Final Resting Place

"Our ancestors are the sum of who we are." Meryl Streep

Rochester, NY

My newfie great grandparents. Many thanks to our cousin Walter Scott for locating their graves and sending photos!!!



Researching Canadian Kin

From Family Tree Magazine Website:
101 Best Websites for 2011: Sites for researching Canadian kin

Grand Bay, Newfoundland

I can't believe I haven't mentioned what my dear Buttery cousins did for me a few months ago...they took local photos! I wanted to see what the area in this old photo below looked like today.

Here are some they sent me. I won't name who lives where due to privacy concerns.

Paying Tribute

I'm sorry to announce the passing of 2 descendents from both Newfoundland Branches, Robert Buttery and Winnifred Maude Osborne.

Robert Buttery
I don't yet know much about Robert, but that he died 9/14/12 and was the son of James Buttery, grandson of Albert Buttery and great grandson of John Edward Buttery (1885-1971).

Winnifred Maude Osborne 84, North Sydney
(August 16, 1928 - August 21, 2012)
from http://www.chantfuneralhome.com/fh/print.cfm?type=obituary&o_id=1566056&fh_id=12438

It is with sadness but great joy we announce the peaceful passing of our dear mother into the presence of our Savior on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney. Born in Little Bay East, Newfoundland, she was the daughter of the late Gordon and Alice (Thornhill) Scott. Winnie worshipped at the Westside Bible Chapel. Winnie is survived by her children, Eileen (Gordon) Cummings, Ontario, Juanita (David) Pero, Ontario, Jacob Osborne, Scott (Jennifer) Osborne, Ontario, Kim (Ian) McCulloch, North Sydney; 13 grandchildren, Lisa, Nicole, Shannon, Leanne, David Scott, Apryl, Adrian, Micah, Ryan, Brittany, Jacob, North Sydney, Benjamin, Sophia Winnifred; 15 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings, George (Georgina) Scott, Halifax, Mildred (Peter) Harrison, Baddeck, Lillian (Allan) Radford, B.C.; nieces and nephews as well as special cousins, Rendell and Ruthie Thornhill. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Jacob, siblings, Archibald Scott, Sarah ‘Sadie’ Bennett. Cremation has taken place. Visitation will be held Friday, Aug. 24 from 7-9 p.m.at the Westside Bible Chapel, 325 Keltic Dr.Sydney River. A memorial service will take place 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 at the Westside Bible Chapel In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Gideons International in Canada. Corinthians 5:8 ... “away from the body and at home with the Lord” Online condolences may be sent to our web page at www.chantfuneralhome.com. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of ... 

Evidence of Scottish Roots

There has always been an understanding that the LBE Scott clan had Scottish roots, but I haven't seen any evidence until now. FYI--many Scotts came from England and Ireland.

My evidence is a death certificate I found for Capt. George "Thomas" Scott who died in 1944 in North Sydney. In a box designated "Racial Origin", it says "Scottish." I was quite thrilled to find this as I have a fondness for the Scots. In the 80s I visited the area of Edinburgh, and as a child, my parents took me to see a performance of The Royal Scots Guard (bagpipes) in Asheville, NC. I memorized their unique march, listened to their album, and wanted to learn how to play the bagpipes. Lucky for my parents I never did. HA!

There's just one downside to this important document...a couple of the boxes were filled in incorrectly, so who's to say the Scottish origin is correct? If anyone has more solid evidence and/or certificates of any other family members, PLEASE contact me! newfiescott@gmail.com

Worlds Collide in North Sydney, NS

Revised 8/13/12

Both Buttery descendents and Scotts are buried in Lakeside Cemetery in North Sydney, NS. I think most Newfies have connections to this area, as it is "The Gateway to Newfoundland." Lots of stories. I gotta go here!

See an aerial view of Lakeside and North Sydney here: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=46.219381&lon=-60.278463&z=13&l=0&m=b

Capt. Thomas & Emily Scott lived on Beacon St. He died in 1944.



Other Scott Descendent Addresses
1 currently lives on Cottage St. and grew up on East St.

Buttery Addresses

• Maud Buttery Amey: Minto St.
• William Buttery: Minto St. (coalminer in 1911 census)
• Eliza Beatrice Buttery Bond Sturge (Walter F. Buttery's youngest daughter): East St.; Worked (and lived with) for Capt. Wilson Mosher* on Pierce St. in 1932.
• Ralph Bond (Eliza's son): Stanley St.

*The Mosher name has long been honoured in the annals of Nova Scotian seafaring. When the twenty-five ton schooner Golden Hind, homeward bound for Sydney, Cape Breton, with a Christmas load of produce from Prince Edward Island, struck on the rocks of Craignish, Inverness County, in a December snowstorm in 1926, it was Capt. Wilson Mosher, her master, who swam ashore with the lifeline through three hundred yards of surf, rescued his crew, and then swam back again to the vessel," so that he could be the last man to leave the ship, in accordance with British traditions of the sea." from http://www.1812privateers.org/Canada/index.html

Still Searching for Walter Frederick Buttery

No one cares about this but me, but the more info. I post, the more likely someone will see who knows something. I don't know why the fate of Walter has bugged me so much. Maybe its because I'm afraid of falling off the face of the earth, too, one day. Hopefully, someone will search for and remember me as I am doing for Walter.

A break in the case might have come yesterday when I was notified by Ancestry.com that there was a potential match in the 1940 census. As I have never found much evidence of him past 1909/10, I thought he must have died young. His sister (my great grandmother Eliza Buttery Scott) had no photos of him in old age, as she did her other brothers. Maybe he was just the family drifter or black sheep.

The just released 1940 census has a man named Fred Butter living in Detroit, Michigan. He was born in Newfoundland in 1888. So, it's not the same name, but everyone changed their names back then. The census lists his son, also Fred Butter (Jr.), who was previously living in Conneaut, Ohio. The census says Fred (Sr.) is married, but no wife is listed. They lived in an apartment at 2127 Oakdale Ave., and both were in the automobile industry. As you'll see from this map, it is just across the river from Canada...and not that far from Rochester, NY, where his sister lived.

 

Here is a screenshot of the chart I've pieced together on Walter. Click on image to enlarge.