Joseph Anstey

1896 - 1954  (57 years)

• Name	Joseph Anstey
  Birth	14 May 1896	Little Bay Islands, Nfld.   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1954
  Person ID	I91	Rowsell-Anstey
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Henry Charles Anstey,   b. 23 Jun 1866, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. d. 6 Apr 1936, Pilley's Island, Nfld. (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Alice Taylor,   b. 1 Mar 1868, Burnt Head, Cupids, Nfld. d. 29 Jul 1941, Corner Brook, Nfld. (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1889	Boot Harbour, Nfld.   [2]
  	Married By Rev. H. Hatcher At Boot Hr, METH. WIT: Martha Wiseman, George Jones.
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alternate DOB May 1896 Bachelor Date of birth not certain. One source says 1904 (and age 50 at death). Another says 1854 which would make him 60 at death. The Birthday book says 1896. 1896 is the birthdate given in Civil Birth Registrations for N.D.B. 1895-1897. The diary of Arthur William Rowsell for 1917 contains what appears to be a military address for Joseph Anstey in London England indicating he had joined up (or been conscripted) into service for WWI. A letter from his sister Blanche to Blanche's son, Reginald, dated July 19, 1936 Corner Brook: "Uncle Joe will be leaving Boston next Sunday for home. He wrote us to see him going along so it won't be long before he will be back with Grandma. I feel it a new [?] responsibility but some one has to care for her. From Diary of Reginald Rowsell, dated August 31, 1935: "When we arrived we found that Uncle Joe, mother's brother, had come to visit us. He is a naturalized American citizen. This is the first time he has been to Newfoundland in ten years."

  
  

• Sources

  [S85] Civil Birth Registrations for Notre Dame Bay, 1895-1897. [S35] Amalie Tuffin.