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Henry Solomon Newcomb 1821 – 1875 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 May 1821

Birth Location: Ship Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 7 Oct 1875

Death Location: Shoal Bay, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Owen Newcomb

Mother: Anna Beaver

Spouse(s): Mary Snyder

Children(s): Stephen Newcomb, George Newcombe, George Newcomb, Alexander Newcomb, Hugh Newcomb, Joseph Newcomb, Elizabeth Newcomb, Mary Newcomb, Matilda Newcomb, Charles Johnson, Louis Newcomb

The story of Henry Solomon Newcomb * began in 1821 in Ship Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1851, Henry Solomon Newcomb * resided in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Henry Solomon Newcomb * married Mary Ann Sneider Snyder, and had children including Stephen Newcomb, George Newcombe, George Henry Newcomb, Alexander Newcomb, Hugh Newcomb, Joseph Benjamin Newcomb, Elizabeth Jeanette Newcomb, Mary Ellen Newcomb, Matilda Ann Newcomb, Charles Edward Newcomb Johnson, Louis Freeman Newcomb. Henry Solomon Newcomb * passed away in 1875 in Shoal Bay, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry Solomon Newcomb * began in 1821 in Ship Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • In 1851, Henry Solomon Newcomb * resided in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Henry Solomon Newcomb * married Mary Ann Sneider Snyder, and had children including Stephen Newcomb, George Newcombe, George Henry Newcomb, Alexander Newcomb, Hugh Newcomb, Joseph Benjamin Newcomb, Elizabeth Jeanette Newcomb, Mary Ellen Newcomb, Matilda Ann Newcomb, Charles Edward Newcomb Johnson, Louis Freeman Newcomb.
  • Henry Solomon Newcomb * passed away in 1875 in Shoal Bay, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Owen Newcomb
1776 – 1850
Birth Location: Cornwallis, NS, Canada
ON
Anna Beaver
1780 – 1868
Birth Location: Lunenburg, 1654156, Nova Scotia, Canada
AB

Spouses(s)

Mary Snyder
1824 – 1914
Birth Location: Shoal Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
MS

Children(s)

Stephen Newcomb
1845 –
Birth Location: Pleasant Harbour, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
SN
George Newcombe
1846 – 1919
Birth Location: –
GN
George Newcomb
1847 – 1879
Birth Location: Pleasant Harbour, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
GN
Alexander Newcomb
1849 – 1929
Birth Location: Tangier, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
AN
Hugh Newcomb
1851 – 1899
Birth Location: Pleasant Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada
HN
Joseph Newcomb
1853 – 1931
Birth Location: Pleasant Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada
JN
Elizabeth Newcomb
1855 – 1948
Birth Location: Pleasant Harbour, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
EN
Mary Newcomb
1857 – 1913
Birth Location: Pleasant Harbour, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
MN
Matilda Newcomb
1859 – 1938
Birth Location: Pleasant Harbor, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
MN
Charles Johnson
1862 – 1940
Birth Location: Pleasant Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada
CJ
Louis Newcomb
1869 – 1925
Birth Location: Pleasant Harbour, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
LN

Henry Newcomb's Ancestors

Self
Henry Newcomb
1821 – 1875
Birth Place: Ship Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Owen Eugene Newcomb
1776 – 1850
Cornwallis, NS, Canada
Anna (Christina Jane) Beaver
1780 – 1868
Lunenburg, 1654156, Nova Scotia, Canada
Grandparents
Sgt (Oliver Charles) Newcomb
1738 – 1821
Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Mary (Anne) Mahegan
1742 – 1820
Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
James Beaver
1757 – 1803
Chelsea, England, United Kingdom
Anna (Mary Juliana) Kuhn
1757 – 1801
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Newcomb
1700 – 1780
Hannah Newcomb
1711 – 1797
William Mahegan
1720 – 1800
Eleanor Mahegan
1722 – 1799
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Simon Newcomb
1666 – 1744
Deborah Buell
1665 – 1756
William Clark
1685 – 1753
Bethiah Williams
1686 – 1758
Mahegan

