Family and Forebears

I've been fascinated with my Great Great Grandfather, Duncan Barnes ever since I started researching my roots back in 2005. I hope to get to Newfoundland one day to find out more and visit the places he lived but for now, I'll have to settle for online research. Today I would like to share some information about my seafaring ancestor.

Duncan Barnes was born on Friday, March 20, 1863, in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. He was the son of Ebenezer Webber Barnes and Jane Pike (possibly Parsons, I have conflicting information) and was baptized at the Methodist Church in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland on May 16, 1863.

Duncan was a Master Mariner that shipped cargo around Newfoundland and also took sealers up to the ice fields for their hunts. For a time he was the Captain of the S.S. Aggie, a steamer that took lumber and other supplies, as well as passengers around Newfoundland.

Duncan had three wives in total but also had an illegitimate child. As far as I can work out the mother

I am happy to say that I have FINALLY completed the transfer from "Lisa's Family Pages" (www.lisasfamilypages.weebly.com) to this new blog.  A fresh new look AND I was able to do some "housekeeping".

In addition to my posts, I have added the "Family Pages" to Family and Forebears.  The links below will take you to pages with information on the families and a pedigree chart that you can view.  The family trees can be enlarged within the page or you can click on the arrow in the top right corner (hover your pointer) and that will take you to the original file.  You can find these pages in the top drop-down menu called "Family Pages" as well.

Barnes & Howell Family - Harbour Grace, Notre Dame Bay, Bonavist Bay - Newfoundland, Canada

Davidson & Liscome Family - Caledon, Toronto & Pickering - Ontario, Canada & England

Hoogland & van der Mee Family - Friesland, Leiden, Amsterdam - Holland

Warren & Shepherd Family - Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, California - USA & England


Check out the INDEX as well.  This lists all of the names in my current database (update coming soon!!)

If you would like any more information on any of these families contact me using the contact form.

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Original Post 8/21/2015 (Lisa's Family Pages)

I have been working for a few months trying to find out more about my 3x Great Grandfather Joseph Wormwood (aka Joseph W. Warren).  I have discovered so much more about him thanks to a few books and a few newspaper articles found in the Sewickley Herald Newspaper in Pennsylvania.

Original Post 3/24/2015 (Lisa's Family Pages)

I spent a lot of time over the past two weeks exploring the Irish Family History Foundation website.  They now offer a subscription option which makes it more affordable.  I was able to manipulate the searches without worrying about wasting credits.  I took advantage of a monthly subscription and found a lot of matches.  I found my husband's ancestors that were born in Ireland but later went to Scotland.

A few that were exciting to find were the Cronan's.  When I looked on the site a year or two ago I couldn't narrow down my matches without wasting credits.  The name Mary Ann Cronan was more common than I expected for that time period.  On Mary Ann's death record in Scotland, I found her parent's names.  When I searched the Irish Family History Foundation website this time around I was able to find Mary Ann's baptismal record.  This gave me a place in Ireland.  I was able to search the

Original Post - 10/24/2014 (Lisa's Family Page)