Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Nase was born on 19 June 1793, in Westfield, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Henry Nase, was 41 and his mother, Jane Quinton, was 26. He married Charlotte Harding on 21 October 1817, in Woodmans Point, Westfield, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 6 June 1880, in Westfield, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Nase Cemetery, Westfield Beach, Grand Bay-Westfield, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- William Nase, "Canada Census, 1871"
- William Henry Nease Or Nase, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
- William Henry Nase, "Find a Grave Index"
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1867 · British North America Act
The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Kurt, Aloysius.
German: nickname from Middle High German nase ‘nose’, denoting someone with an unusually big or otherwise remarkable nose.
In some cases probably also Albanian: from a short form of the personal name Athanas, from Greek Athanasios, meaning ‘immortal’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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