Donald MacAlpine, Loyalist,
(and some of his descendants)
©1982 Gerald MacAlpine
Some updates ©1987 Gerald MacAlpine
Some updates ©1998 Kitty MacAlpine

NOTE: Any references to "me", "my" or "I" in this document refer to Gerald MacAlpine,
except in generations 6 and 7 when it refers to Kitty MacAlpine, the owner of this site

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  1. Donald1 MacALPINE
    In Scotland there had been intermittent warfare for decades from Cromwell's invasion in the 17th century to the disaster at Culloden in 1746. If the ordinary Scot survived the wars, he was still faced with grinding poverty and, in many years, outright famine. Even the clan chiefs in many cases were not much better off than their tenants and sub-tenants. Their biggest resource was fighting men but after Culloden there was no requirement for them. The highland soil was thin, farming techniques were primitive, and Scotland was overpopulated though there were probably less than one million inhabitants in 1700. The country's resources could not support a poplulation of this size.

    When it became evident that the Loyalist cause was lost and the rebels would be victorious, the refugees at New York and other Loyalist held territories began to search for places to which they could flee to escape the wrath of the victorious and vengeful Americans. One group of Loyalists in New York formed the Port Roseway Associates in 1782 with the intention of gaining lands and settling at Port Roseway in Nova Scotia. Donald MacAlpine became one of the Associates and in their membership book he is listed as having a wife and two children.

    The Loyalist fleet reached Port Roseway on the fourth of May 1783 and was met by a surveying party commanded by Benjamin Marston. Then came the task of laying out town and water lots and getting the Loyalists settled before winter came. Donald was granted lot B23 in the South Division. There was another lot granted to John MacAlpine for his brother. Perhaps that brother was Donald because he had been recommended to the Association by John. Each Loyalist in this fleet was granted a fifty-acre farm lot in the surrounding country side. Donald drew lot 61 in Mason's Division of land along the east side of Shelburne Harbour and up the west side of Jordan Bay. His lot was located in what is now Lower Sandy Point. John MacAlpine was granted lot 113 but somewhere along the way, they traded lots because John sold lot 61 in 1784 and Donald and his descendants have always held lot 113.

    Port Roseway was soon renamed Shelburne in honour of Lord Shelburne and contained about 10,000 people in 1784. According to chief surveyor Marston, most of the populace were ill-suited to the use of axe and hoe and had great difficulty in clearing their lots. Perhaps if just the Associates had settled there the place would have had a better chance of flourishing. As it was, New York was emptied at war's end with many more settlers than expected arriving at Shelburne. Many people built substantial houses, pretty well denuding the forest for mile around of timber that was easy to obtain and get to the mills,which were located on every available stream. When the King's bounty ran out after a few years, most of the settlers left for other parts of the country or back to the United States and Shelburne nearly became a ghost town. Who knows why some stayed on at Shelburne. Perhaps they were tired of running and saw they could subsist in this country. There were pople of all calsses of society that stayed there from illiterate common folk to the scions of America's first settlers. Their descendants are to be found throughout Shelburne County.

    While the fortunes of Shelburne rose and fell, Donald MacAlpine settled in at Jordan Bay. The lot numbers had been blazed on trees at the shore's edge and one can almost sense the anticipation felt by the settlers as they rowed along the shore looking for their number. Some would be pleased with their location and others bitterly disappointed but, by the number of old cellar holes still to be seen, most of the lots had settlers on them.

    I don't believe Donald built a house on lot 61 because he had it for such a short time but he probably did build some sort of dwelling on on lot 113. Presently, there is a narrow ridge across the face of 113 that is partly eroded on the shore side and hiding somewhere in the spruce and brambles may be a cellar hole. The land was cleared at one time but is now nearly all overgrown. Behind the ridge to the northwest is a pond and a swampy area after which the land rises abruptly to a scantily covered one hundred foot high rock ledge now known as Kean's Mountain -- not the most desirable peice of land on which to farm so as one after another of Donald's neighbours departed for more hospitable surroundings, he bought up their lots. Enoch Hunt, for whom there is still a small hump in the beach known as Hunt's Island, moved to Horton and Donald bought his lot is 1804. From William MacKenzie he acquired lot 118 in 1806, while from Alex Leckie's estate he bought lots 121 and 122. Finally, from Robert Brown he purchased lot 117 in 1816. I am sure that he was using most of this land before he got the actual deeds to it because, with the exception of William MacKenzie and Ralph Cranberry, who was living on lot 199, Donald was the only settler living along that shore since the 1780's. At the time of his death in 1829, he owned 300 acres and had already deeded 100 acres to his son Peter.

    Donald MacAlpine left no written record of his life. In fact, neither he nor Christiana could write their own names. They lived a quiet life on their farm with lots of hard work clearing their acres. Donald's name appears on poll tax lists in the 17790's, he was a witness to Ebenezer Berry's will, and an appraiser of John Fraser's estate. The story of Fraser's death is indeed tragic. One day in early February 1796, Fraser's son went on the ice spearing eels near what is now MacLean's Island in Jordan Bay. He had finished cutting a hole in the ice when his sister came out to him to see how he was doing. He left her near the hole while he went a short distance away to get his spear. Before he could get back, she had fallen in the hole. He rushed back to her but in his haste the ice broke under him and he fell through. John Fraser was on the shore and, seeing their distress, hurried to help them but then he too fell through the ice. Mrs. Fraser and their eldest daughter then tried to help but they too fell through. A boy on the shore, who had been gunning, saw their predicament and ran to a neighbour for help. Together they pushed off a small skiff to go and pick up the Fraser family. They picked up Mrs. Fraser first but, the boat being so small, they had to return to shore with her. To their distress, when they went for the others they discovered that they had all gone under and drowned. Thus was the Fraser family wiped out, except for the mother. Donald MacAlpine and William MacKenzie appraised the estate but apparently he did not own the land on which he was living in Jordan Bay. He did own 100 acres on Clyde River but that was of such little value that the costs incurred in selling it would outweigh the sale price so it was ignored.

