When William Earnest Dukeshire was christened on 15 April 1792, in Granville Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Georg Josef Tuchscherer, was 33 and his mother, Mary White, was 30. He had at least 3 sons and 6 daughters with Margaret Watt. He died from 1861 to 1871, in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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In 1820, Cape Breton Island rejoined Nova Scotia. It is located on the Northeastern part of Nova Scotia. Until then it had been owned by the French until 1763. Than was in British control and a separate colony in 1784.
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In 1848, Nova Scotia became the first self-governing colony in the British Empire.
Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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