William Brothers1

#22397, (circa 1831 - 7 October 1887)
Father*Thomas Brothers1 (s 1790 - bt 1831 - 1848)
Mother*Ellen McSweeney1 (c 1793 - )

Family

Catherine Fitzpatrick b. c 1841, d. 1929
Children 1.Mary E Brothers10 (c 1864 - )
 2.James W Brothers10 (c 1866 - )
 3.Annie M Brothers10 (c 1868 - )
 4.John Huron Brothers10 (1870 - )
 5.Sarah Elizabeth Brothers11 (c 1873 - )
 6.Francis Anglin Brothers11 (c 1874 - )
 7.Margaret Brothers11 (c 1876 - )
 8.Daniel D Brothers11 (c 1877 - )
 9.Charles Brothers11 (c 1879 - )
 10.Jane Brothers11 (1880 - )
 11.Ida Brothers12 (1882 - )
 12.Joseph Brothers12 (1886 - )
Birth*circa 1831He was born circa 1831 at Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.2 
1851He appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Ellen McSweeney and James Fitzgerald at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, stepson, age 20, b. NB; (neis. Timothy and Mary Hartnett; John and Mary Brothers; John and Mary Hartnett; Dennis Savage, age 72; William and Catherine Carroll.)3 
Marriage*2 August 1863He married Catherine Fitzpatrick, daughter of John Fitzpatrick and Margaret Fitzpatrick, on 2 August 1863 at Ste-Thérèse d'Avila Church, Cap-Pelé, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.4,5 
1871He and Catherine Fitzpatrick appeared on the census of 1871 at Amherst, Cumberland Co., Nova ScotiaG.6 
1881He and Catherine Fitzpatrick appeared on the census of 1881 at Amherst, Cumberland Co., Nova ScotiaG.7 
Death*7 October 1887He died on 7 October 1887 at City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.8 
Burial*October 1887He was buried in October 1887 at Mount Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts.9 

Citations

  1. [S79] Rev. Edward Savage, The Story of Melrose, Westmorland County (copy from Université Saint Joseph Archives, Moncton), transcription online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbwestmo/history.htm, p. 25.
  2. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia).
  3. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). James (63), b. Ireland, farmer, entered Colony Oct 1824; Ellen (58), b. Ireland ["ditto" for date entered Colony].
  4. [S1980] Auguste Daigle (transcriber), Registre de la paroisse St-Timothée [i.e. Ste-Thérèse-d'Avila] de Shemogue, FHL Film 928969, Item 10, filmed 1967, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, online FamilySearch.org, p. 543 (renumbered from p. 57), M-5, img. 745/1265. William Brothers of Cap Tormentin, son of deceased Thomas Butler [sic] and Ellen Brothers [sic], and Catherine Fitzpatrick of Cumberland NS, dau. of John Fitzpatrick and Margaret Fitzpatrick, marr. 2 Aug 1863 by F X Babinault; witn. Samuel Chandler and Ann Chandler.
  5. [S1199] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Ste-Thérèse, Cap-Pelé/Cape Bald, Cte Westmorland, 1859-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 58, img. 34/426. Entry is nearly illegible (poor image); see citation from Registre de la paroisse St-Timothée (transcript).
  6. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. William (40), b. NB, farmer; Catherine (25), b. Ireland.
  7. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. William (53), b. NB, farmer; Catherine (39), b. Ireland.
  8. [S266] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Holbrook). Original data Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
  9. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, No image. William Brothers, b. NS 1830, d. Boston MA 7 Oct 1887, bur. Mount Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury MA, Sec. E, grave 1164. Memorial 221997884, created by Mary LeCount.
  10. [S84] 1871 Canada Census.
  11. [S42] 1881 Canada Census.
  12. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census.