Author: Leland Harvie

McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1890-97. Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Each County, and a Separate Directory of the Cities and Provincial Towns. Also a Directory of the Magdalen Islands and St. Pierre de Miquelon. A Business Directory of All Advertisers and Subscribers, with an Appendix of Useful Information and Indexes. -- Halifax : D. McAlpine & Son, [1890?]. 1502 p. -- Printed by Nova Scotia Printing Co. Hants County Andrews John, mate, Hantsport Balcolm W. C., jewelry, Hantsport Barker Geo. M., sea captain, Hantsport Barker G. J. sea captain, Hantsport Barker James L., rigger, Hantsport Barker K. H., sea captain, Hantsport Barker Mrs. Louisa, Hantsport Beazley Jesse, sailmaker, Hantsport Benjamin Amos, ship carpenter, Hantsport BENT D. A., grocer, Hantsport Bezanson Joseph, joiner, Hantsport Bezanson Otis, boat builder, Mnt. Denson Borden Mrs. John, undertaker, Hantsport Borden Joseph E., carpenter, Hantsport Borden Mrs. Mary, Hantsport Borden William, carpenter, Hantsport Brown E. R., station agent, Hantsport Burgess Sylvancus, machinist, Hantsport Carrol John, carpenter, Hantsport CARTER BROS., gen dealers, Hantsport Carter Frederick, engine driver, Hantsport Chandler William, mariner, Mount Denson Chipman F. W., of E. Churchill & Sons,...

Editor's Note: The following essay appears to have been written about 1980. Author unknown. A copy was recently contributed to the Hantsport & Area Historical Society by Daryl Langille. FRANCIS SILVER Francis Silver, from Portugal, came to Hantsport, Nova Scotia, while still in his teens on board one of the sailing ships belonging to the Churchill ship-yards of Hantsport. He was to spend the rest of his working life with the Senator Ezra Churchill family as their handyman and gardener. It was probably due to the fact that the Churchills were active members of the Baptist Church that encouraged Francis to become a member also, as his name is recorded on the list of church members for 1861. His name was put down as Francis Greenwood but the Greenwood has been marked out and Silver written above it. The church had been organized for thirty-one years by this time and this date 1861 marked the beginning of the third minute book. The second...

Jessie (1899-1994) and Elmira (1896-1976) Borden were daughters of J. Edward Borden, the town undertaker,  and his wife Alberta Newcombe. In 1949, after a twenty-five year career as a hospital dietician in the United States, Jessie Borden returned to live with her father and sister in Hantsport. It was about this time that she began to learn weaving as a hobby. Jessie and Elmira started producing place-mats, handbags, aprons and scarves. They turned their hobby into a small business, at one time having two looms set up in the front room and selling items from their home on Main Street.   They enjoyed travelling, posing here together in 1973 for a souvenir photo taken in Lucerne, Switzerland. In October 1980 Jessie Borden was featured in a CBC Halifax Television production about Hantsport and shared her wealth of knowledge about the town's history. References: Hantsport & Area Historical Society collections The Hants Journal - 17 Dec 1980 CBC Archives - Toronto 2018...