When George Harpell was born on 2 January 1800, in East Side of Ragged Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Ludwig Harpell, was 43 and his mother, Lydia Arnold, was 27. He died on 7 February 1870, in Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, at the age of 70.
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In 1820, Cape Breton Island rejoined Nova Scotia. It is located on the Northeastern part of Nova Scotia. Until then it had been owned by the French until 1763. Than was in British control and a separate colony in 1784.
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In 1848, Nova Scotia became the first self-governing colony in the British Empire.
English: habitational name from either of two places called Harwell (Berkshire, Nottinghamshire). The Berkshire placename probably derives from an old hill name Hāra (itself from Old English hār ‘gray’) + Old English wella ‘well, spring, stream’, while the Nottinghamshire placename probably comes from Old English here ‘army’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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