Aaron Strong (1850 - aft. 1921)

Born 28 Jul 1850 in Old Perlican, Newfoundland

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Stanford) Strong — married 5 Jan 1875 in Old Perlican, Newfoundland

Died after 1921 after age 70 in Little Heart's Ease, Newfoundland

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Biography

Stephen Bursey could not support his family during the hard times in Newfoundland and had to leave the colony leaving his son with his mother and his step-daughter, Mary Strong, with his late wife's sister Ann and brother-in-law Aaron Strong (Joshua’s brother). Aaron & Ann moved to Halifax, NS where they ran a rooming house for the University students. In 1900 he moved to Everett, MA to work as a mason on the new subway system in Boston and he, his wife and young Mary were living at 154 Broadway next to Ann's sister Jannet and her husband William Hall. ^[1] Aaron and Ann were living at 1 Parker Place, Everett in 1902-3.^[2] After the "El" was built he returned to Halifax and Mary remained in Massachusetts with her new husband. See the PBS show, “American Experience- The Race Underground” about the development of the Boston subway system, the first in the country and the first electric subway system in the world… and Uncle Aaron helped build it!

Birth

Aaron Strong was born July 28,1850 to John and Mary Strong, and baptised Nov. 24,1850 Nov. 24,1850 in Old Perlican, Newfoundland^[3].

Marriage

Aaron Strong married Ann Sansford, Jan 5, 1857, in Old Perlican, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland^[4][5]. He was a fisherman she was a servant. They were bachelor and spinster, both residents of Old Perlican, Newfoundland. The wedding was witnessed by James Burt, Samuel Churley.

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 Census for Everett, MA- Vol.40, ED 742, sheet 3, line 41
2. ↑ Everett City Directory for 1902-3
3. ↑ Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site, Pre 1891 Registration Records, Vital Statistics, Volume 58, Pages 26 - 50. Bay de Verde District, Old Perlican Methodist Births/Baptisms, 1840 - 1855. Betty Cumby, 2013. Accessed 2018.
4. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-PFM6 : 11 March 2018), Aaron Strong and Ann Sansford, 05 Jan 1875; citing Marriage, Old Perlican, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
5. ↑ Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site, Pre 1891 Registration Records, Vital Statistics, Volume 58, Bay de Verde District. Old Perlican Methodist Marriages 1861 - 1869. Pages 36 - 70. Betty Cumby, 2013. Accessed 2013.

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