Request for brickwall help.

Question

I have spent countless hours trying to sort out this brickwall.  I believe I have found 5 or 6 children of the attached profile but have not been able to find his identity.

I have added many research notes to the profile and there are several more on the children's profiles.

If you are up for a challenge any help would be appreciated.

I think I have sourced all of the details I have given on this and the associated profiles.  If you find an important unsourced detail please let me know as I most likely have it.

Thank you!

Comments

Hi Scott!  I feel your pain!  I've looked at your question a few times now without being able to get a handle on it.  I have some brickwalls in that part of the world also, especially women who managed to marry and have children without anyone recording their name.

I'll have another look tomorrow.

BTW, looks like we are 11th cousins or something! https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1Name=Anderson-16764&person2Name=Smith-123128

I think with that Zimmerman ancestry, we are related to Josh Groban.  Did you see his WDYTYA? episode?  

Anyway, just wanted to encourage you that your question isn't being completely ignored.  I really appreciate the work you have done to set the foundation for your question!

Cheers

Shirlea

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Hey Cousin, thanks for looking into this and giving encouragement.  

I found out from a very helpful person at the New Brunswick Provincial Archives that BMD records were not a government requirement until 1887.  That said the NBPA has a great index of holdings related to BMD, land, Immigration and cemetery records which includes earlier dates.  Their "Federated Database Search" is the best place to start looking for New Brunswick records.  The archives also has a lot of additional information available if you ask the right questions.  They were able to provide information about my 2G Grandmother's commital to the Provincial Lunatic Asylum.

LOL, I had to look up what the heck WDYTYA was.  So that should answer your question.

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Yes, PANB is great, and the newspaper archive is amazing. I’ve found people in there that didn’t manage to get documented anywhere else. But not everyone gets a write up in the paper, either.

I haven’t seen that episode either, but I’d like to. Just not willing to pay to watch it. Roberta Estes wrote an enthusiastic blog on it.

Answer 1

There's a tree on Ancestry that seems to be the people you're looking for.  

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/162782560/person/222118862270/facts

There are some sources with the tree.  If you don't have an Ancestry account, the father in that tree is 

James Coates Browne

1781–1868

BIRTH 1781 • Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland

DEATH 19 AUGUST 1868 • Buried St John's Cemetery, South March, Ontario, Canada

According to that tree, he had two wives - Jane Thompson??? (1793–1834) and Ann McGhie (1813–1891) - and his mother's name was Rebecca Lipsett.  Let me know if you need any more information.

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Thank you for looking but this is exactly the type of unsourced trees I am finding.  It is from a provable descendant of James Coates Browne which is helpful as it gives me yet another person of known descent I am not DNA related to.

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OK.  Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.