Mable Elizabeth "Bessie" Graham

Female29 March 1873–15 November 1918

Brief Life History of Mable Elizabeth "Bessie"

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.

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Family Time Line

Robert Wesley Hughes
1865–1942
Mable Elizabeth "Bessie" Graham
1873–1918
Marriage: 17 November 1891
Phylis Hughes
1893–
Albert Thompson Hughes
1895–1921
Lorne Hughes
1897–
Spencer Hughes
1897–
Price Hughes
1899–1917
Graham Hughes
1900–1918
Walter Hughes
1903–1915
Wellington Hughes
1905–1923
Horace Hughes
1909–

Sources (18)

  • Bessie Hughes in household of Robert Hughes, "Canada Census, 1901"
  • Mable Elizabeth Graham, "Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877"
  • Bessie Graham, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 November 1891Port Greville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Children (9)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (6)

    1875

    Age 2

    Parliamentary power peaks. Recognition of trade unions. Separation of church and state (1905). Important scientific and technological inventions.

    1886 · The Statue of Liberty

    Age 13

    The Statue of Liberty that is in France is identical to the one that sits in New York. The Statue was sent over from France. It symbolizes the alliance between the two countries. The French have nicknamed it the Laboulaye Lady

    1889 · World Expo at Paris With the Eiffel Tower

    Age 16

    The Eiffel Tower was built the year before the World Expo. During the World Expo in Paris the Eiffel Tower was revealed to the world. It was also during the expo that the Tower was lit up for the first time.

    Name Meaning

    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.

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

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