Brief Life History of Stephen
When Stephen Trenholm was born in 1798, in Shemogue, Beaubassin East, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Robert Trenholm Sr., was 22 and his mother, Katharine Margaret Seaman, was 20. He married Margaret Phebe Teed about 1825, in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada for about 20 years. He died in 1892, in Saint-Louis de Kent, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 94, and was buried in Saint-Louis, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Stephen Trenholm, "New Brunswick Census, 1861"
- Stephen in entry for George Burton, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- Stephen Trenholem, "Canada Census, 1881"
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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.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1880 · Legislature in Fredericton Destoryed by Fire
On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Trenholme in Whorlton (Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse trani ‘crane’ + holmr ‘small island, water meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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