Emanuel & Ann Boliver headstones

These are the headstones for Emanuel and Ann Matilda Boliver. They were the parents of Norman Boliver and the grandparents of Mary Nosworthy. Ann's marker does double duty serving also as the headstone for their daughter, Jane Wagner, who died May 26, 1904.

Emanuel Boliver born: December 19, 1837 in Conqueral Mills, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia died: February 19, 1883 in Middlewood, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
.. + spouse: Ann Matilda Slauenwhite born: March 01, 1836 in ,Lunenburg, Nova Scotia married: May 18, 1861 in Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia died: January 20, 1913 in Middlewood, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

George Boliver headstone

This is the headstone of George Boliver. He was a younger brother of Norman Boliver. Again located at the same cemetery in Middlewood, Lunenburg.


George Enos Boliver born: June 15, 1874 in Middlewood, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia died: July 30, 1901 in Middlewood, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. As far as I know he never married.

James Boliver headstone

This is the headstone of James Boliver, one of Mary Nosworthy's brothers. This is also located at the Middlewood cemetery mentioned in the previous post.

James LeRoy Boliver born: October 04, 1886 died: July 1964 , married to Maude Gertrude Connolly born: 1891 in Petite Riviere, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia died: December 04, 1967.

Norman & Sarah Boliver headstones

These are the headstones for Norman Boliver and Sarah Leone (Faulkner) Boliver. They were the parents of Mary Nosworthy, Granny. They are buried at the Middlewood United Church Cemetery in Lunenburg Nova Scotia.

Sarah Leone Faulkner born: June 25, 1865 in Chelsea, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia died: June 07, 1951.
spouse: Norman Boliver born: July 12, 1862 in Conquerall Mills, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia married: May 1883 in Mill Village, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia died: September 20, 1945

You may notice the spelling here is Bolliver. I have found that the spellings seem to be interchangeable. One or two 'L's or ER or AR, they all work. Even one individual may use more than one spelling over the course of their life. I have found myself doing it within this blog.

Donald & Nan Nosworthy wedding

My grandparents on their wedding day. Don Nosworthy, Nan Cumming, Marie Robert, Eric Prince. They were married at 1st Presbyterian Church of Verdun, 501 5th Ave. on September 5, 1936.

If I recall correctly they met when she asked him for a ride on his Indian motorcycle. Shortly before their wedding day he had an accident with the motorcycle and one of the first orders of business was that he had to get rid of it. I wonder what it would be worth today.

A.G. Nosworthy, architect

This is a sign that Alfred perhaps tacked to the wall near his office work area. I believe I got this photocopy from Aunt Yvonne's daughter, Sandy.

Aunt Margaret and Nan

This is Aunt Margart, Roy's wife, and my grandmother, Nan, Donald's wife. They were at the beach in Toronto in 1953. Like a couple of photos I posted earlier this is at the R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant on the shore of Lake Ontario.

young Donald Nosworthy

My grandfather as a very young man standing on the right. Donald Clare Nosworthy. Look at all that hair. You can just make out the year, 1929, written in the corner. This makes him all of eighteen when this was taken. These are two of his friends with him, Eric Prince standing on the left, and I don't know the name of the one sitting. They certainly look serious.

young Uncle Roy

I just received this photograph of Uncle Roy from Gordon and Charlene Nosworthy, his son and daughter-in-law. I don't have a date but to me he looks to be in his early twenties, making this maybe the 1930s.

Cecil LeRoy Nosworthy, April 26, 1909 - October 29, 1986.

Baptisms-Quebec City

That didn't take long. At the end of the previous post I asked if a cousin in Canada might be able to track down the original baptism records for the Nosworthys from St Matthew's Church in Quebec City. I suspected they were archived on microfilm somewhere. Less than 24 hours later Steve Cullen, of Myrtle's branch, sent me these images.

It turns out that five of the siblings were baptized on the same day, 13 July, 1916. They were, Cecil Le Roy born 26 April, 1909, Donald Clare born 6 January, 1911, Alfred Melville born 29 September, 1912, Harriet May born 22 May, 1914, and finally Louis Balfour born 29 January, 1916.

Donald C. Nosworthy

This is a transcription of my grandfather's baptismal record. He got this when he left Canada in 1948 to establish residency in the US. One of the interesting things here is that A.G. Nosworthy is already a practicing architect in 1916. I was told that he learned his profession through a correspondence course.

I imagine the original baptismal records are microfilmed and archived in several locations in Canada. Maybe one day one of the cousins will look into this.

