to suffer
no ill effects. Just another of those little things to take in stride.
Probably a good thing that mishaps didn't overly faze him. God knows he
had enough of them. When his youngest son, Dana, was about seven he
tested the soundness of Basil's head with a peevy handle. Not
intentionally, of course, but with enough vigor to bring Basil to his
knees. The old '46 Ford station wagon needed some repairs which were done
on the grassy area next to the house. After completion, Basil was bent
over picking up some loose odds and ends left over, moving to and fro in
his quest, quite ignoring what was going on around him. Thus he failed to
see Dana tossing a ball up in the air so he could hit a home run with his
sawed off peevy handle. Up went the ball, a mighty swing back to be in
position to hit the ball when it dropped, only on the back swing Basil's
head was well within the arc of travel. The resounding "bonk" could be
heard across the yard. I looked up to see Basil staggering backwards,
knees bend, hands to his head, moaning something intelligible. All I
could make out was "Oh. Oh. Oh." Dana, eyes as big as saucers, thought he
had killed his father.
Nah. He had a king-sized headache for an hour or two, a lump for a
reminder but that was gone in a week. That little incident almost ranked
up there with the ice snowball Dana threw at his sister, which naturally
missed her and hit Basil on the side of the head. Once more, he sagged to
his knees. Another headache and a lump. It's a wonder Dana ever managed
to make it to his teens.
(the house where Basil was born. It was situated on the front of the property where Joyce (Farrell) Fish now lives. It burned around 1912. Standing at the edge of the picture, left, is his father, Will; Den Foster is holding the horses. The man in the black jacket and hat near center, is John L Foster.)
Actually, I think Basil moved under a dark cloud much like that little
character created by Al Capp in L'il Abner comic strip: Joe Mzxyp (or
however he spelled it). One day while the car rested on a jack so he
could crawl underneath to fix a muffler, it came down with a crash on top
of him. Now this would have killed a lesser mortal, but because it was on
the barn floor which had some weak spots in it, the weight of the car
simply drove Basil through the floorboards into the space below. Somewhat
bruised and shaken, he emerged unrepentant. Little wonder we only raised
an eyebrow when a radiater hose came apart on his truck spewing
antifreeze on his face. Shoving the hose blindly back to where it should
have been, he stuck his finger into the whirling fan splitting it from
nail to knuckle. A little adhesive tape closed the wound to heal with
nary a scar.
Basil inherited some of his grandfather's carpentry skills but none of
the finess for detail. Although he could solve just about any building
problem from a loose rocking chair to a hole in the wall with a hammer,
spike and haywire, he never really had the necessary tools to work with.
But with an axe, a hand plane, a piece of broken glass, he could fashion
an axe handle that would rival a commercial product. He could whittle out
dancing dolls, repair a canoe or boat, build a fire pit outdoors and
more. But do that stuff for a living? Perish the thought. He gave away as
much as received.
His taste for alcohol, or lack of it, rarely came about. But on occasion,
he could, and did, get a wee drap too much. On once such occasion, I was
sitting at the kitchen table when he more or less fell in the back door,
laughing so hard he couldn't talk. All he could get out, "I shot the
wrong pig". It seems the next door neighbor, Carl Higgs, wanted Basil to
slaughter one of his hogs for winter. Like I say, Basil had many talents.
Normally, he would give the unlucky pig a blow to the head with a mallet,
then bleed it before plunging it into boiling water to scrape away the
bristles. This day he decided to shoot the pig with the .22 rifle. But
before they got started, Carl thought perhaps a nip of old John
Barleycorn might remove some of the chill. One sip led to another...and
another. Finally, Bertha, Carl's wife, was getting a bit annoyed at their
tippling, called Carl to the house for a bit of a lecture. While he was
gone, Basil decided to get on with the job. Bang. Down went the pig and
by the time Carl got back all was in readiness for the boiling pot.
Except, Basil shot the wrong pig. Apparently Carl had two pigs, one a sow
that he planned on breeding over the winter, the other a younger boar. It
was the boar slated for slaughter. But now the sow lay stretched out
ready for the knife.
All Carl could do was sputter, then they got to laughing so hard they
could barely stand. Really fed up by now, Bertha sent Basil home and Carl
into the house, then called a neighbor to finish what those two had
started. They were not allowed to play together for week after that
little episode.
When retirement became official in 1974, it meant for the first time in
his life he had a steady income. Working for the Government now, he used
to say as he waved his old age pension check. He tinkered away at odds
and ends, building a cedar cabin on the old homestead, clearing away
bushes, just to put in the time. For hours he would sit on the lawn in
front of the house in a loose cloud of Raid to keep away mosquitoes,
gossiping with all and sundry who happened to pass that way. Albert
Deveau, a talented man with a chainsaw, carved a likeness of Basil from a
pine log standing on end near the end of the driveway that drew people
from all over. He posed for hundreds of photos (like the one above)
beside the carving. It's doubtful if he ever saw a camera he didn't like.
