Sarah Olive Palmeter

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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Family Time Line

John Simeon Ward
1778–1859
Sarah Olive Palmeter
1773–1861
Marriage: about 1826
Joseph Ward
1828–
Nathan Palmeter Ward
1830–1881
Robert Sanford Ward
1833–1920
Susanna Ward
1835–1905
Colin Campbell Ward
1837–1922

Sources (8)

  • 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"

World Events (3)

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

Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List

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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