    Donald and his family seem to have been spared most disasters common to early settlers. Even the great fire of 1792 passed them by, though fifty houses were destroyed along the Jordan. Donald and his boys had their work cut out for them clearing their fields. As anyone familiar with Shelburne County knows, that is a real problem because of the vast quantities of rock in the thin soil. The fruits of their labour can still be seen in the long rows of stonewall throughout his fields. If Frederick Weiser's account book is an indication of how business was transacted in those days, then very little money changed hands. Weiser was a cordwainer or shoemaker and all the shoes that Donald bought for his family were paid for with dried fish, fish oil, pork, veal, sheep, mutton, homespun, and skins. Donald was an overseer of highways at times for the road from Shelburne to Jordan Bay past Lake Rodney. This road was the first in the area and was built through the effort of Abraham Jones, who lived at Jones Point (the present-day MacLean's Island).

    Donald died in 1829. His estate as appraised by his neighbours John Crocheron and William MacKay was valued at £400 and consisted of: 300 acres of land, 1 yoke of oxen, 1 ox, 7 cows, 2 heifers, 1 bull, 50 sheep, 8 hogs, 10 tons of hay, farming utensils, 300 bushels of potatoes, bed, bedding, furniture, pots and pans, books, 300 pounds of pork, 1 whip saw and edge tools, and grain. Considering that only 15 acres of his land was under cultivation, this was quite a large estate which he left to his wife, with the exception of one cow and four sheep which he left to his daughter Catherine, in his will which was witnessed by neighbours John Crocheron, James MacLean, and Daniel Dall. It was probably written by Dall, as he was a school teacher. Donald was probably buried on the hill in lot 118 -- a hill that has always been known as the "Burying Hill". It is not known whn Christiana died but according to family tradition, she wandered away one day when she was old and perished on a wood road not far from home while trying to find her way back to Scotland.

Donald and Christiana had the following children, surname MacALPINE:

  1. Peter2
  2. Duncan2 b. ca 1781. Left home prior to 1800.
  3. Donald2 m. Janet Morrison
  4. Catherine2 -- nothing is known of her except her being mentioned in her father's will.
  5. Hugh2 was born about 1787. He was a bachelor and took over the old homestead on the death of his father. Until 1840, his brother John was living with with him as well as his brother Peter's son Hugh. Eventually, young Hugh came to own the old place. Tradition has it that the old fellow was known as "Broken Back Hugh", relating to some accident in his youth. He died 23 June 1871 at age 84. He had been a weaver by trade.
  6. Alexander2 -- no record of him after 1830
  7. John2 was born in the 1790's. He married on 1 January 1840 Sophie (Ryer) Kean, daughter of Conrad and Abigail (Hater) Ryer and widow of William KEAN. John and Sophie had no children but she and William Kean had several, including: John, Manus, William Henry, Abigail, Joanne, and Daniel. All children came to live with John in Jordan Bay when their mother married him. John MacAlpine was a farmer and fisherman, the same as his brothers and just about everyone in Jordan Bay. In 1861, he and the Kean boys had 7 acres under cultivation on which they grew 9 bushels of oats, 50 bushels of potatoes, and made 150 pounds of butter. His livestock consisted of 2 neat cows, 3 milch cows, 30 sheep, and one pig. He also had a boat and net. John and Hugh divided their father's land according to his wishes in 1840. John built a fine house on his portion which is now in possession of Ralph Kean, a grandson of William Henry Kean. John died about 1862 and Sophie on 14 October 1871.
  8. Margaret2
  9. Christiana2
  10. Mary2

SOURCES: Censuses (1786, 1795, 1827, 1838, 1861, 1871); Will of Donald MacAlpine (1829); Deed, Dec. 11, 1817 (between Donald and Christiana MacAlpine and Peter MacAlpine -- lots 121 and 122, Mason's Division); List of Port Roseway Associates

  1. Peter2 MacALPINE (Donald1) was born circa 1780 and, so, would have been born on Long Island, accompanying his parents to Port Roseway in 1783. He worked with his father on the farm and married Margaret MacKENZIE prior to 1811. She may have been the Peggy MacKENZIE, daughter of John and Mary MacKenzie, who was baptized in the Anglican church in Shelburne on 9 June 1791. Peter was a highway overseer at times and also served on the grand jury. He and Margaret raised six children on lots 121 and 122 (these had been deeded to him by his father in 1817). Tragedy struck the family on 23 December 1825. Peter was coming home from Shelburne along the Lake Rodney road when he was overcome by a winter storm and perished on the road. Margaret was left to raise the boys, aged 5 to 13, by herself. To help her somewhat, Peter's brother Hugh took Peter and Margaret's son Hugh to live with him but one can imagine how Margaret and the children had to work to keep the family together and food on the table. As far as I know, she never remarried nor can I find out when she died.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. John3 b. ca. 1812. Died before 1850. Married Patience Locke of Lockeport. No children.
    2. Duncan3 b. ca. 1814. Drowned with his brother Robert in 1860. Unmarried.
    3. Hugh3 was born about 1815. After his father died, he went to live with his uncle Hugh and eventually came to own the old homestead that his grandfather had built. He married Janet Isabella DALL of Sandy Point, a daughter of Daniel and Margaret Dall, on 9 March 1841. Hugh and Janet had no children of their own but took to live with them Mary Ann GOODICK, daughter of Philip Goodick and Mary Ann Dall (Janet's sister). Mary Ann GOODICK married Edward HAMMOND on 26 August 1867 and went to live at East Jordan where the Hammond family was then residing. Christopher Halstead DALL, Janet's brother, also lived with them and helped out with the fishing and farm work. When Hugh's brother Peter's wife died in childbirth 1865, he and Janet took the new born baby, Patience, to live with them and raised her as their own. As can be seen from the 1861 census, Hugh and his family got the most out of their land. Out of 12 acres in cultivation they grew: 7 tons of hay, 16 bushels of barley, 170 bushels of potatoes, 8 bushels of turnips, 5 bushels of other root vegetables, and 5 bushels of apples. Their livestock consisted of: 3 neat cows, 3 milch cows, 25 sheep, and 1 pig. They made 160 lbs. of butter in 1860. He also had 2 fishing boats and 7 nets by which they caught 3 barrels of mackeral and 136 barrels of herring. They had a hand loom on which was made 40 yards of cloth. Perhaps old Hugh, the weaver, made this as he was living at the time. Hugh was a justice of the peace in 1869. Janet died on 22 November 1881 and Hugh on 27 September 1883. Edward and Mary Ann Hammond then came to live with Halstead Dall. Eventually, Edwin Hammond, their son, owned the old MacAlpine place. Edwin maried Sarah BUTLER, daughter of Norman Butler of Sandy Point, and at one time both families lived in the old house as well as Edward's brother Joseph. Edwin and Sarah were childless but over the years looked after Sarah's nieces and nephews and several foster children. Sarah willed the place to her nephew Calvin Butler and after his death, his widow sold it to my uncle, John MacAlpine. Uncle John died in 1971 and the house remained vacant until 1978 when I acquired it and renovated it. My wife and I have lived in this house since my retirement in 1985.
    4. Peter3 b. 23 December 1817, m. October 1, 1852, to Peninah DALL
    5. Donald3 b. ca 1819, d. 1900
    6. Robert3 b. ca 1820. Drowned in 1860. Marriedd Margaret MacDONALD of Lockeport. No children.

