John MacDonald's Probate Contested In Court

From The American probate reports: containing recent cases of general value ..., the case of 
John MacDonald, who died in Windsor, Ontario, January 15, 1870....

John MacDonald's Will: Isabella MacDonald, wife; children James Sherman and William John MacDonald; ....wife and said (William) Hannah of the City of Detroit, executors...

MacDonald was engaged in the business of manufacturing tobacco.  March 3, 1870 she [the widow] sold the business...after paying debts, etc., brought money to Detroit and converted it to American money... .  After her marriage to Mr. Barnard, they moved to L'Anse, Michigan, where the complainants grew up and then left home.

Census 1880

L'Anse, Baraga, Michigan, United States

John L Barnard Self M 48 New York, United States

Isabella Barnard Wife F 38 Ohio, United States

Sherman Barnard Son M 6 Michigan, United States

Mary Bell Barnard Daughter F 4 Michigan, United States

Eliza W Barnard Daughter F 3 Michigan, United States

Annie M Barnard Daughter F 1 Michigan, United States

James Macdonald Stepson M 17 Michigan, United States

William J Macdonald Stepson M 15 Canada

Joseph P Bray Other M 26 England

N H Hayden Other M 24 Michigan, United States

Annie Handly Other F 17 Michigan, United States

Adelia Hall Other F 20 Michigan, United States

Isabella McKendrick MacDonald Barnard died in 1926.

The Life Of David Ward

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David Ward's cousin, Eber Ward, derided David and gave him the impetus to become as wealthy as Eber and other relatives.

See The Autobiography of David Ward.

He died on May 27, 1900.

THE John Brown Almost Lost To History

From The Plains Of Abraham, A History of North Elba and Lake Placid:

"...Old Mountain saw use for many more years by the wagons of local farmers... . The abolitionist John Brown of Harper’s Ferry fame was almost lost to history on Old Mountain. Then farming in North Elba, two miles from Lake Placid, he came near to death by freezing while walking home alone in mid-winter of 1850."

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[See John Brown's grave located on the map above]

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"John Brown's grave, at North Elba, Essex county, New York.  This tombstone was his grandfather's, Capt. John Brown, who died in the War of 1776 in a barn near New York City and was buried at Torrington, Conn., and while John Brown lived at North Elba, he went to Connecticut and helped to put a monument at his grandfather's grave, and when he came home he brought this stone with him."

"....have this stone that stood at his grandfather's grave set at the head of his and such additional inscription on it as were necessary just below that of his grandfather's which reads as follows "In memory of Capt John Brown...John Brown born May 9, 1800, was executed at Charlestown, Virginia, December 2, 1859."

Laurent And Adeline Beaudoin

Ancestors in my grandkids' family tree included Laurent and Adeline (DeGuire) Beaudoin.

In the 1851 Canadian census (Essex County, Ontario):

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#20:  Laurent Bowdin [Beaudoin], Farmer, Canada F, Catholic, Age 26
#21: Adeline  "    ", wife, Canada F, Catholic, Age 25
#22: Adeline, "   ", dau, "   "  Age 6
#23:  Amelia, "    "   ,Age 5
#24: Kitty, "   ", Age 2
#25: James, son, Age 1

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1861 Canadian Census, Essex County:

#11: Laurent Boudwin, Farmer...Roman Catholic, Age 45
#12: Adeline Boudwin, ....Age 33 [DeGuire]
#13: James Boudwin, Labourer...Age 9
#14: Xavier Boudwin, "   , Age 7

Laurent Bowdin/Beaudoin/Boudwin was enumerated and listed here the 1881 census.

Census Year: 1881

Item Number: 4666308

Surname: BODOSINE

Given Name(s): Lauront

Age: 65

Province: Ontario

District Name: Essex

Sub-District Name: Malden

McLeans Of Essex County

1851 Canadian Census - Malden, Essex, Ontario [Canada West]

John McLean, farmer

Polly McLean, wife

Thomas do

Harriet do

John  do

Julia do

Mary do

Angeline do

Henry do

1861 Census taken in Malden, Essex County, Ontario, Canada:

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#39: John McLain, Farmer...Roman Catholic, Age 20

#40: Polly McLean...."    ", Age 45 

#41: Julia McLean....Age 17

#42: Mary "   " , Age 15

#43: Angie :..., Age 13

#44: Henry...., Age 11

#45: Amos..., Age 9

#46: Margaret..., Age 6

#47: Charles...., Age 4

From the Marsh Collection, Bricks and Beans, corner of Richmond and Ramsey Streets [Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada]:

William McCormick

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McCormick, William, A seaman in the Naval Dept. at Detroit, 1779.

