Back to New Brunswick Books Contact Ruby
RUBY'S BOOKSHELF
A History of Salisbury 1774-1984 With notes on the Acadian and Pre-European periods by George Taylor.
128 pages - soft cover - 1984 - well illustrated with black and photos, very good list of reference notes(bibliography). This is extracted from the extensive collection of unpublished notes known as the Humphreys Papers, (J. E. Humphreys) compiled during 20 years of research in the 1920's-30's. Concerns the Salisbury-Petitcodiac area of New Brunswick, Canada.
One story tells that - up in Salisbury, Mary Crisp, a teacher, took two youngsters from a children's home into her own home for Christmas. By 1923, at the age of 46, this tiny woman with a huge heart decided on her life's work. She bought land on the Reeder Road and had a 14-room, two-storey house built. Her first two children came from an orphanage in Nova Scotia. When a widower asked her to care for his three children, the numbers started to grow. In 1934, she was looking after 21 children.
The Mary Crisp story is one of the many that deal with people and events in the publication, "A History of Salisbury 1774 - 1984 with Notes on the Acadian and Pre-European Periods" by George Taylor, published in 1984.
James Edwin Humphreys , born in Petitcodiac in 1861, was one of the early historians of the Salisbury area. At age 20 he went to the United States for 16 years. Due to the illness and death of his father he returned to Salisbury. Later he married Mary Agnes Wilmot. For many years his major hobby was collecting the history of Salisbury Parish.
Alexander Wright Jr. engaged in the manufacture of sawn lumber in company with Andre Cushing of Saint John.
The St. John Stage Coach Company operated between Saint John and Amherst. Leaving Saint John at 7 a.m., reached Petitcodiac that night, proceeding in the morning to Amherst reaching that community about 7:00 p.m. By 1842, roads had improved and three trips were made a week. Travellers could go from Saint John to Halifax in 45 hours.
An interesting story on the beginning of fox ranching tells of the purchase of a pair of silver foxes for the sum of fifteen thousand dollars. In 1914, this couple became parents to four pups.
Book # 6055 $29.95 plus $9.00 shipping within Noth America.
Payment is accepted by credit card online through PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/ (My account rmcusack@nbnet.nb.ca) or cheque, or Canadian or International money order