Thomas Boland

1847 - 1920  (72 years)

• Name	Thomas Boland
  Born	22 Oct 1847	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  Although no parish birth or baptism records survive for that era, Thomas' birth date (22 Oct 1847) was recorded as such in his Nova Scotia death certificate. It also states that Thomas was born in Newfoundland, however no specific location was given.
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1872	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland
  It appears that after Thomas and Ann married, they first lived at Caplin Bay, but later moved to Ferryland. Based on the baptism records, they were still living there up until at least April 1885. After that time there is no mention of Thomas at Ferryland again, nor in any other Newfoundland settlement, until 1898.
  Residence	1898	St. John's, Newfoundland   [2]
  In that year, Thomas and three of his sons, Charles, John and Stephen (labourers) are listed at St. John's in McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory. They were all living together in the same household in the area known as Ropewalk Range.
  Immigration	1904	Nova Scotia, Canada   [3]
  Based on Canadian census records, Thomas moved again about 1904 and settled in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. He was accompanied by at least two of his sons and daughter, Mary Cecilia, her husband Thomas O'Connell and their three children. Since Newfoundland did not become a province of Canada until 1949, people moving from Newfoundland to Canada prior to that time were considered immigrants, hence their year of arrival was recorded in various Canadian censuses.
  Census	1911	Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Address: New Aberdeen
  Died	17 Jan 1920	Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Several details about Thomas were recorded in his Nova Scotia Death Certificate. It is hard to know if this information is factual, since the person filling out the certificate doesn't seem to have given much diligence to getting the correct answers as requested on the various lines of the certificate. Thomas' last occupation was given as a miner and his main cause of death was pneumonia, although it appears that he may have been ill for a while, since a contributory factor to his death was general debility. The certificate verifies that this individual was the son of John Boland and Mary "Boland", whom it states were both born in Newfoundland. The fact that Mary "Boland" was entered where the certificate requested the mother's maiden name appears to be an error. Thomas' death certificate states the informant giving the details was "Dan" Boland. Unfortunately many of the entries in the certificate form are filled out incorrectly, so I have reason to believe that the name written as Dan Boland was meant to be Ann Boland, Thomas' wife.
  Buried	19 Jan 1920	St. John's RC Cemetery, Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I331	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	John Boland,   b. Abt 1800, Newfoundland ,   d. Aft 1871, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Cain,   b. Aft 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland
  Married	Abt 1827  [4]
  Family ID	F169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Oldridge,   b. Aug 1851, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. 14 Oct 1933, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Married	22 Oct 1871	Holy Trinity RC Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland   [5]
  Children	1. Mary Frances Boland,   b. Abt Sep 1872, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Bef Sep 1873, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 0 years)   2. Mary Cecilia Boland,   b. 7 Sep 1873, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 24 Mar 1956, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 82 years)   3. Stephen Boland,   b. Abt Jan 1876, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 24 Sep 1914, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States  (Age ~ 38 years)   4. Anne Joseph Boland,   b. Abt Mar 1878, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Charles Joseph "Charlie" Boland,   b. 15 Apr 1880, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. 3 May 1950, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 70 years)   6. John Thomas Boland,   b. Abt Jan 1883, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. Between 1966 and 1969, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 82 years)   7. Thomas Boland,   b. Abt Apr 1885, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. 15 Dec 1963, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2015
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Oct 1847 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Married - 22 Oct 1871 - Holy Trinity RC Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland Residence - 1872 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Residence - 1898 - St. John's, Newfoundland Immigration - 1904 - Nova Scotia, Canada Census - Address: New Aberdeen - 1911 - Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada Died - 17 Jan 1920 - Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada Buried - 19 Jan 1920 - St. John's RC Cemetery, Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, Government of Nova Scotia, ([online: digital images] https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/), accessed; 20 March 2015; Deaths, Thomas Boland, Year: 1920 - Book: 56 - Page: 349. [S6] McAlpine's 1870/71 Directory of Newfoundland, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (David McAlpine; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: 1871, Online: transcribed entries for Newfoundland districts. http://ngb.chebucto.org/M1870/index.shtml ), 1898; St. John's; St. John's City; labourer; accessed; 4 Mar. 2015. [S11] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.), accessed; 21 March 2015; Year: 1911; Census Place: 25 - Glace Bay Town, New Aberdeen Village - Ward 5, Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia; Page: 87; Family No: 760. [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events). [S8] Holy Trinity RC Parish (Ferryland) Marriages 1870 - 1910, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: Transcribed records of photocopied parish records held at The Rooms Archives for Brigus South to Aquaforte, Ferryland District).