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Descendants of Solomon Thistle

Generation No. 1

1. SOLOMON¹ THISTLE was born 1821 in Channel Islands, and died January 10, 1901 in Mulley's Cove, Newfoundland. He married VIRTUE REBECCA NOFTAL December 31, 1852 in Blackhead, Methodist Parish Newfoundland.

Notes for SOLOMON THISTLE:

Notes for Solomon Thistle:
Solomon Thistle

Solomon Thistle was reported to be a stowaway on board a ship bound for St Johns Newfoundland .

His age is estimated at his time of immigration to be 12.

It is believed his family owned a Rope walk in the Guernsey Islands off the coast of England.

In a settlement of his family estate it was mentioned to his Grandson Nathaniel Thistle That he came from Guernsey Isles.

The Memoirs Of Mary Jane Thistle his granddaughter also confirms those facts as well.

Solomon Thistle arrived in St Johns as young boy about the age of 12 as a Stowaway . We know he found his way to Mulley's Cove a small fishing Village near Broad Cove in Conception Bay North. Whether Solomon had relatives there is unknown, but the village had many others living there with his surname Thistle. He met and married Virtue Rebecca Noftal of Broad Cove and raised his family in the small fishing village of Mulley's Cove. We know he was a sealer who worked in the spring making a living as many men did signing on board the fleet of schooners that worked the Ice field of Labrador . Solomon Thistle shows up in 1852 on a list of 29 men aboard the Schooner Eliza out of Carbonear.
That year was known as the Gale's of 1852 a total of 50 to 60 ships were trapped in the Pack Ice.
The Schooner Eliza was hopelessly trapped in the Ice she was 67 Tons and was Captained by William
Parsons and owned by Power & Cody of Carbonear she was a total loss. Solomon Thistle and 47 others was stranded on the North Shore of Wadhams and had to be rescued by the Government to get them home.
During the winter months Solomon made a living making Ropes for Sailing Ships.
Ships would be brought to a safe Harbour hauled out of the sea and the men would repair them for the next season.
The sons of Solomon Thistle were fisherman. As young men Josiah , Albert and and John all fished in Newfoundland. The fishing sloops were between 30 and 40 Tons. They would go to the fishing grounds off the coast of Labrador and the Banks in Newfoundland. This is confirmed by the fact that their name's are in the 1894 and 1898 McAlpines Directory as Fishermen of Mulley's Cove.
Solomon name also appears in the 1871 Lovell's Directory. There were other Solomons in Mulley's Cove . But they were either later dates or the other's were shown to be from other families. i.e.
Sol of Jon. Sol of Thom. etc. Our Solomon is shown as Sol of Sol.

Blackhead United Church Burial Records , show a Solomon Thistle of Mulley's Cove was buried in
United Church of England grave yard on 10 Jan. 1901 age 79. I believe this to our Solomon.
There were 3 other Solomons in Mulley's cove . Through burial records the other Solomon's they were either born after 1835 or before 1822. This burial record would have made this Solomon Thistle buried on 18 Jan. 1906 would be the only Solomon Thistle that would be of the nearest date to the birth of Solomon Thistle in our family memoirs.

More About SOLOMON THISTLE:
Burial: Blackhead Methodist Cemetery, Newfoundland

Notes for VIRTUE REBECCA NOFTAL:

Children of SOLOMON THISTLE and VIRTUE NOFTAL are:

2.	i.	MARY JANE² THISTLE, b. September 25, 1853, Mulley's Cove, Newfoundland; d. Abt. 1906, St. John's Newfoundland.
3.	ii.	ALBERT THISTLE, b. November 03, 1855, Mulley's Cove, Newfoundland.
4.	iii.	ROSANNE THISTLE, b. November 15, 1857; d. June 23, 1910, Adams Cove, Newfoundland.
5.	iv.	NATHANIEL LEGROW THISTLE, b. April 04, 1859.
6.	v.	JOHN SAMUEL THISTLE, b. June 10, 1863, Mulley's Cove, Newfoundland; d. 1921, Chelsea, Massachusetts.
	vi.	MARTHA EMMA THISTLE, b. September 07, 1865.

Notes for MARTHA EMMA THISTLE:
Martha Emma Thistle was on a fishing voyage and died at sea. She was a young girl and was cooking for the men. She was lost in a storm washed over board..It was common back then for younger family members to help the family out by going to sea. The memoirs of Mary Jane Thistle stated she had died at sea while on a fishing trip for the boy's as a cook , and was washed over board.

7.	vii.		JOSIAH THISTLE, b. January 25, 1869, Mulley's Cove, Newfoundland; d. Abt. 1921.
8.	viii.		RACHAEL REBECCA THISTLE, b. September 20, 1875, Mulley's Cove, Newfoundland.

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