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| Name |
Oliver GOLDSMITH |
| Born |
6 Jul 1794 |
St Andrews, Charlotte, NB  |
- https://prezi.com/rr5h-umlzpen/was-born-on-the-6th-of-july-1794-in-st-andrews-new-brunsw/
Was born on the 6th of July 1794
in St. Andrews (New Brunswick)
Son of Henry Goldsmith and Mary Mason (9 children)
Grandnephew of Oliver Goldsmith, the Anglo-Irish poet
Two years of living in St. Andrews, a fire destroyed their home
Annapolis Royal (Nova Scotia). Eventually, Halifax in 1796.
Oliver went to the Halifax Grammar School (did not enjoy it)
Tried a lot of professions: - Halifax Naval Hospital (but was disgusted); - apprentice to an ironmonger (but was discharged for idleness); - work for a bookseller, - work in a lawyer?s office.
Finally, through his father (1st assistant commissary general in Halifax) Oliver began working as a civilian volunteer in the British army?s Commissariat at Halifax in 1810 (16 years old)
Oliver went to the Halifax Grammar School (did not enjoy it)
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
23 Jun 1861 |
Liverpool, England |
- Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics
Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 19 Number 368
Date July 27 1861
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
d. Liverpool, England, 23rd June, Deputy Commissary General Oliver GOLDSMITH, age 66.
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| Person ID |
I3342 |
4 February 2018 |
| Last Modified |
8 Jan 2017 |
| Father |
Henry GOLDSMITH, b. 5 Jul 1755, Meath, Ireland , d. 6 Jun 1811 (Age 55 years) |
| Mother |
Mary MASON, b. 9 Nov 1859, d. 29 Jan 1832 |
| Married |
29 Mar 1779 |
Trinity Church, Newport, Newport, RI |
- Henry Goldsmith
in the Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899
Name: Henry Goldsmith
Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1779
Marriage Place: Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Spouse Name: Mary Mason
Page Number: 450
Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Trinity Church
Annals of Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island, Volume 1
By George Champlin Mason
p 159
March 29 1779 Henry Goldsmith was married to Mary Mason
This was the last marriage ceremony performed by the Rev Mr Bisset before he took his hurried departure with the British troop.
Henry Goldsmith was born in the County of Westmeath, Ireland 4 July 1755. His wife Mary Mason daughter Benj mason and granddaughter of Daniel Ayrault, was born November 9 1759. Mr Goldsmith adhered to the Crown. After the birth of his first childn her removed to St Andrews, NS, from there to Annapolis Royal, them to Halifax, and, finally in 1800 to England, where he and his wife died. They had fourteen children born to them.
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F1002 |
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