When William Farnell was born on 31 January 1834, in Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, George Gordon Farnell Jr., was 41 and his mother, Huldah White, was 27. He married Rosanna Farnell on 9 March 1872, in Sheet Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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British Columbia joins the confederation.
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.
English: habitational name from any of various places called from Old English fearn ‘fern’ + hyll ‘hill’, such as Farnell (Kent, Wiltshire), Farnhill (Yorkshire), and Fernhill (Cheshire). In a few cases it may also derive from Farnell in Angus, Scotland, although the surname is not now common in Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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