When Mable Elizabeth "Bessie" Graham was born on 29 March 1873, in Fox River, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Albert Graham, was 28 and her mother, Ada Hatfield, was 19. She married Robert Wesley Hughes on 17 November 1891, in Port Greville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1901 and Nova Scotia, Canada in 1911. She died on 15 November 1918, in Fox River, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 45.
Scottish: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Graham (as well as Grantham, Grandham, and Granham). See also Grantham .
Irish (especially Ulster): in Ireland Graham is generally the Scottish name, but it has additionally been adopted as an Anglicized form of both Ó Creacháin (see Crehan ) and Ó Gormghaile (see Gormley ).
History: The surname Graham was taken to Scotland at the beginning of the 12th century by the Norman baron William de Graham, holder of the manor of Grantham in Lincolnshire, from whom many if not all modern bearers are probably descended. The chief of Clan Graham is the Duke of Montrose.
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