This scrapbook was obtained from a Halifax, Nova Scotia seller. It is really a photo album, with the sticky pages being used to store items. Whoever owned this, also made notes on some of the items.
No name in the scrapbook but definitely related to the Kings County area, probably the Newcombe family, however there are a number of items with different names.
I will be posting the items by page numbers, in the order they appear.
Photo #1 – Page 1, Item #1
Obituary for Hugh Bligh.
Photo #2 – Page 1, Item #2
Obituary for Elizabeth B. Hewitt.
Research: There is an Elizabeth W. (Borden) Hewitt who passed away on May 11, 1948 in Wolfville, Kings County.
Photo #3 – Page 1, Item #3
Obituary for George Rufus Jess.
Photo #4 – Page 1, Item #4
Obituary for Lorne S. Blenkhorn. When researching this, it appears his middle name was Franklin.
Photo #5 – Page 1, Item #5.
Reverse side of item pictured below, that was in the book. This side has names that may be of interest.
Names: Bert Arbuckle; Inna Wright; Martin MacDonald; Arthur Godfrey; William Murray and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Murray.
This was what was face up in the scrapbook.
Photo #6 – Page 1, Item #6
Obituary for John Church (formerly John Sangster).
Photo #7 – Page 2, Item #1
Newspaper photo from Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Photo #8 – Page 2, Item #2
Obituary for Ella Maud (Woodworth) Lyons.
Photo #9 – Page 2, Item #3
Obituary for William A. Sommerville.
Photo #10 – Page 2, Item #4
Photo #11 – Page 3, Item #1
Obituary for Charles Leonard Jackson.
Photo #12 – Page 3, Item #2
Obituary for Frederick Peter Wood.
Photo #13 – Page 3, Item #3
Wedding invitation for the marriage of Eloise Palmeter and William Lamont Newcombe, 1904.
Photograph #14 – Page 4, Item #1
Photo with no identification.
Photograph #15 – Page 4, Item #2
Christmas greetings from Mr. and Mrs. William Adler.
Photograph #16 – Page 4, Item #3
Newspaper clip of Mr. and Mrs. William Davison and their son, Walter Davison.
Research: I believe this is William Davison and his wife Ethel (Bigelow) Davison, and their son Walter.
Photograph #17 – Page 4, Item #4
On back of item in Photograph #16.
Louisburg happenings:
Names mentioned: Alfred Power; Donald Power; Mrs. D. W. MacKinnon; Mrs. Ernest Falconer; William Bates; Mrs. Edward Wilcox; John Kelly, Matthew and William Kelly, Douglas Kennedy, Josephine Pope; Srgt. and Mrs. Earl Rogers; Miss Delamere; Mrs. M. R. Acker; Mrs. E. L. Tuck; Mrs. Mabel Brennan; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Blackburn; Mrs. Frederick Small; C. Bayard McIntyre; Mrs. M. P. Nichols; Carl Palmer; and Mrs. Waldo Palmer.
Photograph #18 – Page 4, Item #5
Article on William E. Davison and Walter Comeau.
Photograph #19 – Page 4, Item #6
Article on Kenneth Wambolt, of Bedford, N.S.
Photograph #20 – Page 4, Item #7
Article mentioning W. E. Davison.
Photograph #21 – Page 4, Item #8
Article on Ireland on reverse side of Page 4, Item #8.
Photograph #22 – Page 5, Item #1
Article from Canning, mentioning J. W. Sarsfield.
Photograph #23 – Page 5, Item #2
Article on golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Leslie.
Photograph #24 – Page 5, Item #3
Obituary for Ruby Eleanor (Anthony) Tibbett.
Photograph #25 – Page 6, Item #1
Obituary for George J. Morey.
Photograph #26 – Page 6, Item #2
Wedding invitation to the marriage of Marjorie Elizabeth Newcombe to James Alan Vance, 1946.
Photograph #27 – Page 7, Item #1
Obituary for George A. Jodrie.
Photograph # 28 – Page 7, Item #2
Article on Great Fire of Canning.
Photograph #29 – Page 7, Item #3
Article on reverse side of Page 7, Item #3. Names include George V. Smith, Clarence Haley, Art Whalen, Edward Haley, Donald McHeffey, LeRoy Mosher, Everett and Lawson Taylor, Harold Smith and son Garwin, Walter Stephens, Ralph Manning and W. Weir.
Photograph #30 – Page 7, Item #4
Obituaries for George A. Jodrie, and Spurgeon A. Wood.
Photograph #31 – Page 7, Item #5
Obituary for Laura Jane (Cox) Potter.
Photograph #32 – Page 7, Item #6
Obituaries for Jean R. (Skilling) Bently and Laura J. (Cox) Potter.
Photograph #33 – Page 8, Item #1
Photo of the Diefenbakers and the First Baptist Church in New Glasgow.
