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Rachel Jane HEWITT

Rachel Jane HEWITT

Female - 1918

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  • Name Rachel Jane HEWITT 
    Born McMinn, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Birth [1856]  NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Birth [1858]  NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Birth [1859]  NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Birth 29 Mar 1853  [6, 7] 
    Birth 1857  Mars Hill, Aroostook, ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Birth March 1858  NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Birth 29 Mar 1858  Rollingdam, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Birth 29 Mar 1858  NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Religion 1861  [2] 
    Presbyterian 
    Residence 1861  Dumbarton, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Religion 3 Apr 1871  [5] 
    Church of Scotland 
    Residence 3 Apr 1871  Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 16 Sep 1878  Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Religion 21 Apr 1881  [3] 
    C Presbyterian 
    Residence 21 Apr 1881  Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Religion 8 Apr 1891 
    C Presbyterian 
    Residence 8 Apr 1891  Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Religion 1 Apr 1901  [11] 
    Presbyterian 
    Residence 1 Apr 1901  Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Religion 1911  [9] 
    Presbyterian 
    Residence 1911  Whittier Ridge, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Death 13 Feb 1918  [6, 10, 13] 
    • St Croix Courier 21 February 1918
      Mrs Robert J McCrum died at Calais Hospital February 13th from complications of Blood poisoning. Came as a shock to the community of Rollingdam. She leaves to mourn:
      6 daughters of Rollingdam
      Driver Guy C McCrum of the 58th Howitzer, now in France
      Lloyd at home
      1 sister Mrs James McCrum
      Her husband predeceased her by 5 months
      Rev Mr Bell of Oak Bay conducted the funeral from her late residence on Friday 1 PM. Interred at Rollingdam.
    Aged 13 Feb 1918  61 years Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation 13 Feb 1918  [8] 
    Housework 
    Residence 13 Feb 1918  Rollingdam, Dumbarton, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Died 13 Feb 1918  Calais Hospital, Church Street, Calais, Washington, ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Cause: Streptococcus inf of blood (2 weeks) Spetic hand infected through pimple by scratching 
    • At hospital 1 week
    Burial 14 Feb 1918  Rollingdam, Dumbarton, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Arrangements by S O Mehan, St Stephen.
    • William,

      Our company had a fire in 1990 and lost all of our records that were that old. They were all hand written at that time and were destroyed.

      Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 12:55 PM

      Dear Sir/Madam,

      The arrangements for my grandmother's grandmother's funeral was handled by S O Mehan in 1918. Her name was Rachel Jane Hewitt McCrum and she was buried 14 February 1918 at Rollingdam. Is there any record of her burial with your organization that you may be able to share with me.

      Sincerely,

      William D Romanski
      Rhode Island
    Buried Rollingdam United Church Cemetery, Rollingdam, Dumbarton, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Rachel Jane McCrum
      in the Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
      Name: Rachel Jane McCrum
      Birth Date: 29 Mar 1853
      Death Date: 13 Feb 1918
      Cemetery: Rolling Dam United Church Cemetery
      Burial or Cremation Place: Rollingdam, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada
      Has Bio?: N
      Children: Adelaide Mildred Johnson
      Ancestry.com. Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
      https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143052014&ref=acom
    Person ID I221  4 February 2018
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2012 

    Father James HEWITT,   b. Rollingdam, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1893, Rollingdam, Dumbarton, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Nancy MONTGOMERY,   b. Rollingdam, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1911 
    Married 8 Nov 1855  Oak Bay, St David, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 12] 
    • Nancy Montgomery
      New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950
      Name James Hewitt
      Event Type Marriage
      Event Date 08 Nov 1855
      Event Place , , New Brunswick, Canada
      Gender Male
      Spouse's Name Nancy Montgomery
      Spouse's Gender Female
      Page 26
      "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-N83V : accessed 1 April 2016), James Hewitt and Nancy Montgomery, 08 Nov 1855; citing , , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 26, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 845,795.
      James Hewitt of Saint Patrick and Nancy Montgomery of the same place were married by license with consent of Parents on this eighth day of November 1855 by me William C Rideout Baptist Minister. This marriage was solemnized between us James Hewitt, Nancy Montgomery, in presence of William Hewitt.
      Rec & Reg 30 Jan 1856
    Family ID F78  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert John MCCRUM,   b. Whittier Ridge. Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1917, Rollingdam, Dumbarton, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 16 Sep 1878  Bayside, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 14, 15] 
    • Robert J. McCrum of the Parish of Saint Patrick and County of Charlotte and Rachel Hewitt of the same Parish and County were married by Liscense this sixteenth day of Septmeber in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and seventy eight by me

