When Emma Cordelia Goucher was born on 23 March 1882, in Collina, Studholm, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Gilbert Wiggins Goucher, was 32 and her mother, Margaret Matilda Kelly, was 25. She married Joseph Edgar Keirstead on 6 December 1906, in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada. She lived in Studholm, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada in 1891 and Kings, New Brunswick, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 11 June 1940, in Apohaqui, Studholm, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 58, and was buried in Collina, Studholm, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada.
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July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.
August 20, 1937, the Miramichi lumber strike took place. Over 1,500 millworkers and longshoremen struck 14 lumber firms for wage increases.
English:
topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch, drain, or stream, from Middle English gote ‘watercourse’ + -ier, synonymous with Middle English atte Gote. This type of topographic name with the -(i)er suffix was common in Sussex and Kent.
occupational name for a goat herd, from Middle English gote ‘goat’ + the suffix -ier.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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