John
Howe
Born in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Howe
and Catherine Susan Ann (McNab) Howe
Brother of
Edward Howe [half], Mary Howe, Ellen (Howe) Thomson, Mary Howe, Joseph Howe, Sophia Howe, James Howe, Frederick Howe, Sydenham Howe and William Howe
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 10
in Halifax, Nova Scotia [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jul 2014
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Biography
- Birth: 16 May 1846 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Death: 20 June 1856 [Halifax, Nova Scotia]
John was unable to attend school with his brothers in February 1855 due to ill health.
Sources
- Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, "The family of John Howe Halifax Loyalist and King's Printer", vol. 6 no. 3 (1976): p.
- J. Murray Beck, Joseph Howe, Volume I: Conservative Reformer 1804-1848 (McGill-Queens University Press: Kingston, 1982).
- Howe family notes, Dartmouth Heritage Museum inserted page in Howe Family Gathering
- Vital Statistics from Halifax Newspapers, 1855-1856” (Halifax, N.S., Genealogical Association of Scotia, 2000), p. 47, citing Morning Chronicle, Sat, 21 June 1856; Acadian Recorder, 21 June; BC, 21 June; NovaScotian 23 June.
- Sydenham Howe Fonds; Public Archives of Nova Scotia, letter from Frederick Howe to Joseph Howe dated February 1855.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Walter Howe
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #N29479, MitoYDNA ID T10929 [compare] - Rob Howe :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #956881
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~3.12%
Judith (Johnstone) Chidlow :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A506348 [compare], Ancestry member Judith_Chidlow
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~3.12%
Keith Johnstone :
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