Peter MCNAB

Male 1794 - 1856  (62 years)


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  • Name Peter MCNAB  [1
    Born 15 Jul 1794  Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Buried 1856  McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 6 Oct 1856  Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I128  McNab/Kuhn
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2020 

    Father Peter MCNAB,   b. 7 Dec 1767, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1847, McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Joanna CULLITON,   b. Abt 1766,   d. 20 May 1827, McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Married 8 Feb 1792  St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rhoda COLLINS,   b. Abt 1795,   d. 15 Nov 1828, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1823  Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ellen MCNAB,   b. Bef 26 Jul 1824, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Charles Edward MCNAB,   b. Bef 6 Jun 1826,   d. 12 Dec 1831, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 5 years)
     3. Peter MCNAB,   b. 7 Jul 1827,   d. 14 Dec 1874, Mount Hope Asylum, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     4. Edwin Collins MCNAB,   b. 28 May 1828,   bur. McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2020 
    Family ID F45  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Anne Elizabeth WADE,   b. Circa 1817, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 6 Jan 1842  Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    License 6 Jan 1842  Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Digital copy of marriage bond, prior to marriage. Note this is indexed as year 1840, but clearly in the text of the document, states 6th day of January in the fifth year of the reign of Queen Victoria, which is 1842.  
    Children 
    +1. Johanna Culliton MCNAB,   b. Bef 23 Nov 1845,   d. 23 Apr 1922, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
     2. Ellen MCNAB,   b. 4 Jun 1843, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1934, Ste. Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     3. Sarah Ann Hunter MCNAB,   b. Bef 12 March 1848
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F46  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Jul 1794 - Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Jun 1823 - Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Jan 1842 - Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLicense - Digital copy of marriage bond, prior to marriage. Note this is indexed as year 1840, but clearly in the text of the document, states 6th day of January in the fifth year of the reign of Queen Victoria, which is 1842. - 6 Jan 1842 - Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1856 - McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Oct 1856 - Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S35] Find A Grave, (Find A Grave), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210890811/peter-mcnab (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S82] Sydenham Howe's Scrapbook: Joseph Howe and His World, Howe, Sydenham, (Nova Scotia Archives ), https://archives.novascotia.ca/howe/archives/?ID=148 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S72] The family of Cassels, Cassels, Robert, (Edinburgh: author ), p.123 (Reliability: 2).
      Accessed at archive.org.

    4. [S37] Nova Scotia Vital Records from Newspapers, 1769-1812, Punch, Terrence M., (Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. 1986), 21 (Reliability: 3).
      Extracted from N.S.M. published February 1792

    5. [S36] Religious Marriages in Halifax, 1768-1841, Punch, Terrence M., (Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. 1991), p.100 (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S72] The family of Cassels, Cassels, Robert, (Edinburgh: author ), 122 (Reliability: 3).
      Book is digitised and no longer under copyright - can be accessed at:
      archive.org. This reference directly from Peter McNab himself, in a letter to book author Cassels.

    7. [S48] Haulin" in the family net: Vol.IV, Gray-Leblanc, Linda, (Author: Halifax, NS. 1999), 30 (Reliability: 2).
      Transcribed from records of St. Matthews Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    8. [S174] Weekly Chronicle, Saint John, New Brunswick , archives.gnb.ca. (Reliability: 2), https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats.
      m. Kentville, N.S., 6th inst. by Rev. John Storrs, Peter MCNAB jr., Esq., Halifax/Anne Eliza Wade, eldest d/o John Wade, Esq. of Kentville.

    9. [S3] Marriages Nova Scotia, Government of Nova Scotia, Canada, (Nova Scotia Archives), https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1800-7462&Event=marriage&ID=198200 (Reliability: 3).