Twelfth Generation (Continued)
Nelson Roland ALWARD Jr (Annie Pope THOMAS11, Eleanor Mary* COMPTON10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1).
Born in Apr 1882. Nelson Roland died in PEI, Canada, on 17 Aug 1882; he was <1. Buried in St Johns Anglican Church, St Eleanors, Prince Co., PEI, Canada.
- 1882: gravestone says: Alyward, Nelson Rolad, died Aug 17, 1882, age 4 mos, 8 days, infant son of Nelson and Anne P. Alyward. (or 4 mons, 3 days)
Eleanor “Ellie” ALWARD (Annie Pope THOMAS11, Eleanor Mary* COMPTON10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1).
Born ca 1885.
Eleanor “Ellie” married James SUTHERLAND. Born ca 1885.
Lois Margaret ALWARD (Annie Pope THOMAS11, Eleanor Mary* COMPTON10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1).
Born in 1891 in Summerside, PEI, Canada. Lois Margaret died in 1951; she was 60. Buried in Peoples Cem., Summerside, Prince Co., P.E.I. Canada.
- Unmarried.
Florence Florence Beresford “Flora” ALWARD (Annie Pope THOMAS11, Eleanor Mary* COMPTON10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1).
Born in 1889. Florence Florence Beresford “Flora” died in 1963; she was 74. Buried in Peoples Cemetery, Summerside, PEI, Canada.
RESEARCH NOTES:
- originally entered one son Bill (not sure of source)
- 2 sons listed by other source: Charles Arthur and John Robert (both killed in WWII) - no Bill listed.
Florence Florence Beresford “Flora” married
Arthur Roland BRENNAN .
Born on 25 Sep 1882. Arthur Roland died in 1951; he was 68. Buried abt 1951 in Peoples Cemetery, Summerside, PEI, Canada.
- Son of WILLIAM BRENNAN and ROSARA LEFURGY Their three children were Arthur Roland (1882-1951), Charles Victor (b. 1887) and Dorothy Jean (b. 1888). The Brennans lived in a large home called Parkside a few blocks from the Lefurgey house. Arthur took over the family business [Summerside Journal: journalist, publishing, editorial] and Rosara lived with him and his wife Florence Alward at Parkside after her husband's sudden death in 1916. Rosara took an active role in caring for the home and her three grandsons, William Roland, Charles Arthur and John Robert.
- Brennan family tombstone at Peoples Cemetery, Summerside, Prince, PEI, Canada:
Inscription: BRENNAN / William Arthur / 1851 - 1916 / His Belovd Wife / Rosara Lefurgey / 1858 - 1942 | Arthur Roland / 1882 - 1951 / His Wife / Florence Alward / 1889 - 1963 / Charles Arthur 1916 - 1942 / Lost with the R. C. A. F. / Over the Mediterranean / John Robert / 1922 - 1942 / Lost with the R. C. A. F. / Over the North Sea and / Buried in Holland
Back: Constance Horner / 1921 - 2002 / Her Husband / William Roland / 1914 - 2005
Front footstones: William Arthur, Rosara Lefurgey, Arthur Roland, Florence Alward
Back footstones: William Roland, Constance Horner.
RESEARCH NOTES
- HIs mother Rosara Millicent Lefurgy kept diaries, and 13 of them are now in the MacNaught HIstry Centre and Archives, PEI, Canada, Fonds MHC0012 - summary online at http://www.archives.pe.ca/peiain/fondsdetail.php3?...E&fonds=MHCA0012
- see http://www.ancestraltrails.ca/walker%20for%20web-o/p585.htm - information and gravestone photos from another researcher
They had the following children:
i.
William Roland “Bill” BRENNAN (1914-2005)
ii.
Charles Arther BRENNAN (1916-1942)
iii.
John Robert BRENNAN (1922-1942)
Bessie ALWARD (Annie Pope THOMAS11, Eleanor Mary* COMPTON10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1).
Born ca 1895.
Bessie married Raymond DILL. Born ca 1890.