Waity Palmeter

Brief Life History of Waity

When Waity Palmeter was born on 11 March 1781, in Hortonville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Charles Palmeter, was 30 and her mother, Hanna Huntley, was 22. She married John Sanford in 1800, in Hortonville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 21 February 1813, in Pereaux, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 31.

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Family Time Line

John Sanford
1776–1842
Waity Palmeter
1781–1813
Marriage: 1800
James Gurden Sanford
1802–1881
Benjamin Sanford
1803–1875
William Palmeter Sanford
1805–1825
Maria Ann Sanford
1807–
Eunice Eliza Sanford
1809–1889
Charles John Sanford
1811–1886
Nathan Sanford
1813–1861

Sources (40)

  • Waity Palmeter, "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959"
  • Waly Sanford in entry for William Sanford, "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001"
  • Waity Palmeter, "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"

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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