Sarah Jane Cummings

Brief Life History of Sarah Jane

Sarah Jane Cummings was born on 20 April 1854, in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. She married Benjamin Page Weatherbee on 13 July 1871, in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1881 and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 11 January 1916, in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 61, and was buried in Hardwood Hill, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Page Weatherbee
1840–
Sarah Jane Cummings
1854–1916
Marriage: 13 July 1871
Annie Druscilla Weatherbee
1873–1928
Mary Elizabeth Weatherbee
1876–1920
George Franklin Weatherbee
1877–1954
Alice Weatherbee
1881–1902
Edger C. Weatherby
1881–
Benjamin Rensford Weatherbee
1882–1918
James Ira Weatherbee
1883–
John Amos Weatherbee
1885–1969
Claude Louther Weatherbee
1895–

Sources (35)

  • Sarah Weatherby in household of Benjamin Weatherby, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Sarah, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
  • Sarah Weatherbee, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"

World Events (6)

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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1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English (of Norman origin): variant of Cumming , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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