Amelia Louisa Anguin (Bishop) Halfyard (1850 - 1913)

Born 27 Mar 1850 in Bradley's Cove, Newfoundland

Ancestors

Daughter of John Bishop and Clarimond (Jacobs) Bishop

Wife of Samuel Halfyard — married 26 Nov 1874 in Blackhead, Newfoundland

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1913 at age 62 in Ochre Pit Cove, Newfoundland

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Biography

Amelia BISHOP HALFYARD was a very competent housewife. In addition to raising seven children, her father-in-law lived with them for the last seventeen years of his life, blind for most of that time. He thought very highly of her. Grandma was a very skilled practical nurse and the village midwife. The story is told that she was alone, except for her small children, on the fishing boat when her twins were born. I (Robert R. Halfyard) am told that she never returned to "the Labrador" after that fall. One of her nieces, whom I met many years later, said of "Aunt Amelia" that she served such fine butter and cream.

Born in Bradley's Cove, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland; d Ochre Pit Cove, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland. She was a very talented midwife and practical nurse. When Aunt Clara (her younger daughter died) a lady came into the funeral home and said, "Clare's mother borned me. Clare's mother borned all our family." Her death occurred after she had nursed a very ill boy, who survived, but she developed pneumonia and succumbed to it.

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Robert Halfyard and George Tapper, his 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are John Bishop and Clarimond Jacobs, the great grandparents of Robert Halfyard and great grandparents of George Tapper. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: second cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 38 cM across 4 segments.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Robert Halfyard and George Tapper, his 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are John Bishop and Clarimond Jacobs, the great grandparents of Robert Halfyard and great grandparents of George Tapper. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: second cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 38 cM across 4 segments.

Sources

• The Halfyard Family Register 1994, compiled and edited by Robert R. Halfyard.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110564096/amelia-louisa_anguin-halfyard : accessed 20 March 2022), memorial page for Amelia Louisa Anguin Bishop Halfyard (27 Mar 1850–28 Feb 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110564096, citing Ochre Pit Cove United Church Cemetery, Ochre Pit Cove, Avalon Peninsula Census Division, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ; Maintained by RRH1985 (contributor 48356815) .