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Ebenezer Bishop (1805 - 1885)

Ebenezer Bishop
Born in Kings, Nova Scotiamap
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Husband of — married 1 Sep 1836 in Kings, Nova Scotiamap
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Died at age 79 in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
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Biography

According to Tangled Roots, "He was a shoemaker, tanner and farmer at Canaan, N.S."

He married 1 Sep 1836, Mary Gertridge. She was born in 1819 in Gaspereau, died in 1888 and is buried in the Canaan Cemetery, Canaan, Kings Co.

In 1861, Ebenezer was residing in Kentville, Kings Co. with a family consisting of 7 males and 4 females.

In 1871, Ebenezer, farmer, 65, Mary, 50, Mary E., 26, Ida M., 19 and Percy [sic] L., 11 were residing in Kentville.

In 1881, Eben, farmer, 75, Mary, 62 and Price, 21 were residing in Kentville.

Ebenezer wrote his Last Will and Testament in Horton, leaving bequests to his wife Mary and sons Burton B. and Freeman.

Ebenezer died 1 May 1885 and is buried in the Canaan Cemetery, Canaan, Kings Co.

Children:

  1. Burton Brightman, b. 1837.
  2. Freeman Byard, b. ca 1838.
  3. Emeline Amelia, b. ca 1840, m. 1859, James Aaron Bishop.
  4. Mary Eliza, b. ca 1842, m. 18 Feb 1873, George E. Forsyth
  5. Sophia Ann, b. 11 Mar 1844, m. 8 May 1867, Adelbert Lorenzo Bishop.
  6. John Inglis, b. 1846, d. 4 Apr 1925.
  7. William Aubrey, b. 6 May 1848.
  8. Ida Maria, b. 25 Sep 1850, m. Capt. John H. Potter, res. Kearny, Kansas in 1880, d. 14 Aug 1894 at sea.
  9. George Adolphus, b. 1852, d. 30 Nov 1858 ae 7, bur. Canaan Cemetery
  10. Leigh Spurgeon, b. ca 1857, d. 19 Jul 1861 ae 5, bur. Canaan Cemetery
  11. Price Leverett, b. ca 1859, d. 1942 in Halifax, bur. Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax, Halifax Co.

Research Notes

Sources

  • "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6B-RKP : 20 May 2019), Ebben Bishop, Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Ebben Bishop, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
  • "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M48B-57M : 24 October 2018), Ebenezar Bishop, Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Tangled Roots : Descendants of John Bishop (1709-1785) of Horton, Nova Scotia, a New England planter family, Volume III, Deacon Peter Bishop, page 17.




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