    SOURCES: Wills -- Estate of Peter MacAlpine to Margaret MacAlpine, 1826; Estate of Robert MacAlpine, 1861; Censuses (1827, 1838); Deeds and Releases (1846 Nesbitt Grant; Release 18 Dec 1850; Release 24 Oct 1862 and 1861 between Duncan, Hugh, and Peter MacAlpine and Donald MacAlpine

  2. Donald2 MacALPINE (Donald1) Probably born in the 1790's. After his marriage he llived for a few years on his father's farm. Then, in 1826 he bought three lots in Jordan Ferry. In 1829 he sold this land and moved to the east side of the Jordan. He was a boat builder by trade. His wife was Janet MORRISON, possibly a daughter of Hugh Morrison who was living in Jordan Bay in 1819 and later moved to Jrdan River.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Colin3 b. ca 1822
    2. Hugh Morrison3 b.22 September 1827
    3. James Leslie3 b. 12 July 1832
    4. Christiana McCallum3 b. 26 October 1838 m. Steve STONEHILL

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  3. Margaret2 MacALPINE (Donald1) was baptized in the Church of England at Shelburne on 25 March 1801. She married Donald MacKENZIE in the early 1820's and lived in Jordan Ferry. Donald was son or nephew of John MacKenzie, Loyalist, and possibly a brother of Peter's wife Margaret. Margaret died sometime after 1881.

    Their children, surname MacKENZIE:
    1. Roderick3 b. ca 1825. Said to have been lost at sea out of Halifax
    2. Robert3 b. ca 1827
    3. Peter McAlpine3 b. 28 August 1829
    4. Christiana3 b. 11 September 1832
    5. Helen Grace3 b. 26 July 1836. She was called Ellen and took care of her brothers Donald and John and also her mother. She never married and died on 4 October 1919.
    6. Margaret3 b. ca 1838
    7. Donald3 b. 24 June 1841; d. 1900; unmarried
    8. John McKerlie3 b. 24 July 1841; d. 1893; unmarried

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  4. Christiana2 MacALPINE (Donald1) was baptized 25 March 1801. She may have been a twin sister of Margaret. She married George MacKENZIE of Jordan Bay in January 1822. George was the administrator of William MacKenzie's will so he was probably related to him and thus a neighbour of the MacAlpines. Christiana died shortly after George was born and was buried 2 February 1827. George Sr. marreid again but in 1836 his lands were sold at a sheriff's sale to John MacKenzie, he being an "absconding debtor".

    Their children, surname MacKENZIE:
    1. Murdoch3 b. ca 1823
    2. George3 b. 16 January 1827

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  5. Mary2 MacALPINE (Donald1) Was probably a daughter of Donald and Christiana, though no definite proof exists. She was married to Robert MORRISON, who died ca 1829. She then appears to have gone to live with Hugh or Donald Jr.

    They had at least 2 children, surname MORRISON:
    1. Christy3 b. ca 1822
    2. Mary Jane3 bapt. September 1828

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  6. Peter3 MacALPINE (Peter2 Donald1) Born 23 December 1817. He married Peninah DALL, daughter of Daniel and Margaret, on 12 June 1852. Shortly after his marriage, he moved to West Head, just outside of Lockeport. His house was the farthest out on the headland. He was a fisherman and mariner, as were his brothers John, Duncan, and Robert, who all eventually lived in Lockeport. Peninah died on 17 June 1865, perhaps in childbirth as their daughter, Patience, was born that year. With seven children including a small baby, Peter had no choice but to get his brother Hugh and sister-in-law Janet to take the baby. Peter never remarried and died 11 July 1905.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Mary Adeline4 b. 1 October 1852
    2. Margaret MacKenzie4 b. 3 October 1854; m. Robert MacDONALD of Port Joli and light keeper at Carters Island on 29 January 1890. No children
    3. Peter4 b. ca 1857
    4. Emily Lois4 b. 9 November 1858
    5. Duncan4 b. 26 October 1860; d. 1 June 1915
    6. Hugh4 b. ca 1863. He died of a heart attack on 27 May 1950 at Lockeport while watching a baseball game between Lockeport and Yarmouth. The crowd stood for a few moments silence during the seventh inning in his memory. Apparently he was a great ball fan.
    7. Patience4 b. 1865. Moved to the U.S. Was living in Haverhill, MA, in 1912. Married ________ WILBUR.