Photograph #34 – Page 8, Item #2
Article on Eugene N. Drake.
Photograph #35 – Page 8, Item #3
Obituary for Alfred John Mullett.
Photograph #36 – Page 9, Item #1
Obituaries for Prudence S. Baxter, Rebecca (Knight) Crawford, and Robert Munroe, 1892.
Photograph #37 – Page 9, Item #2
Memorial card for Prudence S. Baxter who was mentioned in Photograph #6, Page 9, Item #1.
Photograph #38 – Page 9, Item #3
Obituary for John E. Fisher, husband of Mary Etta (Loomer) Fisher.
Photograph #39 – Page 9, Item #4
Obituary for Clifford Charles Woodworth, 1952.
Photograph #40 – Page 10, Item #1
Calling card for Mrs. E. C. Wall.
Photograph #41 – Page 10, Item #2
Article on happenings in Halls Harbour.
Names mentioned: Capt. Elias Parker; John Neville; John R. Neville; David Roscoe; Miss Josephine Roscoe; Edward Simpson; Capt. R. Munroe; A. F. Bennett; and Mrs. Sarah Roscoe;
Photograph #42 – Page 10, Item #3
Obituary on the deaths of Austin Loomer and George Bentley.
Photograph #43 – Page 11, Item #1
Marriage invitation to Mr. & Mrs. James Newcomb from Mr. & Mrs. Lemuel Ells.
Research: Marriage of Lemuel Ells and Sara Ann (Huntley) Ells’ daughter, Ruby E. Ells to William H. Tupper.
Photograph #44 – Page 11, Item #2
Wedding invitation to “Georgie” from Seline (?) Rogers, dated 1876.
Photograph #45 – Page 12, Item #1
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Silas R. Thornton to Annie E. Ellis, 1912.
Photograph #46 – Page 12, Item #2
From above individual, Mrs. A. E. Thornton.
Photograph #47 – Page 12, Item #3
Wedding announcement of Benjamin C. Jess and Bernice B. Luther, 1905.
Photograph #48 – Page 13, Item #1
Wedding invitation to the marriage of Jennie M. Ells to Harry R. Whalen, 1917.
Photograph #49 – Page 13, Item #2
Wedding announcement of George H. A. Gates and Minnie E. Davison, 1892.
Photograph #50, Page 14, Item #1
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Annie Warnock to Arthur E. Harris, 1903.
Photograph #51 – Page 15, Item #1.
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Rachel Winifred Messenger to Manning K. Ells, 1902.
Photograph #52 – Page 15, Item #2
Wedding invitation to the marriage of Charles B. Darling and Mina J. Seavey, 1873.
Photograph # 53 – Page 16, Item #1
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Annetta I. Robinson to Walter H. Newcombe, 1920.
Photograph #54 – Page 16, Item #2
Wedding invitation to the marriage of Annie E. Kinsman to Elmer E. Bennette, 1885.
Photograph #55 – Page 17, Item #1
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Alice V. Ells to Harold A. North, 1912.
Photograph #56 – Page 17, Item #2
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Edna M. Smith to William B. Rottmann, 1914.
Photograph #57 – Page 18, Item #1
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Annie E. Snow and Hardie H. Lovelace, 1913.
Photograph #58 – Page 18, Item #2
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Elizabeth M. Glorieux and Benjamin G. Simpson, 1913.
Photograph #59 – Page 19, Item #1
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary invitation of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Newcomb. (John Almore Newcomb and Rebecca Jane (Fox) Newcomb.)
Photograph #60 – Page 19, Item #2
Wedding announcement of William Adler and Ona May Newcomb, 1913.
Photograph #61 – Page 20, Item #1
Temple University Commencement Exercises, June 12, 1915.
Photograph #62 – Page 21, Item #1
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Mary E. Newcombe and John W. Bigelow, 1915.
Photograph #63 – Page 21, Item #2
Wedding announcement for Frank D. Newcomb and Mabel E. West, 1908.
Photograph #64 – Page 22, Item #1
Wedding invitation for the marriage of Jessie A. Miner to Charles W. Ells, 1894.
Photograph #65 – Page 22, Item #2
Wedding invitation to the marriage of Bessie E. Miner and William H. Ellsworth, 1903.
Photograph #66 – Page 23, Item #1
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Georgie E. Miner to Clarence Ethen Steele, 1911.
Photograph #67 – Page 23, Item #2
Calling card of Julia Newcombe.
Photograph #68 – Page 23, Item #3
Calling card of Ella M. Baxter.
Photograph #69 – Page 24, Item #1
Obituary for Susan (Newcombe) Miner.
Photograph #70 – Page 24, Item #2
Obituary for Robert Duncan Porter.
Photograph #71 – Page 24, Item #3
Wedding article for Laura G. Kaizer and Robert Leroy Rogers, 1937.
