1.0Titus Familyhttp://titusfamily.caadminhttp://titusfamily.ca/index.php/author/darthurshal-ca/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oFCaWp80iy"><a href="http://titusfamily.ca/index.php/2008/12/28/brick-wall/">Over the Brick Wall to Bannockburn</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://titusfamily.ca/index.php/2008/12/28/brick-wall/embed/#?secret=oFCaWp80iy" width="600" height="338" title="“Over the Brick Wall to Bannockburn” — Titus Family" data-secret="oFCaWp80iy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(e,t){"use strict";var r=!1,s=!1;function a(){if(!s){s=!0;var e,r,a,n,o=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),c=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=t.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(r=0;r<i.length;r++)(n=(a=i[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(n=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),a.src+="#?secret="+n,a.setAttribute("data-secret",n)),(o||c)&&((e=a.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),a.parentNode.replaceChild(e,a)),a.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:n},"*")}}t.querySelector&&e.addEventListener&&(r=!0),e.wp=e.wp||{},!e.wp.receiveEmbedMessage&&(e.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(r){var s=r.data;if(!(!s||!(s.secret||s.message||s.value)||/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(s.secret))){var a,n,o,c,i,d=t.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+s.secret+'"]'),l=t.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+s.secret+'"]'),u=RegExp("^https?:$","i");for(a=0;a<l.length;a++)l[a].style.display="none";for(a=0;a<d.length;a++)if(n=d[a],r.source===n.contentWindow&&(n.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===s.message&&((o=parseInt(s.value,10))>1e3?o=1e3:200>~~o&&(o=200),n.height=o),"link"===s.message)){if(c=t.createElement("a"),i=t.createElement("a"),c.href=n.getAttribute("src"),i.href=s.value,!u.test(i.protocol))continue;i.host===c.host&&t.activeElement===n&&(e.top.location.href=s.value)}}},r&&(e.addEventListener("message",e.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),t.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",a,!1),e.addEventListener("load",a,!1)))}(window,document); </script> Up until recently, the genealogical record of my Arthurs family in New Brunswick has been relatively sparse, and all my attempts to trace the family back more than four generations have bounced me off the traditional brick wall. From the 1851 Canadian census records for Kings County, NB we know that Joseph Arthurs “entered the colony” in 1833 from Ireland. The Canadian 1851 census is the earliest complete population survey undertaken in New Brunswick. Consequently, information that predates 1851 is sketchy and difficult to come by. A publication of “Passengers to New Brunswick, The Custom House Records 1833,” edited by... Continue reading