Mary Jane Triphena Graves

Brief Life History of Mary Jane Triphena

When Mary Jane Triphena Graves was born on 9 February 1834, in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Phineas W Graves, was 28 and her mother, Eliza Jane Johnson, was 23. She married James Patterson Foster on 10 March 1853, in Paradise, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Clarence, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years and Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1911. She died in 1912, in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fundy View Cemetery, Port Lorne, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

James Patterson Foster
1815–1912
Mary Jane Triphena Graves
1834–1912
Marriage: 10 March 1853
Charles Patterson Foster
1854–1939
Ruth Louisa Foster
1857–1857
Arbuthenal " Bertha" Foster
1860–1937
Charles Augustus Havelock Foster
1865–1871
Florence Gertrude Foster
1872–1908

Sources (28)

  • Mary Foster in household of Edward Sanford, "Canada Census, 1911"
  • Mary Graves, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"
  • Mary Graves Foster, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (3)

1869

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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

English (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .

Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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