Sarah Elizabeth Hughes b. Nova Scotia 1867/8

There is a large british fort north of Digby and I have been to both spots but the name of the fort escapes me. This is the area where a lot of Yankees & escaping slaves came to around the 1860’s. I will get the name and be back.

Oops! They were French forts at Annapolis in the south near Digby and Fort Louisbourg on Cape Breton which is closer to Halifax. I forgot how French Nova Scotia was.

 

Thanks @GrannyBarb I found this one and put it in with a questionmark. Now for the other link.

 

And the 2nd ref has the actual date 15 Jun 1866 at Digby, so I'll add that to my stack of possibles. I had also looked on the site of the missing ones but since they could have been entered any time since I wasn't too happy with them.

 

I have also looked at British Births Abroad and Military BMDs but no Sarah Elizabeth, dau of Bernard Hughes. Strange to be missing from so many possible registers. I also found some other researchers looking for Sarah and her husband's forbears. They have had a similar lack of luck. I am now examining McWilliams families as Williamson is an Anglicised version of that surname along with McQuilliam and Quilliam, esp. on the Isle of Man. I have a mysterious modern-day Bailhache (was the Bailiff of the island a few years back) on Jersey who is a DNA Match and he has a few Quilliams way back.

 

Were you able to find the births of Bernard's other children?

 

I have only found the birth records of the children born in England, none in Canada.

 

I came upon this baptism in Irish Genealogy. Could this be the same parents as Robert Raglan Williamson's or close relatives? I noted that Robert named his daughter Alice LOCKETT Williamson.

Baptism of WILLIAM LOCKETT WILLIAMSON of CLONTARF on 2 June 1850
Name WILLIAM LOCKETT WILLIAMSON
Date of Birth 26 April 1850
Address CLONTARF
Father WILLIAM WILLIAMSON
Mother ELIZABETH LOCKETT WILLIAMSON
Father Occupation MERCHANT
Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier Image Filename
N/R 4 N/R DU-CI-BA-5840 d-833-2-1-004

At: https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/

 

That is a pity. I was hopeful about some results from FMP British Armed Services Overseas Births and Baptisms
Mary A Hughes 1863 Halifax
James H Hughes 1864 Halifax
Sarah Hughes 1867 Halifax
I don't know what the transcriptions or images show as I don't subscribe.
If just an index you would need to send off to GRO for a cert I think.

 

All the children have the same reference number:

Mary A HUGHES 1863 Halifax N.S. Vol.382 Page 51
James H HUGHES 1864 Halifax N.S. Vol.382 Page 51
Sarah HUGHES 1867 Halifax N.S. Vol.382 Page 51

 

So you found the 3 of them filed together without details? In FMP but only with a gateway to something in British Archives? I will look again- I find some of the archives sites a real maze- I keep returning to the place I started without gaining any new knowledge!

 

For Mary A in FMP
This is how I got there (I think)
Advanced search
World records
Birth Marriage Death and Parish
Civil Births
Mary A Hughes
1863
Canada
Halifax
Record set British Armed Forces and Overseas Births
This gave 3 separate but possibly identical results for a Mary A Hughes b 1863 Halifax

I wonder if the ref nos that sis found are the GRO ref nos?

 

I think they are
If you go to the FAQ's on the GRO site there is a pdf you can open and read on how to order and find overseas records.

 

Pretty sure they are.

 

The three have basic information on Genes Reunited with Royal Artillery in Canada. You can sign in for free to maybe get a bit more.

 

Following up on this family, from Irish will calendars, William Williamson merchant died in 1894 at the Elms Blackrock Dublin. Executors Rev Henry Laurence Williamson and Rev Frank Powell Williamson.

Report of funeral in Freeman's journal gives chief mourners as Mr Robert Williamson, RevHL Williamson and Rev F Williamson, sons. Could that be your Robert I wonder?

The son William Lockett Williamson b 1852 died in 1881 according to the will calendars.

 

Dear Helpers, sorry, but I am reporting in with a TOTAL FAIL. I found the relevant pdfs with instructions on the GRO website, was spirited away to FMP and dear old Anc. and only found Canadian Census records for several Mary Ann and Sarah Hughes who did not have parents named Bernard and Mary. I failed to find actual birth or baptism records even when I logged in the the free FMP via FaceBook. Oh help :-(

 

@Grizel That material on the Williamsons sounds relevant to me, the father being a Merchant etc. I will enter those people into the research tree and hope for contact with other tree-builders who have them already. Fingers crossed.

 

Oh dear.
I think that maybe one thing you will need to do is to set up an account with the GRO. Then you will be able to place an order for an overseas certificate putting in the details that sis provided on the form.
For Sarah put in name Sarah Hughes, year 1867 , Halifax N.S. Canada
Vol 382 page 51
I've never applied for an overseas birth, someone more experienced may be be able to give better advice!

 

Thank you @Grizel, I have previously ordered and received certificates from the GRO for English-born people, so I know the routine for ordering. I'll have to consider how much it's worth to me before ordering this one! One for my partner's mother ended up being nearly $au50 with all the palaver! For the time being I will enter the details from Sis on the research tree. Surely at least one other person should be related to these Hughes? They were Irish after all.

 

I was wondering...if your Sarah's husband is indeed the son of the very wealthy William Williamson already mentioned - how did his family take to him marrying daughter of a gunner/army butler...

Did you have the wedding cert to confirm the father's name. Tho that would be yet more money...