bissett

  • Sailor, Barber, Insurance Salesman

    One of the less bleak oral histories that has been told many times in my family is that of the truly unique New Brunswicker, Henry Havelock Bissett (1865-1941). His daughter, Rhea, was my great-grandmother, whom I met as a baby and toddler — one of the few people I have met who was born in…

  • Loyalists in the Family

    One of the aspects of my family history that is not as familiar for me is my New Brunswick heritage. We have a handful of stories in our family about it. My great-grandfather David Thomson was, of course, the man who made New Brunswick sing. My grandmother, David’s daughter Ruth, babysat that famous New Brunswicker, the…