      William Millen
      Presbytarian Minister
      This marriage was solemnized between us
      Robert J. McCrum
      Rachel Hewitt

      In the Presence of
      Agnes Milligan
      Martha Millen

      m. Bay Side (Charlotte Co.) 16th inst., by Rev. Wm Millen, Robert J. McCRUM / Miss Rachel HEWITT, both of St. Patrick
      26 September 1878 COURIER

      m. Bay Side (Charlotte Co.) 16th inst., by Rev. Wm Millen, Robert McCRUM / Miss Rachel HEWITT both of St. Patrick.
      19 September 1878 PILOT
    Children 
     1. Clara Mabel MCCRUM,   b. 29 Jun 1887, Boyd Road, Rollingdam, Dumbarton, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1979, St Stephen, St Stephen, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     2. Hester Elizabeth MCCRUM,   b. 26 Jul 1879,   d. August 1973, Yarmouth, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     3. Sarah Jane MCCRUM,   b. 3 Jan 1881, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1950, Chilliwack, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     4. Elsie Marie MCCRUM,   b. 22 Feb 1884, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. September 1972, Milltown, St Stephen, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     5. Guy Chester MCCRUM,   b. 26 Oct 1891, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1975  (Age 83 years)
     6. Adelaide Mildred MCCRUM,   b. 26 Mar 1894, Rollingdam, Dumbarton, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1983, Rollingdam, Dumbarton, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     7. Myrtle Victoria MCCRUM,   b. 16 Jun 1897, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1977, Norwood, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     8. Lloyd George Baldwin MCCRUM,   b. 19 Feb 1901, Rollingdam, Dumbarton, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1992, Natick, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F55  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Census 1861: Rachel J (transcription: Rachel I)
      Census 1881: Rachel J
      Birth record of Adelaide: Rachel Jane Hewitt
      Birth record of Clara: Rachel Jane Hewitt
      Birth record of Lloyd: Rachel Jane Hewitt
      Birth record of Myrtle: Rachel J Hewitt
      NB Cemeteries: Rachel Jane

  • Sources 
    1. [S3743] Birth Record of Lloyd G McCrum, New Brunswick Department of Health, (b 19 February 1901 reg 11 April 1969).

    2. [S101] Census of Charlotte County, NB 1861, Province of New Brunswick, (New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Charlotte Branch, 1999).

    3. [S8] Census of Canada, 1881, Ancestry.com.

    4. [S119] Census of Canada, 1891, Ancestry.com, (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1274&enc=1&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0).

    5. [S16] Census of Canada, 1871, Ancestry.com.

    6. [S23] New Brunswick Cemeteries Online, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NBCemeteries/?L=EN).

    7. [S3721] Descendants of William McCrum and Jane Hall, Linda Rae McCrum Paxman, (Rcd 16 January 2012 ["15-20 years old"]).

    8. [S3509] Death Record of Rachel McCrum, State of Maine, (d 13 February 1918).

    9. [S876] Census of Canada, 1911, (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/006003-100.01-e.html).

    10. [S99] Johnson Family Record, Attributed to Alice Johnson.

    11. [S154] Census of Canada, 1901, Canada, (1901).

    12. [S170] Charlotte County Marriage Register, Charlotte County, NB.

    13. [S106] Letter from Alice Johnson, Alice Johnson, (December 1, 1994).

    14. [S105] Marriage Record of Robert John McCrum and Rachel Jane Hewitt, Marriage Record.

    15. [S123] Vital Statistics in New Brunswick Newspapers, Daniel F Johnson, (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats/Default.aspx?L=EN).



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