Brief Life History of Charlotte
When Charlotte Sterling was born about 12 March 1847, in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Cyrus Sterling, was 21 and her mother, Judith Ann King, was 20. She married Christopher Goodwin on 4 December 1866, in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901. She died on 22 July 1925, at the age of 78.
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- Charlotte Gooden in household of Christopher Gooden, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Charlotte Stirling, "Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949"
- Charlotte Goodwin, "New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938"
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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
Scottish: variant of Stirling .
English: from the Middle English personal name Starling, Sterling (Old English Stærling), itself from the bird-name, whose use as a nickname may also be another source of the surname. Compare Stare 2.
German: from Middle High German sterlinc, the name of a coin, hence probably a nickname for someone who paid that amount in rent.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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