Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Turnbull was born on 31 March 1849, in Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada, her father, Peter Turnbull, was 35 and her mother, Eleanor Dickson, was 30. She married Henry Allen Clarke on 6 February 1871, in Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Grosse Ile, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada in 1881 and Quebec, Canada in 1911. She died on 3 March 1948, in Grande-Entrée, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 98, and was buried in Grosse-Île-Nord, Grosse-Ile, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada.
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- Nancy Clarke in household of Henry Clarke, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Nancy Turnbull Clarke, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nancy Clarke in entry for Clarence Clarke and Hazel Maud Aitkens, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932"
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
English (Durham and Northumberland) and Scottish: occupational name for one who herds bulls, from Middle English turne-bole, a compound of Middle English t(o)urnen ‘turn, direct, steer’ + bul(l)e ‘bull’. Compare Bulman and Bullard.
Scottish (Roxburghshire): in the Scottish borderlands the name was either confused with or derived from Trumble .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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