Eleanor LeCain Ramsay

Brief Life History of Eleanor LeCain

When Eleanor LeCain Ramsay was born on 25 May 1856, in Lequille, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, James Wilson Ramsay, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth McLaughlin, was 32. She married Alfred Spurr on 23 May 1877, in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 and Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 30 years. She died on 3 May 1949, in Perotte, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 92, and was buried in Perotte, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Spurr
1850–1924
Eleanor LeCain Ramsay
1856–1949
Marriage: 23 May 1877
Ida Mabel Spurr
1878–1941
Bessie Maud Spurr
1880–1881
Lavinia Maud Spurr
1882–1953
Alfred Lorne Spurr
1884–1957
Victor Whitman Spurr
1886–1966
Elizabeth Jane Spurr
1888–
Eva Gladys Spurr
1891–1977
Lewis Thomas Edwin Spurr
1892–
Frank Wilkie Spurr
1893–1915
Marie Beatrice Spurr
1897–1992
Margaret Hazel Spurr
1900–
James Allen Stockwell Spurr
1902–1978

Sources (22)

  • Eleanor Spurr, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Ellen Ramsay, "Canada, Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904"
  • Helen Ramsay, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932"

World Events (5)

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

Scottish and English: variant (the usual spelling in Scotland) of Ramsey . The Scottish Ramsays derive from Simund de Ramesie, recorded before 1175, who went to Scotland from Ramsey (Huntingdonshire).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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