Brief Life History of Margaret Esther
When Margaret Esther Nauffts was born on 21 March 1861, in Marie Joseph, St. Mary's, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Christopher John Nauffts, was 51 and her mother, Sarah Ann Walters, was 32. She married Abner Rudolph on 29 January 1881, in Liscomb, St. Mary's, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 31 October 1919, in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 58, and was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Margaret Nauffts in household of Christopher Nauffts, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Margaret E. Nauffts, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"
- Margaret E Rudolph, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"
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1869
Oldest Grave Seen in the Memorials List
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1909 · First Canadian Flight
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
Name Meaning
An extremely common given name from the Middle Ages onwards, derived via Old French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Greek Margarītēs, from margaron ‘pearl’, a word ultimately of Hebrew origin. The name was always understood to mean ‘pearl’ throughout the Middle Ages. The first St Margaret was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia during the persecution instigated by the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. However, there is some doubt about her name, as the same saint is venerated in the Orthodox Church as Marina . There were several other saintly bearers of the name, including St Margaret of Scotland ( d. 1093 ), wife of King Malcolm Canmore and daughter of Edmund Ironside of England. It was also the name of the wife of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou ( 1430–82 ), and of Margaret Tudor ( 1489–1541 ), sister of Henry VIII , who married James IV of Scotland and ruled as regent there after his death. See also Margery , Marjorie .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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