James Peters

Brief Life History of James

When James Peters was born in 1793, in Sandy Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Maurice Smith Peters, was 33 and his mother, Charity Titus, was 22. He married Avisa Foster in 1812, in Westport, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Brier Island, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 and Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1881. He died on 4 April 1885, in Meteghan, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 92, and was buried in Brier Island, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

James Peters
1793–1885
Avisa Foster
1804–1880
Marriage: 1812
Maurice Peters
1830–
James Alfred Peters
1831–1909
Oliver Peters
1841–1880
Thomas Cutler Peters
1848–1909

Sources (11)

  • James Peters in household of Thomas C Peters, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • James Peters, "Find A Grave Index"
  • James Vchers in entry for Oliver Vchers, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"

World Events (3)

1823

Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List

1869

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1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . This surname (mainly of German origin) is also found in Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and some other European countries. In North America it has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, such as Albanian Pjetraj and Pjetrushi, patronymics from the personal name Pjetër ‘Peter’ and its pet form Pjetrush; see also below and also examples at Peterson .

Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.

Americanized form of Dutch and North German Pieters .

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

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