Brief Life History of Nathanial Wright
When Nathanial Wright Boulter was born on 25 April 1833, in Bedeque, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, his father, Henry Oliver Boulter, was 39 and his mother, Maria Gard, was 36. He married Elizabeth MacWilliam on 2 September 1858, in Prince Edward Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Lot 8, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada for about 10 years and Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1901. He died on 12 January 1905, in Hamilton, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, at the age of 71, and was buried in Milburn, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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- Nathanel Boulter, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Nathanael Bolter, "Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888"
- Nathaniel Boulter, "Find A Grave Index"
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
occupational name for a bolter or sifter of flour, from Middle English bul(e)ter, bol(e)ter, boulter ‘flour sifter’ (Old French buleteor, of ancient Germanic origin).
perhaps also an occupational name for a maker of bolts or bars, from a Middle English word bolter(e) ‘maker of bars, bolts, or arrows’. Compare Bolt 1.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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