Do you ever find that you can get side tracked while doing research?
I was researching Bowie's in Halifax, Nova Scotia and I discovered another family tree with my great great aunt Francis's line (1857). She married James W. Keefe. They had three children (James E Keefe 1880, Ella Florence 1879-1899, and John Alfred 1882). Their daughter, Ella Florence, married a man named Henry Fader (1873) and they had one girl named Ella born 26 Oct 1899.
I was so touched by this because Ella's mother died four days after giving birth and she was raised by her grandparents Francis and James.
I then started to look into the Fader family. Very interesting.
Fader or Feader came from Germany to the South and had a plantation. It burned to the ground so he started a new life in Chester, Nova Scotia as a carriage maker and repairer. He had 15 children and their carriage shop was in the family for 100 years. (found story of ancestry.ca)
Benjamin Feader left Isenburg, Germany, due to religious persecution (he was apparently a wealthy merchant), shipped to South Carolina on a ship called the 'Sally' or 'Seliey,' built a large plantation, lived there until 1750 when his plantation burned to the ground, and moved with his wife and 12 slaves! to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Two years later his son, JohannHeinrich Feder and his wife Helena Elizabeth left Isenburg and took the same ship ‘Sally,’joining his father in Lunenburg. Johann and Helena had 9 children in Lunenburg . One of the sons, John Adam Feder, married Lucy Bryzelius who produced 15 children. John Adam and Lucy Feder moved 10 miles to Chester, N.S. and built a carriage house and a home in Chester. The family manufactured carriages for over a hundred years from this location.
I called the town of Chester and they gave me the number of the man who still lives in the carriage house- still in the family. I spoke to his mother and we have plans to stop in this summer to visit. The carriage house is being rented out by the movie company right now. She told me that they have a carriage from Germany that has been totally restored.
The moral of the story- even if there is not a huge connection (direct line) our family will be enriched by meeting these people this summer. So I must conclude that side tracks are in fact great and should be indulged every once and a while.
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| Pictures taken from Chester Town Website |
I was researching Bowie's in Halifax, Nova Scotia and I discovered another family tree with my great great aunt Francis's line (1857). She married James W. Keefe. They had three children (James E Keefe 1880, Ella Florence 1879-1899, and John Alfred 1882). Their daughter, Ella Florence, married a man named Henry Fader (1873) and they had one girl named Ella born 26 Oct 1899.
I was so touched by this because Ella's mother died four days after giving birth and she was raised by her grandparents Francis and James.
I then started to look into the Fader family. Very interesting.
Fader or Feader came from Germany to the South and had a plantation. It burned to the ground so he started a new life in Chester, Nova Scotia as a carriage maker and repairer. He had 15 children and their carriage shop was in the family for 100 years. (found story of ancestry.ca)
Benjamin Feader left Isenburg, Germany, due to religious persecution (he was apparently a wealthy merchant), shipped to South Carolina on a ship called the 'Sally' or 'Seliey,' built a large plantation, lived there until 1750 when his plantation burned to the ground, and moved with his wife and 12 slaves! to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Two years later his son, JohannHeinrich Feder and his wife Helena Elizabeth left Isenburg and took the same ship ‘Sally,’joining his father in Lunenburg. Johann and Helena had 9 children in Lunenburg . One of the sons, John Adam Feder, married Lucy Bryzelius who produced 15 children. John Adam and Lucy Feder moved 10 miles to Chester, N.S. and built a carriage house and a home in Chester. The family manufactured carriages for over a hundred years from this location.
I called the town of Chester and they gave me the number of the man who still lives in the carriage house- still in the family. I spoke to his mother and we have plans to stop in this summer to visit. The carriage house is being rented out by the movie company right now. She told me that they have a carriage from Germany that has been totally restored.
The moral of the story- even if there is not a huge connection (direct line) our family will be enriched by meeting these people this summer. So I must conclude that side tracks are in fact great and should be indulged every once and a while.
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