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  7. Donald3 MacALPINE (Peter2 Donald1). Born in 1819 in Jordan Bay, Shelburne County, NS. His early life was spent on his father's farm but he went to work in Donald MacKay's East Boston shpyard in the 1840's. I do not know how long he worked there but he was in Jordan Bay in 1846 and 1850. He married Mary Ann BOWER, daughter of James and Catherine Sophia (Dexter) Bower, at the Anglican Church in Shelburne, NS, on 4 August 1853. After James Bower's death, his widow Catherine married James MacLean of Jordan Bay, becoming near neighbours of the MacAlpines. Mary Ann died on 26 July 1890 (aged 60 years) and Donald died 17 April 1900. Both are buried in the old Presbyterian Cemetery in Shelburne.
    -- In 1870, Donald's farm produced 25 bushels of oats, 150 bushels of potatoes, 10 bushels of turnips, 20 bushels of beets, 2 bushels of carrots, and 15 tons of hay on 12 acres of improved land. His livestock consisted of: 1 horse, 1 ox, 4 cows, 2 other cattle, 20 sheep, and 1 pig. They manufactured 45 yards of cloth. He also had a boat and 120 fathoms of nets with which he caught 7 quintals of cod, 8 quintals of haddock and pollack, 30 barrels of herring, and 4 barrels of mackeral.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Arabella Sophia4 b. 5 October 1854; married John THORNTON 22 January 1880.
    2. Janet Isabella4 b. 24 May 1856; married W. Kelly McKAY
    3. John4 b. 27 January 1858
    4. Robert Oscar4 b. 5 May 1860
    5. Charles Curtis4 b. 24 July 1862. He was an architect, in business first in Boston, then in Moose Jaw. The Public Library in Moose Jaw was one of his designs. He died in Moose Jaw in 1929.
    6. Mary4 b. 1864; m. Alex SWANSBURG; d. 1949. No children
    7. Ethel Vail4 b. 11 May 1866; d. 1894
    8. Felicia Dorothea Hemans4 b. 21 November 1868; d. 1952. She was a teacher and also worked in the Land Titles Office in Moose Jaw, returning to Nova Scotia in 1949.

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  8. James Leslie3 MacALPINE (Donald2 Donald1) Born 12 July 1832. He was a boat builder like his father. He married Chalotte Elizabeth McGILL on 7 February 1860 and in 1861 was living in Shelburne. James died in 1899 and Charlotte died in 1895.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Alice4 b. ca 1861; m. Colin BOWER on 31 March 1905. She died in 1926. No children.
    2. Colin4 b. ca 1863; d. 1898
    3. George McGill4 b. 26 Decmeber 1864; d. 1878
    4. Annie4 b. ca 1865; m. Nathaniel CROWELL
    5. Emma4 b. 1867; m. John McQuahae on 25 November 1903. No children.
    6. James4 b. 1869; d. 1891
    7. Frederick4 b. ca 1871
    8. Charlotte Elizabeth4 b. ca 1873; m. Stanford KENNEY on 26 January 1896
    9. Kenneth4 b. 1876; m. Grace Parker McGILL on 26 December 1901

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  9. Robert3 MacKENZIE (Margaret2 Donald1) Born ca 1827, according to school records. He married Harriet RINGER, daughter of Michael Ringer and Mary Ann Smith. Robert and Harriet first lived in Jordan Ferry, moving to Lockeport prior to 1881.

    Their children, surname MacKENZIE:
    1. Eldora4 b. 3 November 1860
    2. Eliphalet4 b. ca 1869 and died in the U. S. Unmarried.

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  10. Peter McAlpine3 MacKENZIE (Margaret2 Donald1) Born 28 April 1829. He lived all his life in Jordan Ferry on land given to him by his father. He was a farmer and fisherman. On 7 January 1863 he married Henrietta PURNEY, daughter of William and Isabella Purney.

    Their children, surname MacKENZIE:
    1. William Elvin Purney4 b. 2 October 1864
    2. Donald4 b. 2 May 1866; d. 5 July 1941
    3. Isabella Fraser4 b. 10 March 1869
    4. Peter McAlpine4 b. 25 May 1871
    5. John4 b. ca 1874

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  11. Christiana3 MacKENZIE (Margaret2 Donald1) Born at Jordan Ferry on 11 September 1832. She married James Henry HUPMAN, a son of John Hupman of Broad River. They moved to the U. S.

    Their children, surname HUPMAN:
    1. Roderick McKenzie4 b. 14 July 1867
    2. Margaret4 b. ca 1866
    3. Robert James4 b. 28 August 1870
    4. John4 b. 1872
    5. Florence4 b. 1876

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  12. Margaret Ann3 MacKENZIE (Margaret2 Donald1) Born in 1838. She married George HADDY, son of John and Eleanor HADDY and lived at Lockeport. They were married on 7 April 1874.

    Their children, surname HADDY:
    1. Lenora4 b. 26 April 1875
    2. William4 b. 13 December 1878

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  13. Mary Adeline4 MacALPINE (Peter3 Peter2 Donald1) Born 1 October 1852. She married William A. MacDONALD, son of Randal and Nancy MacDonald of Port Joli, on 23 December 1875. She died on 16 January 1908 at 122 Morris St., Halifax, and is buried in Camp Hill Cemetery. William was a school teacher at Lockeport in 1881 but later went into business in Yarmouth. He retired in 1907 and went to Halifax. Following Adeline's death, he moved back to Lockeport.

    Their children, surname MacDONALD:
    1. Peninah5 b. ca 1877
    2. Jennie Adeline5 b. 1880, bapt. 4 march 1883
    3. Randall A.5 d. 23 February 1952. He was a chartered accountant.

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  14. Peter4 MacALPINE (Peter3 Peter2 Donald1) Born ca 1857. He married Janet GOODICK of Sandy Point on 14 January 1891. He was a fisherman and died on 23 April 1917.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Alvin5
    2. Clyden5 d. 12 February 1895, aged 1 year 8 months
    3. William5 b. ca 1898; d. 15 April 1978
    4. Amanthias5
    5. Izola5
    6. Russell5
    7. Thomas5 d. 13 September 1942, aged 32

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  15. Arabella Sophia4 MacALPINE (Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born 5 october 1854 at Jordan Bay. On 18 February 1880, she married John H. THORBURN, son of William and Letitia Thorburn or Jordan Bay. John and Belle leter moved to Sandy Point, where he owned and operated a fish processing business.

