I believe that I have not done a comprehensive look at my wife’s Rynault ThruLines. Here is what my wife’s late mother shows:
This turns out to be a huge amount of matches. One problem is the spelling of the name. I see:
- Rynault
- Rheinhold
- Rhynold
- Rinold
Reynold was also a popular variation. They all seem fairly similar in sound. Joan has 46 matches to Rynault not on her own line. My wife wants to know how many matches she has:
Much less than 46 matches.
A Rheinhold DNA/Genealogy Tree
I do not believe that I have created one yet. I’ll start with my later mother-in-law:
This brings Joan back to her mother’s mother’s mother’s side.
The Casper John Rhynhold 1814 Line
Joan shows 7 matches here. If the father was Frederick Capar (or Casper) Rhynold, it would make sense that he would have a son named Casper.
I’ll start with a match named Leenie:
Her paternal side goes back to a Rhynold from Guysborough which is encouraging. I can add her as a floating tree to my tree and then connect her once it makes sense. Here are Leenie’s grandparents in Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia in 1921:
Here is the path that Ancestry wants me to investigate:
Here is Cora and family in 1901 living in Canso West. Her dad is a Methodist fisherman.
By 1911, it appears that the father had remarried:
However, this marriage for Alonzo is in 1914:
The marriage appears to have taken place in St. John, New Brunwick. This appears to imply that Maude Verge was Alonzo’s third wife?
Due to the confusion, I need to check the hints for Maude Smith. I have this:
This has to be the right Blanche. Here is Blanche in 1891. Her father is a Methodist fisherman:
Her mother is Ester. Here is the 1881 Census:
They seem to be having trouble with the name Esther – here transcribed as Easter. Esther is a Baptist and her husband appears to be a type of Methodist.
The best reference I could find for Esther was in this tree:
This person apparently has a book from 1950 with some important information:
I guess this will have to do for now.
Casper Rhinold
Here is Casper recorded as Reynold:
Fortunately, there is a transcription as the writing is a bit scrawley. Here is Half Island Cove:
Here is a deed which is supposed to explain things:
This is from 1817, so the must be the grandfather of Caspar selling his 300 acres to his son Frederick. This is quite interesting. Apparently Caspar was a military man who was granted 300 acres of land in Nova Scotia. It is unclear to me whether the elder Caspar ever lived on this land. This means that the elder Caspar died likely before 1817 or about 1816 as the above document refers to the Estate of ‘Gasper’ deceased. Casper’s children appear to be:
- Elizabeth Rheinhold Uloth
- John Reinhold
- Ann Rheinhold Harrigan
- Mary Rheinhold Tanner
- Frederick Rheinhold
Here is Peas Brook which is probably the same place mentioned in the land deed:
Here is an entry someone shared at Ancestry:
These troops were mainly Germans hired by the British.
Rheinhold DNA/Genealogy Tree
I am fairly sure the ThruLine is correct, so I will add Leenie to the tree:
Having said that, I see that Caspar is quite a bit older than my wife’s ancestor George and there is 14 years between them. Is it possible that Caspar could be from a brother of Frederick? For now, I am going with the way it is above, as that is the information I have, presumably from the book on Guysborough families.
I see I got this one wrong:
Leenie is shown as the ThruLines as a 4th cousin once removed so that is a way of checking my DNA/Genealogy Tree.
Joan and Lorraine
Assuming that I got Esther right, it should be easy to add Lorraine to my tree. However, there is something I would like to look at before I consider this Line.
Joan’s ThruLines for George Tanner Rhynold
It makes sense to start with the more recent generation:
Here are the DNA matches with the descendents of the eldest proposed son of George Tanner Rhynold:
This appears to be George and family in 1871:
Lydia must be George’s mother. He marries and Irish woman which could explain the change to Catholic. It turns out that this Census is quite a find as it shows the implied relationships in this family.
However, the ThruLines show two different James in this family:
A 15 year old James in the 1871 would have been born in 1856 which is inbetween the two James. I am having trouble lining up the ThruLines with the Census.
