Twin islands off foggy island off ironbound lahave photographer. Tupper rhodenizer married 1885 matilda rafuse born july 19,1868 died january 28,1941 her son ira rhodenizer buried her parkdale cemetery. Tancook community news if youre lucky enough to live on. Many families make journeys to the island to research their family genealogy. Hurley francis cross born tancook island, lunenburg county on. Big tancook island is the largest of many islands in mahone bay, nova scotia. Tancook ferry municipality of the district of chester, nova scotia. He died 25 january 1883 in tancook island, lunenburg, nova scotia, canada. The roads are unpaved so a mountain bike is ideal for doing a circuit of the island, stopping at places like southeast cove for a swim or at the. Little tancook harbour, little tancook island, ns, canada marina. Clara dennis reference no clara dennis nova scotia archives accession 1981541 43. Stranded knitting on a desserted island cat bordhi.
Ross farm museum tancook island museum virtual tour of museums in. Clara dennis reference no clara dennis nova scotia archives accession 1983468 298. See more ideas about nova scotia, island and atlantic canada. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software. He married maria elizabeth young december 26, 1833 in tancook island, daughter of john young and mary baker. This page is devoted to all the families of tancook island that produced roots here. You do realize, dont you, that you are living in the cradle of that knowledge and that precious few books have been written on the subject. Harris stevens historical records and family trees. Tancook islands, nova scotia nova scotia travel guide. Seemore of tancook by nancy guest and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. I am interested in finding information on our family, and any relatives that may still be in nova scotia. Eventually there will be gedcom files for each one of these families. Nova scotia archives clara dennis tours nova scotia. My mother was born in 1894 on tancook island of bessie and william baker.
Wildlife populations are limited to deer, muskrats, snakes, and pheasants, and a great variety of birds. Genealogy for nathaniel levy 1798 1839 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Go down to stevens boat shop on the back harbour and talk to the old hangarounds they are probably experienced in the tancook. Visit tancook island on your trip to chester basin or canada. Bills genealogy stuff includes the surnames corkum, whynacht, hallamore, eisenhauer and dauphinee. Search results are compiled only from canadian cemeteries that have been submitted to this project. Big tancook island sits at the outer edge of mahone bay, facing the open sea. Genealogy resources chester municipal heritage society. The tancook island ferry runs daily yearround on a predetermined schedule. Mary rhodenizer historical records and family trees.
The chester playhouse is a charitable organization for the promotion of. Tancook island sauerkraut is produced from a cabbage cultivar that has been grown on this small nova scotia island for over 175 years. She married zenas rhodenizer september 25, 1870 in chesterns, son of john rhodenizer and lucy. She was born january 20, 1817 in tancook island, and died april 4, 1894 in tancook island. At any rate, doubleended island boats make a fascinating study, and none more so than those of the coastal islands of new england and nova scotia. Tancook island cemetery, lunenburg county, ns langille, edna 18961982. Planters 2010 canadian genealogy records which had a whats new. Little tancook island cemetery in little tancook, nova scotia find a grave cemetery. A ferry from the village provides a schedule of daily trips to big tancook island and little tancook island. Big tancook island is the largest island of all 365 islands in mahone bay, lunenburg county.
Little tancook island, lunenburg, nova scotia, canada. Ernst is stationed at big tancook and makes daily runs to and from the historic yachting community of chester. This volunteer genealogy project is still in progress. Tancook island cemetery tancook island, lunenburg, nova scotia alinard, bradford june 6, 1916 24 yrs alinard, lorenda daughter of bradford and lois may 12, 1916 age 7 mos awalt, dorothy viola. Tancook island wharf 696 big tancook island road, big. Tancook island cabbage is the traditional ingredient of tancook sauerkraut. Little tancook island cemetery find a grave, death. The tw was a light, large, open boat with a small cuddy, originally built very, very cheap and in. The shoreline elsewhere is more rugged and everywhere theres an abundance of wildlife and nature to enjoy. A variety of information on tancook island, including genealogy, history, crafts and nature.
Lobster pot on the way to seal island photographer. Little tancook harbour in little tancook island, ns. Born in tancook island, lunenburg county, nova scotia, canada on 21 dec 1869 to benjamin langille and sophia baker. You will need to download a viewer program that is free onsite to see the. Genealogy profile for augusta langille augusta langille levy 1866 1910 genealogy genealogy for augusta langille levy 1866 1910 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors. Stephen stedman langille married eunice levy langille and had 15 children. Many of the permanent residents can trace their ancestry back to the original german and french families who arrived in the late eighteenth century. These two islands are accessible by passenger ferrythe william g. Lunenburg county, nsgenweb personal and family pages. When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from cyndis list, familysearch and genealogy trails. The smallish, tightheaded cabbage is perfect for making sauerkraut. Big tancook island, only 5 miles long and 3 miles wide, was canadas major supplier of sauerkraut at one point in history according to the island.
Mary ann matilda 6 cross william daniel 5, catherine elizabeth 4 baker, anna catherine barbara 3 wagner, john henry 2, philippus 1 was born march 25, 1852 in tancook island, and died june 24, 1940. Come and explore tancook island a true nova scotian treasure just waiting to be. Search 20 then share your genealogy and compare dna to grow an accurate global family tree thats free forever. Descendants of jean george boutilier robert kim stevens has contributed this comprehensive genealogy of the boutilier family. None of these sounds like a tancook whaler, but a series of small schooner ideas in general. Explore historical records and family tree profiles about harris stevens on myheritage, the worlds family history network. Cross abt 1842 tancook island, nova scotia 25 jul 1915 last edited 31 jan 2019. The seeds are saved from year to year for replanting and the local cabbage fields are fertilized with seaweed harvested from the island. So, gb, what is it in particular that you would like to know. Check your paper online and detect plagiarism with our software. From huge sprawling towns to vast wilderness areas and. Mary rhodenizer was born circa 1919, at birth place, to titus rhodenizer and hattie rhodenizer. Stevens, ella 18631936 tancook island cemetery, lunenburg county, ns stevens, elsie belle 19151975 tancook island cemetery, lunenburg county, ns stevens, emma j. If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our collection of genealogy websites on our genealogy helper page for tancook island.
We are a unique community located approximately 6 miles off chester, nova scotia where vibrant artistry, a. Tancook and little tancook are 2 islands located 6 miles off the southern coast of nova scotia in mahone bay. The only public transportation is by government ferry, the william g. The community of big tancook is the only one located on big tancook island. Tancook island page an absolutely beautiful site by martha farrar. Today it is home to about 120 fulltime residents and that number almost doubles in the summer months.
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