    Their children, surname THORBURN:
    1. Bessie5 b. 25 October 1883; d. 15 March 1964. She married Arthur EARLE and together they operated Earle's Shoe Store in Waterville, MA, for many years. No children.
    2. Reginald Murray5 b. 9 September 1886
    3. Gladys5 m. Hector ROSS
    4. Agatha5 m. George GREEN on 14 January 1924
    5. Harry5 m. 2 August 1947 to Ann Marie NICKERSON
    6. Keith5 d. October 1979 age 79. While driving back from Yarmouth, he got disoriented and ended up on a road back of Pubnico. He was found dead in a boat on a lake with his dog who was still alive.
    7. Blanche5 m. Lewis POLLARD

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  16. Janet Isabella4 MacALPINE (Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born at Jordan Bay on 24 may 1856. She was a school teacher and married William Kelly MacKAY, son of Thomas and Agnes (Ryer) MacKay of Upper Clyde on 16 December 1886. They were the first couple to be married in the Union Church at Jordan Ferry. Kelly MacKay was a woodsmand and guide. In the late 1890's, a gentleman that he was guiding convinced him that he could make a better life for his family in the U. S., where there were a great many more opportunities than in the backwoods of Shelburne County. Consequently, they moved to Garden City on Long Island and, later, just down the road to Hempstead. Kelly got a job working for the town and periodically Janet's sisters came over to try and find work as times were hard in Nova Scotia. Hilda (MacKay) Hardy told me when I visited her in the summer of 1981 that she was very homesick when they left Upper Clyde. She was 9 years old at the time and knew every tree and stream and nook around their home but when they got to Garden City, there were no trees to climb and everything was so much different. When I spoke to her, 83 years later, she still considered Upper Clyde "home" and her house in Hempstead was filled with paintings she had done of scenes of her childhood. Kelly MacKay fied in January 1944 at the age of 90 and Jennie on 17 June 1946.

    Their children, surname MacKAY:
    1. Freeman5
    2. Hilda Adelaide5 b. 1 August 1889; m. Chares HARDY, who died in 1947. As of Feb. 1982, Hilda was still living with her sister Jennie in Hempstead, where she is the village artist and has one of her paintings in the Hempstead library.
    3. George Mackie Clark5 b. 20 November 1893
    4. Anne5 m. Hnery DAVIS. No children
    5. Jennie Vale5 b. 3 February 1897

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  17. John4 MacALPINE (Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born 27 January 1858. He was a mariner and master of fishing and trading vessels until the early part of the present century when he and his family moved to Moose Jaw, SK. His first wife was Abbie SHIELDS of Liverpool. After her death, he married his cousin Eva Rebecca BOWER, daughter of John Bower and Agnes Hamilton. His first home was built in Jordan Bay on land deeed to him by his father. It was a large beautiful house and he also built a mill on a stream that ran through the property. All was destroyed in the great fire of June 1900 that ruined much of Jordan Bay and Jordan Ferry.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Charles Curtis4
    2. Helen4 d. young
    3. John4 d. in WW II

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  18. Robert Oscar4 MacALPINE (Donald3 Peter2 Donald1). Born 5 May 1860, perhaps named for his uncle who was drowned in February of that year. He grew up on his father's farm, going to sea early and becoming mastter of fishing and trading vessels. He was proud of the fact that although he once lost a ship, he never lost a man. The ship was the "Jane Cox", owned by George Cox of Shelburne. She sailed from Liverpool in the latter part of November 1918 with a load of lumber for Barbados. They hit a terrific storm shrotly after leaving and she sprang a leak on the first of December at 35.4N lat. and 50W long. They pumped for 24 hours straight and were just about ready to give up when they saw the British barque "Birkdale" on their beam and they hoisted a distress signal. The "Birkdale" was 146 days out of Australia, heading for New Brunswick and they were afraid the disabled vessel was a German decoy. They evntually picked up the crew but on learning that the war was over, set off for England instead of New Brunswick, stopping at Queenstown, Ireland, to let the shipwrecked crew off. Not until late january 1919 did the crew get back to Shelburne. Captain Robert had come down with influenza on the way back. He retired after that, being near 60 and having enough of the sea. Captain Robert married Margaret Sophia MORRISON, daughter of Cornelius Morrison and Catherine Swansburg, on 14 April 1989 at Jordan Ferry. He died on 4 September 1938 and she on 24 June 1942.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Donald Cornelius5 b. 30 March 1901
    2. John Churchill Locke5 b. 26 December 1903; d. 6 December 1971
    3. Katherine Sophia5 b. 16 September 1905; d. 24 January 1995
    4. Robert Curtis Morrison5 b. 30 July 1908
    5. Kenneth Crofton MacLeod5 b. 16 June 1914

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  19. Annie4 MacALPINE (James3 Donald2 Donald1) Born ca 1865,. She married Nathaniel CROWELL, son of Eleazer and mary Crowell of Cape Sable Island, on 31 October 1894. She died in 1944 at her daughter's home in Lunenburg and Nathaniel died about 1936.

    Their children, surname CROWELL:
    1. Fred5
    2. Charlotte5
    3. Margaret5

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  20. Charlotte Elizabeth4 MacALPINE (James3 Donald2 Donald1) Born ca 1873. Married Stanford KENNEY, son of Alfred and Emelina KENNEY of Cape Sable Island, on 29 January 1896.

