Minneva (Stuart) Acker (1867 - 1922)

Born 14 Feb 1867 in Blue Island, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Alonzo Wells Acker — married 21 Sep 1896 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1922 at age 54 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Minneva Stewart was born February 14, 1867, at Blue Island, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, and was the daughter of William Stuart and his wife Ann Williams. Her father was a fisherman, and they lived at Blue Island, Shelburne County. (Blue Island was included in the Ragged Island census.)^[1][2] (Note - Given her parents' ages, there is a possibility that she was adopted, but there are no official records to confirm this. Ann Stuart was 50 years old when Minerva was born.)

In 1891, Minneva was living with Margaret P. Acker in Churchover,^[3] along with Margaret's children, Allister, Ira, Dora, Rierson, and Elden. Soon after, Allister and Ira were living in Somerville, MA, as was Minneva's future husband Alonzo (Margaret's nephew). ^[4]

On September 21, 1896, Minneva married Alonzo Wells Acker at Somerville, Massachusetts. He was the son of Lucretia Acker, born in 1873 at Birchtown. ^[5][6] They returned to Nova Scotia^[7], and had two children:

1. Uzena (Acker) Blades Thompson (1894-1976)^{[8][9][10][11][12]}
2. Loran Ellis Acker (1900-1965)^[13][14][15]

Alonzo passed away about 1906 (burial details unknown)^[16]. Minneva did not remarry, but lived at Birchtown with Uzena and Loren^[17]. She passed away on Febuary 10, 1922^[18], and was buried at the Mizpah Cemetery in Birchtown^[19][20].

Some researchers suggest that Minneva Stuart had two children before she married Alonzo^[21][22]. Annie May Stuart and Alberta Stuart list Minnie Stewart as their mother, but this is speculative as records haven't yet confirmed whether they are children of THIS Minnie Stewart. However, since Blue Island people had strong connection to their relatives in Sandy Point/Jordan Bay, it was common for relatives to provide home for orphan children or children of single mothers.

1. Annie May Stuart was born at Green Harbour about 1882. She married Daniel Peterson on April 14, 1900, and listed Minnie Stuart as her mother.^[23][24](Her name has some variation, recorded as Mary Ann or Mary Ann Mae in some records, but that is the case with so many people's names.)
2. Alberta (Bertha) Iona Stuart was born at Lydgate (Green Harbour) about 1886 and died 1933. She married Melvin W. Turpin on June 14, 1908, and listed her parents as William and Minnie Stewart.^[25][26] Her death certificate also lists Minnie Stewart as her mother.^[27] The 1901 census does list "Iola B. Steward, age 15, born April 8, 1885, domestic, living with Angeline (Hipson) Peterson (widow of Alexander) and her sons Manley and Ira, in Jordan Bay. ^[28]And in 1891 there is a Bertha Stewart, age 6, listed as a "lodger" with the family of John William Jodry and Kezia Spidle in Lunenburg, though there is no clear connection from them to the Jordan Bay area. ^[29]

Notes

Some sources incorrectly list Annie Laura (Firth) Peterson as Minneva's daughter. She was the daughter of Thomas H. Firth and Martha Lucretia Bohannan, was born on November 15, 1885, married Manley Wellington Peterson on April 7, 1915, and died on February 26, 1968. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=148788, https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=474618

Sources

1. ↑ Census of Canada, 1871; https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=2004529. William Stuart age 46, Ann Stuart age 54, Maneva Stuart age 4
2. ↑ Census of Canada, 1881; https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=706895. William Stewart age 57, Anna Stewart age 65, Meneva Stewart age 14
3. ↑ Census of Canada, 1891; https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=964570
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.ca/mediaui-viewer/tree/172210785/person/132237580211/media/21bbea90-7c97-47a4-a2c6-eb532e11aad5. Margret P. Acker, age 46 F (widow); Alsten W. Acker, age 20 M; Ire S. Acker, age 13 M; Dorer Acker, age 12 F; Rierson Acker, age 10 M; Elden Acker, age 7 M; Meneva Steward, age 24 F single lodger
5. ↑ Lonson Wells, born 1873 in Birchtown, Shelburne County. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=100659
6. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915. "Alonzo Wels Ackers & Minerva Stuart" https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/4585084:2511?tid=&pid=&queryId=8ba992638a86d96050fe503b025175eb&_phsrc=opr13528&_phstart=successSource
7. ↑ Census of Canada, 1901; https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1050635. Alonzo Acker Oct 14 1893 (Methodist, Farmer); Mineva Acker Feb 14 1867; Uzena Acker Jan 24 1894; Logan Acker Feb 24 1900
8. ↑ Uzena Acker birth Birchtown, Shelburne County on January 24, 1894. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=132511
9. ↑ Uzena Ackerr and Orlando Solomon Blades married 1913 in Yarmouth County. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=141937
10. ↑ Arthur Harry Thompson and Ozena Acker Blades married in 1922 at Yarmouth County. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=177056
11. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207690503/uzena-thompson
12. ↑ Obituary, Halifax Mail Star. 7 Aug 1976.
13. ↑ Loran Ellis Acker birth Birchtown, Shelburne County on February 24, 1900. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=143858
14. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207690517/loran-e-acker
15. ↑ Obituary, Halifax Chronicle Herald, 22 May 1865, p. 39
16. ↑ FamilySearch: Alonzo Wells Acker. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L4FQ-KHR.
17. ↑ Census of Canada, 1911. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=2272034. Minnie Acker (widow) Feb 1867, age 43; Lorien Acker (M, single) Feb 1900, age 11; Uzena Acker (F, single) Jan 1894, age 17.
18. ↑ Minnova Acker death at Shelburne, Shelburne County in 1922. https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=205757
19. ↑ Minneva Stewart Acker. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189718936/minneva-acker
20. ↑ Halifax Public Library unable to locate an obituary for Minneva
21. ↑ Wikitree user YBellon, verbal & genealogy records from Blue Island
22. ↑ Ancestry user christeron, https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/113562759/person/150120512949/facts
23. ↑ https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=104528.
24. ↑ https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/113562759/person/152013711432/facts
25. ↑ https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=128752
26. ↑ https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/113562759/person/150120512663/facts
27. ↑ https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=266533
28. ↑ https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1458681
29. ↑ https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=890506

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