Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Wade was born on 17 April 1763, in Granville Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Captain John Wade, was 39 and her mother, Hannah Kingman, was 38. She married James McGregor on 22 November 1782, in Granville Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died in her hometown.
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- Nova Scotia, Granville, town register of births, marriages, deaths and ear marks, 1720-1881; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVR-VSKP-C
- East Bridgewater Marriages, John Wade and Hannah Kingman
- Hannah McGreger in entry for Rosanna McGreger, "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001"
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1823
Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List
1869
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Wade (Old English Wada or, via Norman French, from ancient Germanic Wado, of unclear origin but possibly related to Old English wadan ‘to go’).
English: topographic name from Middle English wade ‘ford’ (Old English (ge)wæd ‘ford, especially a tidal crossing’) for someone who lived by a ford, or a habitational name from a place so called, such as Wade Hall in North Cove (Suffolk).
Irish: shortened and altered from Mac Uaid, see McQuaid .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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