FLOWER - Person Sheet
FLOWER - Person Sheet
NameJames Albert Casswell 
Birth10 Jan 1858, St Elinors, Prince Edward Is, Canada
Death22 Feb 1921, Digby, Nova Scotia
BurialForest Hill Cem, Digby, Nova Scotia
FatherMajor Albert Casswell (1821-1904)
MotherMary Elizabeth Paine (1831-)
Spouses
ChildrenMarian (1888-1973)
Edith Jervis (1891-1980)
Myra Frances (1893-1986)
Rodney (1897-1897)
James Duvernet (1900-1955)
Notes for James Albert Casswell
In some notes supplied by Beverly George :-
CASSWELL - Suddenly at Digby, Nova Scotia on TuesdayFebruary 22nd, D r J A
Casswell, son of the late Major & Mrs Albert Casswell ofBelleville , Ont in his 64th year.
James graduated in medicine in 1883, a gold medalist, from Bishop's Medical
College (McGill University, Montreal). He practised in Brandon, Manitoba for 2 years, and spent about 34 years in Gagetown, New Brunswick . He left there in 1920.
Trudy Parker sent me the inscription from James' grave.
In loving memory of James A Casswell MD
born at St. Elinors P E I jan 10 1858, died at Digby Feb 221921
"He giveth his beloved sleep"
His beloved wife Mira Amelia 1869 - 1938 "Faithful inall things"
On the other face:-
Rodney infant son of Dr. J A & Mira A Casswell died at gagetown NB Aug 1897
Extracted from a Wiltshire Newspaper.
14 Sep 1887
At St. Paul Church, St. John, New Brunswick, By the rev.Canon De Veber,
assisted by the Mr. Reid, Curate, The marriage of James A.Casswell. M D. to
Maria, third daughter of H.J. DuVernet Mansfield, Gagetown. N.B. Canada
In the book Geography and History County of Digby ISBN0-919302 -50-5
by Isaiah W. Wilson 1893
Chapter about Temperence Societies , when and how they
got started....and on page 213 Star of Peace No 468
...........having nineteen original members, was
constituted at Rossway, November 22nd 1880,
by District Deputy Francis Hitchinson,
assisted by P.W.P. Albert Caswell of "Union" No 6 .
***
Rossway is on rte 17, between Digby and Petite Passage
just going down Digby Neck, past the top end of
St Mary's Bay. It was on a side road to the left
to the waters edge. Todays map shows it at the jct
with the Gullivers Cove Road., back in those days
there was a Rossway and a Upper Rossway. The last
one is no longer on the map.
P.W.P. is mentioned in the chapter for someone else-
and there its: Past Worthy Patriach.
Of all the Temperence Societys mentioned, for Digby
Yarmouth/ and other mainland ones , none have such
a low number as No 6.
I think he was a guest speaker at that meeting.
and as you will find out later, as a minister , he
was a minister of the day - mid 1800s
In an old issue of the Wiltshire Times was the followingentry.
10 jan 1858
At Bratton cottage, St. Eleanor's, Prince Edward Island, British North America. The wife of Albert Casswell esq.late of Trowbridge, a son and heir, on Wednesday last, amerry peal of bells was rung in his native town to announce the event.
CASSWELL - Suddenly at Digby, Nova Scotia on TuesdayFebruary 22nd, D r J A
Casswell, son of the late Major & Mrs Albert Casswell ofBelleville , Ont in his 64th year.
James graduated in medicine in 1883, a gold medalist, from Bishop's Medical
College (McGill University, Montreal). He practised in Brandon, Manitoba for 2 years, and spent about 34 years in Gagetown, New Brunswick . He left there in 1920.
Trudy Parker sent me the inscription from James' grave.
In loving memory of James A Casswell MD
born at St. Elinors P E I jan 10 1858, died at Digby Feb 221921
"He giveth his beloved sleep"
His beloved wife Mira Amelia 1869 - 1938 "Faithful inall things"
On the other face:-
Rodney infant son of Dr. J A & Mira A Casswell died at gagetown NB Aug 1897
Extracted from a Wiltshire Newspaper.
14 Sep 1887
At St. Paul Church, St. John, New Brunswick, By the rev.Canon De Veber,
assisted by the Mr. Reid, Curate, The marriage of James A.Casswell. M D. to
Maria, third daughter of H.J. DuVernet Mansfield, Gagetown. N.B. Canada
In the book Geography and History County of Digby ISBN0-919302 -50-5
by Isaiah W. Wilson 1893
Chapter about Temperence Societies , when and how they
got started....and on page 213 Star of Peace No 468
...........having nineteen original members, was
constituted at Rossway, November 22nd 1880,
by District Deputy Francis Hitchinson,
assisted by P.W.P. Albert Caswell of "Union" No 6 .
***
Rossway is on rte 17, between Digby and Petite Passage
just going down Digby Neck, past the top end of
St Mary's Bay. It was on a side road to the left
to the waters edge. Todays map shows it at the jct
with the Gullivers Cove Road., back in those days
there was a Rossway and a Upper Rossway. The last
one is no longer on the map.
P.W.P. is mentioned in the chapter for someone else-
and there its: Past Worthy Patriach.
Of all the Temperence Societys mentioned, for Digby
Yarmouth/ and other mainland ones , none have such
a low number as No 6.
I think he was a guest speaker at that meeting.
and as you will find out later, as a minister , he
was a minister of the day - mid 1800s
In an old issue of the Wiltshire Times was the followingentry.
10 jan 1858
At Bratton cottage, St. Eleanor's, Prince Edward Island, British North America. The wife of Albert Casswell esq.late of Trowbridge, a son and heir, on Wednesday last, amerry peal of bells was rung in his native town to announce the event.