Nancy Elizabeth
TAMAN
(b.
9 January 1834
,
Goulbourn, Carleton, Upper Canada
d.
16 November 1876
,
Beckwith Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
)
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Nancy Elizabeth TAMAN was born 9 January 1834 in Goulbourn, Carleton, Upper Canada
Nancy Elizabeth TAMAN was the child of Joseph TAMAN and Mary Jane HARESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Nancy Elizabeth married James PURDY abt. 1855 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
James PURDY was born abt. 1834 in Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. James died 15 June 1894 in Baldwinsville, Lysander, Onondaga, New York, USA. James was the child of Robert PURDY and Elizabeth BROWN.
Nancy Elizabeth TAMAN died 16 November 1876 in Beckwith Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
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Family and Children of Nancy Elizabeth TAMAN
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James PURDY-- Date: abt. 1855 Place:
James PURDY was the child of Robert PURDY and Elizabeth BROWN
Children of James PURDY and Nancy Elizabeth TAMAN:
Barbara Caroline PURDY (b.2 March 1861, Beckwith, Lanark Co. Canada West d. 8 July 1948, East Templeton, Hull, Quebec, Canada)
m. Robert Maurice BUCHAN 20 January 1879
James PURDY-- Date: abt. 1855 Place: James PURDY was the child of Robert PURDY and Elizabeth BROWN
Children of James PURDY and Nancy Elizabeth TAMAN:
Barbara Caroline PURDY (b.2 March 1861, Beckwith, Lanark Co. Canada West d. 8 July 1948, East Templeton, Hull, Quebec, Canada)m. Robert Maurice BUCHAN 20 January 1879
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1834 Birth 9 January 1834
Goulbourn, Carleton, Upper Canada
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1861 Birth of ChildBarbara Caroline PURDY was born 2 March 1861, Beckwith, Lanark Co. Ontario, Canada
Nancy Elizabeth was 27 years old.
1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1876 Death 16 November 1876
Beckwith Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
She died at the age of 42.
Added: 10/10/2025 12:43:54 PM
- Updated: 11/11/2025 10:43:32 AM
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