Capt.
Caleb
Read
Born in Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick
Ancestors 
Son of John Gideon Read
and Mary Jane (Tower) Read
Brother of
Rufus Henry (Read) Reade, Joseph Bedford Read, Mary Lavina (Reid) Lockhart, John Read, Alpheus Palmer Read and Alton Gideon Read
Husband of
Edith Alma (Fowler) Read
— married
1 Mar 1888 in Wood Point, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Descendants 
Died
at age 80
in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jul 2020
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Biography
Caleb was born in 1860 or 1862, son of Capt. John G. Read and Mary J. Tower.[1] He was himself a sea captain in Rockport, as noted in the Saint John Daily Sun:[2]
- Caleb Read, Rockport passed his examination yesterday and was granted a captain's certificate in the coastwise service.
He sailed for the Sumner Company of Moncton. in 1901 he had the first command of the Ethel B Sumner, a coastal trader built in Harvey, Albert County. The vessel was wrecked, under the command of another, in 1912, under mysterious circumstances.[3] In 1908, a portion of his land at Pecks Cove, Rockport, was purchased by the Government of Canada for a new lighthouse.[4] After retiring, he moved to Weldon Street in Moncton. Interred in Elmwood Cemetery.[5]
Research notes
He shows up in the 1861, 71 and 81 Sackville censuses. His birth record shows YOB only of 1860. His death record gives 1862. Son Sumner lived in Flushing NY.
Sources
- ↑ PANB birth record
- ↑ PANB notice
- ↑ The Wreck of the Ethel B. Sumner
- ↑ Jeffrey P. Ward (2009), Head of the Bay, Tantramar Heritage Trust. p. 97
- ↑ PANB death record
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
~6.25%
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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~0.39%
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