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:
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'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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7 comments:
Do we have information on who Thomas's father is?
I have not found much on Thomas, no. If you would care to contact me at the email listed in the right column we could chat about Thomas and Arthur.
I"m quite late with my comment but, I am the great-granddaughter of Muriel Sisco (Parents Alvin and Edna Sisco) and Roland Archibald Jacklyn. Thank you so much for putting all this information together, I can't wait to share with my family!
After Arthur became a jarvis once his mother remarried, what happened After that? Who did he marry?
Muriels brother, Arthur, I believe is my great great grandfather. But we are Siscos..im unsure how we switched back from jarvis to sisco, unless the taking of jarvis name was a legal thing and they still went by sisco.
Dear sdasd,
I suspect, you have confused generations, it is so very easy to do, I do it all the time even after all the years I have been researching.
As far as the 1901 census, and what appears to be a name "change", please note that there is a high error rate in census, I have seen estimates of error rates as high as 20 %. It is also very very very common when a woman remarries and brings children into the second marriage from her first marriage, that the person recording the occupants in a household in census reports will record the children with the new marriage surname. It gets complicated quite fast. From my notes, I indicate that these children, are in fact born with the name Sisco:
Dorothy Jarvis17 ALL THESE KIDS ARE SISCO
Ingals Jarvis 16
Alvin Jarvis 13
David Jarvis 8
Authur Jarvis 6
No legal proof of surnames was required by census takers, at least to my knowledge.
Your Arthur marries using the surname Sisco and his death record also records his surname of Sisco.
He married Dollie Fenton in 1913 and died in 1916. I only have recorded one child for this marriage, Harold Arthur Sisco, born in 1915. Dollie is a half sister of Edna May Fenton Sisco Stevens.
Your lineage, I suspect reads something like this:
Thomas Sisco and wife Adlaide “Annie” Thompson
Arthur Sisco and Dollie Fenton
Harold Arthur Sisco and Anna Higby
You will find a email addy in the right column of the blog, if you have further questions, feel free to contact me that way.
Hopefully I made this more clear instead of more muddy. Have a great day. Thanks for reading.
Yes! I was confused!Harold and Anna are my great grandparents. They had 2 sons. Arthur and william. Arthur had 3 sons, Arthur david and Daniel, Arthur had a son and daughter, Aaron Arthur and Cassandra. Cassandra has a son Felix Arthur. So the name Arthur goes all the way back. So interesting! THANK YOU
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