C. 722 A., p. 70

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Same guy?

McCormick, William, et al, Lieut., 1st Essex Mil. to Lt. Col. Warburton.  Camp at Miami.  6  -  5  -1813

Present circumstances of the Militiamen and of the district in general; to prevent famine, necessary that the Militiamen should be allowed to return home to attend to their crops.
C. 1219, pp. 68 & 61-67

Cortez Moody And Family

The Plains Of Abraham, A History of North Elba and Lake Placid included a story about the Jacob Smith Moody family.  One member of that family was Cortez (or Cortis) Moody who married Elizabeth Snay.

Note: Elizabeth was the daughter of Peter and Sophia (Swinyer) Snay, and the sister of Abram Snay as well as my great-greatgrandmother, Mary Jane (Snay) Swinyer.

Cortis Moody's first wife, Martha, was born in Virginia, according to the 1860 census.  The couple was living in Harrietstown, Franklin County, New York.

New York, State Census, 1875

North Elba, Essex, New York, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

self Cootis Moody M 52

wife  Elizabeth Moody F 26

son F Curtis Moody M 7

son James E Moody M 4

son Francis Leone Moody M 1

United States Census, 1880
North Elba, Essex, New York, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self  F. Cortas Moody M 56  New York, United States
wife Elizabeth Moody F 30  New York, United States
son Cortas Moody M 12  New York, United States
son James Moody M 8  New York, United States
son Francis Moody M 5  New York, United States
daughter Louisa Moody F 2  New York, United States


United States Census, 1900
North Elba Twp Saranac Lake village (part), Essex, New York
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head  Cortis Moody M 79  New York
wife Elizabeth Moody F 49  New York
son Abram H Moody M 17  New York
son William H Moody M 14  New York
son James Moody M 28  New York
grandson Russell H Moody M 7  New York
daughter Jennie Stoner F 23  New York
son-in-law Edwin K Stoner M 26  New York

"Cortis was the first settler's child born in Saranac Lake; he was laid to rest in the family plot (in Pine Ridge Cemetery), a stone's throw from his birthplace."  He was a hunter and guide in the Adirondacks.

An Obituary Search At Windsor, Ontario

An obituary search from the Windsor Public Library site:

Peter Snay's Death Record

Several years ago, via snail mail, I sent a request to the New York State Archives Research Services requesting a death record for Sophia Snay in Franklin.  The years to be searched were 1900, 1901 and 1902.  The researcher sent a note back stating that she searched through 1903 and did not locate!

I had better luck for Sophia's husband, Peter Snay with my request at the NY Archives' search for 1899, 1900 and 1901 in Franklin Co.?.

His death record:

1900  Oct. 15   

Saranac Lake

Certificate #42367

County Of: Essex

Town Of: North Elba

Village Of: Saranac Lake

Peter Snay

I hereby certify that I attended deceased from Oct 10 to Oct 14, 1900, that I last saw him alive on the 14 day of Oct, 1900 about 1 o'clock  A.M.   P.M. and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the cause of ___death was as hereunder written.

Chief cause:  Senile decay

Witness my hand this 16th day of Oct  1900

Place of Burial:  Saranac Lake

Date of Burial:  Oct 18

Undertaker: A. Fortune, Jr.

Residence:  Saranac Lake

Signature of John C. Reaume, M.D.

Date of Death:  Oct. 15, 1900

Full Name:  Peter Snay

Age:  86

White

Married

How long in U.S. if foreign born: --------

Birthplace:  Vermont

How long residence here:  34 yrs

Father's Name:  John Snay

Father's Birthplace:  France

Mother's Name:  Mary R. Snay

Mother's Birthplace:  France

Place of Death:  Saranac Lake

Last Place of Residence:  ?

Direct Cause of Death:  Senile Decay

Peter Snay m. Sophia Swinyer

their daughter, Mary Jane Snay m. David Swinyer

their daughter, Sophia Jeannette Swinyer m. John Joseph Garrett

their son, James Herschel Garrett m. Katherine I. Johnson

their daughter (living) m. Richard N. Powers

their daughter is me.....

Salt(er) Of The Earth - Albert P. Salter

A map from land surveyor Albert P. Salter's report (see In Deeds):

Was the land surveyor also a teacher?  Teachers of Western District Grammar School at Sandwich :
Albert P. Salter (from 1841 to 1846)

Mr. Salter's final resting place courtesy of the Windsor Public Library:


Name(s) Salter, Albert P.
Inscription : In Memory of Albert P. Salter, Died at Sandwich, Sep. 5, 1874
Cemetery Assumption Cemetery
[Ontario, Canada]


A biography of Mr. Salter from The Journal Of Education For Ontario.