“Bible Records - J”

MG1 Ser. E Jeffery, #1

True certified copy of the records from the family Bible of Andrew Coffin Jeffery & Mary Tilson Bullerwell of Tusket, Yar. Co., NS who were married on 13 Dec. Bible published in New York by the International Bible Agency, 150 Fifth Ave., no publication date given.

Records include copies of obituary and marriage announcement clippings found in the Bible. Also Mary Tilson Bullerwell’s confirmation certificate from St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Tusket, NS Also a copy of a pamphlet relating to the Free Baptist Church at Pleasant, Yar. Co., NS.

Loaned to the archives for copying by Donald A. Gavel, Pleasant Lake, NS who obtained same from Cora Hurlburt, Charlottetown, P.E.I. who owned the originals in 1993. 12p.

MG1 Ser. E Johnson, #1

A true certified copy of records from the family Bible of Robert Freeman Johnson, 1826-1902 & Lois A. Hemeon of Yar. Co., N.S, who were married on 28 Jan.1862. Bible published at Hartford, Conn., by Hurlbut, Kellogg Co., 1860.

Loaned for copying by Marshall Moses, Gardner’s Mills, Yar. Co., NS , who borrowed same from his great-uncle, George Cook, South Ohio, Yar. Co., NS 5p.

MG1 Ser. E Johnson, #2

Original family Bible of Cereno Johnson & Emmeline Sophia Crosby of Yarmouth, NS who were married 1 Feb. 1868.  Bible published by the University Press, Oxford, England. No publication date given.

Donated to the archives by Rose (Purdy) (Reeves) Rymer, who purchased the same many years ago at an auction of the Capt. Cereno Johnson estate on Main St., Yarmouth South, NS. Archives also has a true certified copy of the family record from the Bible. 1256p. 5p. [true certified copy of record]