McAlpine’s York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85 Page 237

Page 237 of the McAlpine's York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85

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Transcription:

WOODSTOCK.

A. HENDERSON,
STEAM FURNITURE FACTORY,
Household, School and Office Furniture,
NEWEST DESIGNS IN PARLOR & BEDROOM SUITS.
FACTORY UPPER WOODSTOCK.
SAMPLE ROOM, WOODSTOCK, N. B.

Ferguson William C, harness maker, Main, h do
Fitzsimmons Robert T, cabinet maker, h Main
Fletcher Lewis P F, printer, h Main
FREEMAN MARK, prop, Freeman house, Main
Gans Aaron, victualler, Main, h do
Golding Henry, farmer, h Jacksontown road
Good Mrs George, h Jacksontown road
Graham Mrs Jane, h Main
Grant Samuel, laborer, h Jacksontown road
Hagan Charles, laborer, h Main
Haley Jerram, laborer, h Main
HALEY MRS JERR, general dealer, Main, h do
Hamilton Samuel, farmer, h Jacksontown road
Handy, James W, mason, h Main
HARTLEY AUSTIN H, general dealer, Main, bds Lorne house
Hartley G N, clerk, h Main
HARTLEY G T, prop Lorne house, Main
HARTT REV AARON, free baptist, h Main
Harrison Thomas, farmer, h Main
Harvey James, farmer, h Jacksontown road
HENDERSON ALEXANDER, Furniture
Manufacturer, Main, h Jack’ville road See adv abo
Hipwell David, cabinet maker, bds Main
HOLDER D J, general dealer, h Main
Irvin John, laborer, h Jacksontown road
Ivory Mrs Thomas, h Jacksontown road
Jackson Alonzo, farmer, h Jacksontown road
Jackson Charles, farmer, h Jacksontown road
Jackson D W, mill wright, h r Main
Jackson Fred, farmer, h Jacksontown road
Jackson Elizabeth, wid D A, h r Main
Jones Samuel, jailor, h Jacksontown road
JONES STEPHEN G, saw mill, r Main, h do
Keefe Catherine, wid David, h Main
Kerr W T, school teacher, bds Lorne house

McLean’s Worm Syrup is pleasant and effectual.

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A Fredericton Region Museum project … exhibiting the history of Fredericton and central New Brunswick!

A BIG thank you to Erin who has volunteered to help me with the McAlpine transcriptions and to Sunitha C. from Sparked.com Microvolunteering!!!

McAlpine’s York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85 Page 212

Page 212 of the McAlpine's York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85

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Transcription:

WOODSTOCK.

GIBSON HOUSE,
Cor. Main & Emerald Sts.
WOODSTOCK, NEW BRUNSWICK,
This House is first-class in every respect, being
new, and newly furnished throughout.
BATH ROOM in connection with hot and cold water.
SAMPLE ROOM on ground floor.
A. GIBSON & SON. – – – – Proprietors.

GIBSON A & SON, props Gibson House, Main
See adv above
Gillin John G, clerk, bds Exchange hotel
Gillin John, laborer, h off Connell
GILLIN PAT’K, grocer, china, glass, King, cor Wellington, h do
GILMAN AUGUSTUS, livery and boarding stable, pro Gilman’s
hotel, Connell
Glew Thomas, foreman N B R, h Main
GLEW WM, general dealer, King, h do See
adv opp
Glidden Frank, stage driver, h Emerald
GLIDDEN WM F, livery stable, Carleton, h Richmond
Godfrey Charles, laborer, h Richmond
Good Edward, h Chapel
Goodwine Robert, pedler, bds Main
Gordon Edward, mason builder, bds Main n bridge
Gosline Albert, wood worker, bdsMain
Gosline Mrs George, boarding house, Queen
Graham Ernest, painter, bds Broadway
GRAHAM JOHN, grocer and provisions, Main cor Queen, h Park
Graham Hugh, watchman, h Park
Graham Richard, farmer, h Main
Graham William, painter, bds Broadway
GRANT & ATHERTON, Carriage Builders,
Main n Bridge See adv per Index

J.G. Emery, Woodstock, dealer in Pumps and Clothes Wringers.

