KIDSTON, Isabelle M.
1842 - Yes, date unknown-
Name KIDSTON, Isabelle M. Birth 1842 Baddeck, Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada 
Gender Female Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I5538 Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire Last Modified 24 Jun 2021
Father KIDSTON, William C., b. 11 Feb 1816, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 8 Sep 1882, Baddeck, Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 66 years) Mother MCDOUGALL, Margaret Ann Marriage 1836 Baddeck, Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Family ID F1441 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family IRISH, William Richard, b. 1837, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 13 Jun 1907, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States (Age 70 years) Marriage Abt 1860 Baddeck, Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Family ID F1932 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jul 2025
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Notes - "The Kidstons had a daughter. Belle. I suppose her name was Isabelle. And the old woman--Mrs. Duffus and then she was Mrs. Kidston -- invited my grandmother down for supper. And she went down. And Belle was quite the lady. After they had supper, Belle said to her mother to take Mrs. Jones into the parlour and she'd look after the dishes. So this happened. But they didn't hear any dishes being washed or anything, so Mrs. Kidston and my grandmother went out. Dishes were still on the table. Went in the kitchen, there was no Belle there. Went upstairs, and a ladder--she had eloped with a fellow by the name of Irish, William Irish. And he wasn't considered good enough for Belle. But the old girl had hysterics, and started, 'I might have known something was going to happen--Belle washed her stockings today.' So when we were kids, anything special, we'd always say, well, 'Belle had better wash her stockings."
Excerpt from Early History of Baddeck by Robert Elmsley
- "The Kidstons had a daughter. Belle. I suppose her name was Isabelle. And the old woman--Mrs. Duffus and then she was Mrs. Kidston -- invited my grandmother down for supper. And she went down. And Belle was quite the lady. After they had supper, Belle said to her mother to take Mrs. Jones into the parlour and she'd look after the dishes. So this happened. But they didn't hear any dishes being washed or anything, so Mrs. Kidston and my grandmother went out. Dishes were still on the table. Went in the kitchen, there was no Belle there. Went upstairs, and a ladder--she had eloped with a fellow by the name of Irish, William Irish. And he wasn't considered good enough for Belle. But the old girl had hysterics, and started, 'I might have known something was going to happen--Belle washed her stockings today.' So when we were kids, anything special, we'd always say, well, 'Belle had better wash her stockings."