Brief Life History of Sarah Olive
When Sarah Olive Palmeter was born on 23 January 1773, in Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia, British North America, her father, Nathan Palmeter, was 23 and her mother, Susanna Sanford, was 18. She married John Simeon Ward about 1826, in Mabou Harbour Mouth, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 20 August 1861, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 88.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Olivie Palmeter - Government record: birth-name: Olivie Palmeter
- Parmenter in entry for Colin C. Ward, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
- Sarah Palmetter, "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.
1823
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1848 · Self-Governing
In 1848, Nova Scotia became the first self-governing colony in the British Empire.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Parmenter or Parmeter , and possibly also of their French (and Walloon and Flemish) cognate Parmentier (compare Palmatier ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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