Brief Life History of Elkanah
When Elkanah Travis was born on 27 March 1808, in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Nathaniel Travis, was 56 and his mother, Rose Crowell, was 37. He married Lydia Randall about 1829, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He died on 8 October 1885, in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 77.
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- Elkana Travis, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Elkany Travifs, "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877"
- Elkanah in entry for Thomas Darling and Mary E. Travis, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
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1823
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire and Yorkshire): from Old French and Middle English travers, also Middle English travas, travis, a word with several meanings. It may denote a toll paid for the right to cross a boundary or bridge, the surname perhaps being for someone who paid or collected such tolls. Alternatively, it may mean ‘crosswise, sideways’ or ‘dispute, disagreement’. The Old French word also had the sense ‘crossing, passage’, and it is more than likely that the surname is Norman in origin, for someone who lived at a crossing place or at a place so named (compare French Travers 3). The presence of the preposition ‘de’ (and perhaps also ‘le’) in early forms of the surname appears to indicate a topographic or habitational explanation, but the French preposition and definite article were sometimes added gratuitously to Norman surnames as a sign of their high social status. See also Travers 1.
Americanized form of German Drewes .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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