    Their children, surname KENNEY:
    1. Kenneth MacAlpine5 b. ca 1901; d. December 1930
    2. Emma MacAlpine5 b. 1902; d. 12 January 1948
    3. Leslie5
    4. Sheila5 m. Arthur MIDDLEMAS
    5. Alfred5

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  21. Kenneth4 MacALPINE (James3 Donald2 Donald1) Born in 1876 at Shelburne. Kenneth was a reknowned boat builder, building yachts and other craft for buyers around the world. Wealthy Americans were his best customers because of the hig quality product he produced at a lower cost than a great many other boatyards. In 1928, he took his son Richard in partnership and retired in 1939 due to failing eyesight. He married Grace Parker McGILL on 26 December 1901 and died in 1957.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Margaret Muir5 b. 10 November 1902; m. Ted HIBBERT. No children
    2. Marion Alice5 b. 12 July 1904; d. 1969
    3. Colin Richard5 b. 12 October 1905
    4. Annie Grace5 b. 20 July 1908

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  22. Eldora4 MacKENZIE (Robert MacKENZIE3 Margaret2 Donald1) Born at Jordan Ferry on 3 November 1860. She marreid James HILTZ, son of John Hiltz and Ann MacKenzie, on 27 February 1884. James was a master mariner who sailed out of Lockeport but later they moved to North Bellingham, MA, where he died in 1946.

    Their children, surname HILTZ:
    1. Henrietta5 m. George THOMPSON; children: Reginald b. 1911 and Charlotte b. 1913
    2. Reginald5 m. Martha Gulliford; child: Reginald James, b. 1919.
    3. Gladys5 m. Wiliam KIRTEN; child: Helen Eldora b. November 1919

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  23. Donald4 MacKENZIE (Peter MacKENZIE3 Margaret2 Donald1) Born at Jordan Ferry on 2 May 1866. He was a farmer and a fisherman. On 20 January 1897 he married Harriet Augusta BOWER, daughter of Charles Bower and Rhoda Ann MacKenzie.

    Their children, surname MacKENZIE:
    1. Henrietta5 b. 18 November 1899; m. (1) Ira LYTTLE 2 October 1945; m. (2) Howard WILSON 12 December 1957. No children.
    2. Evelina Augusta5 b. 12 August 1901
    3. Robert Stanley5 b. 1 October 1904; lost at sea 7 August 1922
    4. Margaret Isabella5 b. 24 September 1906

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  24. Isabella Fraser4 MacKENZIE (Peter MacKENZIE3 Margaret2 Donald1) Born 10 march 1890. She married Alexander MacKenzie BOWER, son of Charles Bower and Rhoda Ann MacKenzie, on 26 December 1900. MacKenzie Bower was a farmer and sea farer and at one time he and his son Ronald operated a saw mill in Jordan Ferry. Isabel died on 15 November 1946 and MacKenzie died in 1961.

    Their children, surname BOWER:
    1. Ronald b. 1901; m. Ada PETERSON and had one child, Kenneth
    2. Charles b. 1903; d. 1980

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  25. Jennie Adeline5 MacDONALD (Mary Adeline4 Peter3 Margaret2 Donald1) Born in 1880. She married Wilfred James MacDONALD of Port Joli.

    Their child, surname MacDONALD:
    1. Nina Winifred5 b. 25 October 1921

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  26. Alvin5 MacALPINE (Peter4 Peter3 Peter2 Donald1) Alvin lived in Lockeport and served in the merchant navy during WW II. He married Beatrice GERMAINE.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. George6 d. in the North West Territories. Unmarried
    2. William6 d. in Toronto. Unmarried.
    3. Beatrice6 b. 1921
    4. Hugh6 d. in the West. Unmarried.
    5. James Richard6 b. 1934. Drowned in Lockeport Reservoir August 1944.
    6. Madeline6 m. Peter SCHOOFELD. Lives in Toronto.

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  27. William5 MacALPINE (Peter4 Peter3 Peter2 Donald1) Born ca 1898. He was an engineer with the Department of Public Works for 42 years, retiring in 1964. He died at Liverpool on 15 April 1978 at the age of 80. He was married to Emmelia WHITE.

    Their child, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Delores

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  28. Izola5 MacALPINE (Peter4 Peter3 Peter2 Donald1) Married Herbert L. SMITH of Liverpool.

    Their children, surname SMITH:
    1. Alice Janet6 b. 15 January 1928
    2. William Herbert6b. 29 March 1935
    3. Rosalyn Pearl6 b. 12 April 1942

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  29. Reginald Murray5 THORBURN (Arabella Sophia4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born 9 September 1886. He was a fish buyer at Sandy Point in partnership with his father and brothers. He died on 25 December 1950. He married Lillian Evelyn FIRTH of Sandy Point.

    Their children, surname THORBURN:
    1. Earle6
    2. Clifford6

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  30. Harry5 THORBURN (Arabella Sophia4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born ca 1894. He married Anne Marie NICKERSON of Shag Harbour on 2 August 1947.

    Their children, surname THORBURN:
    1. Harry6
    2. Linda6

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  31. Freeman5 MacKAY (Janet Isabella4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born in Upper Clyde but grew up in the U. S. He Married Beatrice JENNY of Niagara Falls.

    Their children, surname MacKAY:
    1. Freeman6
    2. John J.6
    3. Donald MacAlpine6

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  32. George Mackie Clark5 MacKAY (Janet Isabella4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born at Upper Clyde on 20 November 1893. He grew up in the U. S. and married Albertina KINNEAR. He died in 1967 and she died in March 1981.

    Their children, surname MacKAY:
    1. Jean6 d. 1921
    2. Albertina6 b. 1924; m John Hayes; children: Richard and Robert (m. Cathy Calife)

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  33. Jennie Vale5 MacKAY (Janet Isabella4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born at Upper Clyde on 3 February 1897. She married Harvey PAULEY of North Chelmsford, MA, on 10 July 1916 at Hempstead, NY. Believe Jennie died in 1990.

