Olive (Parent) Christie (1809 - 1878)

Born 7 Jan 1809 in Bear Island, New Brunswick

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Christie — married 3 Sep 1829 in York County, New Brunswick

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1878 at age 69 in Keswick Ridge, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Biography

Olive Parent was born 7 Jan 1809, the daughter of Solomon Parent and Abigail Saunders of Bear Island, NB^[1]

On September 3, 1829, she m. Peter Christie, the son of Jesse Christie and Esther Burpee, who settled in Keswick, New Brunswick^{[2] [3] [1]}. they settled in Bright Parish and had three children, including^[4]

1. Jeremiah, born 1830, who married Barbara Sheridan
2. John Tennant, born 1837, who married Katherine MacFarlane
3. one other

Residence Relation to Head of House: Wife. 1851 York County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[5]

She died 7 Apr 1878^[6], and is buried in the Pickard-Merrithew Cemetery in Keswick.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} New Brunswick Historical and Genealogical Society First Families Pages; listing for Thomas Saunders provides the following sources: MC1/Parent, 20 pages: see MC1/Wiggins #2: see also MC80/1138 Earle Parent’s Parent [family history]: see MC80/1493 Patricia M. Lawson et. al. The Nackawic Bend : 200 years of history, pages 46-55: see also MC2657 NBGS Generations Issue #29, September 1986: Betty Saunders’ Daniel Parent genealogy, pages 44-47 see also Saint John Regional Library: David Russell Jack Bequest: Genealogy, microfilm reel F109, page 93.
2. ↑ NBGS First Families listing for Jesse Christie shows the following: MC1/Christie, 30 pgs: has a copy of Record of the Christie Family, Keswick Ridge, York County: see also MC80/1620 Donald M. Christie’s A genealogy of Jesse Christy (Christie) 1672-1739
3. ↑ "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBX-Y5B3 : 9 March 2018), Peter Christy and Olive Parent, 03 Sep 1829; citing , , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 355, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,412.
4. ↑ The 1851 Census shows Peter and Olive, with their son John, his wife, and several grandchildren in New Brunswick; District Name: York; District Number: 179; Sub-District Name: Bright; Sub-District Number: n; Page Number: 28; Line Number: 14; Microfilm: C-10383; Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Item Number: 403069
5. ↑ Source: Year: 1851; Census Place: Douglas, York County, New Brunswick; Schedule: I; Roll: CSCAN1851_NBYK1851; Page: 29; Line: 34 [ http://automatedgenealogy.com/censusnb51/SplitView.jsp?id=6629 1851 census ]
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #104941565

• Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick [ http://automatedgenealogy.com/censusnb51/SplitView.jsp?id=6629 1851 census]