ERIC KRAUSE

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ERIC KRAUSE GENEALOGY

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ERIC RICHARD KRAUSE
(January 26, 1943, Leamington, Ontario, Canada - )
and
LYNDA JEAN (RICHARDS b. RIMMER) KRAUSE
(June 18, 1946, Welland, Ontario, Canada - )


62 WOODILL STREET HISTORY

THE HOUSE AND PROPERTY WE WOULD PURCHASE IN 1977

1900

(1)

PLAN OF SYDNEY, C.B.

FROM LATEST SURVEYS AND OTHER SOURCES

SHOWING NEW BOUNDARY LINES and NEW STREETS

Copyright 1900 by ALBERT ALMON
PUBLISHED BY ALBERT ALMON ... D J MCLEOD

LANDS FOR SALE

CHURCHES & HALLS

REFERENCE

LIVERY STABLES

HOTELS PROPRIETORS DAY SITUATION

Plan of Sydney, Cape Breton Date: 1900 Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Map Collection: V7 240 Sydney, Nova Scotia

"Plan of Sydney, C. B. From Latest Surveys and Other Sources, showing new boundary lines and new streets. .... Albert Almon. "

 boundary lines and new streets. .... Albert Almon. "

https://archives.novascotia.ca/maps/archives/?ID=1265 

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1900 Plan of Sydney, C. B. From Latest Surveys and Other Sources, showing new boundary lines and new streets. Albert Almon. [PANS V7/240-1900] - (pcx)

 http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/050/documents_staticpost/cearref_8989/JWEL-12.pdf

http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/050/documents_staticpost/cearref_8989/JWEL-17.pdf

GIF

1900 Plan of Sydney, C. B. From Latest Surveys and Other Sources, showing new boundary lines and new streets. Albert Almon. [PANS V7/240-1900]

ftp://142.176.49.195/EIS/VOL1-09-AppendixG-N.pdf

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General Plan of Works, Dominion Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. Sydney, C. B. April 7, 1900. [Beaton Institute Plan # 115]

ftp://142.176.49.195/EIS/VOL1-09-AppendixG-N.pdf

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JUNE 22, 1900

62 Woodill Street (40 x 100 feet)


1901

  

"NORTH AMERICA
CAPE BRETON ISLAND
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SYDNEY
HARBOUR
SURVEYED BY CAPT.N H. W. BAYFIELD R.N.  F.A.S. 1849
Outer Portion surveyed by Staff Capt.n W. Tooker R.N.
Assisted by Mess.rs W.J. Bulman, G.B. Dodge and Lieut R. Salman R.N. 1901."

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"North America Cape Breton Island Sydney Harbour", surveyed by Captain H.W. Bayfield Date: 1849, with corrections to 1902 Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Map Collection: Great Britain Hydrographic Office, Chart No. 2042

https://archives.novascotia.ca/images/builtheritage/200804572.jpg


NOT DATED

[POST 1901]

[NO TITLE]

Sydney Date: Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Map Collection: V7 239 Sydney, Nova Scotia

https://archives.novascotia.ca/maps/archives/?ID=1618


POPULATED SYDNEY STREETS

WARDS (and Streets) IN 1902

1902

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WARD THREE

1902

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http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02015402_e.html

http://data6.collectionscanada.ca/exec/getSID.pl?f=
nmc/nmc001/n0018563&cat=sid&X110=&l=e&p=1&t=na03

H2/240/Sydney/1892[1902]

Source:

MACDONALD, W.A. McAlpine Publishing Company Limited   plan of the Town of Sydney published by McAlpine Publishing Co. Limited, Halifax, N.S. Compiled by W.A. MacDonald, Town Engineer.

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Maps & cartographic material. [Conditions of access Open]. Private. Item.
plan of the Town of Sydney published by McAlpine Publishing Co. Limited, Halifax, NS Compiled by WA MacDonald, Town Engineer. [cartographic material] ... The microfiche version is NMC18563 Copyright: Expired 1 map : Print ; 24 x 37 1/2

Found in: Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
Archives / Collections and Fonds

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/collectionsearch/Pages/collectionsearch.aspx?q=map+sydney+cape+breton+&num=10&start=200

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/collectionsearch/Pages/collectionsearch.aspx


1907 - 1908

Please Click On The Image To Enlarge It

McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08 (Halifax: McAlpine Publishing Company, 1908), City of Sydney: pp. 1211-1286, see p. 1246

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/directory/


1908

Partial Plan

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Partial Plan

H2/240/Sydney/1908

Source:

CAMPBELL, D. Mc D.                        Plan of the City of Sydney, N.S. D. Mc D. Campbell, City Engineer. July 25th/08.

