Brief Life History of James
James Salter was born about 1805, in Newport, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada as the son of Robert Salter.
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Spouse and Children
about 1805– Male
1809– Female
Parents and Siblings
1767– Male
Siblings (9)
1790–1872 Male
1797– Male
1802–1817 Male
1804– Female
about 1805– Male
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World Events (3)
1861
Age 56
1869
Age 64
1871
Age 66
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt (a precious commodity in medieval times), from Middle English salter(e) ‘producer or seller of salt’. There may have been some post-medieval confusion with Souter ; see also Saltman .
English: occupational name from Middle English sautreour ‘minstrel, player of the psaltery (a stringed musical instrument)’ (Old French sautere ‘psaltery’, Latin psalterium, Greek psaltērion, from psallein ‘to sound’). Compare Rutter .
German: northern variant of Salzer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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