Alvin Sisco, Research Report, the As It Is Series

Copyright 2022, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

This continues a series of posts, done in a very efficient (make that speedy fast) manner to share some research on the ancestors.  This is NOT intended to be the end all to end all report.  It's a work in progress, to show you what I have found, right or wrong. Kind feedback is welcomed via comments.

Let’s begin - - 

Meet - - Alvin Sisco:

You may recall I have discussed Edna any number of times and have also posted about Alice, Bernard and William in this series.

We first find Alvin in the 1891 census with his parents and lots of siblings.

Alvin Sisco

 in the 1891 Census of Canada

Name: Alvin Sisco

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Single

Age: 5

Birth Year: abt 1886

Birthplace: Nova Scotia

Relation to Head-of-house: Son

Religion: Baptist

French Canadian: No

Father's name: Thomas Sisco

Father's Birth Place: Nova Scotia

Mother's name: Annie Sisco

Mother's Birth Place: Nova Scotia

Province: Nova Scotia

District Number: 44

District: Yarmouth

Subdistrict: Arcadia

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members:

Name Age

Thomas Sisco 28

Annie Sisco 38

Minnie Sisco 17

George Sisco 14

Charles Sisco 10

Doratha Sisco 9

Ingols Sisco 7

Ada Sisco 6

Alvin Sisco 5

Mabel Sisco 3

David Sisco 11/12

Alvin's father, Thomas died in 1899, by the 1901 census enumeration, his mother had remarried.  Thomas' children are all enumerated with the "Jarvis" surname.

Alvin Jarvis

in the 1901 Census of Canada

Name: Alvin Jarvis

Gender: Male

Racial or Tribal Origin: African

Nationality: Canadian

Marital Status: Single

Age: 13

Birth Date: 3 Sep 1887

Birth Place: Nova Scotia

Religion: Baptist

Can Read: Yes

Can Speak English: Yes

Province: Nova Scotia

District: Yarmouth

District Number: 42

Sub-District: Arcadia

Sub-District Number: 1

Family Number: 207

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members Age Relationship

Edward Jarvis  31 Head, born 11 Jan 1870, Nova Scotia

Annie A Jarvis  43 Wife, born Feb 28, 1858, Nova Scotia **Widow of Thomas, Edward is her second hubby

Dorothy Jarvis  17 Daughter, born Oct 9, 1883, Nova Scota, * she is actually daughter of Thomas Sisco

Ingals Jarvis  16  son, born July 14, 1884, Nova Scotia, *he is actually son of Thomas Sisco

Alvin Jarvis 13  son, born Sept. 3, 1887, Nova Scotia, * he is actually son of Thomas Sisco

David Jarvis  8 , son, born April 9, 1892, Nova Scotia *  he is actually son of Thomas Sisco

Authur Jarvis  6 , son born May 12, 1894, Nova Scotia  brother, * he is actually son of Thomas Sisco

By the 1911 census, Alvin has married and has 3 children with Edna.

Alvin Siscoe

 in the 1911 Census of Canada

Name: Alvin Siscoe

Gender: Male

Marital status: Married

Race or Tribe: Negro (Black)

Nationality: Canadian

Age: 23

Birth Date: Sep 1887

Birth Place: Nova Scotia

Census Year: 1911

Relation to Head of House: Head

Dwelling No.: 284

Province: Nova Scotia

District: Yarmouth

District Number: 53

Sub-District: 22 - Yarmouth

Sub-District Number: 22

Place of Habitation: Clements Ave

Religion: Baptist

Occupation: Labourer

Employer: No

Employee: No

Own Account: Yes

Works at: Wharf

Weeks Employed: 52

Hours/Week: 60

Earnings: 300

Can Read: no

Can Write: no

Language: E

Family Number: 314

Household Members:

Name Age

Alvin Siscoe 23, laborer, wharf

Edna Siscoe 21, wife, born March 1890, age 21, French, Canadian, Baptist

Muriel Siscoe 2, daughter, born March 1909, age 2, negro

Alice Siscoe 1, daughter, born Mary 1910, age 1, negro

Bernard Siscoe 1/12, son, born May 1911, age 1/12 (one month), negro

David Siscoe 18, brother, born April 1893, age 18, bon Nova Scotia, negro,  laborer, wharf

Arthur Siscoe 17, brother, born May 1894, age 17, born Nova Scotia, negro,  laborer, wharf

Alvin dies in 1913:

This death record states he was buried at the Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada, there is no Find A Grave memorial as of October 2022.  We note that he died of TB, as did his children Alice, William and in 1934 Bernard.  

* Disclaimers, I use Find A Grave, Ancestry dot com, FamilySearch, several newspaper subscriptions, free sites, such as Virginia Chronicles, Virginia Chancery Cases online at the Library of Virginia and more to research my ancestors.  I pay for subscriptions, full price.

** My judgements may or may not be correct.  Transcriptions may or may not have errors.

*** Links, URL's, for the most part will not be included henceforth on my posts, as so many of them change and then I have to come back and try to re-discover and relink.  Frankly folks, I have no desire to spend my limited time here on this side of the sod with those kinds of do overs.  As researchers, or just members of the internet community, sites such as Find A Grave are easy to find, some are free to use and with the information I am sharing with you, hopefully, you can duplicate the research/findings. That said, I have seen memorials at Find A Grave be removed.  If you have questions, I suggest you leave a nice comment for me. OR find the method I have outlined on my blog for contacting me.

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