Joel Alexander HUBLEY

1849 - 1925  (75 years)

• Name	Joel Alexander HUBLEY
  Birth	14 Oct 1849	Seabright, Halifax, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Mar 1925	Donkin, Cape Breton, NS   [1]
  Person ID	I97356	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2008

  
  

  Father	Isaac HUBLEY,   b. 2 Mar 1820, St. Margaret's Bay, NS d. 26 Mar 1916, Seabright, Halifax, NS (Age 96 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth COVEY,   b. 1819, Indian Harbour, Halifax, NS d. 18 Apr 1876, Seabright, Halifax, NS (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1840	French Village, Halifax, NS   [2]
  Family ID	F1670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Sarah TILLEY,   b. 28 Jan 1851, Old Perlican, Bay de Verde, NL d. 5 Dec 1889, Little Bay, NL (Age 38 years)
  Children	1. Ada Mary HUBLEY,   b. 29 Oct 1875, Roberts Arm, NL d. Yes, date unknown   2. Louisa Ernestina HUBLEY,   b. 28 Feb 1878, Roberts Arm, NL d. Yes, date unknown   3. Laura HUBLEY,   b. Feb 1879, Roberts Arm, NL d. 16 Jul 1968, Sydney, Cape Breton, NS (Age ~ 89 years)   4. Annie Maude HUBLEY,   b. 2 May 1881, Roberts Arm, NL d. Yes, date unknown   5. Minnie HUBLEY,   b. Aug 1884, Roberts Arm, NL d. Bef 1968, Proabably NS or NL (Age ~ 83 years)
  Family ID	F35750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He appears as Joseph HUBLEY in the 1911 Census of Cape Breton , where is birthplace is given as NS and his nationality is given as German. This almost certainly means that he is descended from Ulrich HUBLEY of Lunenburg, but everything else about him is a mystery. He does appear to be the Joel HUBLEY living at Little Bay, La Poile, NFLD in 1888 according to a reference from the Twillingate Sun newspaper [found on Ancestry.com]. According to his death record, his parents are Isaac HUBLEY and Mary Elizabeth COOK. If the info in his death record is correct when it comes to his age at death and his father being named Isaac, there are really only two Isaac's we know about who could be that Isaac--Isaac of Seabright, who m. Elizabeth COVEY, and Isaac of somewhere at SMB, who m. Mary Elizabeth STOREY. (Isaac 1831, whose history is known, can be ruled out). Also, we now know that the Mary Elizabeth COOK b. 04 Dec 1824 in Lunenburg County marries a WENTZELL and has a child in 1849, so that rules her out, and it looks like the “COOK” part of Joel Alexander's mother's name is open to question [As, I suppose is Isaac as his father's name, but what we have is what we have]. The earliest child we have for Isaac and Mary Elizabeth (STOREY) HUBLEY is Robert, b. 08 Dec 1849, who is followed by Albert, b. 23 Nov 1850. Assuming that's true, it would seem to rule out Mary Elizabeth STOREY as the mother as there is no room in the birth order. On the other hand, Elizabeth COVEY m. her Isaac HUBLEY in 1840 and there are only two known [at least to me] children between 1840 and 1851--Ebenezer b. 04 Feb 1844 and Louisa, whose age at death on 18 Mar 1873 is given as 23. So there is room in that birth order for Joel Alexander. I don't know, at the moment, when Isaac and Mary Elizabeth STOREY were married; but pending discovery of that, it looks like the only place Joel Alexander fits is with Isaac and Elizabeth (COVEY) HUBLEY. This is all a house of cards, and I would not be surprised if it is way off base; but since, for my purposes, he must be carried somewhere, it seems to be the best of a bad choice of place-holders for him given what we know at the moment. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1925, Book 80, page 265. [S9221] Parish Register, Parish of St. Margaret's Bay, Transcribed by Barry G. Hubley.