Date: 1908

Plan of the City of Sydney, N.S. D. Mc D. Campbell, City Engineer. July 25th/08. [cartographic material]

Maps & cartographic material. [Conditions of access Open]. Private. Item.
Plan of the City of Sydney, NSD Mc D. Campbell, City Engineer. July 25th/08. [ cartographic material]. Shows Dom. Iron & Steel Co. works. The microfiche version

Found in: Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
Archives / Collections and Fonds
Local class no.: H2/240/Sydney/1908Box number: 2000208462

COMPLETE 1908 MAP

     

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/collectionsearch/Pages/collectionsearch.aspx?q=%20Plan%20of%20the%20City%20of%20Sydney%201908&

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/collectionsearch/Pages/collectionsearch.aspx


1909

AUGUST 5

ALEX A. MCDONALD (carpenter) AND MARY MCDONALD

61 WOODILL STREET

 

 

Son: Allan Donald McDonald, born August 5, 1909

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1910

   

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"SYDNEY" .... " PUBLISHED BY"... "COMPANY, LTD" ... "N.S." ...

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[Presently incomplete - future plans for a complete copy]

[McALPINE, Pub. Co. Ltd. Dominion Iron & Steel Co., Plan of the City of Sydney compiled and published by McAlpine Publishing Company, Ltd., Halifax, N.S., from latest surveys by City of Sydney, N.S., and Dominion Iron & Steel Co. , Ltd., 1910, Library and Archives of Canada, H1/240/Sydney/1910]

http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/050/documents_staticpost/cearref_8989/JWEL-12.pdf

http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/050/documents_staticpost/cearref_8989/JWEL-17.pdf

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NOVEMBER 21

ALEX A. MCDONALD (carpenter) AND MARY MCDONALD

61 WOODILL STREET

 

 

Son: John Roy McDonald, born November 21, 1910

Alex A. McDonald: born East Bay

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1911 CENSUS

WOODILL STREET NEIGHBOURS OF 62 WOODILL

30 Woodill
(East Side)
[There is no 30 Woodill Street in 2009]

? Woodill

? Woodill
 

16 Woodill
(East Side)

? Woodill

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34 Woodill
(East Side)

[Note: See Also 32 Woodill]

_________________

[8 Woodill]
(East Side)
[There is no 8 Woodill Street in 2009]

? Woodill

________________

59 Woodill  [167 Woodill]
(West Side)
(c. opposite 62 Woodill Street)

45 Woodill 
(West Side)

49 Woodill
(West Side)

76 Woodill
(East Side)
(Today the corner of Woodill Street and Cottage Road)

? Woodill

62 Woodill
(East Side)
 

48 Woodill
(East Side)

[44 Woodill] 
(East Side)

________________

[24 Woodill] 
(East Side)

[Note: In 1907-1908 24 Woodill Street is identified. Here was residing "Harshman, Mrs, h 24 Woodill" and "HARSHMAN CHARLES, manager H C Harrington, h 24 Woodill" - http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1234 - McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08 (Halifax: McAlpine Publishing Company, 1908), p. 1234]

[26 Woodill] 
(East Side)
[There is no 26 Woodill Street in 2009]

[Note: In 1907-1908 26 Woodill Street is identified. Here was residing "Peters R S, emp W U Telg Co, h 26 Woodill" - http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1267  - McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08 (Halifax: McAlpine Publishing Company, 1908), p. 1267]

[32 Woodill] 
(East Side)
[There is no 32 Woodill Street in 2009; 32 Woodill Street in 2021 is where 34 Woodill Street is in 2009 and here in 1911]

[Note: In 1907-1908 32 Woodill Street is identified. Here was residing "McDonald N L mgr Maritime Book & Music Co, h 32 Woodill" - http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1249 - McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08 (Halifax: McAlpine Publishing Company, 1908), p. 1249

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*Identifiable 1907-1911 Woodill Street Addresses on 2009 Woodill Street Property Assessment Plan