Joan and Booklady
One person who seems to line up with the 1871 Census is Booklady:
Mary and John are both in 1871 Census for Crow Harbour:
This is likely Queensport today:
Booklady’s tree shows her paternal side only:
Another tree at Ancestry links Booklady’s father to the maternal side:
In 1921, Eunice is living in North Canso with her fisherman father and family:
The family is listed as Roman Catholic.
This Ancestry tree has John’s wife as a Snider:
However, the reference has a different surname:
The same tree shows that Mary’s son Clarence was from a first husband:
However, I believe that there is a mistake in the above tree. It has John Henry Rhyold born in 1886. I believe that he was born earlier. The 1921 Census has him being 53 years old which would have him born about 1868.
This tree has John Henry Rhinold as the son of different parents:
They also reference the 1871 Census:
This tells me that there were two John Rhynolds born about the same time, making researh difficult. Here is Molasses Harbour:
Based on DNA matching and the geography, my guess is that the above tree is incorrect for Booklady’s genealogy.
Doing the Geography Check
One reference has Eunice Rhynold born in Little Dover, but I could find no reference to back that up:
In 1921, the family was living in North Canso. In 1931, the family was living in the Town of Canso where John H was a janitor at the public school.
The question is, is the John who was the father of Eunice from Queensport or from Port Felix?
Perhaps the answer is not clear. If Eunice was born in Little Dover, then perhaps this is about the same distance by water to Fort Felix as Queensport is. If she was born in Canso, then Queensport would be closer and a straighter shot by water.
Clues from the DNA?
If Booklady descends from George Rhynold, that would make her and Joan 2nd cousins once removed. According to Ancestry, there is a greater likelihood that she would be a 3rd cousin once removed compared to a 2nd cousin once removed:
Shared DNA Matches Between Joan and Booklady
Jennis is a shared match:
However, Jennis has a much larger match with Booklady compared to her match with Joan. Here is the proposed connection:
However, the Grant Tree from Ancestry, which I looked at above has this connection:
I also do not see Johanna in the 1881 Census for George Tanner at Crow Harbour:
It appears that ThruLines for George Tanner Rhynold are a bit misleading in this situation:
John may be right and one of the James may be right.
Joan and Erin
Joan and Erin have a similar shared DNA match:
Ancestry is saying that chances are Erin is more closely related to Booklady than Joan. Erin’s tree goes out to a William Aubrey from Gloucester, Massachusetts:
My guess is that he was another son of Joanna Rhynold.
I was trying to set out to prove that Eunice descends from George Tanner, but that does not seem to be the case from the DNA.
Chelsea and Joan
Chelsea’s match with Joan follows the same line of reasoning:
Chelsea must be Erin’s sister:
Back to Eunice
Here is William Rhynold in 1891:
John must be born about 1886, not 1868 as the ThruLines have. Here is William Rhynold in 1881:
It seems like the couple had two families. The 1881 family moves out of the house by 1891, and there is a new family. However, in 1891 there were Claude, Alfred and George. Where were they in 1881? Who thought that this would be so difficult?
Joan and Gordon
Joan and Gordon have a healthy DNA match of 100 cM. Here is Gordon’s tree:
Gordon shows his line going back to George Tanner Rhynold. I will look at the evidence. According to Mabel Rhynold’s obituary, she was born in Fox Island:
The obituary is also helpful in that it gives her parents’ names:
Here is Mabel in 1921 at Fox Island with her parents:
If the 1871 Census was correct, father James Rhynold was a mason and a Baptist. He perhaps converted when he married and became a fisherman. This appears to be a marriage reference:
Next, it the connection between James and George Tanner Rhynold. The best reference for that has to be the 1871 Census for Crow Harbour
Next, I add in George Tanner Rhynold and Mary Sandwich to connect this line to my Ancestry Tree:
When I add Gordon to the Rhynold DNA/Genealogy Tree, it looks like this:
Summary and Conclusions
- My late mother-in-law Joan has many DNA connections to the Rhynold Family of Canso, Nova Scotia
- This was a large family and it is difficult to find records for some of the early families.
- There is confusion as to the different James Rhynolds
- It would be helpful perhaps, to look at the book about Guysborough families at a genealogical library to try to straighten out the relationships.
- It is interesting to learn a little about the history of one of my wife’s German ancestors who fought for the British as a mercenary and received land in Nova Scotia for his service.