Laura Adelaide (Bigney) Jeffers (1866 - 1952)

Born 6 Dec 1866 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Wife of Edward Jeffers — married 27 Jul 1895 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died 2 Jun 1952 at age 85 in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Laura was born December 6, 1866 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia. She was a daughter of Rev. John George Bigney and Catherine Elizabeth (Seaboya) Bigney of Nova Scotia.^[1][2]

She married Dr. Edward Jeffers on July 27, 1895 at Parrsboro.^[3] At the time, Edward was a medical student. He later became a Physician.

They moved to Boston and had one son before moving back to Nova Scotia, settling in the Parrsboro area.

Laura outlived both her husband her son. Edward passed away in 1936, and Joseph in 1951. Laura passed away on June 2, 1952 in Kings County, Nova Scotia and was interred at Hantsport.^[2]

Known Children

• Joseph D'Aubigni Jeffers 1898-1951 M. Mary Frances Flemming

Census Records

• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6R-ZYS : 2 March 2021), Laura Bigney in household of John G. Bigney, Caledonia, Queens, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing John G. Bigney, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWKR-XNK : 3 August 2016), Laura A Bigney, North River, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148112.
• [http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=23327&highlight=12 Cumberland, Nova Scotia
• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9R-W5DR : 17 March 2022), Laura Jeffers in entry for Edward Jeffers, 1911; citing Census, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm .

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMLK-W8Y : 8 December 2014), Laura Adelaide Bigney, 1866, Birth; citing p. 29, volume 1808, , Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9S-7WYQ : 8 March 2021), Laura Adelaide Jeffers, 02 Jun 1952; citing , Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 4942, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
3. ↑ Marriage Registration, Nova Scotia Archives