Letitia Nisbet

F, b. 16 September 1851, d. 20 March 1939
FatherOliver Nisbet b. c 1824, d. 2 May 1881
MotherMary Stewart b. c 1820, d. 13 Oct 1890
RelationshipGreat-grandaunt of Pamela Joyce Wood
     Letitia Nisbet was born on 16 September 1851 at Bayswater, Kings Co, New Brunswick.1 She was the daughter of Oliver Nisbet and Mary Stewart. Letitia Nisbet has also be reported to have been born September 1852.2 She married John Galbraith on 29 December 1874.3 Letitia Nisbet died on 20 March 1939 at St John General Hospital, Lorneville, Saint John Co, New Brunswick, at age 87; The paper mentions she is widow of John Galbraith. The funeral would be held "at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Allan MacInnis, 30 Peters Street on Thursday at 2:30 PM. Body will be held in the vault in Cedar Hill Cemetery and internmentat a later date in Lorneville". The obit lists children as Mrs. Allan MacInnis and Mrs. Robert Baird both of Saint John, Mrs. george Fuller of Oshawa [Ontario] and son William Henry Galbraith of Lorneville.4,5 She was buried at Lorneville Cemetery, Saint John Co, New Brunswick.

Family

John Galbraith b. 28 May 1845
Children
Last Edited5 Oct 2004

Citations

  1. [S418] 1901 Canadian Census , New Brunswick, Saint John Co, Subdistrict: Lancaster n-2, Page 7. Schedule 1, Microfilm #T-6443.
  2. [S270] St John Evening Times Globe , Obituary for Letitia Galbraith, 21 March 1939.
  3. [S288] Bonnie Maguire, "E-mail - Maguire, Bonnie," e-mail to Pam Wood Waugh, 1 March 2001.
  4. [S265] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick ,Vital Statistics, RS141C5: Saint John Co: Registration: 21120 ; Volume: 122; Microfilm: F19351. Her name was entered as Lettisha Galbraith.
  5. [S270] St John Evening Times Globe , 21 March 1939.