Leonettie Prime

Brief Life History of Leonettie

When Leonettie Prime was born on 31 December 1864, in New Tusket, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Bernard Prime, was 29 and her mother, Martha A Nichols, was 34. She married Amos Spurgon Nichols on 16 December 1884, in New Tusket, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1864 and Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 10 February 1937, in Havelock, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Havelock, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Amos Spurgon Nichols
1861–1941
Leonettie Prime
1864–1937
Marriage: 16 December 1884
Jennie Nichols
1885–1957
Ethel Nichols
1887–1980
Nathan Nichols
1889–1911
Mina Nichols
1892–1982

Sources (19)

  • Leonettie Nicholis, "Canada, Census, 1931"
  • Leonette, "Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877"
  • Leonetta Prime, "Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949"

World Events (4)

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: from a Middle English personal name or nickname. The personal name existed in Old English, and is probably derived from Old English prim ‘early morning’ (from Latin primus ‘first’, used as the name of one of the canonical hours). The surname may be derived from this word as a Middle English nickname in the sense ‘fine, excellent’.

Dutch (Primé): of French origin (see 3 below).

French: from the feminine form of Prim 2.

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

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Story Highlight

Grandma Nettie Prime, by Ethel Lacey

Leonettie Prime Nichols, my grandmother. A small woman, not well as she had tuberculosis, and when I saw her when an 8 year old girl, she was bedridden and frail. Like to read, read to her children …

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