Visiting Riverbank on July 22, 1909 were the Kirks and the Jonahs. The adults of the group were Mr. and Mrs. W B Jonah. They brought along three of their children and two neighbor children. Actually some of them were in late teens, one I think was twenty, so not really children per say. After some research, the people in this group were:
Mr. Wilford Burwell Jonah
Mrs. Mary Victoria Ann (Steeves) Jonah
Three of their children:
Mary Imogene Jonah
Helen Jonah
Harry Nelson Jonah
Their neighbor's children:
Helen Grace Kirk
James Herbert Kirk
Set Judge Wilford B Jonah and family aside for now, although their story is interesting enough for me. I have been working on H. Grace Kirk and her family. Her father is James T Kirk; not the captain of the Enterprise, but, if I read the writing correctly, a commercial traveler for clothing. (Census 1891). Her mother is Helen Arnold. She is the dauaghter of Oliver Roswell Arnold and Helen Vail. Both of these families were influential in New Brunswick, but for now, I am interested in Oliver Roswell Arnold and his parents. Oliver Roswell is the son of Rev. Horatio Nelson Arnold and Margaret Georgina Williams.
Rev. Horatio Nelson Arnold, who generally went by Nelson, was probably named for Horatio Nelson who died in the Battle of Trafalgar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson The name does crop up in New Brunswick in that era, so he must have been considered a hero. Rev. H Nelson Arnold succeeded his father, Rev. Oliver Arnold, as rector in the Trinity Church, Sussex, and probably served the community of Portage Vale as well.
Our William Nelson Holmes (son of Daniel and Charlotte) was probably given his middle name for this clergyman, whom the Hoyt family would have known as their rector.
Margaret Georgina Williams (1803- 1874), wife of Rev, Horatio Nelson Arnold, was born in Annapolis, Nova Scotia and died in Sussex Vale, New Brunswick. She is the sister of the once upon a time famous General Sir William Fenwick Williams, 1st Baronet of Kars (1800 - 1883), You can read General Williams's exploits at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/williams_william_fenwick_11E.html or google the name. It is a very interesting read. General Williams spent the years 1867 - 1870 in the Sussex area, but he appears to be a well known hero in the area for many years. I believe the community of Kars in Kings County takes its name from General Williams' defense of Kars, Turkey, c 1855, for which he was knighted. I have come to the conclusion that the five Fenwick(e)s I have found in our Holmes family tree, as well as other Fenwicks on censuses in this era, are named for this hero, General Sir William Fenwick Williams, based totally on logic and not written information from the family. His obituary is also here, but does not mention his alleged parentage http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=f4aa0923-5e3e-4c16-bbda-16ef91dfd817&r=1&ni=305023 I found his photo, as well as many others, on Google Images.
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