For the 1871 census, the entire 10-person family was enumerated in Centreville. For the 1881 census, John is living in the household of his older sister Jane Mosher Corey with his younger sister Cassie Mosher.
John immigrated to the US in 1886. He was a servant, a livery stable hostler, and an electrician.
John married Mary Elizabeth Murphy in 1899 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. At some point, Mary went back to Nova Scotia and married William Chisholm in 1914. During the 1920s, John lived at 30 Ripley Street, Newton. John died in 1929 in Cambridge, Middlesex County.
References:
• 1871 Centreville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada census.
• 1881 Centreville census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6B-TMB .
• 1886 Canada to US immigration.
• 1899 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts marriage to Mary Elizabeth Murphy: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4CR-24F .
• 1900 9 Mell Street, Revere, Suffolk County, Massachusetts census.
• 1905, 1911, 1925, 1927 Newton city directories.
• 1910 839 Beacon Street, Newton County census.
• 1920 30 Ripley Street, Newton census.
• 1929 Cambridge, Middlesex County death certificate.
• 1929 Boston Globe death notice.
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/96XK-Y2V .
• 2022 Mosher descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/MosherDescendants.txt .
• 2022 Giles descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt .
For the 1871 census, the entire 10-person family was enumerated in Centreville. For the 1881 census, John is living in the household of his older sister Jane Mosher Corey with his younger sister Cassie Mosher.
John immigrated to the US in 1886. He was a servant, a livery stable hostler, and an electrician.
John married Mary Elizabeth Murphy in 1899 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. At some point, Mary went back to Nova Scotia and married William Chisholm in 1914. During the 1920s, John lived at 30 Ripley Street, Newton. John died in 1929 in Cambridge, Middlesex County.
References:
• 1871 Centreville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada census.
• 1881 Centreville census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6B-TMB .
• 1886 Canada to US immigration.
• 1899 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts marriage to Mary Elizabeth Murphy: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4CR-24F .
• 1900 9 Mell Street, Revere, Suffolk County, Massachusetts census.
• 1905, 1911, 1925, 1927 Newton city directories.
• 1910 839 Beacon Street, Newton County census.
• 1920 30 Ripley Street, Newton census.
• 1929 Cambridge, Middlesex County death certificate.
• 1929 Boston Globe death notice.
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/96XK-Y2V .
• 2022 Mosher descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/MosherDescendants.txt .
• 2022 Giles descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt .
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