Brief Life History of Sophia
When Sophia Settle was born on 10 August 1849, in Cole Harbour 30, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, her father, Robert Rippon Settle, was 39 and her mother, Jerusha Stone, was 34. She married Augustus Jessinghouse on 20 January 1881, in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1901 and Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America in 1911. She died on 21 December 1931, in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Sophia Jessinghouse, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Sophia, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- Sophia Jessinghouse, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"
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World Events (4)
1869
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1909 · First Canadian Flight
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Settle (Yorkshire), from Old English setl ‘abode, dwelling’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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