Brief Life History of John
When John Dunlap was born in March 1798, in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, his father, Adam Johnson Dunlap, was 26 and his mother, Eleanor Archibald, was 21. He married Jane Cock on 1 December 1825, in Nova Scotia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1825. He died on 1 May 1842, in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 44, and was buried in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America.
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- John Dunlap, "Nova Scotia, Marriages, 1711-1909"
- John Dunlap in entry for Helen Dunlap, "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001"
- John Dunlap in entry for Anna Frost Dunlap, "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001"
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1820 · Cape Breton Island
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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Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place near Kilmarnock named Dunlop, from Gaelic dùn ‘fort’ + possibly lápach ‘muddy’. The traditional pronunciation places the stress on the second syllable, although nowadays it is usually placed on the first.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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