Henry
Myers
Born in Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Son of John Henry Myers
and Mary (Day) Myers
Brother of
William Myers, Mary (Myers) Day [half], Colin Myers [half], John George Myers [half], Alexander Meyers [half], Catherine Augusta (Myers) Mitchell [half] and Jacob Myers [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Faulkner) Myers
— married
22 Dec 1840 in St. Paul's, Halifax
Father of
William Myers
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Henry Myers was b. ca. 1807 at Head of Jeddore[1]. He m. Elizabeth Faulkner, 22 Dec. 1840 at St. Paul's, Halifax. She was b. 10 June 1817 at West Jeddore, the daughter of Henry Faulkner and Catherine Myers.
He was a Anglican sailor and fisherman and his family lived at Head of Jeddore in 1851-61-71-81. At the date of the 1891 census both he and his wife lived in the home of their son William.
Children:
- Henry, b. ca. 1845, Head of Jeddore, m. (1) Elizabeth Dooks, m. (2) Eliza Ann Dooks.
- John Henry, b. ca. 1847, Head of Jeddore, m. Agnes Blakeney.
- William D., b. 28 Nov. 1849, Head of Jeddore, m. (1) Anora H. Keefe, m. (2) Elizabeth Catherine (Myers) Faulkner.
- Mary Jane, b. ca. 1851, Head of Jeddore, m. Daniel Gilchrist, 1 Jan. 1871 at Jeddore.
- Andrew, b. ca. 1858, Head of Jeddore, m. Mary Jane Faulkner (who as his widow m.(2) Andrew William Mitchell, 4 Jan. 1887), 15 Nov. 1884 at St. George's, Halifax, sailor, drowned 22 June 1885 when knocked overboard from the Shoo Fly between Toney River and Pictou, his body was found in mid-July 1885 on the north side of Caribou Island, bur. St. James, Head of Jeddore.
- Henry, b. ca. 1860, Head of Jeddore, at home in 1871.
Marriage
Henry Myers married Elizabeth Fulker in 1840 in Halifax[2]. They were bachelor and spinster.
Sources
- ↑ "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SGR9-W66 : accessed 2018-01-15), entry for Henry Myers. Citing Kim Stevens, "Eastern Shore Families: Jeddore"
- ↑ Nova Scotia Historical and Vital Statistics. Elizabeth Fulker and Henry Myers marriage bond 1840 in Halifax County. Registration Year: 1840 - Book: 1800 - Page: 7715. Accessed 2018.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
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~0.78%
Dawn Blakeney
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dmblakeney
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~0.39%
Walter Day :
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