    Their children, surname PAULEY:
    1. George William6 b. 18 December 1917 d. 1994
    2. Harvey Chadwick6 b. 1 November 1919
    3. Kathryn Ann6 b. 2 September 1928

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  34. Charles Curtis5 MacALPINE (John4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born 20 February 1913. he married Margaret Branscombe BEATTIE (b. 5 January 1923) at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Toronto on 25 November 1944. Both Curt and Margaret were in the RCAF during the war and met in Mountain View, where they were both stationed. Curtis had been in 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron in England doing bombing runs over Germany and returned to Canada in 1944. Following their discharge from the Air Force in March 1945, Curt and Margaret went to live in Langley, BC, but moved back to Moose Jaw in 1948 where they are still living.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Margaret Rebecca6 b. Abbotsford, BC, on 6 October 1945
    2. Anne Elizabeth6 b. Abbotsford, BC, on 17 May 1947
    3. Sandra Jean6 b. Moose Jaw, SK, on 22 November 1949

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  35. Donald Cornelius5 MacALPINE (Robert Oscar4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born at Jordan Bay, NS, on 30 March 1901. He went to sea in 1920 and followed the sea all his life. His first ship was the "Charles F. Gordon", skippered by Capt. Guerdon Bower with MacKenzie Bower as first mate, both of whom were his father's cousins. They picked the ship up at Ingramport in October 1920 and took a load of lumber to Barbados. During the 20's and early 30's he went fishing out of Lunenburg and Gloucester with a bit of rum-running on the side. He married Thelma Lovisa HUSKINS of Rockland, daughter of Eldred Huskins and Nettie Giffin, on 7 February 1933 at Zion United Church in Liverpool. He then went fishing out of Jordan Bay. During WW II, he worked on a salvage tug, wrote his mate's ticket and worked at Shelburne Shipbuilders building wooden minesweepers. Following the war, he was mate on Irving Oil tankers for many years until in the late 50's when he went to work for Ferguson Industries of Pictou as first mate of the "MV Fergus". He died of a heart attack on board the "Fergus" while docked in Charlottetown, PE, on 26 November 1964.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Donald Sterling Morrison6
    2. Gerald Angus6
    3. Robert Eldred6
    4. James Gordon6

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  36. Kenneth Crofton MacLeod5 MacALPINE (Robert Oscar4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born on 16 June 1914. He was a fisherman all his life, except for wartime service in the Canadian Army. he was a cook by trade and cooked on fishing vessels out of Shelburne and in later years on West Coast fishing boats, during the summers returning to Jordan Bay each fall. He was drowned on 7 April 1965 when his vessel was lost with all hands in a violent storm off the coast of Alaska. He married Frances CUNNINGHAM.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Carol Lynne6
    2. Kenneth Bradford6 b. 28 January 1949
    3. Daniel Hugh6 b. 1 October 1953

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  37. Colin Richard5 MacALPINE (Kenneth4 James3 Donald2 Donald1) Born 2 October 1905. He was a boat builder at MacAlpine and Son boatyard at Shelburne and built some of the world's finest yachts. He went to Boston in 1926 to study ship design and to gain practical experience in boat building. He returned to Shelburne in 1928 when he went into partnership with his father. He took over control of the business when his father retired in 1939. During the war, he built lifeboats, harbour craft, and wooden minesweepers for the Navy and then went back to building pleasure craft. His largest yacht was the 72-foot "Fair Lady", built for Don Raymond of Yarmouth in 1958. He retired in 1967 and died on 31 July 1978. He married Ada RICHARDSON on 2 September 1931.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Margaret Joan6 b. 25 May 1932
    2. James Richard6 b. 4 September 1947

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  38. Annie Grace5 MacALPINE (Kenneth4 James3 Donald2 Donald1) Born 20 July 1908. She married John PATTERSON on 1 August 1938 and moved to Massachusetts.

    Their children, surname PATTERSON:
    1. Nancy Elizabeth b. 7 September 1939
    2. Kenneth Alan b. 13 July 1942; m. Charlotte GRUNWALD on 12 March 1972

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  39. Evelina Augusta5 MacKENZIE (Donald4 Peter3 Margaret2 Donald1) Born 12 august 1901. Married Percy AMOS. They lived in the U. S.

    Their child, surname AMOS:
    1. Margaret Joan (Peggy) b. 17 April 1936

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  40. Margaret Isabella5 MacKENZIE (Donald4 Peter3 Margaret2 Donald1) Born 24 September 1906. She worked in the U. S. when young and later married A. H. Marshall and lived in Chester, NS.

    Their children, surname MARSHALL:
    1. Donald William6 b. 13 August 1931; m. Beverly BURGESS 5 July 1958
    2. Isabel MacKenzie6 b. 29 October 1936

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  41. Nina Winifred6 MacDONALD (Jennie Adeline MacDONALD5 Mary Adeline4 Peter3 Peter2 Donald1) Born 25 October 1921. She married Clarence BROPHY of Lockeport on 17 August 1947.

    Their children, surname BROPHY:
    1. Kai Michael7 b. 26 May 1950; drowned 6 July 1965 while attempting to swim across the Sable River.
    2. Larry
    3. Clare

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  42. Beatrice6 MacALPINE (Alvin5 Peter4 Peter3 Peter2 Donald1) Born in 1921. She married William KING in September 1946. Beatrice died in 1972

    Their children, surname KING:
    1. William7
    2. George7
    3. Penny7 m. Paul TURNER
    4. Polly7

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  43. Alice Janet6 SMITH (Izola5 Peter4 Peter3 Peter2 Donald1) Born at Liverpool on 15 January 1928. She married Gordon JEWERS, a welder, and they live in Mulgrave.

    Their children, surname JEWERS:
    1. Thomas7
    2. Gary7
    3. Margaret7
    4. Herbert7
    5. Elizabeth7
    6. William7

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  44. William Herbert6 SMITH (Izola5 Peter4 Peter3 Peter2 Donald1) Born at Liverpool 29 March 1935. He served in the RCMP for 25 years and is now retired and living in North Battleford, SK. He married Jacklyn RACINE.

    Their children, surname SMITH:
    1. David7
    2. Diane7
    3. Denise7
    4. Debra7

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  45. George William6 PAULEY (Jennie Vale MacKAY5 Janet4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born 18 December 1917. He married Dorothy RICKARD of Woonsocket, RI, on 6 January 1945. Bill is retired and he and Dorothy live in Arlington, Texas.

