Descendants of John Shelnut

Generation No. 1

 

1.  JOHN SHELNUT  He married ANN SITEMAN. 

       

Children of JOHN SHELNUT and ANN SITEMAN are:

2.                i.    BARBARA ANN² SHELNUT, b. July 1, 1826.

                  ii.    GEORGE  SHELNUT, b. August 3, 1828.

                 iii.    SUSAN CATHERINE SHELNUT, b. May 13, 1833.

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  BARBARA ANN SHELNUT was born July 1, 1826.  She married COLIN HENRY MYERS December 28, 1847 in St. Stephen's Church, Ship Harbour, son of JOHN MYERS and LETITIA MITCHELL.  He was born July 28, 1817 in Head of Jeddore, N. S., and died August 3, 1892 in Dartmouth, N. S..

       

Children of BARBARA SHELNUT and COLIN MYERS are:

                   i.    ALEXANDER MYERS, b. October 12, 1848; d. 1851.

                  ii.    MARTHA ANN MYERS, b. August 13, 1850.

                 iii.    GLORIA "FLORA" ELIZABETH MYERS, b. November 8, 1853.

3.              iv.    ALBERT E. MYERS, b. November 27, 1855.

4.               v.    COLIN J. MYERS, b. Abt. July 3, 1857, Myer's Point.

                 vi.    JOHN HENRY (4) MYERS, b. October 19, 1859.

                vii.    RICHARD LEWIS MYERS, b. December 12, 1862.

               viii.    EZRA LEVI MYERS, b. October 23, 1865.

                  ix.    VARINA EVA MYERS, b. October 5, 1870; m. ALFRED F. HILTZ, June 11, 1903, Dartmouth, N. S..

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  ALBERT E. MYERS was born November 27, 1855.  He married CATHERINE A. MCDONALD October 16, 1884 in Toney River, Nova Scotia.  She was born January 5, 1856.

       

Children of ALBERT MYERS and CATHERINE MCDONALD are:

                   i.    JAMES⁴ MYERS, b. November 29, 1885.

                  ii.    MAUD MYERS, b. November 7, 1887.

                 iii.    EDWARD MYERS, b. April 3, 1890.

 

4.  COLIN J MYERS  was born Abt. July 3, 1857 in Myer's Point.  He married CATHERINE M. BAYERS December 19, 1883 in St. John's, Anglican Church, Jeddore, N. S., daughter of THOMAS BAYERS and DRUCILLA WARNER. 

       

Children of COLIN MYERS and CATHERINE BAYERS are:

                   i.    BURTON MORRISON⁴ MYERS, b. June 21, 1884, Myer's Point; d. 1962; m. LALIA ISABELLA BLAKENEY, April 30, 1913, Jeddore, Nova Scotia.

                  ii.    ADA AGNES MYERS, b. 1887, Myer's Point; d. November 21, 1903.

                 iii.    HARVEY THOMAS MYERS, b. May 17, 1891, Myer's Point; d. 1965; m. ADA EVELYN "ADDIE" HARTLING, September 30, 1914, Oyster Pond, N. S.; b. November 5, 1891; d. December 15, 1981.