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A BIG thank you to Erin who has volunteered to help me with the McAlpine transcriptions and to Maria A. from Sparked.com Microvolunteering!!!

McAlpine’s York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85 Page 144

Page 144 of the McAlpine's York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85

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Transcription:

YORK COUNTY.

Silk Hats made to order by C. & E. Everett, 11 King st., St John. 

McLEOD HILL ROAD.
ANDERSON JAS, farmer, p o Royal road
Anderson John, farmer, p o Royal road
Brannan Edwin M, farmer, p o Royal road
Johnston John, farmer, p o Royal road
SEYMOUR GEO, farmer, p o Royal road
Seymour John, farmer, p o Royal road
Seymour Samuel, farmer, p o Royal road
Seymour William, farmer, p o Royal road
Shorill James, farmer, p o Royal road
Shorill Richard, farmer, p o Royal road

MILLVILLE.
Adams Robert, farmer, p o Millville
Armstrong William, laborer, p o Millville
Brown George, farmer, p o Millville
Brown Henry, boarding house, p o Millville
BURPEE CHAS, mill owner, p o Millville
BURPEE GEO F, mill owner, p o Millville
Campbell Archibald, farmer, p o Millville
Case Elisha, farmer, p o Millville
Chase James W, laborer, p o Millville
Dross Alexander, laborer, p o Millville
DUNN THOS, prop Millville House, p o Millville
EARLE THOS L, station master, p o Millville
Golden John, farmer, p o Millville
Golden Thomas C, farmer, p o Millville
GOLDING JAS W, boot and shoe maker, p o Millville
Golding John, farmer, p o Millville
Golding Thomas, farmer, p o Millville
Good Edwin, victualler, p o Millville
Grant Elias Y, farmer, p o Millville
GRANT FRED, farmer, p o Millville
Grant Havelock, farmer, p o Millville
Grant John B, farmer, p o Millville
Grant John B, farmer, p o Millville
Grant John N, farmer, p o Millville
Grant Winslow, farmer, p o Millville
Greeves James A, farmer, p o Millville
Hallett James, farmer, p o Millville
Hallett Josiah, farmer, p o Millville
Hallett Robert, farmer, p o Millville
HAWKINS JAS L, carriage manufacturer, p o Millville
HAY HERB, mill owner, p o Millville
Hay Walter, lumberman, p o Millville
HAY WM, mill owner, p o Millville
Hay William A, mill owner, p o Millville
Hill William, farmer, p o Millville

J. J. Weddall, Berlin and Fancy Goods, Fredericton.

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McAlpine’s York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85 Page 139

Page 139 of the McAlpine's York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85

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Transcription:

YORK COUNTY.

C. & E. Everett, Hatters, 11 King street, St. John, N. B.

[MAPLE GROVE continued]
Rideout Michael, farmer, p o Stanley
Rogers John, farmer, p o Stanley
Roswell George, farmer, p o Stanley
SNOW JESSE J, farmer, p o Stanley

MAPLE RIDGE.
BARBER JOHN, farmer, p o Millville
Blaney George, farmer, p o Millville
Blaney Graham, farmer, p o Millville
Blaney Henry, farmer, p o Millville
Blaney Robert, farmer, p o Millville
COY REV J H, Baptist, p o Millville
Dunlap Simpson C, farmer, p o Millville
Graham Henry, farmer, p o Millville
JEWETT DAVID M, farmer, p o Millville
Lockhart Joseph, farmer, p o Millville
Lockhart patrick, farmer, p o Millville
Lockhart Patrick, farmer, p o Millville
Lockhart William, farmer, p o Millville
Love John, farmer, p o Millville
Lyons Benjamin, farmer, p o Millville
Morgan Melvin, farmer, p o Millville
Reed Geo D, farmer, p o Millville
Scott John, farmer, p o Millville
SHARP JAS A, farmer, p o Millville
Young Hezekiah, farmer, p o Millville

