Howard Webster’s Ancestors
Photos, Records, & Newsprint

Included here are the more interesting and relevant photos, records, and newspaper articles we came across when researching Howard’s ancestors.

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James Kitchin – Howard’s uncle – (1839-1916)
James Kitchin – Howard’s grandfather – (1818-1874)
James Kitchin – Howard’s g-g-grandfather – (born b.1780)
David Butler Webster – Howard’s father – (1841-1911)
Edward Webster – Howard’s grandfather – (1804-1888)

James Kitchin – 1839-1916 (Howard’s uncle)
James Kitchin (jr.) – Shipbuilder ca.1905 Back: Dr. J.S. Muray & Albert Munro. Front: Minnie & James Kitchin, & daughter Louisa (Source: “Wooden Ships of River John” )	James Kitchin Appointed: Fishery Overseer Privy Council Minutes, 4 Sep 1897 R.G. 2, Series 1, Volume 744 (Source: Library and Archives, Canada)
James Kitchin – 1818-1874 (Howard’s grandfather)
James & Eliza Kitchin Haliburton Cemetery, Haliburton Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Source: Find A Grave )	IN MEMORY OF JAMES KITCHIN WHO DIED AT PICTOU JANY 22, 1874 AGED 86 YEARS ELIZA HIS WIFE BORN AUG. 15^th 1818 PASSED AWAY APRIL 22^ND 1905 KITCHIN
James Kitchin (Howard’s g-g-grandfather?)
(Source: "A History of the County of Pictou" by Rev. George Patterson, 1877)	Per "The History of Pictou County", published in 1877, the author mentions a James Kitchin who for many years had a watchmaker’s shop in town. He was an Englishman and a Quaker (Society of Friends). The only watchmaker we know of in the Kitchin family was Howard Webster’s great-great-grandfather, born before 1780 (see the tree of Howard’s Kitchin ancestors).
Dr. David Butler Webster – 1841-1911 (Howard’s father)
Service Records Company K, 2 Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery 9 Dec 1863 – 3 Sep 1865 (Source: U.S. Civil War Records)	U.S. Naturalization Record 5 May, 1868 – pg. 1 (Source: Federal Naturalization Records)	U.S. Naturalization Record 5 May, 1868 – pg. 2 (Source: Federal Naturalization Records)
D.B. Webster - Dentist The Standard Buenos Aires - April 1, 1884	Passport Application Buenos Aires, June 27, 1907 (Source: U.S. Passport Applications)	U.S. Consul-General Death Report of a Citizen March 23, 1911
Obituary The Buenos Aires Herald 23 March, 1911	Obituary The Standard Buenos Aires - 23 March, 1911	Obituary The Dental Cosmos - 1911 Philadelphia
Boston Dental College: (mentioned in obits.) became a college in 1868; it was brought into being by the Massachusetts Dental Association. Its listing in the 1869 Dental Cosmos does not list any graduates, but 1871 & 1872 do – but no Webster appears in those lists. The 1870 issue was not available. We checked other years in the Internet Archive for any mention of Webster – no luck.	The following is an excerpt from: “A Short History of Modern Dentistry” by Edward M. Feinberg, D.M.D. (copied 10 Sep. 2019) Available on the web at: www.edwardfeinbergdmd.com/history-of-dentistry/ “Only 3 dental schools existed in the United States at the end of the civil war, and many dental practitioners (barbers, blacksmiths and apothecaries) were apprentice-trained itinerants. Some people sought dental care from their physicians “whose skills included simple extractions, lancing and bloodletting”. Others tried “self care” from periodicals like “The Family Physician and Guide to Health” (published in upstate NY in 1833). In the first half of the 19th century, transportation to established dental offices was often impossible or risky, and the exchange of information among dental practitioners was difficult.”
Edward Webster – 1804-1888 (Howard’s grandfather)
Edward Webster Belyea’s Cove Cemetery Belyea’s Cove, Queens County New Brunswick, Canada (Source: Find A Grave )	GONE HOME In memory of EDWARD WEBSTER died 17th Dec., 1888. Aged 84 years. ——o—— (Revelations 14:13)