Brief Life History of William A
When William A Dee was born in 1834, in New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Nicholas Dee, was 37 and his mother, Rebecca Yeomans, was 34. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Modeste Mamery Goodine. He lived in Grand Falls, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 3 June 1889, in Morrell, Grand Falls, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 55.
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- Willem Dee, "Canada Census, 1871"
- William Dee, "New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938"
- William Dee, "Canada Census, 1881"
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1867 · British North America Act
The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.
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1880 · Legislature in Fredericton Destoryed by Fire
On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh du ‘dark, black’, pronounced /di:/ in south Wales, and spelled Dee in English records.
Irish: shortened form of O'Day (from Ó Deaghaidh).
Chinese: variant of Di .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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