MAPLETON.
Faulkner George, farmer, p o Millville
Faulkner William, farmer, p o Millville
Good David H, farmer, p o Millville
Good James, farmer, p o Millville
Johnson James, farmer, p o Millville
JOHNSTON ROBT, farmer, p o Millville
Kaly William, farmer, p o Millville
Kelly John, farmer, p o Millville
Kelly William, farmer, p o Millville
Lint Wesley, farmer, p o Millville
Love George A, farmer, p o Millville
Myshrall David, farmer, p o Millville
Myshrall David jr, farmer, p o Millville
Newall George, farmer, p o Millville
Newall James, farmer, p o Millville
Newall Thomas, farmer, p o Millville
Newall William, farmer, p o Millville
PALMER CHAS, farmer, p o Millville
Palmer George, farmer, p o Millville
Palmer Hiram, farmer, p o Millville
Palmer Miles G, farmer, p o Millville
SHEPHARD FRANK, farmer, p o Millville

J. J. Weddall, Importer and Dealer in Dry Goods, Fredericton.

[I could not find “Mapleton” in the Provincial Archives “Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present” database for York County.]

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A Fredericton Region Museum (formerly the York Sunbury Museum) project … exhibiting the history of Fredericton and central New Brunswick!

McAlpine’s York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85 Page 130

Page 130 of the McAlpine's York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85

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Transcription:

YORK COUNTY.

Silk Hats made to order by C. & E. Everett, 11 King st., St. John..

[KINSCLEAR, CENTRAL continued]
Good George, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
GOODINE AUGUSTUS, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Goodine Edward, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Goodine Francis, 3rd, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Goodine Frederick, laborer, p o Central Kingsclear
Goodine John, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Goodine Peter, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Howard Allen, laborer, p o Central Kinsclear
KILBURN CHAS, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Kilburn Francis, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Kilburn Hedley, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Kilburn Isaac, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Kilburn Isaac, jr, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Kilburn Isaac 3rd, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
McKay John, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
McKAY WM, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
McNally Byron M, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
McNally Moses, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
McNally Sansom, ferryman, p o Upper Kingsclear
Miller Robert, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Mills Abraham, laborer, p o Central Kingsclear
Mills Henry, laborer, p o Central Kingsclear
Mills John, laborer, p o Central Kingsclear
Mills Price, laborer, p o Central Kingsclear
Mills Thomas, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
MURRAY JNO C, councillor, p o Central Kingsclear
Oree Samuel, laborer, p o Central Kingsclear
Palmer Allen, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Patterson Saunders, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Peters George, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Peters John, laborer, p o Central Kingsclear
Peters Nelson, laborer, p o Central Kingsclear
Peters Wesley, laborer, p o Central Kingsclear
POOR MARK, postmaster and hotel, p o Central Kingsclear
Syears Ephraim, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Symes Jabez, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear
Symes Jonathan, farmer, p o Central Kingsclear

KINGSLEY.
ANDERSON CHAS, farmer, p o Kingsley
Anderson George, farmer, p o Kingsley
Anderson Henry, farmer, p o Kingsley
DeLong Henry, farmer, p o Kingsley
FOSTER GEO, farmer and way office, p o Kingsley
Foster Thomas, farmer, p o Kingsley
King Charles, farmer, p o Kingsley
McGinn Michael, farmer, p o Kingsley
Moate John, laborer, p o Kingsley
STEIN ANDREW, farmer, p o Kingsley
Steen Andrew, farmer, p o Kingsley

Queen Hotel, moderate charges, Queen street, Fredericton,

[I could not find “Central Kingsclear” in the Provincial Archives “Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present” database for York County.]

