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.