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Forfar Family News
- Easter 2005
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Hi Folks,
Easter Greetings to all from Eastern Canada.
This weekend on Prince Edward Island, we are beginning to see the transition from winter to spring. Our son Andrew, home from university, found enough open water to go kayaking (among the ice cakes) Friday, while Daphne and I bicycled and then on Sunday afternoon, he and I went downhill skiing, to enjoy the last day of skiing this season, before the ski hill closes.
In February I had the opportunity to visit the Scott farm in Ste. Croix (Elm Farm), and skate on the perfectly surfaced lake with cousins and play some hockey. Our young cousin Robie Scott has a log camp on the banks of the lake where as children we had a much smaller camp 40 years ago. When I shot (and lost) our only puck into an open patch around a spring near the shore he invented a game called stone hockey. A flat stone took the place of our puck and the game went on. Local residents believe that the game of hockey was actually invented on a similar farm pond 7 miles away in the town of Windsor, after locating the earliest reference to boys playing the Irish game of hurley on a frozen pond instead of a field. Their research is drawing international attention and has added to knowledge of hockey history. Uncle Fred Scott, at age 93 has retired from skating on the lake, but was skating well into his 80's. Although it will be awhile before the spring colours return to Elm Farm this picture is a favourite reminder of the area that has been home for six generations since the 1820's. It was a very special place for my sisters and I to spend my summers through childhood, with our cousins.
While we have had some strong winter storms this year we have had the pleasure of getting weather reports from two of our children living in milder climates - our eldest son Rob lives and works in Victoria, British Columbia where there is no snow in the winter, and our daughter Suzanne is currently working in Grand Cayman who sends glowing weather reports from the beach.
Easter has also had a special connection for research on our shared family history as it was through the locating of clippings and pictures on Easter morning, five years ago that a tentative connection between the two original branches of the family was confirmed. The connection between these two founding branches had been lost for over 100 years.. The story is told through Finding Lost Connections: Thomas F. Scott
I have mentioned before that like our adventurous ancestors who left Scotland for Nova Scotia 200 years ago, some of the younger members of our clan find opportunities to expand their horizons. There are now members known to live in 27 American states with the addition of Alaska and Maine in the last 2 years, and now 5 Canadian provinces. If you know of descendants in other locations beside those listed on our map, please send us a note.
I also mentioned the recent
reconnection with a Boston line of the family in November 2004 -
additional
descendants of Daniel DeWolf Scott 
who
was born in Wolfville NS, (the town where I grew up). Daniel's mother
Catharine Ann DeWolf was
the member of a distinguished family in the community - after whom the
community was named. In locating these descendants I recently began
research on the DeWolf ancestors of Catharine Ann, which has led to
some interesting discoveries for descendants of Daniel -
there are two ancestral lines within this branch that have long been
attributed as being connected to the Mayflower. While the documentation
was easy to find - the recognition of this by the Mayflower Society is
another matter. Correspondence with the Society indicates that there is
insufficient evidence to prove these connections, as others have tried
in the past. While that may be a
challenge with proving those connections one individual has taken
another
ancestral
line back a thousand years in a book called The
Belden/Belding Family Ancestry From the Year 1066. Catharine Ann
DeWolf's great-great grandmother was Lydia Belden born c.1680 and it it
is through the Belden line this book documents 25 additional
generations back to the year 1066.
I can send additional information on this Belden-DeWolf and 'maybe Mayflower' maternal ancestry to anyone with a direct connection to Daniel DeWolf Scott, or an interest in learning more.
Not
only have recent connections on this line led to new research, long
standing questions have been answered include the people in the 1910
picture of the Boston Scott family. We have now been able to
identify
all 14 individuals with quite reasonable accuracy.
Carolann Reaves of Dedham, MA, the relative in this line who made contact with me, recently travelled to Florida with plans to reconnect with her cousin Nettie Poorman there, and hopes to travel to Canada this summer as well to meet cousins here.
Recently, I belatedly learned of the passing of three individuals. Sincere condolences are sent to the families of:
John William Rostoni (1947-2003) who on 18 Sep 2003 died in California, at the age of 56. John was an Engineer with Pacific Gas & Electric. He was the husband of Sue Scott, and father of Scott and Jenny Rostoni. I had an opportunity to meet Sue and John in 2002.