Uncle Lolly

World War II newspaper clipping. This reports that Trooper L. Noseworthy who had earlier been listed as missing in action, had now been found wounded but safe. I understand that he had been in the calvary division and his tank was hit and left on the field of battle. I am not sure how long he was left there before he was found. I have been told that there were ten men in the tank and that he was the lone survivor.

I notice that Granny is referred to here as May. I thought it might be a misprint but I seem to recall seeing this somewhere else. Anyone know if she sometimes went by 'May'?

Lolly wound up being the last of his generation, outliving all of his siblings. Here is his obituary. It has some inaccuracies regarding survivors as it was probably written when he went into hospital and kept on file for many years. Based on this I believe he was admitted some time after 1986, the year that Billy and Roy passed away. He was already in hospital when I went to Montreal in 1990.

August 18, 1999 edition of The Montreal Gazette: "NOSWORTHY, Louis B. Died on August 13, 1999 at the age of eighty-three. Beloved husband of the late Shirley Brown. Dear brother of Donald, Bud, Pat,Yvonne, Myrtle, and the late Roy, Teddy, Bruce, Billy and Peggy. Visitation at Blythe Bernier Funeral Home, 940 Ogilvy Avenue, (Park Extension) on Thursday, August 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. Funeral service in our Chapel on Friday, August 20 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers donations to the Alzheimer's Society would be appreciated."

Donald C. Nosworthy

My grandfather, Donald Nosworthy, from his US naturalization documents.

Patsy with nephew Donald

Aunt Patsy with her nephew, Donald. He is the son of Donald and Nan Nosworthy. This would be in Verdun around 1945.

Leona Boliver

Sarah Leone (Faulkner) Boliver. b: June 25, 1865 in Chelsea, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia m: May 1883 in Mill Village, Lunenburg to Norman Boliver d: June 07, 1951. She was the mother of Mary Falconer (Boliver) Nosworthy. She went by Leona. The photo was taken in Middlewood, July, 1937.

Her children:

Nina Bolivar b: March 07, 1884
James LeRoy Bolivar b: October 04, 1886 d: July 1964
Mary Falconer Bolivar b: January 03, 1887 d: September 09, 1979
William Bolivar b: July 02, 1890
Elsie Bolivar b: February 28, 1892
Stanley A. Bolivar b: September 08, 1902 d: July 18, 1974

The first three were born in Italy Cross, the last three in Middlewood. Here is a great detailed map of Nova Scotia. It is a PDF file and will take just a moment to open. Click on the zoom button a few times and move the map to just south of Lunenburg and Bridgewater and you will see these little towns.

I got this photo from a descendant of James LeRoy Boliver about fifteen years ago. Her name is Julia Crouse and she is a second cousin and still lives in Middlewood today.

I am still hoping a photo of her husband, Norman Boliver, will turn up one day.

Donald

Donald Clare Nosworthy. From his 1948 passport, age 37.

Brent

Brent Nosworthy, son of Buddy and Grace. Taken more than a few years ago.

Buddy & Brent

Uncle Buddy and Brent visited Donald and family in Kansas City in 1952 (I believe). This is in front of the house, my mother, Peggy, grandmother, Nan, Buddy, and Brent putting on a demonstration. From here Buddy continued on west to Las Vegas and I think California, taking my Uncle Donald along for the ride.

Donald and Margaret

My grandfather, Donald, and Uncle Roy's wife, Margaret, at the beach at Lake Ontario. Toronto, 1953.

Granny Nosworthy

Mary Nosworthy with one of her grandsons (I assume). I don't know the year or location. Any help out there??

Once again Maralyn LeBlanc has the answer and details as well:
The young boy in the above mentioned photo is my older brother, Bruce Johnston. This photo was taken on June 24, 1940. Bruce was 4 yrs & 8 months old. It looks like my grandmother is holding him back to keep him in the picture.

Donald

Here is one from 1953. Donald Nosworthy was visiting Montreal for the first time since moving to Kansas City in 1948. This was taken in front of Buddy and Grace's home and you can see Aunt Grace poking her head out the door.

Buddy and Grace

Here is another photo I got from my visit with Aunt Grace in 1990. I managed this copy without the benefit of my copy stand, using only my hand held camera with existing light. Maybe Brent has the original and we can get a proper copy of this one.

Lolly and Nellie

I visited Grace in Montreal in 1990 with Mom and Grandpa. She had this photo on display. I managed this copy without the benefit of my copy stand, hand held existing light. Maybe Brent has the original and we can get a proper copy of this one.

Teddy

Uncle Teddy in uniform. Not a very good copy. Maybe someone has an original to scan.

A.G. Nosworthy, architect

This article is from The Standard, Montreal September 25, 1948. This was Alfred Nosworthy's proposal to help alleviate the housing shortage that resulted from the post-war prosperity and baby boom. I guess juvenile delinquency and communism were problems as well.

