8.  William Francis Dobson, born 26 Jul 1884 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 26 Jun 1958 in Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia.  He was the son of 17. Esther Elizabeth Dobson.  He married 9. Bessie Mabel Armsworthy 23 Oct 1907 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

      9.  Bessie Mabel Armsworthy, born 18 Mar 1891 in Phillip's Harbour, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 2 Nov 1965.  She was the daughter of 18. John James Armsworthy and 19. Alma Mahala Carter.

Children of William Dobson and Bessie Armsworthy are:

                      i.   Mildred Elizabeth Dobson, born 31 Mar 1908 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 25 Jul 2001 in Eastern Memorial Hospital, Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married (1) Robert Edward Fogarty 3 Mar 1930 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; born 15 Sep 1907 in Fox Island, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died Bet. 1945 - 1949.

        4          ii.   Roy Thomas Dobson, born 31 Mar 1910 in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 9 Aug 1956 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Agatha Nancy O'Leary in Star of the Sea, Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

                   iii.   Blanche Flora Dobson, born 25 Nov 1911 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 4 Oct 1995 in Guysborough Memorial Hospital, Guysborough, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Murray Alfred Jamieson 24 Dec 1938 in Baptist Parsonage, Phillip's Harbour, Guysborough County NS; born 29 Jan 1914 in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 30 Nov 1997 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

                   iv.   Robert Laird Borden Dobson, born 3 May 1913 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 3 Nov 1965 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Verena Sylvia George in All Saints Rectory, Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; born in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

                     v.   May Helena Dobson, born in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married (1) Frank Henderson; married (2) George W. Wilson in First Baptist Church, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia.

                   vi.   Lexie Winnifred Dobson, born 29 Oct 1915 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 26 Nov 2003 in Etobicoke, Ontario; married C. Douglas Cameron Sep 1968 in Morningside Presbyterian Church, Etobicoke, Ontario; died 1986.

                  vii.   Donald Wesley Dobson, born 28 Aug 1918 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 27 Dec 1990 in Halifax, Nova Scotia; married Helen Edwina Hirschfeld in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

                 viii.   B. Amy Victoria Dobson, born 20 Oct 1920 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 19 Jan 1921.

                   ix.   Thelma Delores Dobson, born in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Ernest Davidson in Kamloops, British Columbia; born in Revelstoke, British Columbia.

                     x.   Helen Margaret Dobson, born 28 Apr 1924 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 5 Apr 2002 in Evergreen Home for Special Care, Kentville, Nova Scotia; married Charles Davis.

                   xi.   Basil Sherman Dobson, born in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Lois Verne Whitman Bent in Halifax, Nova Scotia; born 28 Mar 1931 in Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; died 12 Feb 1998 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

                  xii.   Shirley Elaine Dobson, born 23 Sep 1927 in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 2 Oct 1927.

                 xiii.   boy Dobson, born 6 Dec 1928; died 6 Dec 1928.

                 xiv.   William Francis Dobson, born in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Florence Mayola Dame.

                  xv.   Edrie Jean Dobson, born in Half Island Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Peter Mosher.

      10.  Alphonso Levi O'Leary, born 21 Dec 1892 in Crow Harbour, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 30 Jan 1956 in Cole Harbour Barrens, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.  He was the son of 20. John O'Leary and 21. Anastasia Fitzgerald.  He married 11. Gertrude Eldora Richard Bef. 1914.

      11.  Gertrude Eldora Richard, born 11 Sep 1894 in Charlos Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 14 Jul 1977 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.  She was the daughter of 22. Michael Richard and 23. Ann Meagher.

Children of Alphonso O'Leary and Gertrude Richard are:

        5           i.   Agatha Nancy O'Leary, born in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married (1) Roy Thomas Dobson in Star of the Sea, Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married (2) Harry Ellsworth Feltmate.

                    ii.   Mary Ann O'Leary, born in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married (1) Russell Casey; married (2) Erskine Power.

                   iii.   Thomas Valentine O'Leary, born 14 Dec 1917 in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 1997; married Viola Jamieson.

                   iv.   Leo Robert O'Leary, born 21 Feb 1918 in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 7 Jun 1937 in Livingston's Cove, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.

                     v.   Alice Elvena O'Leary, born 15 Feb 1920 in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 19 Jul 1926.

                   vi.   Ruby Catherine O'Leary, born in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Lawrence Frank Carter.

                  vii.   Helen Dorothy O'Leary, born in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married (1) Robert Turnbull; married (2) William Brown.

                 viii.   Augustina Eldora O'Leary, born in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Malcolm Eugene Fancey.

                   ix.   Florence Marie O'Leary, born in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married (2) Percy S. George in Upper White Head, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; born 16 Apr 1923; died Bef. 11 May 2004.

                     x.   Osborne Patrick O'Leary, in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Winnifred Gertrude Cluny in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

                   xi.   Minnie Veronica O'Leary, born in Queensport, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Joseph Doiron; born in Pomquet, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.

