Looking back over the decades, and indeed, centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in this area. One of those names that no longer holds a place here is Kelly.
May 4, 1909 Jonas Stone, widower of Catherine McDonald, married Ida Boudreau, daughter of Jean Boudreau and Anne Martel, witnesses Martin Meagher and Caroline Gaudet
June 28, 1909 Godfrey LeBlanc, son of Jeffrey LeBlanc...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970s.
The following excerpts are...
John Josselyn Latimer married Hilda Marie Leslie Dec. 29, 1921
Charles John Howard Latimer married Annie Esther Stewart (Boston) Sept. 14, 1921
Harry J. Murray (Methodist, from Lynn, Massachusettes) married Agnes...
According to Garvie Samson (The River That Isn’t), a team from River Bourgeois played the Maple Leaf Cardinals from Halifax which was en route to Sydney for an exhibition game.
The contest took place...
1903 officiated by Fr. D. J. McIntosh
Jan. 12, 1903: Cesar Forgeron, son of Elisse Forgeron and Anne Briand of West Arichat, married Martha Jane Shannon, daughter of Charles Shannon and Marie Samson; witnesses...
Looking back over the decades and, indeed, centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in this area. One of those names that no longer holds a place here is Bellefontaine.
As early as 1824 a functioning school existed in Arichat. By 1834, the school faced insurmountable financial difficulties and as a result, the creditors – primarily John Tyrrell; a prominent Arichat merchant – foreclosed on the property,...
In studying the history of a village, town or county, it is those individuals who had an impact on the life of their time who receive the recognition, and rightfully so.
Successful entrepreneurs like...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970s.
The following excerpts are...