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McAlpine’s York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85 Page 128

Page 128 of the McAlpine's York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85

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Transcription:

YORK COUNTY.

Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully prepared at Davis’, Fredericton.

[KESWICK RIDGE UPPER continued]
Christy David, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Christy George, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Christy Joshua, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
CHRISTY PETER, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Christy Samuel, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Christy Tennant, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
COBURN THOMAS, post master, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Colter Samuel, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Colter William, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Estey Frederick, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Estey John, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
ESTEY WHITMAN, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Griffith Thomas S, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Jewett Harvey R, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
MITCHELL GEO, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge
Sharp Charles, farmer, p o Upper Keswick Ridge

KINGSCLEAR.
Agnew Lawrence, farmer, p o Kingsclear
BARKER GEO, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Barker John S, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Barker Walter, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Burgoine Daniel, farmer, p o Kingsclear
BURGOINE EDWARD, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Burgoine Toblas, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Camber John, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Camber John, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Clements Fred W, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Cliff Edwin A, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Cliff Nelson, farmer, p o Kingsclear
CLOSE RICHARD, hotel, p o Kingsclear
Donley John, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Elliot John, farmer, p o Kingsclear
ELLIOT JOSEPH, boot and shoe maker, p o Kingsclear
Everett Tabor, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Gibson William, tanner, p o Kingsclear
GODKIN CHAS M, bookkeeper, p o Kingsclear
Good Charles, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Goodine Albion, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Goodine David, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Hammond Elieser S, farmer, p o Kingsclear
HAMMOND GEO A, gen dealer and postmaster, p o Kingsclear
Hammond Guilford, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Hammond Judah, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Hammond William T, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Holyoke Ernest, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Holyoke Joseph, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Kelly Arthur, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Kelly George, farmer, p o Kingsclear
Kelly Henry, farmer, p o Kingsclear

Tennant, Davies & Co., Fredericton, N. B., Gent’s Collar and Ties.

[I could not find “Keswick Ridge Upper” in the Provincial Archives “Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present” database for York County but I did find Keswick, Keswick Ridge and Keswick Valley.]

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McAlpine’s York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85 Page 121

Page 121 of the McAlpine's York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85

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Transcription:

YORK COUNTY.

Try Gunn’s for a good Suit of Clothes, Queen Street, Fredericton.

[HAYNESVILLE UPPER continued]
Sleep George, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Sleep Joseph E, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Sleep William, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Tucker Charles, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Tucker David, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Tucker David, jun, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Tucker Robert, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
VANBUSKIRK CLARENCE, gen dealer, p o Upper Haynesville
Vanbuskirk Frederick, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Veasey George, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Veasey William, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Veasey Mrs William, p o Upper Haynesville
WALLACE CHAS H, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Wallace James, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Wallace James T, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Wallace John T, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Whitten Thomas, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Whitten William, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Whitten William, jun, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Wiggins Charles, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
WIGGINS EDWIN, blacksmith, p o Upper Haynesville
Wiggins Leonard, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
WIGGINS SAMUEL, pedler, p o Upper Haynesville
Wiggins William, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville
Wiggins William J, farmer, p o Upper Haynesville

HOWLAND RIDGE.
BOYD DAVID, farmer, p o Millville
Boyd Henry, farmer, p o Millville
Boyd Joseph, farmer, p o Millville
Boyd William, farmer, p o Millville
CAMPBELL ARCH, farmer, p o Millville
Clark Frank, farmer, p o Millville
CLARK GEO A, farmer, p o Millville
Flemming John, farmer, p o Millville
Flemming Thomas, farmer, p o Millville
Flemming Wesley, farmer, p o Millville
Good Duncan, farmer, p o Millville
Greenlaw Isaac, farmer, p o Millville
Greenlaw Isaac jr, farmer, p o Millville
Greenlaw James, farmer, p o Millville
HILL WM, farmer, p o Millville
Howland Alexander, farmer, p o Millville
Howland James, farmer, p o Millville
King Phener, farmer, p o Millville
Kitchen Richard, farmer, p o Millville
McLean John, farmer, p o Millville
MEAD WM, farmer, p o Millville
Moore John, farmer, p o Millville

Tennant, Davies & Co., F’ton, N. B., Parks Cotton Warps.

