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William Alexander Daree (1807 - 1892)

William Alexander Daree aka Dorey
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 4 Dec 1831 in Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 84 in Hubbards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
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Biography

William Alexander was born December 12, 1807 in Hubbard's to John George Dorey and Frances Catherine Elizabeth Slauenwhite Dorey.[1] He was baptized in St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg, NS on February 8, 1808. Witnesses: William Alexander and Sophia Kedy.[2][3]

In 1871, William, a fisherman, and his wife, Elizabeth Dauphinee[4], were living in Black Point, Halifax West, N.S. with three sons: Isaiah, Richmond, and Noah[5]

In 1891, William was a widower and living with his sons Richmond and Isaiah and Isaiah's family in Hubbard's Cove, Halifax N.S.[6]

Sources

  1. Montbélliard Emigrations to Nova Scotia, 1749-1752, p. 77, Torrence M. Punch, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore Maryland, 2014.
  2. Entered by Nadine King.
  3. Don Shankle, Lunenburg County and Queens County, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, From Primary Sources, Nova Scotia GenWeb Project
  4. "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9S-3DX1 : 8 March 2021), Isaih Stephens Dorey, 20 Jan 1922; citing Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 569, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
  5. "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D3-M1V : 7 April 2022), William A. Dorey, Black Point, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
  6. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/results.aspx?k=cnsSurname%3a%22dorey%22+AND+cnsGivenName%3a%22william%22+AND+cnsAge%3a%2282%22+AND+cnsProvinceCode%3a%22NS%22
  • Lunenberg BMD
  • Mundia.com - <Barbara Daugherty> and <marilyncc62>




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Daree-7 and Dorey-140 appear to represent the same person because: Different spellings of the last name for same parents and dates of birth and death.
posted by AL Wellman

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