Louisa Wareham

1880 - 1967  (87 years)

• Name	Louisa Wareham
  Born	1880	Shoe Cove, Newfoundland
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Oct 1967	Brantford, Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Louise Purchase headstone Plot: Section LE
  Notes	From Grandson in 2021: Henry Spencer Purchase (b: Twillingate @ 1880) left Twillingate at age of about 17 to become a miner. He mined in PIlleys Island then went to the copper mines in Tilt Cove. It is here I believe he met Louisa Wareham of Shoe Cove. In about 1903/4 they migrated to the coal mines in Sydney, NS. On December 20, 1905 they were married, there's a marriage registry doc signed by each. Louisa, age 21, lists place of birth as Shoe Cove, father and mother as James and Ellen Wareham. Father was a fisherman. Henry and Louisa had 4 boys between 1905 and 1910, James, John, William Gordon, my dad, and Henry Augustus. John died as child. On Jan 3, 1911, Henry Spencer Purchase was killed in a mine explosion and Louisa had to carry on with no job or money and 3 boys under the age 7. She took in laundry, boarders, what ever it took. James went to the mines at age of 8 to help out. In 1915 Louisa had a child out of wedlock, Charles. Rumor was that he was the product of a boarder, a Baptist minister. No one really knows for sure. In any event she was able to raise all four boys in the turbulent teens and 20's in Cape Breton mining town of Florence. Sons William and Henry migrated to Toronto in about 1936 and Charles and Louisa followed in 1938. Charles never left her side until she died in 1967 in Brantford Ontario. He was found dead 12 days later. Louisa was the most enigmatic person I ever came across. She basically never spoke of anything substantial. Charles was in fact her spokesperson.
  Person ID	I1297	West & Park Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	James Wareham,   b. 1855, Keels, Newfoundland ,   d. 5 Mar 1917, St. John's, Newfoundland  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Ellen Power,   d. Bef 1889
  Married	12 Sep 1878	Shoe Cove, Newfoundland   [1]
  	Sep 12 1878 Shoe Cove Bight NDB James WEARN (WAREHAM*)bach, 25, Keels Cove, Bonavista Bay Ellen POWER spin, 29, Shoe Cove Bight witness Elias Budgell, George Fricker, Elizabeth Foster, Emily Newbury
  Documents		James Wareham and Ellen Power marriage
  Family ID	F363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Charles Edward Purchase,   b. 8 Aug 1916, Florence, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 7 Nov 1967, Brantford, Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2022
  Family ID	F1569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Henry Spencer Purchase,   b. 1880, Twillingate, Newfoundland ,   d. 3 Jan 1911, Florence, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 31 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1905	Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Children	1. James Purchase,   b. 1906, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. Dec 1989, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 83 years)   2. John Purchase,   b. Abt 1907, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. Abt 1907, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 0 years)   3. William Gordon Purchase,   b. 3 Aug 1908, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 29 Oct 1990, Brantford, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   4. Henry Augustus Purchase,   b. 30 Jan 1910, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 2 May 1945, Holland  (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F1253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1880 - Shoe Cove, Newfoundland Married - 20 Nov 1905 - Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Died - 26 Oct 1967 - Brantford, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Louisa Wareham Purchase Source: Ancestry.ca

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Website, 30 Jan 2022. Sep 12 1878 Shoe Cove Bight NDB James WEARN (WAREHAM*)bach, 25, Keels Cove, Bonavista Bay Ellen POWER spin, 29, Shoe Cove Bight witness Elias Budgell, George Fricker, Elizabeth Foster, Emily Newbury Methodist Marriages, Nippers Harbour to Pacquet Circuit. Found transcribed record on Newfoundland Grand Banks website: http://ngb.chebucto.org/Parish/nip-hbr-mar-tw.shtml