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Alexander Ley

Male Abt 1820 - 1892  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name Alexander Ley 
    Born Abt 1820  Main-à-Dieu, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 52ED8992521FA949BC41C49550E2D43C5535 
    Died 1892  Main-à-Dieu, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2623  Victoria Boutilier's Genealogy Pages
    Last Modified 6 May 2010 

    Father James Ley,   b. 1795, Main-à-Dieu, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1842  (Age > 48 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Hall,   b. Abt 1798, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1861  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Married Abt 2 Jul 1817  Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • marriage bond between James Lee and Mary Ann Hall, 29 July 1817 Registration Year: 1817 book 1800 pg 3972. Sureties: "James Lee and John Bellworth of Sydney Cape Breton, mariners, and George Innes of Halifax, Grocer."
    Family ID F94  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann Peters,   b. Abt 1836, Catalone, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1901  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 19 Feb 1855  St. George (Anglican), Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 23 May 2017 
    Family ID F1024  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 3rd cousin of his spouse (through the Ley family)

      Alexander Ley (this spelling) signed his name as witness to a 28 Aug 1850 deed registered 1 May 1860 in Cape Breton County deed bk W p. 327 (Anthony Martell and wife Mary Martell and William Willett and wife Mary Willett (trading partners of Mainadieu as Martell and Willett) to Michael Pope fisherman of Mainadieu)

      Lee, Alexander of Main A Dieu to Mary Ann Peters of Catalone on Feb 19, 1855 (a marriage notice for the couple appeared in the Cape Breton News, Feb 24, 1855)

      1871 Census: Household 43 Main a Dieu Div. 1 p. 14
      Alexander Ley 51 seaman and fisherman; vessel; shanty
      Mary Ann Ley 34
      Jane Ann Ley 14 in school
      William H. Ley 12 in school
      Lucretia Ley 10 in school
      James A. Ley 8 in schoool
      Amy C. Ley 6
      Edwin E. Ley 4

      1881 Census
      Alexander LEY M Male English 66 Nova Scotia Farmer Episcopal
      Mary Ann LEY M Female English 46 Nova Scotia Episcopal
      William H. LEY Male English 22 Nova Scotia Farmer Episcopal
      Lucretia LEY Female English 20 Nova Scotia Episcopal
      James A LEY Male English 16 Nova Scotia Farmer Episcopal
      Emma C LEY Female English 14 Nova Scotia Episcopal
      Edwin E LEY Male English 11 Nova Scotia Episcopal
      Anthony M LEY Male English 9 Nova Scotia Episcopal
      Thomas LEY Male English 6 Nova Scotia Episcopal
      Freeman LEY Male English 4 Nova Scotia Episcopal
      Source Information:
      Census Place Main-a-Dieu, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
      Family History Library Film 1375802
      NA Film Number C-13166
      District 6
      Sub-district J
      Page Number 10
      Household Number 38

      1891 Census Main d Dieu p. 17 household 72
      Alexander LEY 71 NS/NS/USA shipmaster unemployed
      Mary Ann LEY 54
      William LEY 32 blind no read no write
      James A. LEY 27 seaman
      Edwin LEY 21 seaman
      Anthony M. LEY 19 fisherman
      Thomas J. LEY 16 fisherman
      Freeman A. LEY 13
      everyone can read or write except for William

      (death certificate for Amy Clara Boutillier, Cape Breton County, Registration Year 1931 - Book 141 - Page 664)

      Probably the father of the Jane Anne Lee who married Levi H. Lewis at St George by license 6 August 1879; Alfred Boutilier and Lucretia Lee were witnesses to the marriage

      (Ontario death cert for Alfaretta? Hines died 7 July 1930 at Kirkland Lake, Timiskaming, Ontario, born 12 May 1892 in Cape Breton to Alfred Martell and Lucretia Ley certificate # ???)