Henry Newcomb's Descendants

1.
HN
Henry (Solomon) Newcomb (8 May 1821 – 7 Oct 1875) m. Mary (Ann Sneider) Snyder (01 OCT 1824 – 01 Apr 1914)
  1. 1. Stephen Newcomb (28 Aug 1845 – )
  2. 2. George Newcombe (1846 – 18 JUN 1919)
  3. 3. George (Henry) Newcomb (24 Jun 1847 – 15 Nov 1879)
  4. 4. Alexander Newcomb (30 Apr 1849 – 17 Jan 1929) m. Amelia (Jane) Newcomb (10 January 1851 – 26 November 1938)
    1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Powers (27 July 1871 – 20 April 1942)
    2. 2. Wealthy (Jane) Peppard (2 February 1874 – 25 July 1908)
    3. 3. Hugh (Olsen) Newcomb (7 November 1875 – 21 July 1951)
    4. 4. Horace (Upton) Newcomb (7 September 1877 – 13 April 1956)
    5. 5. Theodore (Hill) Newcomb (5 August 1879 – 1931)
    6. 6. Ruby (Stella) Newcomb (28 September 1882 – 30 May 1899)
    7. 7. Bertha (Josephine) White (5 January 1886 – 21 February 1932)
    8. 8. Edith (Mabel) McLellan (25 April 1887 – 8 January 1982)
    9. 9. Willis (L.) Newcomb (March 1891 – 26 December 1891)
    10. 10. Martha (Elfreda) Dow (4 October 1893 – 4 January 1959)
    11. 11. Carlos (Alonzo) Newcomb (21 May 1895 – 28 May 1959)
  5. 5. Hugh Newcomb (24 May 1851 – 22 Sep 1899)
  6. 6. Joseph (Benjamin) Newcomb (20 Sep 1853 – 19 February 1931)
  7. 7. Elizabeth (Jeanette) Newcomb (26 OCT 1855 – June 28 1948) m. William (Edward) Murphy (7 Mar 1833 – 1911)
    1. 1. Estella ("Stella" Ruby) Murphy (30 Apr 1875 – 25 Sep 1948)
    2. 2. Mary Murphy (1877 – )
    3. 3. Anne (Mona Elivira) Murphy (4 Aug 1877 – 7 Oct 1950)
    4. 4. William (Alexander) Murphy (3 May 1878 – 3 Sep 1951)
    5. 5. Horace (Allson) Murphy (17 May 1880 – 6 Jun 1964)
    6. 6. James (Harris Horace) Murphy (7 Jun 1883 – 20 Mar 1903)
    7. 7. Alvin (Byron) Murphy (10 Jan 1885 – 27 Apr 1957)
    8. 8. Matilda (Loretta "Laura") Murphy (20 Mar 1887 – 22 Feb 1966) m. Nicholas Parsons (4 Nov 1887 – Jun 1937)
      1. 1. Dorothy Parsons (26 Mar 1912 – 31 Aug 1996)
      2. 2. Hazel (Elizabeth) Parsons (27 Feb 1914 – 18 Nov 1990)
      3. 3. Ralph (Newton) Parsons (22 May 1920 – 27 Oct 2004)
      4. 4. Lorraine (Vivian) Parsons (8 May 1922 – 19 Dec 2007)
      5. 5. Edward (Everett) Parsons (5 Mar 1925 – 19 Dec 2018)
    9. 9. John (Henry) Murphy (20 Mar 1887 – Bef. 1964)
    10. 10. Douglas (Lester) Murphy (21 Apr 1888 – 17 Apr 1961)
    11. 11. Stanley (Grayson) Murphy (3 Jul 1890 – 16 Jul 1963)
    12. 12. Clyde (Brenton) Murphy (8 Feb 1894 – 1974)
    13. 13. Basil (Lingard) Murphy (7 Aug 1896 – 3 May 1974)
    14. 14. Lima (Vivienne) Murphy (8 Nov 1898 – 1978) m. Charles (H.) Wick m. Cornelius (Robert (Neil)) Graves (4 July 1898 – abt 1943)
      1. 1. Robert (Byron) Graves (18 Mar 1921 – 1981) m. Rita (Mary Lawrence) Graves (05 Feb 1919 – 14 Feb 1997)
        1. 1. William ("Bill" Byron) Lawrence (1 Jun 1950 – ) m. Dolores Green
        2. 2. Elizabeth ("Betty" Jane) Graves (01 June 1950 – ) m. Thomas ("Tom") Mulrooney (22 Jan 1947 – ) m. Gerald (Lawrence) Myatt (1950 – )
    15. 15. Grayson (Eldridge) Murphy (22 Jan 1902 – 1972)
  8. 8. Mary (Ellen) Newcomb (11 Aug 1857 – 14 Mar 1913)
  9. 9. Matilda (Ann) Newcomb (6 May 1859 – 3 May 1938)
  10. 10. Charles (Edward Newcomb) Johnson (16 Jul 1862 – 15 Aug 1940) m. Margaret (Virginia) Mitchell (29 MAR 1869 – 17 Jul 1933) m. Rebecca (Jane) McKeil (30 Sep 1859 – 16 Feb 1954)
    1. 1. Rosa (Bell) Johnson (05 NOV 1887 – 03 SEP 1938)
    2. 2. William (H) Johnson (8 September 1891 – 21 October 1950)
    3. 3. Arthur (Lafayette) Johnson (30 May 1894 – October 31, 1949)
    4. 4. Howard (Lonnie) Johnson (24 November 1897 – 5 October 1918)
    5. 5. Charles (Raymond) Johnson (Jun 1899 – before 1910)
    6. 6. Edna (Pauline) Johnson (06 MAY 1901 – 19 NOV 1976)
    7. 7. Hazel (Beatrice) Johnson (29 Nov 1904 – 24 Apr 1989)
    8. 8. Maurice (Edward) Johnson (8 Mar 1907 – 30 Apr 1960)
    9. 9. Seaford MacKeil (20 July 1882 – 27 October 1966)
  11. 11. Louis (Freeman) Newcomb (23 Mar 1869 – 14 Oct 1925)

