Brief Life History of Lemuel
When Lemuel Bent was born in 1818, in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Jesse Bent Jr, was 45 and his mother, Dorothy Freeman, was 40. He married Mary Isabella Dixon on 5 March 1847. He lived in Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada for about 30 years. He died in February 1892, in Point de Bute, Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in Point de Bute, Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Lemuel Bent, "New Brunswick Census, 1861"
- Lemuel Bent, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
- Lemuel Bent, "Find A Grave Index"
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1823
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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
English: habitational name from any of numerous farms and other minor places called with Middle English bent ‘coarse grass’ (Old English beonet ‘bent grass, coarse grass’), with reference to a tract of land growing with it.
English: nickname from Middle English bent ‘bent, curved’ (of the back or legs) or ‘striped, ribboned’ (of clothing).
East Frisian and North German: from a Frisian-Low German short form of the personal name Bernhart (see Bernhard ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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