Brief Life History of Ephraim
When Ephraim Terry was born on 3 February 1800, in Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, his father, Pern Terry, was 51 and his mother, Sara Morton, was 45. He married Mary Irene Morton on 14 March 1826, in Digby, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He died on 21 July 1876, in King, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, at the age of 76, and was buried in Chipmans Corner, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Ephraim Terry, "Nova Scotia, Marriages, 1711-1909"
- Ephraim Terry, "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877"
- Ephraim Terry, "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
English and Irish: from the Norman personal name T(h)erry (Old French Thierri), a short form of Theodoric, which is composed of the ancient Germanic elements theud ‘people, race’ + rīc ‘power(ful), rich’. Theodoric was the name of the Ostrogothic leader (c. 454–526) who invaded Italy in 488 and established his capital at Ravenna in 493. His name was sometimes taken as a derivative of Greek Theodōros (see Theodore ). An Anglo-Norman family of this name has been in County Cork, Ireland, since the 13th century.
Irish: sometimes an Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Mac Toirdhealbhaigh (see Turley ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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