(Basil and Mamie...1987)
Throughout his life, Basil enjoyed good health considering all the
mishaps. His first visit to a doctor had an amusing overtone. Discovering
blood in his stool one morning, he had no doubt the cause was cancer of
the colon. Sitting around in a blue funk for a few days, he ually
agreed to see a doctor for whatever treatment may be deemed necessary.
The doctor, amazed that Basil had never required medical treatment til
that point, proceeded to give him a thorough examination, including all
the questions that only doctors can ask. Basil, quite agitated by this
seemingly unnecessary and totally useless process, kept pressing for a
diagnosis of his problem. Finally, the doctor said, "Good heavens man!
Have you never heard of haemoroids?" Basil floated out of his office.
The worst had yet to come. Around 1988, he developed respitory problems
associated with emphysema. Asthma, he called it. He and Wally Knox, the
local customs officer, used to compare daily notes on their "puffers",
sort of an informal help group with two members. During the next five
years, his condition gradually worsened until he required oxygen on a
regular basis. Activity slowed to a crawl. He fought off several bouts of
pneumonia, rallying back each time to the amazement of family and doctors
alike. Also during this period, he developed cancer on his lower lip
requiring surgery and radiation treatment. That seemed to cure that
problem, at least for the time being.
But as his lungs deteriorated, the body weakened, and the cancer returned
with a vengeance. No more treatments, he said. Nature will take its
course. It's hard to say what finally gave out. His heart, so strong for
so long, obviously could not continue its monumental struggle to pump
oxygen starved blood thoughout the body. The cancer slowly devoured his
lower lip, then began its insidual advance on the lower jaw inside his
mouth. Painkillers were necessary.
All through his ordeal, he remained at home in familiar surroundings
tended to by his wife assisted by his daughter, a RNA. Finally late in
the afternoon, without having spoken a word all day, the body gave up.
The last surviving member of his immediate family, Basil went to his
eternal rest one month before his 89th birthday.
Father could be a cantankerous sort, opinionated, and never apologized
for being wrong in his life (as far as he was concerned, he never was
wrong, only a bit mixed up at times). Yet he was a good man, an honest
man with friends and acquaintances from far and wide. It is interesting
to note how he spanned the greatest advancement of knowledge in any
generation before or since. Born in 1909 when travel in his community was
limited to walking or horse and buggy, only a mere 60 years later man
walked on the moon. Quite a thing to absorb all in one lifetime.
Rest well, Basil. The world is a better place for you having existed.
Burial:
11 AUG 1998;
Forest City, NB;
spouse: Carr, Mamie (1917 - 2005)
- m. 20 DEC 1932 in Forest City, NB
----------child: Boone, Jean (1933 - 1933)
----------child: Boone, Charles (1934 - 1934)
----------child: Boone, William Cedric (1937 - )
----------child: Boone, Joan (1943 - 1943)
----------child: Boone, Nancy Patricia (private)
----------child: Boone, Dana Richard (private)
Boone, Basil William (1894 - 1969) - male
b. 26 MAR 1894 in Forest City, NB
d. 10 SEP 1969
father: Boone, George Edward(1856 - 1946)
mother: Veysey, Maude(1866 - 1945)
Below: Basil, his mother Maude, Lala (patterson) and daughter Gladys
When we moved to Forest City in August 1944, dad bought a house for $175
from Basil William Boone, his cousin. That meant the community now had
two Basil Boone's living side by side. To avoid confusion, Basil William
became known as "Bog Basil" since he lived in the lower part of the
landscape; dad had the name "Hillbilly" tacked on him in reference to his
former residence on Green Mountain. "Bog Basil" heartily disliked that
particularly nickname and so, because he was the elder, became known as
"grandpappy", or simply "gramp".
Grandpappy farmed a little, had a 8-10 herd of jersey cows, team of
horses, chickens, pigs that seemed to provide him with a decent living. A
very conscientious individual, everything had to be just right,
especially the haying operation. If the slightest bit of moisture
remained on the mown grass, it stayed on the ground until completely dry.
He deathly feared fire in his barn from damp hay erupting in spontaneous
combustion. Consequently, stowing away hay in his steel roofed barn on a
blistering hot afternoon in late July usually resulted in a loss of ten
pounds in sweat. HIsa brother in law, Clint Gillispie, used to raze him
about being so fussy, but Gramp never changed until he died.
The old house is long gone, but the barn is still standing in good
condition. The property of 50 acres is now split between three onwers: I
have 4 acres, my sister, Nancy, and her husband own about 21 acres; and
Blaine Higgs, the remaining 25. Less than six of those acres are kept
mowed as a lawn, the remainder grown up in cedar and white pine.
Burial:
Forest City, NB;
spouse: Patterson, Lala Mae (1897 - 1977)
- m. 22 DEC 1915
----------child: Boone, Gladys Geneva (1916 - 2000)
Boone, Bedford O (~1859 - ) - male
b. ABT 1859
father: Boone, John Edward(1832 - 1903)
mother: Tracy, Sarah Jane(1838 - 1868)
spouse: McIlroy, Hattie C (*1861 - )
- m. 12 JUL 1881 in Houlton, ME
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