Albert Samuel Prowse (1891 - 1949)

Born 5 Mar 1891 in Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Ancestors

Son of Albert Perkins Prowse and Williamina A. (Kirkland) Prowse

Husband of Bessie Abia (Hicks) Prowse — married 1 Dec 1915 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1949 at age 58 in Lancaster, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Albert Samuel (Sam) Prowse was born on March 5, 1891 in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island,^[1] and was baptised on August 5, 1891, in the United Church. He was the 5th of Albert Prowse and Wilhelmina Kirkland's 10 children. He grew up in Murray Harbour and worked in the family business, Prowse & Sons.

Sam attended Mount Allison University, where he met Bessie Hicks.^[2] They were married on Dec 1, 1915,^[3] at the home of Bessie's parents in Sackville, New Brunswick.^[4] The couple lived Murray Harbour, where their four daughters were born.

After the Depression wiped out the family business, Sam and his family left PEI for New Brunswick in May 1932.^[5] Until about 1939, they lived in Albert County, New Brunswick. The family lived above a store that Sam was managing. In 1939, Sam was in the Air Force, stationed in Debert, Nova Scotia. He did not go overseas.

Sam died of stomach cancer on December 30, 1949, at the age of 58.^[6] He was buried in Four Corners Cemetery, Upper Sackville, New Brunswick.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Prince Edward Island, Church Records, 1777-1985," images, FamilySearch, Kings > Murray Harbour-Murray River Pastoral Charge: Murray Harbour Circuit > United Church of Canada > Births, baptisms 1841-1915 > image 79 of 99. - Albert Samuel Prowse, No. 855
2. ↑ Personal knowledge of Florence Cooper
3. ↑ New Brunswick, Canada, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS141 B7 Index to New Brunswick Marriages, Number 2646, Code B4/1916, Microfilm F15968 Marriage of Albert Samuel Prowse and Bessie Hicks (note: although the index states 1916, the image clearly shows that the marriage took place in 1915)
4. ↑ The Charlottetown Guardian, Dec 4, 1915, Pg. 5 - Wedding Bells
5. ↑ The Charlottetown Guardian, May 17, 1932, Pg 5 - Murray Harbour notes
6. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Registration of Death, Registration 5766, Volume 191, Microfilm F19595 - Death of Albert Samuel Prowse
7. ↑ Find A Grave.com, digital record, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Prowse&GSiman=1&GRid=128310535&df=np&: accessed 2 May 2015), memorial for A. Samuel Prowse, Memorial #128310535, Upper Sackville, New Brunswick

Censuses:

• 1891 Canada Census, Library and Archives Canada, PEI, Kings (District 133), Subdistrict U, Division 1 (Lot 64) Pg 19 - All on same page: Samuel & Louisa Prowse and 1 son ; William H, Ada, and 2 children; Albert P, Williamina and 4 children
• 1901 Census of Canada, PEI, East Queens East (District 135), Subdistrict P, Division 1 (Lot 64) Pg 17 - All on same page: Samuel & Louisa Prowse; William H, Ada, and 2 children; Albert P, Williamina, their children and Williamina’s mother (starts on previous page).
• 1911 Census of Canada, PEI, Kings, District 139, Enumeration district 31, Lot 64, Pg 13 - All on same page (13): Albert P & Williamina, 8 children, Mother-in-law; William H & Ada A; Frederick & Pearle, also family of Isaac R Prowse (Isaac on Pg. 12)
• 1921 Census of Canada (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com), PEI, Kings (District 146), Murray Harbour South (sub-district 31), Lot 64, Page 20 of 24 - All on same page (Murray Harbour South, Lot 64), families of William H & Ada Prowse, Samuel & Bessie Prowse, Frederick & Pearl Prowse, Albert P & Williamina Prowse
• 1931 Canada Census, Prince Edward Island, Kings (District 1), Murray Harbour and Murray Harbour East (Sub-District 33), Page 23 - Albert S and Bessie A Prowse & 4 children

Additional sources:

• Recollections of Florence (Prowse) Cooper, recorded by Leanne Cooper, July 21, 2011, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• Maternal and paternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Florence Prowse (kit managed by Leanne Cooper) and her 1st cousin, once removed, a granddaughter of Gerald Prowse. Their most-recent common ancestors are Albert Perkins Prowse and Wilhelmina Kirkland. Amount of DNA shared is 558cM, consistent with 1C1R.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Florence Prowse (kit managed by Leanne Cooper) and her 2nd cousin, a granddaughter of Labert Kirkland. Their most-recent common ancestors are John W. Kirkland and Ellen Easton. Amount of DNA shared is 305cM, consistent with 2C.