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McAlpine’s York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85 Page 37

Page 37 of the McAlpine's York and Carleton Counties Directory for 1884-85

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Transcription:

FREDERICTON.

I. R. GOLDING’S
BOARDING, LIVERY & SALES STABLE,
YORK STREET, FREDERICTON.
Funerals attended to.

Gaunce Frederick, bds York
Gaunce William, livery stable, off Queen, h York
GAUNCE WM G, school inspector, h King
Gaynor William, agent sewing machines, bds Charlotte
GEORGE DANIEL F, commission merchant, off Queen, h Church
George Joseph, brickmaker, h Brunswick
Giants Jane, wid William, h Brunswick
Gibson Burns, express messenger, bds York
Gibson George, hostler, bds Brick Hill Road
GILL JOS G, stove and coal dealer, Phoenix Sq, h Charlotte
GILMAN GEO, grocer, York, h do
Good John, labourer, h Union
Gooney William, labourer, h George
Gorman Henry, labourer, h Needham
Gorman John, h Charlotte
Gorman Samuel, blacksmith, bds Charlotte
Gormon William, carriage blacksmith, bds Charlotte
Gormily Neil, teamster, h Charlotte
Golding George N, h Campbell
GOLDING ISRAEL R, Livery Stable, York, h do.  See adv above
Gough Charles, millwright, h Waterloo Row
Gough John, labourer, h Shore
Gough Martin, farmer, h Shore
Grace George, butcher, h Charlotte
Grace Henry, carpenter, h Charlotte
Grannan Mrs Julia, grocer, King, h do
Grannan William, wood worker, h Charlotte
Grant Alexander, stage driver, h George
Grant Miss Louisa, washerwoman, h Shore
Graves Christopher, labourer, h King
Gregory Albert J, attorney, Queen, h Waterloo Row
GREGORY & BLAIR, barrister and notaries, Queen e
Gregory Frank B, student at law, h George cor Church
GREGORY GEO F, of Gregory & Blair, h George cor Church

Cloth made to order at Gunn’s, Queen Street, Fredericton.

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Howden Robert Balmain Sends Interesting Letter to Historical Society (22 February 1936)

I found an interesting undated newspaper article in the 1936 York Sunbury Historical Society Minute Book attached to the minutes from April 16^th. 

Howden Robert Balmain Sends Interesting

Letter to Historical Society

The Reindeer was the first on the St. John River to use the new compound engine invented by Benjamin Tibbets. She served from 1845 to 1860.

“The following interesting letter written by Howden Robert Balmain of Scotchtown, Queens County was read before the Historical Soceity by Mrs. F. A. Good on behalf of Mrs. J. B. Maxwell, historian, who was unable to be present at the meeting. 

Sir:

I wish to thank the Historical Society of York and Sunbury for accepting me as a member.  I have sent to the society’s Historian, Mrs. Lillian Maxwell, a narrative by Senator Glasier of early steam-boating on the Saint John River.  I also ask them to kindly accept it as a valuable article of early steam-boating.  I also wish to say a few words about the compound marine engine and it’s invention by Benjamin F. Tibbetts.  Mr. Tibbetts made possible the expansion of steam from a high-pressure cylinder to a low-pressure cylinder, carrying the exhaust steam to the condensor.

It was not till three years later that a compound marine engine was in use and that was in Europe.  Mr. Tibbetts made two engines.  No. 1 was put in a boat on the St. Lawrence river, and afterwards came to Grand Lake and was named the Ben F. Tibbetts.  No. 2 was installed in the Reindeer.  This engine was made on the site of the Old Smith Foundry.