    Their children, surname PAULEY:
    1. John MacKay7 b. 21 May 1946; m. Elizabeth ZAHN
    2. Charles Horton7 b. 18 April 1949
    3. Margaret Leah7 b. 18 April 1949
    4. Barbara Anne7 b. 24 November 1950; m. Charles MOHRLE in June 1974

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  46. Harvey Chadwick6 PAULEY (Jennie Vale MacKAY5 Janet4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born on 1 November 1919 and died in 1972. He married Mildred FRASER on 6 May 1945.

    Their children, surname PAULEY:
    1. James7
    2. Stephen7
    3. Martha7

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  47. Margaret Rebecca6 MacALPINE (Charles Curtis5 John4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born in Abbotsford, BC, on 6 October 1945. She took nurses training at Vancouver General Hospital and married Ted MORTENSEN on 11 February 1967.

    Their children, surname MORTENSEN:
    1. Catherine Margaret7 b. 18 December 1969
    2. David Peter7 b. 15 December 1971
    3. Angela Rene7 b. 6 September 1975

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  48. Elizabeth Anne6 MacALPINE (Charles Curtis5 John4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born in Abbotsford, BC, on 17 May 1947. She married Noel STEVENS at Moose Jaw on 2 September 1967 and shortly afterward they moved to the West Coast.

    Their children, surname STEVENS:
    1. Lanelle Margaret7 b. 14 August 1969
    2. Curtis Vernon7 b. 6 April 1972
    3. Jason7 b. 26 September 1976

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  49. Sandra Jean6 MacALPINE (Charles Curtis5 John4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born in Moose Jaw on 22 November 1949. She went to the West Coast to work after schooling in Moose Jaw and married William Roberts HALL on 31 May 1969.

    Their children, surname HALL:
    1. Tara Ann7 b. 23 March 1975
    2. Tanya Lynn7 b. 16 March 1977

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  50. Donald Sterling Morrison6 MacALPINE (Donald Cornelius5 Robert Oscar4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born in Jordan Bay on 15 May 1934. He married Barbara THOMPSON, daughter of Garnet and Cora Thompson of Shelburne, on 10 December 1960. Aftering completing high school, Donald took an accounting course, on completion of which he obtained employment with MT & T. But the call of the sea was too strong and he soon joined Canadian National Steamships as a cadet. Over the years, he worked his way up to Master Mariner with a deep water ticket and filled ships officer positions on Mersey Paper Company ships and Texaco and Imperial Oil tankers. As of 1987, he was a harbour pilot at Halifax.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Jennifer Susan7 b. 10 September 1961 in Halifax
    2. Jill Annette7 b. 2 September 1965 in Halifax

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  51. Gerald Angus6 MacALPINE (Donald5 Robert4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) This is my father. He was born 3 June 1937 in Jordan Bay, in the house his father built. He married my mother, Gweneth Elda PHILLIPS, daughter of Gordon and Norah (Ward) Phillips, on 12 July 1958 in Brandon, MB. Dad joined the Royal Canadian Navy after completing high school and served on HMC ships Toronto, Fort Erie, Stadacona, Naden, Shearwater, Bonaventure, and Algonquin, as well as Air Squadrons VS 880, VX 10, and VU 33. He reached the rank of Warrant Officer but is now retired from the CAF. He and my mother live in Jordan Bay, near the house he grew up in and in the house that Donald MacAlpine built in Shelburne ca 1805 [click here to go to description of the history of the house].

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Gerald Allan7 b. 8 April 1959
    2. Andrew Ian7 b. 21 October 1961
    3. Martha Lorraine7 b. 15 January 1963
    4. Katherine Louise7 [aka Kitty, the owner of this web site] b. 21 April 1965. Currently living in Ottawa, ON, and working as a help desk technician for a software manufacturing company. I am also the volunteer web coordinator for the Shelburne County GenWeb site. Not married. No children. One cat. Check out my personal home page for a better idea of "who I am".

    SOURCES: My father's notes; actual certificates; common knowledge (this is my family)

  52. Robert Eldred6 MacALPINE (Donald5 Robert4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born 1 December 1942 in Jordan Bay. Married Joan MacBEATH of Moncton on 7 July 1973. Rob joined the RCAF after completing high school but returned to civilian life after his first five year term. As of 1987, he was an electronic technician and he joined the Department of Transport shortly after leaving the Air Force. He worked first as a radio technician on the ice breakers but then transferred to Moncton Airport, where he was employed as of 1987.
    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Megan Jane7 b. 25 January 1976 in Moncton
    2. Julie Erin7 b. 17 January 1978 in Moncton
    3. Hayley Joan7 b. in Moncton.

    SOURCES: My father's notes

  53. James Gordon 6 MacALPINE (Donald5 Robert4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1)Born 10 December 1950 in Shelburne. Married at CFB Stadacona, Halifax, NS, to Barbara MacDONALD of Halifax on 9 December 1972. Jim joined the Royal Canadian Navy on completion of high school. He rose to the rank of Petty Officer before obtaining a commission and as of 1987, was a Sub Lieutenant Combat Systems Engineer at HMCS Stadacona.

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. James Nathan7 b. 30 July 1975 in Halifax
    2. Karen Rebecca7 b. in Halifax

    SOURCES: My father's notes

  54. Carol Lynn6 MacALPINE (Kenneth5 Robert4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born on 12 March 1945. She married Francis ROBERTSON, who is now a Chief Petty Officer in the Canadian Navy, on 15 November 1969.

    Their child, surname ROBERTSON:
    1. Scott Francis7 b. 12 August 1973

    SOURCES: My father's notes

  55. Kenneth Bradford6 MacALPINE (Kenneth5 Robert4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald1) Born 28 January 1949. He took an electricians course after completion of high school and is now emmployed with the Nova Scotia Power Corporation at Shelburne. He married Linda ENSOR of Clyde River on 21 November 1970 (my sister, Lori, and I were flower girls at their wedding, at the tender ages of 7 and 5, respectively).

    Their children, surname MacALPINE:
    1. Byron7 b. 7 May 1976
    2. Erin7 b. 23 October 1978

    SOURCES: My father's notes

  56. Daniel Hugh6 MacALPINE (Kenneth5 Robert4 Donald3 Peter2 Donald