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- In the 1838 census she is listed as female 6-14 living with her mother Rebecca Berry and infant sister Mary.
In the 1871 census she is listed as 'COONILUS, Matilda', but this is a transcription error. It should be 'COOMBES'. She was living with her mother, Rebecca Coombes who had married Jamees Coombes in 1858..
In the 1881 census, lists her ethnic origin as 'Irish', her religion as C. Presbyterian. 52 years old. Living with Malinda CARTER, a widow, African, 80 years old, a Baptist.
District 18 Sub-district C, Division 1, Household Number 72.
In the 1911 census, she is living as one of many boarders in the home of Alice Flemming, Windsor. It states on this census that her birthplace was Cumberland so Rebecca must have had her before moving to Windsor.
Matilda never married. She was listed as a 'cane worker' on her death record. Place of birth (Newport) is according to her death record.
Since we don't really know who Matilda's father was, could it be that this is the missing link in the 'Mi'qmak' stories? Maybe Matilda's father was native. Matilda was listed as a 'cane worker' on her death record. This may also point to a native background.
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1828 - 1911 (83 years)
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