Photograph #72 – Page 25, Item #1
Birth announcement for twins Chesley E. Perkins and Thomas B. Perkins, 1937.
Photograph #73 – Page 25, Item #2
Obituary for Nettie (Masters) (Layton) Weaver.
Photograph #74 – Page 25, Item #3
Obituary for Edgar William Sanford.
Photograph #75 – Page 25, Item #4
Obituary for Burnell Guilford Cox.
Photograph #76 – Page 25, Item #5
Obituary for Burnell Guilford Cox.
Photograph #77 – Page 25, Item #6
Obituary for Wilfred Loren Benjamin.
Photograph #78 – Page 26, Item #1
Obituary for William W. Caton.
Photograph #79 – Page 26, Item #2
Obituary of Bessie V. (Corkum) Barkhouse.
Photograph #80 – Page 26, Item #3
Article mentioning James Newcombe.
Photograph #81 – Page 26, Item #4
Reverse side of a small article about farm
Names mentioned: Mrs. Phillip Rafuse; Mrs. James Sanford; Miss Nell Crowe; Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hickman; Gordon Hickman; Miss Faye MacIsaac; Jeff McCormick; Mr. and Mrs. H. Gordon McCormick; Mrs. F. C. Gailliatt; Mrs. J. Frederick Fry; Mrs. Stephen Thorne; Mrs. Marilyn Fairn; Mrs. Emma Murray; Norman Chapman; Thomas F. Bartlett; Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Cunningham; Mrs. William Lamont and daughter Helen; Dr. Glendon C. McCormick and his mother, Mrs. Albert McCormick.
Photograph #82 – Page 27, Item #1
93rd Birthday Wishes for Mrs. Amos Baxter ( Mary Elizabeth Coleman).
Photograph #83 – Page 28, Item #1
Wedding invitation to the marriage of Martha C. West and George D. Holmes, 1904.
Photograph #84 – Page 28, Item #2
Wedding invitation to the marriage of Maria L. Comstock to Miner O. Davison, 1891.
Photograph #85 – Page 28, Item #3
Wedding announcements from 1876:
Edward Smith to Sarah Sanford;
Henry Rhodes to Eliza Sanford;
Joseph Rines to Rebecca Tomlinson;
Charles Worthen to Zulema Neary;
Daniel D. Cox to Anna Borden;
James Newcomb to Georgianna Miner.
Photograph #86 – Page 29, Item #1
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Gladys E. Newcombe to Frederick N. MacGowan, 1921.
Photograph #87 – Page 29, Item #2
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Mary E. Loomer to John Fisher, 1902.
Photograph #88 – Page 30, Item #1
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Hazel B. Gates to Raymond A. Garlick, 1919.
Photograph #89 – Page 30, Item #2
Wedding invitation to the marriage of Blanche J. Eaton to George R. Davison, 1916.
Photograph #90 – Page 31, Item #1
Invitation to the wedding of Willamena E. Gates to Joseph D. Johnson, 1916.
Photograph #91 – Page 31, Item #2
Wedding announcement of Clifford E. Smith and Minerva R. Gates, 1918.
Photograph #92 – Page 32, Item #1
Wedding announcement of the marriage of Marie L. Holmes and Edward M. Pearsons.
Photograph #93 – Page 33, Item #1
Obituary for Rev. Henry C. Quartermain.
Photograph #94 – Page 33, Item #2
Article on the estate of John Douglas Turner.
Photograph #95 – Page 33, Item #3
Letter regarding the purchase of a horse from D. H. Bigelow to Jairus Hart, 1882.
Photograph #96 – Page 34, Item #1
Wedding article of the marriage between Ina G. MacGowan and Chester Seymour.
Reverse side of Page 34, Item #1. Article regarding a fire at the home of Miss Alice Rand.
Photograph #97 – Page 34, Item #2
Article on H. H. Wickwire, M.P.P.
Photograph #98 – Page 35, Item #1
Letter to the editor regarding J. D. Irving and his son K. C. Irving.
Photograph #99 – Page 35, Item #2
Obituary for Alfred A. Bennett.
Photograph #100 – Page 36, Item #1
Obituary for Georgie (Miner) Newcombe.
Photograph #101 – Page 37, Item #1
Waverley House, Canning, Nova Scotia.
Photograph #102 – Page 37, Item #2
No identification.
Photograph #103 – Page 37, Item #3.
No identifcation.
Photograph #104 – Page 37, Item #4.
Christmas card from A. D. Payzant (I believe this is Alfred Doull Payzant).
Photograph #105 – Page 38, Item #1
Wedding invitation for the marriage of Georgie E. Miner to Clarence E. Steele, 1911.
Photograph #106 – Page 38, Item #2
Page 38, Items #2 and 3 are an article on the marriage of President Grants daughter, Nellie to Algernon Sartoris.
Photograph #107 – Page 38, Item #3
As noted above.