Owners/Occupants 1844-1873
Dalton, Margaret. Born 1797. Died May 24, 1855. Buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, St. Mary's Bay. The deed for the property lists her as being of St. John's and a widow at that time (June 5, 1844.) Dalton is therefor her married name. It is likely that she had been married to an officer at Fort Townshend, and had possible been a widow for many years.
Sometime after this she married Garrett Curtis. Presumably they had no children.
The family gravestone gives the dates of birth and death. However, according to the index of births and marriages in the Royal Gazette 1863-1873, she died at Salmonier June 10th, 1864. Either way, she was 58.
See the Curtis family for more information.
[unknown-- mother of Margaret Dalton]According to the notes on the deeds, Margaret's mother conveyed the deed to Garrett Curtis, and may have inherited it from her daughter.
Dalton, Garrett.Garrett must be related to Margaret's late husband, based on the name. Possibly he was their son? Garrett Curtis conveyed the property to him in 1873, and he promptly sold it to the Smiths.
Source Transcriptions
Royal Gazette 1863-73 has:
Curtis; Margaret: 58. wife of GARRETT CURTIS. Died at Salmonier the 10th (21 June) 1864
Possible Sources
http://daltondata.0pi.com/missingdaltons.html lists: 7. 26 September 1846. Of Michael Dalton of Coolcormac Parish near Dungarvan, County Waterford. He left Halifax 7 years ago, circa 1839; last in Irvine County, Georgia. Respond to his brother Garrett Dalton c/o James Donahoe, Stationer, Halifax, Nova Scotia. http://home.cogeco.ca/~nfldroots/hg1890.htm Ferryland Voting List - 1840 lists Dalton Garrett Freshwater 1840 Ferryland Marriage and Deaths listings from The Harbour Grace Standard and Conception Bay Advertiser 1890-19-Sep: At Tilt Cove, on August 2nd, her thirteenth birthday, Margaret Mary, beloved daughter of Garrett DALTON. ----- http://daltondata.0pi.com/canada.html DAULTON, MARY pg. 528 baptized Jul 19 1834 of GARRETT DAULTON & MARGARET GLEESON. Sp. Michael Mulloy & S---augh Dooly. Mary Elizabeth, 1882-7-24, 42 b. Jul 19 1882 to Garrett DALTON & Catherine BROTHERS, Prescott St. Sp. William DALTON & Katie BOGGAN.