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 1841 - 1923 (82 years)
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| Name |
LIBBY William Henry |
| Birth |
27 Jun 1841 |
Saint Austell, Cornwall, England  [1] |
| Christening |
2 Nov 1851 |
Saint Ewe, Cornwell, England [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
E8D20D38EB9ED5118A064445535400002EC8 |
| Death |
9 Nov 1923 |
Mars Hill, Aroostook, Maine, United States [1] |
| Notes |
- William Henry Libby born 27 June 1839, at St Austell, Cornwall, England. He came to Grand Lake, New Brunswick with his mother, five brothers, two sisters, a brother-in-law, and a niece, Sept 6 1857. There he mined and farmed. he married Margaret A. Chapman in 1860, at Grand Lake. Margaret was born at Grand Lake Nov 15, 1832, daughter of William S. and Frances Chapman, William S. was born in England and Frances in Ireland. Although William Never learned to read or write, he was were adept at figures. No one could better him on figures that he did in his head. he was a very good manager. Their children were all born in new Brunswick, at New Castle on Grand Lake. These children all got a good education there, even music lessons. They had four children of their own, but brought up two nephews as their own.
William Henry married his brothers widow, Martha G. Libby, a year after Margaret died in 1913. He died 9 Nov 1923 and was buried beside Margaret in the Pierce Cemetery at Mars Hill. William came to the states from N.B. in 1891, to Fort Fairfield, three years later the brought a farm in Mars Hill and moved there.
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| Person ID |
I31214 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
11 Feb 2003 |
| Father |
LIBBY John, b. Abt 1806, Liskeard, Cornwell, England d. Abt 1857, Saint Austell, Cornwall, England (Age ~ 51 years) |
| Mother |
MAYNARD Philippa, b. Abt 1810, Redruth, Cornwall, England d. Grand Lake, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Marriage |
19 May 1829 |
Saint Ewe, Cornwell, England [1] |
| Notes |
- The Libby Family in America Vol. II Book 2 (1882-1982) P.1479
John Libby, born Abt 1806. He married Philippa Maynard. He was a lay Methodist preacher. Information extracted from 1851 Cornwall Census was birth date and birth place. During this period he was working as an AG Lab on a farm at Lower Sticker, St Ewe Parish. In 1857, his widow, at the suggestion of her brother, John Maynard of Fredericton, New Brunswick, emigrated to New Brunswick and settled in the vicinity of Grand Lake with her children. [2]
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| Family ID |
F12176 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
CHAPMAN Margaret, b. 1832, Canning Parish, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1913, Mars Hill, Aroostook, Maine, United States (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1860 |
Grand Lake, New Brunswick, Canada [1] |
| Family ID |
F12188 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Family 2 |
GRAHAM Martha Stewart, b. 29 Sep 1852, Northfield Parish, New Brunswick, Canada d. 3 Jul 1929, Blaine, Aroostook, Maine, United States (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
1914 [1] |
| Family ID |
F12190 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2024 |
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| Sources |
- [S794] Correspondence-Internet-Bill Libby, 11 Oct 1999 7:53 pm.
- [S794] Correspondence-Internet-Bill Libby.
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