When the Reindeer was leaving the dock at Fredericton on the trial trip, Mr. Tibbetts was in the engine room, also John Tower his nephew.  When the gong rang to start her, Mr. Tibbetts utterly failed to do so.  He had to operate fourteen levers and valves, but failed to touch one of them.

Mr. Tower noticed this and said, “Uncle Ben, let me try.”  “Well, try if you like,” he told his nephew, and Tower started the machine.  Mr. Tibbetts was very excited.  The engine broke down, however, before the Reindeer for to Saint John.  People came from Maine, and other points to see the boat start.

Ben Tibbetts was born at Scotchtown, Grand Lake, and lived about forty years.  I believe he also was a watchmaker at one time.  He died in the house where he was born.  Henry McFarlane owned the house at that time.  Mr Tibbetts requested that after his death that an oak tree be planted at the heart of his grave.  It was all the monument he wanted.  However, a few years after his death a man whose name was Wiggins did start in a row boat with a stone to put at the grave.  A wind arose and the stone was put overboard and lost.

About thirty-eight years ago Henry Balmain and John Gunter, uncle and nephew, planted an oak at the head of the grave.  It was cut off several times.  But I, myself took charge.  Now a sturdy red oak and a cross mark the inventors grave.  If we had not kept a record no man now would know where Benjamin Tibbetts was buried.

Ben Tibbetts lay dying, it is told, when the tug Ben Tibbetts took on fire and drifted ashore on the same side of the lake, about sixteen miles above where Mr. Tibbetts died.  I am told the hull of the burned tug is still visible at low water.  There is a bronze tablet on the Customs House at Saint John, in memory of Tibbetts.  But I think the Historical Society of York and Sunbury will agree with me that a monument be placed at Tibbett’s grave; that the president of the Historical Sites Board be approached to erect a more substantial memorial to this man of worth, to be not forgotten by the public in the passing years.  

Yours cordially,
Howden Robert Balmain
Scotchtown, Queens Co., N. B.
February 22, 1936”

This tugboat was built in the 1860's with the engine of the steamer Reindeer after she was destroyed by fire in 1860. This engine saw service for over 70 years in several vessels.

G. Alvah Good Collection

William Lyon Mackenzie King (Image via Wikipedia)

MC300-MS69 York-Sunbury Historical Society Collection Description  (page 284)

If you are interested in any of these files then please contact the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.

1  Typescript of request for Captain G.A. Good, May 29, 1917.

2  Theory on “Hill Jackson Sight”; G. Alvah Good, 1915-1917.

3  Picturesque Canada; Queens University, 1900.

4  The Brunswickan, extra special edition on the mistreatment of senior student Al Brown by Fredericton Police, Dec. 4, 1948.        

5  Two books on Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 1914.

6  Fredericton, travel guide, Irving Oil, n.d.

7  Sea, Ships and Men, Navy League of Canada, 1946.

8  Relics of the Stone Age in New Brunswick; by L.W. Bailey, 1887.

9  Sermon at the Consecration of Christ Church Cathedral, by Rev. Horatio Southgate, Fredericton, August 31, 1853.

10  “Temperance and a Total War Effort”; Ottawa, Dec. 16, 1942.

11  “Ranks and Medal Ribbons”, England, 1945.

12  “Tales of Long Ago”; history of the Good family, 1937.

13  Third Class Teaching License; Mary E. Gilmore, 1886.

14  “Martello Tower Museum of Old Firearms”; n.d.

15  Order of Divine Service for the C.A.S.F.”, 1940.

16  Ships Mean Life”, by Commander William Strange, 1944.

17 a  “The Lord Mayor’s Luncheon”; Mackenzie King, September 4, 1941.

b  “Servitude or Freedom, Present Position of the War”, Sept. 17, 1941.

c  “Controlling the Cost of Living”, Hon. W.L. MacKenzie King, Oct. 18, 1941.

18  Clipping from The Daily Gleaner “A Tribute to Russia”, 1943.