      12.  James Rupert Swaine, born 18 Jun 1849 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 30 Dec 1941 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.  He was the son of 24. John Meter Swaine and 25. Eunice Kirby.  He married 13. Eunice Jane Talbot 25 Dec 1888 in Strait of Canso, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.

      13.  Eunice Jane Talbot, born 30 Oct 1865 in Strait of Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 1955 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.  She was the daughter of 26. Caleb Moses Talbot and 27. Charity Kinney.

Children of James Swaine and Eunice Talbot are:

                      i.   Cora Lee Swaine, born 12 Oct 1889 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died Abt. 1970 in London, Ontario; married Charles Cavanaugh 12 Jan 1916 in Baptist Church, Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; born 29 Apr 1886.

                    ii.   Pte. John William Swaine, born 19 Aug 1891 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 28 Jun 1917 in Ontario Trench, France.

        6         iii.   Walter Lewis Swaine, born 21 Aug 1892 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 23 Feb 1984 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Mary Catherine Spears 19 Nov 1914 in Baptist Parsonage, Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

                   iv.   Clarence Rupert Swaine, born 11 Mar 1894 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 12 Mar 1989 in Viking, Alberta; married Beatrice; died Bef. 1973.

                     v.   Wilfred Laurier Swaine, born 13 Apr 1897 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 1 Feb 1987 in Richmond Hill, Ontario; married Evelyn Burns 9 Nov 1929 in Baptist Church, Antigonish, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia; born Jul 1901.

                   vi.   Mildred Faustina Swaine, born 29 Apr 1899 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died Abt. 1934 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Joseph Dort; died Bef. 1994.

                  vii.   Annie Laura Swaine, born 13 Mar 1901 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 24 Nov 1993 in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.

                 viii.   Ida May Swaine, born 29 Apr 1904 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 1 Sep 1921 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

                   ix.   Huntley Ross Swaine, born 12 Apr 1906 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 7 Jun 1935 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Mabel Estella Bennett Jun 1931 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; born 1910; died 1972.

                     x.   Marion Alexandra Swaine, born 10 Oct 1907 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 14 Jul 1908 in Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

      14.  George Vogler Spears, born 29 Jun 1841 in Upper White Head, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died Bet. 18 Apr 1918 - 1919.  He was the son of 28. Robert Spears and 29. Catherine Elizabeth Vogler.  He married 15. Frances Jane Ryter 11 Apr 1893 in White Head, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

      15.  Frances Jane Ryter, born 26 Dec 1863 in Halfway Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 23 Apr 1945 in Back Mines near Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia.  She was the daughter of 30. Valentine Ryder and 31. Ann Henline.

Children of George Spears and Frances Ryter are:

                      i.   Harriet Beatrice Spears, born 21 Apr 1889; died 1985 in Sydney, Nova Scotia; married Ralph Williams Bef. 1916.

                    ii.   Lloyd Spears, born 17 Feb 1892 in Upper White Head, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 1982; married Mabel Somers; born in of Prince Edward Island.

                   iii.   Henry Ward Beecher Spears, born 27 Aug 1893 in Whitehaven, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 11 Apr 1973; married Effy Casey.

        7         iv.   Mary Catherine Spears, born 7 Jan 1895 in Whitehead River, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 11 May 1937 in St. Martha's Hospital, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; married Walter Lewis Swaine 19 Nov 1914 in Baptist Parsonage, Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

                     v.   William Clifford Spears, born 17 Jun 1897 in Whitehead River, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 7 Aug 1945 in Port Felix, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; married Elizabeth Blanche Casey; born 1908 in Charlos Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 13 Jul 1992 in St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

                   vi.   John Francis Spears, born 21 May 1899 in White Head, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 21 May 1978; married Louise Alice Hefferman 31 Oct 1923; born 1903; died 27 Dec 1963 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.

                  vii.   Clara Eveline Spears, born 31 Aug 1903 in White Head, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died Feb 2001 in Timmins, Ontario; married Harold Hensby; born 1904; died Deceased.

                 viii.   Harold Elmo Spears, born 17 Feb 1907 in White Head, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died 15 Oct 1960 in Timmins, Ontario; married Jean Marie Meunier 11 Mar 1936 in Timmins, Ontario; died 10 Jan 2001.

                   ix.   Courtney Eustace Spears, born 29 May 1910 in White Head, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia; died Aug 1988 in Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow, Pictou County, Nova Scotia; married (1) Evelyn Lowe; married (2) Elizabeth MacLeod.

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