Phoebe Edmunds

Brief Life History of Phoebe

When Phoebe Edmunds was born on 27 March 1784, in Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United States, her father, William Edmunds Jr, was 28 and her mother, Rebecca Sophia Colvin, was 28. She married John McCrea about 1804, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Montague Township, Lanark, Upper Canada, British North America for about 14 years and Kitley Township, Leeds and Grenville, Canada West, British North America in 1851. She died on 13 March 1863, in Montague Township, Lanark, Canada West, British North America, at the age of 78, and was buried in McGuigan Cemetery, Merrickville, Merrickville-Wolford, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

John McCrea
1776–1869
Phoebe Edmunds
1784–1863
Marriage: about 1804
Samuel McCrea
1806–1891
McCrea
1823–
Rebecca Colvin McCrea
1807–1830
William McCrea
1809–1842
Janet Simpson McCrea
1812–1896
Armenius McCrea
1814–1844
Esther McCrea
1815–1894
John McCrea Jr.
1816–1884
Rufus McCrea
1818–1854
James Edmunds McCrea
1826–1867

Sources (9)

  • Phoebe Mccrea (age 76) in "Canada, Ontario Census, 1861"
  • Phebe Edmunds McCrea, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Phoebe Mcrae in entry for John Mcrae and Hulda Fortune, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1793

Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Edmonds .

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

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