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Lydia Knowles 1802–1878 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 MAR 1802

Birth Location: Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Death Date: 12 SEP 1878

Death Location: Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Father: Nathaniel Knowles

Mother: Phebe Kenney

Spouse(s): Freeman Smith

Children(s): William Smith

Lydia Knowles was born in 1802 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, the child of Nathaniel Knowles And Phebe Kenney. Lydia Knowles married Freeman Doane Smith, and had children including Caleb Smith, Charles Smith, Isaiah Smith, Jane Smith, Parker Smith, William L Smith, Zilpah Smith. Lydia Knowles passed away in 1878 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

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Biography

  • Lydia Knowles was born in 1802 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, the child of Nathaniel Knowles And Phebe Kenney.
  • Lydia Knowles married Freeman Doane Smith, and had children including Caleb Smith, Charles Smith, Isaiah Smith, Jane Smith, Parker Smith, William L Smith, Zilpah Smith.
  • Lydia Knowles passed away in 1878 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

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Lydia Knowles's Ancestors

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Lydia Knowles
1802–1878
Birth Place: Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Parents
Nathaniel Knowles
1768–1840
Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Phebe Kenney
1772–1853
Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Grandparents
Nathaniel Knowles
1741–1824
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Lois Holmes
1744–1844
Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth)
Nathan Kenney
1741–1827
Chatham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Sarah Nickerson
1740–1847
Harwich, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
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Lydia Knowles's Descendants

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Lydia Knowles (29 MAR 1802–12 SEP 1878) m. Freeman (Doane) Smith (11 AUG 1799–27 MAR 1880)
  1. 1. William (L.) Smith 1823–1867 m. Jemima (Jane) Phinney 1826–1851
    1. 1. Eleanor (Jane) Smith 1847–1940 m. Archibald Phinney 1839–1900
      1. 1. Lucy (E.) Phinney 1875–1936 m. Zeb (Verner) Stanchfield 1874–1946
        1. 1. Marjorie (Dean) Stanchfield 1904–1994 m. Ernest (R.) Strout 1898–

Lydia Knowles's Timeline

2 Records

1802
29 MAR 1802
Birth of Lydia Knowles in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
1878
12 SEP 1878
Age 76
Death of Lydia Knowles in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 MAR 1802
    Event Place: Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
    Record Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees, Strout Family Tree - Terry Strout submitter, seach on Zeb Stanchfield

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 SEP 1878
    Event Place: Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
    Record Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees, Strout Family Tree - Terry Strout submitter, seach on Zeb Stanchfield

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