Murray Clark Scott (1920-2004) died 15 Jan 2004 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Murray was 84 and the twin brother of William F. Scott. Murray grew up in Pittsburgh and lived in West Virginia; Alabama; Tennessee and was a sales rep and consultant for professional water treatment systems. His twin brother worked for Jones & Lauchlan Steel Co and lived with Murray's family for 23 years in retirement. He died in 1998. Murray and Betty's daughter Jennifer Preston Scott lives in the Tampa FL, area with her husband and two children.
Shirley Mann Clough, (1921-2004) of Glen Ellyn, Ill. age 83, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004. Her obituary indicates "She was a former longtime resident of Cummaquid and Hyannis and a former officer at what is now Fleet Bank in Yarmouthport. She was an avid reader. She loved the ocean and time with her family, friends and cat, Henry. Survivors include two daughters, Linda Clough Zappa of Glen Ellyn and Diane Clough Turner of Key West, Fla.; a brother, Donald Mann of Hingham; three stepgrandchildren; six great-grandsons; and nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was also the mother of the late Charles R. Clough III."
who
was born in Wolfville NS, (the town where I grew up). Daniel's mother
Catharine Ann DeWolf was
the member of a distinguished family in the community - after whom the
community was named. In locating these descendants I recently began
research on the DeWolf ancestors of Catharine Ann, which has led to
some interesting discoveries for descendants of Daniel -
there are two ancestral lines within this branch that have long been
attributed as being connected to the Mayflower. While the documentation
was easy to find - the recognition of this by the Mayflower Society is
another matter. Correspondence with the Society indicates that there is
insufficient evidence to prove these connections, as others have tried
in the past. While that may be a
challenge with proving those connections one individual has taken
another
ancestral
line back a thousand years in a book called The
Belden/Belding Family Ancestry From the Year 1066. Catharine Ann
DeWolf's great-great grandmother was Lydia Belden born c.1680 and it it
is through the Belden line this book documents 25 additional
generations back to the year 1066. I can send additional information on this Belden-DeWolf and 'maybe Mayflower' maternal ancestry to anyone with a direct connection to Daniel DeWolf Scott, or an interest in learning more.
Not
only have recent connections on this line led to new research, long
standing questions have been answered include the people in the 1910
picture of the Boston Scott family. We have now been able to
identify
all 14 individuals with quite reasonable accuracy. Carolann Reaves of Dedham, MA, the relative in this line who made contact with me, recently travelled to Florida with plans to reconnect with her cousin Nettie Poorman there, and hopes to travel to Canada this summer as well to meet cousins here.
Recently, I belatedly learned of the passing of three individuals. Sincere condolences are sent to the families of:
John William Rostoni (1947-2003) who on 18 Sep 2003 died in California, at the age of 56. John was an Engineer with Pacific Gas & Electric. He was the husband of Sue Scott, and father of Scott and Jenny Rostoni. I had an opportunity to meet Sue and John in 2002.
Murray Clark Scott (1920-2004) died 15 Jan 2004 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Murray was 84 and the twin brother of William F. Scott. Murray grew up in Pittsburgh and lived in West Virginia; Alabama; Tennessee and was a sales rep and consultant for professional water treatment systems. His twin brother worked for Jones & Lauchlan Steel Co and lived with Murray's family for 23 years in retirement. He died in 1998. Murray and Betty's daughter Jennifer Preston Scott lives in the Tampa FL, area with her husband and two children.
Shirley Mann Clough, (1921-2004) of Glen Ellyn, Ill. age 83, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004. Her obituary indicates "She was a former longtime resident of Cummaquid and Hyannis and a former officer at what is now Fleet Bank in Yarmouthport. She was an avid reader. She loved the ocean and time with her family, friends and cat, Henry. Survivors include two daughters, Linda Clough Zappa of Glen Ellyn and Diane Clough Turner of Key West, Fla.; a brother, Donald Mann of Hingham; three stepgrandchildren; six great-grandsons; and nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was also the mother of the late Charles R. Clough III."
We also extend our condolences to any other families who have experienced recent losses, and continue to feel losses less recent. As the bard himself might give the farewell.
When, musing on companions gone,
We doubly feel ourselves alone.
Marmion. Introduction to Canto ii.
Marmion. Introduction to Canto ii.
