Brief Life History of Martha Jane
When Martha Jane Chisholm was born on 3 June 1895, in Highland Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Morgan Thistle Chisholm, was 55 and her mother, Arabella Peppard Chisholm, was 24. She married Frederick Purly Leman Wolfe on 23 May 1917, in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years and Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1931. She died on 3 August 1985, at the age of 90, and was buried in Great Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Martha Jane Wolfe, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Martha Jane Chisholm, "Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904"
- Martha Jane Chisholm, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932"
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World Events (6)
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.
1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed
On April 16, 1945, the HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed by German U-Boats. Thirty-nine men died, some due to the attack others to exposure to cold. Those that survived were rescued by the Sarnia.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Chisholme near Hawick in southern Scotland, which derives its name from Old English c̄se, cēse ‘cheese’ (from Latin caseus) + holm ‘piece of dry land in a fen’ and refers to a waterside meadow good for dairy farming and hence for producing cheeses. In the 14th century members of this family migrated to the Highlands, settling in Strathglass, where their name was Gaelicized as Siosal.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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