I visited with Aunt Myrtle in Toronto around 1991 and she gave this to me at that time. That is her writing in the margin, MY FATHER.

Quebec City Church

Here is a modern day photograph of St Matthew's Church in Quebec City. In recent years it has been converted to the St-Jean-Baptiste Library. This is where my grandfather, Donald, was baptised. I assume the rest of the family that was born 1910 to 1920 were baptised here as well as I believe the other churches were all Catholic. So that would be Donald 1911, Buddy 1912, Peggy 1913, Lolly 1916, Yvonne 1918, Teddy 1919.

Donald and Nan

My grandparents. Donald Clare Nosworthy, born January 6, 1911 in Quebec City, and Annie Sharp Cumming (Nan), born November 16, 1917 in Paisley, Scotland.

Married at 1st Presbyterian Church of Verdun, 501 5th Ave. They had my mother, Margaret Dollina (Peggy) in 1938 and my uncle, Donald George in 1941. He worked for the Canadian National Railroad through the Great Depression and World War II. Tranferred to the US branch, Griffin Wheel in Kansas City in 1948. He worked for them there and in Chicago and back to KC until he retired in the mid 1970s. He and Nan divorced in the 1950s, he later married Cora Hemby and lived with her in Poplar Bluff, Missouri until he died in 1993.

Lolly & Nellie

Uncle Lolly in WWII England with Nellie, his war bride. The top photo has just enough clues in the background to tell me this was taken at Trafalgar Square. The second color photo is a detail from a larger photo I took just in May 2007. It was just an accident that I was in nearly the same spot. All that has changed is there aren't as many pigeons today.

Aunt Patsy

Fifteen year old Aunt Patsy with my Uncle Donald in 1941 Verdun.

Patsy and family

seated back: my Uncle Donald, Patsy, Sadie Matchett (a neighbor and family friend identified by my Uncle Donald). front: my grandfather, Donald Nosworthy, unknown boy (I assume one of Patsy's sons, likely Wayne), grandmother Annie/Nan Nosworthy, Patsy's husband Ron Wightman. Taken 1953 in Verdun?

Is anyone still in touch with any of the Wightmans?

Maralyn adds: This is the house that my Father helped Uncle Ronald to build. The house was located in Greenfield Park on Devonshire Rd. Greenfield Park is on the south shore across the bridge from Montreal.

Toronto 1953

Roy's son, Gordie, Don's children (my uncle and mother), Donald and Peggy. This was taken in 1953 at the 'water works' on the shore of Lake Ontario. This is at the bottom of the hill from Roy's house. Swimming is no longer allowed there.

Ville LaSalle

This is my mother, Peggy Nosworthy, my Uncle Donald, my grandmother Annie (Cumming), then I don't know the young mother and two small children, and finally, my grandfather Donald Nosworthy. The photo is simply labeled, Ville LaSalle, which I know is a borough of Montreal. This was taken when the family came from Kansas City to visit the Canadian relatives. Any help on the unidentified people?

OK, Maralyn (Johnston) LeBlanc has cleared this one up. She writes: " The Mother in the photo is my Aunt Margaret (my Uncle Billie's wife). The boy standing is Richard and the boy being held is Russell (earlier mistaken for Russell and Linda). Uncle Billie was still living in Lasalle in the 1960's when my husband & I lived close by on 40th Avenue, Riverside Park, Lasalle. "

Russell's wife, Yvonne, wrote to correct the identity of the children here as Linda was not yet born. Also of note, Billy and his family retained the 'E' and spell their name Noseworthy.

Mary Nosworthy

Greatgrandmother Mary Falconer (Boliver) Nosworthy.

Born January 03, 1887 in Italy Cross, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Italy Cross is an unincorporated area just outside of Bridgewater. Boliver cousins still live on and farm parts of the original homestead. The second photo is with her daughters, Yvonne and Myrtle, dated July 1973. Third photo is her grave marker, shared with Teddy, at Mount Royal Cemetery. She died September 09, 1979 in Montreal, Quebec.

Donald Nosworthy

Donald C. Nosworthy, my grandfather. Although he never saw action or went overseas he served in the artillery at home. He was quite proud of this picture probably taken in the late 1930s.

Buddy in Australia

Here are a couple of Uncle Buddy. These were taken in the early 1960s when he lived in Australia.

Original slides scans contributed by Glenn Nosworthy.

Uncle Bruce again

A later photo of Bruce, perhaps the 1960s. Photo provided by his son, Bob.

Uncle Bruce

The youngest of the brood, Uncle Bruce nicknamed "Geegaw", sometime in the 1930s.