SOUTH

2009 Woodill Street Property Assessment List

George Street to Rockdale Avenue

Woodill St - (East Side) [Actually exists in 2009 as 6 Woodill Street]
6 Woodill St - (East Side) [Actually exists in 2009 as  *8 Woodill Street]
15 Woodill St - (West Side)
* 16 Woodill St - (East Side)
19 Woodill St - (West Side)
20 Woodill St - (East Side)
* 24 Woodill St - (East Side)
Woodill Street - (West Side)
25 Woodill St - (West Side)
[*26 Woodill Street is not identified on the 2009 property assessment record  - (East Side)]
28 Woodill St - (East Side) [Actually exists in 2009 as 28 Woodill Street and 30 Woodill Street: Perhaps *26 Woodill Street and * 32 Woodill Street]
31 Woodill St - (West Side)
[*32 Woodill Street is not identified on the 2009 property assessment record  - (East Side)]
* 34 Woodill St - (East Side)

Rockdale Avenue to Cottage Road


*44 Woodill St - (East Side)
* 45 Woodill St - (West Side)
* 48 Woodill St - (East Side)
* 49 Woodill St - (West Side)
52 Woodill St - (East Side)
58 Woodill Street - (East Side)
Woodill Street - (West Side)
* 59 Woodill St - (West Side)
* 62 Woodill St - (East Side)
69 Woodill St - (West Side)
70 Woodill St - (East Side)
* 76 Woodill St - (East Side)

NORTH

http://www.nsassessmentonline.ca/Main/Home.aspx

1911 CENSUS

District 40

Cape Breton South

Enumeration District 29 Sydney Ward 3
Enumeration District 30 Sydney Ward 5
Enumeration District 31 Sydney Ward 5
Enumeration District 32 Sydney Ward 5
Enumeration District 33 Sydney Ward 4
Enumeration District 34 Sydney Ward 1
Enumeration District 35 Sydney Ward 3
Enumeration District 36 Sydney Ward 2

District 40, Enumeration District 35, Ward 3, Page 41, 62Woodill Street

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/index-e.html

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Province/Territory: Nova Scotia
District Name: Cape Breton South
District Number: 40
Sub-district: Sydney
Sub-district Number: 35
Reference: RG31, Statistics Canada
Microfilm reel number: T-20357

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/Test3.jsp?did=40

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/EnumerationDistrict.jsp?sdid=4314 

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/001003-100.01-e.php

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/001003-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=7p35beolgt7bsgb5adpts4md83&q1=&q6=
sydney&q2=&q3=&q4=&q5=&q7=&q8=&interval=20

 http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/001003-119.01-e.php?sisn_id_nbr=20500&interval=20&PHPSESSID=7p35beolgt7bsgb5adpts4md83

- Alex A. McDonald - Head - Born, July 1881 - Age 29 - Carpenter - House Building
- Mary McDonald - Wife - Born, December 1884 - Age 26
- Allan D. McDonald - Son - 4 August, 1909 - Age 1
- John McDonald - Son - Nov ?, 1910 - Age 6/12

Line # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
                             
4  374 [377] 374 [377] McDonald Alex A  Woodill  St 62 M Head M July 1881 29  N.S      Scotch Canadian R. Catholic
5     McDonald Mary    62  Woodill St F Wife M Dec 1884 26  N.S      Scotch Canadian R. Catholic
6     McDonald Allan D  Woodill St 62 M Son S August 1909 1  N.S      Scotch Canadian R. Catholic
7     McDonald John  Woodill St M Son S Nov 1910 6/12  N.S      Scotch Canadian R. Catholic

 

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
                               
Carpenter 1-6-03 No Yes No House building 52 60     600          
None No                            
  No                            
  No                            

 

33 34 35 36
       
  Yes Yes E + G
  Yes Yes E
  No No E
  No No E

Column 18: 1 = Building Trades; 6=Employees, workers, operators, skilled workers  03=Carpenter

Column 36: E=English + G=? [No doubt Gaelic though this was to be spelt in full as such]

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=
71827&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/SplitView.jsp?id=71827

http://data6.collectionscanada.ca/exec/getSID072105.pl?f=
e079/e001967391&cat=1911a&dbk=1911&l=e&p=0&t=1911cen

1911 IMAGE:

1911 Canada Census - PDF File

http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e001967391.pdf

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/EnumerationDistrict.jsp?sdid=4320

1.      2.     3.    4.


