Person:William Redden (5)

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  • M.  Elizabeth Schofield (add)
  1. William Redden1826 - 1897
Facts and Events
Name William Redden
Alt Name[4] William Redding
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 11 Jul 1826 Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage 9 Jun 1849 to Mary M. Coldwell
Reference Number 2112
Mary M. Coldwell
Occupation[3] shopkeeper
Death[6] 6 Apr 1897 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Religion[3] United Methodist

Family history also has it that William Redden saved an Indian reservation from certain demise by pulverizing sulfur into powder and blowing it through a rolled up funnel into the back of the throats of the Indians (I think they were "Mikmak"). This saved them from an outbreak of Diptheria.[2]

References
  1. John Harrold Redding, contributor, July 2000.
  2. 2.0 2.1 John Harrold Redding from information from his grandmother.
  3. 3.0 3.1 1871 census of Lower Horton Nova Scotia.
  4. Charles T. Caldwell, M.D. William Coaldwell, Caldwell or Coldwell of England, Massachusetts, Connecticut & Nova Scotia.
  5.   Copy of record of death for Levi Redden (Luanne Shaw).
  6. William Redden, in Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915.