Henry Newcomb's Timeline

6 Records

1821
8 May 1821
Birth of Henry Solomon Newcomb * in Ship Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ship Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1851
1851
Age 30
Henry Solomon Newcomb * resided here in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1861
1861
Age 40
Henry Solomon Newcomb * resided here in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1862
8 Nov 1862
Age 41
Henry Solomon Newcomb * resided here in Portland, Maine, USA
Portland, Maine, USA
1871
abt 1871
Age 50
Henry Solomon Newcomb * resided here in Popes Harbour, Halifax East, Nova Scotia
Popes Harbour, Halifax East, Nova Scotia
1875
7 Oct 1875
Age 54
Death of Henry Solomon Newcomb * in Shoal Bay, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
Shoal Bay, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 May 1821
    Event Place: Ship Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Popes Harbour, Halifax East, Nova Scotia; Roll: C-10554; Page: 18; Family No: 54
    [2] U.S., Atlantic Ports Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1959, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, Dc; Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving At Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and At Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-1873; Series Number: M575; Record Group: Records of the Immigration
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Year: 1851; Census Place: Halifax, Nova Scotia; Schedule: I; Roll: M-3138; Line: 14

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1852
    Event Place: Passamaquoddy, Maine
    Record Source: U.S., Atlantic Ports Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1959, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, Dc; Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving At Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and At Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-1873; Series Number: M575; Record Group: Records of the Immigration

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: M-1169

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 8 Nov 1862
    Event Place: Portland, Maine, USA
    Record Source: Maine, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current, The Portland Daily Press; Publication Date: 8 Nov 1862; Publication Place: Portland, Maine, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: abt 1871
    Event Place: Popes Harbour, Halifax East, Nova Scotia
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Popes Harbour, Halifax East, Nova Scotia; Roll: C-10554; Page: 18; Family No: 54

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Shoal Bay, Tangier Township
    Record Source: Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Oct 1875
    Event Place: Shoal Bay, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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