1915

[The Sydney Record - September 16, 1915 - http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/NS-CAPE-BRETON/2008-11/1226205935-02 ]


1920

76 WOODILL ST

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1921 CENSUS

WOODILL STREET NEIGHBOURS OF 62 WOODILL

WARD 3

number of dwelling in order of visitation
number of family, household, or institution in order of visitation
name of each person whose place of abode was in the household
place of habitation
tenure and class of home (owned or rented, rent paid, class of house, house occupied by family)
sex
relationship of person enumerated to the head of household
marital status (single, married, widowed, divorced, or legally separated)
age at last birthday
country or place of birth (if Canada, specify province or territory)
country or place of birth for person’s father and mother
year of immigration to Canada, if an immigrant
year of naturalization, if formerly an alien
racial or tribal origin
nationality (country to which person owes allegiance)
can speak English
can speak French
religion
can read and write
months at school since September 1, 1920
chief occupation or trade
employment other than chief occupation or trade, if any
employer, employee, worker, or working on own account
principal product, where employed (e.g., ‘in drug store’, ‘on farm’, etc.), or nature of work
total earnings in past 12 months
currently out of work
number of weeks unemployed in past 12 months
number of weeks unemployed in past 12 months because of illness

Cape Breton South and Richmond, Sub-District 008 - Sydney, NS


1926

WOODILL STREET NEIGHBOURS OF 62 WOODILL STREET


1931

1931 CANADA CENSUS

62 WOODILL STREET

WARD 3

  

Province: Nova Scotia District name: Cape Breton South District number: 6 Sub-district name: Sydney (City) , No. 28 Sub-district number: 28Sub-district description: Ward 3, - PAGE 4

https://central2.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?id=e011545479&app=census1931&op=img

 

District name: Cape Breton South District number: 6 Sub-district name: Sydney (City) , No. 28 Sub-district number: 28 Sub-district description: Ward 3 - PAGE 5

https://central2.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?id=e011545480&app=census1931&op=img

 


1933

JANUARY 18

34 WOODILL STREET


1934

WOODILL STREET NEIGHBOURS OF 62 WOODILL STREET

1934

AUGUST

Arthur N. Wallace

Illustrated Plan of the City of Sydney, Nova Scotia

Beaton Institute - Map 216

https://beatoninstitute.com/illustrated-plan-of-city-of-sydney-nova-scotia  

https://novascotia.ca/archives/communityalbums/CapeBreton/archives.asp?ID=741&Language=


1936

WOODILL STREET NEIGHBOURS OF 62 WOODILL STREET


1941

JULY 26

34 WOODILL STREET

www.novascotiagenealogy.com

https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?
ImageFile=198-633&Event=death&ID=290787


1944

62 WOODILL STREET

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Sydney, County of Cape Breton, Province of Nova Scotia, on the southern side of Woodill Street, and more particularly bounded as follows:

BEGINNING on the southern side of Woodill Street at a point distant one hundred eighty (180) feet westerly from the intersection of the southern side of Woodill Street with the western side of Cottage Road, being also the northwest corner of a lot of land belonging to one Cooke;

THENCE southerly along Cooke's western line and at right angles with Woodill Street one hundred (100) feet;

THENCE westerly parallel with Woodill Street forty (40) feet;

THENCE at right angles northerly one hundred (100) feet to Woodill Street;

THENCE easterly along Woodill Street forty (40) feet to the place of beginning, and being part of Lots Nos. 11 and 10 in Block "A" of the subdivision of Rockdale, made by M. G. Henniger, C. E., dated June 22, 1900, a copy of which is filed in the Registry of Deeds at Sydney, Cape Breton, being the same lot of land deeded to the Grantor by her name previously to marriage of Margaret MacLeod, by Deed dated August 1, 1944, and recorded at the Registry of Deeds, Sydney, N. S. on September 16, 1944 in Book 411, Pages 629-631;

Registry Reference 796/827  

                                   1081/264

[Note of interest: M. G. Henniger, a Civil Engineer from Sydney, was also a Tennis player]


1952 - 1957

"CITY OF SYDNEY"

"INDEX OF STREETS"

City of Sydney Date: 1952 - 1957 Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Map Collection: V7 240 Sydney, Nova Scotia

https://archives.novascotia.ca/images/mapsV7/201402275.jpg


UNKNOWN DATE

62 Woodill Street


1974

JUNE 16

-PLAN-
SHOWING LANDS OF
EDGAR COX 62 WOODILL STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.
DATE' JUNE 16, 1974; SCALE: 1", 40'
SURVEY BY ' John S. Pope, N.S.L.S.

(Note "ONE COOKE" owns the property to the west)