William Berrian Vail MP (1823 - 1904)

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Contents 1 Biography 2 Marriage 3 Children 4 Acknowledgements 5 Sources

Biography

William Berrian Vail was born in 1823 in New Brunswick to John Cougle Vail and Charlotte Hannah Arnold. He passed away in Dover, Kent, England in 1904.^[1]

William was a businessman and politician. Between 1867 and 1874, he represented Digby County, Nova Scotia in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In 1874, he was elected as Liberal MP for Digby in the third Canadian Parliament, where he held the position of Minister of Militia and Defence for about three years. He resigned in 1877, but returned to Parliament in 1882 as a member of the Opposition until the1887 when the next general election was held.^[2]

Marriage

William married Charlotte Leslie Jones in 1850.

Children

William and Charlotte had children, including:

• Ella Leslie Vail.^[3]
• Annie Farris Vail.^[4]

Acknowledgements

This profile was created through the import of CORDELL 20110806_2011-08-21.ged on Aug 22, 2011 by David Cordell. See the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86613489 : accessed 30 October 2019), memorial page for William Berrian Vail (19 Dec 1823–10 Apr 1904), Find A Grave Memorial no. 86613489, ; Maintained by Peterborough K (contributor 46537737) Unknown.
2. ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Berrian_Vail Accessed 30 Oct 2019
3. ↑ “Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2GB-KVQ : 10 February 2018), William B. Vail in entry for Archibald Simpson Mitchell and Ella Leslie Vail, 25 Jul 1872; citing Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, reference 2:3KXLRW6; FHL microfilm 1,298,869.
4. ↑ "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2GG-93J : 10 February 2018), Edmond D. C. Obrien and Annie F. Vail, 22 Sep 1885; citing Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, reference 2:3STBCHP; FHL microfilm 1,298,882.

• https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=45dc5507-a86f-43ff-8247-f279c5378de9&r=1&ni=290519
• Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Berrian_Vail
• Lieutenant Colonel William Berrian Vail, Nova Scotia Militia, Canada General Service Medal, Fenian Raids (1866): https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/military-medals-1812-1969/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=31830&
• Stephen J. Harris, “VAIL, WILLIAM BERRIAN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 2, 2021, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/vail_william_berrian_13E.html.