Brief Life History of Alva
When Alva Saunders was born on 10 June 1870, in Richmond, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Jesse Saunders, was 44 and her mother, Adelaide Sollows, was 31. She married David S Haskill on 4 November 1899, in Port Maitland, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. She lived in Ohio, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1911. She died on 14 December 1944, in Port Maitland, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in Port Maitland, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Sources (9)
- Ada Sanders in household of Jessie Sanders, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Alva Sanders, "Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877"
- Alva Sanders, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"
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World Events (3)
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.
1921 · Racing Schooner Launched
The Bluenose racing schooner was launched on March 26, 1921, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It was evident that the ship was nothing like other ships that had been launched.
Name Meaning
English (Surrey and Kent): variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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