John Bryon Harding (1818 - 1913)

Born 1818 in Rockland, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Wright) Harding — married 1 Nov 1866 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

Died 24 Sep 1913 at about age 95 in Rockland, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

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Biography

John Byron Harding, born 1818^[1], was the son of Jesse Harding and Margaret McMillan of Rockland, Shelburne Nova Scotia^[2]

Circa 1845, he married Alice Pierce^[3]. Alice was likely related to the Sable River Pierce family. Their children included:

1. Sarah Jane, born circa 1845, who married Charles Addington Conrod^[4]
2. Sophronia M, born 1847, who married William McPherson in Massachusetts^[5]
3. Elkanah Alexander F Harding, born 1852, who married Annie McCarthy, daughter of Donald and Hannah McCarthy^[6], and who died in 1914^[7]
4. Mary L, born 1857, who married John L Crafts^[8]

Alice (Pierce) Harding died in 1864. IN 1866 John remarried, widow Catherine (Wright) Aberdeen,, daughter of Charles Wright and Lydia Bangs, and widow of John Aberdeen^{[2] [1]}. Their children included:

1. John Aberdeen Harding, born December 9, 1867 in liverpool, NS^{[9] [1]}, whose wife was Emma^[10], and who became a minister^[11]

John Byron Harding died in 1913 in Shelburne County^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD36-XJC : 12 April 2016), Jessie J Harding in household of John B Harding, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 47, family 439, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,124.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Catherine H. Aberdee and John Byron Harding married 1866 in Queens County can be found in Registration Year: 1866 - Book: 1834 - Page: 10 - Number: 6
3. ↑ Liverpool Transcript Mar 17 1864 p3 deaths, which states In Liverpool, on Wednesday, 17th inst., Alice, wife of Mr. John B Harding, formerly of Sable River, aged 52 years.
4. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Jane Harding and Charles Conrod married 1866 in Lunenburg County can be found in Registration Year: 1866 - Book: 1828 - Page: 13 - Number: 102
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHCZ-YZC : 10 February 2018), Wm. A. McPherson and Sophronia M. Harding, 08 Aug 1872; citing Marriage, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 482,897.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9T9-MWC : accessed 9 January 2019), Elkenah F Harding, Everett city Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 741, sheet 1A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,658.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4HH-99N : 11 March 2018), Alkanah F Harding, 22 Sep 1914; citing North Reading,,Massachusetts, 122, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,404,459.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW5N-N2Q : 24 May 2018), John L. Crafts and Mary L. Harding, 16 Aug 1882; citing Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,432,995.
9. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing John A. Harding, born 1867 in Liverpool, Queens County can be found in Registration Year: 1867 - Book: 1819 - Page: 33 - Number: 70
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2K3-495 : accessed 9 January 2019), John A Harding, Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1110, sheet 4B, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 608; FHL microfilm 1,374,621.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJV1-Q1D : accessed 9 January 2019), Reverend John Harding, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing ED 122, sheet 22B, line 81, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1673; FHL microfilm 1,821,673.
12. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing John B. Harding Sr., died 1913 in Rockland, Shelburne County can be found in Registration Year: 1913 - Book: 17 - Page: 153 - Number: 917