Arthur Wellesley Doane (1828 - 1899)

Born 25 Jul 1828 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Whidden (Sargent) Doane — married 1852 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Died 4 Dec 1899 at age 71 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Arthur was born at Barrington, N. S., July 25, 1828 and died there Dec. 4, 1899. He married June 28, 1852, Elizabeth Whidden Sargent, who was born Feb. 20, 1830, the daughter of Winthrop and Mary Jane (Allison) Sargent. Soon after their marriage, they sailed with a number of other passengers in the brigantine Sebim for the gold fields of Australia. Their vessel was dismasted on the passage out near the Cape of Good Hope, but reached Cape Town where she was repaired, and in due time arrived at Melbourne. They spent some years at the gold diggings at Ballarat, but finally returned and settled down in Barrington. He was a member of the Methodist church at Barrington and highly esteemed in the community.^[1] Children, first born at Ballarat, the others at Barrington :

• John Sargent, b. Apr. 6, 1854; d. at Ballarat, in infancy.
• Ann Sargent, b. Apr. 14, 1856; d. at Barrington, in infancy.
• Elizabeth Mary, b. Mar. 28, 1857.
• John Allison Sargent, b. Nov. 18, 1858.
• Arthur Whidden, b. Sept. 5, 1860.
• Emma, b. May 28, 1862.
• Robert Duncan, b. Feb. 13, 1864; m. Florence Coffin. Ch. : 1. Dorothy Allison, b. at Oxford, N. S., Nov. 7, 1892. 2. Robert Arthur, b. at Barrington, Feb. 12, 1895. 3. Douglas Charles, b. at Barrington, Mar. 27, 1896.
• Catherine Sargent,8 b. Mar., 1869; died in infancy,
• Mary Sargent, b. Apr. 16, 1874.
• Joseph, b. Sept. 20, 1876.

Sources

1. ↑ The Doane family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. by Alfred Adler Doane Published 1902 Page 380