Brief Life History of Richard K.
When Richard K. Innes was born on 7 July 1793, in Porters Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Robert Innes, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Kay, was 38. He married Mary Sophia Leslie on 10 August 1824, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Wyses Corner, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America in 1871. In 1839, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as mariner in Porters Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died on 23 December 1872, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America, at the age of 79.
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- Richard James in household of Peter Dunbrack, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Richd in entry for Richard Alexr Innis, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- 1838 Porters Lake Census
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1820 · Cape Breton Island
In 1820, Cape Breton Island rejoined Nova Scotia. It is located on the Northeastern part of Nova Scotia. Until then it had been owned by the French until 1763. Than was in British control and a separate colony in 1784.
1823
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1848 · Self-Governing
In 1848, Nova Scotia became the first self-governing colony in the British Empire.
Name Meaning
Scottish: shortened form of McInnis , from Gaelic Mag Aonghuis ‘son of Aonghus’.
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Innes in Urquhart (Morayshire), named from Gaelic inis ‘island’.
English: variant of Ince .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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